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00ATHENS1937	PRESS SUPPLEMENT ON THE 25-YEAR HISTORY OF 17 NOVEMBER [...] (U) THE ATHENS DAILY, "ELEFTHEROTYPIA," PUBLISHED A DETAILED 23-PAGE SUPPLEMENT TO ITS APRIL 15 EDITION, ENTITLED "25 YEARS OF 17N." AT FIRST BLUSH, THE SUPPLEMENT SEEMED TO BE A TYPE OF EXPOSE ON 17 NOVEMBER. ON CLOSER READING, THE COVERAGE'S MESSAGE IS NOT HARD-HITTING. INDEED, THE SUPPLE [...]	2000-04-21 07:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER GR

00COLOMBO968	LTTE OFFERS TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE SRI LANKAN ARMY HAVING PULLED BACK TO NEW DEFENSIVE LINES AND A SLOWDOWN IN LTTE ADVANCES OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE JAFFNA FRONT, THE LTTE HAS OFFERED A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE TO ALLOW GSL FORCES TO "WITHDRAW FROM THE UNFAVORABLE THEATER OF WAR WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR." THE O [...]	2000-05-08 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	MOPS PREL CE
00HANOI2084	VIETNAM'S DISSIDENTS: IRREPRESSIBLE IN FACE OF OFFICIAL HARASSMENT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: MISSION OFFICERS RECENTLY CALLED ON SEVERAL LEADING DISSIDENTS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR SITUATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR VIEWS ON VIETNAM'S FUTURE. ALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO ONGOING OFFICIAL MONITORING AND HARASSMENT, ALBEIT UNEVENLY APPLIED. INTERESTINGLY, SECURITY AUTHORITIES, IN MOS [...]	2000-09-19 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR VM HUMANR
00HANOI2557	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER BIN ON PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 22 CALLED ON MFA SENIOR VICE MINISTER BIN TO REVIEW THE RESULTS OF THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED VISIT BY PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE AMBASSADOR BEGAN BY THANKING THE VIETNAMESE SIDE FOR ITS COOPERATION AND EXPRESSED THE PRESIDENT'S AND THE FIRST LADY'S SATISFACTION WITH THE [...]	2000-11-22 08:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM
00HANOI864	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NAM DINH: AGRICULTURAL PROVINCE MAKES TEXTILES, CRAFTS; NGO'S HELP MEET LOCAL NEEDS [...] SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST WORKING VISIT TO NAM DINH PROVINCE, JUST SOUTHEAST OF HANOI, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS, TOURED A STATE-OWNED TEXTILE PLANT AND VISITED NGO PROJECTS, LOCAL SCHOOLS AND A HOSPITAL. THOUGH THE PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP IS OPEN AND ENGAGING, THE LARGELY AGRIC [...]	2000-04-25 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV ECON EIND ETRD VM
00HANOI899	VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR APEC ENERGY MINISTERS MEETING [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (MOI),MINISTER DANG VU CHU WILL LEAD VIETNAM'S DELEGATION TO THE MAY 10-12 APEC ENERGY MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO. (NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM DOES NOT HAVE A MINISTRY OF ENERGY. CERTAIN FUNCTIONS ARE DELEGATED TO OTHER MINISTRIES OR TO STAT [...]	2000-04-28 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECIN EPET VM APEC
00HARARE2237	AMBASSADOR/TSVANGIRAI MEETING: MDC URGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN THE RUN-UP TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE MDC IS CONFRONTING INCREASING POLITICAL VIOLENCE FROM ZANU-PF, WHICH HAS LEFT FIVE OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S SUPPORTERS DEAD AND HUNDREDS OF RURAL AND URBAN BACKERS INJURED. NEVERTHELESS, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI BELIEVES T [...]	2000-04-26 13:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM PINS ZI
00HARARE3106	EDUCATION MINISTER DECLINES TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON PRE-ELECTION ISSUES, ON JUNE 7 THE AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF CALLED ON THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE, GABRIEL MACHINGA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S CONDEMNATION OF THE TARGETING OF TEACHERS FOR POLITICAL [...]	2000-06-09 11:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3637	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FINANCE MINISTER MURERWA AND HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 3 MEETING WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER, MURERWA TOLD US THAT HALTING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC TAILSPIN WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IN PART AS A RESPONSE TO THE STRONG SHOWING OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. HE COULD NOT PROVIDE US SPECIFIC [...]	2000-07-05 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3680	SUSPECTED CIO MOLE RENDERS ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS INEFFECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISADORE ZINDOGA, WHO WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY PROMOTED TO SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) IN APRIL AFTER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE POSITION TO LEAD THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),IS WIDELY ACCUSED BY MANY UNIONISTS [...]	2000-07-07 09:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PINR PGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE3779	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 10 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AND MDC PARLIAMENTARY LEADER GIBSON SIBANDA OUTLINED THE PARTY'S PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES LAND REFORM, THE ECONOMY, AND THE CREATION OF MECHANISMS FOR HOLDING THE [...]	2000-07-12 18:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ZI MDC
00HARARE4057	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WIN OF 57 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS BY THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN THE JUNE, 2000 ELECTIONS MARKS AN IMPORTANT NEW STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN DEMOCRACY. AFTER 20 YEARS AS A ONE-PARTY STATE, THE RULING ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION - PATR [...]	2000-07-24 12:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP ZI KPAO
00HARARE4979	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS DECIDE TO GO [...] (U) AT THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU) ANNUAL CONGRESS THAT BEGAN SEPTEMBER 6, CFU PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD ANNOUNCED IN HIS OPENING SPEECH THAT THE CFU WOULD REFILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT, WITHDRAWN A MONTH AGO (REF B),TO CHALLENGE THE LAW GOVERNING THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR RESE [...]	2000-09-07 13:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV ZI
00HARARE4999	NEW TALE OF CORRUPTION IN ZIMBABWE'S ENERGY [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ATTENDED A DINNER SEPTEMBER 7 WITH A VARIETY OF RESIDENT AMBASSADORS AND A FEW ZIMBABWEANS, DURING WHICH GIDEON GONO (PROTECT),MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ),REPORTED A CREDIBLE STORY ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR. BEF [...]	2000-09-08 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
00HARARE5397	ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR MORE STEADY FUEL SUPPLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ),SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE'S FUEL SITUATION. AS REPORTED REF B, THE CBZ, AND GONO PERSONALLY, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING FUEL FLOWING INTO ZIMBABWE UNDER THE MOST ARDUO [...]	2000-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
00HARARE5666	AMBASSADOR WARNS MDC NOT TO USE VIOLENT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD DELIVERED REF A DEMARCHE TO MDC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ISAAC MATONGO, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S POLITICAL ADVISOR AND RIGHT-HAND MAN, GANDI MUDZINGWA, IN THE ABSENCE OF MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, WHO IS CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY. WE DO NOT EXPECT H [...]	2000-10-05 17:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI MDC
00HARARE6126	DEPUTY ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM MINISTER BRIEFS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EDWARD CHINDORI-CHININGA, DEPUTY MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, PAID A CALL ON AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON OCTOBER 30 TO INFORM HIM OF HIS MINISTRY'S PLANS TO IMPROVE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE, RESOLVE THE OCCUPATIONS OF CONSERVANCY LANDS, AND REACH [...]	2000-10-31 17:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SENV PINR ZI
00HARARE7164	ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY CRANKS UP INTIMIDATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IS CRANKING ITS VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION MACHINE INTO HIGH GEAR FOR THE BIKITA WEST BY-ELECTION NOW SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 13-14, 2001. THE BY-ELECTION IS BEING HELD TO REPLACE THE MDC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WHO DIED OF AN ILLNESS IN NOVEMBER. YOUTH DEVE [...]	2000-12-20 13:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
00STATE229013	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF FS-01 GENERALIST AND [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR FS-01 POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH APRIL AND NOVEMBER 2001 TEDS MAY ALSO BID [...]	2000-12-01 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229054	JUNIOR OFFICER (SUMMER AND NOW) OPEN [...] THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF UNASSIGNED OVERSEAS FO-04 AND FO-05 ADMINISTRATIVE, CONSULAR, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, INTERFUNCTIONAL AND ROTATIONAL VACANCIES AVAILABLE THROUGH APRIL 2002. IT INCLUDES POSITIONS REQUIRING SIX MONTHS OR MORE OF LANGUAGE TRAINING (FOR ELIGIBLE OFFICERS),AS WELL [...]	2000-12-01 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00TASHKENT4223	KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]	2000-11-02 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RU AF UZ
00THEHAGUE1754	POLICY CHANGE TO CIRCULAR 175 AUTHORITY [...] WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST ANY PRE-RATIFICATION NEGOTIATIONS AS OUTLINED IN REFTEL. OF THE CATEGORIES OFFERED IN REFTEL, PARAGRAPH 8, WE CHOOSE CATEGORY D: NOT FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE CURRENT FOL AGREEMENT IS RATIFIED, HOWEVER, WE WOULD RECOMMEND CATEGORY B: FEASIBLE WITH SOME CH [...]	2000-06-14 05:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL SNAR KTIA NL
00THEHAGUE1794	CHILD LABOR STUDY: REPORT ON THE NETHERLANDS [...] CHILD LABOR IS ILLEGAL IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE COUNTRY HAS COMPREHENSIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK. THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT TAKES A LEADING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD LABOR. IN MAY 2000, THE GON SENT A DRAFT LAW TO THE SECOND CHAMBER OF [...]	2000-06-16 13:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND PHUM ETRD SOCI NL
00THEHAGUE1867	DUTCH RESPOND TO UK ALIEN SMUGGLING TRAGEDY [...] THE GON REACTED WITH BOTH WORDS AND ACTIONS TO THE JUNE 19 DISCOVERY IN THE UK OF 58 VICTIMS OF ALIEN SMUGGLING. 2. BECAUSE THE TRUCK IN WHICH THE VICTIMS WERE DISCOVERED IS OF DUTCH REGISTRATION AND THE DRIVER IS DUTCH, THE GON BECAME IMMEDIATELY INVOLVED. IT HAS SINCE ARRESTED BOTH THE [...]	2000-06-22 13:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SMIG CVIS PINR ASEC CH NL EUN KPRD
00THEHAGUE1873	DUTCH ON IRAN: SHIRAZ DEFENDENTS, AG MINISTER VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-22 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EAGR ETRD IR NL
00THEHAGUE1929	SHIRBRIG SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA/ERITREA PEACE: DUTCH WEIGHING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-27 10:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MARR ER ET NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1937	THE NETHERLANDS: EU DIGITAL SIGNATURE DIRECTIVE [...] Summary. Emboff met with Ministry of Economic Affairs official Martin Buys to discuss Dutch implementation of the directive. The GON is drafting legislation, therefore no public version is available. Buys said that the GON wishes to limit government involvement in electronic signatures, all [...]	2000-06-27 13:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT ETRD EUN
00THEHAGUE1957	DUTCH PARLIAMENT FOR LEGALIZED SOFT DRUG [...] ON JUNE 27, A MAJORITY OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT ADOPTED A LABOR PARTY (PVDA) RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GON TO LEGALIZE THE SUPPLY OF DUTCH-GROWN CANNABIS ("NEDERWIET") TO COFFEESHOPS. DUTCH JUSTICE MINISTER KORTHALS REJECTED THE PROPOSAL. HE WANTS TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WIT [...]	2000-06-28 15:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NL
01ABUJA1000	Lunch Conference on Drugs and Financial Crimes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Special Advisor on Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Dr. Ibrahim Lame hosted a three hour lunch and meeting on drugs and related crimes on April 19. Media questioned Dr. Lame, Attorney General Bola Ige and NDLEA Chairman Lafiaji, among others, on current crime and [...]	2001-05-04 19:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CJAN PREL NI
01ABUJA1006	Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy [...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...]	2001-05-07 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS ECON NI
01ABUJA1011	OBASANJO ON NIGERIA'S ROLE IN AFRICA [...] (C) Nigeria's President Obasanjo will visit Washington May 10-12, 2001. Over breakfast on May 5, Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter that he knew he was in many respects representing Africa on the visit. This was a heavy responsibility that he took seriously. Obasanjo commented that he planned [...]	2001-05-07 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OVIP NI XA
01ABUJA1040	THE MPRI PAYMENT SAGA [...] SUMMARY: After numerous low, medium and high-level conversations with officials at the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Presidency, Post believes payment of USD 3.2 million for the MPRI reprofessionalization program may be received within one week. (U [...]	2001-05-09 05:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL EFIN NI
01ABUJA1041	President Obasanjo on Renditions [...] (S/NF) During a breakfast meeting to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington, Ambassador Jeter delivered reftel points. President Obasanjo made an exaggerated look of being taken aback and said, "Ssh! Don't even mention renditions!" The President quickly became serious, however, sa [...]	2001-05-09 05:37:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SNAR KCRM NI
01ABUJA1069	EAC FINDS NIGERIAN POLICE PRESENCE ESSENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: Charge chaired a May 11 meeting of the Abuja EAC in response to ref A implication that Nigerian Police could not be paid by purchase request after May 31, absent a formally-concluded MOA. EAC members unanimously agreed that termination of police coverage would be most unwise, as [...]	2001-05-11 16:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT KCRM NI
01ABUJA1156	NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO WCAR DEMARCHE (ROUND TWO) [...] (SBU) In the absence of the Charge from Abuja, Acting Polcouns delivered the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) demarche on the proposed language on the Middle East for the WCAR Declaration. A/Polcouns spoke with Olusegun Akinsanya, Director of the UN 2nd Unit (which among other matters, [...]	2001-05-18 14:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI NI UNHRC
01ABUJA1192	POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani and large immigrant Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal relations there [...]	2001-05-22 13:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM NI
01ABUJA1196	CRIMINAL INCIDENT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CHANCERY [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, May 18, 2001 at approximately 2000 hours an armed car-jacking occurred in close proximity to the Chancery compound. End Summary 2. (U) The car-jacking occurred in front of the official residence belonging to the Government of Nigeria (GON) Minister of Aviation [...]	2001-05-22 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NI
01ABUJA1264	NIGERIAN DEMARCHE ON UNGASS RESOLUTION ON HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding Cuba trade embargo language in the HIV/AIDS draft resolution the morning of June 1. Minister-Counsellor Katherine Jackden, UN 2nd Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is handling UNGASS preparations, received the demarche. Ms. Jackden ag [...]	2001-06-01 18:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA IO TBIO NI UNGA
01ABUJA1306	NIGERIA: DEALING WITH UN MISSION DEBT [...] (C) During the course of a June 1 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary (Ambassador) T.D. Hart, Ambassador Jeter presented a letter describing the need for the GON to address immediately the potentially embarrassing issue of the Nigerian UN Mission's outstanding debt to ConEdison. The Ambassa [...]	2001-06-09 06:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT OFDP KREC NI
01ABUJA1312	NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public confidence, and jump-start the economy through deregulation and increased investment. Obasanjo's progress toward vital political and economic objectives is sl [...]	2001-06-13 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI
01ABUJA1350	RISING CRIME IN LAGOS: AMBASSADOR MEETINGS [...] Summary: On Friday, June 8, Ambassador Jeter, RSO Gibson and RSO Bishop met with the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force (IGP) and the Acting National Security Advisor who is also the Director General of the Nigeria State Security Service to discuss the increase in violent crime in L [...]	2001-06-14 11:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM AMGT NI
01ABUJA1366	NIGERIA: POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani "indigenes" and large "immigrant" Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal r [...]	2001-06-14 18:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM NI
01ABUJA1374	DEBT SWAP FOR ENVIRONMENT CLEANUP INITIATIVE [...] (U) Action request and comment at para 6. 2. (U) TDY U.S. Treasury Advisor Lisa Cook and Economic Section Chief Stephen Carrig met June 11 with GON debt management officials for a review of the mechanics of a debt for environment clean-up swap first discussed in Washington during Presid [...]	2001-06-15 18:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA1375	NIGERIA: DEBT NEGOTIATIONS STALL; PLANS FOR [...] (C) At meetings in Abuja June 11 and 12, senior GON economic policy-makers were thoroughly pessimistic regarding near term prospects for achieving consensus on the U.S.-Nigeria Bilateral Debt Agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Club rescheduling. A.S. Arikawe, Debt Manage [...]	2001-06-15 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA1376	INTERIM REPORT ON MAP WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is a brief interim report; comprehensive report to follow. ------------- State of play ------------- 2. (U) At the fifth session of the five-nation Steering Committee of the Millennium Partnership for African Recovery Programme (MAP) held at Pretoria in March it was agre [...]	2001-06-15 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON NI SF AG OAU
01ABUJA1380	NIGERIA: VISA FRAUD ON LAGOS/NYC FLIGHT--MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe and Minister of Internal Affairs Afolabi during the week of June 11 to discuss the problem of fraudulent U.S. visas and other travel documentation on the direct Lagos-New York flight, and to discuss solutions. The Ambassado [...]	2001-06-18 14:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CVIS PGOV NI
01ABUJA1419	NIGERIA'S MACROECONOMIC PICTURE - WHERE WE STAND AT YEAR TWO OF DEMOCRACY [...] Economic policy and performance in 2000 and so far in 2001 have been mixed. Growth may have been sufficient to produce a small "democracy dividend" and privatization is moving ahead. The GON remains committed to fuel deregulation. Nevertheless, the 2000 and even more the 2001 budgets have [...]	2001-06-19 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ENRG EFIN NI
01ABUJA1431	NIGERIA: SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid a courtesy call on Secretary to Government for the Federation (SGF) Ufot Ekaette SIPDIS on June 15. Ekaette described the role of the SGF in civilian government as a cross between Chief of Staff and "super-Minister." In a meeting that ranged widely over [...]	2001-06-21 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL NI
01ABUJA1436	NIGERIAN ARMY MINISTER ON OFR, MPRI ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for the Army Lawal Batagarawa on June 18 agreed to account for the two missing trucks from the previous OFR training in Nigeria, expressed some misgivings about the "Serti" base location for OFR Phase III given its close proximity to the border with Cameroon, a [...]	2001-06-22 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA1437	ECOWAS: KOUYATE ASKS ADVICE ON TAYLOR -- ANY GOOD [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate invited Ambassador to his office June 18 to discuss President Taylor of Liberia and the regional response to Taylor's government. Kouyate suggested either an attempt at an "internal dial [...]	2001-06-22 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI SL LI ECOWAS
01ABUJA1449	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...] (U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Bafarawa, Sultan of Sokoto Maccido and Brigade One Commander General Emejuru. The Ambassador thanked the officials for their support for Operation Focus Relief P [...]	2001-06-22 19:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI
01ABUJA1526	NIGERIA: BILATERAL DEBT NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Director General of the Debt Management Office Mr. A.S. Arikawe told Economic Section Chief June 27 that he remains pessimistic on prospects for an early resolution of USG/GON differences regarding the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Cl [...]	2001-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI PREL
01ABUJA1529	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. Dr. Lukman indicated [...]	2001-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL
01ABUJA1532	NIGERIA: SEVEN U.S. COMPANIES BID FOR NATIONAL ID [...] (U) Summary. Seven U.S. companies, in two separate consortia, made oral presentations for a USD 200 million national identification card project on June 28. The actual presentation of bid proposals appeared to be open and transparent, with a total of four consortia competing for the bid. Ho [...]	2001-06-29 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV NI
01ABUJA1533	NIGERIA: A CLOSE LOOK AT THE GON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan DeWitt visited Abuja June 11 - 29 as part of an INL-funded U.S. Department of Justice Overseas Prosecution Development and Training (OPDAT) program to work with Nigeria,s fledgling Anti-Corruption Commission and design possible training assistance to this im [...]	2001-07-02 05:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM NI
01ABUJA1543	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF COMMERCE: WORK REMAINS ON AGOA AND PROCTER & GAMBLE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Commerce Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria trade relations. He stressed the need for Nigeria to take advantage of AGOA's benefits quickly. Minister Bello concurred and thanked the U.S. for its capacity-building and technical assistanc [...]	2001-07-03 15:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID BEXP NI
01ABUJA1547	NIGERIA: AFTERNOON TEA WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) After a several-week hiatus, Ambassador Jeter met with President Obasanjo for a relaxed, Saturday afternoon tea at the President's residence on June 30. A very positive and wide-ranging discussion ensued which included security assistance (Operation Focus Relief and MPRI),law enforcement [...]	2001-07-05 13:32:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD BEXP KCRM MASS NI
01ABUJA1548	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Agriculture Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria relations in the agriculture sector. USAID Country Director provided a thorough brief on the range of USG agricultural assistance programs. Minister Bello thought USG efforts were under-funded, [...]	2001-07-05 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP NI
01ABUJA1587	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...]	2001-07-05 15:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI
01ABUJA1590	NIGERIA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT OAU DRAFT BIOSAFETY [...] (U) EconOff met July 2 with the Director of the National Biotechnology Program, Professor C. Omaliko, to discuss, per reftel, the OAU Draft Biosafety Law adopted by a technical committee May 2-5 in Addis Ababa. The National Biotechnology Program falls under the aegis of the Federal Ministry of [...]	2001-07-05 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO NI
01ABUJA1621	NIGERIA: CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS POSSIBLE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 12. 2. Summary. Three Members of Congress visiting Nigeria under the auspices of a public diplomacy program met July 4 with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Agriculture. They expressed interest in pursuing collaborative ventures with Nige [...]	2001-07-10 05:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID OREP BEXP NI
01ABUJA1624	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR PETROLEUM RILWANU LUKMAN--DOWNSTREAM DEREGULATION STILL ON TRACK; REFINERY REHABILITATION MISHANDLED [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor Brodman, and Econoff Flook (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. During t [...]	2001-07-10 12:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ECON NI
01ABUJA1628	NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR FOR ENERGY REQUESTS [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 5. 2. On June 22, Ambassador, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman (Reftel B). Dr. Lukman commented that during President Obasanjo's state visit [...]	2001-07-11 05:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON NI
01ABUJA1679	NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S BID FOR GSM EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following up from his meeting with Motorola representatives on July 9 (following septel from Lagos),Ambassador Jeter met the Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye, on July 10 and with Vice President Atiku Abubakar on July 11. The Vice President confirmed [...]	2001-07-16 16:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI
01ABUJA1688	NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO EXPLAINS AWARD DECISION FOR DELTA II AND III POWER PLANT PROJECT [...] Summary. In a July 6 letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham (original forwarded to AF/W for transmittal to DOE),President Obasanjo provided the most comprehensive and clear explanation for the reasons behind the decision to award Marubeni/Hitachi the contract to rehabi [...]	2001-07-17 13:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI
01ABUJA1918	NIGERIA: SECRETARY EVANS LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] Action request, para 4. 2. Department of Commerce requested Post input on the efficacy of sending a Secretarial letter on behalf of Proctor & Gamble (P&G) to President Obasanjo. The Mission believes P&G's interests would be best served by approaching Chief Kolawole Babalola Jamodu, Min [...]	2001-08-01 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV NI
01ABUJA1919	NIGERIA PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET EQUAL TO USD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff met with Dr. Joseph Nnanna, Director of Research at the Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 25 and Representative Mohammed Daggash, Chairman of the House Finance Committee, on July 26. Both Messrs. Nnanna and Daggash asserted that the Second Supplementary Appropriation Ac [...]	2001-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV NI
01ABUJA1921	NIGERIA: OBASANJO IS READY TO WORK WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Per Ref A request, Ambassador met with President Olusegun Obasanjo on July 31 to discuss the WCAR. Other issues raised were Nigeria's role in Zimbabwe and post-JEPC bilateral engagement, both covered in septels. This cable reports on the WCAR discussion. 2. Ambassador Jeter expresse [...]	2001-08-02 10:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NI WCAR
01ABUJA1922	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting scheduled to discuss other issues (septel),Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by EconOff (notetaker),raised with President Obasanjo, as promised in reftelcon, Nigeria's continuing role in addressing the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. Obasanjo was very forthcoming as [...]	2001-08-02 10:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI ZI
01ABUJA1927	KOUYATE ON OAU ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2001-08-02 10:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI OAU ECOWAS
01ABUJA1934	NIGERIA: DEVELOPING A STRUCTURE FOR BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 7. 2. (U) Embassy Abuja applauds the work of the Department on developing a new structure for engaging Nigeria. Ref A closely reflects Embassy thinking on next steps for post-JEPC engagement, and also mirrors many of the issues raised by the GON. Em [...]	2001-08-03 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PREL NI
01ABUJA1935	POLICY CHANGE ON WCAR KNOWN AT FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Acting Polcouns met August 3 with Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division (SUND) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Ibrahim, in the absence of Director Akinsanya, now in Geneva. SUND has primary action for the WCAR within the Ministry. Ibrahim said that SUND and [...]	2001-08-03 14:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NI WCAR
01ABUJA1941	MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The fo [...]	2001-08-06 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NI
01ABUJA1950	MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The foll [...]	2001-08-06 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NI
01ABUJA1956	NIGERIA: PROCTOR AND GAMBLE [...] Mission appreciates Department of Commerce's flexibility in redirecting the Secretary's letter to the Minister of Industries. Please note that this does not imply an overall policy change away from commercial advocacy at the Presidential level as Ref A suggests. Based on recent interaction w [...]	2001-08-07 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA1957	(C) NIGERIA: PRIVATIZATION DIRECTOR TO QUIT JOB [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Jeter hosted Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE),for lunch on August 1 to discuss the current status of the NITEL GSM Equipment contract. EconOff attended as notetaker. El-Rufai was very candid about his relationship with the [...]	2001-08-07 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	EINV PGOV ECON PINR NI
01ABUJA1974	NIGERIA RESPONDS TO U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On August 6, Econoff presented Ref A demarche to Mr. Kabir Ilyasu, Minister-Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Second United Nations Division (SUND). Ilyasu was aware of the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organiza [...]	2001-08-09 13:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR NI
01ABUJA2017	NIGERIA: USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TRIPS [...] As requested Reftel, in accordance with Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement, the US Mission in Nigeria has provided the following technical assistance to the GON during the period from September 2000 to August 31, 2001 in the area of intellectual property rights protection: -- The Commercial [...]	2001-08-13 09:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD OEXC KPAO USTR FCUL
01ABUJA2026	NIGERIA: THE 2002-2003 ELECTIONS -- THE "BIG ENCHILADA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Joe Baxter, Nigeria Country Director for the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),called on Ambassador Jeter on August 6 to discuss the 2002 local government (LG) elections and the national elections in 2003. Baxter also discussed the National Identity Card and Vo [...]	2001-08-14 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV NI
01ABUJA2031	NIGERIA: INS ROUNDTABLE WITH GON OFFICIALS ADDRESS [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. Action request see para. 15. 3. (U) Summary: On July 31, Ambassador, INS District Director INS/Rome, INS OIC/Accra, and Lagos Econoff attended a roundtable sponsored by Minister of Aviation Kema Chikwe to discuss the probl [...]	2001-08-15 13:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EAIR KFRD NI SMIG
01ABUJA2036	NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON BAKASSI PENINSULA [...] (C) After a meeting on security assistance at the Ministry of Defense (septel),Ambassador had a private aside with the Minister of State for Defense (Army),Lawal Batagarawa, on the situation in the Bakassi Peninsula. Batagarawa stated that other than changing the military command structure i [...]	2001-08-16 05:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CM NI
01ABUJA2072	NIGERIA: SECURITY ASSISTANCE MEETING CHAIRED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, Ambassador Jeter accompanied by DATT, Acting ODC Chief and PolMilOff met with Acting Minister of Defense Lawal Batagarawa and other Ministry officials to discuss security assistance programs. Ambassador Jeter explained that he had requested the meeting due to slow p [...]	2001-08-17 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NI MAS
01ABUJA2073	NIGERIA: PRELIMINARY REACTIONS TO U.S. [...] On August 15, EconOff met with Debt Management Office Director-General, Akin S. Arikawe, to discuss USG reactions to Nigeria's proposals for the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement as described Ref A. Arikawe read through the entire document with EconOff and provided immediate reactions to a [...]	2001-08-17 17:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTIA NI
01ABUJA2074	THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE: NIGERIA'S DRUG [...] No summary [...]	2001-08-17 18:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NI PGOV SNAR
01ABUJA2113	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels),the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...]	2001-08-28 09:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI
01ABUJA2115	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR, [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...]	2001-08-28 09:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR
01ABUJA2116	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON OFR AND SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to a discussion of GON efforts in a number of African hot-spots, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels),the Ambassador and NSA also d [...]	2001-08-28 12:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR KPKO PINR PREL NI SL
01ABUJA2117	NIGERIA: BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and President Obasanjo discussed a smorgasbord of issues over a lengthy breakfast on August 24. The President said he would do everything possible to meet the counter-narcotics benchmarks, but he admitted that the Nigerian judiciary was broken and offered to r [...]	2001-08-28 12:47:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL SNAR ETRD BEXP MASS ECOWAS WCAR XF NI
01ABUJA2118	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on Nigeria's counter-narcotics performance and U [...]	2001-08-28 13:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM CJAN EFIN NI
01ABUJA2152	NIGERIA: LAFIAJI ON NDLEA EFFORTS [...] (C) NDLEA Chairman Alhaji Bello Lafiaji called on Ambassador Jeter on August 27. The Ambassador informed Lafiaji that he had shared the non-paper on certification benchmarks with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and President Obasanjo. The President had informed the Ambassador that 2 [...]	2001-08-29 16:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM NI
01ABUJA2187	REPATRIATION OF DETAINED ALIENS TO NIGERIA [...] Mission shares the concern of Washington agencies that criminal aliens be repatriated without undue delay to their country of nationality. We want to work jointly with all concerned agencies to facilitate and speed repatriation of Nigerian criminal aliens. 2. We would welcome the oppor [...]	2001-09-04 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL CVIS CJAN SNAR NI
01ABUJA2218	NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON OFR ISSUES AND UNAMSIL [...] (U) CDA, accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff, called on Army Minister Batagarawa 4 September to discuss OFR issues and Ref A points on UNAMSIL rotations. 2. (C) Batagarawa said he would meet with his Joint and Legal Staff and promised to provide an answer on the Memorandum of Intent this we [...]	2001-09-04 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR KPKO NI
01ABUJA2224	PLANNING A USG-GON EXTRADITION EXCHANGE [...] Several discussions with Nigeria's Attorney General and his staff over the past three months have produced agreement on the terms of an extradition exchange or consultations to be funded by INL and implemented by DOJ's Office of Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) program. 2. T [...]	2001-09-06 08:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV NI
01ABUJA2225	NIGERIA: MISSION VIEWS REGARDING INS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) I want to take this opportunity to re-emphasize the Mission's support for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the GON, which would establish guidelines and a legal basis for a USG presence at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). At the same time, I also want to encourage I [...]	2001-09-06 10:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CVIS KFRD SMIG SNAR NI
01ABUJA2226	STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA [...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...]	2001-09-06 10:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI
01ABUJA2235	NIGERIA: CODEL WATTS AND BIZDEL DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Ambassador Jeter accompanied Codel Watts, AUSTR Whitaker and executives from Phillips Petroleum, Syntroleum, Proctor and Gamble and Qualcomm to breakfast with President Obasanjo. Pointing to the need for foreign investment in non-oil sectors, the President encouraged the U.S. compani [...]	2001-09-06 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OVIP NI
01ABUJA2258	NIGERIA: RIOTS IN JOS ABATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: While rioting in Jos continued into a second straight day (Saturday),by mid-morning on Sunday, 9 September, AmCits and GON officials were reporting that order had been restored. A 1600 to 0700 curfew governs daily life until further notice, however. Embassy received word that [...]	2001-09-09 18:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS CVIS NI
01ABUJA2261	FLOOD DAMAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA GRAVE AND [...] (U) Summary: The worst flooding in many years has wiped out dozens of villages in northern Nigeria, killing over 300 and displacing 1,600,000. Floodwaters are rising in some areas and receding in others. There is an urgent need for food, potable water, plastic clothing and shelter. Even e [...]	2001-09-09 19:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL NI
01ABUJA2286	NIGERIA: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (U) On 12 September, just after midnight, the Embassy received the following letter of condolence from President Obasanjo to President Bush. The signed original has been pouched to AF/W, a copy faxed to the Department. Begin text: 12 September 2001 Dear President, On behalf [...]	2001-09-12 09:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC NI

01ABUJA2301	(C) NIGERIA'S IMF STAND-BY MAY NOT STAND [...] (C) EconOff met 14 September with IMF team leader Hiroshi Hino to discuss progress on the mission's review of Nigeria's Stand-by Arrangement. According to Hino, the mission's "job is very difficult," adding "I will not be recommending an extension of the SBA nor a staff monitoring program to t [...]	2001-09-14 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA2330	NIGERIA: REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY [...] On September 15 Mission received the following letter from Ambassador Femi George, Director of African Affairs for the GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. I acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of your letter dated 6 September 2001 on the appointment of former Senator John C. Danfort [...]	2001-09-18 07:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU NI
01ABUJA2338	NIGERIA: GON PLANS TO VISIT IMF AND TREASURY IN [...] EconOff received a call September 18 from Debt Management Office Director-General A.S. Arikawe. Arikawe said that he and Minister of Finance Ciroma expect to travel soon to Washington despite the postponed IMF/World Bank annual meetings. In particular, Arikawe said, the Minister would like t [...]	2001-09-18 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2339	NIGERIA: PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT ON [...] On August 16, the GON inaugurated the National Committee on the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Chaired by the Minister of Environment, the Committee is comprised of 10 ministries including Environment, Health, Transport, Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Water Resources. Each Mi [...]	2001-09-18 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KPAO NI
01ABUJA2396	NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION DELAYED [...] Summary. The GON recently announced a two-month delay in the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications, Ltd. (NITEL) originally scheduled for September 2001. According to BPE Advisor Michael Dan, NITEL's privatization would more likely be delayed until February-March 2002 and may not att [...]	2001-09-21 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2398	NO CELEBRATIONS IN ZAMFARA: REPORTS INACCURATE [...] Summary: Post has investigated the story reported by a BBC stringer in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, that there were celebrations there following the September 11 attack on the U.S. All sources indicate that this story was exaggerated. Reports of unrest in Kano on Friday, September 14, a [...]	2001-09-21 07:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KISL PINS NI
01ABUJA2404	NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be ar risk. [...]	2001-09-21 10:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER XA
01ABUJA2415	NIGERIA ON ICAO RESOLUTION AND AVIATION INSURANCE [...] On September 20 and 21, Econoff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and separately to Chief Owodu, Technical Advisor to the Minister of Aviation. Ref C information was delivered Septembe [...]	2001-09-21 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC ATRN NI
01ABUJA2416	NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1333 [...] Reftel demarche was delivered September 20 to Central Bank Governor Joseph Sanusi and September 21 to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Governor Sanusi, while unaware of the reporting requirements per UNSCR 1333, w [...]	2001-09-21 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PTER NI
01ABUJA2421	NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be at risk. [...]	2001-09-22 13:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER XA
01ABUJA2445	NIGERIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT [...] In response to Reftel information request, the USG does not currently have an environmental program in Nigeria, although USD 2 million has now been identified for an environmental program. USAID/Nigeria ha prepared a scope of work for an overall assessment of the environment in Nigeria. The [...]	2001-09-25 15:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID NI
01ABUJA2451	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON UNAMSIL ROTATIONS, [...] (C) CDA Andrews, accompanied by DATT, called on Minister of Defense Danjuma 25 September. After the Minister offered his personal condolences on the attacks against the U.S., and CDA offered his condolences for the victims of the Jos riot, he raised the USG request that Nigeria adjust its troo [...]	2001-09-26 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI
01ABUJA2491	NIGERIA: PRE-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Embassy received Ref A request for pre-deployment assessment on 26 September. By this date, deployments for Operation Focus Relief trainers were already well underway, and training had already begun at Birnin-Kebbi (training in Ilorin and Serti is scheduled to begin on 8 October). Additio [...]	2001-09-28 09:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ASEC NI
01ABUJA2518	NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PROSPECTS FOR A RENEWED [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In an October 2 telcon with Debt Management Office Director-General Akin Arikawe, EconOff learned that, from recent meetings with the IMF and USG officials in Washington, the GON is cautiously optimistic of a [...]	2001-10-03 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA2521	CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ON FREEZING THE FINANCIAL [...] This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. Summary. Emboffs met with CBN Deputy Governor Ebi to discuss Ref A. Ebi promised to re-examine the CBN's mechanisms to combat financial crimes and crack-down on terrorists' financial activities. The CBN's International Financial Crime Unit ha [...]	2001-10-03 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER NI
01ABUJA2539	ZAMFARA POLITICAL VIOLENCE: AT IT AGAIN [...] (U) APP and PDP supporters clashed violently in the streets of Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, following a PDP rally on October 4. Four persons died, 19 were critically injured and 74 were arrested. Both sides attacked property belonging to the leadership of the other party. APP members [...]	2001-10-05 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS NI
01ABUJA2542	MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-09 11:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
01ABUJA2560	TFUS01: NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Foreign Minister, Sule Lamido, Kaduna Governor Makarfi, Adobe Obe, Foreign Affairs advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris also attended. This message covers their conversation [...]	2001-10-11 09:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2562	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...]	2001-10-11 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA2606	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-12 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2617	TFUS3: PETROL BOMB AT KANO BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (U) On 15 October 2001, Embassy Abuja received information from a reliable source that the British Council in Kano had been the target of a petrol bomb during the early morning hours. 2. (C/NF) RSO met British High Commission Security Officer, Keith Rowland, who offered the following deta [...]	2001-10-15 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER NI
01ABUJA2622	NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN KANO, ELSWHERE CALM [...] (C) Summary: Violence erupted in Kano over the October 12-14 weekend for a multiplicity of reasons, chiefly criminal opportunism and internal political rivalries but also including anti-U.S. sentiment over air strikes against the Taliban and bin Laden. Twenty-five people were killed, over [...]	2001-10-15 18:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PHUM NI
01ABUJA2645	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR EAGER TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USG ON ALL ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met the President's Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol October 11 to discuss a range of bilateral economic issues, including the structure of the successor to the Joint Economic Partnership Committee (JEPC) and possible actions for Nigeria to crack-down on the [...]	2001-10-16 10:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PTER NI
01ABUJA2653	TFUS01: NIGERIA: DANJUMA'S CONDOLENCES, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by DATT, PolMilOff and DOD Colonel Terry Tidler called on Defense Minister Danjuma October 10 (COL I.D. Pennap, Personal Staff Officer to the Minister, also attended). Offering his condolences on September 11, Danjuma revealed that he had instructed [...]	2001-10-17 17:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR CG BY NI
01ABUJA2665	NIGERIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-18 15:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CJAN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2667	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...]	2001-10-18 20:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI
01ABUJA2668	NIGERIA: MPRI IPR - WILL THE PROGRAM CONTINUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A mostly positive In-Progress-Review of the MPRI program was followed by a discussion of MPRI funding issues for 2002. Claiming the GON was unaware that the program required an annual commitment of $3.5m, Defense Minister Danjuma suggested a new arrangement with a significantly s [...]	2001-10-18 20:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR NI
01ABUJA2669	NIGERIA: IMF PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO KEEP GON IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja supports continued IMF engagement with Nigeria despite the GON's failure to complete the current Stand-by Arrangement. We believe extending the current SBA through December followed by a new SBA is the best option. The extended program could emphasize restraints [...]	2001-10-18 20:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI
01ABUJA2686	TFUS01: NIGERIA: EU TROIKA'S CALL ON THE AMBASSADOR RE: SECURITY [...] (C) On October 16, the EU Troika (the Belgian and Spanish Ambassadors, and Head of the European Commission Delegation),called on Ambassador Jeter to discuss ongoing events in Nigeria in light of September 11 and the coalition response in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Belgian Ambassador Jozef Smets [...]	2001-10-20 08:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OFDP ASEC EU NI
01ABUJA2687	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED [...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...]	2001-10-20 08:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CG XA NI
01ABUJA2694	NIGERIA: TRIPS AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche October 16 to Mr. Y.T. Agah, head of Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. EconOff emphasized the need for a balanced approach that protects intellectual property rights for pharmaceutical patent holders while permitting developing countri [...]	2001-10-23 08:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD KSEP USTR
01ABUJA2700	STONING SENTENCES IN KEBBI, SOKOTO; GON BEGINS [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-23 17:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF NI
01ABUJA2701	NIGERIA: KEEPING THE DIALOGUE GOING: AMBASSADOR, [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Ambassador discussed with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe security procedures at Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA),the requirements that needed to be met before U.S. INS assistance can be reinstated at MMIA, the distribution to Nigerian air carriers o [...]	2001-10-24 10:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC ECON BEXP NI
01ABUJA2710	NDLEA EXHIBITS GREATER DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROWESS [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2.(C) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, NDLEA Chairman Bello Lafiaji extolled the drug enforcement agency's more energetic efforts. Drug seizures made thus far already surpass last year's totals and t [...]	2001-10-24 21:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR NI
01ABUJA2758	NIGERIA ON TRIPS, AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES [...] EconOff delivered reftel information on 25 October to Mr. Y.T. Agah, Assistant Director responsible for Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. Agah raised concern over geographical indication (GI) protections for indigenous plants, especially those with medicinal value, and [...]	2001-10-29 14:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD NI WTO USTR
01ABUJA2787	NIGERIA: THE LATEST IN THE IMF SAGA [...] Classified by Charge d'Affairs Timothy D. Andrews for Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) EconOff spoke October 31 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank, to discuss the IMF program. Ebi confirmed that the IMF had decided not to extend the SBA and tha [...]	2001-11-01 04:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA2793	NEW FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION TO TAKE ON [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-01 11:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER KCRM NI
01ABUJA2797	NIGERIA'S RISKS IN SUPPORTING US ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Since September 11, the Obasanjo Administration has lent unequivocal diplomatic support to USG anti-terrorists efforts, including coalition military operations against Al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts. This unambiguous support was not a given. Nigeria, home to Sub-Saharan Africa largest M [...]	2001-11-02 07:33:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER ETTC SOCI PINS PREL NI
01ABUJA2827	NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE FROM SSS DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a November 2 meeting, SSS DG Are briefed the CDA on the recent violence in Benue. It was a mystery to Are how the 19 murdered soldiers had let themselves be disarmed. Are insisted the Army was investigating the alleged reprisals against villagers and planned to punish [...]	2001-11-06 10:18:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS MOPS PREF PGOV NI
01ABUJA2841	NIGERIAN EFFORTS TO FREEZE TERRORIST ASSETS [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-07 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER NI
01ABUJA2855	NIGERIA: UPDATE ON BENUE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states, the military was called to do what the police could not -- contain civil unrest. As with Odi in 1999, the tragedy that occurred in Benue demonstrates the problems associated with asking often poorly-led soldiers to assume law enforcement d [...]	2001-11-09 17:01:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM NI
01ABUJA2856	AGOA ELIGIBILTY REVIEW FOR NIGERIA [...] Post has reviewed all documents relating to AGOA eligibility for Nigeria including reftels C, D and E, the 2000 Human Rights Report, this year,s report on trafficking in women and children, and the first draft of the 2001 Human Rights Report. 2. The following is an update of the informati [...]	2001-11-09 17:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL NI
01ABUJA2857	NIGERIA: STATUS OF CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS FOR [...] Due to severe staffing shortages, particularly the prolonged vacancy of Post's Labor officer position, Embassy Abuja and Consulate Lagos are unable to meet reftel request for "detailed and comprehensive information" on the status of child labor in Nigeria. The Regional Labor officer departed [...]	2001-11-09 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NI EING
01ABUJA2858	NIGERIA: AF COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-09 17:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA NI
01ABUJA2859	PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S DRAFT 2002 BUDGET SHOWS [...] Summary. The draft 2002 budget presented by President Obasanjo November 7 signals his attempt to restrain spending despite upcoming elections. Proposed spending levels total N841 billion (USD 7.5 billion),a seven percent reduction from the adjusted 2001 budget. Thirty-five percent of the b [...]	2001-11-09 17:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2866	LIFE AFTER THE SBA -- IMF SUGGESTS VOLUNTARY [...] (U) Summary: Visiting IMF team leader Hiroyuki Hino told diplomats November 8 that the SBA had expired because the GON had failed to reach critical benchmarks. In place of a formal program, the IMF and GON were negotiating a voluntary policy framework for the six-month period of October 2001- [...]	2001-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON NI
01ABUJA2878	2001 PDP CONVENTION: THE THRILL WAS GONE [...] (C) Summary: The 2001 Convention of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) elected an unopposed slate of national party leaders November 10. Yielding an outwardly harmonious convention, there was little sign of the wrangling and division that characterized the preceding four weeks of party congr [...]	2001-11-14 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
01ABUJA2881	PDP: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH [...] (U) Introduction: The Peoples' Democratic Party, a hybrid from its inception, has been riven by internal power struggles, weakened by presidential interference, and now faces significant challenges gearing up for its own convention, much less the battery of local (2002) State and Federal (20 [...]	2001-11-14 15:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
01ABUJA2938	NIGERIA: TRYING TIMES [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has entered a period of unease. During the past several months, the country's political elite has been more attentive to political intrigue than the demands of responsible governance. As a result, civilian government faces multiple challenges. Communal clashes have engende [...]	2001-11-21 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM NI
01ABUJA2982	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DROC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator for Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on Nigeria's foreign affairs efforts. 2. (C) SUMMARY CO [...]	2001-11-26 17:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA2983	DRUG CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD FOR NIGERIA [...] This responds to reftel's request for a certification report card showing the Government of Nigeria's accomplishments in achieving certification benchmarks set out earlier in the year. A. Major Traffickers 1) improved effectiveness of the NDLEA/DEA Joint Task Force leading to interna [...]	2001-11-26 19:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NI
01ABUJA2985	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator on Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on recent events in Benue. 2. (C) SUMMARY CONTINUED: Def [...]	2001-11-27 05:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR PINS NI
01ABUJA2986	NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER DISCUSSES PKO PLANS, UNAMSIL, BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 22 meeting with PolCouns and PolmilOff, Army Minister Batagarawa confirmed that Nigeria was planning to send an OFR Phase III battalion to Burundi. He also reported that Ghana probably would seek U.S. equipment support for its Burundi-bound battalion. Batagarawa [...]	2001-11-27 05:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS SL BU NI
01ABUJA2987	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BIAFRA HOUSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 11 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed urged the United States to stop a U.S.-based organization from calling itself the "Embassy of Biafra," and from broadcasting the "Voice of Biafra" to N [...]	2001-11-27 06:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPRC NI
01ABUJA2989	NIGERDOCK: STORY OF A PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The case history of Niger Dock, the first such privatization to feature an American firm, highlights the internal GON rivalries and other obstacles that privatization faces in Nigeria. Just when the issue seemed settled, and J. Raymond McDermott, Inc. (JRM),had won the Nig [...]	2001-11-27 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD NI
01ABUJA3022	NIGERIA: GON SEEKS MEETING WITH PARIS CLUB [...] This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. EconOff spoke November 28 with Debt Management Office (DMO) Director-General Akin S. Arikawe. Arikawe expressed concern over FY2002 Paris Club payments. Specifically, he said the FY2002 proposed budget allocates N187 billion (USD 1.55 [...]	2001-11-30 05:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA3039	NIGERIA: PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT TO BURUNDI [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-03 13:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS NI
01ABUJA3071	NIGERIAN ANTI-TRUST BILL WENDING WAY THROUGH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: FTC HELP REQUESTED [...] The following answers are cued to questions in paragraph three of reftel. a. The September conference that Basil Udotai referred to in his communication with the FTC was the first of four seminars on competition policy that the Executive and Legislative branches of the Niegrian Governmen [...]	2001-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN NI
01ABUJA3093	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE AND DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with recently appointed Nigerian Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Earnest Shonekan, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel talking points while also leaving a nonpaper and a copy of the SADC Parliamentary Forum election norms. Pleased to hear our views, Shonekan s [...]	2001-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON NI
01ABUJA3128	NIGERIA: DONORS DISCUSS 2002 BUDGET, PRSP AND [...] Summary. A donors meeting in Brussels November 19-20 focused on Nigeria's macroeconomic situation, the 2002 budget and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. Although GON economic progress for most of the year has been languid, donors agreed that the GON showed fourth quarter improvem [...]	2001-12-07 09:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA3162	NIGERIA: ESF PROPOSALS FOR FY 2002 [...] The following is Embassy Abuja's ESF funding proposals for FY 2002 FY 2002 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS U.S. Mission Nigeria Proposals Program Overview Nigeria has significant strategic value to the United States. The world's eighth largest oil producer, Nigeria ranks as the fifth la [...]	2001-12-11 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL NI
01ABUJA3193	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON BURUNDI DEPLOYMENT [...] (S) Post will raise points (Ref A) with the GON at the earliest appropriate opportunity. However, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa will be in Washington this week for meetings on the Hill and with the Department. Batagarawa, who attended preparatory meetings in Arusha and [...]	2001-12-13 09:24:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BE BY NI
01ABUJA3200	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER OF STATE ON BENUE: [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Army Lawal Batagarawa departed Nigeria on December 8 on his way to Washington to explain developments in Benue and neighboring states. In Washington, Batagarawa told us that the Nigerian Embassy has arranged several meetings on the Hill beginning December [...]	2001-12-13 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM NI
01ABUJA3201	NIGERIA: ENDGAME ON GAS FLARING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido has enlisted the World Bank, the Government of Norway and environmentalists from around the world to support his position over the issue of gas flaring in Nigeria. Okopido,s personal crusade is to advance the deadline to end gas f [...]	2001-12-13 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET SENV PGOV NI
01ABUJA3223	WAR ON TERRORISM: NIGERIA'S EFFORTS TO UPGRADE LAWS [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-14 18:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KCRM KTIA PREL NI
01ABUJA3224	NIGERIA: LETTER FROM BENUE STATE GOVERNOR [...] What follows below is the text of a November 20 letter to the Ambassador received from Benue State Governor George Akume in reaction to the Embassy's press statment regarding events in Benue. Appreciation I write on behalf of the Government and the people of Benue State t [...]	2001-12-18 07:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC NI
01ABUJA3227	NIGERIA: U.S.-U.K. TEAM RAISES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY WITH OIL COMPANIES AND GON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: A joint delegation from the British Foreign Office and the State Department met Nigerian government officials and oil company representatives from November 26-28 in Lagos and Abuja to discuss implementa [...]	2001-12-19 08:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EPET PREL NI
01ABUJA3232	NIGERIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2001 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in reftel: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasan [...]	2001-12-19 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NI
01ABUJA3237	NIGERIA: PARIS CLUB BILATERALS NOT READY BY XMAS: [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) has not concluded any of its 15 pending Paris Club bilateral agreements. The DMO has creatively used the comparability clause in the 2000 Agreed Minute to play cr [...]	2001-12-19 19:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA3238	NIGERIA: SSS DG ARE ON AL QAIDA [...] (S/NF) During a December 11 call on State Security Service Director General Kayode Are, Ambassador Jeter (accompanied by RAO and PolMilOff) thanked Are for the GON's efforts to combat terrorism and to ensure the safety of official and non-official Americans in Nigeria. Jeter presented reftel [...]	2001-12-20 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ASEC NI
01ABUJA3265	NIGERIA: ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-21 13:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC NI
01ABUJA3270	NIGERIA: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION DISCUSSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-27 11:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NI
01ABUJA871	AMBASSADOR VISITS KADUNA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid his first official visit to Kaduna State on March 27 and 28. He met with Kaduna Governor Ahmed Makarfi, the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, former Military Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, Northern kingmaker Dr. Liman Ciroma and leaders in Musli [...]	2001-04-25 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV NI PINR ECON EAGR EMIN LY
01ABUJA875	CODEL Hastert Meets Obasanjo, National Assembly [...] Summary. In a six hour visit on April 17, CODEL Hastert met with President Obasanjo, and, separately, with Speaker of the House Ghali Na'Abba and other assembly members. With Obasanjo Speaker Hastert emphasized USG commitment to AGOA, and to HIV/AIDS programming assistance and basic healthc [...]	2001-04-25 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL EFIN BEXP MASS SNAR NI
01ABUJA951	Satellite Licensing in Nigeria [...] EconOff met with Nigerian Communications Commission Special Assistant to the Chairman C.A. Ojobo on April 26 to discuss Intelsat and market access for satellite operators in Nigeria per reftel. According to Ojobo, the Nigerian government continues to support the privatization of Intelsat sla [...]	2001-05-03 08:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON NI
01ABUJA954	POST OFR ROUND-TABLE MEETING WITH NSA MOHAMMED [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 19 post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting, Nigeria,s National Security Advisor told us that the Nigerian civilian government has complete control of the military. The NSA was pleased that the OFR meeting had been positive, but deep frustration that [...]	2001-05-03 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS NI PREL
01ABUJA962	COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN SSS CHIEF ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on the Director General of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS),Kayode Are, on April 23 at SSS Headquarters. The Ambassador was accompanied by Embassy Counselor for Regional Affairs. Afas Gadzama, the SSS Deputy Director for Intelligence, also parti [...]	2001-05-04 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR NI
01ABUJA964	NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...]	2001-05-04 09:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA983	NIGERIA WILL SUPPORT INCUMBENT ICAO CHAIRMAN AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. EconOff spoke with Chief Owodu, Technical Assistant to the Minister of Aviation, on April 25 regarding the election of ICAO Council President as requested Refs B and C. Chief Owodu said that Nigeria would support the incumbent, Dr. Assad [...]	2001-05-04 13:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR ECON NI
01ABUJA989	Senger Challenges Nigerian Legal Profession to Provide Greater Access to ADR [...] Summary: Department of Justice Deputy Senior Counsel for Dispute Resolution Jeffrey Senger challenged leaders in Nigeria's courts and executive branch to address the practicalities of a court-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system that could lower costs, bring greater access to d [...]	2001-05-04 14:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC KJUS NI
01ABUJA993	NIGERIA: OBASANJO REPLACES SERVICE CHIEFS [...] (U) President Obasanjo on April 24 abruptly retired Chief of Army Staff LTG Victor Malu, Chief of Naval Staff VADM V.K. Ombu and Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa. MG A.O. Ogomudia will replace Malu, and RADM S.I. Afolayan and AVM J.D. Wuyep will replace, respectively, Ombu and Alfa. [...]	2001-05-04 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS PINR NI
01ABUJA997	Revenue Sharing and Resource Control [...] (U) In the interests of de-mystifying what is for everyone, Nigerians included, an extremely convoluted federal revenue-sharing system, Embassy offers the following summary explanation to help define the issues at stake in the resource control lawsuit being heard in the Nigerian Supreme Court. [...]	2001-05-04 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EPET PGOV PINS NI
01ABUJA999	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIA'S UNCHR VOTES [...] (C) During a discussion with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed on President Obasanjo,s visit to the United States (Ref C),Ambassador Jeter raised Nigeria,s voting record in the UNCHR (Ref A). The Ambassador expressed deep disappointment in Nigeria,s voting record, especially after the [...]	2001-05-04 19:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NI UNHRC
01BANJUL878	GAMBIAN ELECTION OFFICIAL RESULTS - JAMMEH [...] WE DEPLOYED A TEAM OF SIX IEC-ACCREDITED ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR THE OCTOBER 18 POLL. WE CONTRIBUTED OUR CDA, IROG, GSO, OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND OUR POLITICAL ASSISTANT. IN THEIR CONTINUING TRADITION OF UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR US, EMBASSY DAKAR CONTRIBUTED THE DATT. CDA AND OUR POLITI [...]	2001-10-22 15:33:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM PREL GA
01BOGOTA500	LATEST MASSACRE PART OF ON-GOING PARA OFFENSIVE [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ANNE W. PATTERSON. REASONS: 1.5(C,D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 17, SOME 26 RESIDENTS OF A COMMUNITY NEAR THE TOWN OF OVEJAS IN NORTHERN SUCRE DEPARTMENT WERE MASSACRED, APPARENTLY BY PARAMILITARIES BELONGING TO THE NORTHERN BLOCK OF SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS OPERATING [...]	2001-01-19 22:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CO
01DAMASCUS3036	ASAD: ISRAEL DOES NOT DESIRE PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH GERMAN NEWS MAGAZINE DER SPIEGEL 7/9, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL- ASAD ACCUSED ISRAELI PM SHARON OF PUSHING THE REGION TOWARDS WAR; ASSERTED THAT SYRIA WANTED PEACE BUT WOULD NOT SHY AWAY FROM WAR IF FORCED INTO IT; AND WAS UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT SYRIAN [...]	2001-07-09 15:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SY
01GABORONE3514	A GRASS-ROOTS LOOK AT HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA [...] DURING OUR RECENT TRAVELS UPCOUNTRY, THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY STAFF LOOKED AT COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS AND INTERAGENCY USG SUPPORT FOR THOSE EFFORTS. IT WAS A SOBERING EXPERIENCE THAT EMPHASIZED THE DEBILITATING SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE. SELEBI-PHIKW [...]	2001-11-01 05:42:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID SOCI MASS PHUM BBG BC
01GABORONE3732	MOGAE ON MUGABE: HE WILL STAY IN POWER "BY [...] (C) PRESIDENT FESTUS MOGAE (PROTECT) BELIEVES THERE IS NO CHANCE TO INFLUENCE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO HOLD FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS BY MARCH. HE SAID MUGABE IS ACTING LIKE A "WOUNDED BUFFALO" AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO LESSEN THE HARM [...]	2001-12-03 11:37:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BC ZI
01HANOI1878	VIETNAM DENIES UNHCR ACCESS TO HIGHLANDS [...] VIETNAM HAS DENIED UNHCR ACCESS TO CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCES, PREVENTING UNHCR FROM LAUNCHING VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE FLED TO CAMBODIA. UNHCR WILL NOW CONSIDER LONGER-TERM MEASURES FOR THE DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN RATTANAKIRI AND MONDOLAKIRI. END SUMMARY. 2 [...]	2001-08-06 09:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM VM UNHCR ETMIN HUMANR
01HANOI2136	STAFFDEL REES VISIT TO CATHOLIC CHARITY IN HCMC [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02136 01 OF 02 300933Z REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH STAFFDEL AT A SHELTER FOR GIRLS IN HCMC, A CATHOLIC NUN DESCRIBED A GRADUAL TENDENCY ON THE PA [...]	2001-08-30 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
01HANOI2152	STAFFDEL MEETING WITH ETHNIC MINORITY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS DESCRIBED TO STAFFDEL REES THE FEBRUARY/MARCH UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE IN CAMBODIA, NOTED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO SOLVE [...]	2001-08-31 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PGOV KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
01HANOI3086	LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) SUMMARY. ROUTE ONE IS BEAUTIFUL DRIVE BUT A SURPRISINGLY POOR NATIONAL ARTERY LINKING THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. THERE IS LITTLE INDICATION OF MUCH USE OF LAND OR RAIL TRANSPORT FOR INTER-PROVINCIAL TRADE. SMALL-SCALE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SEEMS TO THRIVE. RICE IS CLEARLY KING A [...]	2001-11-26 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PINS PGOV ETRD VM
01HANOI3302	THE ROLE OF BOARDING SCHOOLS IN MINORITY INTEGRATION [...] SUMMARY: BOARDING SCHOOL EDUCATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EFFORTS OF PHU THO AND TUYEN QUANG PROVINCES IN NORTHERN VIETNAM TO INTEGRATE THEIR ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS. THE GVN SET UP BOARDING SCHOOLS NOT ONLY FOR INTEGRATION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH CHEAPER TO BUILD AND ST [...]	2001-12-21 07:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI VM ETMIN
01HANOI598	DIFFERENT VIEW OF HIGHLAND EVENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS G. HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. 2. (C) SWEDISH DCM TOLD CHARGE SHE BELIEVED THE REPORTS OF UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EXAGGERATED AND BELIEVES FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY WELL BEFORE PUBLICITY OF FEBRUARY [...]	2001-03-14 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
01HANOI702	MFA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT HIGHLANDERS IN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN AMERICAN SAMOA [...] SUMMARY: AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ASKED AMBASSADOR TO MEET AFTERNOON OF MARCH 26 TO RAISE VIETNAMESE CONCERNS ABOUT A GROUP OF HIGHLANDERS WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CAMBODIA AND TO REITERATE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES TO REMOVE ALL VIETNAMESE WORKERS FROM AMERICAN SA [...]	2001-03-26 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB CB VM
01HANOI965	NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS, MODERATE NONG DUC MANH WAS OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS VIETNAM'S SENIOR LEADER APRIL 23 AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS. [...]	2001-04-23 11:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL
01HANOI985	POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED AS UNITED IN OFFICIAL MEDIA IN RUN-UP TO PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, IN THE RUN-UP TO THE JUST-COMPLETED NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS, VIETNAM'S OUTGOING POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED IN STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA AS UNITED IN T [...]	2001-04-25 10:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HARARE1051	CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO [...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...]	2001-03-19 11:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE1108	ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 3 [...] THOUGH RAINS CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE ZAMBEZI RIVER BASIN, RAINFALL AMOUNTS EASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS AND FLOODING IN THE ZAMBEZI VALLEY SUBSIDED. HOWEVER, THE NORTHERN AREAS OF MASHONALAND CENTRAL, WHERE LARGE AREAS OF CROPLAND HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, REMAIN AT RISK FROM FLOO [...]	2001-03-23 08:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI
01HARARE1419	MUGABE PUTS ON THE DOG FOR MOGAE [...] (SBU) BOTSWANA'S PRESIDENT, FESTUS MOGAE, ARRIVED IN HARARE ON APRIL 25 FOR A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT, THE STATED PURPOSE OF WHICH IS FOR THE BOTSWANA CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO OPEN THE ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IN BULAWAYO. THIS IS MOGAE'S SECOND WORKING VISIT IN 8 MONTHS; HE WAS LAST HERE IN [...]	2001-04-26 08:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR ZI BC

01HARARE181	VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION CONTINUE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN BIKITA WEST-- WHERE A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD JANUARY 13-14 TO FILL A SEAT LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATH OF THE INCUMBENT--HAS CONTINUED IN RECENT WEEKS AS ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS STEP UP THEIR INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN. WAR VETERANS AND ZANU-PF [...]	2001-01-10 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE1836	MORE ON ZIMBABWE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' PROPOSAL [...] (C) MALCOLM VOWLES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU),ELABORATED TO POLOFF ON JUNE 6 ON THE CFU'S NEW PROPOSAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) TO RESOLVE THEIR LONG-SIMMERING IMPASSE ON LAND REFORM (SEE REF A FOR DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL). VOWLES STATED THAT BOTH THE [...]	2001-06-08 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI
01HARARE2171	ZIMBABWE SLIDING OMINOUSLY TOWARD A POLICE STATE [...] (C) ZANU-PF HAS ESCALATED ITS INTIMIDATION OF OPPOSITION MDC LEADERS AND SUPPORTERS, AND IS MOVING TO ELIMINATE MANEUVERING ROOM FOR ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT THREATEN THE RULING PARTY'S CONTINUED HOLD ON POWER. IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, ZANU-PF OR THOSE ACTING ON ITS [...]	2001-07-13 09:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI
01HARARE2499	GLEANINGS FROM THE DIPLOMATIC HUSTINGS -- IT'S [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. INITIAL COURTESY CALLS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02499 01 OF 02 240558Z ON COUNTERPARTS IN THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN EMBASSIES HAVE REVEALED DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE EU RANKS OVER HOW TO PROCEED ON ARTICLE 8 NEGOTIATIONS WITH ZIMBAB [...]	2001-08-24 05:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
01HARARE2731	SADC DIPLOMATS PROVIDE READOUT ON SEPTEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. CHARGE AND DCM HELD A SEREIS OF MEETINGS WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS/COUNSELORS OF MOZAMBIQUE, MALAWI, AND SOUTH AFRICA LATE LAST WEEK TO OBTAIN THEIR VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 10 AND 11 MEETINGS BETWEEN MUGABE AND THE ZIMBABWEANS AND SADC CHIEFS OF STATE. ALL THREE EXPRESSED SOME DEG [...]	2001-09-18 05:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
01HARARE2871	UNDP RESREP ON ABUJA AGREEMENT, UN ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) VICTOR ANGELO, THE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE HOSTED A SEPTEMBER 26 BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADORS OF WESTERN DIPLOMATS TO UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS CONCERNING THE ABUJA ACCORDS (AA). HE HAD HOSTED EARLIER IN THE DAY A MEETING WITH THE G-77 TO DISCUSS THE SAME TOPIC. HE DESCRIBED SIX CONCERNS [...]	2001-09-28 07:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE2939	MFA DECLINES TO SAY "YES" OR "NO" ON ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) IN AN OCTOBER 2 MEETING WITH MFA EUROPE AND AMERICAS DIVISION DIRECTOR JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE, CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, REITERATED PREVIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN OVER THE GOZ'S TREATMENT OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES). (N.B. [...]	2001-10-03 13:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE3063	MEDIA REACTION WAR AGAINST TERROR; HARARE [...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO DEDICATE SIGNIFICANT SPACE TO WIRE ARTICLES BY REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED MILITARY STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. THE NATIONAL STATE-RUN TELEVISION STATION, ZTV I, IS CARRYING CABLE NEWS NETWORK [...]	2001-10-16 05:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3400	WAR VETERAN MURDER SPARKS GOZ CRACKDOWN ON MDC AND UNREST [...] (C) GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BLAMED THE MURDER OF A SENIOR WAR VETERAN IN BULAWAYO ON THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) AND HAS MOVED TO ARREST A NUMBER OF PARTY OFFICIALS. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE REJECTED THE ALLEGATIONS AS SIPDIS "UTTER RUBBISH," WHILE MDC PRESIDENT M [...]	2001-11-14 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3410	ZIMBABWE: FEW CHANGES EXPECTED AT UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 13-16 IN VICTORIA FALLS. NO MAJOR CHANGES IN THE ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP ARE EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED, AND THE CONFERENCE IS LIKELY TO REAFFIRM PRESIDENT MUGABE AS THE PARTY'S CANDIDATE FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELEC [...]	2001-11-15 12:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3511	CASE AGAINST DAILY NEWS EDITOR DISMISSED [...] CHARGES AGAINST THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" EDITOR- IN-CHIEF GEOFF NYAROTA AND HIS FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER WILF MBANGA WERE DISMISSED ON NOVEMBER 16 FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE. THE RULING BY HARARE MAGISTRATE WESTON NYAMWANZA INCLUDES LIFTING OF ALL BAIL CONDITIONS. 2. NYAROTA A [...]	2001-11-21 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE538	ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE HOLDS FIRM [...] (C) THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT, ANTHONY GUBBAY, TOLD CHARGE ON JANUARY 26 THAT ZANU-PF WANTS TO FIND A WAY TO FORCE HIM AND HIS FOUR COLLEAGUES OFF THE COURT. IN A MEETING SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUZENDA REPORTEDLY ACCUSED GUBBAY, WHO IS WHITE, OF BEING A RACI [...]	2001-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE765	THE CURRENT STATE AND PROJECTED CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 15 THE START OF PHASE II OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM, AIMED AT RESETTLING A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AS COMMERCIAL FARMERS. WHILE THIS PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE BASED ON A PREVIOUS MODEL DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATIO [...]	2001-02-16 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE856	THREATS AGAINST WHITE OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS [...] (C) IN A FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP AND SECRETARY FOR POLICY FORMULATION AND RESEARCH TRUDY SIPDIS STEVENSON EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT ESCALATING HARASSMENT OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S LEADERS. SHE RECOUNTED A TROUBLING CO [...]	2001-02-27 15:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI
01HOCHIMINHCITY494	THOAI SON INCIDENT REVISITED [...] SUMMARY: REFTEL REPORTED THAT ON MARCH 11, 2000, POLICE ARRESTED THIRTEEN HOA HAO BELIEVERS IN THOAI SON DISTRICT, AN GIANG PROVINCE. EIGHT WERE RELEASED AFTER QUESTIONING; THE OTHER FIVE EVENTUALLY RECEIVED PRISON SENTENCES RANGING FROM 12 MONTHS TO 30 MONTHS. THE NAMES OF THE FIVE IMPRISON [...]	2001-04-27 03:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF VM
01HOCHIMINHCITY734	UPDATE ON CONTINUING BUDDHIST TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 7, ABOUT 100 MONKS, NUNS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE OUTLAWED UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV) ATTEMPTED TO TRAVEL TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE TO MEET WITH UBCV SUPREME PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG AND TAKE HIM TO HCMC. POLICE IN HUE HAD WARNED THEM NOT TO GO, AND MOST OF [...]	2001-06-15 09:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
01MANILA6761	MISUARI TO USG "I'M NO TERRORIST" [...] (C) SUMMARY: NUR MISUARI HAS DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO HIS ARMED SEPARATIST WAYS, BUT HAS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES CLAIMING THAT HE WILL NEVER BE A TERRORIST AND HAS NOT ALLIED HIS FORCES WITH THOSE OF THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG). A MISUARI EMISSARY HAS TOLD EMBASSY MANILA HE I [...]	2001-11-21 11:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MOPS PREL KISL PGOV RP
02ABUJA1024	NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION HITS DEAD-END AS IIL [...] Summary: Investors International (London),Ltd. (IIL) was unable to meet the GON deadline for its $1.185 billion payment for NITEL. The GON must now decide what to do with NITEL, IIL, and the privatization process. Of immediate issue is whether the GON will refund IIL,s 10% deposit. Through [...]	2002-03-28 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BEXP ECPS EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1027	NIGERIA: NEPAD MEETING SIDESTEPS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Despite high-level attendance (including nine Heads of State),the March 26 NEPAD Summit did not produce any dramatic developments; the meeting was basically a planning session. The final communique was silent on Zimbabwe. However, Summit discussions and public statements by key [...]	2002-03-28 17:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI NI
02ABUJA1028	ABACHA LOOT: GON AND FAMILY SAID CLOSE TO [...] (U) According to some newspaper reports, the family of the late General Sani Abacha has agreed to return to the GON approximately USD 1.2 billion. The media accounts are not clear on whether this sum consists entirely of "new" money or might include certain amounts frozen earlier but subject [...]	2002-03-28 18:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN NI
02ABUJA1029	NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS LOCAL [...] (U) On March 28, the Nigerian Supreme Court ruled that the National Assembly had overstepped its constitutional authority in enacting the electoral law that, in effect, extended the tenure of local government officials by rescheduling local government elections from April 2002 to 2003. In a le [...]	2002-03-28 19:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NI
02ABUJA1033	NIGERIA: ETHNICITY DRIVING LOCAL POLITICS IN KOGI [...] (U) Communal conflict and electoral politics are inextricably inter-linked in much of Nigeria. Paras 13-15 of reftel offer a brief general analysis of this insidious danger to the country's nascent democracy. There follows a specific illustrative case-in-point. 2. (U) Nigeria's Consti [...]	2002-04-02 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN NI
02ABUJA1068	NIGERIA,S OBASANJO IN TROUBLE IN THE NORTH [...] (U) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo's probable re-election bid faces deep opposition in the North, but he seems to have a strategy for recovery. Nigeria's leader benefits from a lack of credible opponents and the apparent readiness of some Northern elites to join his government, if [...]	2002-04-04 16:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR NI
02ABUJA1091	NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WARM TO MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: During a late night April 3 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo gave a Janus- faced performance. Affable and engaging at the onset, he commended POTUS for quickly approving UXO assistance to help with the Ikeja cantonment explosion. Obasanjo, asserting the military a [...]	2002-04-08 16:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EFIN NI
02ABUJA1135	NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP March 25-April 5 [...] (SBU) On March 26, the National Assembly approved the 2002 budget of N1.06 trillion (USD 8.7 billion),a 20 percent increase over the President's N841 billion (USD 7.25 billion) proposal. In a radio call-in program later that week, President Obasanjo signaled his intention to veto the measure [...]	2002-04-10 15:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA1140	NIGERIA PARTICIPATION AT VATICAN TIP CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Abuja appreciates the inclusion of Nigerian representation at the May 15-16 conference on Trafficking in Persons (TIP),co-sponsored by the Vatican Secretariat and Embassy Vatican. President Obasanjo's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor, Mr. Mike Mku, would be the [...]	2002-04-11 08:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM NI VT
02ABUJA1159	NIGERIA: ELECTIONEERING IN NIGERIA; PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Electoral Law, Electoral Commissioners, and funding for the Electoral Commission all have one thing in common: The actions taken by the Obasanjo Administration on these key electoral issues, however innocent, raise the perception of possible early election rigging in Nigeria. E [...]	2002-04-12 05:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
02ABUJA1162	NIGERIA: STATES'S INABILITY TO PAY WAGES RAISES [...] (C) Summary. State governments are sounding the alarm that they can no longer pay civil service salaries and retiree pensions. When oil prices and revenues were high in May 2000, civil servant wages were more than doubled. However, federal revenues allocated to the States have dropped in tan [...]	2002-04-12 12:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EFIN PINS NI
02ABUJA1163	NIGERIA: GON IMPLEMENTS PROTECTIONIST TARIFF [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On March 6, the Government of Nigeria (GON) approved extensive, apparently politically-motivated tariff amendments largely designed to protect domestic special interests, particularly in agriculture and the processed food sector. Most domestic manufacturers saw [...]	2002-04-12 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1168	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, Ambassador Jeter met NSA General (Ret.) Aliyu Mohammed to raise concerns about the lack of Nigerian support for MPRI and Operation Avid Recovery (OAR). The Ambassador warned that obstacles faced by the OAR EOD support team and Nigeria's non-payment on MPRI are sending [...]	2002-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PINR NI
02ABUJA1169	NIGERIA: NSA GENERAL MOHAMMED ON ANGOLA, CONGO AND ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 meeting with National Security Advisor, General (Rtd.) Aliyu Mohammed, to discuss security assistance programs (SEPTEL),Ambassador Jeter used the opportunity to engage the NSA on Angola, Congo and Zimbabwe. END SUMMARY ------ ANGOLA ------ 2. (C) The [...]	2002-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AO ZI CF NI
02ABUJA1184	NIGERIA 2003: OO BOOSTERS TRY TO PRE-EMPT [...] (C) Summary: From the perspective of recent history, the processions of sycophantic visitors and Obasanjo's own words strongly suggest Nigeria's President will seek a second term. At a minimum, Obasanjo boosters seek to pre-empt anyone else contemplating a run -- the better to assure continue [...]	2002-04-15 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI
02ABUJA1185	NIGERIA: POST-ACRI/OFR PROGRAMMING - NIGERIA IS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inter-agency team consulting with African countries and sub-regional organizations on future planning for an Africa peace support program met with ECOWAS Secretariat staff and GON officials during their April 10-12 SIPDIS visit to Nigeria. The team presented initial program [...]	2002-04-15 16:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS NI ECOWAS
02ABUJA1190	NIGERIA ON BUSTANI -- HELP US CONVINCE AFRICA [...] (C) DCM April 16 spoke with Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Chairman of Nigeria's National Council on the OPCW. Baba-Ahmed said Nigeria intended to vote for Bustani's removal and that he saw little likelihood of that position changing. However, taking this stance had put Nigeria "far from [its] natur [...]	2002-04-16 12:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NI
02ABUJA1193	NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE - INFORMATION ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Sani Sufi, Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on inter-communal conflicts in Plateau, Benue, Taraba and Nassarawa States April 15 briefed PolOffs on the Commission's plans. Members have been selected and the body inaugurated by the Federal Government. Sufi was o [...]	2002-04-16 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS NI
02ABUJA1194	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION [...] Summary and Introduction: The April 5 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that offshore resources belong to the Federal Government not the coastal states, also removed external debt and oil cash calls from "first line payments." Rather than pay Nigeria,s external debt solely from national gov [...]	2002-04-16 16:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1214	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2002 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Overview: Nigeria is yet to generate any significant new export activity under AGOA. Main reasons for this lack of progress appear to be Nigeria's unfavorable exchange rate and investment climate. Moreover, the Government of Nigeria and USG have been unable to finalize the visa regime that w [...]	2002-04-17 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PREL NI AGOA
02ABUJA1215	NIGERIA: GON STRATEGY FOR THE U.S. BILATERAL PARIS [...] Summary: Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Akin Arikawe April 8 explained that Nigeria no longer wanted to sign its bilateral Paris Club agreement with the USG until negotiations (with more favorable terms for Nigeria) were completed with the UK and Japan. Arikawe stressed [...]	2002-04-17 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1218	NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO UN RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Hart was surprisingly open to the possibility of a Nigerian abstention after hearing our points April 17. Hart agreed that the language was mild, saying, "Cuba should have nothing to fear" from it." He said that he would discuss the resolution with Foreign Ministe [...]	2002-04-18 16:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NI UNHRC
02ABUJA122	NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...] (U) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST),the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos septel). Although showing slightly less than normal activity, Abuja has not been greatly affected by the strike. However, there was substantial compliance in [...]	2002-01-16 17:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI
02ABUJA1232	NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP APRIL 8-19 [...] (C) Summary. The States' decision to hold local government elections May 18 has sparked controversy and additional lawsuits which apparently the Supreme Court will have to resolve (paras 2-4). Canadian PM Chretien visited Abuja for talks centering on NEPAD and the G-8 with Obasanjo and severa [...]	2002-04-19 13:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON PREF NI
02ABUJA1316	NIGERIA: PROTECTION OF MARINE TURTLES REMAINS GON [...] EconOff delivered reftel information March 6 to Minister of State for Environment Imeh Okopido. In a letter dated April 19, the Minister responded that the Government of Nigeria remains committed to issues related to oceans and fresh water bio-diversity, particularly the protection of marine [...]	2002-04-25 14:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD SENV NI
02ABUJA1318	NIGERIA: LITTLE PROGRESS TOWARD AN IPRSP [...] Summary: The World Bank invited GON officials and a small group of donors to an April 2-4 retreat with representatives of African countries that had successfully completed the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. The retreat was a limited success in reorienting Nigeria's approach [...]	2002-04-25 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1327	NIGERIA: A LOOK AT THE EDO STATE TIP PROBLEM [...] No summary [...]	2002-04-29 16:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN NI IT
02ABUJA1344	CORRUPTION CHARGE "SHOCKS" GON - MUST GANA GO? [...] (U) "Time" magazine recently reported that journalists invited to Abuja to hear Information Minister Jerry Gana lament alleged misrepresentations about Nigeria in foreign media were given envelopes containing 50,000 Naira. "Time" implied that the money (about USD 400) was intended as a bribe [...]	2002-05-02 10:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV NI
02ABUJA1347	NIGERIA: FPOTUS CARTER AND BILL GATES, SR. VISIT [...] FPOTUS Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates, Sr. and staff from The Carter Center and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation paid a very successful, well-publicized March 8-10 visit to Nigeria. The purpose of the visit was to galvanize greater domestic support for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, [...]	2002-05-02 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TBIO SOCI KWMN NI HIV AIDS
02ABUJA1396	NIGERIA: PROCTOR AND GAMBLE DETERGENT COULD BE [...] In a April 12 meeting with the President's Principal Secretary Stephen Oronsaye and the President's Special SIPDIS Assistant for Budget Oby Ezekwisili, Ambassador Jeter raised Proctor and Gamble's concerns over the recent hike in tariffs on detergent from 40 percent to 100 percent. The Amba [...]	2002-05-03 14:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON NI
02ABUJA1399	NIGERIA: COMMONWEALTH-AFRICA INVESTMENT FORUM -- A [...] The Commonwealth Business Council (UK's equivalent to the Corporate Council for Africa) in coordination with the GON, hosted the annual Commonwealth-Africa Investment Forum in Abuja April 22-24. Embassy contacts at the British High Commission reported that while the Forum was successful, noth [...]	2002-05-06 09:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON NI
02ABUJA1405	MEETING WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-06 18:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR CJAN KCRM NI
02ABUJA1408	NIGERIA: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: By far the most strategically important country in West Africa, Nigeria is a major economic partner to the United States (oil imports) and has been a cooperative player in conflict resolution in the sub-region. Africa's most populous state and largest democracy, Nigeria has suppor [...]	2002-05-06 19:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO EFIN NI
02ABUJA1429	NIGERIA: AIR ACCIDENT KILLS OVER 100 IN KANO [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-09 09:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CASC PREL NI
02ABUJA1430	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF AVIATION REQUESTS U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-09 10:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL NI
02ABUJA1465	NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO HOST INTERNATIONAL TIP SUMMIT [...] In a May 7 meeting, Mike Mku, the President's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor confirmed August 1-4 as the dates for the Government of Nigeria's "International Summit" on Trafficking in Persons. Mku gave RNLEO a copy of President Obasanjo's April 5 letter inviting Presid [...]	2002-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02ABUJA1486	NIGERIA: GON BEGINS KANO AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION; [...] This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 8. 2.(U) Summary: In the aftermath of the May 4 air tragedy in Kano, the GON grounded all BAC1-11 aircraft until a full investigation is completed. A final death toll has not been tallied and we may never know the exact number of peo [...]	2002-05-16 12:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CASC PREL NI
02ABUJA153	NIGERIA: CLASH OVER LAND CLAIMS LIVES IN TARABA [...] (U) During the January 5-6 weekend, communal violence in Taraba State between Fulani cattle herders and ethnic Kakawa farmers claimed at least 25 lives, perhaps as many as 50. The locus of the fighting was Gembu, Sardauna Local Government. 2. (C) During a January 8 conversation, Taraba [...]	2002-01-18 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS NI
02ABUJA1538	NIGERIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: REGULATION OF OVERSEAS [...] (U) Nigeria officially regulates all corporate bodies and non-governmental organizations (including charities and religious organizations) through registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The registration process requires a one-time fee, a filing of papers on the organization [...]	2002-05-17 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA156	NIGERIA: POLICE STRUGGLE TO SOLVE IGE MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2002-01-18 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR NI
02ABUJA1593	NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON RONCO, BENUE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa said he planned to visit Washington on May 24 to meet with human rights NGOs, USG officials and the Hill. Impressed by the accomplishments of Operation Avid Recovery, he agreed help i [...]	2002-05-23 18:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM EAID KHDP NI
02ABUJA1594	NIGERIA: OBASANJO SAYS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: During a late evening May 18 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, an animated President Obasanjo claimed the bilateral relationship was too one-sided. While we dun him with multiple demands to reform at home and hew our line on foreign policy issues abroad (Zimbabwe and Cuba),we w [...]	2002-05-23 19:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1597	NIGERIA: A SLIDE IN THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: The return of democratic government in Nigeria brought relief and great expectations in both Abuja and Washington. Visions of a strategic partnership between the world's preeminent republic and Africa's largest democracy tantalized policymakers in both capitals. Committing to sign [...]	2002-05-23 19:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1606	NIGERIA: GON CORRUPTION REDUCED BUT FAR FROM [...] (U) Classified by Charge Timothy D. Andrews; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Summary. Due Process Certification is the Obasanjo Administration's most effective anti-corruption measure to date. The process requires what appears to be a cost-benefit analysis for all GON capital expenditure [...]	2002-05-30 10:57:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	EIND PGOV EFIN ECON NI
02ABUJA1630	DOT TEAM VISIT - PROGRAM IS ON COURSE [...] Summary. A DOT team led by Senior Policy Advisor Kevin Sample visited Nigeria April 13-26 to complete security and environmental assessments at the Lagos Port Complex and to discuss privatization of port services in Nigeria. The DOT officials met the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, of [...]	2002-05-31 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SENV EWWT NI
02ABUJA1635	NIGERIA: NEED TO SUPPORT IMPORTANT FY-02 ESF PROPOSALS [...] This cable provides additional justification for two of the FY-02 ESF proposals submitted reftel. The following justifications are in order of Mission priority. Complete project descriptions will be faxed to AF/W. A. PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP AGRIBUSINESS IN THE NORTH [...]	2002-05-31 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ECON SENV NI
02ABUJA1636	NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers expect a ruling before the Court's summer recess begins in July. The Nigerian public is not ready to hear that Bakassi belongs to Cameroon. Elections loom. S [...]	2002-05-31 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ
02ABUJA1725	NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: During two recent conversations with Ambassador Jeter, the last on May 24, ECOWAS ExeSec Chambas outlined the game-plan for Liberia developed at the May 17 Heads of State meeting in Yamoussoukro. Presidents Obasanjo and Wade were appointed to broker political reconciliation and a [...]	2002-06-07 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA1737	NIGERIA: SUCCESSFUL EXTRADTION OF GABRIEL UMOH [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-11 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KCRM SNAR NI
02ABUJA1805	NIGERIA: DIVERGENT GON VIEWS ON LIBERIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with two senior GON officials reveal GON ambivalence on Liberia. Vacillating between two divergent philosophical approaches, Nigeria's position on Liberia is fluid and not fixed to any coherent strategy. One contending belief, championed by Special Advisor on Co [...]	2002-06-17 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA1807	NIGERIA: 2002 BUDGET DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and background. The Financial Year 2002 Budget entered the political spotlight last week as President Obasanjo met legislators and the Nigerian Federal Executive Council debated the subject. Obasanjo's original budget for USD $7.10 billion (848 billion Naira) went to the legislatu [...]	2002-06-18 14:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV NI
02ABUJA1810	NIGERIA: AN AGOA POWERHOUSE AFTER ALL? [...] Summary. In contrast to the widespread view that Nigeria is ill prepared to benefit from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),a survey by textile and apparel consultants Jack S. Smith and Heidi Scheller suggests the Nigerian textile and apparel industry could become a primary AGOA b [...]	2002-06-18 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON NI AGOA
02ABUJA1811	NIGERIA: POST PERSPECTIVE ON JUNE 24 TIFA COUNCIL [...] Classified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Nigerian delegation to the June 24 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council in Washington will be headed by Minister of Commerce Engineer Mustafa Bello. The annual Council meeting provides an opportunity for senior [...]	2002-06-19 05:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON NI
02ABUJA1817	NIGERIA AND NASCO - THE TRUSTEESHIP OPTION [...] (C) Summary: If placing NASCO under trusteeship is a USG priority, we suggest the Secretary raise it when he calls on Obasanjo 21 June. Approaches at other levels are unlikely to bear fruit. However, action against NASCO could result in collateral damage to bilateral relations far exceeding [...]	2002-06-19 16:00:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL ETTC PINS NI
02ABUJA1849	NIGERIA RESPONDS TO MADAGASCAR DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria dislikes the way Ravalomanana came to power but likely will not oppose acceptance of his rule. Nigeria is not a member of the OAU Central Organ. End Summary. 2. (C) Because all GON officials (Presidency and MFA) able to discuss Madagascar were unavailable June 20, [...]	2002-06-21 15:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MA NI LI OAU
02ABUJA1850	NIGERIA: A RETURN TO REGIONAL ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: A current snapshot of presidential electioneering shows two contesting strategies, one devised by the President's camp, the other by his strongest opposition. The President appears content to steamroll the PDP nomination through tightening his grip on the party apparatus. To win t [...]	2002-06-21 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA187	(S) NINTH TERRORIST LIST: NASCO GROUP (NIGERIA) [...] (S) Summary: The question of including the NASCO Group (Nigeria) Ltd AND other NASCO SUBSIDIARIES IN NIGERIA in the assets freeze is a question of balancing our national security interests in confronting terrorism and its many components against our interests in Nigeria and the resultant stra [...]	2002-01-22 15:00:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER PREL ECON ETTC NI
02ABUJA189	2001 INCSR CHAPTER ON NIGERIA [...] Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking and money laundering activity. Nigerian organized criminal groups dominate the African drug trade, and transport narcotics to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Some of these criminal organizations are engaged in Advance-Fee [...]	2002-01-22 17:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NI
02ABUJA191	NIGERIA: THE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: While problems remain in the U.S. bilateral military relationship with Nigeria, significant signs of improvement are evident. The relationship between the Embassy and Ministry of Defense has improved as a result of the February 2001 creation of Minister of State positions for eac [...]	2002-01-23 11:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR KPAO NI
02ABUJA1910	NIGERIA: KANO AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION SLOWS; CAUSE [...] (C) Summary. Seven weeks after the May 4 crash of an EAS BAC 1-11 in Kano, the GON response has lost momentum. NTSB investigator Jones indicated official investigation was substandard and likely to produce inaccurate results. Aviation Minister Chikwe continues to change personnel and bruit new [...]	2002-06-25 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CASC PREL NI
02ABUJA1913	NIGERIAN READOUT TO G-7 AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: The GON feels Africa needs more carrots and fewer sticks to advance development, NPC Commissioner Isaac Aluko Olokun told G-7 Heads of Mission in late May. He urged greater understanding for Nigeria's institutional flaws and argued that NePAD should be a process, not an instituti [...]	2002-06-26 11:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KCRM PINS NI
02ABUJA1919	NIGERIA'S OBASANJO SEEKING WARMER RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo senses a loss of warmth in Nigeria's relationship with the U.S. and feels the U.S. and U.K. are frustrating his efforts by setting too tough terms for support, according to his VP. Obasanjo reportedly blames reports from Embassy Abuja and the British High Commi [...]	2002-06-26 13:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN PINR NI UK US
02ABUJA2032	NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO OVERCOME AGOA [...] SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, June 19-20, in Abuja focusing on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The seminars, "AGOA: Participating in Trade," and "Public-Private Partnership fo [...]	2002-07-08 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA
02ABUJA211	NIGERIA: ICAO SECURITY MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. The GON supports USG positions within ICAO for the February Security Ministerial. Minister of Aviation plans to lead the GON delegation in Montreal. End Summary. 2. Econoff presented Reftel demarche January 9 to Chief I.E. Awodu, Technical Assistant to the Minister of Aviation. [...]	2002-01-23 16:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC NI
02ABUJA2165	NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY [...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...]	2002-07-23 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS
02ABUJA2200	NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO [...] SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, June 19-20, in Abuja focusing on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The seminars, "AGOA: Participating in Trade," and "Public-Private Partnership [...]	2002-07-24 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA
02ABUJA2268	NIGERIA: A/S KANSTEINER MEETING WITH BATAGARAWA [...] (C) Summary: During a July 24 meeting with Minister of State For Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa, A/S Kansteiner raised the inquiry into the 2001 Benue state massacre, the recent legislative hold on WASP funding, the Army's response to violence in Plateau State that has claimed a soldier and [...]	2002-08-01 15:07:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS TP CM NI
02ABUJA2276	NIGERIA: NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-01 17:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2322	NIGERIA: OBASANJO FACES VIOLENT PROTEST IN KANO [...] (C) Summary: Instead of being a vehicle to improve his image in Northern public opinion, President Obasanjo's visit to Kano has been mired in controversy over the police response to anti-Obasanjo protests in that city. Over 35 people were arrested when their demonstration turned violent July 2 [...]	2002-08-02 12:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2337	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AND A/S [...] (C) Summary. During their July 25 meeting at Aso Rock Villa, President Obasanjo and Assistant Secretary Kansteiner discussed major regional conflicts and the potential crisis on Nigeria's southeastern border -- the Bakassi. This cable reports the discussion on Bakassi. Other topics are reporte [...]	2002-08-06 08:26:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI
02ABUJA235	NIGERIA: EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NARCOTICS ANALYSIS [...] (S/NF) The following are Embassy,s comments on the CIA Assessment dated December 28, 2001 and entitled &Nigeria: Avoiding Counterdrug Reforms.8 We understand the assessment was first distributed at a January 4, 2002 INL-chaired interagency meeting on Nigeria,s certification. The Embassy welc [...]	2002-01-25 17:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR NI
02ABUJA2415	TRAVEL WARNING EVOKES STRONG POLITICAL REACTION IN [...] (C) The August 8 State Department Travel Warning has evoked highly negative reactions in Nigeria. Many in the Nigerian Government (GON) are interpreting the travel warning as a sign of deep U.S. disappointment and dissatisfaction with the Obasanjo Administration and a deliberate and even ho [...]	2002-08-16 16:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL OPRC NI
02ABUJA242	NIGERIA: ABUJA'S APPROACH TO THE DROC PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: While cognizant of the complexities in the DROC peace process, the GON nevertheless remains engaged and appears more upbeat than last October when NSA Aliyu Mohammed intimated Nigeria may extract itself from this diplomatic morass(reftel) . However, Abuja did not walk, in part, b [...]	2002-01-28 10:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG NI
02ABUJA2428	NIGERIA ASSURES NIGER ON MUTINEERS [...] (U) Responding to a request from the Niger Republic, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sule Lamido promised that Nigeria would apprehend the approximately 100 Nigerien mutineers and return them to Niamey. Lamido, however, lamented the difficulty of identifying Nigerien soldiers among the [...]	2002-08-20 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NI NG
02ABUJA2438	TOP OIL ADVISORS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ENERGY FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25 Assistant Secretary Kansteiner and Ambassador Jeter discussed oil and gas issues with Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Petroleum and Energy, and the current President of OPEC. Lukman denied rumors that Nigeria will leave OPEC under alleged U.S. pres [...]	2002-08-21 17:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL NI
02ABUJA2508	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO HEAD WSSD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSD) will be led by President Obasanjo and include Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Environment, Finance, African Integration and Energy (Presidential Advisor Rilwanu Lukman). Nigerian contacts [...]	2002-08-23 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG EFIN PREL KPAO NI UNCSD
02ABUJA2509	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF AVIATION- [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 9. 2. (U) On August 15 Ambassador Jeter met Minister of Aviation, Kema Chikwe to discuss the status of code sharing requests by Northwest, Delta and American Airlines with their European partners. The Minister assured the Ambassador that Northwes [...]	2002-08-23 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2542	NIGERIA: AUGUST VISIT TO IKEJA UXO [...] On August 2, Ambassador Jeter, Consul General Hinson-Jones, A/PAO, and ConOff visited the Ikeja Military Cantonment in Lagos to observe the work done by RONCO Consulting Corporation in removing unexploded ordnance (UXO) still remaining after the Jan. 27 explosion there. The Embassy team met w [...]	2002-08-28 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREF SOCI KHDP NI
02ABUJA2557	NIGERIA: GON RESPONSE TO FATF CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-30 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN PGOV SNAR NI
02ABUJA2564	NIGERIA: PAN-SAHEL INITIATIVE (PSI) PLAN OF ACTION [...] (S/NF) Embassy strongly believes that inviting Nigeria to participate in the Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI) conference is vital to the success of the PSI. By reason of Nigeria's political and economic importance, size, demographics and the region's porous borders and well-worn overland routes, N [...]	2002-09-03 13:33:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KWMN PREL KCRM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD KPAO
02ABUJA2567	NIGERIA'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM: STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-03 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ECPS ENRG PGOV NI
02ABUJA2598	NIGERIA: UPDATE ON FATF MONEY LAUNDERING REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-06 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN SNAR PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2651	NIGERIA: HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes the strategies and activities undertaken by USAID and CDC to build national and local capacities to alleviate the impact of HIV/AIDS and reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease. Key to USAID and CDC's efforts are technical assistance [...]	2002-09-12 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI

02ABUJA2652	CODEL DASCHLE -- BREAKFAST MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a breakfast meeting for Codel Daschle on August 31 at the Presidential Villa. In attendance were key Executive Council members and members of the Codel accompanied by Ambassador Jeter and Poloff. Obasanjo began by giving the Codel a brief hi [...]	2002-09-12 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI
02ABUJA2665	NIGERIA: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES TELL SENATOR BINGAMAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, Senator Bingaman (D-New Mexico) met representatives of the three largest Nigerian-based U.S. oil companies (ChevronTexaco, Conoco, and ExxonMobile) to discuss natural gas flaring in Nigeria. The oil executives stated that efforts to halt gas flaring have been hamst [...]	2002-09-13 09:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP EPET SENV ECON PGOV NI
02ABUJA2674	SUBJECT: CODEL DASCHLE CODEL: TOWARD A BETTER [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, Codel Daschle met attorney Hauwa Ibrahim (strictly protect) for a brief on the Amina Lawal case (reftel) and to receive a general primer on the legal and constitutional issues arising from the application of criminal Shari'a in twelve Northern Nigerian states. Ibrahi [...]	2002-09-13 14:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA2685	NIGERIA: GON AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] Summary: In mid-August, Special Advisor for the Department of the Treasury's Government Debt Issuance and Management (GDIM) program, Thomas Briggs visited Nigeria, presenting a proposal on the establishment of a regional securities clearing and settlement facility for sub-Saharan Africa to s [...]	2002-09-17 17:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ECIN NI
02ABUJA2686	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT A SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) Special Assistant for Projects Thomas Hardy completed agreements for feasibility studies for fertilizer and housing projects worth $722,000, discussed programs with the Ministers of Solid Minerals and Agriculture, and briefed senior s [...]	2002-09-17 18:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EAID EAIR EINV EPET EMIN KPAO NI
02ABUJA2707	NIGERIA: THE PRESS GETS IT WRONG: NO DEBT PAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports have incoreectly claimed Nigeria had stopped foreign debt payments. Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Joseph Sanusi, whose August 27 press statement was cited as the basis of the report, as well as other government sources, confirm that Sanusi was the victim o [...]	2002-09-19 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA2712	NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE BUHARI--PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Disaffection with President Obasanjo has placed three words into the lexicon of Northern politicians: "Northern Consensus Candidate." One of the bruited names is Mohammadu Buhari, former military Head of State from 1983 to 1985. Known as an honest, highly disciplined, hard-working [...]	2002-09-20 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2727	NIGERIA: KANO GOVERNOR ON OBASANJO PERFORMANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 5 call on Ambassador Jeter, Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso offered his assessment of the Obasanjo Presidency and urged continued USG support for Nigerian democratization. Kwankwaso, Nigeria's youngest state governor and at the helm of the nation's large [...]	2002-09-23 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2738	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS' STRIKE CAUSES SHORT-LIVED [...] PENGASSAN, Nigeria's white collar oil and gas union, in cooperation with the blue collar Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG),held a one day "warning strike" on September 23 to protest the planned privatization of certain downstream operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum [...]	2002-09-25 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELAB EPET NI
02ABUJA2744	NIGERIA: IS NEXT JANUARY'S 12.5% WAGE [...] (U) During his opening address before his National Executive Committee on September 12, National Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced he had won from the Obasanjo administration a 12.5 per cent across-the-board wage increase. The increase would be enacted January 1, 2003 [...]	2002-09-25 23:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN NI
02ABUJA2752	MGIV01: NIGERIAN OUTLOOK ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) On September 25, DCM delivered reftel points to National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and PolCouns carried the same message to the Presidential International Affairs Advisor Ad'Obe Obe. Both officials confirmed Nigeria did not favor a resort to force and endorsed a negotiated resolution [...]	2002-09-26 16:53:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PINS IV NI
02ABUJA2763	NIGERIA: ROE FOR NIGERIAN FORCES IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C/NF) DCM and POL/MILOFF met with the Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa morning of September 27 to discuss ROE for NAF units in Cote d'Ivoire. Batagarawa seemed taken by surprise when told of the deployment of three NAF Alpha Jets, two MI-35 attack helicopters, weap [...]	2002-09-27 16:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MASS NI IV
02ABUJA2767	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) This biweekly update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- Political Assassinations -- House Speaker Faces Corrupt Practices Commission -- Release of Mohammed Abacha -- National Assembly Proposal for T [...]	2002-09-27 17:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2768	NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agreement -- President Sponsors Bill to Give States Offshore Oil Revenue -- Supplemental Budget Bill Has Little Chance of Passage -- NITEL to Face Competition in Telec [...]	2002-09-27 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2786	NIGERIA: EMBASSY VIEWS ON LOOMING FATF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-03 15:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA2787	NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...]	2002-10-03 18:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM
02ABUJA2793	NIGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO BUSH UNGA SPEECH, [...] Summary. Nigerian press coverage surrounding President Bush's September 12 speech to the UN General Assembly and ongoing debate over U.S. policy towards Iraq has been largely overshadowed by domestic political news and the ongoing impeachment battle between President Obasanjo and the legisla [...]	2002-10-03 21:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER NI UNGA
02ABUJA2800	NIGERIA -- DEFENSE MINISTER DANJUMA TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 23-24 Invitational Visit to EUCOM headquarters, Nigerian Defense Minister T.Y. Danjuma castigated the French for allegedly supporting Cameroon in the Bakassi dispute. A close confidante of President Obasanjo, Danjuma implied that Nigeria might nationalize Fre [...]	2002-10-04 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PNAT MOPS NI CM PTBS
02ABUJA2803	NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, the following is an update of the information provided previously in Nigeria's AGOA eligibility (Ref B.) PROGRESS TOWARD A MARKET ECONOMY --------------------------------------------- --------- Item 4.1.1A: The GON continues to make incremental progress toward es [...]	2002-10-07 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV NI AGOA
02ABUJA2813	NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary: MFA convokes Ambassador, asserts GON will eschew force in Bakassi, whatever the ICJ decides, as long as Cameroon does the same. However, Abuja will want "time to study the verdict," a Joint Implementation Committee and a second summit. "Provocation" and "atrocities committed" b [...]	2002-10-09 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA2830	NIGERIA: FIREARMS INTERDICTION TRAINING A HIT [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-11 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM MARR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2831	FRIENDS OF NIGERIA HEADS OF MISSION MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted a meeting with Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. on October 7 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. The Ambassador identified the need to coordinate exchanges of information and to possibly develop coordinated policies among t [...]	2002-10-11 15:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2833	NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING THE BAKASSI RULING, A [...] (U) On October 10 MFA Permanent Secretary Dan Hart phoned Ambassador to clarify a statement made during their earlier October 7 meeting on Bakassi (Reftel A). 2. (C) At the earlier meeting, Hart stated the GON wanted a "Joint Implementing Committee" with Cameroon in order to manage the [...]	2002-10-11 16:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS CM NI
02ABUJA2834	SHARIA AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN KATSINA [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-11 16:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PTER PGOV NI
02ABUJA2836	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE TO GON ON AL-QAIDA THREATS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-11 17:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER ASEC EPET ENRG PREL NI
02ABUJA2837	NIGERIA: ABACHA FAMILY'S TIGHT GRIP ON LOOT [...] (C) Summary: Chances are fleeting that President Obasanjo will see USD 1.2 billion in stolen Abacha loot. Under pressure from Northern political leaders, Obasanjo released late military leader Sani Abacha's son Mohammed from prison September 24. With Mohammed's release, Obasanjo surrendered h [...]	2002-10-11 18:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS NI
02ABUJA2838	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) This biweekly update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- Voter Registration -- Political Assassinations -- Electoral Bill Override -- Grand Summit of Politicians -- Miss World Postponed -- House At [...]	2002-10-15 09:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2865	NIGERIA: 2002 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-17 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NI
02ABUJA2871	NIGERIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S PROGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-18 12:11:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	KCRM PGOV KJUS NI
02ABUJA2872	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COUNTERNARCOTICS, [...] (C) Counternarcotics: During a brief October 10 meeting with NSA Aliyu Mohammed, Ambassador Jeter underscored our concern regarding the modest funding the GON had provided its NDLEA this year. The Ambassador noted that last year, NDLEA funding was supplemented toward the end of the year, ther [...]	2002-10-18 12:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PGOV MOPS MASS IV NI
02ABUJA2877	NIGERIA: DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WINS FRESH [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-18 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR NI
02ABUJA2884	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic economic report includes: --Dutch Auction Holds Naira Steady --Supplemental Budget Withdrawn --IMF and GON begin Article IV Consultations --Hotels' Privatization in Jeopardy --Business Opportunities for U.S. Firms in Lagos State --Nigeria to sign Paris Club Debt Agreement with U [...]	2002-10-22 08:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI
02ABUJA2885	NIGERIA: NATIONAL INLAND WATERWAYS PROPOSAL FOR [...] The U.S. Mission to Nigeria cannot support at this time the proposed project presented by the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) (Ref A). This decision is based on several considerations. First, it is impossible to tell from NIWA's proposal exactly what they wish the Army Corps of E [...]	2002-10-22 09:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS NI
02ABUJA2894	NIGERIA: IMF SAYS REAL GDP TO CONTRACT 0.9 PERCENT [...] An IMF team in Nigeria for Article IV consultations reported that real GDP will fall by 0.9 percent in 2002, with the oil sector contracting by 14 percent and the non-oil sector--agriculture, manufacturing, and services--growing by about 5 percent. The team says that a growing government budge [...]	2002-10-22 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA2933	NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA DENIES PARIS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma discussed the GON's position on the ICJ's Bakassi decision. While Danjuma denied the GON had agreed to abide by the ICJ's ruling at the September 5 Pa [...]	2002-10-25 18:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM
02ABUJA2934	NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI RULING [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's Cabinet states its objections to the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, suggests implementation will not begin soon, and calls for more bilateral talks. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are simultaneously on high alert and a huge shopping spree. We view GON words and actions as effort [...]	2002-10-24 02:34:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA2961	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP OCTOBER 30 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA --GON Re-Thinks Nigeria Airways Deal --GON to Set Domestic Content Requirement for JV Oil Contracts --Local Concerns Over Niger Delta Dredging U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA ------ [...]	2002-10-30 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV EAIR NI
02ABUJA2976	NIGERIA: UPDATE OF THE CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (GSP) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS [...] Laws and Regulations Proscribing the Worst Forms of Child Labor: In 2002, President Obasanjo signed the instruments of ratification for ILO Convention 182, Worst Form of Child Labor, Convention 138, Minimum Age for Employment, and Convention 111, Equality of Occupation. Some form of legisla [...]	2002-11-01 09:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI NI AID
02ABUJA2977	NIGERIA: REQUESTED INFORMATION ON BANK OF THE [...] Summary. EconOff met with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor for International Operations, Mr. Ernest Ebi on October 8. Mr. Ebi confirmed that Bank of the North (BON) Ltd. is recognized as a commercial bank, and all the regulations that apply to other commercial banks in Nigeria [...]	2002-11-01 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD NI EXIM
02ABUJA2979	NIGERIA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Post held its first quarterly meeting of the Trade Agreement Compliance and Monitoring Committee on October 24 in Abuja. The Committee is chaired by the DCM, and the Embassy's Economic Section serves as secretariat. Other members are USAID's Office of Economic Growth, Energy, and Infrastructur [...]	2002-11-01 11:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR BEXP NI
02ABUJA2989	NIGERIA: INEC CHAIRMAN DISMISSES CHARGES OF UNDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 30 meeting with Chiefs of Mission from key western and other countries, INEC Chairman Abel Guobadia discussed INEC's performance during the recent voter registration and its plans for the spring general election. Guobadia dismissed allegations of both significa [...]	2002-11-01 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA3014	NIGERIA: DESPITE UNTAPPED DAM, GOMBE STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 4-6 visit to Gombe State, Ambassador Jeter surveyed Gombe's power, water, education and health sectors with Gombe State officials, in the course of a second Ambassadorial foray to the Northeast. With its agricultural potential and good hydroelectric promise, N [...]	2002-11-05 13:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG NI
02ABUJA3029	NIGERIA: PDP CHAIRMAN SAYS OBASANJO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 31 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, PDP National Chairman Audu Ogbeh correctly predicted the impeachment threat against President Obasanjo would soon be resolved. Nevertheless, the dispute had exacerbated North-South tensions. Despite the President's lack of a po [...]	2002-11-05 16:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA3036	NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ACCUSES FRENCH OF ARMING [...] (C) During a private moment at the October 30 Australian National Day, I asked Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma if he could confirm reports of a GON military build-up in response to the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. Danjuma did not deny the reports as I thought he would; rather he said that N [...]	2002-11-06 12:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM
02ABUJA304	NIGERIA: GON ASSISTANCE REQUEST IN WAKE OF LAGOS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request; see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador Jeter offered condolences to Minister of Defense Danjuma for the loss of life and property following explosions at the Ikeja Cantonment. Danjuma, giving his assessment after a visit to the site [...]	2002-01-31 13:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS EAID PREF SOCI NI
02ABUJA306	NIGERIA: CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR SAYS COMMUNAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and EmbOffs met January 24 with Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol who claimed that Nigeria's best hopes for future reform lay with the reelection of President Obasanjo. Kpakol argued that recent communal conflicts throughout the country should not deter foreign [...]	2002-01-31 16:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV NI
02ABUJA3075	NIGERIAN TRADE POLICY: BUSINESS (AND POLITICS) AS [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-12 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR BEXP NI
02ABUJA3100	NIGERIA: POLITICAL PEER REVIEW ENDORSED AT NEPAD'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a NEPAD Head of State Implementation Committee (HSIC) meeting November 3. Nigeria's NEPAD coordinator, Ambassador Aluko-Olokun, briefed Abuja-resident G-8 diplomats November 4, that the HSIC endorsed voluntary peer review as "critical [...]	2002-11-14 07:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV XA NI
02ABUJA3101	NIGERIA: "VOLUNTARY" CAP ON INTEREST RATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Most bankers see the October Bankers Committee "voluntary" agreement to cap interest rates at 22.5 percent as neither sustainable nor truly voluntary. Some industry insiders view the move as politically motivated. The Central Bank and the Bankers Committee endorsed the ceilin [...]	2002-11-14 07:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA3138	FATF UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES ON LEGISLATION [...] Ambassador Jeter and RNLEO called on Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Chidubom Nwuche (PDP-Rivers State) November 15 to underscore the need for money laundering legislation prior to a December 15 deadline imposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its October 9-11 meeti [...]	2002-11-15 16:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA3140	DOMESTIC SECURITY CONCERNS AND BUDGET WOES [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Ambassador Jeter and Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa discussed possible deployment of Nigerian forces in the ECOWAS monitoring force for Cote d'Ivoire. Citing Nigeria's role in peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone and Liberia, [...]	2002-11-15 18:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA3165	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO PLEDGES FUNDING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President of MPRI Gen. (Ret.) Carl Vuono and members of the Nigerian defense establishment, President Obasanjo pledged 3.5 million dollars to continue MPRI operations. During this meeting and at MPRI's In- Progress-Review (IPR) [...]	2002-11-21 19:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NI
02ABUJA318	NIGERIA: OFR PHASE III - SUCCESS BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Operation Focus Relief Phase III (OFR P3),which trained three Nigerian battalions for UNAMSIL, was successful far beyond expectations. Strikingly different from Phase I of the program, Phase III was successful because of renewed diplomatic efforts, because of personnel changes i [...]	2002-02-01 09:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR KPAO OIIP NI
02ABUJA3180	NIGERIA: UPDATES ON ALSCON AND AJAOKUTA [...] (U) Summary. The Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has confirmed that the GON was going forward with the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) and Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL). U.S. manufacturer Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) is one of three companies expressing intere [...]	2002-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA3202	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 27 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for Nigerian PTT --Nigeria Buys U.S.-Made Buses --World Bank to Work Closer with States --Environmental Success Story: Getting the Red Out in the Delta U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for NITEL [...]	2002-11-27 13:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD SENV EINV NI
02ABUJA3212	NIGERIAN ARMY PREVENTS KADUNA FROM BEING A [...] Summary: Nigeria's Army bears an international reputation for poor professional standards and for committing human rights violations. In Nigeria, that reputation is more nuanced, less negative. Of course, Nigerians know too well that soldiers often commit abuses. But they equally realize t [...]	2002-11-29 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS EAID MASS PHUM MCAP NI
02ABUJA3296	NIGERIA: PROTESTS AND PRAYERS IN KATSINA [...] (U) Peaceful protests have been taking place recently in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, reportedly sponsored by the "Shi'ite" Muslim Brotherhood, among others. Taking place before and after Friday's Juma'at prayers, the number of protests increased during the Holy month of Ramadan. Accor [...]	2002-12-11 16:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KISL PGOV PINS PINR KPAO NI
02ABUJA3303	NIGERIA: NOVEMBER 25 "FRIENDS GROUP" MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted the third meeting of Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. Deputy High Commissioner on November 25 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. The November 25 meeting concentrated on the need for uniform standards by which to judge Niger [...]	2002-12-12 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA3304	NIGERIAN TEXTILE BAN: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR AGOA" [...] (U) Standing the spirit of free trade on its head, a senior Nigerian Commerce Ministry official says the GON temporarily banned imports of certain printed fabrics and now imposes import restrictions on these items as part of the country's efforts to qualify for AGOA trade benefits. The Standar [...]	2002-12-12 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP KTEX ECON NI
02ABUJA3313	NIGERIA--AN IMPEACHMENT POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: Roughly a month has passed since the impeachment threat against Obasanjo was effectively shelved; however, its repercussions continue to be felt throughout the Nigerian polity. President Obasanjo has been made painfully aware of his electoral vulnerabilities, and is trying to dra [...]	2002-12-16 09:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NI
02ABUJA3314	NIGERIA: LAWS ENACTED BEFORE FATF DEADLINE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR KCRM NI
02ABUJA3321	"TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND PEACE" SAYS [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professo Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the North h with all Pre [...]	2002-12-16 15:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV NI
02ABUJA3323	NIGERIA: LONDON CLUB DEBT BUY-BACK POSTPONED TO [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Nigeria's (GON) attempt to buy back $2 billion of its London Club (commercial) debt obligations suffered a setback Friday, December 6, when a court injunction sought by the family of the late military dictator Sani Abacha forced a postponement of the auction to D [...]	2002-12-16 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA3324	NIGERIA: OBASANJO COOL TO PARIS SUMMIT ON [...] (C) I spoke at length by phone on Saturday evening with President Obasanjo on the French proposal to hold a summit on Cote d'Ivoire. Obasanjo is opposed and I think adamantly so, to the French proposal. He said that, if invited, he would not attend. "They can hold the summit, but I am not go [...]	2002-12-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IV NI
02ABUJA3331	USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW S. NATSIOS VISIT [...] (U) Mr. Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, visited Abuja, Nigeria, from November 18-21, 2002. Mr. Natsios was accompanied by Ms. Kate Almquist, Special Assistant and Mr. Greg Loos, Education Team Leader, EGAT. The purpose of the Administrator's visit to Nigeria was to attend the Global Educat [...]	2002-12-18 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID
02ABUJA3332	UPDATED NIGERIA TRIP WIRES [...] (C/NF) Abuja and Lagos EACs met separately to examine and update tripwires last reported reftel. The impetus for these meetings was rising tensions associated with electoral activity in Nigeria and the possibility of U.S. military action in Iraq. This message reports tripwires for both Post [...]	2002-12-18 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER PINS CASC NI US
02ABUJA3341	YEAR-END ECONOMIC POTPOURRI [...] This cable covers: -- Ambassador's Meets with World Bank and IMF prior to Article Four Consultation Meetings in Washington -- Central Bank is Optimistic about Near Term -- CBN and IMF Statistics on GDP Differ -- GON Not Worried About Drop in FOREX Reserves -- CBN Claims States Continue to [...]	2002-12-19 14:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA3345	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19 [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI
02ABUJA3346	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES [...] (SBU) On December 16, Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by USAID Acting Director, USAID HIV/AIDS Officer and CDC/Nigeria Statistician, presented the joint letter from Secretaries Powell and Thompson on the President's International Mother and Child HIV/AIDS Initiative (reftel) and delivered the s [...]	2002-12-19 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA OPDC OSCI PREL SOCI TBIO TSPL KHIV NI
02ABUJA3351	NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) Precious Ngelele is a native of Rivers State. A former Abuja Poloff believes Ngelele is a U.S. citizen. We know he lived in the United States for many years before returning to Nigeria in 1999. Poloff reports Ngelele is divorced or separated from a U.S.-citizen spouse, with whom he had sev [...]	2002-12-20 13:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PINR NI
02ABUJA3353	NIGERIA/POLICE REFORM: FIRST QUARTER REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-20 14:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR NI
02ABUJA3374	NIGERIA: PARTIAL UPDATE ON INEC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Under growing scrutiny from domestic political parties and the international donor community and sensing that the sand is emptying from the electoral hourglass, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is attempting to show mastery of its brief. On December 18, INEC released a [...]	2002-12-27 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NI
02ABUJA3378	"TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professor Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for elected officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Ambassador Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the [...]	2002-12-30 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV NI
02ABUJA3381	NIGERIA: UN CHR-59 COUNTRY PROFILE [...] (C) Nigeria's interests in the Human Rights Commission are conflicting. Nigeria wants to maintain a position of leadership among the developing nations. It is very sensitive to the G-77 views and most especially those of the Africa Group. In this vein, another Nigerian tradition has been to [...]	2002-12-31 13:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO NI UNHRC
02ABUJA358	NIGERIA: ITALY PROVIDES ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) On January 10, the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Giovanni Germano, presided over a ceremony to mark the formal delivery of USD 2.5 million worth of equipment to the Nigerian Police Force and Immigration Service for the fight against Trafficking in Persons. In the last year, Italy, the la [...]	2002-02-04 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EAID PHUM PGOV IT NI
02ABUJA38	NIGERIA: SOKOTO STONING SENTENCE FOCUSES ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary: The death sentence imposed against Safiya Husseini has generated international and domestic attention, lending her case political overtones perhaps more significant than its legal ones. To a certain degree, the judgment against Husseini has also put Nigerian Shari'a on trial. In [...]	2002-01-08 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA387	NIGERIA: PROPOSED POST-JEPC BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] This cable contains an action request in para 14. 2. During extensive discussions with GON officials late last year and throughout this month, including the President's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA),we have reached general agreement on a way forward on a post-JEPC arrangement. This new a [...]	2002-02-06 09:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV NI
02ABUJA407	NIGERIA: SPECIAL APPEAL TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON THE [...] (SBU) On 05 February, Embassy received the following letter of Special Appeal from President Obasanjo to President Bush. The original letter has been pouched to AF/W, and a copy faxed. Begin text: February 4, 2002 His Excellency, Mr. George Bush President of the United States o [...]	2002-02-06 17:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC NI
02ABUJA418	NIGERIA: TERRORIST LIST 9 [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Mission officers met on February 6, per Ref C, to discuss possible scenarios to lessen the negative impact of freezing the assets of NASCO Nigeria and its affiliated subsidiaries. We found no way to separate [...]	2002-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PINS EFIN ECON TU NI
02ABUJA426	NIGERIA: AN ARMY COLONEL ON DEMOCRACY AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unusually frank discussion, Nigerian Colonel and ECOWAS staff member M. Dixon Dikio (please strictly protect) told PolMilOff that a major breakdown of command led to reprisal attacks in Benue, and those attacks were unjustifiable. In his view, LTG Malu's response to the Ben [...]	2002-02-08 09:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NI
02ABUJA461	NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR INDICATORS [...] Market statistics: By most accounts, Nigeria's telecom sector witnessed significant growth in 2001, but accurate statistics are difficult to obtain. Although information regarding telecom companies and government agencies participating in the sector is current, data on growth trends is availab [...]	2002-02-08 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD NI
02ABUJA596	NIGERIA: FY2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2002-02-26 08:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PGOV NI
02ABUJA630	NIGERIA: GUM ARABIC SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and AUSTR Whitaker visited Jigawa and Kano states on January 28 and 29 respectively. Two years of negotiations, involving the U.S. private sector, Nigerian State and Federal Governments, USTR and the U.S. Embassy resulted in the January 28 launching of the Gum Arabi [...]	2002-02-26 15:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI
02ABUJA649	NIGERIA: 2002 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW ON IPR [...] Mission provides response to ref A request for views on Nigeria,s compliance with TRIPS and recent trends in IPR protection. 2. Summary and Introduction: The Government of Nigeria (GON) appears to be making progress bringing its IPR legislation into compliance with TRIPS. Areas where an [...]	2002-02-28 11:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI IPR
02ABUJA653	NIGERIA: NO CONTACT WITH THAI GOVERNMENT [...] Embassy Abuja contacted the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Action Committee on HIV/AIDS (NACA) in regards to reftel information. According to officials from both agencies, the Thai Government has not contacted the GON. With reftel information, NACA officials sent an email to the [...]	2002-02-28 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD NI
02ABUJA693	NIGERIA: GLOBAL FUND PROPOSALS FORTHCOMING [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-05 08:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID NI
02ABUJA695	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) This message was delayed in transmission, but contains information that may be of value to end-users. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and NSA Mohammed February 6 discussed the Ikeja cantonment tragedy and Nigeria's request for large-scale EOD assistance. Mohammed also briefed the Am [...]	2002-03-05 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MASS MOPS CG SU BY ZI NI
02ABUJA787	NIGERIA: WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW #2 [...] (U) This is the second edition of what will be a weekly roundup of significant developments in Nigeria. --------------------------------------------- -- BENUE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FINALLY ESTABLISHED --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]	2002-03-12 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ECPS KCRM NI
02ABUJA828	NIGERIA TO "TARRY" BEFORE PRONOUNCING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: MFA PermSec says Nigeria will avoid a rush to judgment on the Zimbabwe election. Abuja will consult with Pretoria and Canberra, as well as various observer groups, before developing a position. The GON might even await the results of electoral challenges. DCM urged the GON, c [...]	2002-03-13 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI ZI
02ABUJA829	NIGERIA: RECENT EVENTS TEST NIGERIA'S RESILIENCE [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has seen its share of calamity and contention in recent months. The Ikeja cantonment explosion, abortive police and general strikes, and an electoral law enmeshed by controversy have decreased public confidence in the Government's competence and have added to a general s [...]	2002-03-13 16:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR NI
02ABUJA852	A SNAPSHOT OF OBASANJO'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Three years ago, Obasanjo rode into office on a wave of optimism: Gone was the military; democratic rule had returned. Now, with a year until the elections, Obasanjo's prospects are uncertain. His abrupt manner, callous public remarks, and unwillingness to listen have alienated [...]	2002-03-15 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA857	NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is Post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. PARA 23 -- OVERVIEW ------------------- A AND B. IS THE COUNTRY A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, TRANSIT OR DESTINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKED MEN, WOM [...]	2002-03-15 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02ABUJA858	NIGERIA AND THE IMF HEAD FOR DIVORCE COURT? [...] (U) Classified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary. After several days of consultations, the IMF and GON agreed not to establish a new program. This indefinite suspension is due to GON failure to meet informal targets and to political considerations in the lead-up [...]	2002-03-15 15:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
02ABUJA881	NIGERIA: A TIV PERSPECTIVE ON THE BENUE/TARABA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 14 dinner hosted by Governor Akume gave the Ambassador an eye on the Tiv worldview. Parochial and biased, it is shared by Benue Tiv leaders ranging from Senator Gyado to ex-COAS Malu and posits that the Tiv are victims of systematic discrimination. However, these Tiv [...]	2002-03-19 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PINR TBIO NI
02ABUJA886	NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 11-15, 2002 [...] (U) Electoral preparations were high on the agenda of the Northern Governors when they met this week. As a result of their discussions, the Governors issued a statement opposing the Federal Government's plan to use the proposed national identification card as the voter registration document. [...]	2002-03-19 14:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NI
02ABUJA936	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ABUBAKAR ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar was non-committal on rapid completion of the bilateral debt agreement, saying only that he would discuss the issue with the Director-General of the Debt Management Office. The Vice President said Nigeria [...]	2002-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN NI
02ABUJA937	NIGERIA: VP ATIKU ON MPRI AND AVID RECOVERY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter called on Vice President Atiku Abubakar March 19. In addition to a wide range of economic issues (septel),Ambassador stressed the need for a quick decision on the FY02 MPRI payment; without that decision, the program would be cut. On Operation Avid Recovery, Jeter said [...]	2002-03-22 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS NI
02ABUJA959	NIGERIA: READOUT ON SOKOTO APPEALS COURT HEARING [...] (C) Summary: Media reports indicate that the Sokoto Sharia appeals court on March 25 reversed a lower court stoning sentence, clearing Safiya Husseini of all charges in the case. During a March 22 conversation with PolCouns, Hauwa Ibrahim, one of Husseini's attorneys, stated that the Sokoto ap [...]	2002-03-26 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI NI
02ABUJA979	NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 18-22 [...] (SBU) Because of shrunken government revenues due to lower world oil prices, most State governments have become cash strapped. Some have not paid civil servants since January. Wage costs grew exponentially in May 2000 when the minimum civil servant wage was increased from N3,500 to N7,500/month [...]	2002-03-27 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PHUM NI
02ADANA390	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 11-12, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2002-11-21 08:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA

02AMMAN2423	SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING [...] (S) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout) shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a just-completed three-week tour of Iraq. The images he conveyed -- full flights into and out of Baghdad, markets better stocked with products than before, huge, recently-completed ornat [...]	2002-05-16 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ
02AMMAN2529	TENSE REGIONAL SITUATION INCREASES ELECTION [...] (C) Developments across the river and elsewhere in the region continue to place strong pressure on King Abdullah's reformist agenda. Along with the pressure, speculation concerning the status of parliamentary elections that were tentatively scheduled for the fall has grown. On May 10, Jordan [...]	2002-05-20 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KISL PGOV PREL
02AMMAN2706	MICROSOFT EXPANDS INVESTMENT IN JORDAN [...] (U) Estarta Solutions, the result of a merger between two prominent and well-established Jordanian IT companies, represents a significant expansion of Microsoft's investment and presence in Jordan. The new company bills itself as an international IT solutions company and consultant specializ [...]	2002-05-28 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN2892	KING, PM AND FONMIN PITCH A/S BURNS ON DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher asked A/S Burns and the Ambassador June 2 for greater U.S. support for Jordan's request for a reprofiling of its debt. Abul Ragheb said that Muasher's just-concluded meetings in Japan on debt had not gone well, with the [...]	2002-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JA US JO
02AMMAN3249	THE CASE OF TOUJAN FAISAL: SCRATCHING ONLY MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned former Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal continues to be a topic of discussion and debate within various elements of Jordanian society. Following her arrest and sentencing (reftel),the outspoken and antagonistic former MP has reportedly gone on a hunger strike in pr [...]	2002-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM JO PGOV
02AMMAN3894	JORDAN'S IRAQ JITTERS [...] (S) Repeated public statements by Jordanian FM Muasher and PM Abul Ragheb since July 10 denying that Jordan will be used as a "launching pad" for U.S. military operations against Iraq shed light on GOJ sensitivity to its vulnerabilities vis-a-vis Baghdad. Similarly, on July 13, the GOJ issued [...]	2002-07-16 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC EPET IZ JO
02AMMAN3958	Travel Restrictions for Palestinians Crossing [...] Tales of West Bank Palestinians stuck at the Jericho border crossing have been prominent in conversations throughout Jordan in recent weeks. Rumors and anecdotal reports of thousands stranded - some for over a week - waiting either for Israel to lift the curfew so they can return to their vi [...]	2002-07-18 09:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN4589	FORMER IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS SADDAM IS VULNERABLE [...] (C) Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi told visiting SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar August 12 that Saddam's hold is fragile, that most Iraqis believe the U.S. is serious about regime change "this time," and that they "want to see Saddam gone, preferably while they are asleep." Saddam will use [...]	2002-08-15 05:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ JO
02AMMAN5398	MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN [...] (S) Post has been in contact with the GOJ and the Dutch Embassy this week regarding the Mullah Krekar case, and has provided materials to assist the Jordanians with preparation of their extradition request to the Netherlands. This cable recounts steps taken thus far. End Summary. --------- [...]	2002-09-19 08:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KJUS PREL NO NL IZ JO
02AMMAN5528	GOJ TO APPROACH DUTCH TO ASK THAT MULLAH KREKAR [...] (S) Following ref a telcon, DCM and PolCouns September 25 called on Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak and Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, Ali al-Ayed, regarding the GOJ's request for the extradition of Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (aka Mullah Krekar) from Holland. The DCM explained [...]	2002-09-26 04:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER NL NO JO
02AMMAN6462	FM MUASHER PLEDGES GOJ WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO [...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with FonMin Muasher, the Ambassador conveyed his personal thanks for the GOJ's response to the murder of USAID officer Larry Foley, its affirmation of support for the U.S.-Jordanian relationship, and -- most importantly -- the GOJ's willingness to provide added [...]	2002-11-04 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6650	GOJ MOVES AGAINST ARMED GROUP IN MA'AN; CURFEW, [...] (S) SUMMARY. As of mid-day November 12, the search for members of an armed Islamic group in the southern Jordanian city of Ma'an continues. Jordanian security forces entered Ma'an on November 10 after a heavily armed gang refused to give up its leader Mohammad Shalibi (aka Abu Sayyaf) (ref [...]	2002-11-13 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC JO
02ANKARA7726	TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in the Turkish national elections on Nov. 3, and has a strong shot at a Parliamentary majority. Deniz Baykal's Establishmentarian, left-of-center Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) will [...]	2002-11-01 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8310	AK PARTY MOVES STEP BY STEP TOWARD FORMING [...] (C) We understand from top AK Party official Bulent Arinc that in his Nov. 15 call on President Sezer, AK Party chairman Erdogan submitted AK number two Abdullah Gul's name as AK's first choice for Prime Minister. Arinc intimated that Gul is AK's preferred candidate not only owing to his popu [...]	2002-11-15 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8382	TURKEY'S 58TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE [...] (U) President Sezer's Nov. 18 approval of the AK Party government under P.M. Abdullah Gul (ref A; cabinet below, para 4) puts into place a government: --committed to pursuing Turkey's EU candidacy and democratic reforms; --open to working with the U.S. on key regional issues; --fo [...]	2002-11-19 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8440	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-19 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8448	TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE INSIGHTS INTO [...] (U) Summary: President Sezer drew a line by rejecting one proposed cabinet assignment in the AK government, but allowed AK to keep the candidate as a State Minister. Fiery orator Bulent Arinc, who has his own strong following among AK voters and whom we expect to underscore the prerogatives of [...]	2002-11-19 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8505	TURKEY'S NEW DEFENSE MINISTER: VECDI GONUL [...] (C) Summary: GOT DefMin Gonul's principal political task is to ensure smooth relations between his Islam-influenced AK Party and a Turkish military which as adopted a wait-and-see attitude while remaining on the lookout for any sign AK might try to alter the current status of civilian-military [...]	2002-11-21 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-25 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8599	PD PROGRAM ALUMNI IN NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] Turkey's November 3, 2002 election swept the new AK Party into power and also swept away many familiar faces. We have periodically reported on the number of PD program alumni who had risen in the ranks of the government and been elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Many program alumn [...]	2002-11-26 07:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO TU
02ANKARA8852	SCENESETTER FOR DEC. 9-10 WASHINGTON VISIT OF AK PARTY CHAIRMAN R. TAYYIP ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: As Turkey's strongest politician Tayyip Erdogan is key to our ability to influence the AK Party government and public opinion on Iraq and other strategic U.S. interests. His heightened sense of pride is undiminished, indeed boosted, by the Kemalist State's continuing attempts to [...]	2002-12-04 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINS TU
02ANKARA8859	TURKISH HEAD SCARF DEBATE: "THE TURBAN IS A MORAL [...] (C) Summary: As Turkey watchers speculate about newly-elected Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political priorities, university professor Huseyn Bagci, an academic advisor to Erdogan, shared his views on a variety of issues. Bagci affirmed "The turban (head sc [...]	2002-12-09 08:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8879	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-10 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8935	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-12 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8996	DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS [...] (S) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16, Ambassador emphasized the positive outcome of AK Party Leader Erdogan's visit to Washington, the resolution of Turkey's participation agreement with the EU on ESDP, progress on Turkey's [...]	2002-12-17 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
02ANKARA9058	WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-20 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU
02BOGOTA1025	PUBLIC PROTESTS GROW IN THE FACE OF FARC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AS THE FARC'S WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, PRESIDENT PASTRANA MET WITH HIS TOP MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ADVISORS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO COMBAT THE GUERRILLA ATTACKS. MEANWHILE, POPULAR ATTITUDES ARE HARDENING AGAINST THE FARC, AS PEOPLE TAKE TO TH [...]	2002-02-04 11:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS CO
02COLOMBO1422	GSL minister cautiously optimistic on direction of peace process based on meeting with Tiger spokesman [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 31 meeting, Milinda Moragoda, a senior GSL minister, provided the Ambassador a detailed readout of his recent talks with Anton Balasingham, the spokesman of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The atmospherics were excellent, he related. On substantive issues, pro [...]	2002-08-01 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR PREL PARM CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO1433	Breaking down possible cohabitation scenarios [...] (C) Summary: Colombo is aswirl in reports that the tense cohabitation relationship between President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe is coming to a head. At this point, three possible scenarios seem to be emerging, all of them equally plausible. The first scenario is that both [...]	2002-08-05 01:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL CE
02COLOMBO1599	Leftist JVP: Predicts failure of peace talks; [...] (C) During a recent one hour meeting with poloff, JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva outlined his party's position on a multitude of issues, including: -- predicting the peace process will fail; -- dissatisfaction with a proposed constitutional amendment limiting the Presidents powers; [...]	2002-08-30 06:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PINS PREL CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1619	Peace process update: Tiger-Muslim talks said [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Tamil Tiger spokesman and Muslim leader reportedly hold constructive meeting in London -- GSL official meets with Tigers on development-related issues -- Recent incident in Jaffna pits students against security for [...]	2002-06-02 05:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF PHUM ECON EAID CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1629	Sri Lankan government lifts ban on the [...] (U) Suggested press guidance for Department's review is contained in Para eight. 2. (C) Summary: The GSL lifted its ban on the Tamil Tigers late September 4. By doing so, the government acceded to a key demand of the Tigers, paving the way for the planned high-level talks in Thailand. [...]	2002-09-04 15:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1693	On the eve of talks with the Tamil Tigers, [...] (C) Summary: The Sri Lankan government's decision to lift its ban on the Tamil Tigers last week has provoked surprisingly little negative reaction. The pro-peace mood of the public has clearly buoyed the GSL ahead of next week's talks with the Tigers. In fact, after a large pro-peace rally [...]	2002-09-10 02:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1751	Positive reaction to talks; LTTE spokesman's [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lankans have reacted in a highly positive fashion to the successful conclusion of the first round of talks between the government and the Tamil Tigers. Contacts highlighted as noteworthy the announcements that the two sides would soon meet again, that they would form joint [...]	2002-09-19 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1879	Radical JVP party sponsors lightly attended [...] (U) In a first, an anti-U.S. Iraq policy demonstration took place in Colombo on October 7. The rally, which took place near the embassy, was lightly attended, with only about 250 people participating. The radical, Sinhalese chauvinist Janantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party sponsored the eve [...]	2002-10-07 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON KPAO CE IZ
02COLOMBO1920	After surge in tension, situation in east seems [...] (C) The situation in the east seems to have calmed down after violence last week left at least ten Tamils dead. The cooling down process was given a critical boost via an announcement by Tiger leader Prabhakaran that he wanted the peace process to continue. Reinforcing the positive trend, Ti [...]	2002-10-15 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2003	SRI LANKA: DAS CAMP AFFIRMS U.S. SUPPORT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: During his October 24-27 visit to Sri Lanka, South Asia Bureau DAS Donald Camp delivered a message of firm U.S. support for the peace process. At the same time, Camp encouraged both government and opposition leaders not to let cohabitation stresses threaten the progress made thus [...]	2002-10-28 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS EAID ELAB CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2064	Second session of talks between the Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second session of GSL-LTTE talks made significant progress, with the two sides agreeing to form sub-committees focusing on humanitarian, de- escalation, and political issues. The two sides also agreed to a meeting schedule stretching into March 2003. In another constructive [...]	2002-11-04 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2080	Reviewing recent talks, Norwegian envoy upbeat, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Wills, Norwegian Ambassador Westborg was upbeat about the recently concluded second session of GSL-LTTE talks, but stressed that the process still had a long way to go. He took note of the LTTE's apparent downgrading of its long-standing [...]	2002-11-05 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2101	Voting with their feet on the peace process, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to points of origin in Sri Lanka have surged, with a large percentage of the 213,000 total returns this year transiting in the past eight weeks alone. Most of the returns are to points in Jaffna, but many have returned to the Tiger [...]	2002-11-07 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2142	In public statement, president's party flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's party, the People's Alliance, has issued a public statement excoriating the government's handling of the peace process. The statement was also critical of the Norwegian facilitation effort, and U.S. and UK participation in the Oslo conference. Somewhat a [...]	2002-11-16 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2194	SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN PUSHES FURTHER [...] (U) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. used his November 19-22 visit to Sri Lanka to push the GSL to move forward with key economic reforms. He delivered this message during separate meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and [...]	2002-11-26 10:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2314	2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] Please find attached Mission's statistical update for the 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). 2. Per instructions in Ref C, Mission is providing the following statistics for Section V of the 2002 INSCR. ((NOTE: The statistical information was not yet available [...]	2002-12-16 10:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL CE
02COLOMBO2337	Import of radio equipment for Tamil Tigers sparks controversy for GSL and Norwegian facilitators Ref: Colombo 1891 (U) Classified by Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission. Reasons 1.5 (b, d). [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent import of radio equipment for the LTTE has stirred controversy, with critics asserting that the government and the Norwegian facilitators have gone too far in pleasing the Tigers. In response, the GSL says it assisted in the import of the equipment in exchange for the LTTEÂ [...]	2002-12-20 06:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECPS CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2341	Peace Process Update: Reports of ceasefire [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: - Reports of ceasefire violations spike way down - Criticism of government and Norwegians over import of radio equipment for LTTE continues to flare - GSL-LTTE meeting in London canceled, but January talks in Bangkok s [...]	2002-12-23 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2355	President backs military on Jaffna security [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has come out strongly in favor of the Sri Lankan military's position on the need to maintain "high security zones" in Jaffna. For its part, the LTTE has announced that it wants to discuss the security zone issue at the next round of political-level talks. [...]	2002-12-30 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS ECPS CE NO LTTE
02HANOI1769	VIETNAM: NEW ORDINANCE ON PRICES [...] THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSED A NEW PRICE ORDINANCE NO. 40 ON APRIL 26, 2002. THE ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1, 2002. THE TEXT IS REPEATED BELOW FOR THE RECORD. THE ORDINANCE ADDRESSES A WIDE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01769 [...]	2002-07-15 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM
02HANOI2255	CONGEN MEETING WITH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY EMI L. YAMAUCHI, CG; REASON 1.5(B) 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CONSUL GENERAL AND POLOFF VISITED THICH HUYEN THQ (THQ) AT THE PHUOC QUANG PAGODA IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE ON SEPTEMBER 6. THQ WAS CANDID AND FEISTY IN DESCRIBING HIS HEALTH AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS CONFINEMENT. HE [...]	2002-09-17 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI2622	NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV),VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOBER 13-15. ALL SIDES HAVE DESCRIBED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISITS AS "SUCCESSFUL." MANH'S FOCUS WAS ON IMPROVING TRADE AND REAFFIRMING HIS "STRONG PERSONAL R [...]	2002-10-30 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM
02HANOI2709	VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...]	2002-11-08 04:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM
02HANOI2975	WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE ETHNICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM'S MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY REMAINS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02975 01 OF 04 160035Z HEAVILY DOMINATED BY THE MAJORITY ETHNIC KINH. ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE OFTEN LOCATED IN ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL PARTS OF VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINOU [...]	2002-12-15 23:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PINS PGOV VM ETMIN
02HANOI3096	TWO VIETNAMESE ACTIVISTS DETAINED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT BELLARD, REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03096 300955Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLICE DETAINED DEMOCRACY AND ANTI- CORRUPTION ACTIVISTS PHAM QUE DUONG AND TRAN KHUE ON DECEMBER 28 AND 29, RESPECTIVELY, IN HO CHI MINH CIT [...]	2002-12-30 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PREL VM HUMANR
02HANOI528	VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: WHAT DID WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A 2.5-DAY VISIT TO DAK LAK, GIA LAI, AND KON TUM PROVINCES, CONGENOFFS MET WITH MONTAGNARD RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA AND WITH PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES. REFTELS A ARE THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS. THESE ARE OUR CONCLUSIONS. ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND LAND DISPUTES SEEM TO BE [...]	2002-03-07 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV PINS SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI652	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: NO PUNISHMENT FOR MOST [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EMI LYNN YAMAUCHI, HO CHI MINH CITY, FOR REASONS 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A RELATIVELY MODERATE PASTOR FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SAID THE GVN IS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES, ALTHOUGH PROBLEMS REMAIN. HE BELIEVES THE OVERWHELMING [...]	2002-03-20 11:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HARARE1022	GOVERNMENT-OWNED MEDIA CRITICIZED [...] Under the title "Journalism in government media has gone to the dogs," the independent daily "The Daily News'" April 26 editorial criticizes the Government of Zimbabwe's apparent double standard in applying its draconian media control laws. The editorial points out that state [...]	2002-04-26 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1035	STANDARD EDITOR BIDS FAREWELL, URGES [...] Under the title "A luta continua" ("the struggle continues") the independent weekly "The Standard's" April 18 editorial was a farewell from editor March Chavhunduka and a call for Zimbabwe to continue seeking democracy. Chavhunduka, who was tortured by Zimbabwean military auth [...]	2002-04-29 13:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1137	ASIAN/INDIAN COMMUNITY HAS A MUTED REACTION TO [...] (SBU) On April 24 the government press carried a statement by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran's Association Director for Projects, Andrew Ndlovu, that attacked resident Indians and Asians, accusing them of economic sabotage, looting, and non-support of the Government's indigenization [...]	2002-05-10 11:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1418	ZIMBABWE: MULTIPLE REASONS BEHIND ARREST OF LAW [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, Law Society of Zimbabwe President Sternford Moyo described to poloff in detail his June 3-5 detention by Zimbabwe Republic Police and the farcical court proceedings that resulted in his release. The Law Society Secretary, Wilbert Mapombere, was also arrested and held [...]	2002-06-13 12:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1729	MEDIA REPORT- EDITOR SUES INFORMATION MINISTER; [...] Geoff Nyarota, Editor-in-Chief of the independent daily "The Daily News," has filed a Z$6 million lawsuit against Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for defamation. Nyarota has also slapped the editor of the government-controlled daily "The Her [...]	2002-07-26 06:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ZI
02HARARE1824	MEDIA REPORT GOZ TO CLAMP DOWN ON OPPOSITION; [...] Under headline "Signs of the end" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its August 8 editorial to criticizing the government of Zimbabwe for mooting a plan to clamp down on opposition by withdrawing traveling documents from Zimbabweans opposed [...]	2002-08-09 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1925	MEDIA REPORT MUGABE ATTACKS WEST; HARARE [...] The August 23rd edition of the government- controlled daily "Herald" gave prominent coverage to the Government of Zimbabwe's reaction to recent US criticism of the Mugabe regime. Under headline "President raps West" the paper ran two, page-one, above-the-fold st [...]	2002-08-23 07:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1998	MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "West's concern on Zim baffling" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 30 editorial to encouraging the West to seek a face-to-face audience with the government of Zimbabwe to discuss issues of concern. Excerpts: 2. "T [...]	2002-08-30 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2002	INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) SITUATION [...] (C) Comprised mostly of workers and their families from commercial farms, the number of IDPs in Zimbabwe could surpass half a million in the coming months. While the GOZ has sought to deny the problem in the past, even accusing temporary squatter settlements of being opposition training camps [...]	2002-08-30 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE2008	GOVERNMENT PAPER BLAMES OPPOSITION PARTY AND "THE [...] The government-controlled "Herald" used its August 31 editorial to suggest that the bombing of the "Voice of the People" radio station offices on August 29 was the work of western-sponsored "enemies of Zimbabwe" bent on sullying the nation's reputation. 2. Unde [...]	2002-09-03 13:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2073	SHOOTOUT ON COMMERCIAL FARM [...] (C) Late in the morning of September 10, commercial farmer Ian Cochrane reportedly engaged in a shootout with three men on his property near Karoi, some 250 km northwest of Harare. Miraculously, no one was hurt, and only a vehicle belonging to a nearby farmer who came to help was damaged. [...]	2002-09-10 12:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PHUM ZI
02HARARE2133	MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ; HARARE [...] U.S. policy toward Iraq was the favored topic of Zimbabwean op-ed writers over the Sept 21-22 weekend. While none of the writers defended Saddam Hussein, they were unanimously opposed to U.S. unilateral action in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush, [...]	2002-09-23 12:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2206	PRO-GOVERNMENT PAPER URGES SADC EFFORTS IN [...] Under the title "Angola peace initiative: Now or never" the independent, pro-government "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its September 30 editorial to urging SADC leaders meeting in Luanda, Angola this week to work towards long-lasting peace in the country. Excerpts [...]	2002-10-02 06:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2342	MIDLANDS PROVINCE: A PROVINCE OF COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Political Officer visited Midlands province October 17 and 18 to meet with USAID, CDC, and WFP beneficiaries, NGO and UN staff, and GOZ officials. Against the backdrop of the HIV/AIDS, land, and food crises gripping the country, Midlands province seems to be the mode [...]	2002-10-25 08:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PHUM SOCI ZI
02HARARE2454	ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BANS RETURN OF ITS OWN [...] On November 8 government-owned media reported that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has imposed travel bans and visa requirements on a variety of people. Among those affected are British government officials, members of the British Parliament, an American human rights activis [...]	2002-11-08 09:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2616	INDEPENDENT WEEKLY GETS NEW EDITOR [...] The privately owned weekly "Financial Gazette" has na Nqobile Nyathi, 29, as editor. Nyathi replaces veter journalist Francis Mdlongwa who led the "FinGaz" from 1997 to 2002. Nyathi is the first woman and the youngest editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper Zimbabwe. 2 [...]	2002-11-20 08:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2803	ZIMBABWE PROMISES MORE OF THE SAME AT ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF,s annual conference, concluded in Chinhoyi December 14, proved to be another platform from which the senior party leadership could blast their critics and blame others for the country,s economic woes. President Mugabe tacitly admitted that the land reform exercise had not gone we [...]	2002-12-16 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE2819	Business Leader Believes Zimbabwe Must Change [...] (SBU) Summary: Jewel Bank CEO Gideon Gono told us he believes Zimbabwe's macroeconomic imbalances are unsustainable over the next 6 months. Gono's frank appraisal hints that a dose of reality may be seeping through to the country's upper echelon. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador and E [...]	2002-12-18 08:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE555	ELECTION DAILY REPORT: POLICE AND SOLDIERS [...] (C) SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON FEBRUARY 28, POLICE RAIDED THE MDC HARARE PROVINCIAL HEADQUARTERS. PROVINCIAL ELECTION COORDINATOR DONALD CHIRUNGA TOLD US THAT A LARGE "LUNCH TIME MEETING" WAS CALLED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS NEAR COKE CORNER OUTSIDE HARARE, WHERE MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SHO [...]	2002-03-02 06:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI
02HARARE600	MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "PLACING OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF VOTERS," THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 7 EDITORIAL CRITICIZING APPARENT EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO MAKE VOTING IN URBAN AREAS MORE DIFFICULT. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: "THE FAILURE BY BOTH THE REGISTRAR GEN [...]	2002-03-07 09:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE713	ZIMBABWE: HOW MUGABE STOLE THE ELECTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: A WIDE VARIETY OF REPORTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS INDICATE THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S RULING PARTY ENGAGED IN MASSIVE FRAUD DURING THE MARCH 9-11 PRESIDENTIAL POLL, ENABLING HIM TO CLAIM VICTORY. MANY OF THE NUMBERS DO NOT ADD UP, AND INFLATED RESULTS IN THE MASHONALAND PROVINCE [...]	2002-03-19 11:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE727	MEDIA REACTION CALL FOR POLITICAL PARTY [...] UNDER HEADLINE "NEW POLITICAL CULTURE OVERDUE," THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" USED ITS MARCH 20 EDITORIAL TO CALL ON THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES - ZANU PF AND MDC - IN ZIMBABWE TO CO-EXIST, SAYING THE PARTIES " HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER, ARGUE TOGET [...]	2002-03-20 08:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE998	ZIMBABWE: VIOLENCE OF RETRIBUTION CONTINUES; [...] (C) Summary: Ruling party militants continue their campaign of violent retribution against opposition supporters, six weeks after Zimbabwe's presidential election ended. Since March 11, at least 18 people have died in political violence, bringing the total for the year to at least 54. The n [...]	2002-04-24 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI
02HOCHIMINHCITY131	"DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 080617Z LAI PROVINCE RECENTLY DESCRIBED TO POLOFF A COMPLEX WEB OF SHIFTING LOCAL ALLIANCES AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MIXING RELIGION W [...]	2002-02-08 05:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY203	VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: REFUGEES WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1-3 TRIP TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, CONGENOFFS MET WITH VILLAGERS IN TWO DAK LAK COMMUNITIES AND VISITED A PROTESTANT WORSHIP HOUSE IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS WERE ETHNIC MINORITY VIETNAMESE RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA -- TWO OF WHOM HAD RETURN [...]	2002-03-04 16:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
02HOCHIMINHCITY39	CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO ETHNIC MINORITY LEADERS, ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ENCOUNTERED A MIXTURE OF TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT CHRISTMASTIME. THERE WERE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF SEVERE POLICE ABUSE IN SOME VILLAGES, BUT IN OTHER VILLAGES, AU [...]	2002-01-15 14:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
02HOCHIMINHCITY394	EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC WORSHIPPERS FROM VILLAGES IN KON TUM PROVINCE IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE TWO-HOUR SERVICE, CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN ETHNIC LANGUAGES, INCORPORATED TRIBAL [...]	2002-04-17 09:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
02HOCHIMINHCITY602	INSPECTORATE SHATTERS HARD ROCK CAFE - BUT THE [...] ALTHOUGH HCMC VIDEO STALLS ARE STILL FILLED WITH CHEAP VERSIONS OF HOLLYWOOD FAVORITES, LOCAL IPR AUTHORITIES ARE FINALLY FORCING ONE TRADEMARK-STEALING ESTABLISHMENT, "THE HARD ROCK CAFE," TO CHANGE ITS NAME - MAYBE. THIS COMES AFTER THE RIGHT-HOLDER HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A LOCAL LAW FIRM FO [...]	2002-06-17 08:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP
02ISTANBUL2107	ANNAN CYPRUS PLAN: ISTANBUL COMMENTATORS [...] (C) Summary: Turks in Istanbul continue to debate the merits and drawbacks of a possible Cyprus settlement in the wake of Denktas's acceptance of the UN plan as a "basis for negotiations." Consensus among the experts with whom we have spoken in Istanbul (including Turkish Cypriots, journalist [...]	2002-12-04 10:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU GR CY UN
02KATHMANDU1005	PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED; ELECTIONS CALLED FOR [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's King on May 22 announced the dissolution of Parliament and called elections for November 13 after a faction of the ruling party refused to support Prime Minister Deuba's attempt to extend the state of emergency. The ruling party then kicked out the PM May 23. Three Minis [...]	2002-05-23 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1007	PM: "NO ALTERNATIVE" BUT TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Ambassador Malinowski and British Charge Andrew Mitchell emphasized that the dissolution of Parliament presents the PM with a rare opportunity to form a technocrat, reformist Cabinet that could re-institute good governance, elim [...]	2002-05-23 14:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1008	KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-23 16:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1009	KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-23 17:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1036	FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS IN ANGER, BUT HOPES TO [...] (C) Summary. Three Ministers resigned May 23 because the Prime Minister had not consulted them on the decision to suspend Parliament, Finance Minister Mahat told Ambassador May 24. Even so, Mahat said he was prepared to stay in the Cabinet under the right conditions. Mahat was especially bi [...]	2002-05-24 12:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1037	KOIRALA CAMP CLAIMS CONSPIRACY IN DISSOLUTION OF [...] (C) Supporters of Nepali Congress Party President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala are, predictably enough, branding Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's unexpected decision to dissolve Parliament (Reftels) a threat to democracy. The Koirala camp obviously miscalculated the PM's likely [...]	2002-05-24 13:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1055	NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY REVOKES PM'S MEMBERSHIP; [...] (C) Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was expelled from the Nepali Congress Party for three years on May 26. As a counterattack, Deuba plans to call a party General Convention, with the possible aim of deposing Nepali Congress Party President G.P. Koirala from his post. On May 27 King Gyan [...]	2002-05-28 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1091	RECONCILIATION EFFORTS IN NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (C) Efforts to reconcile intra-party rivals Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala appear headed in the right direction. Koirala has directed party peacemakers to patch things up during his upcoming jaunt to China June 1. In a [...]	2002-05-31 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1119	REHABILITATING A CONTROVERSIAL CROWN PRINCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Visiting USAID consultant Dr. Scott Palmer briefed Nepal's Crown Prince Paras May 30 on similarities between Nepal's Maoists and Peru's Shining Path. The meeting marked Paras' first formal contact with U.S. officials as Crown Prince. (Note: Nepal's Royal Palace has asked th [...]	2002-06-06 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1146	DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT CHALLENGED IN SUPREME [...] (SBU) Four cases have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the May 22 dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament (Reftel). The cases will be heard June 19. Two Constitutional experts believe that defendant Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has the stronger case. Both cautioned, ho [...]	2002-06-10 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1183	Consular Visit Assesses Conditions Outside [...] Summary. Consul and Consular Assistant completed a five-day road trip last week to assess concerns about the safety of AmCit travel outside the Kathmandu Valley given the continuing Maoist insurgency, surveying primary travel routes and remote destinations frequented by American citizens. T [...]	2002-06-15 03:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC ECON NP
02KATHMANDU1191	SECURITY FORCES' PROGRESS AND PITFALLS EAST OF [...] (SBU) Government of Nepal (GON) security forces have made progress against Maoist insurgents over the last few months in the district directly east of Kathmandu, according to the Chief District Officer (CDO) and head of the local police. Maoist excesses, along with better cooperation between t [...]	2002-06-17 08:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1199	RULING PARTY RUMBLE: NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (SBU) As predicted (Ref A),supporters of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have called a General Convention of the Nepali Congress Party with the aim of deposing Party President and former PM Girija Prasad Koirala from his post. The motion to oust Koirala from the party leadership is expect [...]	2002-06-18 12:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1201	NEPAL REQUEST FOR MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT [...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu requests Military Information Support Team (MIST) to assist the RNA in planning information strategies, developing PSYOP campaigns and programs. Embassy Kathmandu sees a three to four man element training the Royal Nepalese Army for up to four months. 2. (S/REL NP) [...]	2002-06-19 05:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	MARR MOPS NP
02KATHMANDU1216	NEPAL'S KING HEADS TO INDIA AFTER COMPLETING FIRST [...] (C) Summary. The first trip abroad as monarch by Nepal's King Gyanendra will be a visit to India June 23-30. Gyanendra laid the groundwork for the trip in his first-ever interview with the foreign press, granted to a leading Indian daily, when he played to India's conservative government by e [...]	2002-06-20 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1245	TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...]	2002-06-25 13:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH
02KATHMANDU1255	NEPAL: IS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NECESSARY? [...] (C) When Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba decided to dissolve Parliament, he cited MPs' refusal to extend the state of national emergency as a primary reason (Ref A). Legal experts and others, however, hold different opinions on the continued need of the state of emergency, as Parliament pas [...]	2002-06-26 10:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON

02KATHMANDU1284	Anti-Corruption Efforts in Nepal [...] (U) Ref A requested a brief summary of recent and notable anti-corruption efforts in Nepal by the government, civil society and the private sector. 2. (SBU) Corruption is a serious and pervasive problem in Nepal, and is being recognized increasingly by both donors and government leaders as [...]	2002-07-01 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1285	NEPAL: PROSPECTS FOR ELECTIONS CLOUDED BY [...] (C) Despite Prime Minister Deuba's repeated assurances that the Government of Nepal will proceed with national elections on schedule, the Embassy finds increasing numbers of commentators who express significant concern that elections can be held as planned. Questions about the ability of t [...]	2002-07-01 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1309	MAOIST PARTY PLENUM DECRIES ELECTIONS; CASTIGATES [...] (C) Summary: An undated Maoist press release, signed by Party President Prachanda, reported the successful conclusion of a Party plenum. The Nepali-language release outlines the contents of a "political and organizational proposal" presented by Prachanda which highlights a purported U.S. plo [...]	2002-07-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1314	INDIA VISIT EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary. King Gyanendra's week-long visit to India in late June "exceeded his expectations," a businessman close to Nepal's monarch told the Ambassador July 3. In New Delhi the King received assurances of Indian support conditioned on the maintenance of Nepal's constitutional monarchy and [...]	2002-07-05 11:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP IN
02KATHMANDU1344	NEPAL'S FY 03 BUDGET FOCUSES ON SECURITY, CUTS [...] (SBU) On July 8 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba presented a budget that for the first time puts "maintaining peace and security" in the face of the Maoist insurgency ahead of poverty alleviation as an "overriding priority." Introduced by royal ordinance in the absence of Parliament, the FY [...]	2002-07-10 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON NP GON
02KATHMANDU1348	NEPAL'S ELECTION COMMISSION REQUESTS DONOR [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 13. ------------- SUMMARY ------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite growing concern that security considerations and other factors may force the cancellation of national elections planned for November 13 (reftel),the Government of Nepal [...]	2002-07-11 06:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1372	NEPAL'S ARMY SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS CELL [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's army has set up a cell to investigate reported human rights violations, the Defense Ministry announced July 10. A high-ranking officer agreed to consider offers of USG assistance for the newly-created office. The cell has reportedly been established because human rights [...]	2002-07-15 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL MARR NP
02KATHMANDU1387	Nepal's Local Officials Stay Home as PM Allows [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's government allowed the terms of local-level elected officials to lapse on July 16, a move affecting around 200,000 village-, municipality- and district-level politicians. Civil servants reportedly will be tasked with performing their functions. The terms expired after [...]	2002-07-17 13:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PTER PREL PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1408	GROWING NEPAL-INDIA COOPERATION AGAINST MAOISTS [...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest of four Nepali Maoists in New Delhi and their immediate extradition to Nepal, confirmed by the Indian Embassy here, is one of many signs of growing Nepal-India cooperation on efforts against the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. The four were members of a Maoist-affi [...]	2002-07-19 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1435	PM DEUBA SAYS LOCAL POLLS TO FOLLOW NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's Prime Minister Deuba briefed donors July 23 on preparations for upcoming elections and efforts to manage local-level government bodies in the absence of elected representatives. Deuba said rolling local elections into the national elections slated for November was imprac [...]	2002-07-24 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1515	Supreme Court Ruling Allows Dissolution of [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 6, Nepal's Supreme Court threw out four petitions challenging the Prime Minister's May decision to dissolve Parliament. The court's decision cleared the way for national elections to be held later this year. End Summary. Supreme Court Denies Request to Reinstate P [...]	2002-08-06 12:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1537	Maoist Insurgency Exacts Heavy Toll on Food [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgency poses a serious threat to food security in many areas of Nepal, according to UN officials and other experts. The effects of Maoist raids on private food stores and food aid, military efforts to restrict Maoist food supplies, and disruptions in agricultur [...]	2002-08-08 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1590	Nepal's Forthcoming Elections: What the U.S. Can [...] Nepal is preparing to hold national elections beginning November 13, followed by local elections sometime around April, 2003. The ongoing violent Maoist insurgency will complicate security arrangements and increase expenditures at a time when economic conditions are deteriorating. Moreover, r [...]	2002-08-16 11:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM NP GON
02KATHMANDU1616	SIGNING OF NEPAL-ILO AGREEMENT ON US-FUNDED [...] Nepal and the ILO signed an agreement August 20 on the implementation of an ILO/IPEC time-bound project to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. USDOL has funded the project with more than USD 5 Million. DCM and LabOff attended the signing ceremony. 2. Talks on the terms of the agreem [...]	2002-08-20 11:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID PGOV AORC NP
02KATHMANDU1618	Seventeen Nepalese Bureaucrats Arrested in Anti- [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Seventeen Nepalese public officials have been arrested after the government body charged with investigating corruption raided the homes of 22 revenue officers on August 17. The houses of two joint secretaries were among [...]	2002-08-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1626	NEPALI GOVERNMENT HANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER TO [...] (SBU) Having allowed the terms of all locally elected officials to expire as of July 16 (reftel),the Government of Nepal (GON) has announced plans to transfer local bodies' functions and authority to civil servants until elections can be held in April and new representatives installed in Jul [...]	2002-08-21 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID NP GON
02KATHMANDU1640	UPDATE ON MAOIST INSURGENCY: JULY-AUGUST 2002 [...] (U) This message highligts significant events in the Maoist insurgency since July. On August 21 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) attacked a Maoist training camp in Rolpa, reportedly killing 30 insurgents. Maoists continue to attack civilians and rural infrastructure, but staged no large-scale atta [...]	2002-08-22 13:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MCAP NP
02KATHMANDU1645	NEPAL: MORE ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT TO PROTECT [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya on August 23 told DCM that Nepal has no disagreement with the USG's views on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Acharya was clearly well informed about US views and interest in signing bilateral accords against surrendering each other's citizens [...]	2002-08-23 14:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LICC NP
02KATHMANDU1688	NEPAL AND BHUTAN TALK REFUGEES "INFORMALLY," BUT [...] (C) Summary. Nepal and Bhutan have discussed the Bhutanese refugee issue "informally," but a date has still not been set for the next round of Ministerial-level talks on the issue. According to Nepal's Foreign Secretary, the differences between the two sides have narrowed, and Bhutan appeare [...]	2002-08-30 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1705	NEPAL'S PREPARATIONS FOR WTO WORKING PARTY MEETING [...] (SBU) Upcoming general elections on November 13 do not seem to have impeded preparations by the Government of Nepal (GON) for its second Working Party meeting on accession to the WTO September 12. Accession to the WTO has broad, multipartisan support, and the process is unlikely to be negati [...]	2002-09-04 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1748	NEPAL: INFLUENTIAL MINISTER ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION [...] (U) Minister for Physical Planning Chiranjibi Wagle, a close confidante of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and perhaps the most influential member of his Cabinet, submitted his resignation from the Cabinet to the PM September 9. The resignation follows in-depth press coverage of Wagle's f [...]	2002-09-10 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1762	SPECULATON BUILDS FOR POSSIBLE ROYAL INTERVENTION [...] (C) The Embassy believes that King Gyanendra is now actively considering use of his Constitutional authority to dismiss the current government, appoint an interim government, and postpone general elections scheduled for November 13. The King's decision is likely shaped by numerous factors, i [...]	2002-09-11 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1772	PM WORRIED ABOUT RUMORS OF KINGLY INTERVENTION [...] (C) In a September 12 meeting with the Ambassador and UK Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba seemed clearly distressed by rumors that King Gyanendra wants to postpone the November 13 national elections, "seize power" by invoking Clause 127 of the Constitution, and s [...]	2002-09-12 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1774	NEPAL'S GOVERNMENT DISMISSES AS INSINCERE MAOIST [...] (U) On September 11 Maoist leader Prachanda issued a press statement calling for a ceasefire. The statement does not refer to the U.S. directly, but contains a general condemnation of the Government of Nepal (GON) "running to buy weapons to kill people." Should the GON proceed with its pla [...]	2002-09-12 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1781	NEPAL'S KING SAYS NOT YET TIME TO INTERVENE [...] (C) In a September 12 meeting, King Gyanendra assured the Ambassador that he would not use his constitutional authority to intervene in the government unless he gains public national consensus on the move from all mainstream political parties and unless all other constitutional remedies were [...]	2002-09-12 08:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1797	NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE GENERALLY OBSERVED IN [...] (U) The general strike, or "bandh," called by Maoist insurgents nationwide for September 16 appeared to have been generally observed in the Kathmandu metropolitan area. Only about five percent of the shops along main thoroughfares in the city opened (although some along less-traveled side st [...]	2002-09-16 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1811	NEPAL'S ELECTION COMMISSION RULES AGAINST PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 17 the Election Commission (EC) handed down what it described as a provisional decision that the faction of the Nepali Congress Party led by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala has the right to use the party name, symbol [...]	2002-09-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1853	NEPAL'S MAOISTS ANNOUNCE NEW PROGRAM OF AGITATION [...] (C) Maoist insurgents, apparently hoping to keep up the momentum from their successful September 16 general strike, have announced a fresh campaign of agitation, including a three-day general strike preceding scheduled national Parliamentary elections in November. The press release, dated S [...]	2002-09-23 09:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1901	NEPAL: ALL-PARTY CONSENSUS TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On September 29 an all-party meeting recommended that national parliamentary elections, originally scheduled to begin November 13, be postponed. The recommendation--reached just one day after the Election Commission finally announced the long-awaited schedule for the polls--was [...]	2002-09-30 12:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1903	CHINESE PRESSURE STIFLES TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...] (C) There have been increasing restrictions on the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. Celebrations and cultural events have been canceled on short notice by government authorities, press conferences interrupted by police and the Office of Tibet Representative detained for a day. Although ma [...]	2002-10-01 01:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	CH NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02KATHMANDU1925	NEPALI PM ASKS KING TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Sources at the Palace have informed the Ambassador that on October 3 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, citing the King's broadly worded authority under Clause 127 of the Constitution to remedy "difficulties" arising in the implementation of the Constitution, requested King Gyanendra to p [...]	2002-10-03 10:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1932	NEPAL'S KING ASSUMES EXECUTIVE POWERS, DISMISSES [...] (U) At approximately 11:00 p.m. local time on October 4, King Gyanendra announced on state-run television and radio that he had dismissed the government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba because of its "incompetence" in being unable to hold mid-term elections, scheduled to begin November 1 [...]	2002-10-05 05:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1933	REFUGEES CONFIRM DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT AT [...] (C) PolOff met with UNHCR Protection Officer regarding a group of Tibetans involved in the incident near Nangpa-La in which two American climbers were fired upon by unknown individuals. Neither American was injured in the encounter (refs). Information related by the refugees is consistent wit [...]	2002-10-07 01:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	CH NP PGOV CASC ASEC
02KATHMANDU1938	NEPAL: REACTIONS TO KING'S ASSUMPTION OF [...] (C) After initially denouncing King Gyanendra's October 4 assumption of executive power (Ref A) as unconstitutional, leaders of most political parties are still coming to grips with--and trying to assess how best to turn to their advantage--the monarch's action. As of COB October 7, most pa [...]	2002-10-07 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1947	NEPAL: PARTIES SCRAMBLE FOR CONSENSUS AS DEADLINE [...] (C) As the deadline set by King Gyanendra for nominations to an interim Cabinet approaches, politicians are scrambling to patch together a consensus response to the monarch's dismissal of the government of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his assumption of executive power October 4 [...]	2002-10-08 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1955	NEPAL: PARTIES LOOKING FOR "FLEXIBILITY" FROM KING [...] (C) The October 9 deadline set by King Gyanendra for political parties to forward their nominations for the interim Cabinet (Reftel) appears ready to pass without any names having been submitted. A Palace source said the parties had so far sent no nominations to the King. The King, who does [...]	2002-10-10 00:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1964	NEPAL'S EX-PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS OUSTER BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING ON OCTOBER 7 WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SHER BAHADUR DEUBA DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS OCTOBER 4 DISMISSAL AS PRIME MINISTER BY KING GYANENDRA. CLEARLY STUNG BY THE KING'S PUBLIC CRITICISM OF HIS COMPETENCE, DEUBA SAID THAT HE HAD REJECTED ON CONSTITUTIONA [...]	2002-10-10 08:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1988	NEPAL KING NAMES NEW PM, MEMBERS OF CABINET [...] (C) On October 11 King Gyanendra appointed National Democratic Party Leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as Prime Minister. Chand, who has been PM three times before, will head a caretaker government until national elections can be held on an unspecified date. Biographic information on Chand foll [...]	2002-10-11 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU2044	NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In October 23 meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Donald Camp and the SIPDIS Ambassador, newly appointed Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya both stressed that the change in government will not affect Nepal's inclin [...]	2002-10-25 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PINR NP IN LICC
02KATHMANDU2045	FOLLOW-ON TO THE CONFERENCE ON NEPAL IN LONDON: [...] (C) Summary. The British Embassy in Kathmandu convened a meeting on October 11 of representatives of bilateral and multilateral donors to Nepal as a follow-up to the London meeting on Nepal in June. Despite continuing donor disquietude about Nepal's political and security problems, there was [...]	2002-10-27 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID NP
02KATHMANDU2057	SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948 [...] (C) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC James E Oxley IV, Defense Attache7 and MAJ Pete Fowler, Security Assistance Office, met with Royal Nepalese Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jun [...]	2002-10-30 05:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL
02KATHMANDU2066	NEPAL: NEW FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES [...] (U) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. ------------ Summary ------------ 2. (SBU) Summary. On October 25, the Ambassador and USAID Director met with Nepal's newly appointed Finance Minister. The Finance Minister articulated the immediat [...]	2002-10-30 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV GON
02KATHMANDU2188	NEPAL: MAOIST SPOKESMAN PUSHES PARTY LINE ON CNN [...] Summary: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, one of the top leaders of Nepal's Maoist insurgency, granted an interview to CNN on November 14. Mahara, speaking in an open setting with no apparent fear of capture, unabashedly used the opportunity to spread misinformation and propaganda on the international [...]	2002-11-18 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	NP PGOV PTER PHUM IN PREL
02KATHMANDU2189	NEPAL: CABINET EXPANSION [...] (SBU) The interim Government of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand announced an expansion of its 9-member Cabinet to 22 on November 18. The new names included no one from either of the two largest political parties, the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Le [...]	2002-11-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU2223	NEPAL: BRIGADE COMMANDER SAYS MAOISTS SLOWLY [...] (C) At a briefing at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Pokhara November 20, Brig. Gen. Prakash Basnet told DATT and poloff he believes the Maoists are "slowly winning." After making significant inroads against the Maoists during the first three months of the state of emergency (late November-mid-F [...]	2002-11-22 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU2287	NEPAL-BHUTAN: UNHCR DIRECTOR CALLS FOR SOLUTION TO [...] (C) Summary: In November 26 meeting with donor representatives, Director of UNHCR's Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Jean-Marie Fakhouri attributed at least part of the blame for the recent sexual exploitation scandal (refs) to a complacent attitude among local UNHCR representatives, and promis [...]	2002-12-02 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU2295	NEPALI CONGRESS STILL HOLDING HARD LINE AGAINST [...] (C) The polarization between the Palace-appointed interim government and mainstream political parties continues. Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, who maintains that the previous Parliament should be reinstated, led a rally November 26 against the King's Octo [...]	2002-12-03 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP GON
02KATHMANDU2302	NEPAL: MAOISTS SEEKING DIALOGUE FOR TACTICAL ENDS [...] (C) A December 3 statement by Maoist leader Prachanda claimed that the insurgents are suspending violent attacks against infrastructure and against mainstream political party members in order to create a conducive environment for dialogue. Despite their frequent calls for dialogue with the [...]	2002-12-04 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2307	NEPAL: CHILDREN IN CONFLICT [...] Summary: Continued Maoist violence in Nepal has taken a severe toll on the country's children, both physically and mentally. More than 100 have been killed during the course of the "People's War," and an estimated 1500 orphans and 15,000 displaced children face an uncertain future. Death or [...]	2002-12-05 08:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2324	NEPAL: MAOIST PROMISES GO UP IN SMOKE [...] (U) Summary: Mere days after Maoist leaders called for peace talks with the Government of Nepal (GON) (ref A),three separate incidents raised serious questions about whether they would honor their promises to halt attacks on party workers and infrastructure. Maoists killed a Nepali Congress [...]	2002-12-06 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU2326	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 30-DEC 06 [...] (U) Summary: This week in Nepal, armed assailants attacked a Joint Secretary at a public event in Kathmandu; the army blamed political appointees for poor intelligence capabilities; Maoists destroyed three Village Development Committee buildings in Gulmi district, leaving only seven intact; a [...]	2002-12-06 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU2369	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 07-13 [...] (U) Summary: While the Government of Nepal explored opportunities for peace talks this week, Maoist attacks on passenger buses, schools and other non-military targets continued to kill and injure civilians. Violence and extortion prompted hundreds of additional Nepalis to join the thousands [...]	2002-12-13 11:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU2393	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2002-12-16 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU2440	EXTORTION LETTER DELIVERED TO COCA-COLA'S LOCAL [...] On 17 December, Mr. N.N. Singh (source protect),the head of Coca Cola's Nepal operations, told RSO that he had received a letter purporting to be from the Maoists and "requesting...financial support of" 3 million Nepali Rupees (NRs). Singh stated that he had received the letter several day [...]	2002-12-20 08:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PINS NP
02KATHMANDU2442	NEPAL'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEVASTATED BY MAOISTS [...] Summary: The Nepali education system has suffered tremendously in the country's nearly seven years of ongoing Maoist insurgency. Private schools have been shut down by the insurgents and teachers afraid of Maoist violence have abandoned their posts. Public schools that are open often are cro [...]	2002-12-20 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2443	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 14-DEC 20 [...] On December 18 the European Union issued a statement calling for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents to move ahead toward negotiations. A December 19 report by Amnesty International found human rights abuses in Nepal at an unprecedented high. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan' [...]	2002-12-20 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2456	NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENT UNION SUSPENDS STRIKE [...] (U) On December 22 the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students Union - Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) ended its strike against private schools in the Kathmandu Valley after the schools' directors agreed to cut tuition up to 25 percent. The strike, which began on December 9, had f [...]	2002-12-23 11:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2484	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 21-DEC 27 [...] The Centre For Economic and Social Development released a study on December 24 that showed an overwhelming majority of Nepalis, particularly those in Maoist infested areas, support a multi-party democracy. The local press reported that India has tightened security along its northern borders [...]	2002-12-27 08:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
02KATHMANDU2490	NEPAL: MAOISTS BOMB SCHOOL DORMITORY, SEVEN INJURED [...] Summary: Five children, a teacher and a secondary school principal were injured when Maoists bombed an occupied school dormitory in Kathmandu on the evening of December 27. The attack was apparently aimed at the home of the Minister of Education, and the local group of insurgents has apologize [...]	2002-12-30 09:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2492	KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE SHUTS DOWN BUSINESS, HALTS [...] The December 29-30 general strike ("bandh") called by the Maoists in the Narayani and Bagmati zones, the latter of which includes the Kathmandu Valley (Reftel),was generally well observed throughout the city. The roads were empty of most public and private transportation both days, with the [...]	2002-12-30 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU2502	NEPAL: MILITARY AID RUNS AGROUND ON THE SHOALS OF [...] (C) Summary: Delivery of M16A2 rifles for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),already two months later than scheduled, was delayed again on December 24 when the Government of India (GOI) denied overflight permission for the transport plane. The delay makes the US arms shipment the third in a string [...]	2002-12-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	IN NP PGOV PTER RU
02KATHMANDU255	ICRC RESUMES VISITS TO KATHMANDU JAILS [...] (SBU) According to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head Delegate Jean-Jacques Bovay, on January 30 the Government of Nepal (GON) began allowing ICRC access to prisoners for the first time since the November 26 imposition of a state of national emergency. Bovay said that his o [...]	2002-02-04 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU340	MAOISTS PAMPHLETEER, PREPARE FOR STRIKE IN [...] (U) Maoist insurgents continue to publicize a nationwide strike called for Feb. 22-23 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the insurgency and had some success enforcing a local strike in the mid-western and western regions Feb. 10. Security forces have increased checkpoints along c [...]	2002-02-12 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU363	NEPALI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE MADRASAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A notice from the Home Ministry announcing that private Muslim schools must register with local authorities has drawn criticism from the Muslim community. Some Muslim leaders view the measure as an empty gesture, probably performed at the behest of the Indian government, that [...]	2002-02-14 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF SOCI NP
02KATHMANDU378	(S) REQUEST FOR IMAGERY FOR ROYAL NEPAL ARMY, FIFTH [...] (S/NF) This is the fifth request for imagery support for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) to conduct offensive operations against Maoist rebels. 2. (S/NF) This request is the direct result of a large-scale attack on GON personnel in Achham District. RNA anticipates that Maoist insurgents are [...]	2002-02-17 14:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER MASS NP
02KATHMANDU379	REVISED CASUALTY ESTIMATES FOR ACHHAM AS [...] (SBU) Revised casualty estimates for the Maoists' Feb. 17 attacks on an airport and district headquarters in Achham indicate that nearly 130 were killed, most of them security forces. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was expected to address Parliament the morning of Feb. 18, beginning debat [...]	2002-02-18 10:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU380	PM URGES RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY IN SHADOW OF [...] Parliament reconvened in the late afternoon of Feb. 18 after angry Opposition MPs had disrupted an earlier session, demanding Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, rather than the Home Minister, take the podium to report on the Maoist attacks in Achham (Ref A) the previous day. In his address t [...]	2002-02-19 11:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU402	FOREIGN SECRETARY APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Feb. 21 Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya called the Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to appeal directly for immediate assistance in the wake of the Maoist attacks on Achham (Ref B). He said the Ministry hopes to send a delegation, at the secretary level, to Washingt [...]	2002-02-21 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV ETRD NP
02KATHMANDU412	OPPOSITION SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT IN RATIFYING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lower House of Parliament ratified the state of national emergency by well over the two-thirds majority necessary to continue the emergency for another three months. The three largest Opposition parties voted with the ruling Nepali Congress Party for ratification after Co [...]	2002-02-22 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU450	MAOISTS' MINORS: INTERVIEWS WITH CHILD RECRUITS [...] (SBU) Interviews with several Maoist child recruits at the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) division in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj indicate force, fear, and physical assault, rather than ideology, as their primary reasons for joining. At least two girls interviewed reported sexual abuse during [...]	2002-03-01 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER NP
02KATHMANDU467	NEPALI REACTION TO TRADE TREATY RENEWAL WITH INDIA [...] (SBU) Reaction in Kathmandu to the March 2 signing of the revised bilateral trade treaty between Nepal and India in New Delhi has been mixed. The revised treaty terms include value addition requirements on manufactured goods and imposed quota restrictions on four items that together account [...]	2002-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL NP IN
02KATHMANDU485	PROMISES MADE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: [...] (C) In the days since Opposition parties, along with former Prime Minister and current Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala, decided to vote with or support the Government of Nepal (GON) to ratify the state of emergency (Ref A),Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is finding o [...]	2002-03-07 12:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
02KATHMANDU495	HEMORRHAGING FROM ON HIGH: COMMISSION RECOMMENDS [...] (SBU) A commission has recommended the partial privatization of the state-owned national air carrier Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) to inject fresh, badly needed capital into the teetering enterprise and to limit the political interference that has bled the once profitable Corporatio [...]	2002-03-08 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON NP
02KATHMANDU496	LIVING IN TERROR IN WESTERN NEPAL'S PLAINS [...] (SBU) Summary. Violence increased in two western Nepal districts bordering India following the end of the Maoist- government cease-fire in late November, 2001, but western Nepal's largest city remained calm. Ambassador had visited the area February 22 to 24 and Poloff revisited the region in [...]	2002-03-08 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU510	NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND [...] (C) RNA Chief General Rana and his deputy, Lt. General Thapa, went out of their way to underline their support for democracy at a February 28 dinner with emboffs. Rana stated unequivocally that a coup by the RNA was "out of the question." According to Rana, the RNA's role is to quell the [...]	2002-03-11 13:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP NP PGOV MASS
02KATHMANDU515	HUMANITARIAN COSTS OF MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] Since early 1996, Maoist insurgents have been waging an increasingly bloody "People's War" aimed at toppling the constitutional monarchy and democratically elected government of Nepal. Although initially centered in impoverished, underdeveloped districts of the west and mid-west regions, the [...]	2002-03-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU537	NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's questions, but in prose form. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer G.A. Donovan (telephone: 977- 1-411-179; fax 977-1-410-723). [...]	2002-03-14 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM
02KATHMANDU540	EMBASSY REVIEW OF NEPAL'S UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The Embassy has reviewed the Government of Nepal (GON) report on its implementation of UNSCR 1373. For many of its responses, the GON cites the Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Ordinance (TADO),which has not yet been passed by Parliament and which narrowly interprets terrorism as acts [...]	2002-03-14 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NP UNSC
02KATHMANDU568	MAOIST STATEMENT THREATENS TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) For the first time, a leader of Nepal's Maoist insurgency has issued explicit threats against Nepal's tourism industry. Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai issued the statement March 15. (Text of statement follows as paragraph 4.) The statement called for the cadres to "smash" hotels and [...]	2002-03-18 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU592	MAOISTS TARGET GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, OFFICES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of weekend attacks within the capital and its environs, Maoist insurgents bombed Government of Nepal (GON) vehicles and offices, including telecommunications facilities and the office of the state-owned press. The attacks come as the Maoists attempt to marshal popul [...]	2002-03-25 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU613	PM DEUBA'S TRIP TO INDIA [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs meetings offering a read-out of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's March 20-25 visit to India revealed no specifics of any assistance the Indians may have offered their smaller neighbor in its effort to contain a Maoist insurgency. Despite the apparent absence [...]	2002-03-27 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP IN CH
02KATHMANDU616	HUMAN RIGHTS: AN UPDATE ON DETENTIONS AFTER FOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Prime Minister's assurances to donors and the general public that the curtailment of human rights under the state of emergency is directed only against Maoists and their supporters (Ref A),the security forces appear to be casting their nets more broadly, detaining a [...]	2002-03-28 07:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU619	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: AMBASSADOR VISITS CAMP, TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador visited three Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal March 25. Overall, the refugees expressed satisfaction with conditions in the camps, but an undercurrent of frustration was in evidence. The Refugee Affected Area Program for the region has concluded, and aid workers warne [...]	2002-03-29 06:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU634	SUSPECTED TORTURE, EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING BY ROYAL [...] (S) Summary. Evidence that Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel brutalized and killed one man they suspected of being a Maoist has spurred private investigations into the army's alleged practice of covering up the deaths of detainees. Military attaches from the U.S. and U.K. Embassies viewed [...]	2002-03-29 12:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PTER MARR ASEC PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU655	WEAVING TERROR: MAOIST ATTACKS ON CARPET INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. For five minutes on the evening of March 25, forty to fifty suspected Maoist youths terrorized a carpet business at the edge of Nepal's capital city, setting fires and causing extensive property damage. No one was injured. Now fearful and discouraged, the owner of the business e [...]	2002-04-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ELAB ECON ASEC CASC PREF PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU657	MAOISTS REPORTEDLY POSTPONE FIVE-DAY STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Late in the morning of April 1, the Embassy began to receive reports from usually reliable press and human rights sources that the Maoists have decided to postpone the five-day general strike, or "bandh," called for April 2-6, to April 23-27, in response to broad-based public [...]	2002-04-01 13:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV CASC PTER NP
02KATHMANDU672	PM DEUBA FACES DOWN MOUNTING OPPOSITION, CRITICISM [...] (C) Ever-present rumors that former Prime Minister and ruling Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala continues to plot the political downfall of sitting PM Sher Bahadur Deuba have increased in virulence after a three-day Opposition boycott of Parliament and multi-partisan disc [...]	2002-04-03 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU680	HIMALAYAN TOURISM HEADED DOWNHILL [...] SUMMARY: Nepal's tourism industry, one of the country's top sources of foreign exchange, has been facing tough times in recent months, and the prolonged slump has negatively affected every sector of the tourism economy, from hotels and airlines to trekking agencies. International arrivals at [...]	2002-04-04 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL CASC NP
02KATHMANDU710	KOIRALA COMEBACK? IMPLICATIONS OF (YET ANOTHER) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Refs A and B reported apparent efforts by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala to oust current Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and regain the post of prime minister--which he has held five times in Nepal's twelve years of democracy--ye [...]	2002-04-11 04:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PTER NP GON
02KATHMANDU731	PM DEUBA ON THE CURRENT CRISIS: WORRIED, BUT [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Deuba expressed gratitude for international assistance to Nepal during an April 12 meeting with U.S. and U.K. Ambassadors. To continue recent "positive steps," Deuba was hopeful that a White House meeting could be arranged during his upcoming visit to the U.S. Rev [...]	2002-04-12 09:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP
02KATHMANDU737	50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...] (SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post in the western district of Dang about 30 km from the Indian border late April 11. The insurgents are reported to have looted armories at both posts, making o [...]	2002-04-12 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU741	50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...] (SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post in the western district of Dang about 30 km from the Indian border late April 11. The insurgents are reported to have looted armories at both posts, making o [...]	2002-04-13 08:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU747	MAOIST CASUALTIES IN DANG REPORTEDLY HIGH; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief District Officer (CDO) in Dang told the Embassy that he has seen "hundreds" of bodies of Maoist dead in shallow graves in the vicinity of the April 11 attacks on police and Armed Police Force posts (Ref A). According to local press reports, some of those dead may be [...]	2002-04-15 12:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU768	ATTEMPTS TO OUST PM APPARENTLY ON HOLD [...] (C) Ongoing attempts by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala to topple the current Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, appear to be on hold for the time being. According to the Indian Ambassador, PM Vajpayee, Minister for External Affairs Singh, Hom [...]	2002-04-18 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU787	INTO THE MAOIST HEARTLAND - COUNTERINSURGENCY BY [...] (S) Summary. Emboffs joined Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Western Division Commander on an inspection tour of newly established garrisons in Rolpa district, considered the Maoist heartland. The tour coincided with the deployment of the PACOM assessment team to the Rolpa battalion headquarters. [...]	2002-04-22 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL PHUM ASEC NP
02KATHMANDU800	Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti- [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget session and to consider further extending the state of emergency in effect since November 2001. The four new anti-corruption measures provide for punishments f [...]	2002-04-24 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU803	New Peril on the Trails - Maoist Banditry [...] Summary. Three recent incidents of Maoists demanding "donations" from American citizens in Nepal's backcountry, coupled with an increase in reported robberies from other Western tourists, create a new area of concern for the security of American citizens traveling in Nepal's remote areas. Qu [...]	2002-04-24 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC NP
02KATHMANDU804	MORE TRAFFIC MOVING, BUSINESSES OPEN IN STRIKE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: More traffic was moving and shops open on the second day of the general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. One mini-bus was torched inside Kathmandu after a crowd attacked it; no injuries were reported. In districts outside Kathmandu Maoists hijacked four ambula [...]	2002-04-24 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU820	NEPAL: RESPONSE TO WORLD TEXTILE TRADE WITHOUT [...] Summary: The impact of post-2004 quota elimination on the already depressed garment industry in Nepal is likely to be substantial, if not disastrous, since the industry depends on the U.S. market for nearly all of its exports. Neither the Government of Nepal nor the manufacturers themselves [...]	2002-04-26 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ETRD NP
02KATHMANDU837	GON PROPOSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS MECHANISM [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposing the establishment of regular bilateral consultations, a topic raised by Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya during his April 3 meetings in SIPDIS [...]	2002-04-29 11:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NP

02KATHMANDU872	MAOIST STATEMENT "WELCOMES" DIALOGUE; ARMY HITS [...] (SBU) In its fourth public statement in less than a week, the Maoist leadership said it would "welcome" any initiative to resume dialogue. Interspersed with the usual bromides against "foreign interference," the statement indicates that local press reports--both accurate and inaccurate-- of [...]	2002-05-03 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU882	ARMY SCORES INTELLIGENCE, PR VICTORY IN ATTACK ON [...] (C) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) troops have been engaged since late May 2 in an attack on what may be a major Maoist logistics base in Lisne Lek, Rolpa District in western Nepal. According to the RNA, the Maoists, who have sustained at least 100 casualties, are attempting to withdraw from the are [...]	2002-05-06 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU892	NEPAL'S ECONOMIC GROWTH: ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE [...] (SBU) The economy of Nepal, already one of the poorest countries in the world, is in crisis, struggling under the combined squeeze of escalating expenditures, primarily related to the six-year-old Maoist insurgency, and plummeting revenues. Government development funds are already being div [...]	2002-05-07 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU915	PRACHANDA DECLARES A CEASEFIRE AFTER ATTACK IN [...] (SBU) An e-mail to evening newspapers purportedly from Maoist supremo Prachanda unilaterally declared a one-month ceasefire starting June 15. There has been no official reaction yet from the Government of Nepal (GON) to the offer. Security forces continue to search for survivors of the May [...]	2002-05-09 13:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU921	Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...]	2002-05-10 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP
02KATHMANDU953	CHINA'S AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. "International cooperation" was needed to deal with Nepal's Maoist insurgency, China's Ambassador to Nepal told Ambassador at a May 8 dinner. China would provide moral support and assistance in this effort, Ambassador Wu Congyong said, but consistent with its policy of non-inter [...]	2002-05-16 10:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP CH
02KATHMANDU964	UPDATE: ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Nearly 4,000 people--civilians, military, police and insurgents--have been killed in Nepal's six-year-old Maoist insurgency to date. According to Ministry of Defense figures, more than 10 percent of that number--572--were killed in the first half of May alone. (Note: MOD figures, espec [...]	2002-05-17 10:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON ECPS ENRG NP
02KATHMANDU968	Maoist Leader Calls For Talks; King Calls in [...] (SBU) Summary. A Maoist leader sent a letter to Nepal's main political parties May 14 calling for talks with the government. The Prime Minister's political advisor called the offer a ploy to allow the insurgents to regroup. The opposition echoed the same sentiment, adding that the Maoists w [...]	2002-05-17 13:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU978	MAOIST INSURGENCY IN NEPAL (SITREP ONE) [...] This is a reporting cable only. 2. Summary: A) This cable reports briefly on: significant events/trends of the Maoist insurgency; current status of activities related to the disaster declaration, and Mission activities in response to the insurgency. B) This cable contains no recommendat [...]	2002-05-20 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP
02KATHMANDU985	LEFTISTS LAMBASTE MAOIST VIOLENCE; PRACHANDA [...] (SBU) In a joint public statement May 20, nine left-wing opposition parties criticized Maoist tactics and called for the insurgents to "reinstate their credibility" by initiating a unilateral ceasefire. Eight of the parties--only three of which have Members in Parliament--asked Opposition Lea [...]	2002-05-21 13:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU990	VISIT WITH JAILED BHUTANESE REFUGEE S.K. PRADHAN [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Embassy visitors to his jail in southeastern Nepal, prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan protested his innocence in the case of another refugee leader's murder. Pradhan said he had nothing to gain from the man's death and did not u [...]	2002-05-22 09:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID AORC NP
02KATHMANDU995	PM'S PARTY REVOLTS ON EMERGENCY VOTE [...] (C) At a May 22 Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting, members of the ruling Nepali Congress voted to direct Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to withdraw his proposal for a six-month extension of the state of national emergency (Reftel). At COB the CWC decision was being debated in a Parl [...]	2002-05-22 14:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU996	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Malinowski and British Charge Mitchell, Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (UML) Madhav Nepal said that he is is prepared to go along with the dissolution of Parliament and to par [...]	2002-05-23 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KUWAIT5417	(C) KUWAITI INTERESTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK, increasingly confident that the US is determined to eliminate Saddam Hussein's regime, is more and more willing to let its public support show, even as it maintains its formal commitment to Arab League and GCC opposition to any pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Prominent Kuw [...]	2002-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV KU IZ
02KUWAIT5528	GCC PREPARES FOR HOSTILITIES [...] (S) Summary: Minstate for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah gave the Ambassador a readout on this week,s GCC Summit during a December 25th meeting. While billed as an opportunity to discuss internal GCC issues, including the conclusion of a much-publicized customs agreement, Dr. [...]	2002-12-26 12:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL IZ KU
02LAGOS146	SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]	2002-12-07 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI
02LAGOS1870	FUTURE OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: The wetlease agreement of Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) with Air Atlanta Icelandic (AAI) was set to expire on September 19, but was extended at the last minute. The Ministry of Aviation had hoped until the last moment to replace NAL with a new national carrier, Air Nigeria, t [...]	2002-09-19 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON NI
02LAGOS76	SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]	2002-12-07 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02RANGOON1555	EX-STRONGMAN NE WIN DIES WHILE UNDER DETENTION [...] (C) Summary: Ne Win is dead. The news has not yet hit the streets in Rangoon, but Ne Win's son told the DCM that reports of his father's death were true. Ne Win's death is likely to have little political impact. However, many in Burma will have trouble believing that "the old man" is fina [...]	2002-12-05 09:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM
02RANGOON1663	ASSK HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE; CONDEMNS HARASSMENT [...] (C) Summary: At a press conference December 31, Aung San Suu Kyi continued to express "cautious optimism" about the possibility of political change in Burma in 2003, but complained about harassment during her recent trip to Rakhine State. Post recommends that the Department support her comme [...]	2002-12-31 08:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASSK
02RANGOON576	THAI/BURMESE RELATIONS - MAUNG AYE'S VISIT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE THAI GOVERNMENT WAS PLEASED WITH BURMESE ARMY COMMANDER MAUNG AYE'S VISIT. ACCORDING TO THE THAI EMBASSY'S POLITICAL COUNSELOR, THE THAI GOVERNMENT NOW SEES HIM AS A "PRAGMATIC" MAN OF RISING INFLUENCE IN BURMA WITH WHOM THEY MAY BE ABLE TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY. WHILE IN THAILAND [...]	2002-05-07 01:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH BM
02ROME1233	MINISTER MARZANO VISITS IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ENGAGED THE MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES ON IRAN, UNDERSCORING OUR CONCERNS WITH IRANIAN BEHAVIOR. MARZANO'S RELATIVE UNFAMILIARITY WITH OUR OBJECTIONS OR WITH THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL AND SHADOW GOVERNMENTS IN CONTROLLING IRAN SHOWS THE NECESSI [...]	2002-03-08 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IT
02ROME1548	ITALY ON WASSENAAR HOS: NOT TO WORRY [...] (U) ITALY SEES NO REMAINING SUBSTANTIVE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT HEAD OF SECRETARIAT SUCCESSION ISSUE, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR TOLD ECONOFF ON MARCH 22. ITALY ACCEPTS THAT THE SWEDISH CANDIDATE, AMBASSADOR DANIELSSON, WILL BE THE NEXT HOS, AND DE MOHR SAID ITALY IS FULLY S [...]	2002-03-27 08:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC IT KSTC PARM EUN
02ROME2065	MOUNTING CHALLENGES LAY AHEAD FOR THE U.N. [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR (SEC) IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13--20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU) AND TO LOOK AT [...]	2002-04-29 13:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN
02ROME2947	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING [...] THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) CONVENED ITS SECOND INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CONFERENCE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS IN ROME, ITALY, ON APRIL 18 AND 19, 2002. THE CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER APPROXIMATELY 205 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING WFP TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS STAFF, REPRESENTATIVES FROM VA [...]	2002-06-18 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID WFP
02ROME3384	ITALY AND CHINA EXCHANGE VISITS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN MAY 28 AND JULY 5 MEETINGS, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS DEPUTY PROVIDED POLOFF WITH READOUTS ON RECENT VISITS TO ITALY BY THE PRC DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND TO CHINA BY THE GOI MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR ASIA AND H [...]	2002-07-10 10:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID IT CH
02ROME5058	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ZIMBABWE - "NO FAMINE - [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED ZIMBABWE OCTOBER 08-11 AND FOUND ZIMBABWE SLOUCHING TOWARD A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION IS NOW CLASSIFIED BY THE UN AS SERIOUSLY FOOD INSECURE (6.7 MILLION). WHILE EXACERBATED BY SUB-NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR, TH [...]	2002-10-17 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME5090	BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT [...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...]	2002-10-17 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT IR IZ
02ROME5255	GOI BRIEFS USEU AMB SCHNABEL ON EU PRESIDENCY [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT USEU/EMBASSY ROME CABLE. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN PREPARATION FOR ITALY,S PRESIDENCY OF THE EU DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2003, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE EU ROCKWELL SCHNABEL PAID INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON ITALIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND GIOV [...]	2002-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN IR TU EU EAGR IT
02ROME5324	WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...]	2002-10-31 07:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
02ROME5454	REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...]	2002-11-07 14:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5543	CUBA/UNGA: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO A DEMARCHE ON THE CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION, MFA COUNSELOR GORETTI STATED THAT THE GOI WOULD VOTE THE AGREED EU POSITION. HE DISAGREED WITH U.S. POINTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE EMBARGO, ITS IMPLEMENTATIO [...]	2002-11-14 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
02ROME895	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER STATE OF [...] SUMMARY. THE RESCHEDULED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00895 01 OF 03 221143Z ORGANIZATION (FA0) WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) WILL MEET JUNE 10-13 IN ROME. THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFO [...]	2002-02-22 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
02STATE193342	SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT [...] (U) OCTOBER 1, 2002, 1100-1130, SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: SECRETARY POWELL SPOKESMAN RICHARD BOUCHER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES SHARI VILLAROSA EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MATTHEW DALEY S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER EXECUTIVE ASSIST [...]	2002-10-03 00:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG EAID ID TT
02STATE250963	DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]	2002-12-07 02:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
02TEGUCIGALPA2534	A/S REICH MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO; DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON BORDER/TARIFF DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-10 17:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD ECON KJUS HO UNGA
02TEGUCIGALPA2972	HONDURAN-U.S. BILATERAL TRADE AND NON-TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) In response to refs a & b, Post identifies the following outstanding bilateral trade and non-trade issues that could negatively impact perception of a U.S.-Central American free trade agreement in the U.S. private sector and Congress. Agriculture Import Restrictions ------------------- [...]	2002-10-28 21:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PREL XK HO USTR
02TEGUCIGALPA3076	(S) CUBAN NOMINEE FOR AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. 2. (S) Summary: A Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs official has told the Embassy that the GOH has accepted the Cuban nomination of Dr. Elis Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, Chief of the Cuban Medical Brigades in Honduras, as the first Cuban [...]	2002-11-07 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC PINR PTER ASEC EAID HO CU
02TEGUCIGALPA3132	(S) HONDURAS HAS MANY CUBAN DOCTORS; MADURO [...] (S) Summary: There are approximately 100-225 Cuban doctors and nurses in Honduras. A bilateral treaty between the GOH and the GOC governs the program. In addition, there are approximately 500 Hondurans studying medicine in Cuba on GOC scholarships. President Ricardo Maduro told Ambassador [...]	2002-11-15 21:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL EAID PGOV ETTC PINR SMIG ASEC HO CU
02TEGUCIGALPA3145	(S) HONDURAS HAS MANY CUBAN DOCTORS; MADURO [...] (S) Summary: There are approximately 100-225 Cuban doctors and nurses in Honduras. A bilateral treaty between the GOH and the GOC governs the program. In addition, there are approximately 500 Hondurans studying medicine in Cuba on GOC scholarships. President Ricardo Maduro told Ambassador [...]	2002-11-19 14:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL EAID PGOV ETTC PINR SMIG ASEC HO CU
02TEGUCIGALPA3206	HONDURAN FM TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH HAS ACCEPTED [...] (C) Ambassador met with Honduran Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso Arias November 21 at Perez-Cadalso's request. FM Perez-Cadalso told Ambassador that the GOH had decided to accept the Cuban nomination of Dr. Elis Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, Chief of the Cuban Medical Brigade, as the fir [...]	2002-11-22 23:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL EAID PGOV ETTC PINR ASEC HO CU
02VATICAN1922	VATICAN: MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT MARCH 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH 2002 (NOTE: THIS PERIOD COINCIDED WITH EASTER WEEK CELEBRATIONS AT THE VATICAN, WHICH EMBASSY STAFF ATTEND AS PART OF OUR REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES.). IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURIN [...]	2002-04-18 05:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN EAGR EAID VT VTPREL
03ABUDHABI2303	UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF VISITS UAE [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b)(c)(d). 2. (C) Summary: UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) visited May 10 the newly refurbished Shaykh Zayid Hospital in Baghdad (formerly the Olympic Hospital) which opened [...]	2003-05-12 06:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2328	PRESENTING SANCTIONS LIFT UNSC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge presented reftel points on lifting UNSC sanctions on Iraq to MFA Assistant U/S Abdullah Rashid Al- Nuaimi, May 12. Al-Nuaimi said that the UAE fully supports the lifting of sanctions and r [...]	2003-05-12 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2457	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]	2003-05-26 07:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2576	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]	2003-06-01 09:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2892	UAEG UNDECIDED ABOUT THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 16 to UAE Authority for Standardization & Metrology Deputy General Director Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad. Dr. Ahmad said that his office is responsible for CODEX issues but is unlikely to attend the CODEX Alimentarius Commis [...]	2003-06-16 11:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR TC
03ABUDHABI3069	PROSPECTS FOR GREATER POLITICAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The collapse of Saddam's regime and an avowed U.S. policy of encouraging greater political participation and economic reform across the region in the post 9/11 environment have increased expectation [...]	2003-06-29 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TC
03ABUDHABI3817	AS ZAYED CENTER FLAP GROWS, UAEG WANTS USG TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: In very frank terms during a meeting with the Charge and Polchief on August 19, UAE Information Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan said President Sheikh Zayed "went the extra mile" w [...]	2003-08-19 15:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4366	MEDIA REACTION: QUARTET IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT MEETINGS OF THE QUARTET AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTININAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON THE ELECTORAL DILEMMAS FACING US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR DUE TO THE WAR WITH IRAQ. AN "AL [...]	2003-09-29 08:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4869	DONOR STRATEGY - AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Post understands that, in meetings last week with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ),Treasury Secretary Snow and Defense Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz urged SIPDIS HbZ to expedite disbursal of pledged UAE assistance to A [...]	2003-11-04 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL AF TC
03ABUDHABI4890	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ISRAEL [...] SUMMARY: WARNING AGAINST ISRAELI PENETRATION IN IRAQ AND EUROPEAN OPINION REGARDING ISRAEL DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EUROPEAN OPINION IS RESPECTED AT TIMES AND NEGLECTED AT OTHERS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED [...]	2003-11-05 12:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5297	UAE, OMAN DISCUSS COMMON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: UAE Deputy Prime Minister and MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) briefed the Ambassador December 14 on his talks with Sultan Qaboos in Oman. HbZ said the talks centered on regional security, Saudi Arabia's internal unrest, and UAE financial assistance for a regional road [...]	2003-12-15 14:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV GCC TC
03ABUDHABI5380	UAE: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-23 11:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN TC
03ABUJA1012	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting to deliver the non-paper on narcotics and law enforcement certification to the Minister of Justice Kanu Agabi (Reftel),Ambassador Jeter took the opportunity to discuss the April elections with the Minister. The blunt, straight-talking Agabi decried the man [...]	2003-06-09 19:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRM PREL NI
03ABUJA1025	NIGERIA: FORMER MOD DANJUMA ON ART. 98, BENUE AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: June 7 DCM paid a farewell call on former Minister of Defense LTG (ret.) T.Y. Danjuma. Danjuma did not expect the GON to conclude an Article 98 agreement and doubted the Commission of Inquiry's report on the October 2001 Benue massacre would satisfy the U.S. Congress since the [...]	2003-06-11 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	MASS PREL KTIA PGOV MARR MOPS NI KICC
03ABUJA1026	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP JUNE 13 [...] (U) This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Obasanjo Highlights Economy in Inaugural Speech . . . But Disputes Poverty Figures --Obasanjo Holds Off Naming Cabinet --GON Bans Import of Baryte, Mineral Used for Oil Drilling --World Airways Lands in Lagos --Parallel Marke [...]	2003-06-12 09:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR EPET NI
03ABUJA1034	NIGERIA: BENUE REPORT INDICTS NO ONE; OBASANJO [...] (C) During a June 11 meeting, President Obasanjo and Ambassador discussed GON efforts to address U.S. concerns over the October 2001 Benue incident. Ambassador Jeter noted that Nigeria had lost USD 12.8 million in "opportunity" bilateral security assistance because of Congressional sanctions [...]	2003-06-12 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI
03ABUJA104	NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]	2003-01-16 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1047	NIGERIA - RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE UNDERMINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent surge in political tension in Zimbabwe seems to have erased the progress President Obasanjo believed was achieved by his May visit to Harare. Obasanjo thought he and President Mbeki made headway moving the GOZ and MDC toward resuming their political negotiations. Howe [...]	2003-06-13 10:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI NI
03ABUJA1061	NIGERIA: US-DONATED BOATS HELP STEM OIL LOSSES [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-13 17:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PINS ASEC NI
03ABUJA1062	NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June meeting, President Obasanjo and Ambassador Jeter discussed the status of U.S. bilateral security assistance programs. Obasanjo was perplexed by the impending shut-down of the MPRI program, the C-130 restoration program, and the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Ce [...]	2003-06-16 10:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NI
03ABUJA1078	NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON LIBERIA: TAYLOR IS FINISHED; [...] (C) In two meetings on other issues during the past week, Ambassador raised developments in Liberia with President Obasanjo. Obasanjo said Taylor was "finished" as President of Liberia. Obasanjo said he, Ghanaian President Kufuor and others at the Accra talks had leaned hard on Taylor to ac [...]	2003-06-19 11:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS LI SL NI ECOWAS
03ABUJA1084	NIGERIA: OBASANJO SEEKING U.S. APPROVAL FOR GON [...] (C) On the afternoon of June 19, President Obasanjo summoned me and acting British High Commissioner, Charles Bird to the Statehouse for a discussion on Liberia. Also present were National Security Advisor LTG (ret.) Aliyu Mohammed and Presidential Advisor for International Affairs Ad'Obe Ob [...]	2003-06-19 18:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM LI SL NI ECOWAS
03ABUJA1088	NIGERIA: 2003 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-20 13:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NI
03ABUJA1091	NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE INCREASE MAY TRIGGER VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 20, the GON announced a 65 percent fuel price hike, increasing consumer prices from 26 naira to 40 naira per liter. Most Nigerians expected a rise in costs, but did not expect the announcement to come so quickly nor probably did not expect its magnitude. The move however [...]	2003-06-20 17:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1096	NIGERIA: ARTILCE 98 PROSPECTS LOOKING UP BUT IT'S [...] (C) The ad-hoc inter-ministerial committee tasked by President Obasanjo to review our proposed Article 98 agreement met Tuesday, June 17. According to a source from the Foreign Ministry who attended the session, committee members decided to recommend to President Obasanjo that Nigeria conclu [...]	2003-06-24 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1102	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AUTHORIZES SIGNING OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1107	NIGERIA: NLC THREATENS GENERAL STRIKE OVER FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called on June 24 for a nationwide strike beginning Monday June 30 to protest the GON's fuel price hike. Some in the NLC leadership were lukewarm about a strike; however, the decision was no surprise. The Union's long standing and perhaps its m [...]	2003-06-26 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1113	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT DEFENDS IMPORT BANS [...] In June 9 and 10 meetings with Nigerian officials, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Florie Liser and USTR Director for African Affairs Patrick Coleman highlighted U.S. concern with the expansion of Nigeria's import bans and its frequently changing tariff schedules. With the excep [...]	2003-06-27 13:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PREL NI USTR
03ABUJA113	NIGERIA: LIBYAN CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly is making telephone calls in an effort to replace Libya with Mozambique as the Africa Group's candidate to chair the 2003 CHR session. End Summary. 2. (U) DCM Andrews delivered ref A demarche by phone to Presidential International Aff [...]	2003-01-17 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL LY NI UNHRC
03ABUJA1134	NIGERIA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) On June 30, during a private signing ceremony at the Ministry of Justice, Solicitor-General I.A. Ayua signed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ambassador Jeter signed on behalf of the United States. Signed original has been sent to L/T via registered [...]	2003-06-30 19:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1135	NIGERIA: FUEL STRIKE SLOWS COUNTRY [...] (U) Summary: The promised nation-wide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over fuel price increases began June 30. While the strike did not completely shut down the country or any of its major cities, streets throughout Nigeria were less busy than normal, as many workers stayed home. A [...]	2003-06-30 19:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PINS EPET ENRG ASEC CASC PGOV NI
03ABUJA1137	NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION AT THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of significant opposition criticism of the April 19 elections and vague threats of &mass action8 against the new Administration, President Obasanjo held a triumphal inaugural on May 29. Security was tight but the events of inauguration week were well organized [...]	2003-07-01 11:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM OVIP NI
03ABUJA1138	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES COURT DELTA MILITANTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA1147	NIGERIA: POLICE KILL FOUR DEMONSTRATORS; STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike entered its second day with reports of sporadic violence, including four people apparently killed near Abuja. Nevertheless, the general mood is less tense than it was during the strike's first day. Some domestic flights resumed today, and [...]	2003-07-01 17:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1157	NIGERIA: GON AND LABOR REMAIN AT LOGGERHEADS AS [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria has entered the third day of a national strike, with no agreement in sight between the National Labour Congress (NLC) and the Obasanjo Administration over fuel prices. Tensions in Abuja rose today as police clashed with NLC leaders and demonstrators. Street clashes conti [...]	2003-07-02 17:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1162	NIGERIA: STRIKE CONTINUES TO HOLD FOR FOURTH DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: July 3 was relatively quiet in Abuja. Vehicular traffic was light, gas lines were growing and most offices and businesses had skeletal staffing. Indicating that the political opposition may be looking for ways to exploit the strike, the Embassy experienced a peaceful demonstratio [...]	2003-07-03 18:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1168	NIGERIA: STRIKE SITREP DAY 5 - 1200 JULY 4 [...] (U) Summary: The strike continued for a fifth day. Thus far, Abuja is quiet but there is a possibility of demonstrations after Juma,at prayers this afternoon )- not only in Abuja but in other Northern cities as well. There were no demonstrations in Abuja yesterday, but peaceful demonstration [...]	2003-07-04 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1172	NIGERIA: STRIKE ENTERS SECOND WEEK [...] (U) Summary: The labor strike entered its second week today, as the GON and NLC failed to reach a compromise on the extent of the fuel price increase. Information from labor sources was conflicting, with some insiders forecasting an imminent settlement and others predicting an extended strike. [...]	2003-07-07 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1195	NIGERIA: FUEL STRIKE ENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) accepted the GON's 34 naira (23 cents) fuel price offer early this morning. With this, Labor's eight-day strike has ended, one day after the most violent twenty-four hours of the strike. Five to ten demonstrators were reportedly killed in Lagos y [...]	2003-07-08 17:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1206	NIGERIA: APGA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OJUKWU MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, APGA's Presidential candidate in the recent elections and leader of Biafra's failed secession in the sixties, met Ambassador Jeter at his residence on June 25 to discuss the Nigeria's elections, his observations on Obasanjo, and the way forward for Nigeria. [...]	2003-07-10 10:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA123	NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]	2003-01-21 16:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1230	NIGERIA'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO COUP IN SAO [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter talked separately to Sao Tomean President de Menezes and new Nigerian Foreign Minister Adeniji July 16. According to both sources, President Obasanjo has been in direct communication with the coup leaders, telling them to stand down and return power to the country's const [...]	2003-07-17 19:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV NI TP
03ABUJA1239	NIGERIA: GON THINKS SAO TOMEAN COUP LEADERS WILL [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Daniel Hart and Nigerian Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe Saidu Pindar discussed the Sao Tomean coup with A/DCM Brian Browne on July 18. Hart and Pindar stated that the proximate cause of the putsch was sustained frustration over de Menezes' foot dr [...]	2003-07-19 11:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV TP NI
03ABUJA124	NIGERIA: CHAMBAS SAYS DISCORD AND LETHARGY HINDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 8 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas acknowledged ECOWAS diplomatic efforts in Cote d'Ivoire had lost steam due to ECOWAS Chairman Wade's erratic statesmanship, the lethargy of President Gbagbo and lack of focus of Togolese lea [...]	2003-01-21 17:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
03ABUJA1286	NIGERIA: CLOSER DIALOGUE WITH THE OIL COMPANIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PHUM PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA1302	NIGERIA: VETTING OF NIGERIAN BATTALIONS FOR [...] (U) Post has requested the name of the current commander of the 26th Infantry battalion as well as other key officers in the battalion. The Nigerian military has yet to respond to the request, thus we have not been able to vet the names of the battalion commander and his core officers. Howe [...]	2003-07-30 17:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR MASS SL NI
03ABUJA1303	NIGERIA: PLANNING FOR LIBERIA [...] (C) According to current GON planning, the 19th Motorized Infantry battalion (i.e. NIBATT 15 in UNAMSIL) and the 26th Infantry battalion from Sokoto will deploy to Monrovia. Combined manpower of the two battalions is 1,375 men. The GON had indicated a willingness to deploy OFR- trained NIBA [...]	2003-07-30 17:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS
03ABUJA1338	NIGERIA: RESTARTING OIL PRODUCTION IN WARRI [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 18:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS ASEC PGOV NI
03ABUJA1339	THE ABUJA SULLIVAN SUMMIT WAS A SUCCESS [...] Summary: The Sixth Leon H. Sullivan Summit, convened July 12-17 in Abuja was momentous and successful. The overarching Summit theme was "Africa: A Continent of Possibilities" and the week lived up to its name. President Bush, the first Republican President to visit Africa, made a historic a [...]	2003-08-07 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SOCI EINV XA NI
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
03ABUJA1347	NIGERIA: DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY; ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: About 50 men and women assembled at the Embassy on July 3 to peacefully protest the April elections and the visit of the President Bush to see President Obasanjo. After departing peacefully, at least 30 of the demonstrators were detained for about ten days, we learned. While [...]	2003-08-07 17:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC NI
03ABUJA1355	NIGERIA: GON STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT TAYLOR'S [...] (C) During an August 7 conversation with A/DCM, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs expressed concern that Charles Taylor may try to renege on his implied promise to leave Liberia on August 11. The Minister realized that Taylor had only expressly stated that he would step down on that date [...]	2003-08-08 17:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI
03ABUJA1359	PRIVATIZATION OF GON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS [...] Action request, para 8. 2. Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) wants to privatize the approximately forty percent minority share it holds in foreign oil service companies (OSCs) operating in Nigeria; e.g., in Halliburton Nigeria. The GON wants to divest itself by way of private pl [...]	2003-08-08 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV BTIO KIDE NI
03ABUJA1366	NIGERIA: PROBLEMS CONTINUE WITH MPRI FUNDING [...] (U) National Security Adviser Aliyu Mohammed Gusau told POLOFF August 11 that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had been unable to transfer the USD 1 million to fund the MPRI Civ/Mil program through December. Embassy Abuja verified that the CBN had the correct account information on August 1, [...]	2003-08-11 17:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL NI
03ABUJA1372	ADVANCING THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES IN NIGERIA: USE [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 14:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET KCRM PHUM SNAR NI
03ABUJA1373	NIGERIA: GON CALLS ARTICLE 98 AN EXECUTIVE [...] (U) The Nigerian Solicitor-General (the highest ranking civil servant in the Ministry of Justice and the official who executed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the GON) I.A. Ayua indicated in a July 14 letter to Ambassador Jeter that the GON has deemed the Article 98 agreement an executi [...]	2003-08-12 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1374	NIGERIA: TAYLOR ARRIVES [...] (C) Former President Charles Taylor arrived in Abuja Monday evening August 11 at 2125 local time. He traveled with President Kufuor of Ghana and President Chissano of Mozambique, and was greeted by President Obasanjo. After spending several hours in Abuja, he and his entire contingent conti [...]	2003-08-12 17:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LI
03ABUJA1385	MOGEROA - ENTERING A SEASON OF POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Politically, Nigeria is tense and this probably will not significantly abate in the near future. Opposition politicians and much of the general populace remain disenchanted with the results of the April elections and the irregularities that attended them. Many opposition figu [...]	2003-08-14 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS NI

03ABUJA1408	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 18AUG03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 16:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA1430	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 21AUG03 [...] (U) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) Warri remained calm overnight August 20-21 and through the day August 21 with a large Nigerian Army force observed throughout the town, according to a Warri-based worker for U.S. NGO "IFESH." Local press and [...]	2003-08-21 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM NI
03ABUJA1432	NIGERIA: USCIRF VISIT [...] The ten-day USCIRF visit to Nigeria provided an in-depth opportunity to discuss many perspectives on intercommunal conflicts in Nigeria and the impact of Shari'a implementation on minorities in the northern part of the country. The delegation traveled extensively, finding in many instances, t [...]	2003-08-21 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA1441	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 22AUG03 [...] (U) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) Warri town remains calm, reports the Warri office of U.S. NGO "IFESH" and Police Commissioner Charles Akaya. Shell's Warri office reopened the afternoon of August 21 with a "skeleton staff," according to Shel [...]	2003-08-22 16:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03ABUJA1467	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TIDBITS [...] (U) The Amina Lawal case is to appear again before the Katsina State Shari'a Court of Appeal on Wednesday August 27. Hearings have been delayed three times before for various reasons. Meanwhile, the Jigawa State Shari'a Court of Appeal dismissed charges of rape (with a penalty of death by s [...]	2003-08-27 08:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL NI
03ABUJA1477	NIGERIA'S POSITION ON WTO ISSUE OF TRIPS AND HEALTH [...] Given both the Ministers of Commerce and of Public Health,s inability or unwillingness to meet with Embassy Charge in the last ten days for the demarche mentioned in reftel, Econ Counselor met with Nigeria,s Ministry of Commerce Director of External Trade, Y. Fred Agah, on August 26 to determ [...]	2003-08-27 18:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD NI USTR
03ABUJA1497	MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: APCS, WARRI, MPRI [...] (S/NF) CDA delivered REF A demarche on APCs for ECOMIL to Minister of Defense Kwankwaso on 29 August. Kwankwaso said he had not heard of Ghana's request that the GON provide APCs for the Ghanaian ECOMIL battalion. Kwankwaso and MOD PermSec Kaigama indicated the GON would consider the Ghanaia [...]	2003-08-29 18:32:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP LI ML SG GH NI
03ABUJA1515	GON REMOVES POLICE PROTECTION FROM OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Inspector General of Police's Office announced August 21 that, on orders from the Presidency, it would greatly reduce the use of police as bodyguards. Bodyguards have been limited to the President, Vice President, Ministers and Ministers of State, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, S [...]	2003-09-04 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA152	NIGERIA: NEW GON COMMERCE MINISTER SUPPORTS STRONG [...] (U) Minister of Commerce Ngelale told the Ambassador in a January 10 meeting that he intends to follow his predecessor as a strong voice for sub-Saharan Africa in the WTO. He also endorsed a constructive relationship between the United States and Nigeria on trade issues. A Ministry of Commerce [...]	2003-01-24 14:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NI WTRO USTR
03ABUJA1529	NIGERIA SUFFERING CONTINUED BUDGET SHORTFALLS [...] (U) Nigeria continues to suffer from budgetary shortfalls to fund current expenditures, severely limiting government operations. According to the Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, the GON had only Naira 145.9 billion available for its August obligations totaling Naira 183.1 billi [...]	2003-09-05 10:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1557	DISGRUNTLEMENT IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Growing National Assembly discontent over recent moves by President Obasanjo led to a quickly suppressed and publicly denied, August 21 attempt to impeach House Speaker Aminu Bello Masari. Obasanjo had installed Masari and the Senate President, then forced his own selections for committ [...]	2003-09-05 14:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1558	MFA MINISTER OF STATE ON TRADE AND LIBERIA [...] (U) When then CDA Roberts delivered the Najaf demarche (REF B) to MFA Minister of State Samaila on September 2, the MinState raised agricultural subsidies and Liberia. The Najaf part of the conversation was reported Ref A. --------------------------------------------- ------------ U.S./EU [...]	2003-09-05 15:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ETRD ECON
03ABUJA1560	NIGERIA: RULING PARTY COHESION (C-AL3-00674) [...] (S) Responses to specific reftel questions are below. They are based on the assumption that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the ruling party after the various legal challenges to the 2003 elections. BACKGROUND 2. (C) The PDP was founded in the wake of Abacha's death [...]	2003-09-05 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PINS NI KPRP
03ABUJA1576	MFA PERMSEC ON TAYLOR'S EXILE [...] (C) I took the opportunity of a September 9 courtesy call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Amb. Daniel Hart to convey USG concerns regarding Taylor's exile per reftel. I conveyed appreciation for Nigeria's leadership role to find a solution to the Liberian crisis, but o [...]	2003-09-09 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LI NI
03ABUJA158	NIGERIA: MONEY LAUNDERING SECTION OF 2002 INCSR [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-27 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM EFIN NI
03ABUJA159	NIGERIA: 2002 INCSR SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-27 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NI
03ABUJA1630	NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY STATEMENT ON TAYLOR [...] (SBU) According to press reports, the Nigerian Presidential Spokesman, Mrs. Remi Oyo, told the press Tuesday evening September 26 that the GON was displeased with Charles Taylor. She is quoted as saying, "The GON has made it clear to Mr. Taylor that it will not tolerate any breach of these co [...]	2003-09-19 07:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LI NI
03ABUJA1654	NIGERIA: CONCERNED ABOUT TAYLOR, WANTS MISBEHAVIOR [...] (C) President Obasanjo is still out of the country and FM Adeniji will not return to Nigeria from the U.S. until after October 1, so CDA used a courtesy call on MFA MinState Samaila to reiterate our concerns about Charles Taylor (Ref A). The discussion also covered Guinea-Bissau (septel). CDA [...]	2003-09-24 15:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC KJUS LI NI
03ABUJA1668	VP CANDIDATE AND FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT OKADIGBO [...] (U) Embassy learned early September 26 that former Senate President and ANPP Vice Presidential candidate Chuba Okadigbo passed away in the early morning hours. No official announcement has been made as of mid-morning September 26. 2. (U) In spite of rumors already beginning to circulate, [...]	2003-09-26 10:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA1679	USAID SUCCESS STORIES SURPRISE NIGERIANS, COUNTER [...] Summary. Nigerians reacting to Mission-sponsored media reports June - September 2003 on U.S.-Nigeria partnership successes on health, HIV/AIDS, agriculture, education, and conflict resolution, say they are amazed at the level of support given to Nigeria by the U.S. Government. They expressed [...]	2003-09-29 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS KPAO NI OEXC OIIP OPRC
03ABUJA1700	NIGERIA: FUEL PRICES HIKED BY FIAT [...] (C) This morning Nigerians returned to work after yesterday's public holiday and learned from the media that the GON had deregulated the downstream oil sector. According to a fuel marketer, the notification came in a letter on September 29 which said that the GON would not subsidize fuel af [...]	2003-10-02 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1708	NIGERIA: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Embassy and the embassies of the other countries who participated in the Ref A demarche in Abuja delivering the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles received an substantive response from MFA Director for Regions Olusanmokun on September 30, after a joint meeting with him September 29. [...]	2003-10-06 06:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NI
03ABUJA1720	NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] To answer any questions that might arise from the Ref C submission, the Mission provides the following supplementary discussion. --------------------------------------------- ---- Economic policies: improvement, for the most part --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. [...]	2003-10-07 18:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB PGOV NI
03ABUJA1724	VISIT TO KWARA STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Governing Kwara State, like some other states, is a family affair. Governor Bukola Saraki's father is the political kingmaker in Kwara, having handpicked the previous two governors and arranged for his daughter to be elected to the Senate in the same April elections that sent [...]	2003-10-08 06:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
03ABUJA1730	NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON TAYLOR [...] (C) CDA took the opportunity of a meeting with Foreign Minister Adeniji October 7 to express appreciation for Nigeria's leadership efforts on Liberia and Guinea-Bissau, but also to express continuing concern over Charles Taylor's interference in Liberian affairs. Noting the GON's interest in [...]	2003-10-08 17:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LI NI
03ABUJA1731	GAS STRIKE: HEARTBURN TO BEGIN OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) It seems certain that a strike and/or demonstrations will start in at least some parts of Nigeria October 9, led by a coalition of unions and NGOs protesting President Obasanjo's September 30 deregulation of gasoline prices. Violence could easily erupt, although the Nigeria Labor Congres [...]	2003-10-08 17:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1735	OBASANJO CRITICIZES NLC IN NATIONAL SPEECH JUST [...] (U) On the evening of October 8 President Obasanjo delivered a nationally televised speech sharply criticizing the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Obasanjo bitterly denounced the NLC's strike threat, but also called on the NLC to reach an agreement with the oil marketers (including the GON-ow [...]	2003-10-09 16:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1737	STRIKE IS OFF, DEREGULATION MAY STILL BE ON [...] (U) After a "Stakeholders' Forum" October 8, mediating Governor Bola Tinubu announced a four-point agreement between them on behalf of the GON's oil company, oil marketers and the unions: -- The GON-owned NigeriaN National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will maintain the present price on gas [...]	2003-10-09 17:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1761	SIGNS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN WARRI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Indications from various sources in the Warri area suggest strongly that the relative peace seen in the region for the past seven weeks is about to break. Reports of a recent Ijaw attack on a boat of unarmed Itsekiri villagers attempting to return to villages destroyed by Ijaw [...]	2003-10-10 16:51:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PINS PGOV PTER EPET PHUM NI
03ABUJA1787	NIGERIA: POLICE ARREST LABOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Police arrested six Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leaders Monday in an apparent move by the GON to hinder Labor's efforts to monitor a 34 naira per liter cap on fuel prices and blunt a possible NLC nationwide strike. Abuja's Magistrate Court refused bail yesterday for the [...]	2003-10-15 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA1812	NEPA INVOKES FORCE MAJEURE IN AES CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) on October 7 invoked force majeure and informed AES that it (NEPA) would be unable to pay approximately 18 million USD due on the Lagos Emergency Power Barge Project (the Ebute plant). Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OP [...]	2003-10-17 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV NI
03ABUJA1853	FINANCE MINISTER ON REFORM: EITI ONLY A FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA met October 24 with Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to discuss the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and her upcoming trip to the U.S. Okonjo-Iweala stressed that the GON sees EITI as just one step of many that must be taken to bring about full GO [...]	2003-10-27 05:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KPRV NI
03ABUJA1868	BABANGIDA POSITIONING FOR 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While he had been seen by some as a potential challenger for the 2003 elections, former military Head-of-State Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) faded during the party conventions. Apparently he is now maneuvering for a political comeback in 2007, and "IBB For President" organizations a [...]	2003-10-30 07:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA1891	PDP: CONVENTION IN DECEMBER, DISCORD IN THE RANKS [...] (SBU) The ruling PDP held a special national caucus October 22, to be attended by the President, Vice President, members of the PDP National Executive Committee, PDP Governors, and the National Assembly PDP leadership. The caucus met and agreed to hold the party's national convention December [...]	2003-10-31 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
03ABUJA1908	OIL COMPANIES DIFFER ON RESTARTING WARRI [...] (C/NF) Summary: Shell's October resumption of oil production in Warri has highlighted a widening split between the Anglo-Dutch oil firm and Chevron on how to manage relations with local Ijaw and Itsekiri communities, and how to maintain security. Shell put its money into increasing the Niger [...]	2003-11-03 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EPET PINS NI
03ABUJA1909	NIGERIA: NO POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN WARRI YET [...] (C) Summary: While sporadic fighting among the Ijaw, Uhrobo and Itsekiri continues in the creeks of Warri, the debate is intensifying among Nigerians over how to resolve political grievances underlying the Warri crisis. Ijaw and Itsekiri leaders -- each backing rival policies -- are putting [...]	2003-11-03 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA1916	NEW RESOLVE TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A sudden surge in Nigerian law enforcement efforts against child trafficking has drawn greater attention to the magnitude of this problem in the region while also reflecting improved political will to crack down on trafficking crimes in general. End Summary. Rescue, Repat [...]	2003-11-04 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN NI
03ABUJA1936	AES: GON PUSHING FOR PPA RENEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met October 29 with AES officials from London and Lagos, to discuss AES's ongoing attempts to collect from Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) arrears on the Ebute power plant PPA (reftel). The AES officials said they had met and would meet with a number o [...]	2003-11-10 13:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV NI
03ABUJA1937	TAYLOR TO SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON believes it has performed a major service by taking a leadership role in arranging Taylor's departure from Liberia, and committing its own troops to participate in needed related follow-up peacekeeping efforts. Both have involved significant domestic political risk. Niger [...]	2003-11-12 05:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LI NI
03ABUJA1972	TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS: AGOA WILL NOT SAVE US [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigerian textile manufacturers are uniformly bleak about the prospects that AGOA alone will bring about a substantial increase in their apparel or textile trade. Nigeria's industry is not competitive, and it is in decline. Various industry representatives told Lagos and Abuja [...]	2003-11-19 10:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN NI
03ABUJA1973	ATA TRAINING FILLS GAP IN GON SECURITY PREPARATIONS [...] Summary: From October 27 through 31, 2003 Embassy Abuja hosted an ATA sponsored Weapons of Mass Destruction and Postal Management Training Course. The course was well received by the GON with significant representation from practically all elements of the federal government. All participants [...]	2003-11-19 10:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER NI
03ABUJA1976	AMINA LAWAL: OUTCOMES FOR SHARI'A IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) The overturning on appeal September 25 of Amina Lawal's Shari'a court adultery verdict will have different, though minor, effects on the various Nigerians supporting the application of Shari'a in criminal law. Opportunist Muslim politicos and Islamist demogogues are still using Shari'a t [...]	2003-11-19 14:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF NI
03ABUJA1995	MFA DOUBTFUL OF MUGABE INVITE TO CHOGM [...] (C) During a November 20 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Amb. Daniel Hart, CDA asked about any new SIPDIS developments related to the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) arising out of President Obasanjo's recent visit to Zimbabwe. Hart professed not to know the [...]	2003-11-21 11:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI NI
03ABUJA1996	TAYLOR: MIXED SIGNALS BREEDS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Permanent Secretary Hart told the CDA November 20 that the GON appreciated USG clarifications regarding Charles Taylor and the recent measure authorizing $2 million related to the SLSC indictment against him. Nonetheless, Hart observed the issue is getting a good deal of ongoi [...]	2003-11-21 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LI NI
03ABUJA205	NIGERIA: UPDATE ON BENUE COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Judicial Commission investigating the Zaki-Biam killings January 16 told PolCouns that while the Commission had completed the fact- finding part of its mission, its final report would not be ready until March. Sufi confirmed that the Commission's report woul [...]	2003-01-30 15:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI
03ABUJA2067	ADAMAWA STATE: END OF YEAR SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Adamawa State, located on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, is a key battleground for control of Nigeria's political scene. Many important Nigerians hail from Adamawa, including Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and it is the base from which he and others launched on the national scene. Atiku [...]	2003-12-04 08:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2070	NIGERIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post provides the following input for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: 2. A. Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanjo has [...]	2003-12-04 14:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER NI
03ABUJA2080	SCORE ONE FOR REFORM: LABOR MINISTER SACKED FOR [...] (SBU) The Obasanjo Administration scored its first major anti-corruption coup when the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) on December 3 announced its arrest and detention of seven persons, including current Minister of Labor Hussaini Zannuwa Akwanga, in [...]	2003-12-08 05:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2133	NIGERIA ESTABLISHES NEPAD COUNTRY REPORT MECHANISM [...] (C) On November 14 President Obasanjo inaugurated Nigeria's Country Review team, the first step for countries that have acceded to the African Union's NEPAD peer review process. The team, made up wholly of Obasanjo supporters, was enjoined to submit a report on Nigeria's compliance with NEPAD [...]	2003-12-12 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON NI
03ABUJA2150	Electoral Reform and the INEC Seminar [...] (SBU) Summary: The INEC Seminar November 27-28 (septel) highlighted important divisions on possible electoral reforms. There were several less-than- serious ideas bruited, but the more important reform proposals basically present a choice for the future between the Independent National Electo [...]	2003-12-15 13:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA2158	NIGERIA'S INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL [...] Summary: Nigeria's National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted a widely-publicized INEC-Civil Society Forum on November 27-28, 2003, the first of its kind, to elicit input on the direction of electoral reform leading up to the country's next Presidential and National Assembly elections, s [...]	2003-12-16 12:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
03ABUJA2161	NIGERIA: WHITE ELEPHANT STEEL COMPLEX TO GULP MORE [...] (C) Summary: In June 2003, the GON awarded SOLGAS (a U.S.-based energy company) sole rights to refurbish the yet to operate Ajaokuta Steel Complex, to sell energy to the national grid from the Complex's electric plant, and to operate a yet to be built LNG-fired electric plant. Despite claims [...]	2003-12-17 05:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINT EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD NI
03ABUJA2170	NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-17 13:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NI
03ABUJA2183	NOT SO INSTANT REPLAYS - THREE BY-ELECTIONS TO [...] Summary: Six months after Nigeria's April/May elections for President/VP, National Assembly, Governors and State Assemblies, three races will be re-run on December 20 by order of election tribunals or the Court of Appeals. A recent State Assembly by-election caused by death of an office holde [...]	2003-12-19 11:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2184	IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR AMERICAN INVESTMENT [...] The Embassy, including FCS, proposes that the Department of Commerce consider Instituting a program to improve the climate for American private investment in Nigerian industries that would export to the U.S. under AGOA. Such a program would seek to create partnerships between individual Niger [...]	2003-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EINV NI AGOA
03ABUJA2193	NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 10:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM EFIN NI
03ABUJA2205	NIGERIA,S MOOD REMAINS SOUR [...] (C) Nigerians remain in the same funk as in August (Ref A). Throughout the country the loudest sound is that of grumbling, both stomachs and mouths. While the economy continues to fester, President Obasanjo's policies -- whether reform or asserting his authority -- stoke the coals of discont [...]	2003-12-24 07:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI
03ABUJA221	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP JANUARY 31 [...] (U) This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Dutch Firm Wins BPE Management Contract for NITEL --Think Tank Offers Economic Rebuilding Plan --Nigeria Airways in Trouble Again --Political Conventions Delay 2003 Budget Dutch Firm Wins BPE Management Contract for NITEL [...]	2003-01-31 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ECPS EFIN NI
03ABUJA2215	VISIT TO NASARAWA STATE [...] (U) Summary: Nasarawa has only been a state for seven years, and the governor is working to create a state identity and legacy for himself. Poloff traveled to the capital, Lafia, to visit the PDP Governor, the Nasarawa ANPP chairman and journalists; the meetings all implied that disputes over [...]	2003-12-26 07:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
03ABUJA2216	NIGERIA: CHRISTMAS EVE ECONOMIC ROUND-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: We report another telecommunications victory for a United States company and another GON milestone in transparency as CODEM systems won a USD 28 million telecommunications contract after months of wrangling over alleged corruption by GON officials and European companies. U.S. ai [...]	2003-12-26 07:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD KISL PTER NI
03ABUJA2231	NIGERIA: SPECIAL ASSISTANT EZEKWESILI'S [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo's Senior Special Assistant and Head of the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit, Oby Ezekwesili, told us December 23 that she thought her transparency presentation at the AGOA Forum was important because it put the anti-corruption issue into the trade [...]	2003-12-31 07:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ETRD NI AGOA
03ABUJA236	NIGERIA: NAVY MINISTER: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN ON [...] (C) During a January 23 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Navy) Chris Agbobu commented on the October 2001 Benue massacre. Agbobu did not expect anyone to be held accountable. Agbobu said while "everyone knows what happened (at Benue)" nothing would come of t [...]	2003-02-04 12:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI
03ABUJA250	NIGERIA: WTO BIOTECH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS [...] (U) The GON and the Nigerian public are split on the issue of biotechnology. Senior GON officials and farmers recognize that biotechnology promises improved agricultural productivity. President Obasanjo has said, "I am convinced that the only reliable way forward for rapid biotechnological dev [...]	2003-02-05 10:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO
03ABUJA257	NIGERIA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT HITS THE MEDIA; IMPACT ON CORRUPTION LESS CLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Auditor General of the Federation (AGF),akin to an Inspector General in the USG, has recently released the Audit Report for Calendar Year 2001 (Part One). Citing malfeasance in all tiers of government, the report has gained notoriety in the media and spawned calls from the [...]	2003-02-06 11:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON NI
03ABUJA263	NIGERIA: UWECHUE SAYS GON WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) During a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Special Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Ambassador Raph Uwechue discussed the evolving crisis in Cote d'Ivoire and the possibility of Nigerian involvement in the ECOWAS peacekeeping force deploying to the country. 2 [...]	2003-02-06 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
03ABUJA276	NIGERIA: FRIENDS OF NIGERIA MEETING ON ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Friends of Nigeria January 14. The British High Commissioner, Canadian High Commissioner and German Ambassador attended. The discussion focused on the presidential conventions of the major political parties, the second round of voter regist [...]	2003-02-07 09:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA280	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR TINUBU RECAPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador accompanied by Consul General and Staff Assistant (note-taker) met a politically confident and relaxed Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on January 24. Despite the allegations being tossed at him, Tinubu appeared self-assured and convinced of his political lo [...]	2003-02-07 12:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS 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
03ABUJA300	NIGERIA: REACTION TO SECRETARY'S SPEECH [...] (U) Reaction to the Secretary's speech on Iraqi violations has been muted. Local media covered the event with straightforward accounts of the Secretary's presentation. Until today (February 10),Embassy has seen no official comments from the GON and little discussion of the speech's merits [...]	2003-02-13 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM NI IZ UNSC
03ABUJA328	NIGERIA: ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE ON NIGERIA'S [...] Ambassador and Regional Narcotics and Law Enforcement Officer (RNLEO) met with Attorney General Kanu Agabi on 31 January 2003. In addition to formally introducing the new RNLEO to the Attorney General, the Ambassador delivered a letter on Article 98 Agreements. The AG said he would pass it [...]	2003-02-13 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS SNAR KCRM PGOV NI
03ABUJA333	NIGERIA: MANPADS INFORMATION REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON maintains a stockpile of several hundred poorly maintained SA-7s and has made efforts to purchase more modern SAMs from Russia and Ukraine. The GON maintains control of MANPADS stocks, but poor security and an active illicit arms trade make theft a very real risk. The GO [...]	2003-02-13 17:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL PTER
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
03ABUJA343	NIGERIA'S OBASANJO ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Obasanjo February 14 told DAS Bridgewater and Ambassador Jeter that Tsanvirgai had made a mistake by going to court. Dialogue was not possible under the circumstances, and it made no sense to continue sanctions, still less since Australia had implemented additi [...]	2003-02-12 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ZI NI
03ABUJA344	NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON IRAQ, TERRORISM AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo February 13 publicly called for Iraq to disarm peacefully, noting that the US could not be expected to stand down its forces otherwise. Recalling South Africa's decision to give up WMD programs, Obasanjo repeated these points during a private meeting with Amba [...]	2003-02-14 17:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EPET NI IZ
03ABUJA351	NIGERIA: OULD ABDALLAH ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Amadou Ould-Abdallah February 6 told Ambassador Jeter that several factors had engendered the post-Marcoussis disarray. Ould-Abdallah thought Kufuor would be more effective as ECOWAS Chairman than Wade had been. The French had leverage but were losing a little every day by fail [...]	2003-02-18 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS NI IV FR ECOWAS
03ABUJA352	Bakassi -- Meeting with Ould-Abdallah: Cameroon [...] (U) This is an action message; see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Nigeria's approach to its border dispute with Cameroon is sophisticated, but its commitment to execute what it negotiates less certain, UNSYG representative Ould- Abdallah told Ambassador Jeter. However, the Cameroonians under [...]	2003-02-18 16:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS SENV EPET EFIS NI CM
03ABUJA353	IRAQ: NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] (C) The Ambassador February 16 conveyed Ref A message to Ad'Obe Obe, International Affairs Special Advisor to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. In view of Obasanjo's stance (Ref B) that Iraq must disarm but that disarmament had to be accomplished through the Security Council, the Ambassad [...]	2003-02-18 16:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ NI UNSC
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
03ABUJA382	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY IN NIGERIA [...] With the unprecedented 2001 level of communal violence and impending 2003 elections at all levels, in 2002 the U.S. Mission operated several programs addressing the institutional and legal shortcomings that lead to abuse of human rights in Nigeria. 2. USAID implemented a wide range of pro [...]	2003-02-21 14:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI
03ABUJA385	NIGERIA PROPOSES NEW OPEC QUOTA SCHEME [...] (C) Summary: Special Assistant on Petroleum Issues Kupolokun told the Ambassador on February 14 that Nigeria had made a thinly-veiled threat to withdraw from OPEC while proposing to other members a new quota allocation scheme based on production capacity and socioeconomic indicators rather tha [...]	2003-02-21 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL NI OPEC
03ABUJA386	NIGERIA: VP ON CURRENT POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's Vice President claims his earlier flirtation with running for President was a ruse to distract IBB. According to Atiku, the ambitious former military ruler is now effectively sidelined for 2003. Buhari's base in the North is narrower than most observers believe, Atiku [...]	2003-02-21 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR NI
03ABUJA387	NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S) Per ref A, Abuja and Lagos EACs met separately to examine their respective security postures, including a review of the possibility of reducing dependents and non-essential personnel. The following are the results of those deliberations. ------------------------------- EMBASSY ABUJA T [...]	2003-02-21 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT AEMR ASEC NI
03ABUJA389	VIOLENT DISTURBANCE IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) On 20 February 2003, a GON Federal Task Force entered Area 1 of central Abuja and attempted to "clean up" the area by dismantling numerous illegal/unlicensed shops. Violence quickly erupted between the unlicensed traders and security forces. Tires were set ablaze in the street which t [...]	2003-02-24 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NI
03ABUJA39	NIGERIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2002 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanj [...]	2003-01-08 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NI
03ABUJA400	NIGERIA: BATAGARAWA REFUSES TO COMMENT ON BENUE [...] (C) During a February 20 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa refused to comment on the veracity of GON claims that officers associated with the October 2001 Benue massacre were transferred, retired or otherwise relieved. When the Ambassador tr [...]	2003-02-25 09:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI
03ABUJA403	NIGERIA: BATAGARAWA ON MPRI; C-130 SPARE PARTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa promised to discuss funding problems for MPRI and the shipment of U.S. donated C-130 spare parts with Minister of Finance Adamu Ciroma. Turning to the upcoming elections, Ba [...]	2003-02-25 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA416	Nigeria: 2003 Special 301 Review on IPR [...] Piracy of optical media remains a major issue in Nigeria. Lack of enforcement resources and trained enforcement staff, coupled with inadequate public and government understanding and appreciation of the benefits of IPR protection, make reversing this situation a difficult, long-term effort. Th [...]	2003-02-28 07:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI
03ABUJA418	NIGERIA: BUHARI ON INTER-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a lengthy January 30 meeting with the Ambassador, ANPP Presidential candidate Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Muhammadu Buhari shared his plans for winning the April election and elaborated on the reported rapprochement between him and former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida. Buhari gave [...]	2003-02-28 15:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS EFIN KDEM NI
03ABUJA419	NIGERIA: BUHARI SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS DISCIPLINE, WANTS [...] (U) This message contains a recommendation. See para 5. ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ 2. (U) DCM January 31 met with ANPP Presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and two associates (Bello Abubakar, an aide when Buhari was Head of State previously) and Mouftah Baba- Ahmed [...]	2003-02-28 17:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS EFIN KDEM NI
03ABUJA420	NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 28 [...] (U) This periodic joint political report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Political Violence Update --Potential Party Coalition --Will AD Support Obasanjo? --ID Card Registration --Sharia Amputation in Jigawa --Traditional Ruler to be Prosecuted ------------------------- Political Viol [...]	2003-02-28 18:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PHUM NI
03ABUJA440	NIGERIA: SLOW GOING AT THE MINISTRY OF AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by Econoff and USTDA representatives Steingass and Hardy, met with Minister of Aviation Chikwe in late January. Despite Nigerian participation at a November 2002 Air Cargo Roundtable in Washington, the Minister showed little interest in expanding a [...]	2003-03-06 09:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP PGOV NI
03ABUJA472	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NNPC MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] Summary: On January 31, Ambassador Jeter and Econoff met with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki, and NNPC Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate, Mansur Ahmed. Gaius-Obaseki told the Ambassador that the NNP [...]	2003-03-11 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PREL NI OIL
03ABUJA495	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MARCH 13 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Bans Import of Toothpicks, Water, Biscuits, Spaghetti, and Noodles --Obasanjo Sacks Author of Controversial Audit Report --Central Bank Warns of Excess Liquidity --Nigerian Customs Posts Banner Year --GON to Sell Steel Rollin [...]	2003-03-13 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD KPRV ECON NI
03ABUJA496	NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL BUSINESS FORUM ON HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: On Saturday morning February 15, 2003, President Olusegun Obasanjo invited approximately 50 managing directors of Nigeria's most influential national and international companies to the Presidential Villa to discuss the creation of a Nigerian Business Coalition Against HIV/AIDS. By t [...]	2003-03-13 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	NI
03ABUJA502	NIGERIA: INADEQUACIES OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After three months delay, INEC published some voter lists week of March 3. With national elections just six weeks away, INEC has missed a key legal deadline. Challenges are almost certain. INEC,s performance remains erratic, and non-transparent. INEC will have to work efficie [...]	2003-03-14 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA503	NIGERIA: RELOCATING LIBERIAN REFUGEES [...] I.A.D. Nuhu of MFA's Department of Consular and Legal Affairs March 6 confirmed to Poloff that he had met often with UNHCR representative Eusebe Hounsokou and that the GON was interested in accepting refugees from Cote D,Ivoire. 2. Nuhu referred to Nigeria,s existing refugee camps, poin [...]	2003-03-14 13:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV NI IV LI
03ABUJA515	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. Note: Post tried to confine material to respective sections, but several examples have overlapping relevance to the general overview, prevention, prosecu [...]	2003-03-18 16:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
03ABUJA526	MEETING WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (U) On March 6, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, (ICPC) paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Jeter. Akanbi thanked the Embassy for supporting the ICPC and briefed us on the Senate proceedings underway to amend the law [...]	2003-03-19 13:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV EAID NI MMAR
03ABUJA534	NIGERIA: THE FOUNDATIONS OF OBASANJO'S FANTASIES [...] (U) Although not a formal member of the Front Line States, Nigeria was in the vanguard of those fighting for the liberation of southern Africa. The current Chief of Staff of the Air Force has told us stories of the role he played in ferreting weapons to ZANU to shore up ZANU's fight against t [...]	2003-03-19 18:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP ZI NI UK AS
03ABUJA542	TFIZ01: NIGERIA QUIET IN WAKE OF IRAQ ATTACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: News of the initial attack by the Coalition of the Willing (COW) on Iraq spread rapidly. Most Nigerians are aware hostilities have begun, but the initial public reaction was muted. The mood now is tense and expectant. Public response to the hostilities will likely be delayed u [...]	2003-03-20 16:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT IZ NI

03ABUJA552	NIGERIA OPEN TO DISCUSSION OF ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary: Embassy efforts to obtain GON signature to an Article 98 Agreement continue despite initial resistance and skepticism in several GON quarters. The Ambassador most recently raised the subject on March 20, this time with MFA PermSec Hart. Hart voiced strong "personal" reservation [...]	2003-03-21 18:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NI
03ABUJA554	NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN ESCRAVOS [...] (U) Proprietary information in paragraphs 3-4. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Escalating violence between Ijaws and Itsekiris have combined with security inadequacies to force ChevronTexaco and Shell to halt some operations, reducing Nigeria's crude production by 350,00 [...]	2003-03-22 19:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA555	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ijaw militants in the Delta who instigated this latest round of communal violence are surprisingly well armed, according to President Obasanjo. In order to avoid a potentially bloody confrontation, Obasanjo has opted for a strategy of attrition and containment instead of direc [...]	2003-03-22 19:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC CASC PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA558	TFIZ01: NIGERIAN CRUDE PRODUCTION DROPS ABOUT 33% [...] (SBU) Summary: Ongoing ethnic strife may cut Nigeria's crude production by 33% and its exports by 43% -- larger cuts than most media are reporting. The evacuation of Escravos, hub for 440,000 of ChevronTexaco's 510,000 bpd, is expected to conclude March 24. ChevronTexaco seeks U.S. imagery [...]	2003-03-24 13:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET CASC AINR ASEC PINS ELAB PREF NI IZ
03ABUJA566	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO DISAVOWS HIS MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: During a midnight March 21 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo distanced the GON from Minister of State Onyia's accusation that the U.S. had cut military assistance because of Nigeria's position on Iraq. Obasanjo also expressed surprise at Washington's negative react [...]	2003-03-25 17:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM SF SG IZ NI
03ABUJA576	NIGERIA: CLEAR SKIES AHEAD FOR WORLD AIRWAYS? [...] (SBU) Summary: World Airways' troubles securing landing rights from the Ministry of Aviation for charter service between Lagos, New York, and Atlanta could soon be over. On March 21, Minister of Aviation Kema Chikwe signed a memo approving World Airways' application and forwarded it to Presiden [...]	2003-03-26 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV NI
03ABUJA600	NIGERIA: TARIFF AND BAN INFORMATION [...] Mission provides the following clarifications on GON trade policy measures as requested by reftel. Mission understands that Washington agencies will use this information to prepare a formal high-level demarche to deliver to the GON. The timing of the demarche will be key to its effectiveness. [...]	2003-04-01 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV NI
03ABUJA629	NIGERIA: CONCERN FOR CRISIS IN THE DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 26 evening meeting, President Obasanjo, Ambassador Jeter and British High Commissioner Philip Thomas discussed the ongoing crisis in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Jeter and Thomas expressed concern about the implications of a continuing crisis on stability and on [...]	2003-04-03 18:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL MOPS PHUM NI
03ABUJA631	NIGERIA: REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY TO SIGN BILATERAL [...] Head of the GON Debt Management Office Legal Division J.O. Jiya wrote Econcouns on March 6, stating the GON is ready to sign the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement. Post forwarded a copy of the latest agreement, prepared in 2001, to Treasury and State on March 9 (reftel). Because of the sig [...]	2003-04-04 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL NI
03ABUJA637	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE: DEMOCRATIC EXPRESSION CRUSHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter delivered the demarche on Zimbabwe to President Obasanjo on March 26. At that meeting he was joined by British High Commissioner Philip Thomas. Allied with South Africa, the GON opposes continued suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth, and wants to disba [...]	2003-04-04 16:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SF ZI NI SADC
03ABUJA647	NIGERIA: CONSULTANTS CONCERNED ABOUT AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Aviation consultants sponsored by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently completed an evaluation of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority's (NCAA) efforts to improve its safety oversight. They found few improvements since a 2001 International Civil Aviation Orga [...]	2003-04-07 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID EINV NI
03ABUJA650	NIGERIA - OPPOSITION PARTIES IN MARCH MEETING [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a March 10 meeting with numerous opposition political party leaders, Ambassador implored the group to do their utmost to conduct fair and credible elections in April, to eschew violence, and not to condemn and compromise the process before it is started. He cautioned [...]	2003-04-07 23:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI
03ABUJA653	NIGERIA: DELTA OIL CRISIS MAY PINCH THE ECONOMY [...] News that Chevron returned to Escravos to gradually resume oil production is encouraging. Shell also may soon return. However, armed local groups remain a wild card. Their ability to foil resumption of oil production is all too real as evidenced by the April 6 pipeline disruption only a few day [...]	2003-04-08 09:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL NI
03ABUJA658	NIGERIA: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 12 meeting, Independent National Election Commission (INEC) Chairman Abel Guobadia told Ambassador Jeter that INEC preparations were on schedule; INEC would be ready to conduct elections in April and a postponement was not contemplated. To demonstrate INEC's readin [...]	2003-04-09 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI
03ABUJA659	NIGERIA: NAVY MINISTER SAYS MILITARY MUST TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 27 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Navy) Chris Agbobu discussed the recent violence in Delta State. He attributed the fighting to political power struggles between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups, Ijaw dissatisfaction with Delta S [...]	2003-04-09 18:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS EPET ASEC CASC PINS NI
03ABUJA666	RIVERS STATE VIOLENCE COULD IMPACT OIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 18:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EPET NI
03ABUJA670	EMBASSY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NIGERIAN MEDIA [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and Mission PAS staff have worked assiduously to ensure broad coverage within the Nigerian media of USG policy positions on Iraq. Our media strategy has included placement of an op-ed that addressed many Nigerian misperceptions regarding U.S. military intervention [...]	2003-04-11 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA680	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2003 PRESIDENT'S [...] The following paragraphs provide information on Nigeria for use in the President's 2003 report to Congress on AGOA, as requested in Reftel, in the following areas: --AGOA Trade and Investment --Progress Toward a Market-Based Economy --Political Pluralism and The Rule of Law --Poverty Reducti [...]	2003-04-14 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV ELAB PHUM PREL NI AGOA
03ABUJA682	NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S SUCCESS MARKS MAJOR [...] (C) On March 31, the GON awarded Motorola a $49.9 million contract to expand Nigerian Telecommunications' (NITEL) cellular telephone network. This award is a major advocacy victory for the Mission as well as an important landmark on Nigeria's road to greater transparency. It is the most sign [...]	2003-04-14 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EINV ECPS ETRD ECON PGOV NI
03ABUJA713	DECLARATION OF DISASTER: DISPLACEMENT OF ITSEKIRI [...] The Ambassador hereby declares the situation in the Warri North, Warri South, and Warri Southwest Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Delta State as a man-made disaster. In accordance with USAID/DCHA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance guidance, the Ambassador requests immediate OFDA supp [...]	2003-04-17 17:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV NI
03ABUJA715	NOT A GOOD TIME TO BE THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The United States-Nigeria bilateral relationship recently has experienced more friction than has been noted for months. A confluence of foreign policy differences, bilateral concerns, and Nigeria's domestic politics produced this strain. Disagreement over Iraq and our suspension [...]	2003-04-17 20:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS NI
03ABUJA716	NIGERIA -- SSS DIRECTOR PREDICTS ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 11 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Director General of the State Security Service, Kayode Are, (SSS) predicted a post- election "enforcement action" against Ijaw militants in the Warri area. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Are contended there was more to the current [...]	2003-04-17 20:42:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV EPET MOPS NI
03ABUJA717	NIGERIA: SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As with the Presidential contest, most Northern gubernatorial elections will be fought between the two major parties in Nigeria, the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigerians Peoples Party (ANPP). Overall, ANPP candidates are expected to benefit from the popu [...]	2003-04-17 21:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA718	NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS COMING TO A HEAD [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 22:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EPET NI
03ABUJA719	NIGERIA: TENSIONS MOUNT LEADING TO THE APRIL 19 [...] (C) Summary: Despite a crowded house of 19 Presidential candidates, the April 19 contest boils down to President Obasanjo and ANPP candidate Muhammadu Buhari. Holding the ace of incumbency, Obasanjo is the likely, but not guaranteed, victor. He has been put on the defensive by recent events [...]	2003-04-17 23:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI ELECTIONS
03ABUJA720	NIGERIA: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE [...] (C) Summary. The April 19 election will test the tensile strength of Nigerian democracy and its supporting institutions. While many will play important roles in this national drama, the primary antagonists are President Obasanjo and Muhammed Buhari. Not only is this election a litmus test of [...]	2003-04-18 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM EFIN ECON PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NI
03ABUJA727	NIGERIA ELECTIONS -- THE VIEW FROM THE QUEUE [...] Winding down Shehu Shagari Way in Abuja to an AP station opposite the Hilton is a fuel queue that varies between 300 and 1700 meters. Motorists favor this queue because the AP station often has fuel and because the gentle slope of the final 900 meters means no need to start engines. On Mond [...]	2003-04-22 20:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NI
03ABUJA739	NIGERIA: GON SAYS NEPAD PEER REVIEW MECHANISM ON [...] Summary. A GON official says Heads of State at a March meeting of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) had concluded negotiations on a Memorandum of Understanding of the African Peer Review Mechanism. The official said the review would be conducted by independent experts and fo [...]	2003-04-24 13:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PHUM EAID PREL PGOV NI
03ABUJA746	NIGERIA: OVERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the ruling PDP the major victor in the April 19 and April 12 elections. However, echoing reports of several observers, President Obasanjo's political opponents allege massive irregularities. The GON is striking back wit [...]	2003-04-24 17:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM PREL NI US EU XA
03ABUJA749	NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA SAYS PDP WILL HANDLE BUHARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a hurried April 24 meeting, Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma and Ambassador Jeter discussed the fallout of the April 19 Presidential and Gubernatorial elections and April 12 National Assembly elections. Danjuma expressed concern about ANPP Presidential candidate Mohammadu [...]	2003-04-24 20:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA750	NIGERIA: TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICES [...] A. Ajibola, Deputy Director of Fisheries at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources' Fisheries Resources Monitoring Control and Surveillance Unit in Lagos, told Econoff that, since being first certified in 1999 and last certified in 2002, Nigeria continues in its efforts to p [...]	2003-04-25 10:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ETRD
03ABUJA753	NIGERIA: GON SAYS OPEC UNLIKELY TO CUT [...] (S) On April 22, Ambassador Jeter delivered reftel demarche to President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Petroleum Affairs and Energy Rilwanu Lukman. Lukman, who is leading Nigeria's delegation to the April 24 OPEC meeting in Vienna and was OPEC General Secretary for ten years, said the normal [...]	2003-04-25 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL ECON EPET NI IZ
03ABUJA768	NIGERIA: DISGRUNTLED OIL WORKERS HOLD [...] Summary: Since April 16, disgruntled Nigerian oil service workers have held hostage as many as 97 expatriates, including 23 U.S.-citizens on four offshore oil rigs beyond the eastern Niger Delta. Transocean Sedco Forex, a Houston-based, Cayman Island-registered oil service company, operates th [...]	2003-04-29 21:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA806	NIGERIA: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR RELEASE OF 17 [...] (C) Transocean Sedco Forex Managing Director Ian Clark told the Ambassador April 30 that the 273 hostages, including 96 expatriates of whom 17 are U.S. citizens, are in good health--despite contrary press reports. However, food and water stocks may be running low. President Obasanjo offered to [...]	2003-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA807	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUES, MILITARY GETS [...] (C) Transocean Sedco Forex officials confirm that striking oil workers still hold 273 hostages--including 17 U.S. citizens and 79 other expatriates--on four rigs off Port Harcourt. The company's Managing Director Ian Clark says the platforms have been re-supplied with sufficient quantities of [...]	2003-05-01 16:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA809	NIGERIA: POST-ELECTIONS MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-01 18:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID NI
03ABUJA810	NIGERIA: NO MILITARY ACTION YET ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...] (C) GON National Security Agency Military Assistant Colonel Idris and State Security Service Director General Kayode Are both told the Ambassador on May 2 that Nigerian naval vessels near the four Transocean Sedco Forex rigs have not yet taken any action. He indicated that a contingency plan w [...]	2003-05-02 12:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA816	NIGERIA: WARRI IJAWS THREATEN RENEWED VIOLENCE; [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-02 19:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EPET ENRG NI
03ABUJA817	NIGERIA - SSS DIRECTOR ON THE ELECTION AND [...] (C) During an April 30 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) Kayode Are said that all political parties had committed electoral fraud. He also asserted that the outcome of the Presidential contest was a genuine reflection of the actual vote, a [...]	2003-05-02 19:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PINS MOPS NI
03ABUJA819	NIGERIAN MEDIA AND THE RECENT ELECTIONS [...] Summary. GON media officials have reacted angrily to what they view as instances of negative foreign press coverage of Nigeria recent elections and to comments by some international observer missions critical of government-owned media treatment of opposition candidates during the campaign [...]	2003-05-05 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA856	NIGERIA: INL NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION [...] (C) Ambassador and RNLEO delivered the non-paper on narcotics and law enforcement certification to the Minister of Justice Kanu Agabi on May 5. The Ambassador methodically addressed each area of cooperation and the benchmarks that will guide next year's certification determination. In the area [...]	2003-05-09 14:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC NI
03ABUJA872	NIGERIA: BUHARI'S MOVEMENTS NOT RESTRICTED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, there was confusion whether ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari had been restricted to his house in Daura, Katsina State. Buhari's supporters asserted that he had been placed under de facto house arrest. GON officials disavowed the claim, stating that Bu [...]	2003-05-12 18:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA887	NIGERIA: INFORMATION ON GON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] Paragraph 2 provides answers to reftel questions. 2. A. Does the host government publish the national budget in a timely manner? Answer: Yes, with minimum delay (under one year). B. Where sub-national levels of government are significant, are their combined fiscal positions pub [...]	2003-05-14 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD NI
03ABUJA902	NIGERIA: ZAK-ZAKY EMERGES FROM HIBERNATION [...] (C) Ibrahim el-Zak-Zaky, leader of a fringe Nigerian Islamic sect calling for the return to traditional Shi'a principles, emerged over the weekend from a period of inactivity. Sheikh Zak-Zaky held a fundraising event and public rally in Kano on May 10- 11, attracting some media attention an [...]	2003-05-16 15:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL NI
03ABUJA905	NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based economic reforms but volunteered that President Obasanjo remained uncomfortable about giving up State control. Atiku hoped to make progress on AGOA and to lift fu [...]	2003-05-16 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI
03ABUJA910	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MAY 16 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Approves World Airways --Ministry of Aviation Launches Nigerianglobal --Nigeria Bans Ice Cream Imports GON Approves World Airways -------------------------- 2. Minister of Aviation Kema Chikwe announced at an April 10 p [...]	2003-05-19 07:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAIR NI
03ABUJA943	NIGERIA: FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROPOSAL [...] Action Request; Para two 2. The American Embassy in Nigeria requests Washington reconsideration of our proposed government- to-government "Food for Progress" activity. This proposal, presented by President Olusegun Obasanjo, requests an allocation of 12,500 MT of rice to implement the [...]	2003-05-23 19:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL NI
03ABUJA975	NIGERIA: NO SIGN OF MISSING 727 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In response to Reftel, Mission officers visited four Nigerian airports June 1 and did not see the missing 727 aircraft. It is unlikely the aircraft could have landed in Nigeria without drawing considerable GON attention. Since the disappearance of the aircraft, DATT has remain [...]	2003-06-02 18:11:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC EAIR PGOV NI
03ABUJA989	NIGERIA: STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since October 2002, Post has actively engaged the GON in hopes of concluding an Article 98 agreement before July 1, 2003. President Obasanjo has indicated a willingness to conclude an agreement; however key figures such as the Foreign Affairs and Justice Ministers have opposed a [...]	2003-06-05 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA990	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANY SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, Consul General and CG Lagos staff met EXXON/MOBIL, Halliburton and ChevronTexaco Managing Directors on May 27 to encourage more timely notification of the Mission in the event of hostage-takings, occupation of facilities, or interruption of oil company operati [...]	2003-06-05 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ASEC CASC ECON EINV NI
03ACCRA803	INFLATION CONTINUES TO CREEP UP [...] Summary: The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) statistics for March show that strong inflationary pressures continue to bedevil the Ghanaian economy. Most analysts believe the GoG/IMF inflation target of 9 percent at the end of 2003 is unachievable. End Summary 2. Figures released by the [...]	2003-04-25 12:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GH
03ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 10, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. Hurriyet/Bolge: It is claimed that 150 mayors nationwide [...]	2003-04-10 16:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA109	MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. Mersin's business leaders are optimistic they will benefit from new opportunities in the new Iraq. They do worry, however, the U.S. might seek to "punish" Tur [...]	2003-04-16 13:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA
03ADANA137	SE TURKEY HOPES FOR ECONOMIC TURNAROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent Adana and Mersin businessmen are optimistic for increased economic opportunities relating to the Coalition victory in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They also are hoping to take advantage of the SARS outbreak to export more textiles to Europe. While they believe there may [...]	2003-05-16 11:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-24 09:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] Milliyet/Dunya: It is reported that the UN is also going to establish a humanitarian assistance center in Mardin, and relief items to be sent by the will be distributed from Mardin. Officials announced they had initially considered Gaziantep, but because of the distances involved preferred M [...]	2003-03-14 17:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 17, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet/Sabah/Mi [...]	2003-03-18 12:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 11-12, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]	2003-01-14 09:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1086	INS-APPROVED IRAQI REFUGEES AWAITING SAO CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) AS REQUESTED BY PRM/A, THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT THE INCREASING PRESSURES AND DIFFICULTIES REPORTED IN THREE INS APPROVED REFUGEE CASES (13 PERSONS),PENDING THEIR SAO CLEARANCE. WE NOTE THAT, WHILE THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES ARE THE PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN TWO CASES, UNHCR AMM [...]	2003-02-20 08:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN150	MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: JORDANIANS THINK THE [...] (S) Post shares Embassy The Hague's frustration with the current state of play of the Mullah Krekar extradition case. To have Krekar walk free would be an outcome that would serve no one's interests and would send the wrong signal to all those working tirelessly in the fight against terrorism [...]	2003-01-08 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PTER KCRM PREL JO NL
03AMMAN1620	JORDANIAN BANKS: WILL WEATHER STORM, BUT FACE [...] (SBU) While fundamentally sound, the Jordanian banking sector faces a number of short- and long-term challenges: Exposure to a military conflict with Iraq, a surplus of banks, high infrastructure costs, and implementation of modern banking and technological advances that are only now beginnin [...]	2003-03-18 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN1696	TFIZ01: AMMAN SITREP 1 (3/20 1130 LOCAL ) [...] (SBU) As of 0545 local time (0345 GMT) Embassy Amman stood up its Crisis Liaison Unit (CLU) which will serve a the Embassy's central point of contact/clearinghouse for DoS inquiries on all crisis-related issues. At 0600 local time we notified the OpsCenter via phone that we are operational. C [...]	2003-03-20 08:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1705	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1708	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 6 (3/22 0930 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy Amman will remain on "standfast" through March 22. 2. (C) Finance Minister Marto told us privately that plans were in the works to raise domestic gasoline and fuel oil prices. The increase was included in the 2003 budget and an initial gasoline price increase of 25 fils/lite [...]	2003-03-22 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1798	TFIZ01: KING ABDULLAH, GOJ RETRENCH IN FACE OF [...] (S) The sharp and angry public reaction to the start of war in Iraq has forced King Abdullah and the GOJ to alter their public line to deal with the public ire. In a speech by King Abdullah on March 21, a press conference the next day with the PM, FonMin and InfoMin, and official news agency [...]	2003-03-25 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1869	TFIZOl: AMMAN SITREP 16 (3/28 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is closed March 28 and 29 for the Jordanian weekend. Given expectations for widespread demonstrations around the country, all American staff (with the exception of those who must come to the Embassy for mission-critical work) have been instructed to remain at "Standfast" unti [...]	2003-03-28 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1875	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 18 (3/29 1100 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed March 29 for the Jordanian weekend. It will open for regular business on Sunday, March 30. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy's Crisis Liaison Unit received e-mail from Task F [...]	2003-03-29 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1881	TFIZ01: MUASHER SAYS STORY ON RESUMPTION OF OIL [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 29 local press reports that as many as thirty Jordanian oil tanker trucks have returned to Iraq to restart the delivery of Iraqi crude to Jordan. The Ambassador said he found the reports beyond comprehension. In response t [...]	2003-03-29 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS EPET IZ JO
03AMMAN1898	TFIZ01: INFOMIN: SEVEN OIL TRUCKS GO TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Information Minister Mohammad Adwan told the Ambassador March 30 that, contrary to information reported in ref conversation with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, the GOJ had in fact sent seven oil tanker trucks to al-Qaem in Iraq (near H-1) to take delivery of some Iraqi oil. The trucks [...]	2003-03-30 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1902	REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (S) AmEmbassy Amman was placed on Authorized Departure beginning February 8, 2003 and the current extension of that status expires on April 7, 2003. Security concerns have increased since the start of the war with Iraq. GoJ authorities recently arrested Iraqis involved in a terrorist attack a [...]	2003-03-31 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC AEMR CASC JO
03AMMAN1922	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 21 (3/31 1800 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consu [...]	2003-03-31 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC PREL CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1929	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 22 (4/01 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 1. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Cons [...]	2003-04-01 07:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2159	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 32 (4/09 1730 LOCAL) [...] (C) At approximately 2245 April 8, an Embassy TDYer was shot at and slightly injured by unknown assailants near the Le Royal Hotel in Amman. Immediately following this incident the Embassy issued a phone tree message to both American and Jordanian staff notifying them of what had occurred and [...]	2003-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2179	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2205	TFIZ01: JORDANIANS DAZED AND CONFUSED OVER HOW TO [...] (C) The day after Saddam's statue crashed down in Fardous Square in Baghdad, Jordanians are mostly confused and unsure how to react, especially in front of Americans. Many tell us they are stunned that Baghdad "fell so easily" to the "invaders." The most cynical -- yet heartfelt-- remark is [...]	2003-04-10 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2321	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND U.S.-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN244	MIXED SIGNALS OUT OF AQABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, impressive progress in a number of areas in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ),much of it due to US Government support, is evident. However, in areas in which USAID assistance has not been deployed, significant obstacles remain, such as an inefficient b [...]	2003-01-13 10:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREF KPAL JO
03AMMAN252	MULLAH KREKAR: JORDAN UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO MEET [...] (S) Charge and PolCouns delivered ref a points January 13 to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. Charge encouraged the GOJ to provide to the Dutch as much as possible of the additional evidentiary and legal information they have r [...]	2003-01-13 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER SNAR KCRM NO NL JO
03AMMAN2694	JORDAN TOURISM TAKES ANOTHER SHORT-TERM HIT [...] (sbu) SUMMARY. The war in Iraq was a new blow to the Jordanian tourism industry, which was already reeling from the fallout of the Intifada and September 11. With the war's impact reflected in cancellations that began in January, the Jordanian tourist industry has basically written off the [...]	2003-05-07 05:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JO
03AMMAN3461	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4587	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]	2003-07-24 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4700	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]	2003-07-29 10:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4764	PARLIAMENT OPENS, ERRANT MP'S SWEAR PROPER OATH; GOJ BEGINS TO FEEL PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE [...] (C) The just-begun special session of the Parliament will examine Parliamentary bylaws, consider a vote of confidence in the new cabinet, begin to examine more than 200 temporary laws promulgated by the government, and adjudicate complaints of irregularities in the June polls. The Lower Ho [...]	2003-07-31 09:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN5257	JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS IRAQI GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Governing Council (GC) member Dr. Mowaffak Al Rubaie met with Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb on August 19 in Amman to discuss bilateral issues. Dr. Al Rubaie characterized their talks as "very positive" and said that Abul Ragheb promised that the GOJ would continue to receiv [...]	2003-08-19 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN6119	ANTI-NORMALIZATION CAMPAIGN IN JORDAN HAS LASTING [...] (C) The effects of an Anti-Normalization Committee, disbanded over two years ago, linger. One remnant of its campaigns to discredit Jordanians who supported relations with Israel is the ongoing legal case filed by one of its targets, Jordanian businessman and self-proclaimed peace advocate Tar [...]	2003-09-23 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO
03AMMAN6580	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7017	UNHCR COMPLETES PROFILE OF KURDS ON JORDANIAN [...] (U) In an October 21 meeting with Amman- and Cairo-based refcoords, UNHCR Sr. Protection Officer Jacqueline Parlevliet reported that UNHCR completed its profile of the 1,070 asylum seekers currently held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts. 1,065 individuals (189 cas [...]	2003-10-29 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7449	NEW ROYAL COURT MINISTER ON KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, [...] (C) New Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai told the Ambassador that, on his recent trip to the Gulf, the King had thanked the Kuwaitis for providing Jordan with free oil and had expressed the hope that it continue for a while longer, but neither sought nor received a commitment. PM Fayez will [...]	2003-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN7507	NEW JORDANIAN PM REACHES OUT TO PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) Since his designation as Prime Minister on October 22, Faisal al-Fayez has undertaken an ambitious campaign to reach out to diverse segments of Jordanian society that have received little attention from past PMs. In addition to meeting with parliamentary blocs, Fayez has engaged in formal [...]	2003-11-19 13:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
03AMMAN7691	JORDAN: NOVEMBER 17 MEETINGS ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (S) Summary. In several hours of meetings November 17, Jordanian financial officials and a U.S. Treasury/Iraqi finance ministry team were unable to agree on a plan for the GOJ to transfer all of the remaining Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq. The Jordanians too [...]	2003-11-24 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8237	CT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah and U.S. Brigadier General Harrell (Special Operations Command, Central) signed an agreement December 15 for Jordan to provide counter-terrorism training for Iraqi forces with U.S. support. The agreement provides for counter-terrorism training for Iraqi recruits, to [...]	2003-12-17 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS IZ JO
03ANKARA1100	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKET AND IMF UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets remain hopeful that the GOT will respond positively to the USG by the weekend, though Deputy PM Sener's late afternoon press statement of "no agreement yet" sparked some selling. IMF mission staff in Ankara are less hopeful of reaching agreement on the 2003 bud [...]	2003-02-19 17:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1313	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 07:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1386	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1392	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 COB [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets were relieved this afternoon that today's Treasury auctions had gone relatively well, with the lira and equities gaining for the day (though t-bill yields closed up 2.5 percentage points). Treasury raised a total of TL 2.3 quadrillion that, together with some of Tresaur [...]	2003-03-04 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1477	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA152	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1567	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1635	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Post Djindjic assassination in Serbia and the Balkans 2. Iraq and US-Turkey relations "Djindjic was victimized by foreign intervention" Ferai Tinc commented on the assassination of the Serbian leader in mass appeal Hurriyet (3/14): "Djindjic was killed on the eve of a meeting to shape Ko [...]	2003-03-14 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1660	TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Late afternoon March 14 President Sezer approved AK leader Erdogan's cabinet list and sent it to the Turkish Parliament for consideration and eventual vote of confidence. Erdogan is now officially Prime Minister. 2. (C) Erdogan's new cabinet is largely the same as that of his predece [...]	2003-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU

03ANKARA1706	PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...]	2003-03-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1732	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 19: ORIGINAL U.S. PACKAGE [...] (U) Turkish financial markets were in a foul mood at OOB March 19, on news reports (see below) that the original U.S. financial package had in fact expired, despite GOT public statements to the contrary on March 18 during critical T-bill auctions. At market opening, the lira traded at TL 1,74 [...]	2003-03-19 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1913	THY PRIVATIZATION: ON TRACK...FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Airlines (THY - Turk Hava Yollari) is scheduled for tender in the third quarter 2003, and the GOT official heading THY privatization said that plans are on schedule. THY has managed, largely through timely sales of old planes, to remain profitable in bad times general [...]	2003-03-24 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-09 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2254	TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to tell us that Congress' adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 87 on Aegean claims would be a "symbol of deteriorating U.S.-Turkish relations." He asked that the USG do what it could t [...]	2003-04-08 07:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA GR TU
03ANKARA2298	TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...]	2003-04-09 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2353	TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]	2003-04-11 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2372	APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ [...] Anatolia News Agency reported that a written press announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated that GOT military and civilian leaders discussed developments in Iraq at the meeting held at the Prime Ministry this morning. The situation in Kirkuk and Mosul was high on the agenda. [...]	2003-04-11 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2542	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-18 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2853	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, APRIL 2003 [...] Update on merger of Environment and Forest ministries 2. Turkish scientists receive satellite data 3. Broad-based committee sets S&T priorities 4. Water basin management in Turkey 5. Lessons learned from water user associations 6. The chatter on WWF-Turkey 7. Ankara lawyers mark [...]	2003-05-01 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA2975	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3011	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3017	MILITARY PENSION FUND THRIVING IN TROUBLED ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Since Turkey's financial crisis in early 2001, OYAK, the Turkish military pension fund, has been one of the country's most profitable companies (it was the most profitable in 2001.) Its critics accuse OYAK of having unfair tax advantages, and see OYAK's prominence as the militar [...]	2003-05-08 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN MARR TU
03ANKARA3052	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3093	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3154	FORMER MP DISCUSSES ROLE IN MANISA TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: Sabri Ergul, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the high-profile Manisa police torture case, used his status as a parliamentarian to maintain pressure on the GOT and ensure the 10 defendants were convicted and sentenced. Ergul served as a witness in the case, having seen some of [...]	2003-05-13 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3187	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES ROLE [...] Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin discussed his views on: the ruling AK Party; the threat of Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey; the role of the Constitution in a State of law; and the recent law lowering the retirement age for civil se [...]	2003-05-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA3190	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC construction on time in Turkey, and thanked Ambassador for his reassurance that U.S. support for BTC had not decreased with the change in Iraq. Ambassador requested GOT support for th [...]	2003-05-15 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ
03ANKARA3197	HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]	2003-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3266	GOT RESPONSE TO POLICE RAID OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: FM Gul and EU leaders have publicly criticized the May 6 police raid of the Human Rights Association's (HRA) Ankara offices. MFA and Justice Ministry contacts told us they regretted the raid, but said prosecutors acted within the law. However, one senior Interior Ministry contac [...]	2003-05-16 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3399	TURKEY RESPONDES TO RUSSIAN IMO PAPER ON TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Erciyes told econoff May 22 that the paper Russia had submitted to the IMO, which claims that Turkey has implemented new, costly restrictions on passage through the Turkish Straits, was factually incorrect. Erciyes maintained that the guidelines i [...]	2003-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT TU
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3536	IMF CONCLUDES STAFF MISSION: STILL MUCH WORK TO DO [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Director told us May 30 that, while the staff mission had gone somewhat better than he expected, Turkish authorities still had much work to do in the next 10-14 days if they hoped to see a Fund board review by end-June. The government needs to adopt new fiscal mea [...]	2003-05-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3784	TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's nationalist-corporatist image by toning down his angry anti-U.S., anti-West rhetoric and by recruiting well-known politicians from the center-right. As part of this strategy, Uzan has been grant [...]	2003-06-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3814	GOT FULLY CONCURS WITH USG ASSESSMENT OF DG [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On June 12, we delivered ref A demarche, following up on ref B demarche (reported in ref C). The GOT has gone over ElBaradei's report with great care and fully concurred with USG concerns over Iran's [...]	2003-06-12 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
03ANKARA3997	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-20 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4376	(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY [...] (C) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government. In the run-up to the failed March 1 vote, he argued within AK governing circles for cooperation with the US. Throughout the tense period that followed, he has always placed t [...]	2003-07-11 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA462	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-17 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4777	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4895	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-05 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4949	SAWYERS AND DE MELLO VISIT ANKARA TO CONSULT ON [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Outgoing British Iraq Special Envoy Sawyers and UN Iraq envoy de Mello visited Ankara July 30-31 and August 4 respectively. Both visitors exchanged assessments of Iraq with the GOT and noted the usefulness of a Turkish contribution to the [...]	2003-08-06 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS MARR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4950	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5058	CAPSTONE DELEGATION DISCUSSES US-TURKEY RELATIONS, [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The participants in the National Defense University CAPSTONE European Field Studies Program, accompanied by representatives from ODC, DAO, and the pol-mil affairs section of the Embassy, met with MFA [...]	2003-08-11 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA5116	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5154	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-13 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5187	STATUS OF IRAQI ASSET ISSUE IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) DEPUTY ECONCOUNS SPOKE AUGUST 14 WITH UZGUR ULUDUZ, WHO HAS TAKEN OVER THE IRAQI ASSETS ISSUE IN THE MFA'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, TO FOLLOW UP ON THE ACTION REQUEST IN REF A. ULUDUZ EXPLAINED THAT FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF THE EMBASSY'S DIPLOMATIC NOTE (REF B) MFA HAD DISTRI [...]	2003-08-14 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA5313	CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19 that Turkey was one of the USG's best allies and that we were looking to Turkey to contribute to reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. Gonul and Ozkok said Turkey shared o [...]	2003-08-20 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5436	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...]	2003-08-26 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ
03ANKARA5515	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed his desire to foster closer cooperation with the US and to support the US in any way Turkey could. On Iraq, Gonul said he hoped the GOT would persuade the Turkish public and P [...]	2003-09-02 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5548	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5628	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5645	CHOD OZKOK EMPHASIZES KURDISH ISSUES AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the AMB's 9/5 introductory call on GEN Ozkok, the CHOD focused on ethnic tension in nIZ and its effect on Turkish public opinion, and thus on Turkey's ability to contribute troops to the stabilization force. US action on PKK/KADEK is also a key factor in Turkey's decision [...]	2003-09-05 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5671	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP IN DENIAL OVER FLAGGING [...] (C) Summary: Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) continues to argue against sending Turkish troops to Iraq as part of a stabilization force -- so far to no noticeable effect with the voters. Although hurting at the polls, senior members of the party seem unconcerned with the direc [...]	2003-09-08 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5736	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TO AMBASSADOR: WE'VE MADE [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told Ambassador September 9 that Turkey had made progress on a number of economic issues, but he remains cautious because "anything can happen." On the positive side, the economy is enjoying both growth and disinflation, the government has incr [...]	2003-09-10 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6162	IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep briefed us late October 1 on the mission's first few days of talks in Ankara. Although the talks are going well, he cautioned that there is still much work to do, and it is too early to say whether the mission will be able to wrap things up during this visit, which ends Octo [...]	2003-10-01 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA6208	PRESIDENT SEZER'S SPEECH AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] () Summary: In reiterating his opposition to Turkish troops for Iraq and in displaying a partisan preference for left-of-center opposition CHP over the AK government, President Sezer demonstrated again that he is part of the problem, not the solution. End summary. 2. (C) Admonishing Turk [...]	2003-10-02 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA6230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6241	OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]	2003-10-03 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6262	Foreign Trade Officials' Views on Cancun, IPR [...] (SBU) Turkish Foreign Trade officials maintained that agriculture, particularly elimination of export subsidies, was their key concern at the Cancun Ministerial. This issue led the Turks to support the G- 21 at Cancun, though our interlocutors told us that actually joining the group would hav [...]	2003-10-06 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR EFIN TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA6270	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TGS DEP CHIEF BASBUG FOCUSES ON IRAQ AND CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador's lengthy (1.5 hours) initial call on the TGS DCHOD, General Basbug, focused primarily on Iraq and Cyprus. On Iraq, Basbug asserted that TGS supports a GOT decision to contribute troops to Iraq, preferably before a new UNSCR is passed, although he worried that m [...]	2003-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER PINR CY IZ TU
03ANKARA6409	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6447	TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]	2003-10-15 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6481	TURKEY: MORE FALLOUT FROM AK PARTY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: As noted reftel, PM Erdogan emerged from the Oct. 12 AK Party convention more firmly in control of the party's administration. In changing almost half of the AK's fifty-member Central Decision-Making and Administrative Board (MKYK),Erdogan has provided some clues as to who in the [...]	2003-10-16 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV TU
03ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7006	IRAQ: TURKEY WELL-SITUATED TO SUPPORT COALITION [...] (C) Given Turkey's desire to rehabilitate its relations with us through cooperation in Iraq and the decision not to use Turkish troops as part of the stabilization force, we need to identify areas where Turkey -- and the Turkish military in particular )- can play a constructive and meaningful [...]	2003-11-10 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER
03ANKARA7300	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Jalal Talabani and his delegation to Turkey met Ambassador, DCM and A/PolMilCouns Nov. 21, providing a readout of their Nov. 19-20 meetings with Turkish officials and businessmen, including PM Erdogan, Acting FM/Trade Minister Tuzmen, MFA U/S Ziyal, [...]	2003-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7446	UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE [...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]	2003-12-04 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7493	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT REPS SAY ITF WILL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara and London reps Ahmet Muratli and Asif Sertturkmen called on PolMilOff Dec. 5. They complained that Kurdish parties were flying flags all over Kirkuk, an act they considered provocative. They also complained that Kurds were disproportionately being giv [...]	2003-12-07 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PREF MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7494	MEETING WITH IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE [...] (Sbu) IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk told econoffs it is still possible the IMF Board could meet to approve the Sixth Review this year, but it will require expedited parliamentary action on the required legislation the week of December 8-12. The GOT seems to be making a serious effort to get the b [...]	2003-12-08 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7510	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]	2003-12-08 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-12 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7691	NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]	2003-12-16 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
03ANKARA7878	AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...]	2003-12-23 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA964	HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...]	2003-02-07 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU
03BEIJING18383	XINHUA OFFICIAL ON THE WEN VISIT; TAIWAN; HONG [...] (C) Well-connected Xinhua News Agency official Yu Jiafu explained on December 16 that Chinese media were slow to report the significance of Premier Wen Jiabao's key U.S. meetings because substantive news articles had to be cleared by Wen himself. The leadership is pleased with the Premier's U [...]	2003-12-16 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
03BRASILIA2407	PENSION REFORM: GOB VEERS, TACKS, TAKES ON WATER [...] (U) Lula's crucial pension-reform bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies special committee on July 23 -- but only after undergoing political buffets and a perhaps fateful overhaul. In a fundamental about-face, the GoB has accepted that all current public-sector employees will remain elig [...]	2003-07-31 10:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
03BRASILIA3122	NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceuticals. President Lula signed a decree on September 4 revising the implementation of Article 71 of Brazil's 1996 patent law, which governs the granting of co [...]	2003-09-26 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3124	BRAZIL: NO POST-CANCUN REGRETS OR SECOND THOUGHTS [...] (U) All public and official signs are that the GoB still feels solid self-satisfaction over its performance at Cancun. It displays zero compunction over Cancun's collapse or the possible damage to the WTO's future, while reaffirming that the WTO remains the planet's indispensable multi-lateral [...]	2003-09-26 19:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EFIN ECON EINV BR FTAA
03BRASILIA3405	GOB TAKES STEPS TO REDEFINE REGULATORS, STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A GoB draft bill aims to better demarcate the powers and responsibilities of Brazil,s nine federal regulatory agencies. The most material change would shift authority for awarding and monitoring concessions from the agencies to the corresponding GoB Ministries. The bill,s main [...]	2003-10-22 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECPS ECON BR
03BUENOSAIRES1662	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT-ELECT KIRCHNER NAMES CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT-ELECT NESTOR KIRCHNER ANNOUNCED THE COMPOSITION OF HIS CABINET ON MAY 20. AS KIRCHNER HAD STATED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, ROBERTO LAVAGNA WILL CONTINUE ON AS ECONOMY MINISTER. THE BIGGEST SURPRISES WERE HIS SELECTION OF JUDICIAL AFFAIRS EXPERT RAFAEL BIELSA AS FOREIGN M [...]	2003-05-20 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR US
03COLOMBO101	Sri Lanka: Five things that upset Sinhalese [...] (C) Always a lively crowd, Sri Lanka's Sinhalese extremists have been raising a ruckus over five issues of late. They have demanded, for example, that (#1) the Norwegian Ambassador be expelled from the country, and complained about (#2) a pro-Tamil movie that opened in Europe recently and (# [...]	2003-01-17 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SOCI CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1078	In positive news for peace process, Norwegian [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a brief hiatus in contacts, Norwegian facilitators met with the Tamil Tigers on June 18. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told us the Tigers complained about the June 14 sinking of one of their ships and denied culpability for a wave of recent assassinations. The group als [...]	2003-06-19 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1092	Facilitators slated to meet Sri Lankan PM in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitators are scheduled to meet with PM Wickremesinghe in London late June 23. The Tamil Tigers' London-based spokesman Anton Balasingham has also indicated that he will try to meet the GoN team. In other peace process-related developments, local elections in the n [...]	2003-06-23 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO UK LTTE
03COLOMBO1107	In wake of brazen killing, Tigers indicate [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a meeting in London with the Norwegian facilitators, the Tamil Tigers -- in hedged fashion -- have indicated that they may be willing to restart the peace talks. This news comes in the wake of the brazen killing of a police official on June 23, which was almost certainly [...]	2003-06-24 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM PREF CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO113	Japan's Akashi reviews visit to Sri Lanka; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed his visit to Sri Lanka, noting that President Kumaratunga had decided not to meet him. He said the donors' conference in Tokyo was set for June 9-10, and he invited Deputy Secretary Armitage [...]	2003-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1179	Mission recommends alternate organization for [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 6. 2. SUMMARY: The judicial reform project to increase the capacity of courts in Sri Lanka's war-torn north and east, as well as administer legal aid to those affected communities, has been only partially successful. The portion of the grant r [...]	2003-07-07 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1284	In meeting, radical JVP party leader flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 23 meeting, Tilvin Silva, leader of the radical JVP party, asserted that the GSL's recent proposal on forming an interim structure in the north/east would give the Tigers too much power. He also claimed that the Norwegian facilitators were biased toward the Tigers. T [...]	2003-07-23 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE NO
03COLOMBO1330	Tigers say report on plan to vacate base is [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tigers have denied a press report that they plan to vacate a new forward base in the east. The monitors, who have ruled the base violates the ceasefire accord, say they no indication that the group is vacating the site; GoN facilitators are looking into the matter. Nonethel [...]	2003-07-30 02:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1348	AL HASHIMI, MAHMUD SHAKIR MAHMUD - DPOB 11/17/1952 [...] (S/NF) Ref A requested a summary of AmEmbassy Colombo's activities concerning Iraqi national Mahmud Shakir Mahmud AL HASHIMI. RSO provides the following chronology: 2. (S/NF) On March 25, 2003, at approximately 1445 hours, RSO/SD team, while on routine surveillance of DATT residence, repor [...]	2003-08-02 19:08:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
03COLOMBO1387	Key Minister expresses optimism that talks [...] (C) SUMMARY: G.L. Peiris, a key minister, has announced that the peace talks could start up again by September. In related news, the U.S. press statement speaking out in support of resuming talks has received widespread publicity and reaction from contacts is rolling in. Concerning another [...]	2003-08-08 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1399	Norwegian facilitator set to arrive to work on [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim is slated to arrive in Sri Lanka on August 12. One key purpose of his visit is to try to convince the Tigers to vacate an unauthorized camp they have set up in the east. In other peace process news, the Tigers are getting ready for a semina [...]	2003-08-11 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PREF CE NO FR LTTE
03COLOMBO14	Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks set to begin in [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers is set to take place in Thailand, January 6-9. Topics on the agenda include the security zones in Jaffna, which the Tigers want reduced in size. There is still some confusion as to the exact nature of Muslim repres [...]	2003-01-03 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO TH
03COLOMBO140	Next round of talks in Europe, as status of [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway has announced that the next round of GSL-LTTE talks will take place in Europe, February 7-8, not Thailand. The exact venue has not yet been formally set, but Berlin looks a strong bet. The switch was necessitated by the health condition of LTTE negotiator Balasingham, w [...]	2003-01-24 05:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1425	No breakthroughs in meeting with Tigers, but [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with the Charge', Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim and Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar said the atmospherics of their meeting with the Tigers earlier that day had been positive. They said they had discussed the Tigers' upcoming meeting in Paris. Re conte [...]	2003-08-14 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1453	No movement regarding Tiger camp, as GSL [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been no movement regarding the unauthorized Tiger camp in the east. As the Norwegian facilitators continue to work on the issue, key ministers are giving us differing views on the possibility that the GSL may use force to try to resolve matters. In other peace track [...]	2003-08-20 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM CE NO FR LTTE
03COLOMBO1504	Norwegian envoy meets with Tigers in Paris; EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent peace process developments: Norwegian Envoy Erik Solheim has been involved in meetings with the Tigers in Paris. There are reports that the Tigers will next visit Switzerland for further discussions. In the meantime, the EU chiefs of mission in Colombo issued a press [...]	2003-08-28 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE XG
03COLOMBO1522	Tiger political chief Thamilchelvam's steady [...] (C) SUMMARY: S.P. Thamilchelvam, political chief of the Tamil Tigers, has taken an increasingly high profile role as chief Tiger spokesman on peace track issues. In the meantime, Anton Balasingham, the group's long-time spokesman and negotiator, has not been heard from in weeks. In explai [...]	2003-09-02 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR PINS CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1583	British shadow foreign secretary's meeting [...] (C) In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, British High Commissioner Stephen Evans provided a readout of a recent meeting between Michael Ancram, the shadow foreign secretary, and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) representatives. Evans said Ancram, joined by Lord Ashcroft, a fo [...]	2003-09-10 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE UK LTTE
03COLOMBO1601	LANDMINES AND TIGERS AND "BEARS" OH MY! ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-15 08:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PTER PGOV CE LTTE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1602	The Ambassador reviews the peace process, aid [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 14 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe agreed that last week's donor roundtable on the occasion of Japanese envoy Akashi's visit had usefully demonstrated that the donors were holding firm to the Tokyo linkage between progress at [...]	2003-09-15 08:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID CE US UN LTTE
03COLOMBO1631	Sri Lanka: Untangling the confusion over the [...] (C) SUMMARY: In this message, Mission provides a brief overview of the status of the possible FMS procurement of Bushmaster cannons for the GSL. Suggested next steps for Washington to review with visiting Minister Moragoda and Ambassador Subasinghe are discussed. Mission would appreciate an [...]	2003-09-19 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PARM CE IS
03COLOMBO1635	In meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian team [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met late September 18 with a visiting Norwegian facilitation team led by Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen. The GoN team, which had just held meetings with the Tigers, expressed confidence that the group would submit its counter- proposals on the GSL's nort [...]	2003-09-19 06:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1693	Prime Minister's vocal support for Coalition [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Wickremesinghe's remarks supporting Coalition actions in Iraq during his recent UNGA address have netted a small backlash, with several newspapers criticizing the PM's stand as being too pro-U.S. In discussions, observers had a mixed reaction as to whether the PM [...]	2003-09-30 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO CE IZ UN
03COLOMBO175	Close adviser to president downplays talk of [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador had a very interesting conversation on January 29 with Ronnie De Mel, a close adviser to President Kumaratunga and a senior MP in her People's Alliance (PA) party. De Mel downplayed recent reports that the president was angling for early parliamentary elections. [...]	2003-01-29 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE LTTE

03COLOMBO1752	As plan to demobilize child soldiers gets [...] (C) SUMMARY: A UNICEF-led program to demobilize child soldiers kicked off recently, and has sparked some debate. In a related development, reports now indicate that the day after the first "transit center" opened, the Tigers allegedly abducted several children in the east. The issue of chil [...]	2003-10-08 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS PHUM CE UNICEF LTTE

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