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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00ABUDHABI5893SULTAN BIN ZAYID: "MUST THE U.S. BE TOUGHER THAN THE ISRAELIS ON PALESTINE?"
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY THEODORE H. KATTOUF, AMBASSADOR, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A FRIENDLY BUT CLEARLY FRUSTRATED SULTAN BIN ZAYID, UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND SECOND SON OF PRESIDENT ZAYID BIN SULTAN, CONVEYED TO AMBASSADOR IN FRANK, DELIBERATE TERMS OCTOBER 29 HIS OWN "AND [...]
2000-10-31 08:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL XF TC
00BEIRUT1411ELECTION 2000: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MAKE A DEAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMAL MOVEMENT AND HIZBALLAH HAVE MADE A SYRIAN-INDUCED DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE SEATS AMONG THEMSELVES IN THE UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. IF THE DEAL HOLDS, HIZBALLAH WOULD HAVE A NET GAIN OF TWO SEATS, PLUS A STRONGER FIGURE IN A THIRD ONE. THESE EXPEDIENT PAIRINGS ARE TYPICAL [...]
2000-04-17 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL LE
00BEIRUT4016 SLOUCHING TOWARD THE GRAND SERAIL (II) --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PM HARIRI IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED VERY SHORTLY AS LEBANON'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, WITH A NEW CABINET PRESENTED FOR PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WITHIN THE WEEK. THE GREEN LIGHT FOR HARIRI'S APPOINTMENT WAS GIVEN BY SYRIA FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS IN CAIRO AND HERE OVER T [...]
2000-10-23 13:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE SY
00COLOMBO968LTTE 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 10:45:00Embassy ColomboSECRETMOPS PREL CE
00HARARE1842MUGABE CONFERRED STATUS OF A CARICATURE OF AN AFRICAN LEADER
[...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S INCREASINGLY DESPERATE RULING PARTY, ZANU-PF HAS RESORTED TO VIOLENCE, BOTH RHETORICAL AND PHYSICAL TO COMBAT ITS ERODING POPULARITY. AS THREATS ISSUED BY ZANU-PF ESCALATE, SO DO INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT AND MAYHEM AND THE DANGER THAT LESS STABLE ELEMENTS IN ZANU-PF WILL INTERP [...]
2000-04-06 10:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI MARR ZI
00HARARE1914PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 6, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL, AMENDING THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION FOR THE 16TH TIME, TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR RESETTLEMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT COMPENSATION (REFTEL A). THE VOTE FOLLOWED SOME ARM- TWISTING BY PRESIDENT MUGABE, WHO [...]
2000-04-07 11:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID EAGR ZI
00HARARE1969AMBASSADOR URGES GOVERNMENT RESTRAINT IN
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD HAD A CORDIAL, BUT SPIRITED, 1 1/2-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL HOUSING AND ZANU-PF PARTY CHAIRMAN, JOHN NKOMO, ON APRIL 7 DURING A FLIGHT BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA. THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN OVER THE VIOLENCE [...]
2000-04-11 15:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ZI
00HARARE1970MDC TO OFFER AMNESTY TO KEY MILITARY FIGURES
[...] (C) A SMALL DEPUTATION OF MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MEMBERS LED BY HARARE BUSINESSMAN CLIVE PUZEY CALLED ON AMBASSADOR MCDONALD APRIL 10 TO INFORM HIM OF A PLAN TO OFFER AN AMNESTY DEAL TO APPROXIMATELY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01970 121839Z TE [...]
2000-04-11 16:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI MDC
00HARARE2101MNANGAGWA SAYS FOREIGN ELECTION OBSERVERS
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD CALLED ON MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON APRIL 14 TO ASK WHETHER FOREIGN OBSERVERS WOULD BE WELCOME DURING THE GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE JUSTICE MINISTER SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN SOME DESENTING VOICES, FO [...]
2000-04-14 12:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI CG
00HARARE2102MPINGA: MNANGAGWA PLAYS BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE
[...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA TOLD ME APRIL 14 THAT HE HAS KNOWN SOUTH AFRICAN/CONGOLESE BUSINESSMAN KALAA MPINGA FOR FOUR YEARS. MPINGA, WHOSE AGE HE GUESSED TO BE 38- 40, IS THE NEPHEW OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO'S MINISTER OF STATE [...]
2000-04-15 10:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ZI CG
00HARARE2120WEEKEND VIOLENCE NOTCHES UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS WEEKEND SAW THREE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITY, APPARENTLY THE START OF WHAT MANY OBSERVERS THINK WILL BE A SEASON OF ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE FOR ZIMBABWE. PRESIDENT MUGABE REMAINS INTRANSIGENT IN DEFYING THE COURTS OVER ONGOING FARM OCCUPATIONS, AND APPEAR [...]
2000-04-17 15:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE2198S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH MUGABE CONFIDANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN JUSTICE MINISTER AND MUGABE CONFIDANT STATES THAT THE VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED FORWARD PROGRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS SINCE THE RECENT KAMPALA AGREEMENT. ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA, HE ASSE [...]
2000-04-21 19:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2200S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER, THE APRIL 21 VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS DESIGNED AS A SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE EXTERNAL STATE ACTORS TO DISCUSS WAYS OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM THE CONGO. THE CONGOLESE WERE NOT INVITED. AT THE LAST MOMENT, DOS SANTO [...]
2000-04-22 19:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2204PROPOSAL FOR POTUS TO ENGAGE MUGABE BY TELEPHONE ON CURRENT DISTURBANCES IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) RECENT, PRESIDENTIALLY DIRECTED EVENTS HAVE TAKEN ZIMBABWE TO THE VERGE OF CRISIS. WE BELIEVE A STRONG AND HIGH-LEVEL MESSAGE APPEALING FOR CALM, RESTRAINT AND A RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS IS CRITICAL. IN THIS CONNECTION, I STRONGLY URGE THAT PR [...]
2000-04-24 12:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI US SF WA MZ ZA PGOV
00HARARE2205THE GUERILLA WAR FOR LAND IN ZIMABABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A THREE HOUR MEETING NEARLY HALF OF WHICH WAS SPENT ON LANO, PRESIDENT MUGABE TOLD US THAT LANO ACQUISITION WAS AN OVERDUE MATTER OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE AND ESCAPING FROM UNOER THE YOKE OF COLONIALISM THAT THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE NOW OEMANO. THE WAR VET'S OCCUPATIONS, WHICH HE [...]
2000-04-24 12:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE2206SUBJECT: WOLPE/MUGABE TETE-A-TETE
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS FOUR AND TWENTY EIGHT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN A FORTY FIVE MINUTE TETE-A-TETE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MUGABE AND I HAD A CORDIAL BUT FRANK EXCHANGE ON ZIMBABWE'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL CRISIS. I TOLD THE ZIMBABWEAN PRES [...]
2000-04-24 13:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG PREL PHUM PINS ZI EAGR EAID
00HARARE2221MUGABE USES THE LAND ISSUE AS A SMOKESCREEN
[...] (C) AS CURRENTLY INVOKED BY PRESIDENT MUGABE AND SENIOR RULING ZANU-PF PARTY OFFICIALS, THE LAND REFORM ISSUE IS A CANARD. IN OUR JUDGMENT, THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT AND PARTY DO NOT WANT A NEAR TERM RESOLUTION TO THE LAND QUESTION, BUT RATHER WANT TO KEEP THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND UNSETTLE [...]
2000-04-25 14:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ZI
00HARARE2222S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HOSTED A TWO HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTE MEETING WITH THE USG DELEGATION AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HARARE ON 22 APRIL. S/E WOLPE, AMB MCDONALD, SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST, LT. COL. GADDIS, AND ECONOFF PROKOP ATTENDED. S/E WOLPE REINFORCED THE USG CONCERN [...]
2000-04-25 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2230GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON MUGABE'S STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN AN APRIL 24 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, GERMAN AMBASSADOR FRITZ FLIMM PASSED INFORMATION ABOUT AN ONGOING FARM OCCUPATION THAT HAD SEEN UPWARDS OF A THOUSAND SO-CALLED "WAR VETERANS" THREATEN A GERMAN NATIONAL AND OTHER FARM RESIDENTS WHILE OCCUPYING A LARGE: COMMERCIAL [...]
2000-04-26 11:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE2237AMBASSADOR/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 13:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM PINS ZI
00HARARE2271 U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR LAND REFORM
[...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE PROVIDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE, THE STATUS OF ZIMBABWE'S CURRENT SECOND PHASE OF ITS LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME (LRRP II),USAID AND OTHER DONOR ASSISTANCE FOR LRRP II, AND THE STATUS OF TH [...]
2000-04-27 10:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ZI
00HARARE2297AMBASSADOR PUTS HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER ON NOTICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 26 THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS REPEATED THE PARTY LINE TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMS IS A "POLITICAL ISSUE" WITH WHICH NEITHER HE NOR THE POLICE MAY INTERFERE, AS LONG AS THE TAKEOVERS ARE PEACEFUL. DABENGWA MAINTAINS THAT THE POLIC [...]
2000-04-27 15:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI
00HARARE2515"RED GUARDS" AND SQUATTERS: MUGABE'S
[...] (C) THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY IS BEING VITIATED IN ZIMBABWE. IN ORDER TO WIN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE DATE OF WHICH IS STILL NOT FIXED, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS UNLEASHED A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, COMPARABLE IN PURPOSE TO CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION. HIS TRUSTED AGENTS ARE T [...]
2000-05-11 14:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE2609NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY PEACE RALLY
[...] ON MAY 13, THE CIVIL SOCIETY UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY'S (NCA),"PEACE RALLY," WHICH WAS TO BE HELD IN HARARE'S SPORTS STADIUM, WAS DISRUPTED AFTER THE POLICE AND ABOUT 50 WAR VETERANS VIOLENTLY DISPERSED PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VENUE. EYEWITNESSES TOL [...]
2000-05-15 16:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ZI
00HARARE2734MDC STILL LIKELY TO WIN AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE A STATE-SPONSORED CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE, AND THE RULING PARTY'S CONTROL OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) STILL IS LIKELY TO WIN AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF THE 150 PARLIAMENTARY SEAT TOTAL (OR 30 SEATS) IN THE ELECTIONS NOW SCHE [...]
2000-05-23 08:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINR ZI MDC
00HARARE2763THE SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN LOMA SECTIONS THAT
[...] ON MAY 22, THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF THE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED "THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER" EDITOR, MARK CHAVUNDUKA, AND CHIEF REPORTER, RAY CHOTO, WHO CHALLENGED THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SECTION 50(2) OF THE LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA)(REFTEL). THE COURT FOUND THAT THE [...]
2000-05-23 15:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE2810THE MORNING AFTER: ZIMBABWE'S POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ARE NOT BEING DISCUSSED DURING THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN; PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB MAKING LAND REDISTRIBUTION THE PRINCIPAL AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE. WE SEE THREE POSSIBLE ELECTION SCENARIOS UNFOLDING IN THE NEXT MONTH: 1. A MORE OR LESS EVEN SPLI [...]
2000-05-24 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR ZI
00HARARE2865ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR MULTILATERAL LENDING RESUMPTION
[...] (C) ON MAY 30 AMBASSADOR, DCM, POL AND ECON OFFICERS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES (FORMER CFU PRESIDENT NICK SWANEPOEL, AND FARMERS JOHN HAINES AND PETER HENDERSON) OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) WHO GAVE A READOUT ON RECENT CONFIDENTIAL CFU/GOZ DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS ON LAND INVASI [...]
2000-05-30 15:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EAID PGOV ZI
00HARARE2894ZANU-PF LEGAL SECRETARY ON LAND INVASIONS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF'S LEGAL SECRETARY, EDDISON ZVOGBO TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MAY 31 THAT THE "WAR VETERANS" WHO ARE OCCUPYING COMMERCIAL FARMS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AT THE END OF JUNE. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S EXPRESSION OF SERIOUS CONCERN, ZVOGBO [...]
2000-05-31 17:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI PREL
00HARARE2906FORMER PRESIDENT CANAAN BANANA SENTENCED TO
[...] ON MAY 29, THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT UPHELD A HIGH COURT CONVICTION OF ZIMBABWE'S FORMER NON-EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT CANAAN BANANA (1980-1987),SENTENCING HIM TO ONE-YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR 11 COUNTS OF SEXUAL OFFENSES. BANANA WAS CONVICTED IN THE HIGH COURT IN JANUARY 1999 FOR 11 COUNTS OF SODOMY [...]
2000-06-01 13:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ZI
00HARARE2953MINISTER OF STATE TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS ZANU-PF ELECTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIGENIZATION (BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT),CEPHAS MSIPA, TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 1 THAT ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STRATEGY IS TO USE THE "WAR VETERANS" TO INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC INTO SUPPORTING THE RUL [...]
2000-06-02 10:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE2961GOVERNMENT GAZETTES LIST OF 804 FARMS FOR
[...] (U) ON JUNE 2 THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE PLACED A NOTICE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE," ANNOUNCING ITS INTENTION TO ACQUIRE COMPULSORILY 804 FARMS FOR RESETTLEMENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ADVISED FARMERS WISHING TO CONTEST THE ACQUISITIONS TO LODGE THEIR OBJECTIONS IN WRI [...]
2000-06-05 11:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE3029 INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS REPORT "SYSTEMATIC" TORTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF MEDICAL EXPERTS TOLD DIPLOMATS JUNE 5, FOLLOWING A FACT-FINDING MISSION, THAT THEY HAD FOUND "CLEAR OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF SYSTEMATIC TORTURE" IN ZIMBABWE THAT IS ELECTION-RELATED. AFTER EXAMINING TEN PURPORTED VICTIMS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTU [...]
2000-06-07 10:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EU ZI
00HARARE3078POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE: SHOCKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SEVERAL WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 5 OF THE CONTINUING POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THEIR OCCUPIED PROPERTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, DURING PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH THEM IN MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. A BLACK MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...]
2000-06-07 16:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3106EDUCATION 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 11:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3112CUBAN DOCTORS TO FLY TO NAIROBI TO COMPLETE U.S. TRAVEL PACKET ON JUNE 11
[...] (SBU) REGIONAL INS OFFICER SANJEETA VARSANI ARRIVED IN HARARE FROM NAIROBI THE MORNING OF JUNE 9 AND WAS MET BY CONSUL. THE PAIR WENT DIRECTLY TO UNCHR. JOHN ADU, WHO INFORMED THEM THAT THE GOZ HAD NOT YET AUTHORIZED THE MEETING WITH THE CUBANS, GREETED CONSUL AND VARSANI. ADU THEN IMMEDIAT [...]
2000-06-10 15:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL CU ZI
00HARARE3160ZIMBABWE REPORTEDLY WANTS CUBANS DOCTORS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR OFFICIALS ADU AND SALOMONS CONTINUED IN THEIR QUEST TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS JUNE 12, AT ONE POINT TELLING THE INS OFFICER TO LEAVE THEM TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO [...]
2000-06-12 17:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3162KENYANS REFUSE TO ISSUE TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN
[...] (C) ON JUNE 13, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH AMBASSADOR DR. HUKKA WARIO, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF KENYA TO ZIMBABWE, TO SECURE THE LATTER'S ASSISTANCE IN ISSUING TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. OVER THE JUNE 10-11 WEEKEND HIGH COMMISS [...]
2000-06-13 09:18:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU KE
00HARARE3164UNHCR LAWYER SKETCHES OUT POSSIBLE END GAME FOR CUBAN DOCTORS
[...] (C) A DOWNCAST MICHIEL SALOMONS (PROTECT) BRIEFED DCM ON JUNE 13 ON WHAT HE VIEWS AS A WORSENING OUTLOOK FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. SALOMONS, WHO CONTINUES TO GET THE RUNAROUND FROM ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES, ALSO [...]
2000-06-13 15:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3231 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ATTEMPTS TO
[...] (C) ON JUNE 14 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...]
2000-06-14 17:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3263UNHCR: PRESIDENT MUGABE TO MAKE DECISION ON
[...] (C) ON JUNE 15 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...]
2000-06-15 18:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3264ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MAKES NO DECISION ON
[...] (C) ON JUNE 16 UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED NO INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ON A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL DECISION TO RELEASE CUBANS DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNHCR. UNHCR REGIONAL REP [...]
2000-06-16 08:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3277CUBAN DOCTORS SHUFFLED TO ANOTHER IMMIGRATION
[...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 17 THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM GOROMONZI REMAND CENTER TO ANOTHER, UNDISCLOSED (TO US) LOCATION WITHIN HARARE, STILL UNDER THE CONTROL [...]
2000-06-19 11:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3323HANDING OVER CUBAN DOCTORS' PASSPORTS TO UNHCR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) DCM AND CONSUL MET WITH UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS THE MORNING OF JUNE 20 IN RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST THAT THE PASSPORTS OF CUBAN DOCTORS' LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ BE GIVEN TO U [...]
2000-06-20 11:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3344UNHCR TO PROPOSE RESETTLING CUBAN DOCTORS IN UNSPECIFIED THIRD COUNTRY
[...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON JUNE 20 THAT HE WOULD BE DELIVERING THAT DAY A LETTER FROM UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SOREN JESSEN-PETERSEN TO ZIMBABWEAN VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIR [...]
2000-06-20 16:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3349THE UNHCR EFFORT TO FREE THE CUBAN DOCTORS
[...] (C) UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS INFORMED CONSUL ON JUNE 21 THAT DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ NOW HAVE VISAS STAMPED IN THEIR CUBAN PASSPORTS ALLOWING TRAVEL TO THE UNSPECIFIED COUNTRY WILLING TO RECEIVE THEM. HE SAID THAT IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ATTEMP [...]
2000-06-21 09:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3460DESPITE STIFF COMPETITION, POTENTIAL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, THIS CABLE OFFERS POST'S PREDICTIONS FOR HOTSPOTS AND TOUGH RACES AMONG CONSTITUENCIES IN ZIMBABWE'S TEN PROVINCES. THE MDC IS EXPECTED TO FARE VERY WELL IN MOST PROVINCES, WITH ITS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE COMING FROM THE TRADITIONA [...]
2000-06-23 13:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB PINR ZI
00HARARE3465MINI SUMMIT IN HARARE PRESSURES KABILA TO ACCEPT MASIRE AS
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-25 15:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI CG
00HARARE3485CUBAN DOCTORS LIKELY TO BE RETURNED TO
[...] (C) ON JUNE 26 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD CONSUL THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE STILL AT THE RHODESVILLE REMAND CENTER, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAD MOVED THEM ON JUNE 17. HE THOUGHT THAT THE CUBANS WOULD BE RETURNED T [...]
2000-06-26 14:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3521THE NEW ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT: THE GLOVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE HAS CHANGED FOREVER AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION THAT BROADENED PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN THE COUNTRY. THE "LOSERS" IN THIS ELECTION, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),WILL TAKE THEIR ELECTORAL GRIEVANCES TO COURT, NOT THE STREET, [...]
2000-06-28 13:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR PREL ZI US
00HARARE3563ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DEFER
[...] (C) IN INTRODUCING CONSUL TO DOMINIC BARTSCH, UNHCR SENIOR DURABLE SOLUTIONS OFFICER (THE UN OFFICER REPLACING ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS),UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE SAID THAT MOVEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS HAD GROUND TO A HALT. HE TOLD US THAT THERE HAD BEEN [...]
2000-06-29 16:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3616FOREIGN MINISTER PROTESTS ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) ON JULY 3 FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE GRANTED AMBASSADOR MCDONALD AN AUDIENCE TO REGISTER HIS CONCERN ABOUT PASSAGE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY ACT IN THE SENATE. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE MINISTER SAID HE WAS UNHAPPY ABOUT THE FLURRY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TA [...]
2000-07-03 17:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI US
00HARARE3634GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SENDS SIGNALS OF
[...] (C) THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAS FINALLY FOCUSED ON THE USG'S CRITICAL WORDS AND ACTIONS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND HAS BEGUN SENDING SIGNALS OF ITS DISPLEASURE. THESE INCLUDE NOT ACCREDITING THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI) AND THE INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI) AS ELECTION [...]
2000-07-05 09:56:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI US
00HARARE3637AMBASSADOR 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 13:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3652DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TIGHT-LIPPED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NICHOLAS GOCHE WAS TIGHT-LIPPED OVER POSSIBLE CABINET CHANGES IN A JULY 3 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR. GOCHE, HOWEVER, NOTED THAT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO REAPPOINT THOSE MEMBERS WHOM THE PUBLIC REJECTED IN THE RECENT PARLI [...]
2000-07-05 14:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI
00HARARE3674CUBAN DOCTORS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR
[...] (C) ON JULY 6 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE, SPEAKING FROM LUSAKA, INFORMED DCM THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR ON JULY 5. BAJULAIYE SAID THAT ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DID SO QUIETLY [...]
2000-07-06 14:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
00HARARE3680SUSPECTED 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 09:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PINR PGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE3682 MUGABE SCHEDULED TO GO TO CONGO WEEK OF JULY 10
[...] No summary [...]
2000-07-07 10:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG ZI
00HARARE3683 MUGABE SCHEDULED TO GO TO CONGO WEEK OF JULY 10
[...] No summary [...]
2000-07-07 10:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG ZI
00HARARE3910ZIMBABWE'S NEW CABINET: MUGABE REARRANGES THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 19 MEMBER (DOWN FROM 27 MEMBERS) CABINET CONSISTING OF 19 MEMBER ON JULY 15. A NUMBER OF THE OLD GUARD, INCLUDING WOMEN, WERE JETTISONED IN FAVOR OF TECHNOCRATS AND PARTY LOYALISTS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE FACT THAT THE CONFIDE [...]
2000-07-17 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE3942S/E WOLPE'S MEETING WITH SAG DDG FOR AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ACCORDING TO SAG DDG FOR AFRICA WELILE NHLAPO, CNDD/FDD REBEL LEADER JEAN BOSCO NDAYIKENGURUKIYE AND FNL REBEL LEADER KOSSAN KABURA NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ARUSHA PEACE PROCESS. WHILE SAG OFFICIALS AND FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA DOUBT BOTH KOSSAN'S INTENT AND LEADERSHIP ABI [...]
2000-07-18 15:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS BY CF SF TZ
00HARARE4039WILL NEW FINANCE MINISTER BE ABLE TO STAND UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THE APPOINTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED, ALL EYES ARE ON FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI, A TALENTED TECHNOCRAT WHO MANY BELIEVE IS THE CABINET'S MOST IMPORTANT MINISTER, WHILE INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO ARGUABLY HAS C [...]
2000-07-21 10:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ZI
00HARARE4064AJELLO TRYING TO SELL NON-CONGOLESE
[...] (C) EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO IS IN HARARE FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT DURING WHICH HE HOPES TO SELL THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ON A SUMMIT OF NON-CONGOLESE BELLIGERENTS, AS DESCRIBED IN REFTELS. AJELLO, WHO HAD BEEN IN HARARE FOR 24 HOURS AND HAD MET ONLY WITH CO [...]
2000-07-25 07:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR ZI CG MZ
00HARARE4083ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS POLITICAL
[...] (C) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD CHARGE JULY 25 THAT THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN LUSAKA ON JULY 28 (REFTEL),AND THAT HE AND HIS MINISTER PLANNED TO ATTEND. AFTER INQUIRING ABOUT KABILA'S RECENT THREAT TO PULL THE PLUG ON MONUC, THE Z [...]
2000-07-25 13:51:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE4145EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO HAS POSITIVE
[...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL SHARED HIS REPORT ON EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ALDO AJELLO'S VISIT TO HARARE ON JULY 25-26, WHICH WE REPRODUCE HERE IN FULL. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE EU PRESIDENCY (FRANCE) ARRANGED A BRIEFING FOR EU MISSIONS BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIV [...]
2000-07-27 10:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CG ZI
00HARARE4147ZIMBABWE TAKES ITS CASE AGAIQ THE ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) ON THE MORNING OF JULY 27 FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED THE AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS FROM THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN HARARE FOR A BRIEFING ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY ACT AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ACCORDING [...]
2000-07-27 14:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ZI US
00HARARE4216ZCTU CALLS FOR STAYAWAY AUGUST 2-4 TO PROTEST
[...] No summary [...]
2000-07-31 15:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS ZI
00HARARE4309EXTERNAL SIGNATORIES STRATEGY FOR THE CONGO
[...] (C) THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE FURTHER ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL ENVOY WOLPE AND SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST REGARDING THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS FOR THE CONGO. IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN TANDEM WITH LUSAKA 3426. 2. (C) AS THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK TOWARDS THE UN [...]
2000-08-03 10:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
00HARARE4318RWANDA AND UGANDA TO BE INVITED TO THE WINDHOEK SADC SUMMIT
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD S/E HOWARD SIPDIS WOLPE THAT, IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND PRESIDENT MUGABE THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IDEA OF INVITING RWANDA AND UGANDA FOR MEETINGS [...]
2000-08-03 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CG SF RW UG ZI
00HARARE4319ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AUGUST 2 ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA REGULAR BIANNUAL SUMMIT FOCUSED LARGELY ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES, MBEKI'S AFRICAN RENAISSANCE PLAN AND ISSUES OF LAND AND LAWLESSNESS. THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT EXPLAINED THAT THE WAR VETERANS' ACTIONS CONSTITUTED A DEMONSTRATION, BUT OCCUPI [...]
2000-08-03 16:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI PGOV EAGR
00HARARE4362WITH MUGABE IN CRUSADE MODE, THE STATE'S FUTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE IS IN CRUSADE MODE, CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS PARTY'S CAPTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY IN 2002. HE HAS MADE CLEAR HIS LEGACY WILL BE THAT OF THE BLACK ZIMBABWEAN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE WORLD TO RETURN THE LAND TO HIS PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE COUNTRY AND [...]
2000-08-07 14:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE4389 POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES MOSTLY UNABATED
[...] (C) THE AMANI TRUST, A RESPECTED HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING ORGANIZATION IN ZIMBABWE, RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE FOLLOWING THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE TRUST PUTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASSAULTED OR OTHERWISE VICTIMS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE POST- [...]
2000-08-08 15:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE4479ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION MAKES A
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DELIVERED A PROPOSAL TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA (IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ZIMBABWE NATIONAL LAND ACQUISITION COMMITTEE),LAYING OUT A COUNTEROFFER TO THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED PLANS TO GAZETTE OVER 3000 FARMS FOR IMMEDIATE SEIZURE AN [...]
2000-08-14 15:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON PGOV ZI
00HARARE4492 WINDOW DRESSING OR REFORM? FOR NOW AT LEAST,
[...] (C) AFTER ONLY FOUR MEETINGS, ZIMBABWE'S CABINET APPEARS TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN FACTIONS: ONE LED BY INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO AND THE OTHER LED BY FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI AND INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO. THESE LAT [...]
2000-08-15 16:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ZI
00HARARE4611NEW TRADE MINISTER MOYO IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
[...] (C) NEW INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AUGUST 15 THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS DETERMINED TO SEIZE 3,000 FARMS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF PROVIDING COMPENSATION. MOYO CLAIMED THAT MOST CABINET MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT LAND REFORM EFFOR [...]
2000-08-17 16:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PINR PHUM ZI EFIN EAGR
00HARARE4627NEW HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER IS STILL FIGHTING
[...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON AUGUST 16, NEW HOME AFFARIS MINISTER -- AND ZANU-PF CHAIRMAN -- JOHN NKOMO PROVIDED A CONFUSING AND SOMETIMES CONTRADICTORY ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT STEPS ON LAND REFORM. HIS COMMENTS CONFIRMED THE CLEAR ABSENCE OF ANY SYSTEMATIC RESETTLEMENT PL [...]
2000-08-21 12:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE4662FIRST STEP TOWARD RESTORATION OF RULE OF LAW?
[...] (C) IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS ON AUGUST 21, POLICE EVICTED WAR VETERANS FROM A COMMERCIAL FARM ON THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF HARARE AND ARRESTED 13 WAR VETERANS WHO HAD BARRICADED A ROAD EAST OF THE CAPITAL. IN THE FIRST INCIDENT, POLICE TOLD THE WAR VETERANS TO LEAVE BECAUSE THE FARM THEY HAD OC [...]
2000-08-22 15:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE4692AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR, ECON AND NEW POL OFFICER MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SIMBA MAKONI, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED FINANCE MINISTER ON AUGUST 22. MAKONI (WHOM THE EMBASSY KNOWS WELL) SHARED WITH US HIS DETERMINATION TO BE A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE AND PAINTED A NEW PICTURE OF THE POST- [...]
2000-08-24 14:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE4750VP MSIKA: BLAMES OTHERS FOR VIOLENCE AND
[...] (C) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE FARM OCCUPATIONS AND CONTINUING RURAL VIOLENCE TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA ON AUGUST 25. MSIKA BLAMED COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND THE OPPOSITION MDC FOR INCITING MUCH OF THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE AND INSISTED TH [...]
2000-08-25 14:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM ZI EAGR
00HARARE4753ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON MARGINS
[...] (C) PER REF A INSTRUCTION, POLOFF SPOKE ON AUGUST 28 WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TO SOLICIT THE GOZ'S VIEWS ON A POSSIBLE DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON THE MARGINS OF THE MILLENIUM SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI WAS UNAWARE OF PRESIDENT CHILUBA'S CURRENT EFFORTS BUT SAID THE GOZ WOULD [...]
2000-08-28 12:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG AO BY UG WA ZI
00HARARE4767AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 24, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD PAID AN INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO NEW MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM FRANCIS NHEMA, WHO IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF THE NEW CABINET. HAVING SPENT MOST OF THE LAST 11 YEARS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA, NHEMA GENERALLY SEES THE U.S.-ZIMBABWE R [...]
2000-08-29 11:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SENV EIND EAID ZI
00HARARE4818COMMERCIAL FARMERS: A PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) THREE COMMERCIAL FARMERS, ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL AND AN MDC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON AUGUST 28 THAT PHYSICAL INTIMIDATION OF FARMERS HAD MOSTLY STOPPED. NOW, THE GOVERNMENT WAS ENCOURAGING SQUATTERS TO BUILD HOUSES ON OCCUPIED LAND. THEY EXPRESSED CO [...]
2000-08-30 10:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
00HARARE4849DROC FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HARARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DROC FOREIGN MINISTER YERODIA PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE ON AUGUST 29 TO ASSUAGE HARARE'S CONCERNS AFTER PRESIDENT KABILA SAID HE WOULD SEEK TO REVISE THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT. AMBASSADOR MCDONALD OBTAINED A READOUT ON YERODIA'S VISIT FOM NEW MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY AND THE UND [...]
2000-08-31 16:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE4887SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SADC FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] ON AUGUST 31, WE CONVEYED VIA ZIMBABWE'S UN MISSION THE INVITATION TO FM MUDENGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SADC FOREIGN MINISTERS. KENNEDY SIPDIS SAMANEKA IN NEW YORK IS HANDLING MUDGENGE'S SCHEDULE, AND SAID HE LIKELY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET AN ANSWER FROM THE FOREI [...]
2000-09-01 10:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ZI
00HARARE4941MUGABE DISCUSSES FUEL AND PAN-AFRICAN UNITY IN TRIPOLI
[...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 5 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER -- AND MUGABE CONFIDANT -- NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA PROVIDED A SHORT READOUT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI THE WEEK OF AUGUST 28. ACCORDING TO SHAMUYARIRA (WHO WAS PART OF THE ZIMBABWEAN DELEGATIO [...]
2000-09-06 14:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECON ZI
00HARARE4979ZIMBABWE'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 13:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON PGOV ZI
00HARARE4999NEW 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 11:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
00HARARE5003 NEW ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT STILL FEELING ITS WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SINCE ITS JULY 20 OPENING (REFTEL),ZIMBABWE'S NEW PARLIAMENT HAS FALLEN INTO RAUCOUS DEBATE AND POLITICAL SPARRING THAT HAS YIELDED FEW CONCRETE RESULTS. ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OUT OF 150 MEMBERS ARE NEW TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THIS HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN THE LOW QUALITY OF DEBAT [...]
2000-09-11 08:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ZI CG
00HARARE5137AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
[...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON SEPTEMBER 11, NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA INITIALLY DENIED THAT HE WAS STILL A KEY PLAYER ON DRC POLICY, BUT LATER ADMITTED THAT HE WOULD TRAVEL SOON TO KINSHASA, AT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S REQUEST, TO LEARN KABILA'S LATEST THINKING ON LU [...]
2000-09-13 14:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE5187 RAID ON MDC HEADQUARTERS; ZIMBABWE POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN OPPOSITION ADVISOR AND RELIABLE EMBASSY CONTACT REPORTED TO THE AMBASSADOR SEPTEMBER 14 AN UPSURGE IN POLICE HARASSMENT OF THE OPPOSITION. AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS A RAID ON THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HEADQUARTERS TODAY AND AN ATTEMPT TO ARREST TWO SENIOR MDC [...]
2000-09-14 14:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI MDC
00HARARE5214RAID ON MDC PARTY HEADQUARTERS CONTINUES ON SEPTEMBER 15
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) AFTER SEARCHING THE MDC HEADQUARTERS ON SEPTEMBER 14 (REFTEL),HEAVILY ARMED POLICE EXPANDED THEIR SEARCH TO TWO OTHER MDC OFFICES, ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 14, INCLUDING THE ONE CONTAINING THE OFFICE OF PARTY PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. MDC LAWYE [...]
2000-09-15 11:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
00HARARE5270 GOVERNMENT RESORTS TO HAM-FISTED INTIMIDATION
[...] (C) IN THEIR TWO-DAY RAID ON MDC OFFICES, POLICE AND CIO AGENTS SEIZED PAPER FILES AND DISKETTES, AND DOWNLOADED COMPUTER FILES. SEIZED DOCUMENTS INCLUDED THE MDC'S MEMBERSHIP LISTS, FUNDING SOURCES, STRATEGIES FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES AND THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND EV [...]
2000-09-18 16:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE5302ZIMBABWE MINISTER'S STATEMENT PRELUDE TO MORE INTIMIDATION AGAINST MDC
[...] (C) IN A PARLIAMENTARY SESSION ATTENDED BY POLOFF, HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO READ A BRIEF GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE POLICE RAIDS AGAINST THE MDC LAST WEEK (REFS B AND C). AFTER READING WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A POLICE REPORT ON THE BOMBING OF THE MDC HEADQUARTERS TWO DAYS BEFORE THE RAIDS [...]
2000-09-19 15:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
00HARARE5337COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION FILES BROAD LAWSUIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) FILED A BROAD LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON SEPTEMBER 18 WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER THE BREAKDOWN IN LAW AND ORDER AND CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GOZ'S FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EFFORT. THE LAWSUIT CITES PRESID [...]
2000-09-21 13:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5346FORMER ARMY COMMANDER REPORTEDLY APPROACHES MDC
[...] (C) SOLOMON MUJURU, RETIRED COMMANDER OF THE ARMY, RECENTLY SENT AN EMISSARY TO THE MDC, WITHOUT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S KNOWLEDGE, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC OFFICIAL. THE EMISSARY INFORMED THE MDC OF THE GOZ'S INTENTION TO PROVOKE VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS NATIONWIDE AS A PRETEXT FOR CRACKING DOWN [...]
2000-09-21 16:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
00HARARE5350GOVERNMENT CONTINUES STOPGAP FUEL ACQUISITION
[...] (SBU) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTING, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SIGNED A ZIM$2.5 BILLION (APPROXIMATELY USD 50 MILLION) LINE OF CREDIT WITH PRETRONAS, THE MALAYSIAN OIL COMPANY. MOTOR FUELS WILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE COUNTRY OVERLAND, BY RAIL AND ROAD, BY ENGEN. THE MALAYSIAN COMPANY, WHICH HAS [...]
2000-09-22 10:24:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EIND PGOV AMGT ZI
00HARARE5352ZANU-PF MODERATE WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 21, DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS, AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDERE. THE DEPUTY MINISTER, A RELIABLE EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR IN HIS EARLIER POSITIONS, WAS CHARACTERISTICALLY FRANK IN HIS DISCUSSION OF ZANU-PF POLITICS AND H [...]
2000-09-22 11:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE5397ZIMBABWE 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 14:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
00HARARE5460 MORGAN TSVANGIRAI INFORMS BRITISH HIGH
[...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 27 THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION HERE SHARED WITH US THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, CLASSIFIED "CONFIDENTIAL" AND SENT SEPTEMBER 22, CONCERNING MDC- SPONSORED MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE. PLEASE PROTECT THE SOURCE. MARK LYALL GRANT, REFERRED TO IN PARA. 2, IS A SENIOR OFFICER IN THE FOREI [...]
2000-09-27 14:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINS ZI
00HARARE5461 ZANU-PF REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN DEAL WITH MDC
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR, THE OPPOSITION PARTY HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FEELERS FROM ZANU-PF ABOUT MAKING A DEAL THAT INVOLVES PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DEPARTURE FROM OFFICE. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI IS REPORTEDLY WILLING TO AGREE TO A GRACEFUL EXIT FOR MUGABE BECAUSE IT IS IN ZIMBABWE [...]
2000-09-27 14:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF
00HARARE5464ZIMBABWE CLOSER TO PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM DROC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AT A SEPTEMBER 26 FAREWELL LUNCH WITH THE DCM, THE MFA'S UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI REPORTED THAT ZIMBABWE IS CLOSE TO WITHDRAWING UP TO HALF ITS TROOPS FROM THE DROC. HAMADZIRIPI DESCRIBED KABILA'S BRIEF TRIP TO LUANDA ON SEPTEMBER 24 AS A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO [...]
2000-09-27 16:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI
00HARARE5469SUPREME COURT GRANTS INTERIM RULING ON
[...] (U) IN AN INTERIM RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT FILED RECENTLY BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),THE SUPREME COURT ON SEPTEMBER 26 RULED THAT FARMERS MUST BE NOTIFIED 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR EVICTIONS FROM ACQUIRED FARMS. IN ADDITION, THE COURT ALSO SCHEDULED A FULL HEARING OF THE SUIT FOR NOVE [...]
2000-09-28 10:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5514UNDP RESREP BRIEFS DONORS ON UN/UNDP
[...] (SBU) UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ZIMBABWE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DONORS ON SEPTEMBER 28 ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF A FIVE-PERSON MISSION SENT TO LOOK FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM PROGRAM. THIS MISSION IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RECEN [...]
2000-09-28 14:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5515COMMERCIAL FARMER SEVERELY INJURED WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMER WAS ATTACKED WITH A MACHETE BY A WAR VETERAN ON SEPTEMBER 26 AFTER THE VETERAN TRIED TO STOP HIM FROM PLANTING TOBACCO. THE FARMER SUFFERED A DEEP GASH ACROSS HIS FACE AND NOSE, AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS RECOVERING FOLLOWING SURGERY. TH [...]
2000-09-28 15:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5579MNANGAGWA ON KABILA'S VISIT TO HARARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD VISITED SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND DROC INTERLOCUTOR EMMERSON MNANGAGWA SEPTEMBER 29 TO TRY TO GET A READOUT OF KABILA'S BRIEF HARARE VISIT THE PREVIOUS DAY. ALTHOUGH MNANGAGWA DID NOT SIT IN ON KABILA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE (HE IS TRYING TO "PHASE OUT [...]
2000-09-29 13:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE5581MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI CALLS ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 29 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CALLED THE BOMBING OF MDC HEADQUARTERS AND SUBSEQUENT RAIDS ON ITS OFFICES "AMATEURISH." THE GOZ HAS NO EVIDENCE AGAINST THE MDC LEADERSHIP BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO TRY TO PAINT THE PARTY AS A SUBVERVISE ORGANIZA [...]
2000-09-29 15:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI MDC
00HARARE5585 PEACEFUL MDC RALLY, BUT CONTROVERSY OVER TSVANGIRAI'S
[...] (C) APPROXIMATELY 20,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED A PEACEFUL RALLY HELD BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) ON SEPTEMBER 30 TO CELEBRATE THE PARTY'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. MDC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TENDAI BITI TOLD POLOFF THAT POLICE HARASSMENT HAD NOT BEEN AS BAD AS HE EXPECTED. HIS [...]
2000-10-02 10:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
00HARARE5602MBEKI TO CONVENE MEETING OF EXTERNAL
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR REACHED FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY PHONE ON OCTOBER 2 TO FOLLOW UP ON REF A DEMARCHE. MUDENGE HAD BEEN UNAVAILABLE WHEN DEMARCHE WAS DELIVERED TO MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SEPTEMBER 29 (REF B). AMBASSADOR URGED MUDENGE TO USE ZIMBABWE'S INFLU [...]
2000-10-03 12:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
00HARARE5608UN/UNDP MISSION MEMBERS SEEK EMBASSY VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR'S MEETING OCTOBER 2 THREE MEMBERS OF THE UN/UNDP MISSION SEARCHED FOR AN OPENING IN OUR POSITION ON THE CURRENT LAND REFORM IMPASSE TO REKINDLE DONOR DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY OFFICERS STRESSED [...]
2000-10-03 16:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5629ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY SAYS MDC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 4, AMBASSADOR, R/P OFFICER, AND POLOFF (NOTETAKER) CALLED ON MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, WHO OVERSEES THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO). IN A ONE-ON- ONE MEETING, AMBASSADOR URGED GOCHE TO USE RESTRAINT IN DEALING WITH MDC LEADER [...]
2000-10-04 17:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PINR ZI CG
00HARARE5666AMBASSADOR 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 17:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI MDC
00HARARE5677BLEAK WORLD BANK ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DESK OFFICER, IN HARARE ON AN ORIENTATION TRIP, AND ECONOFF MET WITH ROGIER VAN DEN BRINK, WORLD BANK DEPUTY RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND SENIOR ECONOMIST IN HARARE ON OCTOBER 5 TO OBTAIN HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE. VAN DEN BRINK MADE CLEAR DURING THE M [...]
2000-10-09 12:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5692MUGABE PARDONS PERPETRATORS OF POLITICAL
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (U) IN AN EXTRAORDINARY GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED OCTOBER 6, PRESIDENT MUGABE GRANTED A PARDON "TO EVERY PERSON LIABLE TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR ANY POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED CRIME" COMMITTED BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND JULY 31, 2000. THE PARDON SPEC [...]
2000-10-10 15:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ZI
00HARARE5728 TSVANGIRAI QUESTIONED AND RELEASED BY POLICE
[...] (U) AT THE REQUEST OF POLICE, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SPENT TWO HOURS ON OCTOBER 10 AT THE CRIMINAL SIPDIS INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION (CID) ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH HIS STATEMENT AT A POLITICAL RALLY ON SEPTEMBER 30. AS REPORTED REF B, TSVANGIRAI SAID AT THE RALLY THAT [...]
2000-10-11 15:39:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE5731THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE: MFA
[...] (C) DURING A ONE AND A HALF HOUR BRIEFING OF SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION OCTOBER 11, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR DONORS ON QUESTION ON LAND REFORM, WILLARD CHIWEWE, ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAD NO CHOIC [...]
2000-10-11 17:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5829ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IGNORING CLAMOR FOR CHANGE AT ITS OWN PERIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLITICAL PUNDITS AND WOULD-BE REFORMERS ARE AGAIN RAISING THEIR HOPES THAT THE ZANU-PF EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS DUE TO BE HELD BY THE END OF THE YEAR WILL RESULT IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO MUGABE AND A REJUVENATION OF THE PARTY. THE POPULATION AT LARGE, VICTIMIZED BY T [...]
2000-10-13 11:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE5834UN/UNDP TEAM GIVES OUTBRIEF: RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A BIZARRE OUTBRIEF ON OCTOBER 12, THE UN/UNDP TEAM SENT TO EXPLORE WAYS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN DONORS AND GOVERNMENT ON LAND REFORM MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO "IMPROVE" THE FAST TRACK PROGRAM. THE TEAM STRESSED THAT THEIR MANDATE WAS TECHNICAL -- NOT POLITICAL. DONOR [...]
2000-10-13 11:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5838TENSIONS ON COMMERCIAL FARMS CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SITUATION ON COMMERCIAL FARMS REMAINS TENSE, WITH NEW OCCUPATIONS AND FEW EVICTIONS OF LONG-STANDING SQUATTERS BEING CARRIED OUT. THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) AND THE ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) CONTINUE TO BE INCONSISTENT AND INCOHERENT. COMMERCIAL FAR [...]
2000-10-13 12:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5943CHARGE REGISTERS U.S. CONCERN OVER ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) ON OCTOBER 20, CHARGE MET DEPUTY HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER RUGARE GUMBO, IN THE ABSENCE OF MINISTER JOHN NKOMO, TO REGISTER U.S. CONCERN OVER THIS WEEK'S UNREST AND THE GOZ'S RESPONSE. CHARGE MADE THE POINTS THAT WE BELIEVE THE ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) RESPONDED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE, A [...]
2000-10-20 12:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE5951IMPEACHMENT OF MUGABE LOOMING
[...] (C) IN A MEETING OCTOBER 23, MDC MP FOR HARARE CENTRAL MICHAEL AURET INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE MDC PLANS TO GIVE NOTICE OCTOBER 24 IN PARLIAMENT THAT IT WILL TABLE A MOTION FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE THE FOLLOWING WEEK. AURET CLAIMED THAT THE MDC HAS COMPILED "OVERWHELMING" EVIDE [...]
2000-10-23 14:51:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE6032ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO CONGO DESK OFFICER MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA ON OCTOBER 18 ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S VIEWS ON RECENT EVENTS REGARDING THE DRC. HE STATED THAT THE OCTOBER 14-15 MAPUTO SUMMIT GAVE NEW MOMENTUM TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS. REAFFIRMING THE KAMPALA DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMEN [...]
2000-10-25 16:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
00HARARE6082PROCESS TO IMPEACH ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT BEGINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE OPPOSITION MDC TABLED A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT OCTOBER 25 THAT BEGINS THE PROCESS FOR PRESIDENT MUGABE'S IMPEACHMENT. THE DOCUMENT CITED IN DETAIL "VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION" AND "GROSS MISCONDUCT" RELATED TO THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AS THE GROUNDS F [...]
2000-10-26 14:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE6111MAPUTO FOLLOW-UP: KATANGA OFFENSIVE MUST CEASE
[...] (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MET WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, IN THE ABSENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE, OCTOBER 30, AND MADE THE POINTS IN PARA 1. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO LEFT A NON-PAPER WITH THE POINTS FOR CHIWEWE'S CONSIDERATION. [...]
2000-10-30 15:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ZI
00HARARE6120A ZANU-PF DEPUTY MINISTER AND MP'S INSIDER VIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF DEPUTY MINISTER (ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM) AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT EDWARD CHINDORI- CHININGA PAID A CALL ON AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON OCTOBER 30 TO UPDATE HIM ON HIS MINISTRY'S LATEST ACTIVITIES. CHINDORI-CHININGA, WHO IS PART OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF ZANU-PF POLITICIANS, [...]
2000-10-31 11:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE6126DEPUTY 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 17:18:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SENV PINR ZI
00HARARE6175ZIMBABWE LOOKING INTO KATANGA CLASHES
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF (NOTETAKER),MET SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA NOVEMBER 1 TO CONVEY USG CONCERN OVER RECENT REPORTS OF ZIMBABWEAN INVOLVEMENT IN NEW FIGHTING IN THE DRC. MNANGAGWA, WHO IS STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MANAGING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL A [...]
2000-11-01 15:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE6189AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 1, AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF MET WITH NEW ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SAVIOUR "TYSON" KASUKUWERE TO DISCUSS A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN HIS PARTY. KASUKUWERE, A YOUNGISH BUSINESSMAN WITH STRONG PARTY TIES, SAID THAT THE LAND ISSUE HAD BEEN BLOWN OUT O [...]
2000-11-02 14:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
00HARARE6190VIOLENCE ON ZIMBABWE COMMERCIAL FARMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINS ON OCTOBER 27, VIOLENCE ON COMMERCIAL FARMS HAS INCREASED AS THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ACCELERATES ITS FAST-TRACK LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM TO BEAT THE ONSET OF THE PLANTING SEASON. THE RESULT HAS BEEN DISORDER AND CONFUSION ON OC [...]
2000-11-02 16:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE6191 PROMINENT ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESS LEADERS TRYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CEO OF A MAJOR ZIMBABWEAN CORPORATION TOLD AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 2 THAT HE AND OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ARE ARRANGING A PRIVATE CREDIT FACILITY TO PURCHASE 300 TO 400 COMMERCIAL FARMS TO HELP BREAK THE LOGJAM ON LAND REFORM. THE CEO ALSO STATED THAT HE AND OTHER BUSINESS L [...]
2000-11-02 16:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE6229ZIMBABWE OPENS AN EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI
[...] (C) EGYPTIAN EMBASSY COUNSELLOR (DCM) KADRI ABDEL- MOTTALEB TOLD DCM NOVEMBER 4 THAT ZIMBABWE HAS OPENED AN EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI. THE AMBASSADOR, JOHN MVUNDURA, LEFT IN EARLY OCTOBER TO ASSUME CHARGE. THE REMAINING 2-3 MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY STAFF FLEW TO TRIPOLI VIA CAIRO TWO WEEKS LATER, CI [...]
2000-11-06 13:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI LY
00HARARE6281UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE ANGELO SHARES HIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON RECENTLY ARRIVED UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE (RES REP) VICTOR ANGELO TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE. THE RES REP TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT WHILE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DI [...]
2000-11-07 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6282 UNDP LAND REFORM INITIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO DEBRIEFED DONORS ON NOVEMBER 1 ON THE UNDP TEAM'S REPORT ON THE "LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE". THE RESREP OPENED THE MEETING BY STATING THAT THE REPORT WAS A DRAFT, WORKING DOCUMENT, COMPLETED BY AN INDEPENDENT MISSION, WHICH, THUS REFLECTS THE TEAM'S [...]
2000-11-07 16:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV EAID ZI
00HARARE6283THE AMBASSADOR CALLS ON A MUGABE LOYALIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON OLIVIA MUCHENA, MINISTER OF STATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND A MEMBER OF THE ZANU-PF CENTRAL COMMITTEE. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO GAUGE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT [...]
2000-11-07 16:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE6297ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION INCREASINGLY DIVIDED OVER MASS ACTION; AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE NOVEMBER 7 TO PRESS HOME THE NEED FOR ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL PARTIES TO UNDERTAKE DIALOGUE AND DEFLATE TENSIONS. NCUBE ASSERTED THAT THERE ARE MANY PARTY STALWARTS WILLING TO TALK WITH [...]
2000-11-08 15:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI
00HARARE6317DANISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MINISTER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGES TO ZIMBABWE ON FAST TRACK LAND EXERCISE
[...] No summary [...]
2000-11-09 15:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PREL ZI
00HARARE6318SYMBOLIC MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SUPPORTED A DINNER HOSTED BY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE NKOSANA MOYO NOVEMBER 7 AIMED AT GETTING ZANU-PF AND MDC PARLIAMENTARIANS TALKING TO EACH OTHER. AMONG THE GUESTS WERE TWO MDC AND TWO ZANU-PF MPS. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CORDIAL AND BOTH [...]
2000-11-09 15:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI
00HARARE6321UNDP RESREP AND AMBASSADOR CONSULT WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, VICTOR ANGELO, AND DCM (NOTE TAKER) CALLED ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE ON NOVEMBER 8 TO EXPLORE WAYS THE DONOR COMMUNITY COULD ASSIST IN DEFUSING TENSIONS I [...]
2000-11-11 11:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EAGR ZI
00HARARE6330SUPREME COURT ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO HALT FAST-
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A UNANIMOUS CONSENT ORDER ON NOVEMBER 10 REQUIRING THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) TO HALT ALL FARM OCCUPATIONS AND RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS UNTIL IT COMPLIES WITH ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAND ACQUISITION ACT (LAA). THE CONSENT ORDER GAVE T [...]
2000-11-14 10:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6388ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE ONLY GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION THAT STILL RETAINS SOME INDEPENDENCE FROM THE RULING PARTY. SO FAR, THE THREATS ARE RHETORICAL IN NATURE, BUT THEY ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND DIRECT. [...]
2000-11-15 05:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE6423UNDP HOLDS FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH THE DONOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN HARARE, VICTOR ANGELO, HOSTED A FOLLOW-UP MEETING OF THE LOCAL DONOR COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 9. THE PURPOSE WAS TO ALLOW THE DONOR COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE DRAFT UNDP MISSION REPORT ON THE LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE, AS WELL AS TO DISCUSS HOW [...]
2000-11-17 10:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6455TSVANGIRAI APOLOGIZES TO AMBASSADOR FOR MDC
[...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CAME TO THE CHANCERY ON NOVEMBER 20 AND APOLOGIZED TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD FOR A PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 16. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PRESS RELEASE CLAIMS THAT TSVANGIRAI AND AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY RICE DISCUSSED "HOW TO [...]
2000-11-20 14:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV OPRC ZI
00HARARE6459TSVANGIRAI SAYS NO EARLY DECISION LIKELY ON
[...] (C) DURING THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION ON ANOTHER MATTER NOVEMBER 20, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HIS PARTY HAD MADE NO DECISION REGARDING PLANS FOR MASS ACTION IN DECEMBER. HE SAID THAT THE PARTY'S EXECUTIVE WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET [...]
2000-11-20 15:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ZI
00HARARE6547HIGH COURT (APPARENTLY) TRUMPS SUPREME COURT ON
[...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT-INFLUENCED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER'S NOVEMBER 21 EDITION REPORTED THAT HIGH COURT JUDGE PRESIDENT JUSTICE GODFREY CHIDYASIKU ISSUED A PROVISIONAL ORDER IN CHAMBERS NOVEMBER 20 WHICH SOUGHT TO PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT FROM EXPELLING "RESETTLED FARMERS," IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SUP [...]
2000-11-21 16:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR ZI
00HARARE6564TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MDC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 21, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, PRESIDENT OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),BRIEFED THE HARARE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON THE MDC VIEW OF THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EU-SADC CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN BOTSWANA NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 1. TSVANGIR [...]
2000-11-22 16:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE6578WAR VETERANS INVADE SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY TOLD USAID HARARE DIRECTOR DEPP THAT AT 11:00 AM NOVEMBER 24 SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION BROKE INTO THE SUPREME COURT'S HEARING CHAMBER AND STAGED AN UNRULY DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE COURT. THE JUSTICES WE [...]
2000-11-24 14:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
00HARARE6584ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION CANCELS PLANS FOR MASS
[...] (U) THE MDC'S NATIONAL COUNCIL DECIDED AT AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING NOVEMBER 24 (REFTEL) TO CANCEL PLANS FOR MASS ACTION. THE NOVEMBER 25 "THE HERALD" QUOTED MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AS SAYING MASS ACTION HAD BEEN "DEFERRED INDEFINITELY." TSVANGIRAI ALSO STATED THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES [...]
2000-11-27 13:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI
00HARARE6643ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC
[...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE NOVEMBER 15, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE REPORTED THAT THE MAPUTO II SUMMIT, RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 27, WAS EXPECTED TO FORMALIZE THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN TRIPOLI TO SEND AN AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO THE DRC. THE DEFENS [...]
2000-11-28 13:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV PINR ZI
00HARARE6644FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT IN CONFIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE, FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE SIPDIS SIGNALED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS READY TO RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 1998 DONORS CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON LAND REFORM. THE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MIS [...]
2000-11-28 13:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR PREL ZI
00HARARE6658ZANU-PF WINS MARONDERA WEST BY-ELECTION; LOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING PARTY ZANU-PF CANDIDATE WON THE BY-ELECTION FOR THE MARONDERA WEST PARLIAMENTARY SEAT HELD NOVEMBER 25 AND 26. VOTING WAS PEACEFUL, BUT THE TURNOUT WAS LOW - JUST UNDER A THIRD OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS. DISTRICT RESIDENTS TOLD EMBASSY AND NGO PERSONNEL ON NOVEMBER 25 [...]
2000-11-28 14:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE6660ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT OVERRULES HIGH COURT ON
[...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 24, ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT OVERRULED THE NOVEMBER 20 HIGH COURT DECISION TO GIVE "INTERIM RELIEF" TO FARM SQUATTERS FACING EVICTION FROM OCCUPIED FARMS. IN RESPONDING TO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF RURAL PEASANT FARMERS (REF B),THE HIGH COURT'S JUDGE PRESIDENT, GOD [...]
2000-11-28 16:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
00HARARE6661MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ASKS FOR USG GESTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR AND A HALF MEETING NOVEMBER 28 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SOUGHT AMBASSADOR MCDONALD'S SIPDIS PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE WAS A SUCCESS. THE PERMANENT SECRE [...]
2000-11-28 16:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6663A/S RICE MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 16, A/S RICE, AMBASSADORS RENDER AND MCDONALD, AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER),MET WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI FOR AN HONEST AND WIDE- RANGING 75 MINUTE DISCUSSION. TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MINISTER PRESENTED HIS FIRST BUDGET TO THE PARLIAMENT AND THE [...]
2000-11-29 09:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE6677ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON NOVEMBER 16. TSVANGIRAI OFFERED FOUR SIPDIS SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS COULD UNFOLD. HE BELIEVES A TRANSITIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IS THE BEST WAY OUT OF THE [...]
2000-11-29 13:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI SA
00HARARE6907SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) ON DECEMBER 7 DCM HAD BREAKFAST WITH A VERY TIRED DAVID HAMADZIRIPI, A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CURRENTLY POSTED IN KINSHASA. THE ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMAT, WHO ATTENDED THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT MEETING IN HARARE, REPORTED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT EXPECTED THE SIGNING CEREMON [...]
2000-12-07 14:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS CG ZI
00HARARE6910COMMERCIAL FARMER ABDUCTED BY WAR VETERANS AND
[...] (U) THE DECEMBER 7 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER "THE DAILY NEWS" CARRIED A FRONT PAGE STORY THAT A COMMERCIAL FARMER, LANCE KENNEDY, HAD BEEN FORCIBLY ABDUCTED BY A GROUP OF TWENTY WAR VETERANS WHO WERE OCCUPYING HIS SIGARO FARM, AND FORCED TO DRIVE SOME OF HIS ABDUCTORS INTO HARARE TO [...]
2000-12-07 16:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PHUM ZI
00HARARE6956ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT RATIFIES OTTAWA CONVENTION
[...] (U) ON DECEMBER 5, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED THE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES (PROHIBITION) BILL, WHICH RATIFIES THE OTTAWA CONVENTION BANNING ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES. PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING, STOCKPILING, TRANSFERRING, AND PRODUCING ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES. ON NOVEMBER [...]
2000-12-12 05:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALKHDP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE6993AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL: MUGABE STILL BITTER
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE RECEIVED ME DECEMBER 13 FOR A ONE HALF-HOUR FAREWELL CALL. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERICS OF THE MEETING WERE GOOD AND LIGHT, I DID MANAGE TO INTERRUPT THE START OF A TIRADE AGAINST THE BRITISH BY ADVANCING THE ARGUMENT THAT MUGABE SHOULD TO GIVE UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH- [...]
2000-12-13 09:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EAGR ZI US
00HARARE7068AMBASSADOR COMMISSIONS HIV/AIDS WALL IN HARARE
[...] ON DECEMBER 13, THE U.S. MISSION HELPED CELEBRATE THE ROLLING OUT OF A NEW HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE IN ZIMBABWE. THE "AIDS WALL: HEALING THE COMMUNITY" IS A Z-SHAPED WALL COVERED WITH CERAMIC TILES PAINTED BY LOCAL ARTISTS FROM RUWA, ZIMBABWE. THE AIDS WALL STANDS IN THE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE GARDEN [...]
2000-12-15 09:12:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL SOCI ZI
00HARARE7159INYIKA TRUST, A NEW PLAYER ON THE LAND ISSUE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 5, TERENCE HUSSEIN, AN ATTORNEY AFFILIATED WITH INYIKA TRUST, MET WITH ECONOFF AT THE EMBASSY. INYIKA TRUST IS A NEWLY REGISTERED NGO IN ZIMBABWE WHOSE STATED PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO COMMUNAL FARMERS AND LANDLESS BLACK ZIMBABWEANS. [...]
2000-12-20 10:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PREL PHUM PINR ZI
00HARARE7163UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE SEES POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION AND SELECTED AID DIRECTORS DECEMBER 19 ON THE CONTENTS OF ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUGABE. HE TOLD THE GATHERING THAT HE HAD DETECTED [...]
2000-12-20 12:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR EAID ZI
00HARARE7164ZIMBABWE 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 13:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE7263LAND TASK FORCE TRIES TO PUT BEST FACE ON
[...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED A MEETING ON DECEMBER 21 FOR SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S LAND TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDED MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING IGNATIUS [...]
2000-12-28 10:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR EAID PINR ZI
00HARARE7266NEW ZIMBABWE POLITBURO STRENGTHENS MNANGAGWA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NEW ZANU-PF POLITBURO, APPOINTED DECEMBER 15 AT THE SPECIAL PARTY CONGRESS (REF B),STRENGTHENS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA'S POSITION IN THE PARTY AND COULD SIGNAL MUGABE'S INTENTION TO MAKE MNANGAGWA HIS SUCCESSOR. SINCE JUNE'S PARLIAMENTARY ELE [...]
2000-12-28 12:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE7271SIZEABLE SHORTFALL IN MAIZE PRODUCTION IN 2001
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE LATEST MAIZE SEED SALES DATA INDICATE THAT NATIONAL MAIZE PLANTING IS DOWN 25 PERCENT FROM NORMAL LEVELS. THE ZIMBABWE GRAIN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (ZPGA),REPRESENTING LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL MAIZE PRODUCERS, PUBLISHED A STATEMENT ON DECEMBER 20 APPEALING FOR ITS MEMBERS T [...]
2000-12-28 13:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ZI
00HARARE7273A VISIT TO MR. MUGABE'S PLANET: THE
[...] (C) IN HIS HOUR-LONG END OF YEAR MESSAGE DECEMBER 27, PRESIDENT MUGABE GAVE HIS VERSION OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR 2000. HE ATTRIBUTED THE COUNTRY'S DIFFICULT ECONOMIC PATCH TO FALLING COMMODITY AND RISING INPUT PRICES AS WELL AS RESERVE BANK MONETARY POLICY. HE REHEARSED THE REASONS FOR THE FAS [...]
2000-12-28 16:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI UK
00HARARE7285ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT DILUTES INDEPENDENCE OF HIGH COURT WITH NEW APPOINTMENTS
[...] (U) ON DECEMBER 21, PRESIDENT MUGABE EXPANDED THE ZIMBABWE HIGH COURT BY SWEARING IN FOUR NEW JUSTICES. THREE OF THE NEW JUSTICES HAVE CLEAR TIES TO THE RULING ZANU-PF. RITA MAKARAU IS A FORMER NON-CONSTITUENCY MP APPOINTED BY MUGABE AND SERVED IN THE LAST PARLIAMENT. SHE WAS ALSO APPOINTED [...]
2000-12-29 11:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ZI
00HARARE7286SUPREME COURT RULES ON CFU LAND CASE, DECISION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 21 THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS RULING ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE BROAD LAWSUIT FILED BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) (REFTEL E). THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT TWO OF THE DECLARATIONS (CHARG [...]
2000-12-29 11:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAGR EAID ZI
00LONDON8980UNITED KINGDOM: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE UNITED KINGDOM CONTINUED ITS AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS AGAINST DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 2000. IT PASSED A NEW TERRORISM LAW THAT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT EXPANDED POWERS TO FIGHT BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TERRORISM, AND IT CONTINUED ITS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES TO BRI [...]
2000-12-28 17:06:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
00PRETORIA3416PRESIDENT MBEKI "SEIZES THE MOMENT" IN STATE VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR LEWIS, PRESIDENT MBEKI DESCRIBED HIS UPCOMING STATE VISIT TO THE U.S. AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO TACKLE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY AND LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THAT PLAGUE SOUTH AFRICA. HE SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS A MEANS TO POVERTY AL [...]
2000-05-04 09:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SF
00RIYADH3360SAUDI ARABIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 2000, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM. PART [...]
2000-12-03 08:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
00SANAA5396SALEH'S RHETORIC OVER THE TOP, BUT POLICY UNCHANGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER BA JAMMAL NOVEMBER 20, THE AMBASSADOR CONVEYED U.S. CONCERNS THAT PRESIDENT SALEH'S RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS WERE EXACERBATING AN ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AT SUCH A TENSE TIME, THE ROYG SHOULD BE PUBLICLY URGING BOTH SIDES TO RETURN TO TH [...]
2000-11-20 13:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPP YM
00STATE228765OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
[...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 20 [...]
2000-12-01 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
00STATE228767OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT
[...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...]
2000-12-01 20:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
00STATE228771OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF SENIOR LEVEL GENERALIST
[...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CYCLE HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 TED MAY ALSO BID [...]
2000-12-01 20:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
00STATE228772OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF MID-LEVEL GENERALIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST VACANCIES, NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31,2001. (COMBINED WINTER 2000 - SUMMER 2001 CYCLE).
[...] No summary [...]
2000-12-01 20:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
00STATE229013OPEN 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 23:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
00THEHAGUE1779DUTCH THOUGHTS ON U.S.- EU VISA BAN AND SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH ARE PLEASED THAT THE 6/13-14 EU GAC ENDORSED MORE FREQUENT UPDATES OF THE EU SERBIA VISA BAN LIST. THEY THINK THEY NOW HAVE A POLITICALLY RESPONSIVE TOOL TO PRESSURE MILOSEVIC AND HIS REGIME. THEY STILL SUPPORT CLOSER EU COORDINATION WITH NON-EU STATES ON FINANCIAL SANCTIONS, [...]
2000-06-15 11:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC CVIS PHUM SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1879FRY RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE UNSC: DUTCH WILL ABSTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-23 11:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL SR NL UNSC
01ABUJA1380NIGERIA: 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 14:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAIR CVIS PGOV NI
01ABUJA2253NIGERIA TURNS ZIMBABWE AROUND ON LAND SEIZURES
[...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo and Nigeria played the critical role in extracting GOZ commitment to stopping land seizures at the Abuja Ministerial on Zimbabwe September 6. The UK agreed to a "significant financial contribution" to land reform but views that commitment as contingent upon the [...]
2001-09-07 14:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PINR NI ZI UK
01ABUJA2256 NIGERIA: CONFLICT RESOLUTION - "AFRICAN-STYLE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on the Special Presidential Envoy for Conflict Resolution, Ambassador Raph Uwechue, to discuss Sudan developments (Refs A and B). Uwechue welcomed the appointment of Senator Danforth as a signal of U.S. interest in Sudan and Africa. He descri [...]
2001-09-07 20:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU SL ZI PINR NI
01ABUJA2449AFRICAN MINISTERS DISMAYED BY FORUM POSTPONEMENT
[...] African trade ministers participating in the September 22-23 Organization of African unity (OAU) meeting in Abuja, Nigeria nearly unanimously told the delegation led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Africa Rosa Whitaker they wanted the United States to hold the US-Sub-Saharan [...]
2001-09-25 16:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID XA
01ABUJA2562NIGERIA: 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 10:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA2687NIGERIA: 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 08:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU CG XA NI
01ABUJA2710NDLEA 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 21:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALSNAR NI
01ABUJA2759NIGERIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR BUGAJE HOLDS HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: During a brief October 22 meeting, Presidential Special Advisor Usman Bugaje said the November 12-17 conference on Sudan was on track. He described the "3-in-1" conference where the Southern and Northern groups would first meet separately, then join in an all parties session. H [...]
2001-10-29 14:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU XA NI IGAD
01ABUJA2832GOVERNOR THINKS NIGERIA HAS HIT A CRUCIAL PERIOD
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi cited recent civil disturbances as very disquieting. In order to prevent further political turbulance, the Governors were assembling in Abuja that day to discuss means to cool down the inter [...]
2001-11-06 15:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS NI
01ABUJA28782001 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 14:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NI
01ABUJA2881PDP: 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 15:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NI
01ABUJA2982NIGERIA: 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 17:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA3022NIGERIA: 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 05:47:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA3093NIGERIA: 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 12:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON NI
01ABUJA3201NIGERIA: 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 16:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET SENV PGOV NI
01ABUJA3222 NIGERIA: REGIONAL TIP CONFERENCE A SUCCESS
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Abuja hosted a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Conference which brought together representatives from nine USG missions in West and Central Africa and four funding agencies/bureaus in Washington to forge an anti- trafficking strategy for the region and coordinate future programs [...]
2001-12-14 17:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN NI XX ECOWAS
01ABUJA3270NIGERIA: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION DISCUSSIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-27 11:47:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NI
01ANKARA3476NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI BAPIR FOUNDING HIS OWN GROUP WHICH HE HAS NAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY. BAPIR IS A RIVAL OF IUKM LEADER MULLAH ALI ABDULAZIZ. BOTH LEADERS ARE BASED IN T [...]
2001-05-31 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU
01BANJUL854GAMBIAN MUSLIMS: MAJORITY IGNORE BIN LADEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, GAMBIAN MUSLIMS (95% OF THE POPULATION) SUPPORT THE U.S. AND ARE UNLIKELY TO HEED THE CALL OF ANTI- AMERICAN ISLAMIC RADICALS. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) THE MEDIA: POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDIA OUTLETS WITH A RADICAL ISLAMIC EDITORIAL POLICY. THE STAT [...]
2001-10-15 15:04:00Embassy BanjulSECRETPTER PINR XA GA
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 15:33:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM PREL GA
01BEIRUT1018KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...]
2001-04-26 16:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE
01BEIRUT1935 ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...]
2001-08-06 15:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE
01BEIRUT2254TFUS01: LEBANESE EXPRESS OUTRAGE AND SYMPATHY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AS THE MASSIVE SCALE OF TRAGEDY UNFURLED DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE WORLD, LEBANESE OF ALL PERSUASIONS OFFERED FRESH OUTPOURINGS OF CONDEMNATION AND SYMPATHY FOR THE ATTACKS ON AMERICA. ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF OFTEN FRACTIOUS SECTARIAN GROUPS, THE NATION UNITED IN THE CONVICTION TH [...]
2001-09-13 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE
01BEIRUT758 HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...]
2001-03-22 16:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL IR LE
01CAIRO5770CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - SEPTEMBER 19, 2001
[...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...]
2001-09-19 10:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO EG
01COLOMBO579COLOMBO CALM AFTER THREE MONTHS OF LTTE CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS IN COLOMBO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN DECEMBER 2000 BY THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) OF A UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE (SEE REFTELS A-C, F-H). AFTER A SERIES OF OFFENSIVES TO RECLAIM PART OF THE JAFFNA PENINSULA, SRI LANKAN AR [...]
2001-04-03 10:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CE
01HANOI3290 MFA REACTS TO SAN FRANCISCO "TERRORIST" INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MFA AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR NGUYEN XUAN PHONG URGED STRONG USG ACTION IN THE WAKE OF WHAT HE TERMED THE "TERRORIST INCIDENT" DIRECTED AGAINST DPM NGUYEN TAN DZUNG DURING HIS VISIT LAST WEEK TO SAN FRANCISCO. IN A DECEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DCM, PHONG STRESSED THAT THIS WOU [...]
2001-12-20 10:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV VM CTERR
01HARARE1011ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 2
[...] THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY LOCAL FLOODING ARE IN THE ZAMBEZI RIVER VALLEY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MASHONALAND CENTRAL PROVINCE. THIS AREA INCLUDES KADOMA AND MUZARABAHANI. IN ADDITION MUCH OF THE LOW-LYING, SOUTHERN AREAS OF ZIMBABWE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING WATER- LOGGING OF THE SOIL IN AD [...]
2001-03-14 10:31:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI
01HARARE1016GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE RESPONSES TO MALLOCH-
[...] (U) THE MARCH 14 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ)-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT ON MARCH 13 THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, STAINSLAUS MUDENGE, HANDED TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO THE LETTER CONTAINING THE GOZ [...]
2001-03-14 12:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
01HARARE1018 ZIMBABWE: CHIDYAUSIKU SWORN IN AS ACTING CHIEF
[...] (U) IN A LONG-EXPECTED MOVE, PRESIDENT MUGABE SWORE IN HIGH COURT JUDGE PRESIDENT GODFREY CHIDYAUSIKU AS ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 13. CHIDYAUSIKU WILL SERVE IN AN ACTING CAPACITY AT LEAST UNTIL THE FORMAL RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY, CURRENT [...]
2001-03-14 16:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE1019ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO URGE GREATER INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS. REPORTING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FEBRUARY 15 LUSAKA SUMMIT AND THE FEBRUARY 21 M [...]
2001-03-14 16:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1021ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CFU PRESIDENT SEEKS
[...] (C) ON MARCH 13, CHARGE EARL IRVING AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD AND DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK AT THEIR REQUEST TO DISCUSS THE USG'S POSITION ON LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. HENWOOD ASKED THE CHARGE ABOUT THE MARCH 11 ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN [...]
2001-03-15 05:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1023AF A/PDAS BELLAMY HEARS DEFIANCE, VILIFICATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 8 AND 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY MET WITH MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, AND HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO. BELLAMY REITERATED U.S. CONCERN [...]
2001-03-15 08:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1026ZIMBABWE LEGAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED
[...] (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH STERNFORD MOYO, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEATRICE MTETWA, THE ZIMBABWEAN LAWYER [...]
2001-03-15 11:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI
01HARARE1028ZIMBABWE WILL ADHERE TO DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS
[...] (C) ON MARCH 15, POST DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. POLOFF STATED USG CONCERNS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR THE BELLIGERENTS TO AVOID CONFLICT WHILE THE DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES BEGINS AND [...]
2001-03-15 13:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1030ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BRIEFED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS ON THE FUTURE OF THE PROPOSED AFRICAN UNION, CHANGES MADE TO SADC STRUCTURES IN WINDHOEK ON MARCH 9, AND THE STATUS OF LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. MUDENGE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORT [...]
2001-03-15 14:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1032TWO MINING OPERATIONS AND A FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURER
[...] TO ASSESS BUSINESS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS OF LARGE EMPLOYERS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL CITY, ON MARCH 5-7 EMBASSY ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL OFFICERS VISITED THREE BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTHERN MASVINGO PROVINCE OF ZIMBABWE. THE COMPANY/OPERATIONS WERE: = RAILWAY BLOCK CHROMIUM MINE, SHURUGWE [...]
2001-03-15 15:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDECON EMIN ETRD KTDB ZI
01HARARE1048ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE
[...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...]
2001-03-16 14:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI
01HARARE1051CANADIAN 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 11:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE1054NEW ELECTIONS FOR ZIMBABWE'S UMBRELLA LABOR
[...] (SBU) THE MARCH 18 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ)-CONTROLLED "THE SUNDAY MAIL" RAN A FRONT- PAGE STORY STATING THAT THE JUST-ELECTED LEADERSHIP OF THE ZIMBABWE CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU),ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT UMBRELLA LABOR ORGANIZATION, WAS BEING PRESSURED TO HOLD NEW [...]
2001-03-19 14:56:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR
01HARARE1055 INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION VISIT
[...] (C) IN A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY, AN INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION MET WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AS WELL AS PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT. IN A FRANK THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR [...]
2001-03-19 15:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI
01HARARE1079 ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT
[...] (U) IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, AS REPORTED REFTEL, TWO OF ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS HAVE DEVOTED PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THE MARCH 8 INTRODUCTION IN THE U.S. SENATE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA). ALTHOUGH THE ACCOUNTS IN BOTH PAPERS WERE GENERALLY FACTUAL, TH [...]
2001-03-21 10:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ZI US
01HARARE1082FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES COMMONWEALTH HEADS
[...] (C) ZIMBABWEAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STANISLAUS MUDENGE SUMMONED COMMONWEALTH AND SADC HEADS OF MISSION IN HARARE ON MARCH 21 TO DELIVER A TWO-HOUR HARANGUE ON THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP (CMAG) STATEMENT ISSUED THE DAY BEFORE IN LONDON. "NOTHING WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN ZIMB [...]
2001-03-21 15:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ZI ADCO
01HARARE1096ZIMBABWE'S NEW LABOR LEADERS PURSUE TRADITIONAL
[...] (C) ON MARCH 21, LABOFF MET WITH THE NEW SECRETARY- GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU),WELLINGTON CHIBHEBHE, AND THE NEW PRESIDENT, LOVEMORE MATOMBO, BOTH EXPERIENCED AND ARTICULATE LABOR ORGANIZERS, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY INTEND TO AGGRESSIVELY ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF [...]
2001-03-22 10:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE1102ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS AGREE AT CONGRESS
[...] (C) ON MARCH 22, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS HELD THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE ISSUE OF REPLACING THE CURRENT CFU LEADERSHIP (REFS A, B AND C) WAS NOT RAISED AT THE CONGRESS, [...]
2001-03-23 05:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1108ZIMBABWE 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 08:31:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI
01HARARE1123MDC LOSES FIRST ELECTORAL CHALLENGE
[...] (U) ON MARCH 23, HIGH COURT JUDGE VERNANDA ZIYAMBI DISMISSED A PETITION BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SEEKING NULLIFICATION OF ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY LAST JUNE IN THE ZVISHAVANE CONSTITUENCY. ZIYAMBI'S JUDGMENT WAS THE FIRST TO BE HANDED DOWN BY THE HIGH COU [...]
2001-03-26 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1124INDUSTRY PERMSEC BRIEFS US ON A RANGE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 26 CHARGE AND ECONOFF MET WITH STEWART COMBERBACH, PERMANENT SECRETARY AT THE MINNISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN AN INFORMAL MEETING TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS. THE PERMSEC, WITH WHOM WE ENJOY FRANK AND HONEST DIALOGUE TOUCHED, UNPROMPTED, [...]
2001-03-27 05:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
01HARARE114REJUVENATION OF ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY UNLIKELY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU-PF HAS REENERGIZED ITSELF AND WRESTED SOME OF THE POLITICAL MOMENTUM FROM THE OPPOSITION MDC, BUT IT FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE IN MAINTAINING ITS MOMENTUM THROUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN EARLY 2002. ZANU-PF'S VICTORY IN THE MARONDERA WEST BY-ELECTION, TH [...]
2001-01-08 16:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1168KABILA'S BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE FOCUSES ON DRC
[...] (C) ON MARCH 28, POLOFF OBTAINED A READOUT ON DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE FROM THE MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) ON THE DRC, MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO. REGARDING KABILA'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT (REFTEL),THE PAO NOTED THAT KABILA IS "PREPARED TO GO THE FULL [...]
2001-03-29 14:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1169UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE CONSULTS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO CONVENED A MEETING OF DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION MARCH 28 TO DISCUSS THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE MALLOCH-BROWN LETTER (REFTEL). MOST OF THE DIPLOMATS SAID THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNME [...]
2001-03-29 15:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
01HARARE1176DATA ON ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES: ZIMBABWE
[...] AT INDEPENDENCE IN 1980, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INHERITED A LANDMINE PROBLEM ALONG SOME OF ITS BORDERS, WHERE RHODESIAN SECURITY SERVICES HAD LAID MINES TO HINDER OPERATIONS BY REBEL GROUPS BASED IN MOZAMBIQUE AND ZAMBIA. ALTHOUGH MINE CLEARANCE BEGAN IN 1982 IN AFFECTED AREAS, THE GOVERN [...]
2001-03-30 10:35:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1177 FIRED GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER EDITOR DETAILS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MARCH 27 MEETING, THE RECENTLY FIRED EDITOR OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" SPOKE OPENLY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S USE OF THE PAPER AS A PROPAGANDA TOOL. FORMER "HERALD" EDITOR RAY MUNGOSHI (35) (PROTECT) TOLD EMBOFF ABOUT DAILY HARASSMENT FROM INFORMATIO [...]
2001-03-30 11:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP PHUM KPAO PINR ZI
01HARARE1178ZIMBABWE: HOW PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL HANG ON TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ELECTION OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. MUGABE WILL USE ALL THE RESOURCES OF HIS OFFICE, THE RULING PARTY, AND THE STATE TO WIN RE- ELECTION AND DENY THE OPPOSITION MDC THE PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A W [...]
2001-03-30 12:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS MCAP ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE1201ZIMBABWE POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN MARCH KILLING
[...] (U) THE MARCH 31 EDITIONS OF BOTH THE GOZ-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" REPORTED THAT THE ZIMBABWE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF GLORIA OLDS. OLDS, A 72-YEAR- OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE I [...]
2001-04-02 15:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAGR PGOV PINS ZI
01HARARE1209ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES DEFY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT'S RESETTLEMENT COMMITTEE TABLED A REPORT IN FEBRUARY THAT CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE AS LACKING THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE REPORT ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM "IN A TRANSPA [...]
2001-04-03 12:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1210ZANU-PF INSIOER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER
[...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENQEQWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATINQ UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REQIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEINQ BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...]
2001-04-03 13:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1217DRC POLITICAL COMMITTEE TAKING PLACE IN HARARE
[...] (C) THE DRC JOINT POLITICAL COMMITTEE MEETING IS TAKING PLACE IN HARARE TODAY, APRIL 4, ACCORDING TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AMONG THE ATTENDEES ARE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE AND ZIMBABWE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE DRC DAVID H [...]
2001-04-04 10:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1221ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 4
[...] ACCORDING TO THE LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS REGARDING THE MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED DISTRICTS OF GURUVE AND MUZARABANI ALONG THE ZAMBEZI RIVER IN THE NORTH OF THE ZIMBABWE, AN ESTIMATED 21,400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED TO VARYING DEGREES BY RECENT FLOODING. HEAVY RAINS, FLASH FLOODING AND WATER- LO [...]
2001-04-04 15:21:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI
01HARARE1222ZIMBABWE'S CIVIL SERVANTS CONCERNED THAT
[...] (C) ON MARCH 30, LABOFF MET WITH CHARLES CHIVIRU, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ZIMBABWE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION (PSA),TO DISCUSS THE LABOR RELATIONS AMENDMENT (LRA) BILL THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY PARLIAMENT. CHIVIRU IS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WILL ATT [...]
2001-04-04 15:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1247ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT BECOMES RULING PARTY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING ZANU-PF IS TAKING A DIFFERENT TACK IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO CLAMP DOWN ON THE OPPOSITION BY FORCING THROUGH PARLIAMENT LEGISLATION THAT AIMS TO RESTRICT OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES. IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON APRIL 3-4, ZANU-PF PARLIAMENTARIANS SUSPENDED THE LEGISLATURE'S OWN [...]
2001-04-05 17:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM PINR ZI
01HARARE125 ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH
[...] (C) IN RECENT WEEKS, THE INDEPENDENT PRESS HAS CRITICIZED THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) FOR FUMBLING ALONG WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF URGENCY OR DIRECTION. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHQ NCUBQTRONGLY REJECTED THE CRITICISM, SAYING SOME WERE UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE DE [...]
2001-01-09 13:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL ZI
01HARARE1257ROAD MAP FOR IMPROVING ZIMBABWE-U.S. RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF A NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICA PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR RELATIONSHIP ITH ZIMBABWE. THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS DETERIORATED BADLY AS THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASINGLY ELIED ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION TO PRESERVE IS HO [...]
2001-04-06 09:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1259ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER THREATENS STATE OF
[...] (U) FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, IN AN ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT ON APRIL 4, THREATENED THAT THE GOZ COULD DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED ON ZIMBABWE, ACCORDING TO BOTH OF HARARE'S DAILY NEWSPAPERS ON APRIL 6. MUDENGE REPORTEDLY STATED THAT "IN MOST [...]
2001-04-06 09:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1275ZANU-PF INSIDER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER
[...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENGEGWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATING UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REGIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEING BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...]
2001-04-09 12:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1276ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS QUIETLY WORKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CFU AND THE GOZ ARE QUIETLY MEETING TO TRY AND REACH AN AGREEMENT TO END THE STAND-OFF OVER LAND. THE CFU IS PITCHING A PROPOSAL TO THE GOZ WHEREBY IT WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF FARMS TOTALING FIVE MILLION HECTARES THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RESETTLEMENT, A PORTION OF THEM [...]
2001-04-09 12:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1293ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS MEET WITH GOZ
[...] (C) ON APRIL 10 EDGAR GUNDRY, CHAIRMAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) REGION OF MASHONALAND WEST-SOUTH, TOLD ECONOFF THAT A GROUP OF CFU OFFICIALS MET ON APRIL 9 WITH ZIMBABWE'S FIVE SECURITY SERVICES. THESE SERVICES, ACCORDING TO GUNDRY, ARE THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, THE CENTRAL INTELLI [...]
2001-04-11 12:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1306ZIMBABWEAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) ON APRIL 11, A ZIMBABWEAN EMPLOYEE OF THE EMBASSY MET ALONE WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI, A LONGTIME CLOSE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, AT MAHACHI'S REQUEST. IN THE MEETING IN THE MINISTER'S OFFICE, MAHACHI SOLICITED THE INFORMAL LEGAL ADVICE OF OUR EMPLOYEE --A LAWYER BY TRAINING -- R [...]
2001-04-12 11:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE1354MUGABE ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID AND LASHES OUT
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE, IN A ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) TELEVISION INTERVIEW THE NIGHT OF APRIL 17, AND THEN AGAIN IN HIS SPEECH AT THE OFFICIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN HARARE ON APRIL 18, REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED BRITAIN AND WHITE ZIMBABWEANS FOR BEING THE PRINCIPLE CAUSES OF [...]
2001-04-19 14:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI UK
01HARARE1419MUGABE 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 08:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR ZI BC
01HARARE1453MDC WINS TWO PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES
[...] (C) IN A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),HIGH COURT JUDGE JAMES DEVITTIE ON APRIL 26 NULLIFIED ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORIES IN TWO CONSTITUENCIES LAST JUNE -- BUHERA NORTH IN MANICALAND AND HURUNGWE EAST IN MASHONALAND WEST -- AND DECLARE [...]
2001-04-27 11:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1470ZIMBABWE CABINET MINISTER KILLED IN CAR
[...] (U) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION MINISTER BORDER GEZI WAS KILLED IN AN APRIL 28 CAR ACCIDENT ON THE HARARE-MASVINGO ROAD. GEZI'S DRIVER WAS ALSO KILLED, AND HIS AIDE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. A TIRE BLOWOUT APPARENTLY CAUSED GEZI'S OFFICIAL MERCEDES TO SWERVE OFF THE HIGHW [...]
2001-04-30 13:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1492AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABEWE'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND
[...] (C) THE QUIET ATTEMPT BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON LAND REFORM (REFTEL) HAS REACHED AN IMPASSE. THE GOZ IS INSISTING AS A PRECONDITION FOR FURTHER TALKS THAT THE CFU WITHDRAW ITS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF "FAST- [...]
2001-05-02 14:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1495MDC CAMPAIGNING ACTIVELY BUT QUIETLY FOR PRESIDENCY, BUT
[...] (C) THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HAS STRENGTHENED ITS INTERNAL STRUCTURES AND PUT IN PLACE A RIGOROUS POLICY-VETTING PROCESS. THE LACK OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO POSE A PROBLEM, EXACERBATED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL TO GIVE THE MDC FUNDS TO WHICH IT [...]
2001-05-02 15:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1515ZIMBABWE LABOR DAY CELEBRATION DISRUPTED BY WAR
[...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) MAY DAY CELEBRATION HELD AT RUFARO STADIUM IN HARARE ON MAY 1, WITH A CROWD ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 6,000 WORKERS, WAS DISRUPTED BY THE ARRIVAL OF WAR VETERANS AND RULING PARTY SUPPORTERS SHORTLY AFTER THE ZCTU SECRETARY- GENERAL, WELLINGTON CHIBHEBH [...]
2001-05-04 10:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE1536CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI REFERRED
[...] (U) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI APPEARED BEFORE HIGH COURT JUDGE MOSES CHINHENGO ON SIPDIS MAY 7 TO FACE CHARGES -- UNDER THE COLONIAL-ERA LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT -- OF TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE AND OF INCITING PUBLIC VIOLENCE. AS REPORTED REFTEL, TH [...]
2001-05-07 16:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1572RWANDAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HARARE
[...] (C) THE ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, GODFREY MWEDZI, SPOKE TO POLOFF ON MAY 10 ABOUT RWANDAN PRESIDENT KAGAME'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO HARARE ON MAY 7. MWEDZI STATED THAT KAGAME'S LUNCH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS "EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEM" AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MINISTE [...]
2001-05-10 16:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI RW CG
01HARARE1583ZIMBABWE MINISTER ANNOUNCES START OF NEW "ULTRA
[...] (SBU) IN AN INTERVIEW IN THE MAY 4-10 ISSUE OF THE PRO-RULING PARTY NEWSPAPER "THE ZIMBABWE MIRROR", THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING, IGNATIUS CHOMBO, ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAD RECENTLY INITIATED A NEW PHASE OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND [...]
2001-05-11 11:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR PHUM PINR PINS ZI
01HARARE1584MASVINGO TENSE AS CITY BRACES FOR MAYORAL
[...] (C) THE VIOLENCE REPORTED REFTEL HAS CONTINUED UNABATED IN MASVINGO TOWN IN THE RUNUP TO THE MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13, WITH CONTINUING SKIRMISHES BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF THE RULING ZANU-PF AND THOSE OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC). ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NE [...]
2001-05-11 11:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1585ZIMBABWE'S INTERNAL POLITICAL SITUATION (C-NA1-
[...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REF A TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (C) IT IS OUR ASSESSMENT THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE IS NO LONGER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A DEAL WITH THE OPPOSITION MDC THAT WOULD INCLUDE HIS EARLY RETIREMENT. (REF D SUGGESTED THAT LATE LAST YEAR MUGABE PUT OUT FEELERS TO [...]
2001-05-11 11:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1620OPPOSITION WINS MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION
[...] (U) THE CANDIDATE FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) OVERCAME A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN EFFORT BY THE RULING ZANU-PF, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION (REFTELS),TO WIN THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13. THE MDC'S ALOIS CHAIMITI, A RETIRED ENGIN [...]
2001-05-15 15:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1632FOREIGN MINISTER INFORMS WESTERN
[...] (C) CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER JAMES WALL TOLD CHARGE ON MAY 16 THAT FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE HAD SUMMONED HIM, THE GERMAN AND DANISH AMBASSADORS EARLIER THAT DAY TO COMMUNICATE CABINET'S DECISION TO PUT AN END TO PELL-MELL INVASIONS OF URBAN FIRMS BY OSTENSIBLE WAR VETERANS SEEKIN [...]
2001-05-17 08:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ETRD ZI CA DA
01HARARE1672RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE UNDERMINE RULING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERMINE A ZANU-PF THAT HAD BEEN INFUSED WITH NEW CONFIDENCE SINCE ITS DECEMBER 2000 CONGRESS. THE SUDDEN DEATH OF PARTY COMMISSAR BORDER GEZI, THE RESIGNATION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO, THE LOSS OF THE [...]
2001-05-22 12:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE1715ZIMBABWE TOBACCO SALES UPDATE, FOURTH SALES WEEK
[...] AFTER 18 TRADING DAYS, ZIMBABWE'S THREE TOBACCO AUCTION FLOORS HAVE COLLECTIVELY SOLD A TOTAL OF 3,665,457 KILOGRAMS (KG) OF THE CROP (837,031 KG IS BURLEY TOBACCO),AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF US $1.69 PER KG. 2. THIS VOLUME COMPARES WITH 6,848,511 KG FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST SEASON, REPRESENTI [...]
2001-05-26 13:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN ETRD ZI
01HARARE1727DEFENSE MINISTER MAHACHI DIES SUDDENLY
[...] (C) ADRESSEES WILL HAVE SEEN PRESS REPORTING OF THE DEATH MAY 26 OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI. MAHACHI WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A HEAVILY LOADED LAND ROVER DISCOVERY THAT WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY A CAR WHOSE DRIVER WAS REPORTEDLY DRUNK. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE MINISTER'S VEHICLE TO ROLL AND [...]
2001-05-29 15:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1730ZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDS ON DRC MATTERS
[...] (C) IN A MAY 22 MEETING WITH VISITING INR POLITICAL- MILITARY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST STEVE WEIGERT, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDED ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE DRC, AND TOUCHED ON LAND REFORM ISSUES, WAR VETERANS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MDC. [...]
2001-05-30 09:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI CG RW UG AO
01HARARE1751ZIMBABWE COUP PLOT REPORT TOUCHES A RAW NERVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE HAS VIGOROUSLY DISPUTED A MAY 29 ARTICLE IN THE BRITISH "GUARDIAN" NEWSPAPER THAT STATES THAT ZIMBABWEAN MILITARY OFFICERS ARE PLANNING A COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CORROBORATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE REPORT. THE GOZ'S INITIAL [...]
2001-05-31 14:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV MARR SOCI PHUM PREL ZI
01HARARE1784ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS LEADER HUNZVI IS DEAD
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT AND RELIABLE SOURCES, ZIMBABWE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS' ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CHENJERAI "HITLER" HUNZVI DIED IN HOSPITAL ON THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 3. AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON OFFICIAL BROADCAST MEDIA EARLY ON THE AFTERNOO [...]
2001-06-04 13:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS ZI
01HARARE1798MDC LEADER DISCUSSES ZANU-PF STRATEGY, SOUTH AFRICA, THE
[...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD CHARGE ON JUNE 4 THAT THE DEATHS THE PAST MONTH SIPDIS OF THREE ZANU-PF STALWARTS, THE LOSS OF THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION, AND THE BACKLASH FROM THE WAR VETERANS' "LABOR DISPUTE" CAMPAIGN MIGHT LEAD THE RULING PART [...]
2001-06-05 12:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE181VIOLENCE 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 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE1815ANDREW YOUNG VISITS ZIMBABWE, DEFENDS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S
[...] (U) FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS ANDREW YOUNG PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE JUNE 4-6, 2001, MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ON JUNE 5. AFTER MEETING PRESIDENT MUGABE, FORMER AMBASSADOR YOUNG GRANTED A LENGTHY INTERVIEW TO THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED ZIMBAB [...]
2001-06-06 14:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PGOV EAGR ZI
01HARARE1836MORE 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 09:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI
01HARARE1914READOUT ON SADC MINISTERIAL MEETING IN HARARE
[...] (C) SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) MINISTERS MET IN HARARE ON JUNE 11 TO APPROVE A PROTOCOL THAT WILL RESTRUCTURE SADC'S ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01914 171453Z AND SECURITY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF "DISCREPANCIES" IN [...]
2001-06-17 14:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ZI AO
01HARARE1955 LETTER FROM ZIMBABWEAN FM MUDENGE TO SECRETARY
[...] (U) ON JUNE 19, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' UNDER SECRETARY FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE SIPDIS CONVOKED POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF TO DELIVER A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO SECRETARY POWELL. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL HAS BEEN POUCHED TO AF/S. THE TEXT OF THE LE [...]
2001-06-19 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC ZI
01HARARE197DISTURBANCE IN ZIMBABWE TOWN INVITES POLICE
[...] (U) THE JANUARY 11 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT DISTURBANCES ERUPTED IN KADOMA TOWN--ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARARE--ON JANUARY 10. THE NEWSPAPER SAID THE "RIOT" BEGAN AS A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE TOWN COUNCIL'S FAILURE TO CONSULT LOCAL R [...]
2001-01-11 14:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE1999EU FRUSTRATED AT LACK OF PROGRESS IN DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) THE SWEDES, AS EU PRESIDENT, HAVE LED THE EU TROIKA'S DISCUSSIONS IN HARARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF THE COTONOU AGREEMENT, WHICH BEGAN EARLY THIS YEAR. THE TROIKA'S EFFORTS TO ENGAGE THE GOZ IN SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ITS RANGE OF CONCERNS, HOWEVER, HAVE G [...]
2001-06-26 15:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
01HARARE2012AJELLO IN HARARE TO DELIVER EU ULTIMATUM ON RULE OF LAW
[...] (U) AMBASSADOR HOOKS ATTENDED A DINNER ON JUNE 26 HOSTED BY HIS SWEDISH COUNTERPART, LENNARTH HJELMAKER, IN HONOR OF VISITING EU GREAT LAKES ENVOY ALDO AJELLO. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO AND THE CHIEFS OF MISSION FROM AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, NORWAY, AND CAN [...]
2001-06-27 14:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE2042THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TIGHTENS THE POLITICAL NOOSE
[...] (U) ON JUNE 25, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WILL SOON PROHIBIT NGOS, CHURCHES, AND AID AGENCIES FROM CONDUCTING VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. ACCORDING TO MOYO, THE GOZ IS DEVISING A POLICY THAT WILL PERMIT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED ELECTORAL [...]
2001-06-29 10:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE2091 DRC/RWANDA: NEED TO REDUCE TENSIONS
[...] (C) THE CHARGE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A JULY 3 MEETING ON ANOTHER TOPIC WITH MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE TO DELIVER REFTEL TALKING POINTS. CHARGE EXPRESSED STRONG USG CONCERN OVER APPARENT SUPPORT BY THE GDRC FOR EX- FAR/INTERAHAMWE ATTACKS ON RWANDA. THE CHARGE [...]
2001-07-06 08:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
01HARARE2117EXPECTED FOOD SHORTAGE ACKNOWLEDGED BY A
[...] (SBU) ON JULY 6 THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, TOLD THE PRESS FOLLOWING AN ADDRESS HE DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONSULTATIVE FORUM THAT HIS MINISTRY'S GOOD BUDGET RESULTS TO DATE FOR 2001 SHOWING A SMALL SURPLUS WERE THREATENED BY THE NEED TO SET ASI [...]
2001-07-10 09:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID EFIN ECON ZI
01HARARE2171ZIMBABWE 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 09:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ZI
01HARARE2173ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERS DECISION IN
[...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERRED INDEFINITELY A DECISION IN OPPOSITION MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S CHALLENGE OF SECTIONS OF THE LAW AND ORDER SIPDIS MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA) AFTER HEARING ARGUMENTS FROM TSVANGIRAI'S AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTORNEYS ON JULY 12. SIPDIS THE GOVERN [...]
2001-07-13 10:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE2311ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY HANDILY WINS KEY BY-
[...] (C) RULING PARTY CANDIDATE AND MASHONALAND CENTRAL GOVERNOR ELLIOT MANYIKA SOUNDLY DEFEATED OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ELLIOT PFEBVE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION HELD JULY 28-29 IN BINDURA DISTRICT. THE RULING ZANU-PF WIDENED ITS MARGIN OF VICTORY CONSIDERABLY OVER LAST JUNE'S PARLIAMENTARY EL [...]
2001-08-01 13:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE2322OPPOSITION LEADER TSVANGIRAI ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) IN A JULY 31 LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE HOOKS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE USG'S APPROACH TOWARD ZIMBABWE AND WITH HIS RECEPTION BY U.S. OFFICIALS DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON. HE EXPECTS ZANU- PF TO INTENSIFY THE VIOLENCE IN TH [...]
2001-08-02 13:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS ZI
01HARARE2327AMERICAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY USE NEW
[...] THE SOUTHERN AFRICA CORRESPONDENTS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST SUCCESSFULLY USED THE NEW UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02327 031030Z MEDIA ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES PUT INTO PLACE BY ZIMBABWEAN INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO IN JUNE 2001. [...]
2001-08-03 10:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
01HARARE2345PRESIDENT MUGABE APPOINTS THREE ADDITIONAL SUPREME
[...] PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS APPOINTED THREE ADDITIONAL SUPREME COURT JUDGES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUSTICES ON THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST COURT TO EIGHT. MINISTER OF JUSTICE PATRICK CHINAMASA ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE IN PREPARATION FOR AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN WORKLOAD. THE [...]
2001-08-08 12:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE2364ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET
[...] (U) INDEPENDENT PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS RESHUFFLED HIS CABINET TO FILL THREE POSITIONS LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATHS OF TWO MINISTERS AND THE RESIGNATION OF ANOTHER. THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON STATE RADIO TODAY (AUGUST 9) AFTER THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT STAT [...]
2001-08-09 13:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2365A ZAMBIAN TAKE ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM PAID A COURTESY CALL ON ZAMBIAN COUNTERPART BEN SHAWA ON AUGUST 9. THE EXCHANGE WAS SURPRISINGLY FRANK AND PRODUCTIVE, WITH SHAWA CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02365 01 OF 02 091356Z PROVIDING HIS TAKE ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, SADC ELECTORAL [...]
2001-08-09 13:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE2379ZIMBABWE: GRIGSBY STAFFDEL MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) ON AUGUST 6, SENATE STAFFDEL, LED BY GARRETT GRIGSBY, MET WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02379 01 OF 02 101014Z SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IN HIS SIPDIS PARLIAMENT OFFICES. MNANGAGWA WAS JOINED [...]
2001-08-10 10:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE2387ZIMBABWE: GRIGSBY STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MDC
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 6, SENATE STAFFDEL, LED BY GARRETT GRIGSBY, MET WITH THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02387 01 OF 02 101141Z (MDC) LEADERSHIP IN THEIR NEW DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WAS ACCOMPANIED BY [...]
2001-08-10 11:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE2397MUGABE HEWS TO HARD LINE IN HEROES' DAY
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NATIONAL HEROES' DAY ADDRESS TO A LARGE BUT LISTLESS CROWD AT HEROES' ACRE WAS DEFIANT IN TONE AND UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE. MUGABE LAMBASTED THE BRITISH FOR THEIR HISTORICAL SINS AND TOOK AIM AT THE U.S. OVER THE SENATE PASSAGE OF ZDERA. HE TALLIED UP FIGURES FOR LAND [...]
2001-08-14 11:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UK US ZI
01HARARE2398 SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. AS A CONTINUATION OF INITIAL COURTESY CALLS, DCM MET WITH SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTERPART THOMAS RAMBAU CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02398 01 OF 02 141109Z ON AUGUST 8. RAMBAU ECHOED THE PESSIMISM THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN HIS COMMENTS [...]
2001-08-14 11:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE240STILL NO OFFICIAL REACTION TO THE SUPREME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AS OF JANUARY 11, THERE IS STILL NO OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) STATEMENT OR REACTION TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING OF DECEMBER 21 IN FAVOR OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) IN THEIR LAWSUIT ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM (REF A) [...]
2001-01-12 11:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR PREL ZI
01HARARE2411ZIMBABWE: EDITOR OF INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS"
[...] No summary [...]
2001-08-15 12:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2429ARREST OF DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL TEAM
[...] THREE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02429 161400Z AND ONE REPORTER FROM THE PAPER WERE ARRESTED IN HARARE ON AUGUST 15. THE FOUR WERE RELEASED ON BAIL ON THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY. THE FOUR ARE EDI [...]
2001-08-16 13:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ZI PHUM
01HARARE2439CHANGE IN CHARGES AGAINST DAILY NEWS JOURNALISTS
[...] THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FOUR JOURNALISTS FROM THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" WERE CHANGED LATE ON AUGUST 16. THE FOUR JOURNALISTS (EDITOR GEOFF NYAROTA, DEPUTY EDITOR BILL SAIDI, NEWS EDITOR JOHN GAMBANGA AND REPORTER SAM MUNYAVI) ARE NOW CHARGED WITH "DISTRIBUTION OR CIRCULATIO [...]
2001-08-17 09:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ZI PHUM
01HARARE2457 ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL GENERATES SIGNIFICANT
[...] THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY BILL 2001 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02457 01 OF 02 201507Z CONTINUES TO DOMINATE HEADLINES IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. LAST WEEK PRESIDENT MUGABE LASHED OUT AT THE U. S. AND OTHER WESTERN NATIONS HE SA [...]
2001-08-20 15:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ZI
01HARARE2470ZIMBABWE REGIME'S ATTITUDE TOWARD ELECTION
[...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REFTEL TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (C) HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED TO US OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE GOZ'S INTENTION TO PERMIT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OBSERVERS OF THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS INCLUDES U [...]
2001-08-21 15:56:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2490HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS CONTINUES - THREE NEW
[...] ON AUGUST 21 AND 22 ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) PICKED UP, QUESTIONED AND LAID CHARGES AGAINST THREE JOURNALISTS IN HARARE. 2. ON AUGUST 21, TWO JOURNALISTS FROM THE WEEKLY "THE MIRROR" WERE QUESTIONED BY POLICE ABOUT A REPORT IN THE AUGUST 17 EDITION OF THEIR NEWSPAP [...]
2001-08-23 09:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE2493MEDIA REPORT RACISM CONFERENCE; HARARE
[...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 23 EDITORIAL TO THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE ON RACISM TO BE HELD IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, ON AUGUST 31. UNDER HEADLINE "POLITICAL POSTURING THREATENS RACISM TALKS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "SO WHAT IF THE [...]
2001-08-23 09:54:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE2497RULING PARTY CRITICIZES ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND
[...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" REPORTS ON AUGUST 23 THAT THE RULING ZANU PF PARTY WILL PRESENT A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT ON AUGUST 28 TO "CONDEMN AND OPPOSE" THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. 2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "GUMBO TO MOVE MOTION ON ZIMBABWE [...]
2001-08-23 14:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE2498 56TH UNGA: ZIMBABWE'S THINKING ON PRIORITIES IN EARLY
[...] (U) DCM, ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, DELIVERED -- AND PROVIDED A NON-PAPER CONTAINING -- REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON AUGUST 23 TO CLEOPHAS TSOKODAYI, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. TSOKODAYI WAS SIPDIS ACCOMPANIED BY DESK OFFICER MARSHALL [...]
2001-08-23 14:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ZI
01HARARE2499GLEANINGS 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 05:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
01HARARE2505JUSTICE MINISTER ANNOUNCES MOVE TO LIMIT CIVIC
[...] STATE-CONTROLLED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION TELEVISION AND RADIO, AND THE STATE-CONTROLLED DAILY "HERALD," REPORTED ON AUGUST 22 AND 23 THAT MINISTER OF JUSTICE PATRICK CHINAMASA WILL PROPOSE LIMITS ON CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN ZIMBABWE. 2. UNDER THE HEADLINE [...]
2001-08-24 09:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ZI
01HARARE2514WFP'S ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE
[...] POST WAS CONCERNED BY THE STATEMENT IN REFTEL THAT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) "HAS NO PLANS TO START UP ANY OPERATIONS IN ZIMBABWE." HOWEVER, WE SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED FROM UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO ON AUGUST 23 THAT WFP PLANS TO ASSIGN TEMPORARILY TWO PROGRAM OFFICERS TO ZIM [...]
2001-08-24 11:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON PHUM PREF
01HARARE2547ASSETS OF PRESIDENT MUGABE AND SENIOR GOZ AND
[...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REF B TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (S) THE FULL EXTENT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ASSETS ARE UNKNOWN, BUT ARE RUMORED TO EXCEED US$1 BILLION IN VALUE, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE LIKELY INVESTED OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE. INSIDE ZIMBABWE, THE BULK OF MUGABE'S ASSETS [...]
2001-08-29 12:49:00Embassy HarareSECRETPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2548ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REMAKING JUDICIARY IN ITS OWN IMAGE
[...] (C) ZANU-PF IS PROCEEDING IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO FORCE INDEPENDENT-MINDED JUDGES OFF THE BENCH AND REPLACE THEM WITH SYMPATHETIC OR PLIANT JURISTS, ACCORDING TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE HIGH COURT BENCH. THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) IS REPORTEDLY WATCHING CERTAIN JUDGES VERY CLOSELY [...]
2001-08-29 12:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE2554ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS BEING BACKED TO THE WALL
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 28 THREE COMMERCIAL FARMERS REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PAID A CALL ON THE DCM AND ECONOFF TO DESCRIBE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THEIR COLLECTIVE PLIGHT AND TO ADVISE US THAT IN THEIR VIEW TIME WAS RUNNING OUT TO HALT MUGABE'S ACTIONS THAT ARE DESTROYING ZIMBABWE'S [...]
2001-08-29 14:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV
01HARARE2594EDDISON ZVOBGO ON SANCTIONS, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON AUGUST 30, DCM AND POLOFF MET WITH EDDISON ZVOBGO, ZANU-PF KINGPIN FROM MASVINGO AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT ANTI-MUGABE MEMBERS OF ZANU-PF. ZVOBGO QUIZZED US ABOUT POSSIBLE U.S. SANCTIONS THAT MIGHT BE LEVIED AGAINST MUGABE/ZIMBABWE/ZANU-PF IN THE WAKE OF FAILED 2002 PRESI [...]
2001-09-04 12:51:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN PINR ZI
01HARARE2614ZIMBABWE'S ARMED FORCES RECRUITMENT AGES
[...] PER REFTEL REQUEST, POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE RECRUITMENT PRACTICES AND AGE RESTRICTIONS OF ZIMBABWE'S MILITARY FORCES. -- THE MANDATORY MINIMUM, VOLUNTARY RECRUITMENT AGE FOR MILITARY SERVICE IS 18. (ALL RECRUITMENT INTO THE MILITARY IS VOLUNTARY AND THERE IS NO DRAFT [...]
2001-09-05 13:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM ZI
01HARARE2642SCENESETTER FOR BULAWAYO MAYORAL VOTE AND TWO BY-
[...] (C) THE VOTERS OF BULAWAYO WILL CHOOSE A NEW MAYOR AND THE VOTERS OF MAKONI WEST A NEW MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SEPTEMBER 8-9, WHILE CHIKOMBA WILL CHOOSE A SUCCESSOR TO THE LATE WAR VETERAN LEADER CHENJERAI "HITLER" HUNZVI IN A BY-ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 22-23. THE PRE-ELECTION PERIOD HA [...]
2001-09-07 10:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE2666BULAWAYO MAYORAL VOTE AND MAKONI WEST BY-ELECTION MARRED
[...] (C) THE SEPTEMBER 8-9 BULAWAYO MAYORAL ELECTION AND PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION IN MAKONI WEST WERE MARRED BY MISSION- OBSERVED IRREGULARITIES, WHICH WOULD LEAD US TO CHARACTERIZE THEM RESPECTIVELY AS "FLAWED" AND "NOT FREE AND FAIR." IN BULAWAYO, LARGE NUMBERS OF VOTERS WERE TURNED AWAY FOR A [...]
2001-09-10 15:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE2678MDC WINS BULAWAYO IN LANDSLIDE BUT LOSES MAKONI WEST
[...] (U) AS EXPECTED, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SWEPT THE SEPTEMBER 8-9 ELECTIONS IN BULAWAYO, WINNING THE MAYORAL RACE AND ALL SEVEN CITY COUNCIL SEATS UNDER CONTENTION BY A LANDSLIDE. THE MDC'S MAYORAL CANDIDATE, JAPHET NDABENI-NCUBE, WON 83 PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST (R [...]
2001-09-12 09:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE2690IFES TEAM ASKED TO LEAVE ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) A WEEK AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN ZIMBABWE, A TWO-MEMBER ADVANCE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) WAS ASKED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. IFES AFRICA PROGRAM DIRECTOR TOM BAYER AND SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER LAURIE COOPER ARRIVED IN ZIMBABWE [...]
2001-09-13 11:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE2692IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF
[...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, GERALD JOHNSON, AND THE NEW IMF COUNTRY TEAM LEADER, DAVID COE (REPLACING PAULO NEUHAUSS),PROVIDED THE DCM AND ECONOFF WITH AN OUTBRIEF ON THE TEAM'S TWO WEEK ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. COE PROVIDED NO SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, AND LAID OUT AN ASSESSMEN [...]
2001-09-13 13:19:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ZI
01HARARE2710DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CONCERNING IFES
[...] (SBU) AFTER THE DE FACTO EXPULSION OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (REFTEL),POST SENT THE FOLLOWING DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXPRESSING OUR CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESENTS ITS CO [...]
2001-09-14 10:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC ZI
01HARARE2716TFUSO1: MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE
[...] SEPTEMBER 14 EDITORIALS IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PRINT MEDIA FOCUS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. THE NEWSPAPERS ALSO CARRY LENGTHY OPINION PIECES ABOUT THE DISASTER. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "TERROR, VIOLENCE WON'T END WORLD'S CONFLICTS," THE INDEPENDENT DAI [...]
2001-09-17 05:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2731SADC 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 05:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
01HARARE2743DISCUSSION OF IFES EXPULSION WITH MFA
[...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING WITH MFA DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE, CHARGE ROTH RAISED U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPULSION OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES -- REF B),AND PROVIDED A COPY OF THE EMBASSY'S SEPTEMBER 13 D [...]
2001-09-18 13:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ZI
01HARARE2760ZIMBABWE NIXES INITIAL VISIT BY EU ELECTION OBSERVERS
[...] (C) EU ACTING CHIEF OF MISSION ALEX KREMER, ACCOMPANIED BY BRUSSELS-BASED EU STAFFER TIM SHEEHY, DESCRIBED TO POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON SEPTEMBER 17 THE HEADACHES EXPERIENCED BY THE EU IN TRYING TO GET A NINE-PERSON TECHNICAL TEAM ON THE GROUND TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SUSTAINED ELECTION OB [...]
2001-09-19 12:56:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ZI
01HARARE2787 FM MUDENGE LECTURES THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: IN AN EXCRUCIATING TWO- HOUR LECTURE TO THE FULL DIPLOMATIC CORPS SEPTEMBER 20 ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE EXTOLLED THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE ABUJA AGREEMENT BECAUSE "EVERYONE AGREED ON THE CENTRALITY OF THE LAND ISSUE", PRAISED THE SADC HEADS OF STATE MEETING (S [...]
2001-09-21 10:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2793MEDIA REPORT BELLAMY ON DEMOCRACY BILL AFTER
[...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" AND THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" COVERED THE SEPTEMBER 20 AMERICAN EMBASSY TELEVISION INTERACTIVE CENTERING ON AFRICAN DIPLOMACY AFTER THE TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S. WITH MR. WILLIAM M. BELLAMY, ACTING ASSISTANT SECR [...]
2001-09-24 06:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2813MEDIA REPORT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON U. S.
[...] THERE HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED OUTPOURING OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, PUBLISHED IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, CENTERING ON THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. SAMPLES OF THE LETTERS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "INJUSTICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWE [...]
2001-09-25 05:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE292ZANU RECLAIMS PARLIAMENTARY SEAT FROM OPPOSITION
[...] (C) THE RULING ZANU-PF WON A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY BY- ELECTION IN THE RURAL BIKITA CONSTITUENCY JANUARY 13-14, RECLAIMING THE SEAT FROM THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC). TURNOUT WAS HIGHER THAN FOR THE JUNE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AND A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE HELPED ENSURE [...]
2001-01-16 15:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ZI
01HARARE2939MFA 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 13:24:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE2970MDC MP PREDICTS JANUARY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) IN A BRIEF SEPTEMBER 27 CONVERSATION WITH POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DAVID COLTART SHARED HIS VIEWS ON SEVERAL SIMMERING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. REGARDING THE STILL UNSCHEDULED 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE MDC MP SAID IT WOULD BE [...]
2001-10-05 08:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
01HARARE3004TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...]
2001-10-09 14:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3047MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS OCTOBER 11 EDITORIAL TO THE U.S.-LED MILITARY STRIKES ON TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR AND PEACE," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "UNITED STATES AND BRITISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST TARGETS IN [...]
2001-10-12 10:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3062TSVANGIRAI EMERGES UNSCATHED FROM ATTACK ON HIS VEHICLE;
[...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ESCAPED INJURY ON OCTOBER 12 AFTER HIS CONVOY WAS SIPDIS ATTACKED BY STONE-THROWING ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS. TWO WINDOWS IN HIS VEHICLE WERE SHATTERED AND THE VEHICLE'S BODY WAS DAMAGED. POLICE WERE UNHELPFUL AND FAILED TO AR [...]
2001-10-15 15:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3063MEDIA 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 05:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3131PRESIDENT MUGABE AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM, LAND,
[...] (C) IN AN HOUR-LONG MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN ON OCTOBER 18, PRESIDENT MUGABE THANKED THE U.S. FOR ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING ZIMBABWEAN INDEPENDENCE AND FOR ITS SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SINCE 1980. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON AND [...]
2001-10-19 11:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3158MEDIA REPORT STRIKE AGAINST TERROR OPINION PIECES;
[...] THE OCTOBER 21 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED TWO OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S.-LED STRIKE AGAINST TERROR IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. UNDER HEADLINE "WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND," THE [...]
2001-10-23 07:50:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3221ZIMBABWE: NOT TOO LATE FOR FREE AND FAIR
[...] (U) IN AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING, AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN MET WITH MASVINGO SOUTH MP AND LONG-STANDING ZANU-PF POLITICIAN EDDISON ZVOBGO ON OCTOBER 19. AMBASSADOR WAS JOINED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF. AMBASSADOR AND ZVOBGO QUICKLY FOUND COMMON GROUND: BOTH HAD ATTENDED TUFTS UNIVERSITY IN THE U [...]
2001-10-26 10:18:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3240ABUJA II: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE OCTOBER 25 TO 27 VISIT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVEN COMMONWEALTH (CW) COUNTRIES AND THE CW SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWED PROGRESS ON COMMITMENTS AGREED TO BY THE GOZ ON LAND REFORM, RULE OF LAW, AND ATTENDANT ISSUES AS OUTLINED IN THE ABUJA AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 6 (REFTEL). OU [...]
2001-10-29 15:39:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAGR EAID PGOV ZI
01HARARE3250AF PDAS DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE CRISIS WITH MDC LEADER AND
[...] (C) AF PDAS MARK BELLAMY MET WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION, AND OTHER KEY PLAYERS DURING A TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE OCTOBER 24-26. MANY OF HIS INTERLOCUTORS INDICATED THAT GOVERNMEN [...]
2001-10-31 06:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3263EU'S NEXT STEPS ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) THE EU WILL FORMALLY NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WITHIN 15 DAYS OF ITS DECISION TO MOVE TO ARTICLE 96 DISCUSSIONS UNDER THE COTONOU AGREEMENT. THE GOZ WILL HAVE 15 DAYS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE, THEN UP TO 60 DAYS (I.E. LATE JANUARY) TO ADDRESS EU CONCERNS IN FIVE BROAD CATE [...]
2001-10-31 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3277ANTI-TERROR OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN
[...] AN OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR JOSEPH SULLIVAN RECEIVED PROMINENT PUBLICATION IN TWO INFLUENTIAL ZIMBABWEAN NEWSPAPERS ON NOVEMBER 1. THE PRIVATELY-OWNED "DAILY NEWS" CARRIED THE PIECE AS THE ONLY OPINION PIECE ON THEIR OP-ED PAGE. THE PRIVATELY OWNED WEEKLY "FINANCIAL GAZETTE" [...]
2001-11-02 05:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ZI
01HARARE3286ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DUE TO TABLE LEGISLATION
[...] (C) IN A LUNCH MEETING WITH POLOFF NOVEMBER 1, NEW DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER PAUL MANGWANA -- AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT -- REVEALED THAT HIS MINISTRY IS CURRENTLY DRAFTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN FOREIGN FUNDING CHANNELED THROUGH NGOS FOR "POLITICAL TASKS," SUCH AS VOTER EDUCATION. H [...]
2001-11-02 10:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3303 IMPROVING AND OBSERVING THE ELECTION PROCESS
[...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND THE RULING ZANU-PF UTILIZED VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION AND MANIPULATION IN LAST YEAR'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, BUT STILL LOST ALMOST HALF THE VOTE TO A STRONG MDC OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN. THAT ELECTION WAS MONITORED BY A STRONG GROUP OF ZIMBABWEAN MONITORS, LED BY T [...]
2001-11-05 13:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3335AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCSS DRC, ELECTION
[...] (C) INTHE AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER O PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6, MNNGAGWA SAID THAT THE GOZ WAS PRESSING DRC PRESIDNT KABILA TO DEMOCRATIZE INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICPATE IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, AND TO PLA FOR ELECTIONS. THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SH [...]
2001-11-07 14:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3341MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SEKERAMAYI
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-08 11:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3356ZIMBABWE MOVES TO PROHIBIT INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-09 11:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3365MEDIA REPORT 2002 PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT; HARARE
[...] ALTHOUGH NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL POLL DUE EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS STARTED RUNNING EDITORIAL COMMENTARIES FOCUSING ON THE LANDMARK PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT. FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS FOCUSING ON THE DEBATE OVER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS [...]
2001-11-13 12:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3367 AMBASSADOR AND VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA DISCUSS
[...] (C) IN AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA ON NOVEMBER 8, THE VICE PRESIDENT OFFERED HIS VIEW OF ZIMBABWE'S RECENT HISTORY AND A SPIRITED DEFENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S (GOZ) RECORD ON RULE OF LAW AND LAND REFORM. HE PLEDGED CONTINUED SUPPORT OF [...]
2001-11-13 14:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3398NEW ZIMBABWE SURVEY PORTENDS CLOSE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) IN ITS NOVEMBER 8-14 EDITION, THE INDEPENDENT "FINANCIAL GAZETTE" IN A SPECIAL INSERT PUBLISHED THE RESULTS OF A NATIONWIDE OPINION SURVEY IT COMMISSIONED TO DETERMINE SUPPORT FOR ZIMBABWE'S LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. THE RAW UNWEIGHTED DATA SHOW THAT 33.5 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS PL [...]
2001-11-14 14:24:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3400WAR 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 14:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3404POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL ELECTIONS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MUGABE GOVERNMENT HAS INTENSIFIED ITS VIOLENCE AND EFFORTS TO DOMINATE ELECTION PROCEDURES AND HAS NOT BEEN DETERRED BY THREATS OF SANCTIONS. HARSH METHODS, NOTWITHSTANDING, ZANU-PF IS STILL VERY HARD- PRESSED BY A RESILIENT MDC OPPOSITION, BOLSTERED BY ZIMBABWE'S CONTINUING E [...]
2001-11-15 06:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE3410ZIMBABWE: 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 12:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3439AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH INFLUENTIAL ZANU-PF
[...] (C) IN A NOVEMBER 12 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER SOLOMON MUJURU SAID HE WAS PROUD OF HIS ROLE IN ENSURING THAT THE SEPTEMBER BY- ELECTION IN CHIKOMBA (HIS HOME BASE) WAS THE MOST PEACEFUL BY- ELECTION SINCE JUNE 2000. HE TOLD US THAT [...]
2001-11-17 07:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3463UNEASY CALM RETURNS TO BULAWAYO AS CRACKDOWN ON MDC
[...] (C) IN A SEVERAL-HOUR RAMPAGE THROUGH BULAWAYO ON NOVEMBER 16, WAR VETERANS AND ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS BURNED TO THE GROUND THE OPPOSITION MDC'S OFFICE, RANSACKED THE OFFICE OF THE CITY'S MAYOR, BEAT THOSE SELLING AND READING INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS, AND SMASHED CAR WINDSHIELDS. THEY WERE ESCORTED [...]
2001-11-19 14:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3470AMERICAN FARMER IN ZIMBABWE PROVIDES GLOOMY
[...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 15, THE EMBASSY RECEIVED AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN FARMER MITZI CARRUTHERS, WHO, WITH HER ZIMBABWEAN HUSBAND BRUCE, WORKS A SIZABLE FARM 20 KM OUTSIDE OF BINDURA TOWN. THEY DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT LEASE IT FROM A ZIMBABWEAN WHO HAS SINCE RELOCATED TO AUSTRALIA. TH [...]
2001-11-20 08:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3527AMBASSADOR, ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF INFORMATION NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA DISCUSS ZDERA, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) IN A NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SENIOR ZANU- PF OFFICIAL NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA SAID THE GOZ WANTS TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE USG, AND HE URGED THAT THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA),CURRENTLY BEFORE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BE TAKEN "OFF THE AGENDA." [...]
2001-11-23 10:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR
01HARARE353BRITISH INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH
[...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL (PROTECT) SHARED THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00353 01 OF 02 181550Z CLASSIFIED "RESTRICTED," THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM LONDON DATED JANUARY 18 WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH OF PRE [...]
2001-01-18 15:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI CG UK
01HARARE3533HERALD WARNS OF U.S.-ZIMBABWE "DIPLOMATIC ROW"
[...] THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" PUBLISHED A PAGE-ONE STORY ON NOVEMBER 23 ASSERTING THAT A "DIPLOMATIC ROW" WAS IMMINENT BETWEEN THE US AND ZIMBABWE. THE SUBJECT OF THE "ROW" IS A "LETTER" THE US SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IN PROTEST OF "WIDESPREAD BEATING O [...]
2001-11-26 05:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3539PRESIDENT MUGABE WALKS OUT ON EU TEAM
[...] (C) A SENIOR EU TEAM HAD A VERY ROCKY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE ON NOVEMBER 23. THE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A NORMAL DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSION OF THE DRC INTERNAL DIALOGUE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF FOREIGN TROOPS IN DRC, BUT MUGABE BECAME INCREASINGLY IRRITATED AS THE CONVERSATION SHIFTED TO THE [...]
2001-11-26 12:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE354CHIEF JUSTICE GUBBAY PUBLICLY REPRIMANDS HIGH
[...] (U) ON JANUARY 17, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, ANTHONY GUBBAY, PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED THE JUDGE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGH COURT, GODFREY CHIDYAUSIKU, FOR ATTACKING GUBBAY HIMSELF, THE SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT FOR RULING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON [...]
2001-01-18 16:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ZI
01HARARE3550 BULAWAYO AFTER NOVEMBER 16 - A CHANGED CITY
[...] ( C ) SUMMARY: MBOFF VISITED ZIMBABWE'S SECOND CITY ON NOVEMBER21 TO GAUGE THE SITUATION IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEBER 16 VIOLENCE AND TO MEET WITH AMERICAN CITIZES TO DISCUSS THEIR SAFETY. ON THE SURFACE, THE ITY APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, BUT THERE S A NEW AND WIDESPREAD SENSE OF TE [...]
2001-11-27 07:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ZI
01HARARE3558EXPECT HUGE VOTER TURNOUT IN ZIMBABWE,
[...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 26, AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, MET MASIPULA SITHOLE, THE CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, COLUMNIST, AND DIRECTOR OF THE HARARE-BASED MASS PUBLIC OPINION INSTITUTE. SITHOLE REPORTED THAT HIS ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY COMPILING [...]
2001-11-27 15:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3597MDC WILL NOT BOYCOTT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 27 THAT RAMPANT MANIPULATION OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND INTENSIFYING VIOLENCE AGAINST OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS CONFIRM THAT THE RULING PARTY IS PREPARED TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY ANY MEANS. DESPITE THE UNLIKELY PROSPECT [...]
2001-11-30 09:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE3612UNDP TEAM FINDS LITTLE TO APPLAUD IN ABUJA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UNDP-LED MISSION TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH, AND SUGGEST WAYS FORWARD ON THE ABUJA ACCORD ON LAND REFORM HAS FOUND MOSTLY FRUSTRATIONS AND ONLY OCCASIONAL BRIGHT SPOTS DURING THEIR EXTENDED MISSION IN ZIMBABWE. PATTERNS VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THE DISRUPTION PROV [...]
2001-12-03 14:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR PGOV ZI
01HARARE3630 AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION WITH ELECTORAL
[...] (C) ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC) CHAIRMAN SOBUSA GULA-NDEBELE TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 29 THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND ZIMBABWEAN LAW ARE VAGUE ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ESC AND THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR ELECTIONS, AND ACKNOWLEDGED PREVIOUS DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN THE TWO E [...]
2001-12-04 14:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3643MUGABE'S CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE'S CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION AGAINST OPPONENTS OF ALL STRIPES CONTINUES AMID GROWING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE -- MOST NOTABLY FROM SOUTH AFRICA -- TO HALT THE SLIDE INTO CIVIL STRIFE. JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DOZENS OF MDC SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED [...]
2001-12-06 13:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINS ZI
01HARARE3672A/S KANSTEINER MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 9, A/S KANSTEINER MET WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF BULAWAYO SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THAT CITY, ONGOING GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ATTEMPTS TO SUBVERT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE DETERIORATING ECONOMY AND LOOMING FOOD SHORTAGES, PASSAGE [...]
2001-12-11 09:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINS ZI
01HARARE3687ZIMBABWE-US RELATIONS TAKE A BEATING IN
[...] PERHAPS A BIT SLOW OUT OF THE GATE, GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE MEDIA AND INFORMATION RESOURCES ARE NOW FULLY ENGAGED IN CRITICISM OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. SOME OF THAT CRITICISM IS BASED ON DELIBERATE DISTORTION OF THE BILL. GOVERNMENT-OWNED ELECTRONI [...]
2001-12-12 13:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3688MUGABE SAYS ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL
[...] (U) PRESIDENT MUGABE TOLD VISITING SADC MINISTERS AND A NIGERIAN NGO IN HARARE THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN MARCH 2002, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA. MUGABE DID NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC DATES, AS THESE WILL BE SET LATER BY THE REGISTRAR-GE [...]
2001-12-12 14:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3689ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION WINS A THIRD MAYORAL
[...] (U) IN DECEMBER 8-9 POLLING, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WON ITS THIRD MAYORAL ELECTION IN NINE MONTHS IN THE TOWN OF CHEGUTU, WHICH IS ABOUT 100 KM SOUTHWEST OF HARARE IN THE TRADITIONAL RULING PARTY STRONGHOLD OF MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. MDC CANDIDATE BLESSING DHLA [...]
2001-12-12 14:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3690 A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) IN MEETINGS DECEMBER 10-11 WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, AND FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI -- AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER EXPLAINED ZDERA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. SIPDIS HE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE IS STILL TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT O [...]
2001-12-12 15:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE3691SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE PLAYS IN HARARE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE LONG ANTICIPATED VISIT OF THE SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE DEALING WITH THE ZIMBABWEAN SITUATION TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 10 AND 11, LONG ON RHETORIC BUT SHORT ON RESULTS. THE GOZ MANAGED TO CONTROL BOTH THE AGENDA AND THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING, WHICH YIELDED A LARGELY TOOTHLESS [...]
2001-12-13 04:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
01HARARE3715 AGOA DECISION CONVEYED TO GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON DECEMBER 13 TO MINISTRY OF FINANCE PERMANENT SECRETARY NICHOLAS NCUBE. POLCHIEF REPORTED THAT ZIMBABWE SIPDIS WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR AGOA BENEFITS IN 2002, DESCRIBED THE REASONS ELABORATED IN REFTEL, AND LEFT NCUBE WITH A NON- [...]
2001-12-13 11:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PHUM PREL ZI
01HARARE3730 A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) DURING HIS DECEMBER 10-11 VISIT TO HARARE, AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MET WITH A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WILSON SANDURA, UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF H [...]
2001-12-14 09:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3739MDC LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSING UNLICENSED
[...] (C) ON DECEMBER 15, POLICE CHARGED OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI UNDER THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT WITH POSSESSING AN UNLICENSED RADIO. THE RADIO WAS A WALKIE-TALKIE USED BY ONE OF HIS BODYGUARDS. AFTER INSTRUCTING TSVANGIRAI TO WRITE A S [...]
2001-12-17 14:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3748MDC LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSING UNLICENSED
[...] (C) ON DECEMBER 15, POLICE CHARGED OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI UNDER THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT WITH POSSESSING AN UNLICENSED RADIO. THE RADIO WAS A WALKIE-TALKIE USED BY ONE OF HIS BODYGUARDS. AFTER INSTRUCTING TSVANGIRAI TO WRITE A S [...]
2001-12-17 20:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3813ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT POSTPONES PASSAGE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 20, THE ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT PASSING KEY LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO TILT THE ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD IN FAVOR OF THE RULING PARTY. THE GENERAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL, WHICH INCLUDES SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTORAL ACT, THE PUBLIC O [...]
2001-12-21 10:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3814CMAG DECISION A SHOCK FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) THE DEC 20 DECISION BY THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP(CMAG) "TO EXPRESS ITS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE ESPECIALLY THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE, OCCUPATION OF PROPERTY, ACTIONS AGAINST THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE MEDIA AND POLITICAL INTIMIDATION" . (WHICH) "CO [...]
2001-12-22 04:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE392 SUPREME COURT HEARS MDC CHALLENGE OF MUGABE
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 19, ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE BROUGHT BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE'S RECENTLY-ISSUED DECREE PROHIBITING THE NULLIFICATION OF THE ELECTION OF ANY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. THE MDC ATTORNEY ARGUED PERSUASI [...]
2001-01-19 13:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ZI
01HARARE488POSITIVE ANSWER TO MALLOCH BROWN LETTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE UNDP RESREP IN HARARE INFORMED HEADS OF MISSION AND AID DIRECTORS JANUARY 23 THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE UNDP ADMINISTRATOR'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUGABE ON BREAKING THE LAND REFORM IMPASSE, BUT EXPECTS A RESPONSE SOON. THE RESREP BELI [...]
2001-01-24 12:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR EAID ZI
01HARARE507 MDC MP URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO GET TOUGH
[...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP DAVID COLTART TOLD POLOFFS ON JANUARY 24 THAT ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MUST BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND MARCH 31, 2002, AND SAID ANY ATTEMPT TO CALL AN EARLIER ELECTION WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. HE CLAIMED THAT THE MDC HAS THE SUPPORT TO [...]
2001-01-25 05:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ZI
01HARARE524DEALING WITH ROBERT MUGABE, THE CONSUMMATE SURVIVOR
[...] (C) OVER THE NEXT YEAR, PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL FACE HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE IN 20 YEARS TO STAYING IN POWER. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN WHICH MUGABE INTENDS TO RUN, IS SLATED FOR EARLY 2002. HE MUST CONTEND WITH A SIZABLE AND RELATIVELY UNIFIED POLITICAL OPPOSITION, A COSTLY AND UNPOPULAR INT [...]
2001-01-26 09:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR ZI
01HARARE537ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS ON THE RAMPAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S SO-CALLED WAR VETERANS WENT ON A RAMPAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22. HUNDREDS OF THEM, OR PEOPLE THEY DRAGOONED, HAVE BESIEGED THE HARARE OFFICES OF THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" AND CONFISCATED THE PUBLICATION FROM VENDORS, HARASSED STRIKING [...]
2001-01-26 10:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
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 12:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE573ZIMBABWE LABOR FEDERATION LEADER SEEKS TO SEVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) WILL HOLD ITS FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS IN FEBRUARY. THE CONGRESS WILL FOCUS ON ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TOPICS. THE ISSUE OF ZCTU TIES TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WILL NOT BE A FORMAL AGENDA I [...]
2001-01-30 07:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PREL EAGR PGOV EAID ZI
01HARARE603AFTER MEETING MUGABE AND MUDENGE, AJELLO FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO MET WITH BOTH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE DURING HIS THREE DAY STAY IN HARARE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WANT IN TERMS OF A CONGOLESE LEADERSHIP. THE ZIMBABWEANS POINT TO A NUMBER OF UPCOMIN [...]
2001-01-31 13:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE612ZIMBABWE LABOR FEDERATION OFFICIAL INSISTS THAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) BELIEVES THAT THE LABOR FEDERATION WILL MAINTAIN ITS CLOSE TIES TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PARTY AFTER ITS FEBRUARY CONGRESS. HE IS ALSO OF THE OPINION THAT THE CONGRESS WI [...]
2001-01-31 14:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR
01HARARE613 SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS MUGABE ELECTORAL DECREE
[...] No summary [...]
2001-01-31 15:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ZI
01HARARE620DANISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MISSION
[...] (C) THE DANISH UNDER SECRETARY FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION, AMBASSADOR CARSTEN STRAU, TOLD CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ON JANUARY 31 THAT DENMARK'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE DEPENDED ON THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ADMIN [...]
2001-02-01 14:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR EAID ZI
01HARARE628RULING PARTY PUTS OUT A FEELER TO THE
[...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SENIOR ADVISOR CLIVE PUZEY (PROTECT) INFORMED POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 2 THAT OVER THE JANUARY 27-28 WEEKEND, GOODSON NGUNI, REPORTEDLY A RELATIVE OF SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND SENIOR ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, INVITED THE O [...]
2001-02-02 11:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF
01HARARE644 ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HOUNDS SUPREME COURT CHIEF
[...] (U) JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 2 THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY. SHORTLY AFTER MEETING WITH GUBBAY IN HIS SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS, CHINAMASA ISSUED A STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD TAKE FOUR MONTHS OF LEAVE BEGINNING ON MA [...]
2001-02-05 15:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE655ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT EXTENDS CRACKDOWN ON
[...] (C) SINCE FEBRUARY 1, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS INTENSIFIED AND EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF ITS INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN IN URBAN AREAS. IT HAS SENT ARMY AND POLICE UNITS INTO TOWNSHIPS NEAR HARARE TO INDISCRIMINATELY BEAT PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND PUBLIC PLACES. ON FEBRUARY 3, POLICE SQU [...]
2001-02-06 16:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI MDC
01HARARE661ZANU-PF SEEKS TO NEUTRALIZE LABOR SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 1, CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND LABOFF, MET WITH BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS (PROTECT),A RESEARCH FELLOW IN THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE, AND AN INSIGHTFUL CONTACT REGARDING THE LOCAL POLITICAL SCENE. RAFTOPOULOS TOLD US THAT HE HAS NO DOUBTS [...]
2001-02-07 15:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR
01HARARE662 MUGABE PROBABLY WILL WIN ILLEGITIMATE ELECTION IN
[...] (C) UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE RESEARCH FELLOW BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS TOLD CHARGE AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 1 THAT, IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ZANU-PF WILL EMPLOY INCREASED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE OPPOSITION PARTY MOVEMENT FOR DQOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),INDEPENDENT MED [...]
2001-02-07 15:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE671DRC ALLIES HEADS OF STATE MEETING POSTPONED
[...] (C) MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWE MFA'S DRC DESK OFFICER, INFORMED POLOFF FEBRUARY 8 THAT THE DRC ALLIES HEADS OF STATE MEETING DUE TO TAKE PLACE IN VICTORIA FALLS (REFTEL) HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NAMIBIAN PRESIDENT NUJOMA WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE FEBRUARY 8 MEETING BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULING [...]
2001-02-08 14:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE672 SWEDISH AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS SWEDEN'S AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RELATIONS BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND SWEDEN FELL TO AN ALL-TIME LOW DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AS THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD SUSPENDED BILATERAL AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE RESPONDED ANGRILY, SAYING THAT HI [...]
2001-02-08 15:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM KDEM PINR ZI SW
01HARARE694 ANOTHER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IS SHOWN THE DOOR
[...] (C) AFTER FORCING SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY INTO EARLY RETIREMENT ON FEBRUARY 2 (REFTEL),THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO GUBBAY'S FOUR COLLEAGUES ON ZIMBABWE'S HIGHEST BENCH. ON FEBRUARY 9, JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA ASKED FOR THE RESIGNATION OF JUSTI [...]
2001-02-09 11:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE695 ALTERNATIVE WAR VETERANS' GROUP SEEKS TO RESTORE
[...] (C) WILFRED MHANDA, LEADER OF THE ZIMBABWE LIBERATORS' PLATFORM, A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION SEEKING TO RESTORE THE GOOD NAME OF WAR VETERANS, TOLD CHARGE AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 8 THAT VERY FEW EX-COMBATANTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO COW OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS, [...]
2001-02-09 12:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE741GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INTENSIFIES SQUEEZE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S ASSAULT ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA HAS NOT ABATED IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBING OF THE "DAILY NEWS." THE CURRENT ATTACK ON PRESS FREEDOM IS, HOWEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "DAILY NEWS" PRI [...]
2001-02-13 14:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM ZI
01HARARE743ZIMBABWE'S PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE; A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE (PSI) IS AN ALTERNATE LAND ACQUISITION, RESETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS BEING QUIETLY PROMOTED AS A COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH TO THE GOZ'S "FAST TRACK" PROGRAM. IT CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE BANK FUNDED BY COMM [...]
2001-02-13 14:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EAID PGOV PREL ZI
01HARARE750THE FINANCE PERMSEC FEEDS US THE GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 13 NICHOLAS NCUBE, PERMANENT SECRETARY - MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PAID A CALL ON US AT SIPDIS OUR INVITATION TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. WE KNOW NCUBE WELL, AS HE HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE AND SOLID EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR FOR OVER [...]
2001-02-14 14:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE754 MUGABE SAID TO BE BEHIND OVERTURE TO OPPOSITION
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE IS BEHIND OVERTURES MADE TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN LATE JANUARY BY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR. THE SECRET CONTACTS ARE CONTINUING BETWEEN ENVOYS FROM BOTH SIDES AND MIGHT LEAD TO A MEETING B [...]
2001-02-15 12:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI ZANU PF MDC
01HARARE760BRITISH REPORT ON ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO THE MDC
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 16 THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION HERE SHARED WITH US THE TEXT OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE SENT TO LONDON FEBRUARY 15 REPORTING ON MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S OBSERVATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO HIS PARTY. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: SUBJECT: ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO TSVANGIRAI S [...]
2001-02-16 09:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF
01HARARE762GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ENCOURAGED BY LUSAKA
[...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE IS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMIT HELD AMONG THE LUSAKA SIGNATORIES IN LUSAKA ON FEBRUARY 15 (REFTEL). BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA, TOLD POLOFF FEBRUARY 16 THAT THE SUMMIT OUTCOME WAS "VERY POSITIVE" AND "B [...]
2001-02-16 10:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE765THE 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 11:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE766 REMAINING ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES STAND
[...] (C) AFTER JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA STRONG- ARMED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY INTO RESIGNING (REF B),THE REMAINING FOUR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE STANDING FIRM FOR NOW. JUSTICE NICHOLAS MCNALLY TOLD POLITICAL CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 13 THAT AFTER CHINAMASA PRESSURED HIM TO RESIGN ON FE [...]
2001-02-16 11:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE767 TSVANGIRAI CHARGED WITH INCITING VIOLENCE
[...] (U) ACCORDING TO PRESS ACCOUNTS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WAS, ON FEBRUARY 15, FORMALLY CHARGED UNDER THE COLONIAL-ERA LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT WITH INCITING VIOLENCE. THE CHARGE REFERS TO TSVANGIRAI'S REMARK AT A PUBLIC RALLY LAST SEPTEMBER 30 TH [...]
2001-02-16 11:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE779 MUGABE DEFIANT AT NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION FOR
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE STRUCK A DEFIANT TONE FEBRUARY 19 AT HIS ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION FOR HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. THE PRESIDENT SIGNALED THAT HE WOULD NOT PERMIT THE ACCREDITATION OF INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS FOR THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, INSISTING THAT ZIMBABWE WOULD NOT T [...]
2001-02-20 15:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE782CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE OF ZIMBABWE LABOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) FROM THE RULING ZANU-PF PARTY, AND ITS SUPPORT FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),HINGES ON THE UPCOMING CONGRESS, ACCORDING TO SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE UMBRELLA LABOR ORGANIZATION. ZA [...]
2001-02-21 10:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE783GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CONTINUES TO STALL ON
[...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO TOLD CHARGE ON FEBRUARY 21 THAT HE STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE LETTER UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN SENT TO PRESIDENT MUGABE ON DECEMBER 15, 2000 (REFTEL). HE HAD HEARD THAT A LETT [...]
2001-02-21 10:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR PREL ZI
01HARARE815ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION TO HOLD
[...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 15 THAT IT WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CONGRESS ON MARCH 21 TO EXAMINE WAYS TO RE-ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON THE LAND ISSUE. AN INDEPENDENT APPROACH TO THE GOZ ON THE LAND ISSUE BY A FORMER CFU PRESIDENT WAS SLAPPED BACK [...]
2001-02-23 11:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE816UNENTHUSIASTIC ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY TRYING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MAJORITY OF ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU- PF PARTY MEMBERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND THE WAY HE IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER MORE THAN PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO HIS DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES, OUR CONTACTS TELL US. THERE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR [...]
2001-02-23 11:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE829REGIONAL FLOODING LARGELY BYPASSES ZIMBABWE
[...] DISASTER DECLARATIONS AND REPORTS OF RECENT FLOODING IN NEIGHBORING MOZAMBIQUE AND MALAWI CAUSED US TO CONTACT THE GOZ AND DETERMINE THE EXISTENCE AND EXTENT OF COLLATERAL FLOOD DAMAGE IN ZIMBABWE. NATURAL DISASTER TRACKING AND ASSISTANCE COORDINATION IS HANDLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PRO [...]
2001-02-26 13:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI
01HARARE846ZIMBABWE LABOR FEDERATION ELECTS NEW LEADERS,
[...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS, HELD ON FEBRUARY 23 AND 24, RESULTED IN THE ELECTION OF A NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND AN AFFIRMATION THAT THE FEDERATION IS NON-PARTISAN. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE CONGRESS WENT SMOOTHLY, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN O [...]
2001-02-26 15:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE847ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY MODERATES BOYCOTT "SHAM"
[...] (C) MODERATES ALIGNED TO MASVINGO ZANU-PF "SUPREMO" EDDISON ZVOBGO BOYCOTTED FEBRUARY 24'S PROVINCIAL PARTY ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE A "SHAM." THE ZANU-PF FACTION ALIGNED WITH MASVINGO GOVERNOR JOSIAH HUNGWE, WHO IS AN ALLY OF PRESIDENT MUGABE AND VICE-PRESIDENT MUZENDA, WERE ELECTED TO T [...]
2001-02-26 16:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM 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 15:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE859ZCTU UNION LEADER CONFIRMS THAT LABOR CONGRESS
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO A HIGH-LEVEL UNION OFFICIAL WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S NATIONAL EXECUTIVE, THE JUST-ENDED ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNION'S (ZCTU) FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS RESULTED IN THE ELECTION OF A NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BODY THAT SOLIDLY SUPPORTS THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CH [...]
2001-02-28 05:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE861SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE FIGHTS BACK
[...] (SBU) IN A DRAMATIC, ELEVENTH HOUR TWIST TO THE SAGA OF THE ZIMBABWEAN JUDICIARY, CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY MADE PUBLIC HIS INTENTION TO STAY ON THE JOB. IT WAS EARLIER UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD WRAP UP HIS AFFAIRS AT THE BENCH ON FEBRUARY 28, AT WHICH TIME HE WOULD TAKE FOU [...]
2001-02-28 09:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE862ZIMBABWE'S AFL-CIO SOLIDARITY CENTER HEAD
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 27, LABOFF MET WITH GEBRE GEBREMARIAM, THE AMCIT REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AFL-CIO FUNDED AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY IN HARARE, TO DISCUSS THE JUST-ENDED ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS' (ZCTU) FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS. GEBREMARIAM INDICATED THAT THE EL [...]
2001-02-28 09:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE870ZIMBABWE FULLY BACKS JMC AND IS EAGER FOR ITS
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, POLOFF CONVEYED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWEAN MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) FOR THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO RESPONDED THAT THE GOZ IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION (JMC) AND THE IDEA OF RELOCATING ITS HEADQUARTERS [...]
2001-02-28 14:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP EAID ZI CG
01HARARE871ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY OFFICIALS DIVIDED ON MANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CHARGE, POLOFF, AND THREE MID-LEVEL ZANU-PF OFFICIALS REINFORCED THE NOTION THAT ZANU-PF IS NOT THE MONOLITH OF OPINION THAT IS OFTEN CONVEYED IN THE PRESS. CHARGE AND POLOFF SPOKE TO DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDER [...]
2001-02-28 14:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ZI
01HARARE873MUGABE OFF TO BELGIUM
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO BELGIUM EMBASSY FIRST SECRETARY ALEXIS DE CROMBRUGGHE, PRESIDENT MUGABE W7LL TRAVEL TO BELGIUM ON OR ABOUT MARCH 5. THE TRIP HAS ITS GENESIS IN BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LOUIS MICHEL'S JANUARY INVITATION TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO COME TO BELGIUM TO DISCUSS THE CONGO. MU [...]
2001-03-01 08:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI CG BE
01HARARE881SUSPECTED ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS ATTACK FORMER
[...] (SBU) ON MARCH 1, GEORGE WALLS CALLED ON POLOFF TO RELAY THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE ATTACK ON HIM BY SUSPECTED WAR VETERANS THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 23. WALLS IS THE SON OF PETER WALLS, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE RHODESIAN ARMY UNDER THE IAN SMITH REGIME. THE FEBRUARY 26 EDITION OF "THE DAILY NEW [...]
2001-03-01 15:10:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE882UN SPECIAL ENVOY MORJANE SPEAKS AT SADC
[...] (C) ON MARCH 1, UNSG SPECIAL ENJOY MORJANE DELIVERED A SPEECH ON THE DRC TO THE SADC REGIONAL PEACEKEEPING TRAINING CENTER (RPTC) IN HARARE. MORJANE'S VISIT WAS ARRANGED BY UNITAR-GENEVA AND SPONSORED BY THE RPTC. THE RPTC'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, PETER VOETMANN, PROVIDED A READOUT TO POLOFF ON [...]
2001-03-01 16:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE897GREATER SOPHISTICATION AND THOROUGHNESS
[...] (C) IN ITS INTENSIFYING EFFORT TO CONTROL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO HARDEN ITS APPROACH TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH: CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE CONTENT AND "SPIN" OF NEWS REPORTED BY THE S [...]
2001-03-02 11:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO PINS PINR KDEM ZI
01HARARE898A LOOMING SPECIAL CONGRESS COULD DETERMINE THE
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE-PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MARCH 21 CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS AND REPORTS OF VEHEMENT DISAGREEMENTS AT THE UNION'S TOP LEADERSHIP LEVEL. CLOETE, A KEY MEMBER OF THE CFU EXECUTIVE, [...]
2001-03-03 15:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE903 TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
[...] (U) IN HIS FIRST-EVER BRIEFING FOR THE HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID ZIMBABWE IS IN A STATE OF "TERMINAL PARALYSIS" DUE TO THE BREAKDOWN IN THE RULE OF LAW AND INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. TSVANGI [...]
2001-03-05 12:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE917ZIMBABWE POLICE INTENSIFY ATTACKS ON HIGH-
[...] (U) SINCE MID-FEBRUARY, HEAVILY ARMED POLICE HAVE RAIDED HOMES, BEAT RESIDENTS, AND BROKEN UP LARGE GATHERINGS IN ST. MARY'S DISTRICT OF CHITUNGWIZA, THE SPRAWLING TOWNSHIP 30 KM SOUTH OF HARARE, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS. THE MARCH 5 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" REPORTED THA [...]
2001-03-05 15:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PINS ZI
01HARARE918ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT AND CHIEF JUSTICE REACH NEW
[...] (U) A LOOMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WAS AVERTED MARCH 2 WHEN GUBBAY AGREED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, AND THE GOZ AGREED TO RETAIN GUBBAY'S JUDICIAL PRIVILEGES AND REFRAIN FROM DEMANDING THE [...]
2001-03-05 15:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE919SEVENTY-TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER
[...] (C) ON MARCH 4, A 72-YEAR-OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, GLORIA OLDS, WAS BRUTALLY AND VICIOUSLY ASSASSINATED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE IN AN AMBUSH ON HER FARM. HER SON MARTIN WAS KILLED BY "WAR VETS" ON HIS FARM, WHICH WAS NEXT TO GLORIA'S, LAST QPRIL AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN ARRESTED. [...]
2001-03-05 16:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAGR PGOV EAID PINR
01HARARE926ZIMBABWE'S RECENT ECONOMIC RESULTS AND OUTLOOK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS REPORT PROVIDES KEY ECONOMIC DATA ENABLING READERSHIP TO STAY ABREAST OF ZIMBABWE'S FALLING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. TWO MONTHS INTO THE NEW YEAR A BETTER PICTURE OF LAST YEAR'S POOR PERFORMANCE IS EMERGING, AS WELL AS TRENDS THAT DO NOT BODE WELL FOR 2001. IN BRIEF THE RESU [...]
2001-03-06 13:18:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ZI
01HARARE930 MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE LEADERSHIP TAKES
[...] (C) THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HAS MOVED TO ADDRESS SERIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS BY HIRING A RESPECTED CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST TO BE NATIONAL COORDINATOR TO MANAGE THE PARTY'S AFFAIRS AND A PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL TO RUN ITS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT. THE PARTY I [...]
2001-03-06 15:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI MDC
01HARARE944MEDIA UPDATE: CNN CREW PREVENTED FROM FILMING NEAR
[...] POLICE OFFICERS, ARMY PERSONEL, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN PREVENTED AMCIT BOB COEN, THE CNN STRINGER IN ZIMBABWE, FROM FILMING NEAR THE SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 7. COEN, WHO HAS LIVED IN ZIMBABWE AND WORKED OFF AND ON FOR CNN FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAPE [...]
2001-03-08 09:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM PINR ZI
01HARARE969MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON THE STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL CRISIS SIPDIS AND WHAT CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE THE U.S. COULD PLAY, IF ANY, TO HELP RESOLV [...]
2001-03-09 15:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI SA MDC
01HARARE970ZIMBABWE'S CFU DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS PERSONAL
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 8, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE' EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT PLIGHT OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE. HASLUCK STATED THAT WHILE [...]
2001-03-11 05:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE975ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE DOWN TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE HAS NARROWED TO TWO PEOPLE SHOULD PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE DECIDE NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN THE EARLY 2002 RACE. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IS IN THE STRONGEST POSITION TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY'S REINS, WITH HIS VERY CLOSE [...]
2001-03-12 09:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ZI
01KUWAIT3081TFUS01: KUWAIT'S FOREIGN MINISTER: "BIN LADEN KNOWS
[...] KUWAIT'S DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, SHAYKH SABAH AL-AHMAD, CONVOKED THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF OF THE KUWAITI NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES OCTOBER 10 TO DISCUSS THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION. SHAYKH SABAH'S STATEMENTS WERE CARRIED OCTOBER 11 BY ALL PAPERS ON THE FRO [...]
2001-10-11 11:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KU
01KUWAIT3757KUWAITIS DENOUNCE BIN LADEN
[...] KUWAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OPINION LEADERS DENOUNCED THE BIN LADEN TAPE RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON DECEMBER 13. 2. ASKED HIS VIEW OF THE TAPE, KUWAIT'S ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SHAYKH SABAH SAID: "EVERYONE WHO HEARS SUCH THINGS WILL DEFINITELY BE SHOCKED WHEN HE HEA [...]
2001-12-15 14:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KISL KU
01LONDON5780TFUS01: EMBASSY LONDON SITREP 11, 09/28/01
[...] (U) PM TONY BLAIR MET SEPTEMBER 27 WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF BRITISH MUSLIM LEADERS AT DOWNING STREET AND ANNOUNCED, "JUST AS WE HAVE BUILT A POLITICAL AND MILITARY COALITION FOLLOWING THE EVENTS IN AMERICA, NOW WE HAVE ALSO TO BUILD A HUMANITARIAN COALITION TO DEAL WITH THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...]
2001-09-28 17:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV US UK
01LONDON7384UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT
[...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...]
2001-12-21 16:23:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
01RIYADH1771THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY
[...] (C) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REGIME CRITICS HAVE BEEN EXILED OR MARGINALIZED ABROAD AND CO-OPTED OR MUZZLED AT HOME, AND A LARGELY APOLITICAL CITIZENRY SHOWS NO INCLINATION TO DEMAND GREATER [...]
2001-06-27 12:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI SA
01RIYADH3968SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...]
2001-12-12 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL SA
01STATE134673CHINA/TIBET: HU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. VICE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S JULY 17-23 VISIT TO TIBET WAS POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR AT LEAST THREE REASONS: IT CONFIRMED CURRENT POLICY; IT ASSOCIATED HU PERSONALLY WITH THE CURRENT RELATIVELY HARD-LINE APPROACH; AND IT DEMONSTRATED HIS HEALTH AND VITALITY. 2. (C) VICE PRESI [...]
2001-08-03 21:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCH PINR PGOV
01VATICAN4231VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE AUGUST 04 - 10 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04231 101111Z - ARCHDIOCESE SAYS RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM JUSTICE" ---------------------------------------- RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM J [...]
2001-08-10 10:53:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM RW VT
01VATICAN5845SANT'EGIDIO WANTS TO TALK TO S/E DANFORTH ABOUT
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE NEXT PARA. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY HOPES TO HOST A CONFIDENTIAL OFF-SITE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE GOS AND SPLM SIPDIS TO UNBLOCK THE IGAD PROCESS. SANT'EGIDIO SUDAN EXPERT RICCARDI, JUST BACK FROM KHARTOUM, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH [...]
2001-11-13 15:57:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU VT
02ABUJA1024NIGERIA: 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 09:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON BEXP ECPS EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1027NIGERIA: 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 17:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI NI
02ABUJA1028ABACHA 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 18:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EFIN NI
02ABUJA1091NIGERIA -- 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 16:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EFIN NI
02ABUJA1169NIGERIA: 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 11:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AO ZI CF NI
02ABUJA1184NIGERIA 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 16:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI
02ABUJA1190NIGERIA 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 12:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NI
02ABUJA1399NIGERIA: 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 09:57:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON NI
02ABUJA1486NIGERIA: 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 12:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAIR CASC PREL NI
02ABUJA1572 INCREASED DRUG SEIZURES AT LAGOS AIRPORT
[...] Since the beginning of April 2002, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) unit at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos has reported seizures of cocaine and heroin amounting to 40 kilograms. All of these narcotics shipments were either entering Nigeria from k [...]
2002-05-22 18:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NI
02ABUJA1597NIGERIA: 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 19:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1725NIGERIA: 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 12:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA1805NIGERIA: 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 16:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA1814NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED REMARKS ON SAO TOME
[...] (S/NF) Regional Affairs Counselor raised Nigeria's relations with Sao Tome and Principe (STP) with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed last week. While Mohammed did not talk expansively, he stated that the bilateral relationship was friendly and good. He gave no indication of any strain, [...]
2002-06-19 15:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPREL EPET TP NI
02ABUJA1850NIGERIA: 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 16:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA1919NIGERIA'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 13:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN PINR NI UK US
02ABUJA2016NIGERIA: ECOWAS REPORT WILL NOT CONTAIN FALSE
[...] (C) During a July 3 meeting, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel points with ECOWAS Acting Executive Secretary (Deputy Executive Secretary for Economic SIPDIS Integration) Mame Sen, and Colonel Dixon Dikio, Military Advisor to the Executive Secretary. Both Executive Secretary Chambas and Deputy [...]
2002-07-03 17:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA2165NIGERIA: 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 13:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS
02ABUJA2262NIGERIA: LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO NEEDS A
[...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu stated that President Obasanjo was in deep trouble politically. Reelection hinged on a deal with Tinubu's Alliance for Democracy (AD). However, Tinubu claimed Obasanjo was still trying to assert PDP su [...]
2002-07-30 18:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2267NIGERIA: METHODIST ARCHBISHOP TOUTS OBASANJO --
[...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Methodist Archbishop Sunday Mbang felt Obasanjo was performing well and would win reelection. One of Nigeria's most influential clerics, Mbang attributed much of the criticism levied at the President to Obasanjo's clamping down on cor [...]
2002-08-01 15:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2268NIGERIA: 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 15:07:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL MASS MOPS TP CM NI
02ABUJA2337NIGERIA: 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 08:26:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI
02ABUJA2564NIGERIA: 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 13:33:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KWMN PREL KCRM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD KPAO
02ABUJA2565ECOWAS: LIBERIA CONTACT GROUP MEETING
[...] (SBU) I managed to reach ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas before he left Sweden on August 31. Chambas will be traveling in Europe for the rest of this week and returns to Abuja over the weekend. 2. (SBU) The Executive Secretary confirms that ECOWAS is proposing a meeting of th [...]
2002-09-03 13:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL XY LI ECOWAS UN
02ABUJA2566CORRECTED COPY: NIGERIA: EMBASSY REVISITS ISSUE OF
[...] This is an action message; see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador again raised allegations of U.S./ UK support for Lurd in Liberia with ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary, General Cheick Diarra. After reiterating that the SIPDIS U.S. and UK do not support Lurd rebels in any way, the [...]
2002-09-03 14:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS XY LI IV NI ECOWAS
02ABUJA2675NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS SLOWLY
[...] (C) Summary: Voter registration began in Abuja September 12 with little fanfare and not much of a turnout. Previously postponed in July and August, there was ample speculation the exercise would be cancelled once more because of INEC's unpreparedness and the injunction sought by unregistered p [...]
2002-09-13 18:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KDEM 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 10:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA2712NIGERIA: 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 08:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2736NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S IMPEACHMENT DRAMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Once dismissed as another hollow threat by a feckless National Assembly, the ongoing impeachment drama is now the central political issue in Nigeria, eclipsing even voter registration. Obasanjo's removal from office remains unlikely however the odds against him are stronger than l [...]
2002-09-24 16:04:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2752MGIV01: 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 16:53:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PINS IV NI
02ABUJA2768NIGERIA: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 17:47:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2788NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S THREATENED IMPEACHMENT --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to impeach Obasanjo seem to be losing steam, but the ultimate outcome still remains uncertain. Many protagonists may not want to remove Nigeria's President from office, but rather to weaken him politically to the point that he fails to get the PDP President nomination or v [...]
2002-10-03 19:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2862NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU -- DISTANCING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar admitted his relationship with President Obasanjo was on the shoals, attributing the deterioration to Obasanjo's poor political skills and reliance on malevolent, imprudent advisors. Atiku stated Oba [...]
2002-10-16 13:57:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2892NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU MULLS A PROMOTION
[...] (C) Summary: Vice President Atiku Abubakar wants to be Nigeria's next President; however, he no longer wants to wait for 2007. Competing ambitions and mutual mistrust have placed Atiku and Obasanjo on a collision course. Atiku thinks he can snatch the PDP Presidential nomination from an unpo [...]
2002-10-22 11:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2932NIGERIA: VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN JOS; PART OF A
[...] (SBU) Summary: Communal violence continued to plague parts of Plateau State, including areas of the capital Jos. Initial reports from Amcits resident there indicated spill-over violence in Jos after at least 10 were killed in the nearby village of Maza. Military troops have restored order to th [...]
2002-10-25 18:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2934NIGERIA 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 02:34:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA3016NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ON THE OBASANJO-ATIKU-IBB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma discussed the current state of Nigerian politics. Danjuma spoke at length of the tense relationship between President Obasanjo, Vice President Atiku a [...]
2002-11-05 14:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA3029NIGERIA: 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 16:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA3033NIGERIA: FRIENDS OF NIGERIA MEET ON INEC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted a second meeting with Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. on October 15 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. This meeting concentrated on the flawed registration process, elections monitors and the need for an agreed upon standar [...]
2002-11-06 08:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA3036NIGERIA: 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 12:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM
02ABUJA3037NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER SAYS "NO" TO A NORTHERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 23 Lagos meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Afenifere leader Senator Abraham Adesanya labeled the impeachment threat against Obasanjo a ruse to return national political power to the North. Although not an Obasanjo supporter, Adesanya was adamant that the Presidency [...]
2002-11-06 12:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA3105NIGERIA: "PATRIOTS" ASK OBASANJO TO
[...] ( C) Summary: Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, prominent Lagos attorney and charter member of the "Patriots", a group of prominent Southern and Middle Belt figures, told Ambassador Jeter on October 21 that the "Patriots" had issued a public statement urging President Obasanjo not to seek re- [...]
2002-11-14 14:49:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
02ABUJA320NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO SUMMARIZES HIS
[...] (C) On January 25, during a brief pull aside prior to a larger meeting on a just established USAID program for agricultural assistance, President Obasanjo briefed me on his January 20-21 trip to Zimbabwe. 2. (C) Obasanjo recounted that his discussion with Mugabe focused mainly on the ne [...]
2002-02-01 10:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV NI
02ABUJA3241NIGERIAN JOURNALIST SEEKING REFUGE IN U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Mr. Uzor Daniel, father of Ms. Isioma Daniel, the journalist whose controversial article sparked the recent riots in Nigeria, came to the Consulate General in Lagos on December 2 seeking help for his daughter to gain refugees status and subsequent entry into the U.S. He confirms [...]
2002-11-29 17:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PINR CVIS PGOV NI BN
02ABUJA3256NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO SUPPORTS CODE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 20 meeting with USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios and Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo endorsed an all-parties Code of Conduct and promised to honor INEC's 27 billion Naira (USD 210 million) 2003 elections funding request. Obasanjo expressed confidence that [...]
2002-12-10 13:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA3323NIGERIA: 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 16:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PREL PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA3324NIGERIA: 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 17:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IV NI
02ABUJA3345NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-19 16:03:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI
02ABUJA3347NIGERIA: MODERATE MUSLIM SENATOR TO CONTEST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-20 09:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NI
02ABUJA3372NIGERIA: DECEMBER POLITICAL UPDATE
[...] (U) This periodic update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- INEC: 30 Political Associations for Registration -- Cabinet Shake-Up -- Rimi and Others Sue the PDP -------------------------------------- [...]
2002-12-24 10:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA461NIGERIAN 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 16:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ETRD NI
02ABUJA695NIGERIA: 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 13:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MASS MOPS CG SU BY ZI NI
02ABUJA828NIGERIA 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 15:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL NI ZI
02ABUJA936NIGERIA: 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 16:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN NI
02AMMAN2143MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-01 09:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2184JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SITUATION IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-02 10:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2204MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-06 10:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2227MEDIA REACTON ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-07 10:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2375MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-14 09:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2478JORDAN AND DEBT ISSUES
[...] (C) We understand there will be a high-level interagency meeting May 20 to discuss Jordan's request for debt relief from the Paris Club in the wake of King Abdullah's visit to Washington and meetings with the President, Secretary O'Neill, NSA Rice and other senior U.S. officials. Since ther [...]
2002-05-19 15:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN JO
02AMMAN2527JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OPERATIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-20 13:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2529TENSE 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 13:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO KISL PGOV PREL
02AMMAN2655MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-27 08:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2696MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-28 08:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3042MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-10 08:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3077JORDANIAN MINISTERS SEEK WASHINGTON MEETINGS ON
[...] (sbu) Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah called the Ambassador late Sunday, June 9, to say that Prime Minister Abul Ragheb had asked that he go to Washington at the end of this week with Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mohammed Halaiqah. Awadallah hopes to join Halaiqah (who has been [...]
2002-06-10 14:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN JO
02AMMAN3220MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-17 09:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3304MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-19 09:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3332MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-20 08:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3403MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QA'EDA AND RADIO `SAWA'
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-24 12:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3422MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-25 07:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3461JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-26 09:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3495JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S SPEECH,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-27 11:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3609JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-02 14:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3715JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-08 14:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3760JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-09 14:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3793JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-10 14:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3804JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB CONSULTATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-11 12:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3860JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-15 12:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3861JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-15 12:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3894JORDAN'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 08:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL ETTC EPET IZ JO
02AMMAN3910JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-16 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3934JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-17 11:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3968JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-18 11:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4050JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-22 13:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4067JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S WASHINGTON
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-23 15:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4089JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE GAZA BOMBING
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-24 12:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4138JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA BOMBING RAID
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-25 15:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4179JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-29 11:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4217JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND T OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-30 11:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4244JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S ASPEN SPEECH,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-31 09:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4286JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S U.S. VISIT,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-01 13:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4304JORDAN TRADE MINISTER'S IRAQ TRIP "ONLY FOR APPEARANCES"
[...] (C) According to the number two Ministry official, Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir's July 19-23 visit to Baghdad was primarily for show, and added little to the bilateral economic relationship. He noted that some adjustments had been proposed to the bilateral oil and trade protocols to offse [...]
2002-08-04 12:46:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4317MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-05 08:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4377MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-06 12:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4401MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-07 11:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4443IRAQI, TURKISH FONMINS VISIT AMMAN: FOCUS ON
[...] (S) Iraqi FonMin Naji Sabri visited Amman August 6 and met with King Abdullah, PM Ali Abul Ragheb, and FonMin Marwan Muasher. In an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, Muasher said that Sabri was clearly concerned about what King Abdullah had discussed regarding Iraq during the King's [...]
2002-08-08 13:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IZ TU JO
02AMMAN4499MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-12 10:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4506PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS ABOUT DIRECTION OF
[...] (S) Despite healthy bilateral economic, trade, political, and military ties, confusion and uncertainty about recent developments on both bilateral and regional issues have made many Jordanians uneasy about the direction of the US-Jordan relationship. The press has pulled together a number o [...]
2002-08-12 12:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4533JORDAN: NO INCREASE IN INSURANCE OR SHIPPING
[...] (c) Summary. According to the head of the Jordanian Shipping Agents Association, the July issuance of a "special advisory" by the Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) in Bahrain has not resulted in an increase in either insurance or freight charges for Aqaba shipping. End Summary. 2. (c) Se [...]
2002-08-13 07:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMOPS ETTC EPET PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4645MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-18 13:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4652MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-19 11:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4719A STEP FORWARD ON IRAQ, BUT ELECTIONS POSTPONED
[...] (C) King Abdullah's televised speech on August 15 carried few surprises. As expected, he announced the postponement of elections until "the spring." The King also said that responsibility for the future of Palestine and Iraq lies with their respective leaderships. Most Embassy contacts had f [...]
2002-08-20 13:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4724MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-21 11:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4786U.S. FIRM INTERESTED IN CALL CENTERS IN JORDAN
[...] (u) Summary. In an initiative that it sees both as a promising business venture and an element of support for regional peace, the U.S. firm Stream International is seriously looking at Jordan as a site for an international call service center that would employ over 300 technically skilled J [...]
2002-08-25 06:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECPS ECON IS JO OPIC
02AMMAN4829MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-26 06:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5185JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SEPTEMBER 11
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-11 13:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5213MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11 ANNIVERSARY
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-12 12:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5238DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY:
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-12 16:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL OPRC
02AMMAN5348MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-18 08:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5355MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-18 11:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5470MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ISSUE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-23 12:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5527HAMZA MANSOUR AND THE IAF/MB: MODERATE LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-25 14:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN5718MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. DECISION REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-03 05:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5719MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. DECISION REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-03 05:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5736MEDIA REACTION ON SIGNATURE OF FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-03 13:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5967MEDIA REACTION ON CONGRESS' DECISION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-15 12:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN6073DROC PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (S) DROC President Joseph Kabila paid an official visit to Jordan September 16-18. The visit entailed the usual meetings and official functions. Kabila enjoyed a short visit to the seaport of Aqaba as the King,s guest. We saw nothing remarkable to report -- except that Jordan seemed an u [...]
2002-10-20 13:31:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL XA ZF CF JO
02AMMAN6309ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN: STATUS AS
[...] (C) Twenty four hours after the brutal murder of USAID employee Larry Foley, the GOJ continues to provide excellent cooperation in the investigation of the attack and in implementing new security measures to protect the American community. At the political level, numerous senior GOJ officials [...]
2002-10-29 10:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6333MEDIA REACTION ON MURDER OF USAID'S LAURENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-29 16:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN6444DELTA DISCUSSES CODESHARING WITH ROYAL JORDANIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Delta sales executive left Amman this week saying that he was prepared to make a positive presentation to Delta President Fred Reid on codesharing for Royal Jordanian's new non-stop Amman-New York service. He asked RJ to provide detailed projections of passenger and cargo [...]
2002-11-04 09:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR AMGT JO
02AMMAN6852THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...]
2002-11-24 11:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN JO
02AMMAN7229JORDAN: YET ANOTHER DELAY FOR BOEING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Transportation Nader Dahabi informed the Charge that an independent airline consultant has been brought in to analyze Boeing/Airbus offers to sell short-haul jets to Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) (REFTEL). The analysis, which will delay yet again a decision by RJ b [...]
2002-12-12 12:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02AMMAN7308JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON MEPI
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-17 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02ANKARA7775NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT UNHAPPY WITH
[...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 1. Ziya complained the ITF wanted to be in the opposition conference steering committee and have ten percent of the seats at the conference, but a Kurdistan [...]
2002-11-04 11:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA7980IRAQI OPPOSITION: ENSURING TURKMEN FRONT INCLUSION
[...] (U) The November 6 Washington File reported the Department spokesman referring to the planned November 22 Iraqi opposition conference, listing only the six organizations on the conference steering committee as those the USG had been working with on the future of Iraq. He said, "We've been wor [...]
2002-11-07 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ UNSC
02ANKARA8142NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT TO BOYCOTT OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 12. Ziya said that although the opposition conference steering committee had increased the number of Turkmen seats, the total number of seats had also been [...]
2002-11-12 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA8255CITIBANK CLIENTS GET SLAPPED WITH $1.5 BILLION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank's foreign investor clients in Turkey were recently disallowed long-standing preferential tax treatment on T-bill income. These investors' T-bill income from 1997 to present was reassessed at a 44 percent tax rate, rather than the preferential 11 percent tax rate, resul [...]
2002-11-15 11:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEINV EFIN TU
02ANKARA8381THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CORE ECONOMIC TEAM
[...] (C) The new Government Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, following his meeting with President Sezer November 18. Following are post's informal biographical notes on several of the likely key economic players. When asked at the press conference "who will be the economy m [...]
2002-11-18 16:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PINR PREL TU
02ANKARA8382TURKEY'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 05:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8523ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-21 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8581ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-25 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8730NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT AGREES TO ATTEND
[...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 29. Ziya shared the text (see para 3) of the opposition conference steering committee's response to the ITF's complaint letter of November 5 (ref B). ziya [...]
2002-11-29 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA8753TURKEY: BACKGROUND ON CHP CHAIRMAN DENIZ BAYKAL
[...] (C) Summary: Combining a sharp intellect with a divisive manner, Deniz Baykal is back in Parliament as opposition leader of a CHP reeling from the thrashing it received at the hands of Islam-influenced AK Party in Nov. 3 national elections. Aware of widespread public perceptions that he is a [...]
2002-12-02 12:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8780AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMICS WITH DEPUTY PM SENER
[...] (C) Summary: In his initial call on Deputy PM Sener December 2, Ambassador stressed that the USG wanted the government's economic program to succeed, highlighted the important role financial markets would play in the coming months, and suggested those markets would be looking for a strong p [...]
2002-12-03 06:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
02ANKARA8859TURKISH 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 08:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8975NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS TELL PUK ASSISTANCE AGAINST
[...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Ankara rep Bahros Galali December 13. Galali said he had met earlier in the week with Turkish military officials (NFI) who told him that if, in Turkey's view, the London opposition conference had a positive result, Turkey [...]
2002-12-13 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA9015ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-17 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9058WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-20 08:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU
02ANKARA9129IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RENEWS OPERATION NORTHERN
[...] (U) On December 25, the Turkish Parliament approved by a show of hands the Prime Ministry's request to extend the mandate of Operation Northern Watch for six more months as of December 31, 2002. 2. (U) FM Yakis spoke on behalf of the GOT, explaining that the flights conducted by ONW were [...]
2002-12-26 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PTER TU IZ
02ANKARA9135IRAQ: OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH AND CIVILIAN
[...] (C) MFA DG/Americas Banguoglu called in the DCM (accompanied by the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief and Pol-Mil Counselor) 12/24 to respond to our 11/29 dipnote urging the MFA to end the practice of routing civilian passenger flights over the ONW Resticted Operating Zone (ROZ) in sou [...]
2002-12-27 07:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ TU
02COLOMBO1422GSL 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 11:11:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV 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 01:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL CE
02COLOMBO1434 Scenesetter for your upcoming visit to
[...] (U) I want to extend a very warm welcome to you on your August 22-23 visit to Sri Lanka. The Country Team and the entire Mission community eagerly look forward to your visit. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Your visit to Sri Lanka comes at an exciting time. The ongoing ceasefire is th [...]
2002-08-06 09:00:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1441 Government and president headed for a
[...] (C) Summary: President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe are headed for a showdown. In an August 5 conversation with the Ambassador, G.L. Peiris, a senior minister, said the GSL plans to demand that Kumaratunga agree to a constitutional provision voiding her right to call a parli [...]
2002-08-06 11:00:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINS PINR PREL CE
02COLOMBO1450 Cohabitation standoff continues, with no firm
[...] (C) Summary: The cohabitation standoff between Sri Lanka's two major political parties continues. The PM reportedly met August 6 with former FM Kadirgamar, a close adviser to President Kumaratunga, in a bid to resolve the situation. A readout of that meeting was not available, but a preside [...]
2002-08-07 11:38:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINS PINR PREL CE
02COLOMBO1491PM ON COHABITATION: "NOT LOOKING GOOD"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM WICKREMISINGHE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT (AUGUST 13) THAT COHABITATION TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH AND THAT PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT ARE "NOT LOOKING GOOD". HE PROFESSED TO BE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S MENTAL BALANCE. WHEN TOLD THAT SHE WILL BE COMING TO JEFFERSON HOUSE [...]
2002-08-14 09:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR PREL PARM CE NO
02COLOMBO1501PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA SAYS SHE WILL MEET RANIL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: My dinner with President Kumaratunga last night (August 14) went well. She was vivacious, relaxed and chatty. We hardly discussed substance at all, but she did say she will try to meet with Ranil before she leaves for the UK this weekend. She is prepared to discuss new terms f [...]
2002-08-15 08:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR PREL PARM CE NO
02COLOMBO1527MORAGODA ON MEETING LTTE IN OSLO: GUARDED OPTIMISM
[...] (C) GSL Minister Moragoda appeared to have regained a bit of optimism following his Oslo meeting (reftels) with LTTE "theorist" Anton Balasingham. Moragoda said that Balasingham seems serious about getting talks going, is very sensitive to US and Indian attitudes re the LTTE, and concerned abo [...]
2002-08-20 06:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER 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 05:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 15:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1662 Crew foils attempt to hijack Air Seychelles
[...] (C) Summary: Maldivian authorities have confirmed that there was an attempted hijacking of an Air Seychelles airliner on September 9. The crew subdued a passenger armed with a knife who tried to enter the cockpit. One member of the crew was injured in the incident. The flight landed safel [...]
2002-09-09 06:17:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV EAIR ASEC CASC MV IN SE
02COLOMBO1682 Biographic sketches of members of Tamil Tiger
[...] (C) Para two contains brief biographic sketches of the members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) team attending the upcoming talks with the Sri Lankan government. (Note: The talks are scheduled to take place in Thailand, September 16-18.) The four members of the LTTE team are: [...]
2002-09-11 10:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR 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 02:41:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1695 Additional information on VIP attendance at
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-12 11:48:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA ASEC CE UNGA
02COLOMBO1719 Sri Lankan government-Tamil Tiger talks
[...] (C) Summary: The opening ceremony kicking off talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers on September 16 was constructive, with both sides making conciliatory remarks. The talks, which are being held at a naval base in Thailand, are now in closed-door session until a closing ceremony and pr [...]
2002-09-16 05:20:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS CE TH NO LTTE
02COLOMBO1720 Incident remains very murky, but hijack
[...] (C) Summary: Amid many conflicting, convoluted reports, Mission has received tentative information that the attempted hijacking of an Air Seychelles flight near the Maldives last week may have had an Islamic connection. Information is very sketchy, but DAO has learned that of the ten men no [...]
2002-09-16 11:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV EAIR ASEC MV IN SE
02COLOMBO1736 Peace process update: Positive response to
[...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Kickoff of peace talks in Thailand engenders highly positive response in Sri Lanka -- Before start of talks, President Kumaratunga hits out at GSL -- Government and Tamil Tigers working closely on prisoner exchange [...]
2002-09-17 11:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PINS SOCI CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1743 Thailand talks conclude on positive note, with
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see Para six. 2. (C) Summary: The first round of talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers has ended on a positive note. Per a press statement issued by the Norwegian facilitators (see Para seven),the two sides h [...]
2002-09-18 11:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO 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 10:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1758 Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sri Lanka update
[...] (C) Per Reftel Action Request, Mission has carefully reviewed the Sri Lanka section of the 2001 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Mission provides the following update for Department's review: -- The Sri Lankan government continues to support the global campaign against terrorism. -- [...]
2002-09-20 05:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC KCRM PINS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1768 In positive human rights gesture, Tamil Tigers
[...] (C) Summary: UNICEF has confirmed that the Tamil Tigers have recently released up to 85 child recruits. The Tigers apparently took this step, unprecedented in its size, in reaction to the pressure it has received on this issue from domestic and international sources. The move may indicate a [...]
2002-09-12 02:41:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1828 LTTE Update: Tigers reportedly have success
[...] (C) This update of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) activities reviews the following: -- Tigers reportedly having success recruiting -- Divisions in the LTTE regarding the peace process?? -- LTTE spokesman Balasingham said to be "obsessed" with the U.S. -- In a first, Tigers p [...]
2002-10-01 11:08:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PINS PINR PREL CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1835 LTTE pressure, cohabitation stresses, and
[...] (S) Summary: The Sri Lankan military is in a difficult period. According to sources, a number of factors are acting to demoralize the military, including pressure from the Tamil Tigers, stresses in the relationship between the PM and the President, and frictions with the police. The milita [...]
2002-10-02 11:43:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS PHUM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1848 President Kumaratunga's swipe at the PM sparks
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent speech, President Kumraratunga accused Prime Minister Wickremesinghe of soliciting bribes years ago. The accusation has prompted another cohabitation dustup, with the PM's supporters responding with salvos of their own aimed at Kumraratunga. In a more muted fashion [...]
2002-10-04 05:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1858 To ease cohabitation tensions, president and
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister Milinda Moragoda and Norwegian Ambassador Westborg on October 5. In a wide-ranging discussion, Moragoda reviewed his recent meeting with President Kumaratunga, and said the two sides had agreed to hold regular high-level discussions on peace process a [...]
2002-10-07 11:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM 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 11:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ECON KPAO CE IZ
02COLOMBO1891 Peace process update: Detainees go on
[...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Demanding immediate release, Tamil detainees go on hunger strike -- Amid strong hints that a resolution may be near, standoff involving captured soldiers continues -- Tigers reportedly attack office of pro-governmen [...]
2002-10-09 11:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1904 Amid some positive news, violence in east
[...] (C) Summary: Police shot and killed at least seven suspected Tamil Tiger supporters on October 9. The incident was triggered by an attempt to storm a police station in the east. On a positive note for the peace process, the Tigers released six soldiers after obtaining the release of two of [...]
2002-10-09 12:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1920After 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 12:35:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1927 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 143 (10-16-02)
[...] (C) On October 15, Milinda Moragoda passed to the Ambassador an advance copy of a statement on Iraq that the GSL is planning to release in the near future. Begin text: -- Sri Lanka welcomes the decision of the government of Iraq to allow the weapons inspectors entry into the country wit [...]
2002-10-16 11:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALAMGT CE
02COLOMBO1942 GSL plan to rein in executive powers in
[...] (C) The GSL's proposed constitutional amendment reining in executive powers has run into a major roadblock. While not officially announced, the Supreme Court has reportedly decided that one part of the proposal is unconstitutional and the other subject to a referendum. This apparent decisio [...]
2002-10-17 06:38:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM CE
02COLOMBO1968 Tumult among small parties undermines
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The governing United National Party is being buffeted by severe turbulence triggered by unhappy junior coalition partners. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is sharply divided over the peace process, for example, while the major party for tea estate Tamils is driving a hard bargain [...]
2002-10-20 07:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE
02COLOMBO1975 Adverse court ruling and coalition stresses
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a widely anticipated decision, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has shot down the government's bid to rein in President Kumaratunga's powers. The government is still developing its reaction to the adverse ruling. On another front, the GSL continues to try to squelch a mutiny by a [...]
2002-10-22 06:42:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE
02COLOMBO1982 Peace Process Update: Norwegian envoy visits;
[...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister visits north and south in run-up to second round of talks -- Senior Tiger negotiator Balasingham continues consultations with leadership -- New poll highlights strong support for pe [...]
2002-10-23 11:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO1989 In conversation with Ambassador, key ministers
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with the Ambassador, key ministers Peiris and Moragoda reviewed GSL thinking in the wake of the Supreme Court's rejection of the government's effort to rein in executive powers. In terms of next steps for the GSL, Peiris outlined five options, which in [...]
2002-10-24 11:30:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE
02COLOMBO2000 In meeting with SA DAS Camp, Prime Minister
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with SA DAS Camp and Ambassador Wills, PM Wickremesinghe was none too optimistic about the cohabitation situation, indicating that the GSL had tried to work with the president to no avail, so far. The PM did not show his cards on what the GSL planned to [...]
2002-10-25 00:42:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2003SRI 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 10:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS EAID ELAB CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2007 Biographic sketches of new members of LTTE
[...] (C) Para three contains brief biographic sketches of two new members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) negotiating team. (Note: The second round of peace talks between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government is scheduled to take place in Thailand from October 31 - November 3.) [...]
2002-10-28 11:35:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2032 Second round of GSL-LTTE talks slated to kick
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are scheduled to kick off their second round of talks on October 31 in Thailand. The Norwegian-facilitated talks are slated to focus mainly on technical issues, including the modalities of forming a task force on humanitarian issue [...]
2002-10-30 11:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EAID CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2055 GSL says court judgment convicting LTTE leader
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A court has convicted LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran in absentia of planning a 1996 terrorist attack. The GSL has said the judgment will not affect the peace process. The LTTE has not yet formally reacted. The announcement came on the same day as GSL and LTTE negotiators sat down [...]
2002-11-01 06:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO TH 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 10:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2080Reviewing 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 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO20822003-2004 SRI LANKA FULBRIGHT JUNIOR SCHOLAR
[...] THE UNITED STATES - SRI LANKA FULBRIGHT COMMISSION (US-SLFC) RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 120 APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO ITS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUBJECT AWARDS PROGRAM. AFTER A PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW OF ALL ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES BY THE COMMISSION'S COMMITTEE ON STUDY AND TRAINING, A SHORT LIST OF [...]
2002-11-06 04:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC CE
02COLOMBO2092FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. DAYANI PANAGODA, SENIOR LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RETATIONS, GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: [...]
2002-11-07 09:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
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 11:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2120 Controversial journalist's visa extension
[...] (U) SUMMARY: GSL recently denied a visa extension for Paul Harris, a UK national and a journalist loosely affiliated with the "Daily Telegraph" in London. The British High Commission doubts that Harris will return except perhaps to finalize some personal financial matters. Speculation in th [...]
2002-11-11 03:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2133 Tigers gradually expand network of control in
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Sri Lanka's Eastern Province on November 12. On the surface, the situation in Batticaloa and Ampara Districts seemed calm, with the ceasefire sparking increased business activity and civilian bustle. Amid this positive news, there were clear and troublin [...]
2002-11-14 11:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ECON SOCI 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 07:34:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2160 Joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian and de-escalation issues recently held their initial meetings. The humanitarian-focused meeting led to an agreement to form a secretariat. The de-escalation meeting led to the first ever face-to-face discussions between the GSL [...]
2002-11-20 11:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2174 High hopes for Oslo conference, as Sri Lankans
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Expectations in Sri Lanka are running high for the November 25 Oslo conference. Observers see the conference as a chance for the international community to send a strong signal of support for the peace effort. Amid this focus on a political message, expectations have been lowe [...]
2002-11-20 14:02:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2261FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION
[...] DUE TO A PERSONAL COMMITMENT, POST'S SECOND APPROVED NOMINEE FOR SUBJECT PROJECT, DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, HAS DECLINED ACCEPTING INVITATION TO ATTEND PROGRAM. POST, THEREFORE, WISHES TO SUBSTITUTE HIM WITH THE NOMINATION OF MR. KEITH NOYAHR, DEPUTY EDITOR, "DAILY MIRROR" - ENGLISH DAILY. [...]
2002-12-09 09:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2312GSL MINISTOR MORAGODA SAYS INDIANS MAD AT JAPANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GSL Minister Milinda Moragoda told me over the weekend that the Indians are "really mad" over the attempts by the Japanese to involve themselves in Sri Lanka's negotiation to end the war. Moragoda said Indian Foreign Secretary Sibal, who visited Colombo last week, was SIPDIS [...]
2002-12-16 09:55:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2323 During Mission visit, Maldivian MFA says it is
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 17 meeting in Male, Polchief urged the Maldivian government to sign an ICC Article 98 agreement with the U.S. MFA Permanent Secretary Shaheed replied that the GoRM continued to SIPDIS review the proposal, which it viewed in a "favorable light." Shaheed [...]
2002-12-18 11:25:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ECON MV KICC UN
02COLOMBO2329Normally placid Maldivian political scene seems
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The normally placid Maldivian political situation is stirring a bit with the approach of the 2003 presidential election. In December 16-17 meetings in Male, polchief was told that President Gayoom is expected to run and win the election. That said, there is some dissonance eme [...]
2002-12-19 10:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM SOCI MV
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 10:18:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM EAID CE NO LTTE
02DAMASCUS625 ASAD WARNS THAT STRIKING IRAQ WOULD CREATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, BASHAR AL-ASAD WARNED THAT A STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ WOULD DESTABILIZE THE REGION. HE ALSO DENIED THAT SYRIAN OIL IMPORTS OF IRAQI OIL VIOLATED UNSCRS; REPEATED SYRIA'S COMMITMENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE; SAID THE [...]
2002-02-21 15:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS SY
02FRANKFURT10187FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...]
2002-11-04 14:46:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
02HARARE1019POLITBURO MEMBERS QUIETLY CONSIDER POST-MUGABE ERA
[...] (C) In an April 24 conversation with political section chief, ZANU-PF deputy political commissar Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said Politburo members are, for the first time, quietly discussing ways to ease President Mugabe out, but few are willing to confront the Zimbabwean President directly. According [...]
2002-04-26 08:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE104ANOTHER BAD DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 9 PRESS CONFERENCE, ZIMBABWE'S SECURITY CHIEFS SAID THEY WOULD NOT TOLERATE THE ASCENSION OF A PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT "OBSERVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE." THE LENGTHY STATEMENT MARKED THE MOST DRAMATIC DEPARTURE OF ZIMBABWE'S MILITARY FROM ITS GENERA [...]
2002-01-10 12:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR ZI
02HARARE1042ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT MAKES STATE VISIT TO ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa made a state visit to Zimbabwe April 25-28 as the guest of honor at Zimbabwe's International Trade Fair, an occasion he used in an apparent attempt to bolster President Mugabe's image at home and abroad. The first head of state to visit Zimbabwe since the [...]
2002-04-30 14:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI ZA
02HARARE107TRANSCRIPT OF THE JANUARY 9 PRESS BRIEF BY
[...] OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED INCREASE IN SPECULATIVE, IMAGINARY AND FALSE ARTICLES BY THE SO- CALLED INDEPENDENT MEDIA BOTH INTERNALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, ON THE STATUS AND OPERATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS. THESE STATEMENTS HAVE CAUSED INSECURITY, UNCERTAIN [...]
2002-01-10 14:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL MARR ZI
02HARARE1117INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS FACE TRIAL OVER
[...] (U) A magistrate in Harare has ruled that two of the three journalists arrested last week for violating the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) must stand trial. American citizen Andrew Meldrum, local correspondent for the "Guardian," and "Daily News" [...]
2002-05-08 21:52:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1136ZANU-PF REQUESTS SUSPENSION OF PARTY TALKS
[...] (U) ZANU-PF has requested suspension of the talks with the opposition MDC. In a letter dated May 9 (faxed to AF/S) to the Nigerian and South African facilitators, the leader of the ruling party's negotiating team -- Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa -- cited several reasons for the request. [...]
2002-05-10 11:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE1137ASIAN/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 11:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KCRM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1151MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI ON THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told us his party is pursuing a four-pronged strategy in the election aftermath: participating in the (now stalled) inter-party dialogue; challenging the election result in court; organizing mass action; and encouraging increased international pres [...]
2002-05-14 14:24:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC ZI MDC
02HARARE1182MEDIA REACTION G8 SUMMIT AND NEPAD; HARARE
[...] Under headline "NEPAD's Zim quarantine a false start" the independent weekly "Zimbabwe Independent" warns the G8 countries meeting in Canada next month not to ignore the crisis in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "Remarks by the Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa's Thabo Mbek [...]
2002-05-17 08:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1183ZCTU'S BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL AT THE UPCOMING ILO
[...] (C) This is an action request -- see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. LABOFF met May 15 with Wellington Chibebe of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Chibebe expressed concern that the GOZ would use the upcoming ILO conference in Geneva as another forum in which to attack the legit [...]
2002-05-17 09:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
02HARARE1188TOBACCO SELLERS GRANTED A SELECTIVE
[...] (SBU) On May 16, after two days of boycotts by tobacco farmers of the sales of their crop due to an uneconomic return assured by the official exchange rate, the Finance Minister Simba Makoni announced a special support price for tobacco. The scheme equates to an 82 percent forex devaluation [...]
2002-05-17 09:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD ZI
02HARARE1192JOURNALISTS FACE CHARGES AS SUPREME COURT SAYS
[...] On May 16 the Zimbabwe Supreme Court ruled that a suit challenging the constitutionality of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) is not urgent. This means that the Supreme Court will not take immediate action on the suit, and the journalists su [...]
2002-05-20 08:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1218 "DAILY NEWS" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED
[...] Geoff Nyarota, editor of the independent daily "The Daily News," was charged on May 20 with publishing "falsehoods," a violation of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The charge is related to the now infamous and disproven "beheaded woman" story, pu [...]
2002-05-21 13:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1219TSVANGIRAI VOWS MASS ACTION; MUGABE WARNS MDC
[...] (C) The talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC have collapsed for now, as President Mugabe insisted the ruling party would not participate until after the courts rule on the opposition's legal challenge of the presidential election results. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai subsequently declared that [...]
2002-05-21 14:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ZI
02HARARE1221POACHING OF WILDLIFE IS RAMPANT IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The poaching of wild game, by both commercial and subsistence hunters, has now reached crisis proportions in Zimbabwe. Game is being illegally taken from occupied private reserves and conservancies, national parks, and occupied farms that may or may not border protected game a [...]
2002-05-21 14:35:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR SENV ZI
02HARARE1237MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART
[...] (c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May 22. Coltart addressed his personal security and his upcoming trip abroad, then described developments in the MDC's legal challenge of the results of the March 2002 presidential [...]
2002-05-22 14:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI
02HARARE1243JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AGAIN
[...] On May 22 journalists from the independent weekly "Standard" were arrested for the second time in one week. Editor-in-Chief Bornwell Chakaodza and entertainment editor Fungayi Kanyuchi were taken to the Central Police Station and questioned for several hours. They were [...]
2002-05-23 10:52:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1254DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER,
[...] (SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Made, said all the right things about formalizing the path forward in the land reform and resettlement program. He assured the viewing audi [...]
2002-05-24 05:17:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PREL ZI
02HARARE1258"STANDARD" EDITOR SETS NEW ARREST RECORD
[...] BORNWELL CHAKAODZA, EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "STANDARD" WAS ARRESTED AGAIN ON MAY 23, SETTING A NEW ZIMBABWEAN RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF TIMES AN EDITOR HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN ONE WEEK. CHAKAODZA WAS ALSO ARRESTED ON MAY 22 AND MAY 16. WHILE OTHER EDITORS MAY BOAST A HI [...]
2002-05-24 10:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ZI
02HARARE1275"STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FOURTH TIME
[...] On May 28 Bornwell Chakaodza, editor of the independent weekly "Standard" was arrested for the fourth time in less than two weeks. As has become customary, Chakaodza was picked up by police at his office, taken to Harare Central police station, and charged with violating [...]
2002-05-29 06:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1287 ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
[...] (U) On May 25 the government-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) announced massive staffing cuts and personnel changes. According to Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, the de-facto director of all government-owned media, approximately 60 percent of the ZBC's 9 [...]
2002-05-30 09:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1296"STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FIFTH TIME
[...] On May 29 Bornwell Chakaodza, editor of the independent weekly "Standard," was arrested for the fifth time in less than two weeks. The May 29 arrest was, like the May 28 arrest, sparked by a story in the Standard detailing conditions Chakaodza and two of his colleagues e [...]
2002-05-30 15:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1307TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE'S CHALLENGES WITH
[...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai told a visiting staffdel that the MDC was pursuing its legal challenge of the election result, had embarked on a campaign to sensitize African governments to the situation in Zimbabwe, and welcomed dialogue with ZANU-PF, so long as the ruling party did not ins [...]
2002-05-31 08:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC ZI
02HARARE1355GOVERNMENT PUULS PLUG ON SEMI-INDEPENDENT TV
[...] The government of Robert Mugabe refused to re-new the broadcast license of semi-independent television broadcaster "Joy TV" and the station ceased operations on May 31. The following report from the Zimbabwe office of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) offers [...]
2002-06-04 10:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1357PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA COMMISSION NAMED
[...] On June 1 Information Minister Jonathan Moyo appointed a six-member Media and Information Commission to license media organizations, accredit journalists, and assume other functions related to controlling the media in Zimbabwe. The Media and Information Commission is a s [...]
2002-06-04 12:52:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1371DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL ON US FOOD ASSISTANCE TO
[...] Under headline "Looking a gift horse in the mouth" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 5 editorial to calling on the government of Zimbabwe to "avoid politicizing food aid." Excerpts: 2. "For the estimated six million of the 13 million Zimbabweans on t [...]
2002-06-05 08:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE1375AMERICAN JOURNALIST WILL FACE TRIAL
[...] (U) American citizen Andrew Meldrum, the Zimbabwe correspondent for the "Guardian" (UK) newspaper, will be tried on June 12 for violating a section of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Meldrum was arrested on May 1 and charged with "abusing [...]
2002-06-06 09:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1376USG ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Corruption at the official level in Zimbabwe has increased markedly in the last several years as the Government has systematically undermined the rule of law to browbeat political opponents and the ruling party has expanded its already considerable system of patronage. Corruption, once [...]
2002-06-06 09:46:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KSEP SOCI ZI
02HARARE1378LAW SOCIETY LEADERS FREED AFTER 48 HOURS IN JAIL
[...] Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) President Sternford Moyo and LSZ Executive Secretary Wilbert Mapombere were released from police custody on June 5 after spending 48 hours in custody on charges of plotting to overthrow the government of Robert Mugabe. The two have be [...]
2002-06-06 14:12:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PHUM KPAO
02HARARE13852002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-07 07:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI
02HARARE1389EDITORIALS SUPPORT AND CRITICIZE MUGABE
[...] Editorials in the June 10 editions of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and the independent daily "The Daily News" focus on Robert Mugabe's presence in Rome for the United Nations meeting on hunger. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Travel bans prove ineffective" [...]
2002-06-10 11:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1390EDITORIAL URGES NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MEDIA
[...] Under headline "Moyo: You have lost the plot" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its June 9 editorial to calling on the privately owned media to "simply ignore the restrictions" of the newly enacted Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA),sayi [...]
2002-06-10 11:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1398ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT HINDERING FOOD DELIVERIES IN
[...] (C) Summary: Assertions of humanitarian food aid manipulation for political purposes have been increasingly frequent in recent weeks. Investigations have tended to indicate that such abuses are episodic rather than centrally manipulated. However, recent reports from the Matabeleland town of [...]
2002-06-11 06:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1406THE ZIMDOLLAR PLUMMETS ON THE PARALLEL MARKET
[...] (SBU) Summary: After remaining fairly stable for six months from December 2001 at around Z $320=US $1, the Zimdollar has devalued sharply on the parallel market over the last few weeks, with reports of trades in recent days going off at anywhere between Z $520 and Z $580. This is roughly a 7 [...]
2002-06-12 07:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1418ZIMBABWE: 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 12:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1419TRIAL OF AMCIT JOURNALIST ANDREW MELDRUM
[...] The trial of American citizen Andrew Meldrum, the Zimbabwe correspondent for "The Guardian," begins on June 12 at the Harare Magistrate's Court. Meldrum was charged with "publishing falsehoods," a violation of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) af [...]
2002-06-13 12:19:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1423INDEPENDENT EDITORS LAUNCH FORUM
[...] Editors of five privately-owned mainstream newspapers have launched a national editors' forum "to promote and defend press freedom and free speech" in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe National Editor's Forum (ZINEF) was launched on June 12 by editors Geoff Nyarota of "The Daily [...]
2002-06-14 05:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1437GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER MEDIA -- NEW
[...] The government of Zimbabwe has announced the new registration and accreditation requirements for media organizations and journalists as prescribed by the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). According to an extraordinary gazette published on Jun [...]
2002-06-18 03:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1438TWO NEW NEWSPAPERS HIT THE STREETS
[...] Two new newspapers debuted in Harare during the week of June 10. "The Business Tribune" and its sister publication "The Weekend Tribune" will hit the streets every Thursday and Saturday respectively. 2. The Media Africa Group (MAG),a consortium of businessmen led by a [...]
2002-06-18 03:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1448ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT, RUNNING SCARED, RENEWS
[...] (C) Summary: In the last week, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has renewed its crackdown on the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),which is still considering some sort of mass action to force the GOZ to rerun the flawed March presidential election. Police have arrested hundreds [...]
2002-06-18 14:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
02HARARE1449NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS
[...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...]
2002-06-19 05:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1453ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT BANS SOUTH AFRICAN LAWYER FROM
[...] (SBU) The June 19 edition of the independent "Daily News" reported that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has denied MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's request to have renowned South African attorney Jeremy Gauntlett represent him in the MDC's legal challenge to the March presidential election. [...]
2002-06-19 12:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC EAID ZI
02HARARE1507ZIMBABWE: OPPOSITION MAYOR OF MASVINGO GAINING
[...] (C) On June 27, poloff met in Harare with Alois Chaimiti, the MDC Mayor of Masvingo and the first opposition mayor in Zimbabwe's post-independence history. Chaimiti came into office in May 2001 after a typically violent election campaign. In the 13 months since his installation, Chaimiti ha [...]
2002-07-01 08:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC EAID ZI
02HARARE1533NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS
[...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...]
2002-07-02 14:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1567GOVERNMENT OP-ED CRITICIZES BUSH PLAN TO
[...] An op-ed published in the June 27 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald," dismisses President Bush's planned visit to Africa next year as a "non-event." Under headline "Bush's visit a non- event: West should stop meddling in Africa's internal a [...]
2002-07-03 08:29:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1568JOURNALIST'S TRIAL POSTPONED
[...] The trial of "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa has been postponed. Mudiwa was charged on April 30 with "publishing falsehoods" because of his report about a woman supposedly beheaded by ruling party supporters. That story has since been disproved. On June 20 Mudiwa pr [...]
2002-07-03 08:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1576MEDIA REPORT -- G8 SUMMIT AND NEPAD
[...] Under headline "G8 summit a damp squib for NEPAD's lofty goals," the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 3 editorial to stating that the G8's proposed aid package to Africa falls short of expectations. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The Group of Eight (G8) summit paid more [...]
2002-07-03 12:10:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ZI
02HARARE1577MEDIA REPORT -- GOVERNMENT-OWNED NEWSPAPER
[...] The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has suspended Zimbabwe's largest newspaper and publishing company, the government-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) Group. The company, publishers of "The Herald" and five other titles, was suspended on Monday, July 2 for violat [...]
2002-07-03 12:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1581NEGATIVE FACTORS COMBINE TO DRASTICALLY DRAG
[...] (SBU) A powerful and negative combination of factors is now causing significant damage to Zimbabwe's economy, and the country's political leadership refuses to take steps to address or reverse the crisis. The more-evident ingredients of the disastrous mix are: = an unsustainable government [...]
2002-07-03 14:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1591MEDIA REPORT REPORTER ARRESTED UNDER AIPPA; HARARE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-08 08:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1596MEDIA REPORT ZIMPAPERS BACK ON THE BOURSE; HARARE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-08 14:04:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1611GOVERNMENT PAPER TAKES AIM AGAINST BIOTECH
[...] Under the headline "We say NO to GM food" the editorial in the July 9 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" offered a stunningly uninformed diatribe against the supply of biotech food to hungry Zimbabweans. Excerpts: 2. ".It.boggles the mind [...]
2002-07-10 06:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1615GOVERNMENT PAPER CALLS ON WEST TO RELAX
[...] Under headline "AIDS statistics sobering" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its July 7 editorial to calling on Western countries to "amend intellectual property regulations" so as to pave the way for African countries to manufacture lo [...]
2002-07-10 14:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ZI
02HARARE1627SEX SCANDAL IN ZIMBABWE REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (U) The July 1 edition of the independent "Daily News" revealed that two aid workers in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in southern Zimbabwe had been suspended after refugees lobbed charges of sexual abuse against them. The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC),which operates the ca [...]
2002-07-12 06:21:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ZI
02HARARE1635COMMERCIAL FARMERS CHARGED WITH CRIME OF FARMING
[...] Summary: On July 4-5, 15 Chiredzi-area commercial sugar farmers were charged with violating section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act by continuing to farm past the government-mandated deadline for ceasing commercial farming activity. As of May 10, 2002 all farmers who fail to stop occupying, ho [...]
2002-07-15 13:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV ZI
02HARARE1637ZANU-PF DISSATISFACTION WITH MUGABE GROWING
[...] (C) Awareness appears to be growing among senior ruling party officials that they have dug Zimbabwe into a very deep hole, and that extricating themselves from it will be next to impossible so long as Robert Mugabe remains at the helm. They agree that an exit package for Mugabe would have to [...]
2002-07-16 06:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE1664ZIMBABWE FINANCE MINISTER PROVIDES STARK ECONOMIC
[...] (C) In a June 25 letter to the Cabinet's economic and finance committe, Finance Minister Simba Makoni provided a stark picture of Zimbabwe's economic crisis. According to Makoni, Zimbabwe has no foreign exchange reserves, which has prevented the Government from procuring even those products [...]
2002-07-19 08:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD ZI
02HARARE1714ZIMBABWE: FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESTARTS IN ONE
[...] (C) Post has learned from Amcit Father Tom McQuillen that the Catholic Church has been permitted to restart food distribution in the beleaguered Binga district of Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe. War veterans, acting on the order of Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, forced t [...]
2002-07-25 08:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID ASEC ZI
02HARARE1719ZIMBABWE FACES FUEL SHORTAGES UNLESS NEW
[...] (C) Summary. Amid rumors of imminent fuel shortages reminiscent of those that occurred in 1998, a local economist estimates that Zimbabwe retains at best a one-month supply of oil should pipeline and tanker shipments be curtailed. The southern and northern regions are serviced by different s [...]
2002-07-25 12:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ETRD ZI
02HARARE1728RADICAL ECONOMIC VISION ADVOCATED BY ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary. Post has received a confidential document authored from within the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) outlining an "economic policy" which ensures the further deterioration of the Zimbabwean economy. Among the highlights of the measures urged in this policy are: reduced interest rat [...]
2002-07-26 06:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1745ZIMBABWE: MUGABE'S RECENT REMARKS TROUBLING - RULE
[...] (C) Summary: On July 25, President Mugabe went on record saying that the State would defy court judgments with which it did not agree. He also said gays were worse than pigs and dogs, warning Parliament against recognizing homosexual marriages. In a previous July 23 speech at the opening of [...]
2002-07-30 10:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1754GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO ALL
[...] (C) On July 30, post received a dipnote from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs replying to our dipnote of July 15 informing the GOZ of the U.S.'s accession to all 12 UN anti-terrorism conventions (REF A). The GOZ's note stated: "The Ministry wishes to advise that as a demonstration of it [...]
2002-07-31 11:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ZI
02HARARE1766ZANU-PF DECLARED WINNER OF KADOMA MAYORAL ELECTION
[...] (c) Summary: ZANU-PF was declared the winner of the July 27-28 Kadoma mayoral election by a slim margin. The pre-election period was marred by incidents of sporadic violence and the mass arrest of prominent Kadoma MDC members two days before the vote. On the voting days themselves independ [...]
2002-08-01 14:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI
02HARARE1775STEALTH DEVALUATION: "THROUGH THE BACKDOOR"
[...] (C) Summary. Despite President Mugabe's vigorous insistence that "devaluation is dead" (see reftel),the GOZ has tacitly conceded -- within a matter of days -- that devaluation is in fact very much alive. On July 25, Finance Minister Simba Makoni (who was obliquely castigated by Mugabe in th [...]
2002-08-05 09:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1782MEDIA REACTION EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE
[...] Stung by the recent detention and deportation of former Bulawayo mayor Joshua Malinga at Gatwick Airport (London) and Sweden's refusal of visas to four ZANU-PF women legislators, an editorial in the August 5 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" calls [...]
2002-08-05 10:14:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PGOV PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE1802OFFICIAL GOZ FIGURES ON FOOD IMPORTS AND PROJECTED
[...] (C) Summary. A senior Ministry of Finance official shared with Charge details on GOZ food imports, and the gap still to be filled. The GOZ has purchased nearly 1,000,000 metric tons (MT) of maize but, even with current projected donor contributions factored in, still faces a shortfall of app [...]
2002-08-06 09:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR PREL PGOV EFIN ZI
02HARARE1806MUGABE TURNS UP HEAT ON OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The Zimbabwean government has stepped up its harassment of the MDC leadership, arresting the national treasurer in the hospital as he recuperated from major eye surgery, and raiding Morgan Tsvangirai's home in an alleged search for arms of war and subversive materials. In addition, the Ho [...]
2002-08-06 13:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE1819GLOOMY COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION CONGRESS ADJOURNS
[...] (C) Summary. The 59th annual Commercial Farmers, Union (CFU) Congress was a gloomy affair that took place under the pall of an August 8 deadline for the eviction of the majority of CFU members from their farms. There was unusual division within CFU ranks over whether or not to mount court ch [...]
2002-08-08 13:19:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1822COMMERCIAL FARMS APPEAR CALM AS INITIAL DEADLINE
[...] (U) As the August 8 midnight deadline for commercial farmers to vacate their farms and homesteads came and went, there are no reports of violence or forcible evictions from the disputed property. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck reports that the situation countrywide is [...]
2002-08-09 07:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1826POSSIBLE TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR SOME COMMERCIAL
[...] (C) The day before the August 8 deadline for designated farmers to leave their properties (reftel),a High Court judge issued a ruling that could give a temporary reprieve to affected farmers. Judge Charles Hungwe ruled that the government's acquisition of Tengwe Estates farm was "null and [...]
2002-08-09 10:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1827JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE -- TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff attended the inaugural meeting of the JAG on Tuesday, August 6. This group was formed by some of the more confrontational members of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in response to CFU members' perception that the organization was too conciliatory. The initial act of J [...]
2002-08-09 11:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1830FEW COMMERCIAL FARMERS EVICTED AS CFU PERCEIVES
[...] (U) Summary. Pursuant to the August 9 deadline for the first wave of commercial farmers to abandon their homesteads, in one region police have confronted farmers on five separate properties, and in a second region another farmer faces forced eviction. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president [...]
2002-08-14 12:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1833MUGABE VOWS TO STAY THE COURSE IN PUBLIC SPEECHES
[...] (C) In his annual Heroes Day Speech on August 12, only sparsely attended by the diplomatic community, Mugabe showed no indication of veering from his current disastrous policy course. He vowed to continue with the fast track resettlement effort but said that "loyal" commercial farmers would b [...]
2002-08-14 14:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE1851MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "U.S., UK obsession with Hussein only makes him more popular" the August 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op- ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on page 6: 2. ". . .There is a kind of immoral resignation that Ge [...]
2002-08-15 08:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE1871NEW REPORTS OF FARM EVICTIONS
[...] (SBU) Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck called on Friday, August 16, to confirm several cases of farm eviction throughout the country. While the overall situation remains tense but superficially calm, there are scattered instances of official response to the farmers' refu [...]
2002-08-16 09:21:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1872STATUS OF FOOD RELIEF IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ),WFP, U.S, UK, EU and other NGOs are undertaking separate food relief efforts in Zimbabwe. The targets of the WFP, U.S., UK, EU and NGO programs are the most vulnerable Zimbabweans. We have heard numerous reports that the GOZ distributes food to Zanu-PF s [...]
2002-08-16 09:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID ASEC ZI
02HARARE1882MASS ARRESTS OF ZIMBABWEAN FARMERS WHO IGNORE
[...] (C) Police have begun arresting commercial farmers -- and family members, in some cases -- who have failed to comply with the August 8 deadline to leave their properties. More than 140 people were arrested over the August 17-18 weekend, and 92 remained incarcerated on the morning of August 19. [...]
2002-08-19 12:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ASEC ZI
02HARARE1900COMMERCIAL FARMS: SITUATION REPORT
[...] Summary: Arrests of farmers by the Zimbabwean authorities continue, with no break in the official party rationale and no indication of respite. Most farmers are being released on bail an receiving future court dates. There is little consistency throughout the various regions as to the condi [...]
2002-08-21 11:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1901UNDP-DONOR MEETING: MORE DOOM AND GLOOM
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNDP Resrep (and newly-named UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator) to Zimbabwe Victor Angelo met with donors on August 20 in a refreshingly frank session. He listed upcoming events, including a proposed regional scientific conference on GMO issues, and detailed where food impor [...]
2002-08-21 12:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1912MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Powell faces more protests on return to Africa" the August 22 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following opinion piece by Tim Chigodo on page 11: 2. "U. S. Secretary of State, Mr. Colin Powell is returni [...]
2002-08-22 09:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1913MEDIA REPORT KANSTEINER/NATSIOS BRIEFING;
[...] The transcript of a press briefing by USAID Administrator Natsios and A/S Kansteiner on food aid to Southern Africa received prominent placement in the government-controlled daily "The Herald." The independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" also published a Reu [...]
2002-08-22 09:54:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1925MEDIA 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 07:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1927MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Zim must stand its ground at summit" the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" dedicated its August 22 editorial to encouraging Zimbabwe to advance its controversial land redistribution program at the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable D [...]
2002-08-23 07:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1934DISPLACED FARM WORKERS: UNADDRESSED HUMANITARIAN
[...] (U) Summary: The arrests and evictions of commercial farmers continue, with most farmers being released on bail with varying conditions. Some farmers are having their Section 8 acquisition orders overturned on technicalities, but this seems to be a temporary reprieve at best. The fate of [...]
2002-08-23 09:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1943MUGABE'S CABINET RESHUFFLE REWARDS LOYALTY, NOT
[...] (C) In a long-anticipated move, President Mugabe named a new Cabinet on August 24 that looks very much like the old one, albeit with some portfolios shifted around. Finance Minister Makoni and Health Minister Stamps were the only ones dismissed, while two new Ministers (former Ambassador to [...]
2002-08-26 13:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR ZI
02HARARE1948GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OF MEDIA
[...] The government-owned weekly "Sunday Mail" reported on August 25 that the government has introduced amendments to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that will further tighten government control of the media. According to [...]
2002-08-26 13:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1949MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE
[...] The World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in South Africa has become the subject matter for editorials in two mainstream newspapers - the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror." Editorial excerpts follo [...]
2002-08-26 13:52:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1951ZIMBABWE'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP "PLOT"
[...] Under the headline "American madness" the weekly ZANU-PF house organ "The People's Voice" (08/25) comments: "The U.S. Government this week shamelessly went public about its plans to oust the democratically elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe R [...]
2002-08-26 13:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1963BIOTECH STILL UNDER FIRE IN ZIMBABWE
[...] Under headline "Distinguishing drought from famine" an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem carried in the August 27 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News," accuses the United States of "cynically exploiting the plight of the starving to create an artificia [...]
2002-08-27 08:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1964MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQI STANDOFF; HARARE
[...] Under the headline "Will Bush attack Iraq?" the August 25 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried the following article in the "Scrutator," the unsigned column written by publisher Ibbo Mandaza: 2. "U.S. President George W. Bush's plan [...]
2002-08-27 08:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1965MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Needed: sustainable political development" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 27 editorial to encouraging African leaders attending the Earth Summit in South Africa to "relate the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS to the [...]
2002-08-27 08:48:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1966GOVERNMENT PRESS SAYS WEST CANNOT STOP "LAND
[...] Under the headline "Demonisation won't derail land reform" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 27 editorial to declaring that Zimbabwe's land reform program is irreversible. Excerpts: 2. "A new wave of hysteria has gripped Britain, [...]
2002-08-27 08:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1977GOVERNMENT PRESS STILL INDIGNANT
[...] Under headline "We stand by our cause" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 27 editorial to criticizing the United States for meddling in Zimbabwe's internal affairs. Excerpts: 2. "The American and their cousins in Europe have [...]
2002-08-28 09:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1982ZIMBABWE CABINET BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
[...] (C) Reftel reported President Mugabe's August 24 cabinet reshuffle. As promised reftel, we provide below additional biographic information on the new appointees (we have not included cabinet members who retained the same portfolios): --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...]
2002-08-29 05:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
02HARARE1984INDEPENDENT RADIO OFFICES BOMBED
[...] Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 29 the offices of independent radio "Voice of the People" (VOP) were firebombed and destroyed. The offices were in a house in a residential neighborhood near downtown Harare. There were no injuries, but the house and its content [...]
2002-08-29 09:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1992NEW CABINET "ROTTEN TO THE CORE"
[...] (C) In an August 26 meeting, Eddison Zvobgo, an elder statesman in ZANU-PF, provided insight into the Cabinet reshuffle and pressure points for the international community to pursue and he commented on the food situation, the Public Order and Security Act, and the likelihood of a new constit [...]
2002-08-29 13:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
02HARARE1994EDITORIAL ON WSSD
[...] Under headline "Too many words, too little action," the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its August 29, 2002 editorial to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Excerpts: 2. "Zimbabweans, as indeed many other Africans, will be forgiven [...]
2002-08-29 14:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1998MEDIA 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 09:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE200OBASANJO SHUTTLES TO ZIMBABWE, MEETS BOTH
[...] (C) NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO MADE A WHIRLWIND VISIT TO ZIMBABWE, ARRIVING JANUARY 20 AT 8:00 P.M. AND DEPARTING AT 3:00 A.M. THE NEXT DAY. HE MET WITH BOTH PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AND THE MDC'S MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. ACCORDING TO THE NIGERIAN EMBASSY, OBASANJO MET ALONE WITH MUGABE. [...]
2002-01-22 13:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI NI
02HARARE2001LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED
[...] (C) On August 29, police detained Frances Lovemore, acting director of Zimbabwe's leading human rights organization, Amani Trust. She was charged with violating the section of the repressive Public Order and Security Act (POSA) which prohibits publication of "falsehoods" prejudicial to the s [...]
2002-08-30 09:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM ZI
02HARARE2002INTERNALLY 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 09:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID 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 13:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE201UNRESREP PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT THE INVITATION OF UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, THE DONOR COMMUNITY HELD ITS FIRST COORDINATING MEETING OF 2002 AT THE UNDP OFFICES. ANGELO, WHO NORMALLY SEEKS TO INTERPRET EVENTS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, WAS PARTICULARLY DOWNBEAT. ON ELECTIONS, HE SAID THAT THERE NO LONGER APPEA [...]
2002-01-22 13:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EAGR EAID ZI
02HARARE2011MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE
[...] Editorials in Zimbabwe's newspapers continue to focus on the ongoing World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Earth summit hopes of ending African poverty" the independent daily "The Daily News) [...]
2002-09-03 13:12:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2013MEDIA REACTION DROC: HARARE
[...] Under headline "Zim troops return as heroes" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its September 3 editorial to urging the United Nations to deploy "more peacekeeping forces" into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) "to avoid the creation of a [...]
2002-09-03 13:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO
02HARARE2014RULE OF LAW UNDER ATTACK - MAGISTRATES ASSAULTED
[...] (C) A magistrate was severally beaten on August 16, another stabbed on August 28, both assaults allegedly motivated by the magistrates' rulings in favor of defendants who were MDC members. Justice Minister Chinamasa has refused a request by the Chief magistrate to condemn the attacks and ensu [...]
2002-09-03 14:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
02HARARE2015MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Demonstrations a seal for land reforms" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its September 2 editorial to criticizing the West for failing to endorse the land reform program in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "Some Western leaders have [...]
2002-09-03 14:59:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2021ZIMBABWE'S BIOTECH BROUHAHA
[...] (C) Summary. On 1 September, while attending the WSSD in South Africa, Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement Minister Joseph Made proclaimed that Zimbabwe would not accept food aid containing genetically modified organisms. He also said there was nothing to discuss with the U.S. since th [...]
2002-09-04 11:18:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE2022MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE
[...] Following are excerpts of editorials carried in the September 4 editions of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the government-controlled daily "The Herald" on Robert Mugabe's speech to the WSSD: 2. Under headline "As millions face starvation, Mugabe sco [...]
2002-09-04 11:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2033MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE
[...] Government-owned print and broadcast media in Zimbabwe gave prominent coverage to the heckling of Secretary of State Powell at the WSSD on September 4. The story featured prominently on television and radio news programs and was page 1, above-the-fold in the gov [...]
2002-09-05 12:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2039GOVERNMENT PAPER REPORTS ZIMBABWE WILL ACCEPT
[...] According to a front-page, above-the-fold report in the September 6 edition of the government-owned Herald, President Mugabe has ruled that Zimbabwe will accept food aid that may contain biotech products. However, the President added that that such food relief w [...]
2002-09-06 07:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE204LAST-MINUTE GOZ RESPONSE TO EU ULTIMATUM
[...] (C) THE GOZ SUBMITTED A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO THE EU IN HARARE AT 8:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 18, JUST HOURS BEFORE EXPIRATION OF THE ONE-WEEK DEADLINE IMPOSED BY THE EU DURING ITS JANUARY 11 ARTICLE 96 CONSULTATIONS WITH A MUDENGE-LED GOZ DELEGATION. THE LETTER WAS NOT SIGNED BY [...]
2002-01-22 14:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI EU
02HARARE2060POLICE, MILITARY ENFORCE NEW, UNOFFICIAL FARM
[...] Summary. According to several reports received over the weekend, the GOZ has purportedly issued directives from "the highest levels" to both police and military to finalize the removal of commercial farmers. The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU),merely a shadow of its former presence, as well a [...]
2002-09-09 12:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2061G0VERNMENT PAPER
[...] Under headline "Correct labeling of GM food a must" the government-owned daily "Herald" uses its September 7 editorial as a petulant parting shot at food assistance from the U.S. Excerpts: 2. "Now that government has accepted genetically modified food aid from [...]
2002-09-09 13:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2062MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Who will pre-empt the war on Iraq?" the independent, pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 8 editorial to urging the United Nations Security Council to stop the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: [...]
2002-09-09 13:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2069INDEPENDENT PAPER ASKS GOVERNMENT TO EXPLAIN
[...] Under headline "State must explain policy flip- flop on GM food" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its September 10 editorial to challenging the government to explain President Mugabe's ruling that Zimbabwe will accept food aid that may contain bi [...]
2002-09-10 09:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2073SHOOTOUT 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 12:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR PHUM ZI
02HARARE2086UN FOOD SEIZED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 7, Zimbabwe police and soldiers raided the UNICEF facilities and illegally seized food UNICEF had been storing for UN employees. After appealing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN received an apology from the guilty parties and expected to have the stolen fo [...]
2002-09-12 11:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PGOV PREL
02HARARE2088GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO RENEW AFP
[...] American citizen Griffin Shea, senior reporter for the Agence France Presse (AFP) bureau in Harare, is expected to leave Zimbabwe on Saturday, September 14, following the Government of Zimbabwe's refusal to renew his work permit. Shea, who has been working in Zimbabwe si [...]
2002-09-13 07:19:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2102FUEL SHORTAGE OR PANIC BUYING? -- FUEL QUEUES
[...] Summary. Various sources suggest that a nation-wide fuel shortage is likely sooner rather than later (reftel). Even with continued financial support from Libya regarding the fuel itself, widely reported in recent press accounts, the GOZ is facing huge pressures to produce forex to get the fue [...]
2002-09-17 11:44:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET PGOV ZI
02HARARE2106GOVERNMENT PAPER SAYS U.S. IS FINANCING "ANTI-
[...] The September 17 edition of the government- controlled daily Bulawayo "Chronicle" carries a page- one, above-the-fold story entitled "Unholy alliance: Washington finances anti-government NGOs." Excerpts follow. 2. "The U.S. Government is assisting non- [...]
2002-09-18 04:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE211MDC RALLY BROKEN UP BY POLICE AND ZANU-PF
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 20, ZANU-PF MILITANTS WAITING IN AMBUSH AND POLICE USING TEARGAS BLOCKED A PLANNED MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) RALLY IN BULAWAYO. AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE MELEE, AND SEVEN ARE REPORTED MISSING. THE DISRUPTION OCCURRED EVEN THOUGH THE MDC HAD APPLIED FOR [...]
2002-01-23 16:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI NI
02HARARE2118GOZ TO STRONG-ARM PENSION FUNDS FOR FINANCIAL
[...] Summary. The GOZ is reportedly planning to issue Zim $30 billion in bonds, and require pension plans to buy them, in order to finance the inadequately funded land reform program. Between the shrinking membership paying in to pension funds, the decreasing interest rates, and the escalating inf [...]
2002-09-18 13:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN ECON ZI
02HARARE2122DELTA CORPORATION: FINANCING ITS OWN INTERESTS
[...] Summary. In a new development, local powerhouse Delta Corporation (which, coincidentally, owns several breweries) has reportedly announced a Zim $10 billion initiative (approximately US $14.5 million at the parallel rate) whereby it will loan inputs for the production of maize, sorghum and ma [...]
2002-09-19 10:13:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN PGOV ZI
02HARARE2127CORRUPTION IN LAND ACQUISITION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe executive office issued a directive, circulated as a diplomatic note on 13 September, putatively intended to rein in over-zealous government officials in their acquisition of land. An independent press report, supported by the diplomatic note, and comments by Speaker [...]
2002-09-23 10:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2128PARLIAMENT AGENDA FOLLOWING ZANU-PF'S COURSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed September 10, after a 5-week adjournment, amid speculation that one of the top ZANU-PF priorities would be a bill to amend the constitutional requirement that presidential elections be held within 90 days after a president vacates office. ZANU-PF pushed through [...]
2002-09-23 10:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI
02HARARE2133MEDIA 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 12:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2157INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS CRITICIZE INACTION IN
[...] Under title "The dialogue of the deaf" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette' (09/26) comments: "South African President Thabo Mbeki and his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo have predictably decided to postpone taking the tough decisions t [...]
2002-09-26 11:08:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2174MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Genocide in Palestine" the ZANU PF weekly organ "The People's Voice" dedicated its September 29 editorial to accusing the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of "committing genocide" against the Palestinian people. The editorial also denounced P [...]
2002-09-30 07:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KMDR ZI
02HARARE2176MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQ STANDOFF; HARARE
[...] Under title "Will the drums of war quieten?" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 29 editorial to encouraging President Bush to heed "international public opinion" against a unilateral attack on Iraq by the United States. Excerpts: [...]
2002-09-30 07:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2181LOCAL AUSTRALIAN TAKE ON ABUJA MEETING ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Australian High Commissioner to Harare Jonathan Brown gave us a readout of the Abuja meeting, which he attended. His account was largely consistent with reftel accounts so we will only report that which provides additional elaboration or contrast. Brown said that the three presidents had ag [...]
2002-09-30 09:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE2193ZANU-PF APPEARS HEADED FOR LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN
[...] (C) Voter turnout was low in Zimbabwe's nationwide rural council elections September 28-29, and early returns suggest a likely landslide victory by the ruling ZANU-PF, not surprising given pre-election violence, intimidation, and electoral manipulation. The GOZ stepped up efforts to diminish [...]
2002-10-01 12:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE2205GOVERNMENT PAPER CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY ON
[...] Under the title "DRC has chance to develop" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 29 editorial to accusing the United States of triggering "the continuing strife in most parts of Africa," adding that the West has everything t [...]
2002-10-02 06:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2206PRO-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 06:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2211 Press Conference Briefing Notes for
[...] (U) The following offers briefing notes for Ambassador Hall's press conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, scheduled for Friday morning, 11 October 2002. The press conference will be held at the conclusion of Ambassador Hall's visit to Zimbabwe. ----------------------------- Goal of the Press Con [...]
2002-10-03 06:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ZI
02HARARE2241INDEPENDENT PAPER PRAISES SADC MOVE TO SIDELINE
[...] Under headline "SADC commended for seeing light at last" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its October 8 editorial to welcoming the decision by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block Robert Mugabe from SADC chairmanship. Excerpts: [...]
2002-10-08 07:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2243INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS CHALLENGE MEDIA
[...] Journalists working for the privately owned media in Zimbabwe have filed an urgent application with the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe to challenge certain sections of the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Lawyers representin [...]
2002-10-09 07:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2256MEETING WITH EDDISON ZVOBGO
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, Eddison Zvobgo, provided insight into the upcoming Insiza by-election and the treason case against Morgan Tsvangirai. He also had many interesting things to say about the food situation and its likely affect on rural support for ZANU-PF. Zvobgo said ZAN [...]
2002-10-10 13:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
02HARARE2265PUBLIC OPINION POLL REVEALS SUPRISING PERCEPTIONS
[...] A USAID-funded Post-Presidential Election Survey revealed some surprising results about the presidential election and the political environment. According to the poll, more than 72 percent of those surveyed said they voted, more than official numbers. Almost 40 percent of those surveyed woul [...]
2002-10-15 05:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
02HARARE2269MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "American war drums discord" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" used its October 13 editorial to argue against an U.S. attack on Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "As President George W. Bush presses ahead with his plans to attack Iraq, there ar [...]
2002-10-15 08:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2275MEDIA REACTION BUSH/BLAIR UNDER FIRE; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Blair, Bush terrorism must stop" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 12 editorial to ordering the British and American governments to stop meddling in the affairs of other countries. "We demand that Blair and Bush l [...]
2002-10-15 13:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2295LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI
[...] On October 16, Embassy was asked to convey a letter from Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai to President Bush and other current and former SIPDIS USG officials seeking a more active UN role in addressing Zimbabwe's crises. We have pouched the letters to AF/S and [...]
2002-10-16 17:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ZI
02HARARE2305GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ANTI-BIOTECH
[...] Under headline "Beware of Americans bearing `gifts'" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" published a silly anti-biotech article attributed to Raj Patel of "Third World Network Features": 2. "Food aid from U.S. is increasingly met with suspicion and ske [...]
2002-10-18 08:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2311INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID SEIZURE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The seizure on Thursday, October 17 of 3 metric tons of food by ZANU-PF activists in Insiza was the first documented incident of international food aid theft and partisan redistribution. The Government has denied the allegations and tried to divert attention from ZANU-PF food aid [...]
2002-10-21 12:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ZI
02HARARE2315ZIMBABWE TEACHERS' STRIKE: GOZ RIDING ROUGHSHOD
[...] (U) Summary: In events which have been monitored world-wide, the GOZ has cracked down on striking members of the Progressive Teachers, Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) with characteristic harshness. After GOZ responses which included PTUZ office raids, dubious arrests of PTUZ members, assault, thre [...]
2002-10-21 14:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2316MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S., UN AND IRAQ;
[...] Under headline "U.S. drums of war silenced - for now" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 21 editorial to applauding the recent United Nations resolution regarding arms inspection in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. ". . .While we applaud the ne [...]
2002-10-21 14:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2317MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Elusive peace in the DRC" the editorial in the independent, pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" encouraged the African Union (AU) to take the lead in enforcing the peace deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Excerpts: 2. "As Zimba [...]
2002-10-21 14:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2322FORMER MDC SPOKESMAN FOUND DEAD IN PRISON
[...] Former MDC spokesman and MP Learnmore Jongwe was found dead in his prison cell early in the morning of October 22. Jongwe was arrested in July for fatally stabbing his wife, and he subsequently confessed to the crime. Jongwe had been denied bail by both the High Court and Supreme Court, oste [...]
2002-10-22 14:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR ZI
02HARARE2324"DAILY NEWS" COMMISSIONS NEW PRINTING PRESS
[...] Twenty months after its presses were destroyed by expertly placed, sophisticated explosive devices (no arrests were ever made) the independent "Daily News" inaugurated new presses. In an October 22 ceremony attended by Zimbabwean media, human rights, law and business lea [...]
2002-10-23 07:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2336PUBLIC OPINION POLL REVISITED
[...] This cable is to provide clarification on the comparison of the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) poll and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) results as described in REFTEL. ZESN election results are based on official Zimbabwe Registrar General election results. ZESN is not an i [...]
2002-10-24 08:13:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE2337RULING PARTY STEPS UP ATTACKS AGAINST NGOS
[...] (C) A recent ZANU-PF theft of WFP food in Nsiza and GOZ orders to halt NGO food distribution in Binga come amid a looming general GOZ crackdown on NGOs. In mid September the GOZ issued a notice for all NGOs to register with the Ministry of Social Welfare, or cease operations. It appears that [...]
2002-10-24 08:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE2339ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY: PATIENT IS ON LIFE SUPPORT,
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Sullivan and the economic/commercial section hosted a group of American-connected businessmen for lunch on October 23 as a first step towards resurrecting an American Business Association. Although the mission expected to hear the usual commentary about an economy in [...]
2002-10-25 07:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN ZI
02HARARE2342MIDLANDS 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 08:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PHUM SOCI ZI
02HARARE2346MEDIA REPORT U. S. UNDER FIRE; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Bush wants to create space for decision strike on Iraq" the October 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Chinondidyachii Mararike on page 8: 2. "Will the U.S. go ahead and launch military stri [...]
2002-10-28 07:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2347ZIMBABWEAN PAPERS REACT TO UN REPORT ON
[...] Editorials focus on the UN report on "Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)." Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Zimbabwe deserve truth on DRC looting" the independent daily "The Daily [...]
2002-10-28 10:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2354ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTION IN INSIZA
[...] (C) The official media characterized Poloff's recent trip to the Insiza area ahead of by-elections there as "meddling". Able to concentrate its resources on one province, and through a campaign of vote-buying with food, violence, intimidation, restricting the movements of MDC officials, theft [...]
2002-10-28 15:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE2368MANIPULATION OF FOOD DELIVERIES: UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: The MDC's Economic Affairs Secretary -- Eddie Cross -- expressed concern about the Government of Zimbabwe's manipulation of food deliveries and pressed for UN Security Council action on this as a major human rights issue. The Ambassador suggested that the food shortage and GOZ's [...]
2002-10-31 06:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
02HARARE2369 GOVERNMENT MINISTER SAYS LAND REDISTRIBUTION
[...] According to an article in the pro-government "Daily Mirror, Minister for Youth, Gender and Employment Creation Elliot Manyika has threatened to "repossess land allocated to people who do not support the ruling party." 2. A report in the October 28 edition of t [...]
2002-10-31 07:31:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2370MEDIA REGISTRATION DEADLINE POSTPONED
[...] According to media reports, the government- appointed Media Commission has postponed the deadline for registration of journalist and media organizations to November 21, 2002. The original deadline was October 31. 2. According to a report in the October 28 edit [...]
2002-10-31 09:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2374ZCTU SECY-GNL'S THOUGHTS IN ADVANCE OF IVP VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with Mr. Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions SIPDIS (ZCTU),to review any last-minute questions about his upcoming IVP travel to the United States. Mr. Chibebe is prepared and excited, and looks forward to the opportunit [...]
2002-11-01 05:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE2381AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MUGABE'S CHIEF OF
[...] (C) In an October 30 conversation, the Ambassador and Charles Utete -- President Mugabe's Chief of Staff -- acknowledged the differences between our two governments but agreed on the importance of keeping communication channels open. The Ambassador urged Utete to implement the Cabinet's deci [...]
2002-11-01 08:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE2401GOZ VIOLENCE AGAINST MDC TARGETS COUNCILORS
[...] (C) Since the September 28 - 29 Rural District Council elections, ZANU-PF supporters have carried out a violent campaign of retribution against winning MDC councilors and MDC supporters in districts that elected MDC councilors. At least one MDC supporter was beaten to death. Winning (and los [...]
2002-11-04 14:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
02HARARE2409DATE SET TO HEAR AIPPA CHALLENGE; HARARE
[...] On November 21 Zimbabwe's Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The case, brought by journalists working in Zimbabwe's privately owned media, seeks the Court's ruling on the constitutionality [...]
2002-11-05 09:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE2414 U.S. COMMENTS ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S FOOD CRISIS
[...] Drawing on the Reuters report of Deputy Assistant Secretary Bellamy's November 2 interview with the Washington Times, both the government-owned Herald and independent Daily News lead with reporting on U.S. concern about Zimbabwe's food crisis. The Herald's page [...]
2002-11-06 06:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2429EDITORIAL ON FOOD CRISIS AND ZIMBABWE'S
[...] In its November 7 editorial, "NEPAD peer review: why it scares some leaders," the independent daily "Daily News" challenged the Government of Zimbabwe to address allegations of using food aid as a political weapon. Excerpts follow. 2. ". . .The government has s [...]
2002-11-07 08:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2437COMMERCIAL FARMERS' LEADERSHIP IS THE VICTIM OF
[...] (C) Summary: Both Colin Cloete, President, and David Hasluck, Director, of the Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) tendered their resignations on October 29 at the CFU's national council meeting. These resignations, both of which are effective within thirty days, highlight broad gulfs -- betwee [...]
2002-11-07 13:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2444DAILY NEWS CRITICIZES POLITICAL USE OF FOOD
[...] Under headline "SADC ministers must act to avert disaster" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its November 8 editorial to criticizing the government of Zimbabwe for politicizing the distribution and purchase of much-needed maize-meal in the country [...]
2002-11-08 07:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2445OFFICIAL JONGWE AUTOPSY RESULTS IDENTIFY POISONING
[...] (U) Learnmore Jongwe, former MDC spokesman and MP from Kuwadzana, died from chloroquine poisoning, according to the state run newspaper, The Herald. Jongwe was found dead in his prison cell early in the morning of October 22 (See Reftel). The police autopsy was performed on October 24. The Jo [...]
2002-11-08 09:04:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZI
02HARARE2446NEW GOZ DIRECTIVE ON LAND ACQUISITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) personnel, laboff received a copy of a GOZ directive targeted at "cleaning up" the chaotic land redistribution exercise. This policy statement is directed to the ad-hoc decisions and dealmaking which have characteri [...]
2002-11-08 09:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE245MEDIA REPORT PAPER ACCUSES U. S. OF FUNDING A
[...] THE JANUARY 25 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" CARRIED AN ARTICLE ON PAGE ONE, PICKED UP FROM THE JANUARY 24 EDITION OF THE BRITISH GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, ACCUSING THE U. S. OF FUNDING A "PIRATE RADIO STATION" BROADCASTING TO ZIMBABWE. THE ARTICLE, U [...]
2002-01-28 06:35:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE2454ZIMBABWEAN 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 09:19:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2467NEW NGOS STRUGGLE TO STAVE OFF FAMINE
[...] SUMMARY: The mid-October accreditation of three additional NGOs to serve as WFP implementing partners by the Government of Zimbabwe is a welcome step but will do little to reduce the increasing levels of malnutrition in the country. Wasting among children under five was close to the upper lim [...]
2002-11-12 08:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV ZI
02HARARE2478DEMOCRATIC SPACE FURTHER RESTRICTED
[...] (C) The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) recently issued a report unusually critical of the GOZ, detailing a chronology of violence during the October by-election in Insiza. ZESN recommends that an Independent Electoral Commission be appointed by Parliament to conduct future elections [...]
2002-11-13 05:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON EFIN ASEC ZI
02HARARE2480GOVERNMENT PAPER ACCUSES U.S. AND BRITAIN OF
[...] Under the headline "Zimbabwe is no colony" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its November 10 editorial to accusing the United States and Britain of practicing "gunboat diplomacy." Excerpts: 2. ". . .This week, the Deputy Secretary of Sta [...]
2002-11-13 09:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2481INDEPENDENT EDITOR MARK CHAVUNDHUKA DIES
[...] The November 10 death of journalist Mark Chavundhuka represents a loss to Zimbabwe's independent media. Chavundhuka was founding editor of the independent weekly "Standard," a position he held through April 2002. He died Monday night at a private hospital in Harare afte [...]
2002-11-13 10:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2529POLOFF AND UN OFFICER DETAINED, THREATENED BY WAR
[...] (C) Self-described Zimbabwean war veterans detained Poloff on November 15, together with a UN Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, a US Embassy driver, and a Zimbabwean citizen guide, for 45 minutes at a farm in Melfort (about 25 kms southeast of Harare). The war veterans beat the Zimbabwean [...]
2002-11-15 14:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI
02HARARE2545GOZ TURNS UP HEAT ON NGOS, BANS VISITS OF SOME
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed November 12 after a 3-week adjournment and Government ministers took advantage of the opportunity to turn up the heat on groups it accuses of supporting the opposition, such as Amani Trust and SW Radio Africa. The actions suggest ZANU-PF is forging ahead in its [...]
2002-11-18 08:31:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZI
02HARARE2560AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MDC
[...] (C) MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube told the Ambassador on November 15 that the treason case against him and his party compatriots has no legal merit, but it could be assigned to a judge who is inclined to give more weight to political considerations. He described growing resentment w [...]
2002-11-18 13:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
02HARARE2574SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF ITS BILATERAL COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-19 14:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI SF
02HARARE2616INDEPENDENT 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 08:49:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2617GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER REPLAYS CARTER CRITICISM OF
[...] Under headline Bush needs political education the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its November 18 editorial to urge President Bush to take advice from former President Carter. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The United States is in the forefront of calling for th [...]
2002-11-20 08:50:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2618MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Iraq: U.S. war drums continue" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its November 17 editorial to accusing the United States of itching for a military showdown against Iraq irrespective of Iraq's acceptance of United Nations [...]
2002-11-20 08:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2620MDC MASS ACTION: NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Gandi Mudzingwa, special advisor to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, told polchief on November 20 that planning for mass action is consuming most of his time and attention. One element of the MDC's efforts on this front, he reported, had occurred on November 14, when groups of 20 women each [...]
2002-11-20 12:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ZI
02HARARE2625IDPS--FEAR AND LOATHING IN ZIMBABWE
[...] On November 13 - 15 together with UN Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Andrew Timpson, Poloff visited ex-commercial farm workers and their families in Tete province, Mozambique, northern Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe, and on a commercial farm near Harare. The lack of food securit [...]
2002-11-20 15:19:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE2629LETTER TO PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI FROM MDC LEADER
[...] (c) As reported reftel, we received a copy of a letter sent by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The letter was delivered in person to President Mbeki's office by Tsvangirai's special advisor. As of November 20, Tsvangirai had not yet received a response. [...]
2002-11-21 11:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL ZI
02HARARE268ZIMBABWE PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT GRANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 11, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DRACONIAN PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT (POSA),WHICH WAS GAZETTED AND WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 22. THE POSA REPLACES THE EQUALLY DRACONIAN LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA),LEGISLATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED BY TH [...]
2002-01-29 15:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE2687LETTER TO PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI FROM MDC LEADER
[...] (c) As reported reftel, we received a copy of a letter sent by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The letter was delivered in person to President Mbeki's office by Tsvangirai's special advisor. As of November 20, Tsvangirai had not yet received a response. [...]
2002-11-25 09:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL ZI
02HARARE269MUGABE PROMISES FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, NAMES OBSERVER
[...] (U) APPEARING BEFORE JOURNALISTS ON JANUARY 28, PRESIDENT MUGABE PROMISED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD DO ALL IT COULD TO ENSURE A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, AND ANNOUNCED THAT INVITATIONS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING: THE OAU; SADC; COMESA; ECOWAS; THE NON-ALIGNED M [...]
2002-01-29 15:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
02HARARE2700ONLY 600 OF 4500 COMMERCIAL FARMERS STILL STANDING
[...] Summary. Given the chaotic nature of President Mugabe's fast-track land reform, it is no easy task to quantify this program. Of 4,500 white-owned commercial farms, our best guess is that 3,900 have closed down and 4,275 have been slated for resettlement. Despite GOZ claims that the land re [...]
2002-11-26 05:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2701LAND REFORM DECIMATES CATTLE INDUSTRIES
[...] Summary. In addition to crop farmers, cattle farmers have also succumbed to the pressures of the land reform program. Currently, commercial dairy farmers represent half of the remaining commercial farmers, while most commercial farmers continue to raise some beef cattle in addition to their [...]
2002-11-26 05:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2706INDPENDENT DAILY PREDICTS RULING PARTY ANNUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-26 07:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ZI
02HARARE2707MEDIA REPORT U. S./U. K. UNDER FIRE, HARARE
[...] Under headline "Are the U.K. and U.S. moving against Zimbabwe7" the independent daily the "The Daily News" published a November 25 op-ed by "Ann Talbotr" (sic) accusing the United States and Britain of "using starvation. . .as a means of tightening their grip on [...]
2002-11-26 07:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2715GOZ IDENTIFIES SHOOTER IN GILMAN CASE
[...] (C) In the police report, handed to the Ambassador by the MFA (Ref C),the police identified the shooter. For the most part, the report is consistent with A/RSO's observations and investigations in Mutare in the days following the Gilman murder. RSO learned that police inquiries have been ope [...]
2002-11-26 15:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CASC ASEC
02HARARE2726ZCTU LEADERSHIP GATHERING CONSENSUS FOR MASS ACTION
[...] (C) Our main contact at the Solidarity Center has confirmed that the leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) are seeking organizational consensus for support of a mass stayaway to be called on or around December 9 (reftel). According to this contact, the National Council of [...]
2002-11-27 14:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE2732MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Solidarity with the people of Palestine" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 1 editorial to accusing the United States of throwing spanners into the Middle East peace process. "The main stumbling block seems to be the U [...]
2002-12-02 11:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2735MEDIA REPORT: AMERICAN DELEGATION CRITICIZES U.S.
[...] The lead story in the December 2 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" is based on a report released by a delegation of American elected officials after their two-week fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe. The report criticizes the United States' position [...]
2002-12-02 13:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2737MEDIA REPORT "WORLD MUST FIGHT TERRORISM"; HARARE
[...] Under headline "World must fight terrorism" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its November 30 editorial to calling for "a united front against terrorism" and urged world leaders to "desist from harboring terrorist groups." Excerpts: 2. "Ter [...]
2002-12-02 13:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2738MEDIA REACTION WORLD AIDS DAY; HARARE
[...] Under headline "The AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 1 editorial to calling for "political commitment" in the fight against HIV/AIDS, adding that "there should also be financial commitment to allocat [...]
2002-12-02 13:46:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2765GOVERNMENT PAPER HAILS REPORT BY NEW YORK ELECTED
[...] Under headline "Now that the truth is out. . ." the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its December 3, editorial to praising the trip report released by a delegation of elected officials from the U.S. after their recent visit to Zimbabwe. Excerpts: [...]
2002-12-04 13:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2782DEMONSTRATIONS INCREASE - NOT CRITICAL MASS YET
[...] (U) On November 30 the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) staged demonstrations in five cities to pressure the GOZ for a more democratic constitution. Police arrested NCA staff members and demonstrators, seized demonstration materials and denied permission for the march in a sixth city. [...]
2002-12-09 15:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
02HARARE2784ZCTU LEADERS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF FIZZLED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-10 13:12:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2803ZIMBABWE 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 14:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE2805MDC UNHAPPINESS WITH SOUTH AFRICA GROWS
[...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai told a visiting staffdel that Zimbabwe needed a 12-18 month transitional period during which critical national issues must be resolved to lay the foundation for a new election and long-term political stability. He predicte [...]
2002-12-17 10:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
02HARARE2829TSVANGIRAI LEVELS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST BRITAIN AND
[...] (C) In a move that could create quite a firestorm, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai issued a press statement on December 18 accusing the British and South African governments of working in cahoots with certain elements of ZANU-PF to maintain the ruling party's ho [...]
2002-12-18 14:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI MDC
02HARARE2838MDC-ANC CONTACTS ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) According to a senior MDC parliamentarian, the ANC has agreed to a ZANU-PF plan for Zimbabwean Speaker of Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa to replace Robert Mugabe, while offering token reprentation to the opposition. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was briefed on this initiative, which likel [...]
2002-12-19 14:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE284A/S CRANER MESSAGE TO ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT: YOU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BETWEEN JANUARY 15 AND 18, ASSISTANT SECRETARY LORNE CRANER AND HIS DELEGATION MET WITH A SIPDIS WIDE SAMPLING OF ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES. A/S CRANER INFORMED TWO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) THAT THE ZIMBABWE LEADERSHI [...]
2002-01-31 08:19:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE2852DISCOVERY OF BODIES IN ABANDONED WELL
[...] (C) Summary: On December 10 police in Nkayi District (in Matabeleland North Province) reportedly retrieved five skeletons from an abandoned well near the town of Lukona. A local war veteran, implicated in a previous case of murder by torture freely accompanied police when the bodies were ret [...]
2002-12-20 10:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE2858MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE
[...] Under headline "U.S. stumbling block to Palestinian state" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 22 editorial to accusing the United States of stalling the peace process in the Middle East. Excerpts: 2. "Palestinian leader Yasser [...]
2002-12-24 09:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2871MATABELELAND: FOOD ACCESS REMAINS TENUOUS
[...] SUMMARY: (U) Ambassador, USAID Officer, State Zimbabwe Desk Officer and Political Officer visited Matabeleland North province December 3 to December 6 to meet with people affected by the food and HIV/AIDS crises. Food issues dominated discussions as scarcities intensified across the country. [...]
2002-12-30 10:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR SOCI ZI
02HARARE2891MEDIA REPORT: NYAROTA FIRED; HARARE
[...] Geoffrey Nyarota (52),award-winning Editor-in-Chief of the "Daily News," has been fired by the newspaper's board of directors. His deputy, Davison Maruziva, who had been asked to step in as acting editor by management, has also resigned in protest against Nyarota's d [...]
2002-12-31 13:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ZI
02HARARE315MDC PLANNING FOR TRANSITION
[...] (C) THE MDC HAS ESTABLISHED A FOUR-PERSON TEAM THAT IS QUIETLY WORKING ON THE TRANSITION PERIOD, DRAWING UP AN ACTION PLAN FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS, AND DEVISING A LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR KEY POSITIONS. IF ELECTED, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WOULD GIVE THE FINANCE MINISTRY PORTFOLIO TO PROM [...]
2002-02-05 14:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI MDC
02HARARE323MEDIA REACTION ZDERA; HARARE
[...] UNDER HEADLINE "WHERE IS THE PATRIOTISM OF THE ZANU PF LEADERSHIP?" THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS FEBRUARY 6 EDITORIAL TO A WARNING THAT THE CHILDREN OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS STUDYING ABROAD COULD, BE AFFECTED BY ASPECTS OF THE ZIMBABWE [...]
2002-02-06 12:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE343AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION OBSERVATION, ELECTION
[...] C) THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO ZIMBABWE, BRIAN DONNELLY, JOINED BY FCO DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA ANDREW POCOCK AND IAN BAILEY FROM THE BRITISH CABINET OFFICE CALLED ON THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 6. THE AMBASSADOR WAS ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF. ELECTION OBSERVATION --- [...]
2002-02-07 14:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE345ZIMBABWE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT PLACES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 31, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DECEPTIVELY-NAMED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF DEBATE. THE ACT, WHICH HAS YET TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND GAZETTED INTO LAW, ESSENTIALLY PLACES ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT JOURNALIS [...]
2002-02-07 14:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE38LOSS OF TWO ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DECEMBER 27 DEATH OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SIMBARASHE MUCHECHETERE AND THE DECEMBER 31 RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE NICHOLAS MCNALLY BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE FUTURE ROLE OF WHAT HAS STOOD AS AN AFRICAN MODEL OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE. ONLY TWO OF THE SIX REMAINING MEMBERS CAN BE DES [...]
2002-01-04 08:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ZI
02HARARE44LIKELY SCENARIOS; POLICY TOOLS AND TIMING
[...] No summary [...]
2002-01-07 04:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE583MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE
[...] WITH ONLY THREE DAYS REMAINING BEFORE ZIMBABWEANS GO TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT, EDITORIALS IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00583 01 OF 02 061343Z THE MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ELECTION. EDITORIAL EXCERPTS FOLL [...]
2002-03-06 10:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE61ZIMBABWE: ZVOBGO PREDICTS MUGABE WILL LOSE THE
[...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 20 LUNCH WITH AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN AND POLOFF, ZANU-PF MP AND MASVINGO "SUPREMO" EDDISON ZVOBGO RUMINATED ON REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION BEFORE PARLIAMENT (REPORTED REFTEL),MASVINGO POLITICS, AND THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ZVOBGO HAD FEW KIND WORDS FOR HIS OLD BROTHER-I [...]
2002-01-08 09:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
02HARARE615MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DECIDES; HARARE
[...] THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" HAS CARRIED AN ARTICLE, BASED ON ANONYMOUS "HIGHLY PLACED SOURCES," ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN OF PLANNING A "MAJOR MILITARY OFFENSIVE" TO OUST THE MUGABE ADMINISTRATION IF IT STAYS IN POWER AFTER THE MARCH [...]
2002-03-08 10:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE625MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DECIDES; HARARE
[...] AS ZIMBABWEANS HEAD FOR THE POLLS, EDITORIALS IN THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS TAKE ONE LAST SHOT AT PERSUADING VOTERS TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE TWO LEADING CANDIDATES. EXCERPTS: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "D-DAY FOR ZIMBABWE," THE MARCH 9 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HER [...]
2002-03-09 10:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE657ZIMBABWE ELECTION: VOTE COUNTING UNDERWAY ON MARCH 12
[...] (C) POLLING STATIONS IN HARARE AND CHITUNGWIZA CLOSED AT 7:00 P.M. ON MARCH 11, LEAVING LONG LINES OF VOTERS IN SOME AREAS UNABLE TO CAST BALLOTS. THE VERIFICATION OF BALLOT BOXES BEGAN THE MORNING OF MARCH 12 AND VOTE-COUNTING AT MOST BALLOT CENTERS DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. GIVE [...]
2002-03-12 15:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE661MUGABE DECLARED WINNER OF ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: REGISTRAR-GENERAL TOBAIWA MUDEDE HAS DECLARED PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE THE WINNER OF ZIMBABWE'S MARCH 9-11 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HE BEAT HIS STRONGEST CHALLENGER IN 22 YEARS BY 427,000 VOTES, OR 56 PERCENT TO 42 PERCENT. THE NATURE OF SOME OF THE RESULTS, ESPECIALLY EXTRAORDINA [...]
2002-03-13 12:51:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE665SADC-PF ISSUES HARD-HITTING ASSESSMENT OF ZIMBABWEAN
[...] (U) ON MARCH 13, THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ISSUED A TOUGH CRITIQUE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION PROCESS, SAYING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WAS MARRED BY INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE IN ALL PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY, PREDOMINANTLY AGAINST MDC SUPPORTERS. THE SADC-PF CONCLUDED THAT THE CLIMATE OF "INSECURI [...]
2002-03-13 16:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE666MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE
[...] WITH VOTE COUNTING UNDER WAY IN ZIMBABWE, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00666 01 OF 02 140606Z EDITORIALS PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH 12 EDITIONS OF THE THREE DAILIES IN THE COUNTRY DISCUSS CONCEIVABLE END RESULTS OF THE JUST ENDED PRESIDENTIAL POLL. EXC [...]
2002-03-14 05:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE667MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DECIDES; HARARE
[...] UNDER HEADLINE "GOVERNMENT DESPERATE TO WIN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00667 01 OF 02 140608Z ELECTION BY ANY MEANS," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 13 EDITORIAL TO CRITICIZING REGIONAL OBSERVERS FOR BEING PARTISAN IN [...]
2002-03-14 05:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE672MEDIA REACTION MUGABE WINS POLL; HARARE
[...] PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S VICTORY IN THE JUST- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00672 01 OF 03 141108Z ENDED PRESIDENTIAL POLL IN ZIMBABWE IS FODDER FOR EDITORIALS PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH 14 EDITIONS OF THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUNTRY. THE [...]
2002-03-14 10:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE689MEDIA REACTION MUGABE WINS POLL; HARARE
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED AND THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00689 01 OF 02 150936Z PRIVATE NEWSPAPERS REMAIN SHARPLY DIVIDED ABOUT PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S VICTORY IN THE JUST-ENDED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ZIMBABWE. WHILE THE [...]
2002-03-15 09:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE698MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00698 01 OF 04 181109Z NEWSPAPERS PLAY ON ANTI-COLONIAL EMOTIONS AND URGE ZIMBABWEANS TO MOVE ON BEYOND THE ELECTIONS TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND PROGRESS. EDITORIALS IN TH [...]
2002-03-18 10:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE704MUGABE INAUGURAL REMARKS PROMISE MORE OF THE SAME
[...] (U) PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS SWORN IN FOR A FIFTH TERM ON MARCH 17, ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPARENTLY HASTILY- ARRANGED INAUGURATION CEREMONY. FIVE AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE WERE IN ATTENDANCE -- TANZANIA'S BENJAMIN MKAPA; MOZAMBIQUE'S JOAQUIM CHISSANO; MALAWI'S BAKILI MULUZI; N [...]
2002-03-18 14:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE713ZIMBABWE: 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 11:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE721PRESIDENTS MBEKI, OBASANJO PROPOSE STRUCTURED DIALOGUE
[...] (C) PRESIDENTS MBEKI AND OBASANJO MET SEPARATELY ON MARCH 18 WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. ACCORDING TO TSVANGIRAI'S SPECIAL ADVISOR, GANDI MUDZINGWA, THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND NIGERIAN LEADERS DID NOT PRESS FOR FORMATION OF A GOVERNMENT [...]
2002-03-19 15:39:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE725ZIMBABWE: REPRESSIVE MEDIA LEGISLATION GOES
[...] (U) ON MARCH 15, PRESIDENT MUGABE SIGNED AND GAZETTED INTO LAW THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT, WHICH THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED ON JANUARY 31 (REFTEL),AND WHICH PLACES SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GAZETTING OF THE ACT BRINGS IT INTO IMMED [...]
2002-03-20 06:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE748MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI FORMALLY CHARGED WITH TREASON
[...] (U) MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WAS CHARGED WITH TREASON ON MARCH 20 IN THE ALLEGED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT MUGABE. TSVANGIRAI PRESENTED HIMSELF AT THE HARARE CENTRAL POLICE STATION SIPDIS FOR FINGERPRINTING, THEN APPEARED AT THE HARARE MAGISTRATE'S COURT, WHICH FORMALLY CHARGED HIM [...]
2002-03-21 13:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE751MEDIA REACTION ZIM'S SUSPENSION FROM
[...] MARCH 22 EDITORIALS IN TWO MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS DISCUSS AT LENGTH ZIMBABWE'S 12-MONTH SUSPENSION FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. "WHAT KIND OF DEMOCRACY IS THIS?" THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" (03/22) COMMENTS: "THE BRITISH AND OTHER MEMBERS OF [...]
2002-03-22 08:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE767MEDIA REACTION ZIM AFTER PRESIDENTIAL POLL;
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE HOTLY DISPUTED PRESIDENTIAL POLL IN ZIMBABWE. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "A REGIME BENT ON VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION WON'T GET AID," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" (03/25) COMMENTS: ". . . [...]
2002-03-25 13:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE786ZIMBABWE: MDC URGES USG TO LET SOUTH AFRICA AND NIGERIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION MDC LEADERSHIP ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S EFFORTS TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE WITH ZANU-PF THAN WITH PRESIDENT MBEKI'S. THE PARTY'S SECRETARY-GENERAL, WELSHMAN NCUBE, ADVISED THE USG AGAINST SIPDIS PRESSING PUBLICLY FOR A NEW ELECTION A [...]
2002-03-26 13:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE927ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO
[...] (U) On April 12, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) filed with the High Court a 135- page legal challenge to President Mugabe's declared victory in the March presidential poll. The filing was made just before the 30-day deadline to submit electoral challenges elapsed. The l [...]
2002-04-16 07:56:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE928PRESIDENT'S 2002 AGOA REPORT, ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request we provide the following information: == Zimbabwe is not currently an AGOA beneficiary and government behavior both before and since the recent presidential election continues to drastically reduce the prospect of it qualifying in the near and likely medium term, [...]
2002-04-16 12:14:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL PHUM ZI
02HARARE942ZIMBABWE'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS' OUTLOOK IS
[...] (SBU) A shrinking economy (GDP has declined by about 25 percent since 1998),land resettlement, high inflation, an artificially pegged currency and weak mineral prices have combined recently to cause Zimbabwe's exports to contract sharply, with the 2001 total down about 30 percent from their [...]
2002-04-17 10:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAGR ETRD ZI
02HARARE96AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR AND DCM MET WITH PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR CHARLES UTETE AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ON JANUARY 9. THE AMBASSADOR CITED CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE -- COUNTER-TERRORISM, HIV/AIDS ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE -- BUT NOTED THAT PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS OVER N [...]
2002-01-10 11:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
02HARARE998ZIMBABWE: 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 15:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI
02KATHMANDU1004NEPAL POLICE CLAIM VICTORY AGAINST MAOIST VALLEY
[...] (SBU) Speaking before a group of Nepal Police officers at an Embassy-sponsored presentation, police chief Rana claimed a victory over Maoist leadership in the Kathmandu Valley, stating police efforts had netted the valley bureau leaders. Afterwards, RSO queried Rana over the veracity of local [...]
2002-05-23 12:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1005PARLIAMENT 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 13:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1007PM: "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 14:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1008KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-23 16:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1009KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-23 17:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1036FINANCE 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 12:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1037KOIRALA 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 13:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1053ARMY AND POLICE SUCCESSFULLY REPULSE ATTACK ON
[...] Local papers report that the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) inflicted heavy casualties on Maoist insurgents who were attempting to overrun a security forces camp in Khara, Rukum (one of the five districts comprising the Maoist heartland). Maoists attacked the camp, garrisoned by approximately 50 RN [...]
2002-05-28 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV ASEC NP
02KATHMANDU1055NEPALI 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 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1091RECONCILIATION 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 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1105MAOISTS KILL NGO WORKER; MORE WFP SUSPENSIONS
[...] (SBU) The Plan International (PI) representative for western Nepal's Bajhang district, a Nepalese national, was tortured and killed by Maoist rebels May 31, the organization's country director confirmed. Two other men were also killed in related incidents, according to June 3 press reports. [...]
2002-06-04 12:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC EAID ELAB PHUM PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1119REHABILITATING 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 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1146DISSOLUTION 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 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1174ARMY, MAOISTS BATTLE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEPAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) platoons battled an estimated 100-200 Maoists the night of June 12 in a remote location in Salyan District, about 320 km west of Kathmandu. Preliminary casualty counts indicate from 3-8 RNA killed, 3 missing, and more than 20 wounded. The battle was [...]
2002-06-13 11:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1198ARMY COUNTS VICTORY IN SALYAN WHILE MAOIST ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary. Nepal's army has confirmed that fifty-four Maoists and four Nepalese soldiers were killed during the June 12 clash in Salyan district (Ref A). One general ascribed the army's success to better weapons and training, although other military sources related that the Maoists' ambush [...]
2002-06-18 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1199RULING 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 12:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1216NEPAL'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 12:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1245TIBETAN 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 13:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH
02KATHMANDU1255NEPAL: 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 10:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM NP GON
02KATHMANDU1284Anti-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 11:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1285NEPAL: 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 13:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1309MAOIST 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 10:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1314INDIA 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 11:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR NP IN
02KATHMANDU1315Bomb Explodes at PM's Party Headquarters
[...] (U) A bomb exploded July 5 at the newly-opened Kathmandu office of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction of the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) around 10:45 a.m. local time. Police sources confirmed ten people injured and hospitalized. One remains in critical condition. Security forces im [...]
2002-07-05 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1326NEPAL'S KING JOURNEYS TO CHINA SEEKING HELP IN
[...] (C) Summary. Statements against Nepal's Maoist insurgents and "anti-China activities" can be expected during the first visit of Nepal's King Gyanendra to China. A leading Nepali business leader accompanying the monarch hopes to strike deals that will help reduce Nepal's sizable trade deficit [...]
2002-07-08 12:18:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER NP CH
02KATHMANDU1332POLICE CANCEL DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY EVENTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Three Tibetan community events planned at a major hotel in Kathmandu July 6-7 to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday were cancelled by Nepali police. The police reportedly acted out of concern for heightened sensitivities in the run-up to the first official visit to China by Nepal's [...]
2002-07-09 11:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1336PRESS FREEDOM UNDER NEPAL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the State of Emergency in Nepal, 123 journalists have been arrested, with 35 still detained, three tortured, and one reportedly killed. Inaccuracy and partisanship in the press have led to government mistrust and restrictions on publications. Press reacti [...]
2002-07-10 03:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1344NEPAL'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 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON NP GON
02KATHMANDU1371LARGE GROUP OF NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK VILLAGE,
[...] (C) Summary. Several hundred Maoists attacked a village near western Nepal's largest city July 10, killing two mainstream party workers apparently in retaliation for cooperating with security forces. The attackers also brutalized other villagers and warned family members of the victims not t [...]
2002-07-15 11:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1372NEPAL'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 11:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL MARR NP
02KATHMANDU1373Maoist Leader Calls September 16 General Strike,
[...] (SBU) In a press release dated July 11, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a nation-wide general strike September 16. It would be the first such show of force since late April (Reftel). The release also charges "feudal elements" backed by "foreign imperialist [...]
2002-07-15 13:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1387Nepal'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 13:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PTER PREL PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1407Press Release Shows Maoists Feeling Heat
[...] (SBU) In a July 18 press release, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a political solution to the present conflict in the form of a new interim government and expressed the Maoists' willingness to be flexible. Making what appears to be a pitch to mainstream po [...]
2002-07-19 11:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1408GROWING 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 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1435PM 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 11:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1443NEPAL POLICE SHUT DOWN PRESS CONFERENCE PROTESTING
[...] (C) Summary. Police in Kathmandu interrupted a press conference held by a local Buddhist group on July 25 to answer allegations made during a July 19 press conference by followers of the controversial Dorje Shugden deity. Shugden worshippers had accused Dharamsala of violating their freedom [...]
2002-07-25 08:55:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPREF PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1465NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FLOUNDERS
[...] (C) Summary: A founding member of Nepal's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was suspended from the body on July 24 for "behavior unbecoming the glory of the post." The incident underlines serious flaws in the NHRC: members' strong political affiliations have led to a polarization of [...]
2002-07-29 01:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI PTER PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1478NEPAL'S CROWN PRINCESS GIVES BIRTH TO SON
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-30 13:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1507Recent Army Successes Against Maoists
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fifteen Maoists were killed in Dolakha district August 3 after security forces, acting on a tip, intercepted them making the rounds of a bazaar to collect "donations," a Home Ministry official confirmed. Twelve others were killed August 1 after authorities learned of their pla [...]
2002-08-05 11:43:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1515Supreme 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 12:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1532Maoist Students Bomb Kathmandu School, Injuring
[...] (SBU) Summary. Students shouting Maoist slogans set off a bomb at a private business college in Kathmandu August 8, injuring six. The school occupies a building owned by the King's Press Secretary, who lives next door and was not harmed. The motive for the attack is unclear as no large-scal [...]
2002-08-08 06:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1537Maoist 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 10:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1590Nepal'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 11:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PREL PHUM NP GON
02KATHMANDU1605NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) held its first-ever press conference in Kathmandu August 15. Speaking to reporters, Col. Deepak Gurung, head of the RNA's Public [...]
2002-08-19 11:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP
02KATHMANDU1618Seventeen 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 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1619PROMINENT MAOIST SURRENDERS TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) On August 19 Mukti Pradhan, a member of the Maoist Joint Revolutionary Council on the Government of Nepal's most wanted list, surrendered to members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In a press conference at NHRC, Pradhan said he had decided to turn himself in because he w [...]
2002-08-20 12:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1626NEPALI 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 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID NP GON
02KATHMANDU1640UPDATE 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 13:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV MCAP NP
02KATHMANDU1645NEPAL: 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 14:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL LICC NP
02KATHMANDU1659UPDATE ON STATUS OF TIBETAN REFUGEES DETAINED IN
[...] (SBU) On August 22 a German philanthropist paid Nepal's Department of Immigration approximately USD 1500 in assorted fees and penalties to secure the release of a Tibetan refugee, detained since August 2001 for having re-entered Nepal without proper documentation (Reftel),and her baby, born [...]
2002-08-26 11:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL NP IN CH
02KATHMANDU1674BOMB BLAST MARS LAPSE OF EMERGENCY IN NEPAL
[...] (SBU) A mid-morning bomb blast in the heart of Kathmandu's commercial center marred the August 28 lapse of the state of national emergency. One person was injured in the blast, which is believed to have been set by Maoist insurgents. The explosion marked the second bombing in Kathmandu in [...]
2002-08-28 12:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1688NEPAL 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 09:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1693MORE EXPLOSIONS IN KATHMANDU AS STRIKE DATE NEARS
[...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their campaign of bombings in urban areas of the Kathmandu Valley throughout a long holiday weekend August 30-September 1. The explosions targeted businesses in the city, although two armed invasions of the homes of prominent politicians were also reported. [...]
2002-09-03 11:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1694POLICE DISRUPT PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF TIBETAN
[...] (U) On September 2 local police halted the Tibetan community's religious celebration of Tibet's "Democracy Day" and detained Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering and another man for several hours. The celebration, which had been originally scheduled to be held on the grounds of th [...]
2002-09-03 12:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1705NEPAL'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 11:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1741MAOISTS STAGE MAJOR ATTACKS IN EAST AND WEST
[...] (SBU) In their largest actions against the security forces since the onset of the monsoon in May, late September 7 Maoist insurgents attacked a police post in a remote area of eastern Sindhuli District, about 100 km southeast of Kathmandu, and the local government headquarters in Arghakanchi [...]
2002-09-09 13:10:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1748NEPAL: 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 11:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1762SPECULATON 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 10:31:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1772PM 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 10:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1774NEPAL'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 11:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1781NEPAL'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 08:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1797NEPAL: 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 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1811NEPAL'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 11:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1831NEPAL'S NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, GENERAL PYAR JUNG
[...] (U) General Pyar Jung Thapa (DPOB 15 September 1946; Siphal, Kathmandu, Nepal) was appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by King Gyanendra on September 9, 2002. His previous position, held since 2001, was Chief of General Staff (CGS). 2. (U) Thapa has received extensive training from both th [...]
2002-09-19 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPINR MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1832MAOISTS DESTROY MEDEVAC HELO; HOLD PILOT, PASSENGER
[...] (U) A commercial helicopter on a mission to medevac a sick Nepali in the remote northeastern district of Solukhumbu has been destroyed by Maoists. According to an employee at Karnali Air, Ltd., the company's helicopter was surrounded by armed Maoists upon landing in the village of Jubu, and i [...]
2002-09-19 13:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR PHUM CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1853NEPAL'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 09:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1885NEPAL: MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE
[...] This message updates reporting on Maoist attacks on civilian targets (Ref D) during the month of September. In addition to their demolition of a helicopter on a humanitarian mission and the kidnapping of schoolchildren reported Ref A and the series of bomb explosions in Kathmandu before the [...]
2002-09-27 10:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINS NP
02KATHMANDU1890NEPALI ARMY'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In the ten months it has been mobilized against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has had to change from a ceremonial, parade-ground army, occasionally deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations, to a combat-ready fighting force, expected to counter and overcome an enemy who uses [...]
2002-09-27 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM MCAP PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1901NEPAL: 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 12:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1902AMCIT CLIMBERS DISCUSS SHOOTING INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On September 20, American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureaux were fired upon by two men wearing what they believe were Chinese military uniforms and one of whom stated that he belonged to the Chinese military (ref). Altitude readings taken by the climbers and landmarks near their [...]
2002-09-30 13:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV ASEC NP CH
02KATHMANDU1903CHINESE 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 01:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALCH NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02KATHMANDU1925NEPALI 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 10:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1932NEPAL'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 05:32:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1933REFUGEES 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 01:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALCH NP PGOV CASC ASEC
02KATHMANDU1938NEPAL: 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 12:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1947NEPAL: 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 12:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1955NEPAL: 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 00:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1970NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK FOREIGN HYDRO PROJECT;
[...] (C) On October 8 Maoist insurgents attacked a Norwegian hydropower project northeast of Kathmandu, cutting its power production in half. The motive for the attack, according to a Nepali employee of the company, was "out-and-out extortion," rather than anti-Western ideolgoy. The same day sus [...]
2002-10-10 10:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1988NEPAL 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 12:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU2033NEPAL SUPREME COURT REJECTS PETITION QUESTIONING
[...] On October 23 the Supreme Court rejected a petition, filed by a private attorney, contesting King Gyanendra's action in forming an interim government (Reftels) as unconstitutional. According to the Supreme Court registrar, the Court threw out the case because the King's action was warranted [...]
2002-10-24 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2035NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITIES CONTINUE DESPITE NEW
[...] (SBU) This message updates Maoist activities since the October 11 appointment of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand. Efforts by Chand's Cabinet to initiate dialogue with the insurgents have so far succeeded in lessening neither the Maoists' violent activities nor their anti-government rh [...]
2002-10-24 13:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU2044NEPAL: 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 11:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PINR NP IN LICC
02KATHMANDU2045FOLLOW-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 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID NP
02KATHMANDU2052KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE OBSERVED; MAOISTS CLAIM
[...] (SBU) Four people were slightly injured in a series of small explosions in the heart of Kathmandu--including two in or near the Thamel tourist district--October 27. The Maoists' October 28 strike in the Kathmandu Valley and October 27 strike in the southern Terai plains region bordering Indi [...]
2002-10-28 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU2057SA 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 05:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL
02KATHMANDU2060NEPAL CORRUPTION AUTHORITY TAKES ON EX-MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Despite the recent change in government, the Commission for Investigation into the Abuse of Authority (CIAA),the autonomous constitutional body charged with prosecuting corruption, is continuing to pursue a number of high-profile cases against several former ministers and prominent civ [...]
2002-10-30 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR NP
02KATHMANDU2091TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: THE NEPALI PARTIES'
[...] (C) King Gyanendra's dismissal of the government of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and appointment of an interim government have spotlighted long-standing tensions--and mutual suspicions--between the political parties and the Palace. Conversations with leaders of the two largest po [...]
2002-11-01 13:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2152NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 2-14
[...] Maoist bombs claimed the lives of at least two children during the last two weeks, adding to the more than 100 children reported killed by the ongoing violence. Among other incidents taking place during the same period, 50 Village Development Committee offices and at least 20 post offices wer [...]
2002-11-15 01:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC
02KATHMANDU2169NEPAL: MAOISTS LAUNCH SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON
[...] (U) At about midnight November 15, Maoist insurgents launched an attack on the headquarters in Jumla District in northwestern Nepal. Communications with the headquarters were cut immediately after the attack, and accurate information remains difficult to obtain. Initial reports indicate tha [...]
2002-11-15 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2188NEPAL: 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 12:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER PHUM IN PREL
02KATHMANDU2189NEPAL: 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 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU2207TEMPORARY UNHCR HEAD IN KATHMANDU DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary. The new UNHCR Kathmandu Officer-in-Charge (OIC) traveled to Nepal,s Bhutanese refugee camps November 16 to follow-up on an investigation into reports that refugees on the staffs of UNHCR,s implementing partner NGOs had engaged in sexual exploitation. The new OIC arrived in-count [...]
2002-11-20 10:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU2217 NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY UNDERMINES
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: While the people of Nepal have borne the brunt of the brutal seven-year Maoist insurgency, which has claimed more than 7000 lives, the impact on Nepal's environment, natural resources and conservation efforts also has been severe. Maoist attacks on forest and park p [...]
2002-11-22 08:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP
02KATHMANDU2223NEPAL: 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 09:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU2228NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 15-21
[...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgents continued their violence this week, killing at least fourteen civilians in brutal attacks around the country. Two children, aged fourteen and nine, were among the victims. In Kathmandu Valley, the rebels assassinated a police officer, burned a Village [...]
2002-11-22 10:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN
02KATHMANDU2237 MAOIST IMPACT: NEPAL'S FORESTS UNDER SIEGE
[...] SUMMARY: The impact of the Maoist insurgency has not been limited to Nepal's national parks and conservation areas (septel). The assault on the country's wildlife has been accompanied by a plundering of forest and other plant resources. Biodiversity resources of global significance are thre [...]
2002-11-25 08:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP
02KATHMANDU2254NEPAL: FUNDING TERRORISM, MAOISTS TAP OVERSEAS
[...] (S) According to a prominent Kathmandu banker and long-time Embassy contact, Maoists are tapping into remittances from Nepalese employed abroad. Maoist tactics include extorting remittances from family members, recruiting members working abroad to send funds to their revolutionary cause, and s [...]
2002-11-26 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETEFIN ELAB NP PTER
02KATHMANDU2264NEPAL: ARMY PLAN TO INITIATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY
[...] (C) In a November 21 meeting with Ambassadors and Nepali business leaders, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa announced plans to form a 3,000-man "industrial security force" within the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). If approved by the Cabinet, this new force, which he expects to be ope [...]
2002-11-27 12:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS ECON PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2280NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 22-29
[...] Summary: A year after Maoist insurgents unilaterally broke a four-month truce with the government, this week saw further reports of civilian deaths and widespread destruction of public facilities. As two United Nations agencies criticized the insurgency for exacerbating the already precarious [...]
2002-11-29 11:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN
02KATHMANDU2287NEPAL-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 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU2295NEPALI 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 12:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP GON
02KATHMANDU2301NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL INDEFINITE SCHOOL STRIKE
[...] The Maoist student arm, All-Nepal National Free Student Union-Revolutionary, called for an indefinite school strike (or bandh) in Kathmandu Valley starting on December 9th. The Maoists are asking the Government of Nepal meet thirteen demands to avert the strike. The Government has neither made [...]
2002-12-04 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER SOCI
02KATHMANDU2302NEPAL: 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 12:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2307NEPAL: 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 08:09:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2324NEPAL: 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 11:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU2326NEPAL: 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 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER 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 11:32:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU2394NEPAL: MAOISTS' TOP IDEOLOGUE BHATTARAI
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 14 interview with the Washington Times, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai appeared to back-pedal from the implicit threat against American diplomats conveyed in a November 15 communique issued by a regional commander. While it is always difficult to assess the si [...]
2002-12-16 12:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU2442NEPAL'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 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2443NEPAL: 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 09:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2456NEPAL: 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 11:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2484NEPAL: 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 08:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
02KATHMANDU2490NEPAL: 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 09:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2502NEPAL: 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 11:26:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNIN NP PGOV PTER RU
02KATHMANDU298BHUTANESE REFUGEES: NEPAL TO GRANT OPTION OF RETURN
[...] (C) Summary. Nepal intends to grant verified Bhutanese refugees the "option of return" to Bhutan and will allow those who wish to stay in Nepal to do so, Foreign Ministry officials have indicated. UNCHR views this development as extremely positive. Despite Kathmandu's efforts to fix a date, [...]
2002-02-07 11:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU354NEPAL DEPORTS PAKISTAN EMBASSY STAFF CAUGHT WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2002-02-13 11:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR KCRM ASEC NP
02KATHMANDU363NEPALI 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 12:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF SOCI NP
02KATHMANDU376ONE FEARED DEAD IN BOMB EXPLOSION, ARSON AT
[...] (U) Suspected Maoists set fire to files and set off a timed explosive device at a Kathmandu Land Revenue Office a little after 10:00 a.m. on February 15. Four people, including a police officer attempting to extinguish the fire were injured. Embassy has heard unconfirmed reports that at lea [...]
2002-02-17 12:24:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU380PM 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 11:12:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU402FOREIGN 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 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV ETRD NP
02KATHMANDU411TEN TIBETAN REFUGEES' ASYLUM REQUEST PASSED OVER
[...] (C) Nepal's Home Ministry declined to include the names of ten Tibetan refugees held on immigration violations in a letter to the King recommending candidates for a royal amnesty. Traditionally the King grants amnesty to prisoners on auspicious occasions, including the February 19 Democracy D [...]
2002-02-22 10:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU412OPPOSITION 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 11:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER NP
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