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00ATHENS1917	ENGAGING GREECE ON THE BALKANS: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR CAN MAKE [...] (C) LAST APRIL OUR EMBASSY ENDURED DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS, MANY OF THEM VIOLENT, BY ANGRY GREEKS PROTESTING THE NATO AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA. EMOTIONS RAN HIGH WITH ANTI-AMERICANISM AND PRO- SERB EMOTIONALISM OFTEN TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. ALTHOUGH POLLS INDICATED OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE [...]	2000-04-20 12:18:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ZL GR

00HANOI1161	VIETNAM VIEWS ON BURMA AND THE ILO [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GOV) FAVORS RESOLUTION OF THE FORCED LABOR ISSUE IN BURMA THROUGH NEGOTIATION RATHER THAN IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS, AS THE LATTER WOULD ONLY SERVE TO ISOLATE BURMA, ACCORDING TO VIETNAM'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MOFA). IF NEGOTIATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL AND A RESOL [...]	2000-05-26 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM BM VM ASEAN LABOR
00HANOI839	PLANNING MINISTER AND HANO MAYOR REPRIMANDED BY VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTE [...] (U) CLASIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THREE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEBERS -- MINISTER OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT GIA, ANOI PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN NGHIEN, AND BIN THUAN PROVINCIAL PARTY CHIEF TRUNG -- WERE CENSRED FOR MISMANAGEMENT AT THE 10-DAY PLENUM [...]	2000-04-20 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL VM TRD DPOL
00HARARE2198	S/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 19:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2205	THE 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 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE2684	BEHIND THE POLITICAL CONFLAGRATION, ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY IS [...] (C) WHILE RECENT ATTENTION, NOTABLY OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE, HAS FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING HERE, CONCURRENTLY A SERIOUSLY DETERIORATING ECONOMY IS BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY DOWNHILL BY THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF A NEAR-TOTALLY DISTRACTED SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE LARGEST AND MOST SERIOUS [...]	2000-05-19 05:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PREL ZI
00HARARE3616	FOREIGN 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 17:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI US
00HARARE3634	GOVERNMENT 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 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI US
00HARARE4147	ZIMBABWE 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 14:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ZI US
00HARARE4309	EXTERNAL 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 10:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
00HARARE4750	VP 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 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM ZI EAGR
00HARARE5581	MDC 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 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
00HARARE5943	CHARGE 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 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE5969	ZIMBABWE LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CUBA'S UN [...] (C) CHARGE DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE ON OCTOBER 24 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05969 241346Z SENIOR MFA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND ACTING AMERICA'S DESK OFFICER ARTHUR CHINGONO IN THE ABSENCE OF MORE SENIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS. DRAWING ON REFTEL TALKING PO [...]	2000-10-24 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI CU
00KINSHASA8484	WEEKLY MONUC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: MONUC HELD ITS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 20 AND DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332 TO THE PRESS. MONUC'S MILITARY SPOKESMAN MADE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, MONUC HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF ZIMBABWE'S "ORDERS OF DISENGAGEMENT" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HARARE SUB [...]	2000-12-20 15:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL PGOV CG KDMR KPAO CGOPRC
00LONDON8980	UNITED 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 17:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UK
00STATE117658	SUDANESE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-20 21:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AR BG FR NL PREL PTER SU UNSC
00STATE229666	TALKING POINTS ON IRAQI SUSPENSION OF OIL EXPORTS [...] BACKGROUND: ON DECEMBER 1, IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS WHICH FUND THE UN OPERATED OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM. IT DID SO EVEN THOUGH THE SECURITY COUNCIL AGREED TO ALLOW SHIPMENTS TO CONTINUE UNTIL UN OFFICIALS COULD CONCLUDE A PRICING MECHANISM THAT REFLECTS A FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR IRAQ'S DECEMBER [...]	2000-12-04 18:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PREL IZ
00THEHAGUE1673	DUTCH THOUGHTS ON UNFICYP MANDATE REVIEW, OIL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-06 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO ETTC IZ CY UK NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1693	DUTCH DISCOURAGED ABOUT EU EFFORT TO DEFINE FRY WHITE LIST [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-07 13:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1779	DUTCH 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 11:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC CVIS PHUM SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1794	CHILD LABOR STUDY: REPORT ON THE NETHERLANDS [...] CHILD LABOR IS ILLEGAL IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE COUNTRY HAS COMPREHENSIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK. THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT TAKES A LEADING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD LABOR. IN MAY 2000, THE GON SENT A DRAFT LAW TO THE SECOND CHAMBER OF [...]	2000-06-16 13:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND PHUM ETRD SOCI NL
00THEHAGUE1926	SUDAN/UNSC: DUTCH BELIEVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-27 09:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC SU NL UNSC
01ABUJA1048	OBASANJO ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS, CONTE AND THE RUF [...] (C) President Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter May 5 that he was increasingly optimistic that the GOSL and the RUF could reach an accommodation. At the conclusion of their visit to Abuja (reftel),the two sides had decided to return to Sierra Leone on the same aircraft. Obasanjo opined that t [...]	2001-05-09 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MASS SL GV NI
01ABUJA1437	ECOWAS: KOUYATE ASKS ADVICE ON TAYLOR -- ANY GOOD [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate invited Ambassador to his office June 18 to discuss President Taylor of Liberia and the regional response to Taylor's government. Kouyate suggested either an attempt at an "internal dial [...]	2001-06-22 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI SL LI ECOWAS
01ABUJA2026	NIGERIA: THE 2002-2003 ELECTIONS -- THE "BIG ENCHILADA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Joe Baxter, Nigeria Country Director for the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),called on Ambassador Jeter on August 6 to discuss the 2002 local government (LG) elections and the national elections in 2003. Baxter also discussed the National Identity Card and Vo [...]	2001-08-14 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV NI
01ABUJA2562	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...]	2001-10-11 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA3093	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE AND DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with recently appointed Nigerian Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Earnest Shonekan, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel talking points while also leaving a nonpaper and a copy of the SADC Parliamentary Forum election norms. Pleased to hear our views, Shonekan s [...]	2001-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON NI
01ABUJA3219	ECOWAS: KOUYATE TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate provided a tour d'horizon of sub-regional issues, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the upcoming ECOWAS Summit. While noting recent hiccups on disarmament, Kouyate was optimistic about [...]	2001-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA3232	NIGERIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2001 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in reftel: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasan [...]	2001-12-19 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NI
01BANJUL327	THE GAMBIA -- JAMMEH'S WEST AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT DEVELOPED A COHERENT STRATEGY FOR WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL SECURITY, PRESIDENT JAMMEH WANTS TO BE A MORE VISIBLE PLAYER IN SUB-REGIONAL DIPLOMACY. NEVERTHELESS, JAMMEH IS KEEN ON DEVELOPING A REPUTATION AS AN INFLUENTIAL PEACE BROKER. WITH EFFORTS IN THE CASAMAN [...]	2001-05-29 15:21:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LI SN GA
01DAKAR2990	PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...]	2001-09-07 16:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SG
01GABORONE3343	TFUS01: GOB SUPPORTS COALITION STRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS BY THE GOB TO DATE HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG ACTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN MILITARY TARGETS. IN A 10/11 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ERNEST MPOFU DEFENDED A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREMIST RETALIATION [...]	2001-10-12 08:24:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BC
01HANOI2817	VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...]	2001-10-29 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY
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 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI US
01HARARE1210	ZANU-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 13:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1259	ZIMBABWE 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 09:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1275	ZANU-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 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1306	ZIMBABWEAN 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 11:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE1419	MUGABE PUTS ON THE DOG FOR MOGAE [...] (SBU) BOTSWANA'S PRESIDENT, FESTUS MOGAE, ARRIVED IN HARARE ON APRIL 25 FOR A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT, THE STATED PURPOSE OF WHICH IS FOR THE BOTSWANA CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO OPEN THE ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IN BULAWAYO. THIS IS MOGAE'S SECOND WORKING VISIT IN 8 MONTHS; HE WAS LAST HERE IN [...]	2001-04-26 08:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR ZI BC
01HARARE1672	RECENT 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 12:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE1914	READOUT 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 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ZI AO
01HARARE2334	MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] EDITORIALS IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOCUS ON THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY BILL 2001. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02334 061224Z EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL: WHAT IT COULD MEAN," THE AUGUST 6 [...]	2001-08-06 12:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2335	MEDIA REPORT ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ZANU PF DEPUTY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02335 061225Z SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO HAS CRITICIZED THE UNITED STATES FOR SPONSORING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOM [...]	2001-08-06 12:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL
01HARARE2362	MEDIA REPORT ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ZANU PF DEPUTY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02362 091342Z SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO HAS CRITICIZED THE UNITED STATES FOR SPONSORING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOM [...]	2001-08-09 13:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL
01HARARE2387	ZIMBABWE: 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 11:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE2389	MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] CONTRIBUTING TO DEBATE ON PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT, FORMER CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02389 101231Z DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND GOVERNING ZANU PF PARTY BACKBENCHER MR. SHADRECK CHIPANGA CALLED, ON AUGUST [...]	2001-08-10 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2397	MUGABE 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 11:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UK US ZI
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 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ZI
01HARARE2470	ZIMBABWE 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 15:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2567	PROPOSAL FOR LIMITED, SPECIFIED TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO ASSET SEIZURE AND TRAVEL SANCTIONS FOCUSED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF TOP GOZ CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02567 01 OF 03 301518Z OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RULE OF LAW (REF A),THE HARARE COUNTR [...]	2001-08-30 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CG ZI
01HARARE2594	EDDISON 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 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN PINR ZI
01HARARE2660	MEDIA REPORT LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10 EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE NIGERIAN-BROKERED AGREEMENT COVERING THE CONTROVERSIAL LAND REFORM PROGRAM IN ZIMBABWE. EDITORIAL EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADL [...]	2001-09-10 12:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2701	MEDIA REACTION LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE - [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 13 EDITORIAL TO THE ABUJA LAND ACCORD BROKERED BY NIGERIA. UNDER HEADLINE "BEYOND ABUJA," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. ". . .IN SIGNING UP TO ABUJA, MUGABE MAY INDEED SEE THE PACT AS GIVING HIM BREATHING S [...]	2001-09-13 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
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 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2793	MEDIA 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 06:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2871	UNDP RESREP ON ABUJA AGREEMENT, UN ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) VICTOR ANGELO, THE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE HOSTED A SEPTEMBER 26 BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADORS OF WESTERN DIPLOMATS TO UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS CONCERNING THE ABUJA ACCORDS (AA). HE HAD HOSTED EARLIER IN THE DAY A MEETING WITH THE G-77 TO DISCUSS THE SAME TOPIC. HE DESCRIBED SIX CONCERNS [...]	2001-09-28 07:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE3158	MEDIA 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 07:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3236	MEDIA REPORT - COMMONWEALTH AND EU PRESSURES ON [...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 25 EDITIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE," AND THE TWO GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILIES "THE HERALD" AND THE "CHRONICLE," FOCUS ON ZIMBABWE'S RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMMONWEALTH. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE [...]	2001-10-29 12:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM OCII
01HARARE3250	AF 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 06:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3263	EU'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 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM 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 13:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
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 14:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3404	POLICY 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 06:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE3527	AMBASSADOR, 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 10:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR
01HARARE3602	GOZ APPROVES INFORMATION BILL [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS APPROVED THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL. THE BILL IS LIKELY TO BE PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT FOR CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS. 2. THE BILL CONTAINS A NUMBER OF MEASURES PROVIDING FOR [...]	2001-12-03 06:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3648	STATE-OWNED MEDIA CONDEMN ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY [...] STATE-OWNED MEDIA REPORTING ON THE HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) REFLECTS IS CRITICAL OF THE BILL. THE MAIN POINTS MADE BY THE STATE-OWNED BROADCAST AND PRINT MEDIA ARE THAT: - ZDERA IS A SANCTIONS BILL THAT WILL HURT THE PEOPL [...]	2001-12-07 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3651	ZIMBABWE REACTION TO HOUSE PASSAGE OF ZIMBABWE [...] THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' DECEMBER 4 PASSAGE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) WAS FRONT-PAGE NEWS IN ZIMBABWE ON DECEMBER 6. 2. GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" GAVE THE STORY ABOVE-THE-FOLD PLAY UNDER THE HEADLINE "ANTI-ZIM BILL PASSED." [...]	2001-12-07 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3661	MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE DECEMBER 10 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" PRINTED THE FULL TEXT OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) OF 2001 AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON DECEMBER 4. THE TEXT OF THE BILL WAS PUBLISHED ACCURATELY AND FULLY. THE [...]	2001-12-11 06:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3672	A/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 09:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINS ZI
01HARARE3679	MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS DECEMBER 9 EDITORIAL TO CONDEMNING THE UNITED STATES FOR PASSING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT OF 2001. UNDER HEADLINE "LET'S PUT PROPHETS OF DOOM TO SHAME," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "THE IMPOS [...]	2001-12-12 10:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3687	ZIMBABWE-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 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3688	MUGABE 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 14:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	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 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE3691	SADC 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 04:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON 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 09:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3740	MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE MAINSTREAM PRINT PRESS CONTINUES TO PUBLISH OPINION PIECES ON THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) OF 2001. THIS WEEK THE ACT WAS INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA AT THE JUST-ENDED FIFTH ZANU PF NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE IN VICTORIA FALLS. A QUICK SAMPL [...]	2001-12-17 20:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3742	MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" USED ITS DECEMBER 15 EDITORIAL TO HAIL THE JUST-ENDED FIFTH ZANU PF NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE IN VICTORIA FALLS AS "A RALLYING POINT" FOR THE RULING PARTY TO FIGHT "21ST CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN IMPERIALISM." UNDER HEADLINE [...]	2001-12-17 20:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3785	MEDIA REPORT AFRICA JOURNAL FEEDBACK; HARARE [...] THE DECEMBER 13 AFRICA JOURNAL ON "ZIMBABWE AT THE CROSSROADS" ATTRACTED ALL THE MAINSTREAM GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED MEDIA IN HARARE - ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) TELEVISION, "THE HERALD," AND THE ZIMBABWE INTER-AFRICA NEWS AGENCY (ZIANA) - AND THE COUNTRY' [...]	2001-12-19 07:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL
01HARARE3798	MEDIA REPORT -- MUGABE CRITICIZES U.S. IN STATE [...] PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE DEDICATED SEVERAL MINUTES OF HIS DECEMBER 18 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS TO CRITICISM OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA). MUGABE DESCRIBED THE BILL AS "REPUGNANT AND PROVOCATIVE" AND SAID THAT IT WAS ".A BOLD INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF [...]	2001-12-19 13:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE524	DEALING 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 09:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON 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 12:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR 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 15:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI MDC
01HARARE970	ZIMBABWE'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 05:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PINR ZI
01KINSHASA461	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------ AMBASSADOR SWING MET WITH PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE JOSEPH KABILA FOR AN HOUR LATE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 25 AT KABILA'S OAU VILLAGE OFFICE. THE AMBASSADOR PRESENTED KABILA WITH PRESIDENT BUSH'S MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE AND OFFERED HIS OWN VERBAL CONDOLENCES ON THE DEA [...]	2001-01-26 10:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
01KINSHASA810	CONGO: "ROADMAP" TO A NEW RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) "NEW WINE IN NEW BOTTLES...?" ------------------------------------ IT WOULD BE IN OUR POLICY INTERESTS TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING EARLY IN BOTH THE NEW WASHINGTON AND KINSHASA ADMINISTRATIONS ON WAYS AND MEANS TO PUT US/CONGO (DRC) RELATIONS ON A NEW FOOTING. IN THIS REGARD, THE ROADMA [...]	2001-02-14 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
01LONDON7384	UNITED 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 16:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UK
01LUSAKA2636	(U) OAU SUMMIT ENDS: ESSY SWORN IN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE OAU SUMMIT CLOSED MID-AFTERNOON JULY 11 IN LUSAKA. 41 HEADS OF STATE OR QOVERNMENT ATTENDED; WITHOUT QUESTION, LIBYA'S MOAMMAR QADHAFI WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. THE SUMMIT LEADERS ISSUED AN EGREGIOUSLY IMBALANCED DECISION ON LOCKERBIE THAT HAD ORIGINALLY B [...]	2001-07-11 17:45:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA IS LY ZI UK
01RIYADH3968	SAUDI 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 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL SA
01VATICAN1192	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 02 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01192 01 OF 02 022245Z CONTENTS: - POPE CALLS WORLD'S CARDINALS TO ROME TO PLAN FUTURE - VATICAN AND MOSLEMS ISSUE JOINT CALL FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL - PAP [...]	2001-03-02 11:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KMDR EAID PINR IZ AF UP DR VT MEPP VTPREL
01VATICAN2459	THE VATICAN RAG [...] THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEALS FOR END TO IRAQI EMBARGO - VATICAN STRESSES POSITIVE APPROACH TO GREECE - PUERTO RICAN BEATIFIED IN RECORD TIME - POPE SAYS WORLD LEADERS MUST CONTROL GLOBALIZATION -------- [...]	2001-05-04 13:04:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL
01VATICAN3121	BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: IRAQ [...] (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE VATICAN CONDEMNED THE WEST'S PROSECUTION OF THE GULF WAR, AND IT HAS CONSISTENTLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03121 111605Z OPPOSED U.S. SANCTIONS POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. WE SHOULD EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. MANY FACTORS ARE INVOLVED I [...]	2001-06-11 17:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR VT
01VATICAN3571	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] (U) THE JUNE 30 - JULY 06 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - G8: GENOA'S ARCHBISHOP REJECTS VIOLENT PROTESTS - REPORT ALLEGES MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS SUFFER PERSECUTION - POPE ENCOURAGES ETHICAL USE OF XENOTRANSPLANTS - CARITAS OFFICIALS SAYS FOOD AID FOR NORTH KORE [...]	2001-07-06 13:41:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON EAID TBIO SOCI KN VT VTPREL
01VATICAN3756	EMBASSY VATICAN TEXT FOR NICHOLSON CONFIRMATION [...] PER REFTELCON, EMBASSY VATICAN OFFERS THE FOLLOWING TEXT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03756 01 OF 02 131452Z FOR POSSIBLE USE BY NOMINEE NICHOLSON'S OPENING STATEMENT: BEGIN TEXT: IN 1984 THE UNITED STATES JOINED 107 OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR [...]	2001-07-13 15:33:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM MZ VT
02ABUJA1024	NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION HITS DEAD-END AS IIL [...] Summary: Investors International (London),Ltd. (IIL) was unable to meet the GON deadline for its $1.185 billion payment for NITEL. The GON must now decide what to do with NITEL, IIL, and the privatization process. Of immediate issue is whether the GON will refund IIL,s 10% deposit. Through [...]	2002-03-28 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BEXP ECPS EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1027	NIGERIA: NEPAD MEETING SIDESTEPS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Despite high-level attendance (including nine Heads of State),the March 26 NEPAD Summit did not produce any dramatic developments; the meeting was basically a planning session. The final communique was silent on Zimbabwe. However, Summit discussions and public statements by key [...]	2002-03-28 17:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI NI
02ABUJA1028	ABACHA LOOT: GON AND FAMILY SAID CLOSE TO [...] (U) According to some newspaper reports, the family of the late General Sani Abacha has agreed to return to the GON approximately USD 1.2 billion. The media accounts are not clear on whether this sum consists entirely of "new" money or might include certain amounts frozen earlier but subject [...]	2002-03-28 18:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN NI
02ABUJA1169	NIGERIA: NSA GENERAL MOHAMMED ON ANGOLA, CONGO AND ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 meeting with National Security Advisor, General (Rtd.) Aliyu Mohammed, to discuss security assistance programs (SEPTEL),Ambassador Jeter used the opportunity to engage the NSA on Angola, Congo and Zimbabwe. END SUMMARY ------ ANGOLA ------ 2. (C) The [...]	2002-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AO ZI CF NI
02ABUJA1191	ECOWAS TO ARGUE FOR EASED LIBERIAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) During April 12 discussions on USG support for ECOWAS (septel) and plans for the future of peace support programs for Africa (reftel),ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary Chiekh Diarra told the visiting team that ECOWAS was working hard to reduce tensions in Liberia. The Secretariat was tryi [...]	2002-04-16 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LI NI ECOWAS

02ABUJA1193	NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE - INFORMATION ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Sani Sufi, Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on inter-communal conflicts in Plateau, Benue, Taraba and Nassarawa States April 15 briefed PolOffs on the Commission's plans. Members have been selected and the body inaugurated by the Federal Government. Sufi was o [...]	2002-04-16 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS NI
02ABUJA1407	NIGERIA: LIBERIAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Lamido, Ambassador Jeter delivered talking points to Special Presidential Advisor Ad'obe Obe. The Ambassador stressed the importance of keeping pressure on Taylor who remained unrepentant in practice notwithstanding the nice sounds he made in public. Inst [...]	2002-05-06 18:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL LI SL NI
02ABUJA1727	NIGERIA: PARTIAL TEXT OF 6/2/02 GEN MALU INTERVIEW [...] Para 2 contains an excerpt from a June 2, 2002 interview given by dismissed Chief of Army Staff Samuel Victor Leo Malu to "This Day" newspaper. His May 27 testimony before the Commission investigating last October's violence in Benue (to which Malu family members and property fell victim) h [...]	2002-06-07 17:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NI
02ABUJA1805	NIGERIA: DIVERGENT GON VIEWS ON LIBERIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with two senior GON officials reveal GON ambivalence on Liberia. Vacillating between two divergent philosophical approaches, Nigeria's position on Liberia is fluid and not fixed to any coherent strategy. One contending belief, championed by Special Advisor on Co [...]	2002-06-17 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA252	ECOWAS: DIARRA ON DAKAR, LIBERIA, NIGER/ACRI, EUCOM [...] (U) This is an action message; see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a January 24 call on the Ambassador, ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra gave a brief read-out from the ECOWAS Summit in Dakar, positively describing additional funding and staffing for the Peace and Security Departme [...]	2002-01-28 13:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NI ECOWAS
02ABUJA2557	NIGERIA: GON RESPONSE TO FATF CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-30 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN PGOV SNAR NI
02ABUJA2766	NIGERIA: COMMONWEALTH TROIKA ON ZIMBABWE -- A [...] (C) Summary: Presidential International Affairs Advisor Ad'Obe Obe September 25 told Polcouns that the September 23 Commonwealth Troika meeting ended in stalemate. Australian PM Howard pushed to suspend Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth and for other sanctions to show displeasure over GOZ land s [...]	2002-09-27 16:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI NI
02ABUJA2786	NIGERIA: EMBASSY VIEWS ON LOOMING FATF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-03 15:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA2875	NIGERIA: REACTION TO FATF THREAT OF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-18 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2977	NIGERIA: REQUESTED INFORMATION ON BANK OF THE [...] Summary. EconOff met with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor for International Operations, Mr. Ernest Ebi on October 8. Mr. Ebi confirmed that Bank of the North (BON) Ltd. is recognized as a commercial bank, and all the regulations that apply to other commercial banks in Nigeria [...]	2002-11-01 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD NI EXIM
02ABUJA3138	FATF UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES ON LEGISLATION [...] Ambassador Jeter and RNLEO called on Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Chidubom Nwuche (PDP-Rivers State) November 15 to underscore the need for money laundering legislation prior to a December 15 deadline imposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its October 9-11 meeti [...]	2002-11-15 16:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA3185	NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-25 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA3311	NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE -- NEW HOPE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-13 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR KCRM NI
02ABUJA3345	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19 [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI
02ABUJA418	NIGERIA: TERRORIST LIST 9 [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Mission officers met on February 6, per Ref C, to discuss possible scenarios to lessen the negative impact of freezing the assets of NASCO Nigeria and its affiliated subsidiaries. We found no way to separate [...]	2002-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PINS EFIN ECON TU NI
02ABUJA787	NIGERIA: WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW #2 [...] (U) This is the second edition of what will be a weekly roundup of significant developments in Nigeria. --------------------------------------------- -- BENUE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FINALLY ESTABLISHED --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]	2002-03-12 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ECPS KCRM NI
02ABUJA788	ECOWAS: LEGAL DIRECTOR LALOUPO GIVES A LIBERIA [...] (U) PolMilOff and OIG Inspector Paul Tyson March 6 met ECOWAS Director of Legal Affairs Roger Laloupo. DAS Perry, accompanied by PolMilOff, also met Laloupo and his Deputy, Halima Ahmed, on March 7. 2. (C) Laloupo said the ECOWAS-sponsored Liberia meeting was still set for March 14-16, bu [...]	2002-03-12 17:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LI NI ECOWAS
02ABUJA828	NIGERIA TO "TARRY" BEFORE PRONOUNCING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: MFA PermSec says Nigeria will avoid a rush to judgment on the Zimbabwe election. Abuja will consult with Pretoria and Canberra, as well as various observer groups, before developing a position. The GON might even await the results of electoral challenges. DCM urged the GON, c [...]	2002-03-13 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI ZI
02AMMAN2423	SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING [...] (S) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout) shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a just-completed three-week tour of Iraq. The images he conveyed -- full flights into and out of Baghdad, markets better stocked with products than before, huge, recently-completed ornat [...]	2002-05-16 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ
02AMMAN2527	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OPERATIONS IN [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-20 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2720	IRAQ/GRL: PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1409 CAUSES BARELY A [...] (C) Since UNSCR 1409's passage two weeks ago, there has been surprisingly little reaction from either the GOJ or Jordan's business community on the new international rules governing Iraq trade. Those who follow the issue have greeted 1409 with caution, unsure whether or not Jordan will benefi [...]	2002-05-28 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN2941	JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (c) Summary: The GOJ recently extended the deadline for final bids on a proposed crude oil pipeline connecting oil fields near Baghdad to the Zarqa refinery. The proposed 100,000 bpd pipeline (which equals Jordan's current oil consumption) would be expandable to 150,000 bpd once the Zarqa [...]	2002-06-05 06:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN3130	IRAQ/UNSC SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE ON ROYAL JORDANIAN [...] (C) A/DCM covered ref points on Royal Jordanian airlines (RJ) flights to Baghdad June 11 with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. A/DCM stressed that RJ has conducted 4-times-weekly flights to Baghdad since January, and 5-times-weekly flights since April, and that th [...]	2002-06-12 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC IZ JO
02AMMAN3347	FOLLOW UP ON RJ FLIGHTS TO IRAQ: FONMIN TALKS TO [...] (C) Following up on our June 11 demarche on the frequency and regularity of Royal Jordanian (RJ) flights to Iraq (ref b),PolCouns met June 20 with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to FonMin Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. Ayed said that, since the June 11 demarche, the Jordania [...]	2002-06-20 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR IZ JO
02AMMAN3715	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-08 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3947	JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs. Our Economic Reform efforts seek to achieve these goals through improved living standards, increased employment opportunities, and encouraging Jordan's cont [...]	2002-07-17 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO
02AMMAN4405	UN SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN REQUEST TO ADD [...] (C) Following up on earlier Embassy approaches to the GOJ (ref a),PolCouns on August 6 covered ref b points on Jordan's request to add 9 names to the 1267 Committee List with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. PolCouns explained that the USG would like Jordan to s [...]	2002-08-07 13:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC PTER JO UNSC
02AMMAN4443	IRAQI, 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 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ TU JO
02AMMAN5238	DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-12 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL OPRC
02AMMAN5485	JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE [...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...]	2002-09-24 07:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV JO IS
02ANKARA8305	TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-15 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER TU
02ANKARA8676	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8851	TERRORIST FINANCING: LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR USG [...] (C) Summary: With a new, single party Turkish government at the beginning of its tenure, the timing for the December 16-19 interagency anti-terrorist finance visit is good. Senior civil servants in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice support a new law to expedite the GOT's ability [...]	2002-12-04 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS TU
02ANKARA8863	IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although the MFA previously told us a 1997 Turkey-Iraq protocol on natural gas was null and void, BOTAS claims the protocol still exists, and was discussed as recently a [...]	2002-12-09 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ
02ANKARA8900	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-11 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9037	Winning the Battle but Losing the War - Bananas [...] (SBU) Summary. In November 2002, the Government of Turkey agreed to remove a number of non-tariff barriers on banana imports in response to a WTO case initiated by the Government of Ecuador. Although the barriers were eliminated, the GOT raised import tariffs by 29% from an already high 120 [...]	2002-12-18 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
02ANKARA9052	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02COLOMBO2018	LTTE launches Sinhala monthly [...] In recent weeks rumors have circulated in Colombo and elsewhere on the Island regarding a Sinhala newspaper to be published by the LTTE. The purpose of the publication: to tell the Tigers' story to Sri Lanka's Sinhalese publics. Its name: DEDUNNA (or "Rainbow"). 2. Although DEDUNNA ap [...]	2002-10-29 06:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO SL LTTE
02HANOI2956	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROFILES-VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02956 01 OF 02 120931Z 2. (C) AS FAR AS EMBASSY CAN ASCERTAIN FROM THIS DISTANCE, VIETNAM IS AT BEST A MARGINAL PLAYER ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND AT TI [...]	2002-12-12 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO VM UNHRC HUMANR
02HANOI559	USCIRF MEETINGS WITH RELIGIOUS FIGURES IN [...] (U ) CLASSIFIED BY RAYMOND F. BURGHARDT, AMBASSADOR; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE COMPLEX AND EVOLVING INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN VIETNAM CAME TO LIGHT IN UNOFFICIAL MEETINGS BETWEEN A DELEGATION FROM THE U.S. COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (U [...]	2002-03-12 07:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
02HANOI589	VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) DIRECTED THE GVN TO IMPLEMENT A MORE OUTWARD ORIENTED FOREIGN POLICY AT THE SEVENTH PARTY CONGRESS IN 1991. TODAY, VIETNAM HAS MEMBERSHIP IN 62 GLOBA [...]	2002-03-14 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN
02HARARE1019	POLITBURO 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 08:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE1140	MEDIA REPORT MUGABE'S VISIT TO THE UN [...] Under the headline "'Smart sanctions fail': Ban imposed on Zimbabwe's leadership has failed to work: Mudenge," the government-owned daily "Herald" offers the official view of President Mugabe's May 8-12 visit to UN headquarters in New York. Excerpts: 2. "President Mugabe's [...]	2002-05-13 11:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1151	MDC 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 14:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI MDC
02HARARE1309	RESETTLEMENT ON THE FARMS: THE REALITY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to four farms in a prime agricultural area 2 hours from Harare reveals that chaos reigns, and productivity by the new settlers hovers barely above zero. There is no rhyme nor reason to the occupations, and the newly resettled show little desire or ability to carry out e [...]	2002-05-31 09:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE1358	MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE; [...] Under headline "Government in a state of denial of reality" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its Tuesday 4 editorial to declaring that the travel restrictions imposed on Mugabe's government are effective. Excerpts: 2. "The government's attempts to preten [...]	2002-06-04 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1371	DAILY 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 08:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE1389	EDITORIALS 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 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1406	THE 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 07:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1637	ZANU-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 06:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE1719	ZIMBABWE 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 12:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD ZI
02HARARE1780	MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Ban sanction campaigners" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 5 editorial to calling on the government of Zimbabwe to retaliate against the "smart sanctions" imposed by the European Union and the United States against Robert [...]	2002-08-05 10:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1806	MUGABE 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 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE1824	MEDIA REPORT GOZ TO CLAMP DOWN ON OPPOSITION; [...] Under headline "Signs of the end" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its August 8 editorial to criticizing the government of Zimbabwe for mooting a plan to clamp down on opposition by withdrawing traveling documents from Zimbabweans opposed [...]	2002-08-09 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1825	MEDIA REPORT LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO CHALLENGE ZDERA; [...] The lead story in the August 8 edition of the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" centers on an application by a consortium of unidentified local businessmen - allegedly "denied entry into the U. S. A. early this year under the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic [...]	2002-08-09 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1831	ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE POSES MORE QUESTIONS [...] (U) Embassy received a diplomatic note and statement at COB on August 9, before the long Hero's Day weekend. Below is the entire text. Begin text of Diplomatic Note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe presents its complements to the Embassy of the United States [...]	2002-08-14 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE1833	MUGABE 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 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE1838	MEDIA REPORT MUGABE ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Mugabe vows to slap sanctions on EU, U. S.," the August 13 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following article as its lead story. In the piece, President Mugabe promises to strike back against the punitive travel restrictio [...]	2002-08-15 06:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE1839	MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Retaliatory sanctions welcome" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 14 editorial to backing Mr. Robert Mugabe's "retaliatory sanctions" against the United States, European Union and other Western countries that have imposed t [...]	2002-08-15 06:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE1851	MEDIA 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 08:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE1859	MEDIA REACTION: LAND REFORM ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Evict defiant farmers" the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 15 editorial to encouraging the government of Zimbabwe to eject all "defiant farmers" from the designated commercial farms under the fast-trek land reform program. [...]	2002-08-15 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1901	UNDP-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 12:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1951	ZIMBABWE'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 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1964	MEDIA 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 08:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1990	MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] The December 31 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" characterized the signing of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) of 2001 by President George Bush as "an open declaration of war." Under headline "A declaration of war," the paper com [...]	2002-08-29 12:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
02HARARE2015	MEDIA 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 14:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE204	LAST-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 14:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI EU
02HARARE2087	NATIONWIDE LOCAL ELECTIONS A DEMOCRATIC CHARADE [...] (U) Action request -- see para 10. Summary -------- 2. (C) Nationwide rural council elections are scheduled for September 28-29, and the Government of Zimbabwe has used all the means at its disposal to block genuine competition from the opposition MDC. Aspiring MDC candidates have be [...]	2002-09-12 14:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE2157	INDEPENDENT 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 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL 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 06:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ZI
02HARARE2275	MEDIA 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 13:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2346	MEDIA 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 07:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR 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 07:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE25	MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE DECEMBER 31 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" CHARACTERIZED THE SIGNING OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) OF 2001 BY PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AS "AN OPEN DECLARATION OF WAR." UNDER HEADLINE "A DECLARATION OF WAR," THE PAPER COM [...]	2002-01-02 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE2545	GOZ 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 08:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
02HARARE2560	AMBASSADOR'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 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
02HARARE2765	GOVERNMENT 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 13:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2805	MDC 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 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
02HARARE284	A/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 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE323	MEDIA 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 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE343	AMBASSADOR 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 14:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE345	ZIMBABWE 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 14:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE44	LIKELY SCENARIOS; POLICY TOOLS AND TIMING [...] No summary [...]	2002-01-07 04:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE557	MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WHILE THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT" CONDEMNED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN ZIMBABWE BY ALLEGED ZANU PF SUPPORTERS IN ITS MARCH 1 EDITORIAL, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" SLAMMED PRESIDENT BUSH FOR ALLEGEDLY USING ORGANI [...]	2002-03-04 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE569	MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WHILE THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT" CONDEMNED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN ZIMBABWE BY ALLEGED ZANU PF SUPPORTERS IN ITS MARCH 1 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00569 050100Z EDITORIAL, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTRO [...]	2002-03-04 16:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE583	MEDIA 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 10:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE625	MEDIA 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 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE629	MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE: TIME TO DECIDE; [...] ON THE FIRST DAY OF ZIMBABWE'S TWO-DAY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ZIMBABWE, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" CARRIED TWO EDITORIALS URGING VOTERS NOT TO VOTE FOR OPPOSITION MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "VOTE AGAINS [...]	2002-03-09 11:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE666	MEDIA 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 05:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE698	MEDIA 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 10:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE751	MEDIA 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 08:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE932	MEDIA REACTION: ELECTION AFTERMATH: ZANU PF - MDC [...] Under headline "ZANU PF is not sincere in pursuing party talks," the independent "Daily News" dedicated its April 15 editorial to urging the negotiating teams in the recently opened talks between the opposition MDC and the ruling ZANU PF to come up with "a time frame" to d [...]	2002-04-16 12:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE953	MEDIA REPORT U. S. ARMS BAN; HARARE [...] No summary [...]	2002-04-19 11:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL OIIP
02HARARE955	MEDIA REPORT ZIM TURNS 22; HARARE [...] Editorials published in the April 18 and 19 editions of the mainstream newspapers concentrate on Zimbabwe's 22nd anniversary. Editorial excerpts: 2. Under headline "Spirit of togetherness is heartening," the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (04/19) comments: [...]	2002-04-19 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE96	AMBASSADOR'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 11:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
02KATHMANDU2302	NEPAL: MAOISTS SEEKING DIALOGUE FOR TACTICAL ENDS [...] (C) A December 3 statement by Maoist leader Prachanda claimed that the insurgents are suspending violent attacks against infrastructure and against mainstream political party members in order to create a conducive environment for dialogue. Despite their frequent calls for dialogue with the [...]	2002-12-04 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2394	NEPAL: 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 12:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC NP
02KUWAIT5417	(C) KUWAITI INTERESTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK, increasingly confident that the US is determined to eliminate Saddam Hussein's regime, is more and more willing to let its public support show, even as it maintains its formal commitment to Arab League and GCC opposition to any pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Prominent Kuw [...]	2002-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV KU IZ
02RANGOON1185	EU TROIKA IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The EU Troika will not recommend any change in the EU's common position on Burma. That is the conclusion of British diplomats who accompanied the team on all of their visits in Yangon. Foreigners were uniformly concerned about deteriorating economic conditions, while Aung San Suu [...]	2002-09-13 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM
02RANGOON1248	BURMESE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STILL HOSTILE [...] (U) As a companion to the recently submitted Burma investment climate statement, we want to summarize the key problems that plague the country. The full text of the investment climate statement will be posted on the National Trade Data Bank and is available via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov [...]	2002-09-27 05:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD BM

02RANGOON1253	IMF: TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND... [...] (C) Summary: IMF proposals for marginal economic reforms in Burma have been brushed aside by the government. Japanese efforts to stimulate interest in reform in return for limited adjustment aid will likely get a similarly cold reception. Nonetheless, international financial bodies and donor [...]	2002-09-27 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON BM
02RANGOON1366	BURMA: JAPANESE UNLIKELY TO PUSH REFORM FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: Japanese experts say that Japan plans to discuss economic reform during Prime Minister Koizumi's meeting with Senior General Than Shwe at the November ASEAN 3 meeting in Phnom Penh. They have also promised to share with us a copy of their proposed program for Burmese structural [...]	2002-10-23 09:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON BM
02RANGOON1469	U.S. SANCTIONS: DIRECTED AT BURMA OR THE REGION? [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 9. 2. Summary: The United States is now poised to oppose an ADB regional grant for alternative development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) on the grounds that Burma-specific legislation applies to all such regional grants. That position will [...]	2002-11-14 09:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID BM ADB
02RANGOON1589	BURMA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS: HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? [...] (U) The full text of the Burma Country Commercial Guide is available on the internet or via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov. The following is a summary. 2. (U) The U.S. Government has an official policy to neither encourage nor discourage trade with Burma. Since May 1997, the U.S. Governm [...]	2002-12-12 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BM
02ROME1511	ITALY ON ZIMBABWE: PEER PRESSURE BEST HOPE FOR [...] (C) MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS REPLIED TO OUR RECENT DEMARCHE AND LETTER ON ZIMBABWE. THE GOI SHARES THE EU POINT OF VIEW THAT CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS ARE NECESSARY. HOWEVER, MARINI BELIEVES THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY PROVE INSUFFICIENT TO FORCE CHANGE. THE ROLE [...]	2002-03-25 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC OPDC SA ZI IT SADC
02ROME186	DELIVERY OF ATLANTIC BIRD DEMARCHE TO GOI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO THE GOI AND ALENIA SPAZIO ON DECEMBER 18 AND 21, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD REFTEL MESSAGE THAT A PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER OF THE EXPORT CONTROLS REGARDING ATLANTIC BIRD WOULD BE HIGHLY UNLIKELY IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT CHINESE UN [...]	2002-01-14 06:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD TSPA PARM CH IT MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME2071	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: CODE OF [...] SUMMARY: A COALITION OF COUNTRIES (DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING)IS PROMOTING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER ENDORSEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A "DELIVERABLE" OF THE UPCOMING SUMMIT- LEVEL MEETING. THE UNITED STATES OBJECTED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE 1996 W [...]	2002-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME2257	ITALY SAYS IRAN MAY REALLY NEED SPEED BOATS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY. ITALY WILL INVESTIGATE REFTEL POTENTIAL SALE OF HIGH-SPEED BOATS TO IRAN BUT, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, DOES NOT NECESSARILY AGREE THAT THE SALES WOULD EITHER VIOLATE ITALIAN LAW OR WOULD COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WASSENAAR'S MUNITIONS LIST. MFA'S NONPROLIFERAT [...]	2002-05-09 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC IR IT UN EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME2387	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE NOTES DETERIORATING [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME MAY 6-10. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL EMPHASIZED THE LACK OF RESOURCES APPARENT IN THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEES, FORESHADOWING A CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AT THE UPCOMING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT; FIVE YEA [...]	2002-05-15 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME4613	GOI: IF WE SANCTION ZIMBABWE, WHY NOT ERITREA? [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED TO MFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY-EQUIVALENT CABRAS REF A DEMARCHE ENJOINING THE EU SIPDIS NOT TO INVITE ZIMBABWE TO ITS FALL MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY [...]	2002-09-23 15:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN PHUM KDEM ZI ER IT SADC
02ROME5252	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...]	2002-10-28 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5602	CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...]	2002-11-19 07:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME
02ROME5624	ITALY ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, SOMALIA, ERITREA, COTE D'IVOIRE, AND ETHIOPIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 14, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA BRUNO CABRAS GAVE A READOUT OF THE EU-SADC MEETING, WHICH FOCUSED ON ZIMBABWE AND MADE NO PROGRESS; REQUESTED THAT THE SUDAN "TROIKA" BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE GOI; ARGUED FOR G [...]	2002-11-19 14:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ZI SU SO ER IV ET IT
02ROME5662	CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...]	2002-11-21 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME
02ROME6153	RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS REGARDING WFP AND FOOD [...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06153 01 OF 05 301327Z GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ'S (GOI) MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) ARE FURTHER DEFINED AS THEY RELATE TO T [...]	2002-12-30 11:37:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02TEGUCIGALPA2494	Honduras Asks for Help on Paris Club and HIPC [...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Honduran government has requested support of the USG (and other donors) to extend to June 2003 in its Paris Club debt service deferral and changes in the methodology used for HIPC and Paris Club debt relief and funding of the GOH's Poverty Reduction Strateg [...]	2002-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV SENV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2916	CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agend [...]	2002-10-18 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HO USAID
02TEGUCIGALPA3321	HONDURAS: TREASURY FINANCIAL SECTOR-LED GROWTH [...] (U) Post submits the following information on Honduras' financial services sector as requested in ref A. Ref B provided an overview of the banking sector in Honduras. Washington agencies should note that the World Bank and Interamerican Development Bank are currently conducting a comprehensiv [...]	2002-12-10 15:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EAID HO
02VATICAN326	PRESSING VATICAN ON PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) AMBASSADOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A FRIDAY, 01/18 MEETING WITH VATICAN FM EQUIVALENT JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TO PRESS REFTEL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00326 221703Z POINTS ON THE ZINNI MISSION AND TO ASK TAURAN TO REQUEST PRESIDENT ARAFAT TO HALT THE VIOLENCE AND [...]	2002-01-22 16:49:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL VT MEPP
02VATICAN3633	WORKING WITH THE HOLY SEE IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE ACTIVELY SEEKS TO INFLUENCE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03633 01 OF 03 231457Z THE POLICIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND PARTICIPATES INTENSELY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE TO PROMOTE ITS OWN AGENDA, PARTICU [...]	2002-07-23 14:56:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC VT UN VTPREL
02VATICAN5296	CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS PREPARES FOR WAR IN IRAQ; [...] (SBU) A CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (CI) DELEGATION LED BY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05296 01 OF 02 291503Z THE DIRECTOR OF CARITAS' BRITISH OFFICE (CAFOD) HAS RETURNED FROM A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO IRAQ TO ASSESS IRAQ'S CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN [...]	2002-10-29 13:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC EAID IZ VT VTPREL
02VATICAN83	VATICAN PM WANTS HIS MONEY [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. CARDINAL SODANO, VATICAN PM EQUIVALENT, ON 01/08/02 PASSED CHARGE A LETTER VERBALE ADDRESSED TO THE AMBASSADOR (FAXED TO EUR/WE) IN WHICH HE REQUESTED THE INTERVENTION OF THIS EMBASSY TO EXPEDITE THE UNBLOCKING BY OFAC OF VATICAN OFFICIAL FUNDS. THESE FUNDS [...]	2002-01-08 09:14:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC EFIN VT
03ABUDHABI1377	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BASRA AND HALABJA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL BLAMED THE IRAQI REGIME FOR THE WAR, AND A SAME-DAY ARTICLE REPORTED UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER AL KINDI AS SAYING THE SAME. [...]	2003-03-23 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1467	TFIZ01: PUBLIC OPINION WRAP-UP: [...] (U) Six days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, even our closest and most westernized Emirati contacts are disturbed by the coverage they are seeing of the Iraq war. The emotional impact of the images of civilian casualties and the negative spin being imparted by the vast bulk of the Arab media [...]	2003-03-26 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI159	MEDIA REACTION: MEPI, IRAQ, AND NORTH KOREA [...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL AND UAE MEDIA FOCUSED LARGELY ON A PERCEIVED DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS NORTH KOREA AND IRAQ AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI). AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL QUESTIONED WHY WASHINGTON DOES NOT APPLY A STRONG STANCE TO NORTH KOREA SIMILAR [...]	2003-01-12 09:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1750	IRAQI EXPATS IN UAE CONVEY MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Polchief -- after securing agreement from the organizers that she would be in listening mode only -- accepted an invitation t [...]	2003-04-12 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAO KDEM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI193	MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ, DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB [...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD, THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI),AND THE ANTICIPATED WAR ON IRAQ WERE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF UAE AND REGIONAL MEDIA. UNDER THE PEN NAME OF "IBN AL DEIRA," A COLUMNIST IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOPES THAT THE U.S. DIPLOMACY WILL RECOVER ITS 'SPIRIT,' AN [...]	2003-01-13 13:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2223	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE ROADMAP [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION OF AMBASSADOR PAUL BREMER TO LEAD THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE ROADMAP, AND ISRAEL'S DEMAND FOR SANCTIONS ON SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST, DR. ABDULKHALEQ ABDULLA NOTED IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOW SHAMEFUL IT IS THA [...]	2003-05-07 08:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2233	UAE SUPPORTIVE OF UNSCR TO LIFT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on May 7, laying out our plan to introduce soon a UNSCR to lift the sanctions on Iraq. Hamdan said the UAE wanted to see t [...]	2003-05-07 13:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC AL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2275	UAEG ADMINISTERING RAFIDAIN BANK; NO PLANS TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The UAEG confirmed in a May 6 conference call of the informal contact group on Iraq reconstruction that the UAE Central Bank is now managing the day-to-day operations of the single branch of Rafidain [...]	2003-05-10 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2296	(S//NF) C-NE3-00449: UAE POISED FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S//NF) The following answers are keyed to questions in ref D regarding Gulf countries' views and intentions on Iraqi reconstruction posed by Washington analysts: A. Not applicable, although we wo [...]	2003-05-11 13:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2328	PRESENTING SANCTIONS LIFT UNSC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge presented reftel points on lifting UNSC sanctions on Iraq to MFA Assistant U/S Abdullah Rashid Al- Nuaimi, May 12. Al-Nuaimi said that the UAE fully supports the lifting of sanctions and r [...]	2003-05-12 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2457	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]	2003-05-26 07:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2511	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI CABINET'S RESERVATIONS ON THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND RECOMMENDED MEANS TO ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY IN IRAQ. [...]	2003-05-28 08:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2576	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]	2003-06-01 09:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2607	GULF AIR LOBBIES EMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RESUME [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: On the heels of a 5/27 meeting between Ambassador Neumann and Gulf Air CEO Jim Hogan (reftel),a representative from the Abu Dhabi Department of Civil Aviation (ADDCA) visited Acting DCM 5/31 to p [...]	2003-06-02 11:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PGOV ECON IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3164	UAE: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
03ABUDHABI3410	UAE SUPREME COURT RULES SPONSORS CANNOT [...] (U) Local papers reported on July 17 that the Federal Supreme Court ruled sponsors cannot withhold the passports of their employees -- a common practice among employers in the UAE. The Court held that a passport is a personal document, granted by a government to its citizens to travel. A pas [...]	2003-07-22 11:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI3975	(C) UAE'S ARABSAT BOARD MEMBER WEIGHS IN ON U.S. [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I. RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 3. (C) SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER (SCO) AND SENIOR COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST VISITED UAE BOARD MEMBER TO ARABSAT, MOHAMED OMRAN, ON SEPTEMBER [...]	2003-09-01 12:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETTC PARM PREL TC
03ABUDHABI4611	CONVEYING U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT LIBYAN WMD [...] (S) On October 14, Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG concerns about Libyan WMD development after the lifting of UN sanctions to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi. Al-Noaimi said that the UAEG's views about Libya had not changed after the liftin [...]	2003-10-15 13:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM MNUC KNNP LY TC
03ABUDHABI723	UAEG and Iraq ferry operator submit [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-09 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PGOV EWWT MOPS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI724	UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]	2003-02-09 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI727	UAEG and Iraq ferry operator submit [...] (U) Classified by Charge Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UK DCM contacted Charge 2/8 to inquire into USG representations to the UAE on the issue of the Iraq ferries. The UK diplomat noted that the UAEG was claiming in New York to have the support of the U.S. Embass [...]	2003-02-11 04:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PGOV EWWT MOPS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI728	UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]	2003-02-11 04:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUJA1034	NIGERIA: BENUE REPORT INDICTS NO ONE; OBASANJO [...] (C) During a June 11 meeting, President Obasanjo and Ambassador discussed GON efforts to address U.S. concerns over the October 2001 Benue incident. Ambassador Jeter noted that Nigeria had lost USD 12.8 million in "opportunity" bilateral security assistance because of Congressional sanctions [...]	2003-06-12 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI
03ABUJA1455	NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT JUDGES SUMMONED BY OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three members of Nigeria's Federal Appeals Court were summoned to meet with President Obasanjo hours after the court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of his ANPP Presidential opponent Buhari. One of the judges claimed to Poloff that Obasanjo had "threatened" the judges and [...]	2003-08-26 09:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA1937	TAYLOR TO SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON believes it has performed a major service by taking a leadership role in arranging Taylor's departure from Liberia, and committing its own troops to participate in needed related follow-up peacekeeping efforts. Both have involved significant domestic political risk. Niger [...]	2003-11-12 05:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LI NI
03ABUJA2193	NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 10:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM EFIN NI
03ABUJA343	NIGERIA'S OBASANJO ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Obasanjo February 14 told DAS Bridgewater and Ambassador Jeter that Tsanvirgai had made a mistake by going to court. Dialogue was not possible under the circumstances, and it made no sense to continue sanctions, still less since Australia had implemented additi [...]	2003-02-12 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ZI NI
03ABUJA39	NIGERIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2002 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanj [...]	2003-01-08 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NI
03ABUJA534	NIGERIA: THE FOUNDATIONS OF OBASANJO'S FANTASIES [...] (U) Although not a formal member of the Front Line States, Nigeria was in the vanguard of those fighting for the liberation of southern Africa. The current Chief of Staff of the Air Force has told us stories of the role he played in ferreting weapons to ZANU to shore up ZANU's fight against t [...]	2003-03-19 18:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP ZI NI UK AS
03ABUJA552	NIGERIA OPEN TO DISCUSSION OF ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary: Embassy efforts to obtain GON signature to an Article 98 Agreement continue despite initial resistance and skepticism in several GON quarters. The Ambassador most recently raised the subject on March 20, this time with MFA PermSec Hart. Hart voiced strong "personal" reservation [...]	2003-03-21 18:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NI
03ABUJA587	GUM ARABIC EXPORTS FROM NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 11:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	NI
03ABUJA637	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE: DEMOCRATIC EXPRESSION CRUSHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter delivered the demarche on Zimbabwe to President Obasanjo on March 26. At that meeting he was joined by British High Commissioner Philip Thomas. Allied with South Africa, the GON opposes continued suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth, and wants to disba [...]	2003-04-04 16:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SF ZI NI SADC
03ABUJA670	EMBASSY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NIGERIAN MEDIA [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and Mission PAS staff have worked assiduously to ensure broad coverage within the Nigerian media of USG policy positions on Iraq. Our media strategy has included placement of an op-ed that addressed many Nigerian misperceptions regarding U.S. military intervention [...]	2003-04-11 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA989	NIGERIA: STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since October 2002, Post has actively engaged the GON in hopes of concluding an Article 98 agreement before July 1, 2003. President Obasanjo has indicated a willingness to conclude an agreement; however key figures such as the Foreign Affairs and Justice Ministers have opposed a [...]	2003-06-05 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ADANA109	MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. Mersin's business leaders are optimistic they will benefit from new opportunities in the new Iraq. They do worry, however, the U.S. might seek to "punish" Tur [...]	2003-04-16 13:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA
03AMMAN106	IRAQ REVITALIZING DEPENDENCY DEBATE BY UPPING [...] (c) New data provided by Jordan's Statistics department shows a major shift in the pattern of Jordan's exports to Iraq. What has been for half a decade a fairly static market for vegetable oil, feed, and medicine expanded comprehensively to include a wide array of additional products. The [...]	2003-01-07 09:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREF ETTC JO IZ
03AMMAN1252	BIDDER ON JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE SEEKS USG [...] (sbu) We were recently contacted by Brock Tuppeny, Business Development Manager for Petrofac, a UK-registered company with extensive operations in Texas and partial U.S. ownership. According to Tuppeny, Petrofac is involved in, inter alia, construction of the Georgian portion of the Baku-Ce [...]	2003-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN1550	JORDAN'S TRANSPORT SECTOR DURING AND AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (c) The GOJ paints a gloomy picture of predicted heavy losses to the transport sector during hostilities in Iraq, totaling over $44 million monthly as a result of higher insurance charges and decreased business volumes. Following war, though, the consensus opinion is that the sector will en [...]	2003-03-13 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1749	DENYING PETROFAC'S ADVOCACY REQUEST [...] (u) On March 13, Embassy informed Petrofac Business Development Manager Brock Tuppeny of the USG's determination that Petrofac's bid on the Iraq-Zarqa pipeline project would not qualify for advocacy support (ref a). We cited USG concerns over the Iraq portion of the project and possible US [...]	2003-03-23 17:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN1885	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-30 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2068	TFIZ01: ZARQA BUSINESS COMMUNITY PONDERS IRAQ'S [...] (c) Business community leaders in Zarqa, Jordan's industrial center, are hopeful that a post-war Iraq will open numerous new business opportunities for Jordanian companies. They fear, though, that Iraq's diverse social structure makes the country vulnerable to collapse into internecine warfar [...]	2003-04-06 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2374	TFIZ01: OFAC LICENSE REQUEST DENIAL LETTER [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) As per instructions REF, econoff delivered letter to Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA),on April 16. The letter, a copy of which was provided t [...]	2003-04-20 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL JO
03AMMAN2509	JORDAN-BASED COMPANY REPEATS OFAC LICENSE REQUEST [...] (SBU) In response to letter delivered APRIL 16 as requested in REF B, recipient Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACIDMA) asked that we pass along his response on behalf of the company addressed to OFAC's David Mills. Haddadin to [...]	2003-04-29 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC JO
03AMMAN2562	JORDAN: TRADING WITH IRAQ [...] (sbu) The following responses to the questions asked ref A are based on our ongoing dialogue with Jordanian officials and business leaders on their business and trade relationships with Iraq. Refs B and C are recent reports on these issues. 2. (sbu) Jordan was not one of the countries [...]	2003-04-30 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO IZ
03AMMAN2775	IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION UNDER JORDANIAN LAW [...] (c) Embassy has consulted with Trade Ministry and Foreign Ministry officials to obtain answers to reftel questions regarding sanctions implementation. Answers keyed to reftel questions: -- UNSCR 661 was implemented in Jordan by Prime Ministerial decree. Within the context of the sanctio [...]	2003-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN2998	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS IRAQ SUPPORT EFFORTS [...] (u) The Jordan-American Business Association is putting together a program to support efforts by Jordanian companies to assist in Iraq reconstruction efforts. The centerpiece of the plan, which envisions a host of activities both to get Jordanian companies into Iraq and to sell Jordan as a [...]	2003-05-21 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID JO IZ
03AMMAN3055	JORDAN TELECOM EXPLORING IRAQI MARKET OPTIONS [...] (sbu) Summary: Senior management staff from Jordan Telecom called on ECONOFF May 15 to inquire about commercial opportunities for provision of mobile telecoms service in Iraq and to ask for requirements and procedures for importing telecoms equipment into Iraq on a commercial basis. JTC see [...]	2003-05-22 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EAID JO IZ
03AMMAN3456	JORDAN IRAQ CONFERENCE SENDS NEEDED MESSAGE [...] (sbu) Summary: The June 5 "Doing Business With Iraq" conference organized by four leading Jordanian business associations left local businessmen better informed and better prepared to take advantage of opportunities. Despite a vocal minority of "old economy" businessmen who grilled U.S. sp [...]	2003-06-11 07:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN3514	IRAQ'S PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIALISTS LOOK FOR LEG [...] (u) Summary: In a meeting with econoff hosted by the local AmCham, a visiting delegation from the Iraq Federation of Industries requested a meeting with CPA Chief Ambassador Bremer, and sought support for the establishment of a joint US-Jordanian-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce. Federation Board [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3891	JORDAN-BASED COMPANY WORRIED ABOUT IRAQI SUBSIDIARY [...] (SBU) Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA) met with Econoff June 29 to express concern regarding ACDIMA's Iraq-based subsidiary Arab Company for Antibiotics Industries (ACAI). Haddadin said he was concerned about the securi [...]	2003-06-29 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MOPS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3947	IRAQI BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN JORDAN MEETS CPA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with CPA advisors visiting Jordan, a group of Amman-based Iraqi business people said that they controlled substantial capital and technical resources that they wanted to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq. In order to facilitate communication with the auth [...]	2003-07-01 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN4023	AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR SERVICE [...] (SBU) We understand that CPA is planning to reopen Baghdad International Airport to limited commercial air service around July 15 and that it is currently analyzing requests to provide air service in and out of Baghdad. Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali, who recently met with C [...]	2003-07-02 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IZ JO
03AMMAN4194	PHRMA GROUP FORMS TO SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. A group of Amman-based reps of multinational pharmaceutical companies, facilitated by the regional office of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),is forming a working group to provide recommendations to Iraqi authorities on establishing a pharmaceutica [...]	2003-07-10 11:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR JO IZ
03AMMAN4650	GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery officials, traveled to Baghdad July 24 to open discussions with Iraqi counterparts concerning resumption of crude exports from Iraq to Jordan. The two sides held exploratory discussio [...]	2003-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5329	GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS, [...] (U) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil al-Sharif, released a statement condemning the "criminal and cowardly act" and expressing hope that it would not delay achieving the goals of security and stability in Iraq. The stat [...]	2003-08-21 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5491	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT [...] (S/NF) Expressing appreciation for Jordan's cooperation in tracking Iraqi assets, the Charge explained to Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb August 28 that the investigation had reached a stage where more specific information was needed about individual accounts, companies and methods. He presse [...]	2003-08-28 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN5889	CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI AIRCRAFT IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CPA officials have informally sought Embassy Amman's assistance in determining the status and timely return to Iraqi government control of seven airplanes of probable Iraqi government ownership currently known to be located in Jordan. Post was able to take a close look at six [...]	2003-09-13 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN6490	MEDIA REACTION ON TURKISH FORCES TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7647	IRAQ MOT, RJ, AND BOEING MOVE FORWARD ON NEW IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Transport (IMOT) is moving ahead on a proposal to replace defunct Iraqi Airways with a new Iraqi airline that will be majority-owned by private Iraqi investors, managed by Royal Jordanian Airways (RJ),and receive assistance from Boeing. The proposed new air [...]	2003-11-23 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV JO IZ
03AMMAN8175	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-15 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN990	CARE IRAQ PROGRAM DIRECTOR: MAINTENANCE OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: According to CARE Iraq Country Director Margaret Hassan (protect),the Iraqi population is "entirely dependent" on the OFF food ration system and has no economic resources to draw upon if the OFF pipeline is interrupted. Hassan also cautioned that Iraq's water/sanitation system a [...]	2003-02-17 14:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID IZ JO
03ANKARA126	TERRORIST FINANCE: SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO ANKARA BY USG TEAM; NEED FOR FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 16-18 visit of the Treasury and Justice anti-terrorist finance team attracted intense GOT interest. The visit resulted in an interagency GOT decision, at the senior working level, to recommend to policy-makers amending their laws to adopt an OFAC-like authority. E [...]	2003-01-06 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL TU
03ANKARA2367	GOT's Views on Special 301 Review of [...] (SBU) On April 10, Oya Karakas, Head of Department in the MFA General Directorate of Multilateral Economic Affairs, sent Embassy the following note on intellectual property protection in Turkey. The note contends that data exclusivity protection for pharmaceuticals is not required by the TRIP [...]	2003-04-11 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA2457	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2497	MTAG 05-96: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE RELATED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TU MTCRE
03ANKARA2498	NO ENDORSEMENT OF OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL TU EINV IZ
03ANKARA2776	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-29 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2898	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2909	EU-RELATED DRAFT REFORM BILL REFLECTS GOT STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has prepared a new package of EU-related legislative reforms, which it expects to introduce in Parliament by late May. Proposed measures relating to Kurdish broadcasting and non-Muslim foundations are designed to loosen restrictive regulations adopted pursuant to previous [...]	2003-05-05 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA298	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3036	MFA INQUIRY ON KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General For Energy Hakki Akil called in Acting DCM May 8 to raise two issues of GOT concern related to the stoppage of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. First, Akil said, Turkey's Kirikkale Refine [...]	2003-05-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3055	MFA DEMARCHE ON OFF CONTRACTS [...] (C) Head of Department for Middle East Bilateral Economic Affairs Akif Ayhan called in econoff together with the British DCM May 8 to deliver the following demarche regarding Turkey's pending Oil for Food (OFF) contracts. Ayhan said he had delivered the same demarche earlier to the Russian, C [...]	2003-05-09 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3058	LIFTING IRAQ SANCTIONS: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3059	TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKISH REACTION TO BATASUNA [...] (SBU) On May 9, MFA Deputy DG for intelligence and research Hakan Okcal told us the MFA had circulated interagency reftel information about additional names affiliated with ETA (Batasuna, Euskal Herritarrock and Herri Batasuna). If GOT agencies found assets owned or controlled by these addit [...]	2003-05-09 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TU
03ANKARA3093	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3172	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials to obtain information on Turkish implementation of Iraq sanctions as requested reftel. Although our interlocutors cautioned that they could not provide definitive answers on how quickly Turkish sanctions against Iraq would b [...]	2003-05-14 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA3186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA3190	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC construction on time in Turkey, and thanked Ambassador for his reassurance that U.S. support for BTC had not decreased with the change in Iraq. Ambassador requested GOT support for th [...]	2003-05-15 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ
03ANKARA3205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3225	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS LIFT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA officials and the Energy Minister reacted positively to demarches by the Ambassador and others on the UN Security Council draft Iraq sanctions lift resolution. However, other MFA and Foreign Trade officials stressed the GOT's strong view that all pending, signed co [...]	2003-05-16 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA3257	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-16 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3268	MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic and Director General For Energy Hakki Akil told Econ Couns May 15 that, as the MFA had told us previously (reftel),the lack of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipel [...]	2003-05-17 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3537	DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]	2003-05-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA3748	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3827	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3830	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3843	TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR, [...] Summary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They claimed the report ignores TIP-related reforms adopted by the GOT over the past year, and argued that the ranking was not based on fair, objective analysis. The press focused on the [...]	2003-06-13 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
03ANKARA3848	TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC RELATIONS; UPDATE ON BARTER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Unakitan told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister had instructed an interagency group to resolve the problems holding up trade at the Habur Gate, including those involved in the Delta Petroleum products ba [...]	2003-06-13 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-15 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4278	TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the recent arrest and release of Turkish troops by U.S. forces in Iraq. While AK insists on a measured response, the military's political/press allies continue a confrontational p [...]	2003-07-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5227	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5365	TERRORIST FINANCING: ANKARA: MEETING WITH MFA RE [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for Reasons 1.5 (b),(d). 2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met with MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Hakan Okcal on August 20 to deliver Ref A and B demarches, and obtain an update on status of previous designations. Okc [...]	2003-08-21 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA5530	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5954	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6291	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6341	US CONCERNS ABOUT LIBYAN WMD DEVELOPMENT POST UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM MNUC KNNP LY TU
03ANKARA6365	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6525	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-17 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6775	TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTRY NOT EAGER TO SUPPORT [...] Regional Environment Officer discussed U.S. position on French-proposed UNEO (reftel) with MFA Environment Office Head Asli Oral. Oral said that the government had been approached by the French Embassy and appreciated hearing the U.S. position. She said the Foreign Ministry was not eager to [...]	2003-10-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO SENV EU TU
03ANKARA7037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7070	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-13 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7316	New Turkish Airport Security Measures [...] (U) Turgay Sahan, of the Turkish National Police' Aviation Department, provided the Embassy with a copy of new security procedures introduced at airports as of November 14. An informal translation of the procedures follows below: 2. (SBU) Begin Informal Translation Airport Security Proc [...]	2003-11-25 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA7792	UPDATE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES: [...] (U) THE CULTURE MINISTRY IS CONSIDERING AN ARRAY OF LEGAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES AIMED AT COMBATING COPYRIGHT PIRACY, INCLUDING A BAN ON STREET SALES OF CULTURAL MATERIALS AND EMPOWERING THE POLICE TO ENFORCE COPYRIGHT WITHOUT SPECIFIC PROMPTS FROM RIGHTHOLDERS. THE MINISTRY REITERATED [...]	2003-12-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA935	TURKISH PETROLEUM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSINESS IN A [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Petroleum Agency (TPAO) is optimistic about business opportunities in a post-sanctions Iraq. TPAO Vice President Bakiler believes TPAO will be well-placed to sign exploration and production agreements that the company has been negotiating for years with Iraq, and to [...]	2003-02-06 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03BRASILIA3937	BRAZIL 2002-2003 INCSR: PART II - FINANCIAL [...] Following is the Financial Crimes and Money Laundering section of Brazil's 2002-2003 INCSR. Ref B transmits post's submission of the non-money laundering portion. 2. Due to its great size and large economy, Brazil is considered a regional financial center. It is not, however, an offshor [...]	2003-12-17 12:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR BR
03COLOMBO1551	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN COLUMNIST SAYS U.S., [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO172	SRI LANKA: THE LTTE BUILDS A FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: DUE TO AN INTERNATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON TERRORIST FINANCING POST SEPTEMBER 11, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EALAM (LTTE) HAS SHIFTED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM FOREIGN FUND-RAISING TO LARGELY DOMESTIC FINANCING. WHILE THE LTTE TRADITIONALLY LEVIED TAXES IN AREAS UNDER ITS CONTROL, RECEN [...]	2003-01-30 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PTER PGOV CE
03COLOMBO463	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] On 3/20 the ISLAND (opposition daily, islandwide circulation) said "there is no doubt which way the war will go," but predicted that it will not only "bring about radical changes in the politics of ... the Middle East but ... will also turn the new political order ... topsy turvy," as the "the [...]	2003-03-20 06:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO59	2002-2003 International Narcotics Control [...] Provided below is response to ref A request for information on Sri Lanka's regulations and practices regarding financial crimes and money laundering. 2. Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money laundering. There is no significant market [...]	2003-01-10 05:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL CE
03COLOMBO783	Mission conveys talking points re Iraqi [...] (U) Classified by Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission. Reasons 1.5 (b, d) 2. (C) Per Ref A, Mission has conveyed the urgent talking points re the lifting of sanctions on Iraq to the governments of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives. Per Ref B, Mission also conveyed points re Pr [...]	2003-05-12 03:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CE MV IZ
03FRANKFURT10314	ECB on the Stability and Growth Pact: Results or [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank (ECB) was exceptionally, sternly and publicly critical of Ecofin's decision on Germany and France under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP),but has been careful neither to trash the SGP nor the process. Rather, their message is that the SGP lives a [...]	2003-12-18 13:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT6409	Stability and Growth Pact: Listerine Syndrome; [...] Summary: "The taste people hate, twice a day." Wretchedly-tasking Listerine's old advertising slogan is akin to the criticism of the EU Stability and Growth Pact (SGP): we don't like these rules, but we need rules at least twice a year when budget results are issued [...]	2003-08-04 13:47:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT7034	Accession Countries And The Euro: Convergence [...] (SBU) Summary: EU member states and acceding countries (ACs) are beginning to face the dilemmas that EU economic rules are likely to present them both as soon as accession occurs in May 2004. EU rules require ACs to adopt the euro as soon as they fulfill the convergence criteria on inflatio [...]	2003-08-26 11:52:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8852	EU Stability and Growth Pact: Commission Wakes to [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 07:22:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9824	The EU Stability and Growth Pact: Dead, On Ice, It [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 15:34:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03GUATEMALA1	DRUGS, TRADE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST [...] (C) Summary: At an informal dinner at the home of President Portillo December 28 that also included FM Gutierrez and the DCM, the Ambassador emphasize the need to focus in Portillo's remaining year in office on being recertified and on making progress in other areas -- human rights, corrupt [...]	2003-01-02 13:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM CASC US GT
03GUATEMALA143	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, the Ambassador and FRG legislator Zury Rios discussed possible counter-narcotics decertification and the importance of securing more effective GOG cooperation in the war on drugs before a free trade agreement is ready to be approved by Congress. Rios said that the [...]	2003-01-17 16:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ETRD CASC KIPR GT
03GUATEMALA1813	SECOND LABOR WORKING GROUP: LIMITED PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended the second bilateral working group meeting on labor issues with the GOG on July 10 and emphasized the need for concrete progress prior to submission of a CAFTA to the U.S. Congress. He reiterated USG concern about impunity for violence against union le [...]	2003-07-15 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA605	ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT--GUATEMALA [...] (U) The following are responses to questions in Ref A. Additional information on Embassy projects and strategies to combat trafficking can be found in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Country Overview: A. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, wome [...]	2003-03-07 13:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
03GUATEMALA673	LABOR UPDATE #2-2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Teachers Back in School -- Ambassador Raises GSP with GOG -- Ambassador Flags Labor Rights in AmCham Speech -- MOL Coordinating GOG Response to GSP -- GOG CAFTA Tea [...]	2003-03-14 16:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA73	URC-119 RADIO REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests State Department and Defense Security Cooperation Agency concurrence to transfer one URC - 119 High Frequency Radio set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles Program. The radio's purpose is to enhance natural disaster respo [...]	2003-01-10 16:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MCAP PREL GT
03HANOI155	DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that a recommendation from Ambassador Hanford to the Secretary on designation of Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act is imminent and would like to weigh in arguing against a possible designation of Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Ref [...]	2003-01-17 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI1797	NEW EFFORTS TO COMBAT PROSTITUTION IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A new ordinance should strengthen efforts aimed at combating prostitution in Vietnam and its related effects. The most striking point of the new ordinance is its inclusion of purchasers of sex, specifically focusing on government officials, thus expanding prohibited acts to inc [...]	2003-07-15 07:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP
03HANOI264	VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, North Korea (DPRK),Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. With the exception of Sudan and Syria, all have embassies in Hanoi. These relations are largely an outgrowth [...]	2003-02-06 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK
03HANOI2996	THE CPV TRIES TO RE-VET ITSELF; PR STUNT? [...] (U) Summary. By Ho Chi Minh's 115th birthday anniversary in 2005, the CPV will in principle have re- certified the qualifications of each and every member to ensure that all meet the CPV high standards for behavior. Only then may they receive one of the new, more hi-tech membership cards. [...]	2003-11-19 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI3073	VIETNAM: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy's response to reftel follows in Paragraph 2. The response is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. 2. A) In 2003, the GVN clearly and frequently denounced terrorism domestically and internationally and actively supported the global coalition against terrorism. The GVN's total ratifi [...]	2003-11-26 10:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER VM CTERR
03HARARE1130	AFTER MUGABE: POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A U.S. [...] (c) Summary: While it is still uncertain whether President Robert Mugabe will depart in the next days or months, Post considers it prudent to offer policymakers "day after" recommendations at this stage. Assuming a transition government is committed to political and economic reform, the U.S. [...]	2003-06-04 10:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI EXIM
03HARARE1185	ASSISTING ZIMBABWE AFTER DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS [...] (c) Summary: This message provides recommendations for U.S. assistance to a reformist, democratically-elected government. These recommendations go well beyond the assistance we recommended for a transition government in reftel. End summary. 2. (c) Reftel outlined programs and activities we [...]	2003-06-11 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI
03HARARE1377	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Weekend editorials continue to focus on President Bush's first trip to Africa. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Rude awakening awaits Bush" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" (06/29) comments: "The announcement that U. S. President George W. [...]	2003-07-08 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1417	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Talks on Zimbabwe between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, continue to dominate editorials in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Mbeki has his job cut out" the independent daily "The Daily News" (07/1 [...]	2003-07-11 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1507	HOW MUCH GIVE IN ZANU-PF OPENNESS TO DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 09:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
03HARARE1532	BISHOPS MEET MUGABE AND TSVANGIRAI SEPARATELY IN [...] (C) Three prominent Bishops from Manicaland, all affiliated with the Zimbabwe Council of Chufches (ZCC),met with President Mugabe and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai recently in an attempt to restart failed talks between the ruling and opposition parties. Mugabe raised a few issues he said w [...]	2003-07-29 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
03HARARE1671	MEDIA REACTION EDITORIALS AGAINST LIFTING OF [...] Back to back editorials in the August 25 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the July 24 edition of its sister weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" are against the call for the lifting of travel and economic restrictions imposed on Robert Mugabe a [...]	2003-08-25 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1705	MEDIA REACTION U. S. ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ISOLATE [...] The United States Institute of Peace is reported to have accused the United States and the European Union (EU) of trying to isolate Zimbabwe. Under headline "ZANU PF rule unavoidable: U. S. report," the August 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The [...]	2003-08-28 07:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR ZI KAPO
03HARARE1736	MEDIA REACTION COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN ZIM; HARARE [...] While an editorial in the September 3 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" saw the outcome of the weekend urban council elections, in which the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) narrowly defeated the ruling ZANU PF party, as a demonstr [...]	2003-09-03 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1762	Zimbabwe Economic Policy: Is Rigor Mortis [...] (SBU) Summary: As with directionless negotiations about negotiations in the political sphere, the GOZ keeps boasting of meaningful economic reform that it never gets around to. Long-promised initiatives - more banknotes, devaluation, better land reform, the return of fuel and less public spen [...]	2003-09-09 05:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE178	Harare's Commuter Blues [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's foreign exchange shortage has sidelined most passenger vans, transforming a short commute into a twice daily ordeal for residents of Harare's high-density suburbs. 15-30 minute treks now take 2-3 hours, a potential trigger for social unrest. End Summary. Few vans still [...]	2003-01-27 14:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ZI
03HARARE1838	MEDIA REACTION CUBA/ZIM/U. S. RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Cuba, Zimbabwe lead the way" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 7 editorial to demonizing the West, especially the United States and Britain, for allegedly maltreating Cuba and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: [...]	2003-09-15 05:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1892	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SADC OUTREACH, TALKS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on September 16 reported to Ambassador Sullivan on meetings with selected SADC heads of state. He advised that the bishops troika remained active as an informal intermediary between MDC and ZANU-PF but that the ruling party continued to stall. [...]	2003-09-17 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE1958	MUZENDA EULOGY INCLUDES APPEAL TO MDC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Robert Mugabe's eulogy on September 24 to Vice President Simon Muzenda, who died on September 20 (ref A),is not likely to change the political climate here. As with previous speeches, Mugabe seized the opportunity to extol the virtues of land reform, to vilify the British and A [...]	2003-09-26 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ZI
03HARARE1977	BISHOPS PROPOSE PARTIES' RETREAT [...] (C) Bishop Trevor Manhanga on September 26 offered the Embassy an update on the so-called bishops' initiative. According to Manhanga, the bishops continued to meet personally with representatives from each party at least once a week. They remained especially encouraged by ZANU-PF's posture, [...]	2003-09-30 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE2006	Zimbabwe Economic Crises Update [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2024	NEW UTETE LAND AUDIT REPORT OFFERS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Utete commission report on anomalies in the land resettlement program, widely anticipated as an indicator of how the GOZ will address the chaotic situation in the agricultural sector, is a non-event. Despite stringent attempts to keep this document secret, Post recently o [...]	2003-10-07 10:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
03HARARE2095	CHAT WITH A CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with poloff October 8, ZANU-PF MP (appointed by the President) and Deputy Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Chief Fortune Charumbira identified weaknesses in the nation's municipal administration and outlined efforts to improve them. He [...]	2003-10-21 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE2184	Mugabe to Restructure Economic Team [...] (SBU) Summary: In a clear indication that hardliners are winning out over Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank (RBZ) moderates (refs a/b),President Mugabe has announced his intent to shake up his economic team. It also suggests the November 20 budget speech will offer Zimbabwe's beleaguered pr [...]	2003-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2236	VISIT TO ROTTEN ROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Deputy Director for External Relations Itai Mach on November 5 told poloff that the party's national conference next month would likely focus more on economic and land reform issues than personnel/leadership matters. He suggested that informal and personal communications [...]	2003-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EAGR ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE2286	MEETING WITH BROKERS OF POLITICAL RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Disparaging remarks about "talk about talks" between the ruling Zanu-PF party and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have replaced hopeful reports of imminent breakthroughs. A meeting on November 19, 2003, between Ambassador Sullivan, Director of USAID Paul Weisenfeld, [...]	2003-11-24 13:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE2310	ENCOUNTER WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a chance encounter at a social event on November 25, Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa elaborated privately to poloff about ruling party views of the MDC and the USG. Chinamasa suggested that the USG had the potential stature to influe [...]	2003-11-26 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
03HARARE2332	ZANU-PF TAKES PARLIAMENTARY SEAT FROM MDC - TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF took a parliamentary seat from the MDC in a by-election held on November 29 - 30 in Kadoma Central. Neither candidate articulated a campaign message in interviews with poloff who visited the area the day before voting began. The MDC candidate alleged intimidation and vot [...]	2003-12-02 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE2342	Mugabe shifts blame for recession [...] (SBU) Summary: In his December 2 State of the Nation address to Parliament, President Mugabe slammed foreign exchange fraud rather than sanctions for the country's economic downturn, adopting a slightly less confrontational stance toward the U.S. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Over the past year, t [...]	2003-12-03 13:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
03HARARE238	ZANU-PF HAS NO SOLUTIONS FOR ZIMBABWE'S CRISES [...] Summary: (SBU) The Central Committee Report from the 2002 ZANU-PF annual conference held on December 14 in Chinhoyi provides additional insight into the concerns of the party and, by extension, the Government of Zimbabwe. Its demonization of the MDC and the West and justification of the land [...]	2003-02-04 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE239	GOZ OVERTURES TO COMMERCIAL FARMERS: "WHITEWASH" [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) President Colin Cloete indicate that GOZ overtures to remaining white farmers constitute "whitewash" and meaningless window-dressing. Commercial farms continue to receive final notices of compulsory acquisition, despite [...]	2003-02-04 12:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
03HARARE2442	Gono: Exporters Can Keep More [...] Summary: Although the mechanics are still fuzzy, it appears Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has adopted a more realistic monetary and exchange policy. In his first policy speech yesterday, Gono offered exporters more favorable formulas for revenue retention. He also stated that the Res [...]	2003-12-19 09:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE280	White Farmers Remain Divided [...] (SBU) Summary: Justice for Agriculture (JAG) representatives told us they strongly lament the willingness of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) to engage the Government of Robert Mugabe on fast-track land reform. JAG remains committed to dialogue with the GOZ only after the restoration of rul [...]	2003-02-10 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EFIN ECON ZI
03HARARE356	CFU Update on Negotiations with GOZ [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president Colin Cloete to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the farmers' group and the GOZ. Despite official claims that the two groups are in accord, the CFU reports that the two sides remain fundamentally divided on many [...]	2003-02-21 06:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ZI
03HARARE400	MEDIA REACTION: MUGABE ATTACKS U. S. AND BRITAIN [...] The lead story in the February 26 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" highlights Mr. Robert Mugabe's broadside against the United States and Britain at the just-ended Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, accusing them [...]	2003-02-26 07:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE422	OBASANJO LETTER TO HOWARD: FANTASYLAND [...] (U) The recent letter from President Obasanjo to Australian PM Howard recommending lifting of Commonwealth sanctions on Zimbabwe surprised many observers in Zimbabwe, as many of the assertions on which his recommendation is based have little basis in reality. Indeed, the Nigerian president a [...]	2003-02-27 11:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
03HARARE450	ZIMBABWE: SIMBA MAKONI ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said the recently-announced modest fuel hike and announcement of an export support mechanism were supported by every ZANU-PF politburo member except Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, but the measures were unlikely to have much of an effect on Zimbab [...]	2003-03-03 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE451	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] In an opinion piece carried in the March 2 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail," Dr. Tafataona Mahoso criticized the United States and Britain for appearing to be "arm-twisting" the United Nations to sanction the war against Iraq. Under headli [...]	2003-03-04 06:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE497	MEDIA REPORT: PRESIDENT BUSH SANCTIONS MUGABE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-10 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE513	ZBC SEES LINK BETWEEN SANCTIONS AGAINST ZIMBABWEAN [...] THE ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION'S (ZBC) PRIME- TIME EVENING NEWS PROGRAM ON MARCH 12 REPORTED THAT NEWLY IMPOSED U.S. FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST ZIMBABWEAN LEADERSHIP ARE PART OF A POLITICAL ACCOMMODATION WITH GREAT BRITAIN TO ENSURE CONINTUED UK SUPPORT FOR U.S [...]	2003-03-12 08:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE517	AMBASSADOR CALLED TO MFA OVER NEW SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Sullivan was called to a meeting on March 11 by Ambassador Joey Bimha, Divisional Head - Europe and America, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although Ambassador Bimha would not disclose the purpose of the meeting in advance, after a few courtesies he immediately asked fo [...]	2003-03-12 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE523	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Claire blasts Blair's blurry vision" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its March 12 editorial to criticizing President George Bush for imposing sanctions on the Mugabe government, saying the executive order is "a calculated pr [...]	2003-03-13 08:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE531	Economic Reform Still Meager [...] Summary: By abandoning a fanciful official exchange rate, the GOZ has taken its first baby steps toward economic reform. If serious, its next target should be price controls. End summary. Reforms to Date --------------- 2. In past weeks, the GOZ has finally recognized that an official r [...]	2003-03-14 08:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE554	PRO-GOVERNMENT DAILY FAULTS ZIMBABWE'S [...] Under headline "Stayaways and sanctions will not solve our problems" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" offered a March 18 editorial criticizing the Commonwealth for extending Zimbabwe's suspension, saying the move was "unwise" and "also dampens homegro [...]	2003-03-18 11:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE563	MEDIA REACTION U.S. BLAMED FOR ZIM'S WOES; HARARE [...] Under headline "MDC lacks respect for human life" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States of stirring up the current socioeconomic and political turbulence in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .As if to giv [...]	2003-03-19 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE590	Finance Head Dislikes Price Controls [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Sullivan, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa agreed that economic intervention has gone too far. He expressed hope that he and other GOZ moderates will be able to push through reforms that reach beyond last month's devaluation. End summary. Le [...]	2003-03-21 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE594	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend, Zimbabwean newspapers dedicated major acreage to comment on the war to disarm Iraq. The tone is critical. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "U. N. in tatters" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" (03/23) comments: [...]	2003-03-24 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE595	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...]	2003-03-24 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE599	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "What will this war achieve?" the pro-government "Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 24 editorial to denouncing the war against Iraq, saying, "Instead of freeing the Iraqis, he (President George W. Bush) is ensnaring them into deeper poverty and di [...]	2003-03-24 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR IZ ZI
03HARARE610	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...]	2003-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE698	The Honeymoon is Over -- CFU Dumped by the GOZ [...] Summary. The GOZ has been attempting to gain international support for its return to normalcy by showcasing its stage-managed "dialogue" with the Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU). Now that the GOZ perceives no further advantage to playing up the supposed dialogue, the GOZ has unceremoniously [...]	2003-04-09 09:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ZI
03HARARE767	MUGABE READY TO LEAVE, WITH CONDITIONS [...] (C) In an April 16 conversation with the Ambassador, ZANU-PF spokesman and elder statesman Nathan Shamuyarira seemed concerned about the implications of USG actions in Iraq for Zimbabwe. He deemed a U.S. or British invasion "unlikely," but thought attempts would be made to destabilize the co [...]	2003-04-17 14:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI ZANU PF

03HARARE801	BISHOPS SPEARHEAD DISCREET GOZ - MDC MEDIATION [...] (C) Three bishops in Manicaland, and one Archbishop in Bulawayo, are spearheading an effort to arrange talks between the GOZ and the MDC focused on resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis. They envision a depolarized, demilitarized Zimbabwe where the rule of law is upheld, but they are only seek [...]	2003-04-28 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE950	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Washington and London acting irresponsibly" the pro-government weekly the "Sunday Mirror" dedicated its May 18 editorial to calling on the United States and Britain "to move out of Iraq and let the Iraqis to handle their own affairs." Excerpts f [...]	2003-05-19 08:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1087	AMBASSADOR HANFORD CALLS ON LOCAL OFFICIALS, LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford, three leaders of the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) urged continued, focused USG pressure on the GVN to relax restrictions on unregistered house chur [...]	2003-11-06 11:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03ISLAMABAD8950	2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PK
03JEDDAH828	TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...] (C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT),TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH CALLING FOR REFORM. A "SELF-MADE" LAWYER, ALIM WAS CHOSEN IN DECEMBER 2002 TO REPRESENT SEVERAL SAUDI CHARITIES IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 LAWSUIT AND ADMITS T [...]	2003-04-14 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA
03KABUL1022	AFGHANISTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UPDATE - [...] (C) The Ministry of Communications (MOC) is facing an assortment of challenges as the government of President Karzai enters the Afghan year 1382. The Ministry,s relations with its sole telecom service provider, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC),continue to deteriorate while a sec [...]	2003-04-20 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ECON ELAB AF
03KABUL133	MINISTER ANNOUNCES AFGHAN GSP DESIGNATION AT 1/16 [...] (U) On January 16, Minister of Commerce Seyed Mustafa Kazimi convened a press conference to announce the designation of Afghanistan as a U.S. GSP beneficiary country. Roughly twenty mostly Afghan print media, VOA and six-eight other radio outlets and four TV outlets were present. USAID Direc [...]	2003-01-17 12:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AF EIAD ETIO
03KATHMANDU1424	NEPAL: DELIVERING USG MESSAGE TO MAOIST FACILITATOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER ASEC PINS NP
03KATHMANDU1559	NEPAL: UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS WITH MAOISTS PRESENT [...] (C) The third round of negotiations between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, scheduled to take place on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj, could prove a watershed in the fitful peace process. We expect this round to be more substantive--and thus potentially [...]	2003-08-15 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2165	NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO U.S. TERRORISM [...] (U) Nepal's Maoists, in response to the U.S. designation of them as terrorists on the assets freeze list (ref A),have posted a statement on the Nepali version of their website blasting the designation as an example of U.S. interference in the internal affairs of Nepal and its neighbors. The [...]	2003-11-05 06:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KVPR NP
03KATHMANDU2187	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 1-7 [...] The local press reported that seventeen security personnel and sixty-six Maoists were killed in clashes this week. Maoists reportedly killed seven civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy, and abducted ten others. In a statement issued on November 4, the Maoists reacted angrily to the USG [...]	2003-11-07 06:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2300	NEPAL: AMCIT HELD AND RELEASED BY MAOISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMCIT Zachary Hessler, a regular traveler to Nepal, was detained for four days in the Ganesh Himal region of Nepal. While not physically held, Hessler was not permitted to leave the area until Maoist cadre consulted with their leadership, while they held his passport and threat [...]	2003-11-24 23:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PINS PTER NP
03KUWAIT1221	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 23:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT1381	TFIZ01: TRYING TO RESOLVE THE UNCC/RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Decisions will be made soon about distributions of Iraqi oil revenues that may have significant political as well as economic ramifications. Our GOK contacts accept in principle the idea of reducing the percentage of Iraqi oil revenues paid into the UN Compensation Commission (U [...]	2003-04-13 06:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PREL EFIN KU IZ UNCC
03KUWAIT1416	THE IMPORTANCE TO IRAQS POST-WAR ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: ORHA believes that its success in administering the newly liberated Iraq will depend significantly on stimulating early economic activity and sending a message of hope for their economic future to the Iraqi people. ORHA proposes to encourage trade with, and inves [...]	2003-04-14 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD ECON EFIN PREL IZ
03KUWAIT1779	TRADING WITH IRAQ [...] Post responses are provided to questions posed in reftel. Q: WE UNDERSTAND THAT IRAQ HAS COMPLETED FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES. IF HOST GOVERNMENT HAS AN FTA WITH IRAQ, WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE AGREEMENT? I.E. DOES IT SIMPLY COVER GOODS, OR DOES IT COVER OTHER AR [...]	2003-05-03 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON IZ KU
03KUWAIT2100	INFANT FORMULA AND THE PDS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE [...] UNICEF recently released a policy paper recommending that infant formula be immediately deleted from the OFF general ration. The following report summarizes information gathered by the DART from WFP local female staff, home interviews, and IDP interviews in Basrah Governorate between 4 and 1 [...]	2003-05-19 07:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2266	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 19-27: TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY: In contrast to the strongly pro-American tone of commentary during Operation Iraqi Freedom, free style US bashing has returned to some corners of Kuwait's Arabic press. Dr. Sadeq al Bassam writes in liberal Al-Qabas that the US "bears responsibility" for the massacres Saddam commit [...]	2003-05-27 15:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2378	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West participated in the daily Governorate Support Team meeting in Al Hillah on 25 May and offered updates of its governorate-level engagements, including support to rehabilitate a human-rights organization's new offices, the facilitation of Babil food distribution, coordinati [...]	2003-06-01 18:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2415	PURCHASING WHEAT AND BARLEY IN IRAQ [...] The Executive Director of WFP met with ORHA staff in Baghdad on 13 May. The primary discussion point was WFP's plan for purchasing the local harvest. WFP has set aside USD 42 million for the purchase of approximately 100,000 MT wheat in the north. DART held follow-up conversations with WFP [...]	2003-06-03 11:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2521	DART UPDATE ON BABIL [...] The start of the June 1 food distribution was delayed one day in Babil because food agents needed to replace old food-recipient lists with updated ones that included newly registered people, such as newborns and returning Babil residents. The DART participated in the daily Governorate Suppo [...]	2003-06-08 15:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT3140	IRAQ ASSETS FREEZE/GOK REVIEW OF TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (U) In initial courtesy calls, in-coming Econ Chief met on 28 June with Ministry of Finance U/S Abdul Mohsen Al-Hunaif and Dep U/S Mustafa Shamali; on 30 June with Kuwait Stock Exchange Technical Chief Wafa Al-Rashid; and on 1 July with Banking supervisors Abdul-Aziz Al-Bader and Abdullah Al-Sa [...]	2003-07-14 16:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3235	DART: SALE OF DONATED HUMANITARIAN FOOD AID IN [...] Stemming from reports of the widespread sale of humanitarian food aid in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad markets, members of USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted a rapid survey at food markets in Baghdad, Al Hillah, As Sulaymaniyah, and Arbil in an effort to determine the [...]	2003-07-20 04:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT3312	MISSING KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION SPARE PARTS [...] Action request at para 3. 2. Reftel describes GOK and Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) efforts to recover KAC spare parts reported looted by the former regime in Baghdad during its occupation of Kuwait. In para 4 below we provide the text of a letter from KAC dated 30 June sent to the Am [...]	2003-07-23 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ETRD IZ KU
03KUWAIT3402	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 26-28: ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report government initiatives to oversee Islamic charitable donations, including formation of a joint committee to "inspect" charitable organizations and a proposed ministerial department to monitor Shiia charitable funds, leading to denunciations by Shiia MPs. One li [...]	2003-07-28 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3762	TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG, [...] (S) CDA conveyed to GOK MFA on 17 August talking points and background papers regarding, and shared on a close hold, confidential basis, the names of the individual and the SIPDIS entity proposed Ref A for designation on 25 August 2003 under Executive Order 13224. 2. (U) Econ Chief con [...]	2003-08-18 09:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU YE
03KUWAIT5188	(C) GOK RESPONSE ON IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK [...] (C) In a 6 November meeting with the Minister of Finance, Ambassador delivered the substance of Ref A demarche on the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in a Bahamian bank. The Minister said that a joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Central Bank of Kuwait team had been established and was inve [...]	2003-11-12 17:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT675	(C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT SEEKS EXPLANATION OF [...] (C) On 23 February Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) noting that Citibank New York had blocked a $105,862 transfer from the Lajnat al-Daawa al-Islamiyya (LDI) (Islamic Call Committee) to the account of "Mercy International." (Post informal t [...]	2003-02-24 15:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03LAGOS2140	NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO EX-IM QUERIES ON NIGERIAN [...] (U) Rumors of distress in the Nigerian banking sector have raised doubts about the industry's health and prompted questions about certain banks' stability. Post's response follows. 2. (U) Rumors of a list of distressed banks first surfaced in mid-August. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) an [...]	2003-10-17 12:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI EXIM
03MAPUTO1755	MOZAMBIQUE INCSR PART II SUBMISSION - MONEY [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR, Part II: Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering in Mozambique is related to bank fraud and corruption. Lax oversight and weak banking regulations make Mozambique's financial institutions vulnerable to money la [...]	2003-12-18 11:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR PGOV MZ KCOR
03MONTREAL1377	World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems [...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...]	2003-09-29 20:48:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	KOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH
03NASSAU925	ARTICLE 98 -- A NON-ISSUE FOR CARICOM [...] Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM Archer infers that CARICOM will not support Article 98 and clears post confusion based on mixed signals from the Prime Minster (positive) and the Foreign Ministry (negative). In relation to Cuba, he states that CARICOM will not support discussion on the country [...]	2003-05-13 21:55:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BF PGOV CARICOM
03OTTAWA1322	CANADA: DECRIMINALIZATION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, poloffs were briefed by Terry Cormier, Director of DFAIT's International Crime and Terrorism Division, and Kevin O'Shea, Director of DFAIT's United States General Relations Division, on the Canadian government's plans to decrease legal sanctions for the possession of sma [...]	2003-05-08 20:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA1349	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR LIFTING OF IRAQ SANCTIONS [...] (C) We conveyed points contained reftel on May 9 to Don Sinclair, Director General of DFAIT's Middle East and North Africa Bureau. Sinclair said Canada welcomed the news that the resolution to lift sanctions against Iraq had been introduced in the UN Security Council. He indicated that Canada [...]	2003-05-12 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1367	CANADA: STATUS OF LOCAL LAWS IMPLEMENTING IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 21:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2129	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST [...] "Bush's 16 words" The conservative National Post opined (7/22): "...As things stand, the pro-and anti-Bush camps sit at a sort of stalemate, both sides waiting for the leak that will definitively vindicate their version of events. But it is more likely the brouhaha will end with an inconclu [...]	2003-07-25 14:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2260	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "The liberties taken by Israel's wall" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/8): "...U.S. opposition to the wall - not the right to build it, but the path it is taking - may have forced Israel to drop a plan to extend it about 30 kilometres into the West Bank to include the large Jewish settl [...]	2003-08-08 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2306	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]	2003-08-12 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2389	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; LIBYA; MIDDLE [...] "Going the distance" Under the sub-heading, "Acts of sabotage must not disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq," the nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (8/19): "...Unquestionably, the escalating attacks against coalition soldiers, embassies and, most recently, utilities - a pipeline supplying Baghd [...]	2003-08-21 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2451	CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...]	2003-08-27 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY
03OTTAWA556	CANADA JOINS U.S., EU SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (SBU) On 27 February Political Counselor discussed the proposed visa sanctions against Transnistrian officials with John McNiesh, Eastern European Desk Officer for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) McNeish said that representatives of the U. [...]	2003-02-27 21:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EU MD RS CA PREL PBTS CVIS OSCE
03OTTAWA610	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "A volley of propaganda" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis wrote in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (3/3): "...[W]hat I dislike even more than Saddam's nasty regime are government lies and propaganda. Since 9/11, Americans have been subjected to the most intense propaganda campa [...]	2003-03-06 16:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA679	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...]	2003-03-11 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA695	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; UN; NORTH KOREA [...] "The truth that Blix can't hide" The nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (3/12): "The United States and Britain are angry with Hans Blix, the United Nations chief weapons inspector in Iraq, over the information he deliberately withheld from his most recent public report to the Security Counci [...]	2003-03-13 15:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA709	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SERBIA [...] "Diplomacy's last days" The conservative National Post opined (3/14): "...Barring some blockbuster discovery by the inspectors, or an over-the-top sabre-rattling gesture from Saddam, the United States and Britain have little chance of convincing their opponents on the Security Council to ex [...]	2003-03-14 19:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03RANGOON1025	BURMA: PEOPLE'S MILITIA TO THE RESCUE? [...] (C) According to local military and civilian contacts, the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has ordered the formation of a "People's Militia" ("Pyi-thu-sit" in Burmese) in the administrative division of Rangoon. Military commanders allegedly issued written instructions orderin [...]	2003-08-25 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1055	CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: "NON-INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador to Burma provided us on August 27 with an overview of the purpose and results of SPDC Vice Chairman General Maung Aye's recent "routine" China visit, China's negative view of U.S. sanctions and their implications for regime change, the rationale behind recen [...]	2003-09-02 09:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CH BM
03RANGOON1117	INDIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: FINDING A BALANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 10 meeting with COM, Indian Ambassador to Burma Rajiv Kumar Bhatia described India's Burma policy as having two pillars: engagement with the regime and support for democracy. India will continue to move forward on both fronts simultaneously, he said, striking [...]	2003-09-12 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IN
03RANGOON1118	SANCTIONS FORCE GOB TO LOOK FOR DOLLAR SUBSTITUTES [...] (C) Summary: Following the recent application of new U.S. trade and financial sanctions on Burma, the GOB has faced considerable difficulty in utilizing U.S. dollars for official foreign trade transactions. Third country entrepreneurs are unable, or unwilling, to issue letters of credit in U. [...]	2003-09-12 10:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV KFPC PGOV BM
03RANGOON116	BURMA SEEKS CLOSER CHINA TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BILATERAL TIES BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BURMESE GOVERNMENTS SEEM TO BE STRENGTHENING AT ALL LEVELS AND ON MANY FRONTS. FROM THE BURMESE SIDE, THE RECENT EXCHANGE WITH THE PRC OF HIGH-LEVEL VISITS EMPHASIZES THE FACT THAT BURMA IS BANKING ON DEVELOPING AN ENDURING SPECIAL RELATIONS [...]	2003-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON1184	BURMA SANCTIONS: BUSINESSES ADAPTING IN A FROZEN [...] (C) Summary: Many businesses have adapted fairly well to the July economic sanctions on Burma, though overall economic activity has dropped notably. Many have embraced trade in euros, while some have sought to move their traditional dollar-based business to the Thai and Chinese borders. Still [...]	2003-09-23 09:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV BM
03RANGOON1197	NO JOY FOR BURMA'S TRADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: After claiming with much fanfare to have had a USD 700 million trade surplus last year (a claim doubted by most not dressed in a uniform),the Burmese government will not likely repeat the farce this year. Admittedly making an accurate assessment of Burma's trade balance is a f [...]	2003-09-24 08:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EPET PGOV BM
03RANGOON1238	BURMA'S MAGIC FEC: WHAT GOES DOWN MUST COME UP [...] (SBU) Summary: After following closely the gyrations of the U.S. dollar/kyat market exchange rate, the Burmese Foreign Exchange Certificate's (FEC) value has diverged significantly in recent months. Sharp dips and climbs unrelated to the greenback are very unusual, and no solid explanation is [...]	2003-09-30 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AFIN PGOV BM
03RANGOON1253	BURMA: NO PROGRESS ON MONEY LAUNDERING RULES [...] (C) Summary: After a promising start, Burma's efforts in 2003 to implement its year-old money laundering law have fallen well shy of international expectations. The likely culprits? The collapse of the private banking sector, persistent corrupt cronyism, and a lack of technical capacity. Si [...]	2003-10-01 08:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR KCRM PTER BM
03RANGOON1317	NEW MONEY LAUNDERING SANCTIONS COULD BE USEFUL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (C) For reasons laid out in Ref B, we think it unlikely that the Burmese government will produce adequate money laundering regulations and a draft mutual legal assistance law by the November 3 deadline set by the Financial Ac [...]	2003-10-21 02:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR KCRM PGOV BM
03RANGOON1337	BURMA SANCTIONS: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, CHEAT [...] (C) We've been hearing tales of cheating to circumvent new U.S. economic sanctions, particularly the ban on importing Burmese products into the United States. Though we don't have a sense yet of the volume of this malfeasance, it's becoming clearer that some exporters of garments and seafood, [...]	2003-10-23 08:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON BM
03RANGOON1358	BURMA: KOREAN FACTORY OWNERS COMPLAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the U.S. import ban became law on July 28, 10 of the original 35 Korean-owned garment factories in Burma have closed. The remaining 25 factories are hanging on by filling European orders, but are continuing layoffs. Laid off workers have returned to their home towns and vi [...]	2003-10-29 04:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1359	VIEW FROM A RANGOON STREET KIDS SHELTER [...] SUMMARY: On October 21 the director of an NGO-funded Rangoon street kids drop-in shelter reported an absence of GOB impressment for portering and forced enlistment of street children compared to previous years. The shelter director believes the U.S. sanctions have increased local unemployment [...]	2003-10-29 04:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1362	EAP/BCLTV DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Ambassador to Burma Li Jinjun posited in a late October meeting that current efforts by the international community on Burma should be aimed at establishing a platform for stable cooperation between Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and the SPDC. The U.S. should consider lifting ec [...]	2003-10-29 10:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CM BM
03RANGOON1364	A RANGOON HIV/AIDS CLINIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: This NGO clinic, in a government-developed slum, provides organized health care despite primitive conditions, thanks to the education and dedication of the doctor and the support of MSF-Holland. It provides a glimpse of the terrible health conditions faced by the vast majority o [...]	2003-10-29 14:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ECON BM NGO
03RANGOON1410	BURMA: PINHEIRO FRUSTRATED, BUT DETERMINED TO [...] (C) Summary: U.N. human rights envoy Pinheiro has kicked off an ambitious week in Burma during which he hopes to secure: the release of ASSK and all NLD members detained since the May 30 attack; an agreement to conduct an assessment of the attack; the reopening of political party offices; amne [...]	2003-11-04 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1425	BURMA SANCTIONS: GARMENT MAKERS CLING TO LEAKY RAFT [...] (C) Summary: Burma's private garment manufacturers claim 100 closed factories and 50,000 jobless as of the end of October -- with another 25,000 likely out of work by year's end. However, last-minute, limited garment orders from Europe will postpone the death of the Burmese garment industry i [...]	2003-11-07 06:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KTEX ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
03RANGOON1431	AN EVENING WITH PINHEIRO: NO PROGRESS IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro summarized to COM on November 6 that his present visit was a bust and he sees regression in the human rights situation since his last trip to Burma. The SPDC did not concede to him any of the outcomes he'd hoped for during this visit, including releasing the May 30 pris [...]	2003-11-07 12:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1433	"COME BACK TO REALITY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former ICRC Head and assistant to UN Special Envoy Razali, Leon de Reidmatten, briefed COM on his November 7 Bangkok meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat. De Reidmatten said that from the discussion that took place between SE Razali and FM Surakiat, it is clear the SPDC a [...]	2003-11-10 07:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1552	BURMA'S COCKROACH ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Considering the dismal state of the Burmese economy, it is surprising that the Burmese state remains both viable and stable. How is that people are able to quietly endure and survive? How can the ruling military regime be in a stronger position than ever? We see three major fact [...]	2003-12-03 01:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
03RANGOON1562	WAITING FOR GODOT: NLD LEADERS IN A HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: Recently released senior leaders of the NLD indicate they will remain politically active and press ahead with the challenge of reviving the democracy movement and protecting the survival of their political party. However, the "Uncles" admit that they find it difficult to form a p [...]	2003-12-03 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON16	BURMA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY; THE NLD CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Burma's January 4 Independence Day celebrations produced no new gestures of reconciliation and perhaps a slight hardening of positions on both sides. The National League for Democracy called for an end to political oppression, the release of all political prisoners, and the initi [...]	2003-01-06 07:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1616	SPDC MUM ON SUCCESSFUL THAI "ROAD MAP" FORUM [...] (C) A multilateral meeting on Burma, held December 15th in Bangkok, appears to have been a political victory for Burma's ruling regime. Readouts of the meeting from Tokyo (ref A),Washington, and Bangkok indicate that there were some tough questions put to the Burmese representative, Foreign M [...]	2003-12-19 06:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1623	BURMA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Burma is the world's second largest producer of illicit opium and the second largest cultivator of opium poppy. The gap between Burma and the number one producer of illicit opium and number one cultivator of poppy, Afghanistan, increased considerably in 2003. Burma remains the primary sourc [...]	2003-12-22 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER BM TAGS
03RANGOON167	WIN AUNG IN INDIA AND OTHER RECENT GOB TOURS OF [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC's recent trips to India, China, and Bangladesh, together with its exchanges with Thailand, are intended to shore up regional support for Burma in anticipation of a possible deterioration in Burma's relations with the West. According to the Director of MFA's Southwest and [...]	2003-02-07 03:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BG IN BM
03RANGOON190	JAPANESE VIEWS OF RAZALI'S MISSION [...] (C) Summary: According to Japanese Embassy sources in Rangoon, at the upcoming UN meetings in Tokyo, Japan will argue that the current sanctions-based western approach to Burma has failed and should be revised to allow for a more gradual process of transition, more direct aid support and more [...]	2003-02-11 07:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM UN
03RANGOON248	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR BURMA [...] (SBU) The following draft report is provided in response to tasking contained in reftel. The text of the report has also been sent by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV. 2. (SBU) Begin report text: Embassy Rangoon Human Rights Strategy for Burma The United States has staked out a position in Burma [...]	2003-02-26 09:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM BM
03RANGOON300	ILO PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 28, ILO Liaison Officer Ms. Perret-Nguyen provided Emboffs with a status report on her efforts to engage the regime on forced labor before the ILO Governing Board meeting on Burma in late March. Ms. Perret-Nguyen has been focusing on getting the regime to accept a p [...]	2003-03-06 06:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL BM
03RANGOON309	BURMA: THIRD ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma. The report will also be forwarded to EAP/BCLTV in Word format. Begin Report: Overview of Country's Activities - A. Burma is a country of origin [...]	2003-03-07 07:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG BM
03RANGOON370	PINHEIRO SEEKING SPDC APPROVAL FOR HR ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, UN Special Rapporteur Pinheiro briefed the U.S., EU, Japanese, and Australian Ambassadors on his current visit to Burma. Pinheiro said the 6-day visit is to update information prior to his March 31 presentation to the UN Human Rights Committee and to request gove [...]	2003-03-21 06:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON4	BURMA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY SEAMS DOOMED [...] (SBU) Summary: The threat of sanctions, the ongoing consumer boycott, and the GOB's own inane trade and investment policies are decimating the Burmese garment sector. The upcoming elimination of textile quotas in 2005 should put the final nail in the Burmese garment industry's coffin. The r [...]	2003-01-02 08:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD KTEX BM
03RANGOON484	ASSK GIVES PRESS A DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi told reporters and diplomats April 23 that her trips to various regions of the country reassured her that ethnic groups are anxious for national reconciliation. She provided details on how the trips had been marred by attempts to intimidate NLD supporters. A [...]	2003-04-23 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON517	EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...]	2003-04-30 00:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON53	WHAT'S BEST FOR BURMA? UNCLEAR. [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with David Rockefeller at the Chief of Mission's residence on January 12th, Aung San Suu Kyi talked about the need for a speedy transition, the dangerous state of the nation's education system, and her growing public support outside Rangoon. Unfortunately, AS [...]	2003-01-13 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON BM ASSK
03RANGOON543	JAPAN'S NEW BURMA POLICY: FULL ENGAGEMENT WITH NO [...] (C) Summary: The new Japanese "Three Pillars" strategy of humanitarian aid, economic reform, and democracy was officially unveiled on April 29. The Japanese ambassador in Rangoon explained the details and origin of this policy to the Chief of Mission (COM) during a lunch on May 5. Though he [...]	2003-05-06 07:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID KDEM BM
03RANGOON646	INSIDERS' VIEWS ON HOW TO INFLUENCE BURMA'S RULING [...] (S) Summary: Burma's businessmen have been telling us in no uncertain terms that neither economic sanctions nor constructive engagement will expedite political reform under the current circumstances. With surprising unanimity, these insiders have asserted that "coercive persuasion" is the only [...]	2003-06-03 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV ETRD BM
03RANGOON769	LOCAL REACTION MIXED ON NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has received much solicited and unsolicited reaction to the impending U.S. sanctions. We've heard from foreign diplomats, businessmen, resident U.S. citizens, some NLD members, and GOB economic officials. Generally people understand our motives, but are very skeptical [...]	2003-06-26 11:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON BM
03RANGOON832	U.S. INVESTOR, GARMENT WORKERS FEAR NEW BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The input on pending U.S. sanctions on Burma continues to roll in. In the last several days we've heard the fears and concerns of the largest U.S. investor in Burma, Unocal, and also from 28,000 garment workers. End summary. Unocal Sees Unintended Consequences 2. (SBU) T [...]	2003-07-09 08:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EPET BM
03RANGOON838	ETHNIC LEADERS PLAN APPEAL TO LEADER OF JUNTA [...] (S) Summary: Reverend Saboi Jum, the head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, has revealed plans by ethnic leaders to appeal directly to the head of the SPDC for a return to the path of national reconciliation. Jum asked COM if the release of Aung San Suu Kyi alone would be enough to ease US p [...]	2003-07-10 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON910	BURMA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Â [...]	2003-07-31 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC
03RANGOON921	NATIVES RESTLESS OVER SCOPE OF NEW SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. The Charge d'Affaires, a.i. and Econoff held briefings on the new U.S. sanctions on July 30th for U.S. citizens, and July 31st for Burmese and third-country businesspeople, NGOs, and the diplomatic and UN community. Both briefings were [...]	2003-08-01 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AFIN BM
03RANGOON949	NEW BURMA SANCTIONS EQUAL NEW BURMA REFUGEES? [...] (SBU) Summary: The new U.S. sanctions on Burma will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole, and the garment sector in particular. NGOs believe that the unemployment caused by the sharp decline of the garment industry will lead to an increase of trafficking in persons and attempted e [...]	2003-08-08 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREF PHUM PGOV BM NGO
03RANGOON950	SANCTIONS CATCH BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT FLAT-FOOTED [...] (C) Summary: Businesses have faced more trouble than they expected from the new U.S. sanctions on Burma. While local traders are scurrying to find a creative solution to their financial problems, the Burmese government has refused to take any action other than attempt to reassure the business [...]	2003-08-08 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
03RANGOON966	LOCAL NLD PUBLICLY SUPPORTS SANCTIONS [...] (C) We received a letter dated July 29, addressed to President Bush and signed by sixteen rank and file Rangoon Division members of the National League for Democracy (NLD). A translation of the letter and a copy of the original has been pouched to EAP/BCLTV. 2. (C) The letter offered thanks [...]	2003-08-12 03:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD BM NLD
03RANGOON977	FEW EARLY VOLUNTEERS FOR BURMESE RICE TRADE [...] (C) Summary: With only two or three months remaining before rice harvest time, private traders and agronomists are dubious that the GOB's rice liberalization policy will be a real short term success. Too many uncertainties and holes remain for that to happen. However, all agree that the regi [...]	2003-08-13 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD PGOV BM
03RANGOON978	BURMESE DEPUTY FM: "U.S-BURMA RELATIONS AT ROCK [...] (C) Summary: Burma's Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) told us on August 12 that the country's ruling generals are deeply upset with new U.S. sanctions and concerned about their impact on the Burmese economy, but feel confident they can mitigate any negative consequences. He said that the 2003 B [...]	2003-08-13 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL BM
03RANGOON993	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR URGES DEPUTIES TO ADDRESS BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Burma says that he will urge his Deputy Foreign Minister to address next steps in Burma during a September meeting with Deputy Secretary Armitage. He advocates that the U.S. and Japan SIPDIS quietly collaborate in developing a package of carrots a [...]	2003-08-16 02:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA BM
03RANGOON994	BURMA SANCTIONS: GOVERNMENT STUMBLES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Hints of two informal trade policy changes (an attempted shift from the dollar to the euro and unofficial liberalization of border trade) may steer the post-sanctions environment in a clearer direction. Border trade will boom, especially if the regime is serious about reforms on [...]	2003-08-16 03:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PGOV BM
03ROME1220	WFP TO LAUNCH IRAQ REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 26, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WILL, SUBJECT TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01220 01 OF 05 241311Z THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE UN COLLECTIVE APPEAL FOR IRAQ, RELEASE A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR IRAQ VALUED AT U.S. [...]	2003-03-24 13:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP
03ROME2148	ITALY'S NEW IRAQ ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET ON MAY 13 WITH AMBASSADOR ANTONIO ARMELLINI, WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ITALY'S CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL AS SPECIAL ENVOY IN IRAQ AND REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERIM AUTHORITY (REFS A, B). ARMELLINI RETURNED FROM BAGHDAD LAST WEEK HAVING RECEIVED, HE SAID [...]	2003-05-15 16:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT
03ROME2193	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: TRANSPORT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ELIMINATING NATIONAL BARRIERS AND CUTTING THROUGH BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE TO ALLOW THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PEOPLE WITHIN THE EU IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ITALY'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY DURING THE UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY. THE TRANSPORTATION MINISTER'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TOLD US [...]	2003-05-16 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EAIR EWWT IT EUN ITELTN
03ROME2349	TFIZ01: FAO AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ROLE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. USDA/FAS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR MARY CHAMBLISS AND BABETTE GAINOR, FAS/EXPORT CREDITS, ACCOMPANIED BY MISSION OFFICERS KATIE NISHIURA AND TIM LAVELLE, CALLED UPON LAURENT THOMAS, CHIEF, SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES SERVICE, FAO, TO DISCUSS FAO'S ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ. THOMAS SAID T [...]	2003-05-28 10:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID IZ FAO WFP IZAORC EAGR TR
03ROME243	ITALY ON REFORMING UNHRC, UPCOMING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 13 COURTESY CALL, MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARGHERITA BONIVER TOLD SIPDIS CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED THE U.S. CONCERN FOR REFORM OF THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00243 211355Z UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (OTHER [...]	2003-01-21 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME2585	GOI WANTS TO COORDINATE ON BURMA DURING EU [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA, POL MC AND POLOFF PASSED A SHORT HISTORY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARDS BURMA AND BRIEFLY DISCUSSED U.S. REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S DETENTION. DELLA SETA OFFERED A PRECIS OF EU AND ITALIAN POLICY TOWARDS BURMA [...]	2003-06-10 13:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT BM EUN
03ROME2598	ENI UPDATE: ITALY'S ENERGY GIANT LOOKING BOTH [...] (SBU) Summary: ENI, Italy's dominant energy conglomerate, is expanding into foreign markets, while consolidating its position at home. Its significant presence in the Middle East and Central Asia increasingly is complemented by expansion within Europe, including recent acquisitions in Spain a [...]	2003-06-10 17:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IT

03ROME289	GOI PRE-GAERC VIEWS ON IRAQ, DPRK, BALKANS, ESDP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 23 AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POL MC COUNTRYMAN, DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND COORDINATOR FOR EU SECURITY SANDRO DE BERNADIN. HE ALSO PROVIDED THE POINTS IN A NON-PAPER. BALDOCCI SAID THAT MFA FRATTINI WAS "VERY PLEASED, VERY SATISFIED" WIT [...]	2003-01-24 14:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT
03ROME3215	EU/BURMA: ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSALS;ICG [...] (C) POLOFF DISCUSSED REFTELS A AND B WITH MARCO DELLA SETA, THE ITALIAN MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA. HE WAS INTERESTED IN UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BURMA RAZALI'S BRIEFING TO THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (ICG) ON BURMA BUT IS UNABLE TO ATTEND ON SHORT NOTICE. HE INDICATED THE ITALIAN PE [...]	2003-07-14 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC BM IT EUN
03ROME3484	Progress Report on Ending the Italian Driftnet [...] Summary: On 25 July 2003, Department and Embassy Rome officers met with Italian Department of Fisheries Deputy Director Plinio Conte to discuss Italy's implementation of the 1999 US-Italy driftnet agreement. It appears that Italy has made significant progress towards ending the use of large [...]	2003-08-01 07:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT EUN
03ROME3842	U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) Summary: U.S. and Italian government delegations held consultations on dual use export controls in Rome July 21-23, in order to increase mutual understanding of each country's controls and to further bilateral cooperation. Flexibility is a key component of each country's controls - in Ital [...]	2003-08-25 14:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4022	FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT [...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...]	2003-09-04 18:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP
03ROME4032	TELEKOM SERBIA SCANDAL GROWS, IMPLICATING EU [...] Summary: Over the past several weeks, pro-Government daily "Il Giornale" published numerous articles on the 1997 sale by Telekom Serbia of a stake to Telecom Italy - - a ruinous financial speculation that helped keep Milosevic in power and allegedly involved kickbacks to several members of It [...]	2003-09-05 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PGOV SR IT EUN
03ROME4133	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: A SLOW START ON AN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian Government unveiled an ambitious work program for its EU Presidency on July 1. Nine weeks into its Presidency, however, progress in most areas has been slow. Given the extended August break and the December holidays, Italy has, in effect, just over three months to c [...]	2003-09-10 17:42:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PGOV ECON PREL IT EUN
03ROME4238	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: FRANCE'S CHALLENGE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary. France's continued flouting of Stability and Growth Pact budgetary guidelines dominated the September 12-13 informal ECOFIN meetings in Stresa, Italy. Although most delegations, with Holland and Austria being the most vocal, called for fines to be imposed on France, the French [...]	2003-09-17 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IT EUN
03ROME4580	ITALY: LIBYAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION A MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST OFFICE APPEARS MORE CONCERNED WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION STEMMING FROM LIBYA THAN WMD. POST ALSO PLANS TO RAISE OUR CONCERNS WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COOPERATION GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO, WHO OVERSEAS THE OFFICE DEALING WITH EXPORT CON [...]	2003-10-07 08:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP LY IT
03ROME4715	MORE FROM ITALY ON LIBYAN WMD DEVELOPMENT, POST UN [...] (S) ECMIN DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON OCTOBER 10 TO MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COOPERATION GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DIEGO UNGARO, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS. NOTING THAT WE HAD ALREADY RAISED OUR [...]	2003-10-15 14:04:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC IT LY
03ROME5127	PROPOSED COEXISTENCE DECREE COULD EFFECTIVELY BAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Agriculture Minister Alemanno has drafted a decree-law that could effectively ban GM planting in Italy -- almost certainly in 2004 and quite possibly beyond. He plans to present it at an upcoming meeting of the Council of Ministers. If enacted, the decree law would apply cri [...]	2003-11-13 08:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD IT EUN
03ROME5184	ITALY ON THE SIXTH EU-CHINA SUMMIT AND BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for EAP and EUR/ERA. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Expanding trade between the EU and China, the EU's continued arms embargo and North Korea topped discussions at the October 30 EU-China Summit in Beijing. The EU and China signed the Gali [...]	2003-11-17 08:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM SMIG TSPL TSPA ETRD CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5557	ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 2, ITALYS PARLIAMENT, BY A VOTE OF 155 TO 128, APPROVED A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA- COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR REFORM LAW. KNOWN AS THE GASPARRI BILL (NAMED AFTER THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER),THE LAW NOW TREATS THE MEDIA MARKET AS A SINGLE BROAD, INTEGRATED MARKET, WITH NO DISTI [...]	2003-12-12 12:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME568	BURMESE HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE [...] MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARGHERITA BONIVER PUBLISHED AN OP-ED IN THE LOCAL JOURNAL L'OPINIONE FEBRUARY 6 STATING THAT THE GOI INTENDS TO HOST A CONFERENCE ON BURMESE HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS EU PRESIDENCY, WHICH RUNS FROM JULY TO DECEMBER 2003. IT IS UNCL [...]	2003-02-12 13:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1041	YEMEN INTERESTED IN RESOLUTION TO LIFT UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 15:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM
03SANAA173	2002-2003 INCSR SUBMISSION: YEMEN [...] (U) Summary: Per request in reftels, below is Embassy Sanaa's response for the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. ---------------- MONEY LAUNDERING ---------------- 2. (U) Yemen has no anti-money laundering legislation. Though the extent of money [...]	2003-01-26 12:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP SNAR PTER KCRM YM TERFIN
03SANAA1745	YEMEN: NEW NAMES ON ASSETS FREEZE LIST [...] (U) On July 16, PolOff delivered ref A and B demarches to Mr. Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Office. Awadi said he would relay the names to the relevant ministries, and thanked PolOff for procedural information (derived from reftels, septels [...]	2003-07-20 11:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PREL PTER KSEP KVPR CVIS IZ YM UNSC EUN DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA1806	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FM QIRBI ON SANCTIONS [...] (s) Explaining that the sanctions against the DPKR were the result of a required legal review and that Yemen was not sanctioned, the Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi on July 27. He further emphasized that any actions that increased the DPKR's econ [...]	2003-07-28 08:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KSCA PARM MNUC ETTC MARR TSPA YM KN MTCRE DEMARCHE
03SANAA2979	YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]	2003-12-21 07:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANTODOMINGO6166	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES SINCE [...] (U) Since passing a comprehensive law against trafficking in persons (TIP) and alien smuggling in August, the GODR has taken steps to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders. New legislation provided impetus for action by government officials, civil society and internatio [...]	2003-10-31 14:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6906	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the GODR during calendar year 2003. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG in the fight on global terrorism. End Summary. 2. Embassy Santo Domingo submits the following responses keyed to reftel [...]	2003-11-28 20:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN [...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]	2003-12-12 21:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7469	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMF RESREP ON TECHNICAL [...] IMF ResRep Ousmene Mendeng (PLEASE PROTECT) confirmed to USAID Director and EcoPol counselor on December 18 that local press reports are generally accurate concerning the elements of the technical agreement with the IMF. The agreed overall deficit target is 3.5 pct of GDP. (Note: press on De [...]	2003-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN
03STATE115323	S37-03: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: WE WANT TO SHARE WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS BW-USEFUL JET MILLS/MICRONIZERS, FROM THE FOLLOWING [...]	2003-05-05 16:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW CH IR
03STATE23994	TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]	2003-01-28 02:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03STATE287996	TERRORIST FINANCE: RE-DESIGNATION OF FTOS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE (SEE PARAS 2 AND 5.) 2. (U) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, HAS DECIDED TO REDESIGNATE, UNDER SECTION 219 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED, ALL FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...]	2003-10-08 23:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN CVIS KVPR
03TEGUCIGALPA1471	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, JUNE 23, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/23 entitled "Chandelier". "President Bush is trying to reconfigure the U.S.'s alliances with its southern neighbors. Bush visited Europe to reunite with his colleagues from the G-8; tensions decreased between France and Germany, ye [...]	2003-06-23 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO IZ HO PA
03TEGUCIGALPA1581	IMF PROGRAM APPEARS IN REACH IF/IF GOH ADOPTS [...] (C) For its entire year and a half in office, the Maduro administration has struggled to reach agreement with the IMF on a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program that will put Honduras back on a growth track and allow badly-needed permanent debt relief to resume. With the April [...]	2003-07-03 16:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB HO EAGER
03TEGUCIGALPA1849	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, AUGUST 4, 2003 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "The crucial issues will be discussed in future rounds". "The sixth round of CAFTA negotiations came to an end with progress in some regulatory issues of the treaty, but the negotiators couldn't reach an agreement on some [...]	2003-08-05 22:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1852	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, AUGUST 4, 2003 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "The crucial issues will be discussed in future rounds". "The sixth round of CAFTA negotiations came to an end with progress in some regulatory issues of the treaty, but the negotiators couldn't reach an agreement on some [...]	2003-08-05 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1868	SCENESETTER FOR CJCS GENERAL MYERS' VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]	2003-08-07 20:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1904	HONDURAN CONGRESS VOTES TO CRIMINALIZE GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 8, the Honduran National Congress approved a bill banning membership in street gangs and other groups that associate for the purpose of committing crimes. The bill prescribes prison terms for those convicted of being gang members, with sentences ranging from three to 12 [...]	2003-08-12 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1912	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003 [...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...]	2003-08-13 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
03TEGUCIGALPA1931	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]	2003-08-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2025	CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agend [...]	2003-08-27 14:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2034	IMF AGREEMENT HINGING ON SALARY LAW [...] (SBU) The imminent GOH submission to Congress of a new government salary bill (substituting the broader Civil Service Framework bill) is dominating the political debate in Honduras this week. President Maduro and his team have appeared on the airwaves and taken out ads in the papers defending [...]	2003-08-27 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB EAGR PINR ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2459	CAFTA LABOR/ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS: INFORMATION [...] Below are Post's responses to the questions raised in paragraphs 5-6 of reftel. ---------- Labor Laws ---------- 2. The Ministry of Labor can levy fines against companies that violate the country's labor laws. These fines can range from 20 to 10,000 Lempiras (USD 1.14 to USD 570) per [...]	2003-10-21 15:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SENV ETRD EAID PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2792	HONDURAS REACHES PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON [...] (C) Summary. On November 25, the GOH and visiting IMF mission announced a preliminary agreement on a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF). The central government deficit targets are 3.5 percent of GDP in 2004, 3.0 percent of GDP in 200 [...]	2003-11-28 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2939	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued, but with significant disruption in 2003. Overall, seizures in Honduras were higher than the past five years combined, with 5,738 kilos of cocaine seized. Corruption within the police, Publi [...]	2003-12-18 21:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA4	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits 2002 International Narcotics Control Status Report (INCSR) for Honduras. Begin text: I. Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras using air, land and maritime routes continued without significant disruption in 2002. Overall seizures in [...]	2003-01-02 20:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA606	MADURO ANNOUNCES RETALIATORY TARIFFS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 3, President Maduro announced a number of retaliatory countermeasures against Nicaragua including a 35 percent tariff on goods and increased fees for the use of Puerto Cortez and national highways. The retaliatory action by the GOH is the latest chapter in the long-ru [...]	2003-03-06 14:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS ETRD PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA674	ECONOMIC TOUR D'HORIZON WITH HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) In a March 12 call on Honduran Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, DCM and Econcouns discussed the top economic items on the bilateral agenda. Cosenza committed to campaigning for the repeal of the teacher and nurse "estatutos" that have caused the rapid increase in government expend [...]	2003-03-18 14:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN EAID ETRD KJUS PREL ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA726	HIGH EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After one year in office, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro began his administration amid high expectations. While he remains upbeat about his administration's ability to [...]	2003-03-21 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD PHUM KJUS CASC ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA865	Honduran Congress Adopts New Fiscal Package; [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 2, the Honduran Congress considered and adopted in one reading a second fiscal package (the first was adopted in May 2002) designed to broaden the tax base, help reduce chronic budget deficits and move the government on the road to an IMF agreement. Congress modified s [...]	2003-04-09 15:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB HO
03THEHAGUE1732	DUTCH ON BELARUS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1865	A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
03THEHAGUE1959	TERRORIST FINANCE: ETA YOUTH DEMONSTRATE IN [...] The Basque youth movement Segi held a small demonstration in the Netherlands this weekend despite its being designated by the EU as a terrorist organization "internal" to Europe and by the Dutch government under its national sanctions law as a group with whom financial transactions are prohib [...]	2003-08-05 11:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PTER SP NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2173	IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff delivered ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on August 27. The Dutch believe a noncompliance resolution on Iran is merited, but are concerned this may not be achievable as Dir. ElBaradei's latest report is not final, so some board members may [...]	2003-08-28 13:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2530	TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATIONS OF EB/TFC DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ed Goff, Deputy Director EB/ESC/TFC, met Sept 11-12 with Dutch officials, bankers, and U.S. Embassy staff to share ideas in the war on terrorist financing. These officials reiterated Dutch commitment to furthering terrorist financing efforts both domestically and in the EU. [...]	2003-10-03 08:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PTER EFIN IZ NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2591	DUTCH REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT LIBYA [...] (C) The GoNL remains concerned about any increase in EU interactions with Libya. The lifting of UN sanctions has not altered the lack of Dutch willingness to engage the with the Libyan government. PolOff delivered reftel to Mirande Mulder, MFA Libya desk officer. Mulder noted that the GoNL [...]	2003-10-09 10:44:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM MNUC KNNP LY NL
03THEHAGUE2956	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): A/S DESUTTER'S [...] (U) On November 17-18, Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, visited SIPDIS The Hague and consulted with officials of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of SIPDIS Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and other officials. She so [...]	2003-11-25 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3087	NETHERLANDS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2003 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. Immediately following 9/11, the Dutch government announced a 46-point Plan of Actio [...]	2003-12-16 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL NL
03USUNNEWYORK299	UNSC/IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL MAKES THE CASE; THE [...] (U) SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE-PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 5 TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) IN WHICH HE OUTLINED, IN DETAIL: IRAQI EFFORTS TO DEFEAT UNMOVIC AND IAEA INSPECTIONS; IRAQ'S FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR WMD AND OTHER MATERIALS IT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED; AND IRAQ'S [...]	2003-02-06 01:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER UNSC IZ
03USUNNEWYORK766	UN/IRAQ: SYG MAKES STATEMENT TO COUNCIL ON IRAQ, [...] (U) IN REMARKS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL MARCH 19, SYG ANNAN EXPRESSED REGRET THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT REACH A COMMON POSITION ON IRAQ, CALLING IT A "SAD DAY" FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. ANNAN STATED THAT "THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT FALLS ON THE BELLIGERENTS; I [...]	2003-03-19 21:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM UNSC IZ
03USUNNEWYORK768	UN/IRAQ: COUNCIL CLOSES ONE CHAPTER IN IRAQI DISARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A FRANKLY ANTI-CLIMATIC CONCLUSION TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE IN DEBATING THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ, THE COUNCIL HELD AN OPEN SESSION MARCH 19 ATTENDED BY MINISTERS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA, SYRIA, AND GUINEA. (GUINEAN FM FALL WAS IN NEW YORK TO PRESIDE OVER THE COUNCIL [...]	2003-03-19 23:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
03VATICAN1508	COMBATING AIDS IN MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR [...] (U) ROME'S SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY, A VATICAN-ENDORSED LAY CATHOLIC NGO WITH GLOBAL REACH, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY MEDIATED AN END TO MOZAMBIQUE'S CIVIL WAR IN 1991, HAS LAUNCHED AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN MOZAMBIQUE. SANT'EGIDIO, WHICH HAS RETAINED ITS COMMITMENT TO MOZAMBIQUE'S DEMO [...]	2003-04-09 05:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO MZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN283	PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS - WORKING WITH VATICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES [...] (U) THE HOLY SEE, CATHOLIC DIOCESES WORLDWIDE, AFFILIATED NGO'S AND CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS ORDERS ARE SIGNIFICANT, IF OFTEN OVERLOOKED, PLAYERS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN EFFECT THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: SO [...]	2003-01-24 10:03:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SMIG TBIO VT
03VATICAN3847	HOLY SEE BACKS GOVERNING COUNCIL, RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) In the wake of the UN Headquarters attack, Vatican Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin reacted positively to our call for support for the Iraqi Governing Council (ref A),and said the Holy See would likely be open to talks with its representatives. Parolin expressed interest in securing Holy [...]	2003-08-25 15:23:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL PGOV EAID VT
03VATICAN483	HOLY SEE REACTION TO SECRETARY'S UNSC PRESENTATION; POPE TO MEET WITH TARIQ AZIZ [...] (C) HOLY SEE OFFICIALS ARE STILL ASSESSING THE SECRETARY'S UNSC PRESENTATION, AND HAVE INDICATED THEY WILL PROVIDE A CONSIDERED RESPONSE AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER. THEY SHARE THE U.S. VIEW THAT SADDAM IS A DANGER TO THE WORLD, AND HAVE NOW COME TO SEE THE MERITS OF HIS REMOVAL. [...]	2003-02-06 14:15:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL VT
03ZAGREB1031	CROATIA DECIDES TO ACCEPT UNFROZEN FUNDS "WITHOUT [...] (C) AT A CLOSED SESSION ON MAY 8, THE CROATIAN CABINET FORMALLY DECIDED TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROZEN IN THE U.S. UNDER MILOSEVIC-ERA SANCTIONS. ON MAY 7 WE MET WITH MFA SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR ANDREJA METELKO- ZGOMBIC AND AMERICA'S DESK DIRECTOR MIROSLAV KOVACIC TO PRESS FOR CROATIAN ACCEPTANCE. THI [...]	2003-05-09 13:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON MK SR BK SI MW HR
03ZAGREB1187	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; 301 DECISON HAVING SALUTORY EFFECT [...] (SBU) ON MAY 21, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SIMONIC TO DISCUSS CROATIA'S DESIGNATION ON THE SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST FOR FAILING TO PROTECT U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. SIMONIC IS IN CHARGE OF HEALTH AND MINORITY ISSUES. SIMONIC ACKNOWLEDGED THE OBLIGATION CROATIA HAD TO RAT [...]	2003-05-27 15:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL KIPR HR
03ZAGREB1296	CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...]	2003-06-06 16:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO
03ZAGREB1365	MESIC SPEECH AT EMBASSY OPENING FAILS TO BOOST [...] (C) On June 13, President Mesic attended the ceremonial opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Zagreb. The Ambassador used the festive occasion to declare that the imposing, state-of-the art chancery is a concrete example of the United States' long-term commitment to Croatia. Rather than use his [...]	2003-06-13 16:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU HR
03ZAGREB1390	AMBASSADOR WRITES PRIME MINISTER ON [...] After hearing from industry contacts that the Ministry of Health had deleted language from the draft pharmaceutical law that would have provided EU- comparable protection for confidential test data, and after failing to see Croatian progress on moving the 1998 MOU on intellectual property to [...]	2003-06-17 14:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD PREL HR
03ZAGREB1392	AMBASSADOR WRITES PRIME MINISTER ON [...] After hearing from industry contacts that the Ministry of Health had deleted language from the draft pharmaceutical law that would have provided EU- comparable protection for confidential test data, and after failing to see Croatian progress on moving the 1998 MOU on intellectual property to [...]	2003-06-17 14:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD PREL HR
03ZAGREB1451	BIOTECH LEGISLATION ON THE MOVE IN CROATIA [...] (SBU) Over the last several months in Croatia, several pieces of legislation have been introduced which seek to regulate the import and cultivation of biotech crops and foods. The embassy and FAS Vienna have engaged the government on a number of fronts to stop to stop legislation that, in [...]	2003-06-24 12:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TBIO HR
03ZAGREB1758	CROATIA: INPUT FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Croatia has a good record on preventing the worst forms of child labor. The Government has strengthened its legislative base and has made progress on implementation and enforcement. In preparing our response to reftel, post met with officials at the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and [...]	2003-08-08 15:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2186	GOC TO WATCH POTENTIAL LIBYA CONTRACTS CLOSELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS AVISOR IVICA MASTRUKO ON OCTOBER 6 AND TO MFA ASSTANT MINISTER FOR NON-EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DRAZEN MARGETA ON OCTOBER 7. THE GOC INTERLOCUTORS SAID THAT WHILE CROATIA HAD A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN SECURING PURELY CIVILIAN WORK I [...]	2003-10-10 09:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP LY HR
03ZAGREB2200	CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD [...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...]	2003-10-10 13:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2268	USDOC VISIT STEPS UP HEAT ON CROATIA OVER [...] (SBU) USDOC Market Access and Compliance Office Director, Susanne Lotarski, delivered a strong message to the Croatian government to forward the long-stalled bilateral MOU on intellectual property rights. During an October 14-15 visit to Zagreb, she urged authorities to ratify the MOU or fac [...]	2003-10-21 13:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR HR
03ZAGREB579	IMPLICATIONS FOR CROATIA'S ECONOMY OF WAR WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) THERE IS NO REAL CONSENSUS ON HOW HOSTILITIES IN IRAQ COULD HURT THE CROATIAN ECONOMY. THE LOCAL MEDIA IS FULL OF SPECULATION, HOWEVER, AND THE COMMENTARY AND "ANALYIS" OFTEN BETRAY FAMILIAR -- ANTI-WAR -- BIASES. TOURISM IS THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURCE OF FOREIGN REVENUE FOR CROATIA, AND [...]	2003-03-14 17:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR HR IZ
03ZAGREB755	UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: CROATIA MAINTAINS HARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOR CROATIA, UNRAVELING THE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS OF THE SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES TO HINGE ON SECURING A RATIFIED AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES (ASI). ON APRIL 4, ZDRAVKO ROGIC, SENIOR CROATIAN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SUCCESSOR STATES' FINANCE COMMITT [...]	2003-04-04 15:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR RU
03ZAGREB950	CROATIA WILL NOT ACCEPT TRANSFER OF NBY FUNDS [...] (C) ON APRIL 29, WE MET WITH MIROSLAV KOVACIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICAS DEPARTMENT AT THE MFA, AT HIS REQUEST. KOVACIC SAID THE MINISTRY HAD HEARD FROM THE CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK (CNB) THAT IT HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO ACCEPT A TRANSFER OF $54.6 MILLION AS CROATIA'S PART OF UNFROZEN NBY ASSETS IN THE [...]	2003-04-29 15:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN SI BK MK SR HK
03ZAGREB954	CROATIA AT THE SIGNING OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (C) CROATIA TOOK SOME TIME TO WARM TO THE IDEA OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER. BECAUSE OF ITS FEAR OF BEING TRAPPED IN A NEW BALKAN ALLIANCE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF AN ARROGANT ASSUMPTION THAT ITS MORE ADVANCED LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE IT A BETTER NATO CANDIDATE, CROATIA RESISTED TYING ITS FO [...]	2003-04-30 10:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
04ABUDHABI1701	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ILSA [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised ref A talking points May 23 with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and expressed USG concern about re [...]	2004-05-24 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI1969	REQUEST FOR MOVEMENT ON ARBIFT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) In a June 7 meeting, Ministry of Finance Assistant Under Secretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-Bustani provided EconChief with a copy of a letter from the UAE Minister of State for Finance and Industry to OFAC head Richard N [...]	2004-06-16 08:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PREL TC
04ABUDHABI2033	UAEG DECLINES TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO ON GAS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Econoff, Chief Operating Officer of Mubadala (and former Projects Manager for UAE Offsets Group) Khaldoon Al-Mubarak (protect) said the UAEG would not provide fu [...]	2004-06-21 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2074	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGES THAT U.S. PRACTI OF USING IRAQI OIL REVENUES TO FINANCE ITS OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS NOT SOMETHING NEW. THE STRONGLY WORDED EDITORIAL ASSERTS THAT U.S.OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS CONDUCTED TO CONTROL IRAQ'S RESOURCE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING IRAQ AS A LAUNC [...]	2004-06-23 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI2371	LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. JOHN SNOW SECRETARY OF TREASURY SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...]	2004-07-14 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2372	LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. COLIN POWELL SECRETARY OF STATE SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...]	2004-07-14 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2589	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/DARFOUR/SECURITY IN THE U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. WARNINGS AGAINST FUTURE TERRORISTS ATTACKS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND THE REVELATION THAT THESE WARNINGS WERE BASED ON VERY OLD INFORMATION, THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ, AND THE SITUATION IN DARFOUR DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN [...]	2004-08-04 10:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI3078	UAE press on El Baradei, Iran nukes [...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program received an unusual amount of attention in the press this week, with an exclusive interview with IAEA Chief Dr. Mohamed El Baradei in one newspaper, and a strong editorial endorsement of Iran's decision to go on a diplomatic offensive about its nuclear inten [...]	2004-09-08 13:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA IR TC
04ABUDHABI3123	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S RELATION WITH IAEA AND UN [...] Summary: An editorial in English daily "Gulf News" calls on Iran to put its nuclear program under IAEA supervision and urges the US to follow an agreed international route for a solution. Arabic daily "Al-Ittihad" strongly attacks the international community's silence vis a vis Israeli atroci [...]	2004-09-15 06:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI3738	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY: THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLOOMFIELD'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO THE UAE COMPLEMENTED HIS SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS. ABU DHABI PAO ARRANGED A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH ABU DHABI TV AND A PRESS ROUNDTABLE FOR NINE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT MEDIA. THE MEETINGS WITH UAE OFFICIALS AND [...]	2004-10-20 12:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI4605	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The body of the cable is the submission of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin Text United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE),which remains a largely cash- ba [...]	2004-12-15 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KTFN SNAR EFIN TC
04ABUDHABI933	UAEG TO BIS U/S JUSTER: EXPORT CONTROL [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5(b) and (c) 2. (U) Summary: From February 28 through March 1, Under Secretary Kenneth Juster led a delegation from the SIPDIS Departments of Commerce and State to the UAE to discuss US-UAE export control cooperative efforts and to e [...]	2004-03-31 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC BEXP PARM PREL PTER TC
04ABUJA1347	SANCTIONS/DARFUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF ALSO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Defense, who was optimistic the President would deliver the requested speech on military accountability, but he had not spoken to the President regarding Nigeria's role in the Darfur peacekeeping mission. The Minister, [...]	2004-08-04 05:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1365	SECURITY COOPERATION: OBASANJO EMPHASIZES HUMAN [...] (U) President Obasanjo emphasized the importance of military respect for human rights during an August 6 address to the graduating class of the National War College. He termed support for democratic institutions, and respect for human rights, to be a fundamental aspect of professionalizing th [...]	2004-08-06 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1528	OBASANJO TO SEND LETTER ADVOCATING LARGER AU FORCE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Obasanjo September 5 to deliver Darfur demarche. The Ambassador laid out the proposed draft UNSCR, and provided Obasanjo with a copy of the excerpts (reftel). Obasanjo read the excerpts and said he thought they would work well. He has been pushing for a [...]	2004-09-06 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA167	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: NIGERIA [...] The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 2003-4 edition of the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record. Begin text. Nigeria held multiparty general elections in 2003, the second since the end of military rule in 1998, returning President Obasanjo to another four- [...]	2004-02-03 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI
04ABUJA2039	CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. U.S. efforts to assist Nigerian Army deployment to Darfur were obstructed by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, apparently at the highest levels. U.S. provision of airlift for Nigerian troops to Darfur on October 28 was deeply resented by Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian [...]	2004-12-10 05:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR KPKO MOPS NI SU POLMIL
04ABUJA2106	ENGAGING NIGERIA: SUPPORT FOR REFORMS [...] (S) The grip of the interlocked coteries that have ruled Nigeria since the civil war (ref A) continues to be the driving force in Nigerian politics. In order for Nigeria to move ahead, this grip must be loosened. Until Nigerians gain a real stake in their own society, they cannot begin to ca [...]	2004-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID KCOR NI
04ACCRA1199	SUGGESTED POINTS FOR POWELL/KUFUOR MEETING [...] (C) Mission proposes the following points for use by Secretary Powell in his June 11 meeting with President SIPDIS Kufuor. We recommend a supportive message, which acknowledges the Kufuor government's leading role in working toward peace in the sub-region, particularly Cote d'Ivoire and [...]	2004-06-07 17:27:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GH
04ADANA12	COMMERICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SE TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-21 15:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV TU ADANA
04AMMAN10063	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Embassy Amman's submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II follows: BEGIN TEXT Jordan is not a regional or offshore financial center and is not considered a major venue for international criminal activity. The banking and financial sectors, [...]	2004-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN
04AMMAN1970	IRAQI ASSETS: LISTINGS SUBJECT TO UNSCR 1483, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 16:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JO IQ UNSC
04AMMAN3829	ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...]	2004-05-17 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO
04AMMAN392	LIBYA: INFORMING JORDAN OF EXTENSION OF IEEPA [...] (SBU) PolCouns covered ref points on the extension of IEEPA sanctions on Libya January 14 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of FonMin Muasher's private office, and Basheer Zoubi, Private Office officer in charge of UN affairs. PolCouns also passed to Ayed and Zoubi the text of the President's notic [...]	2004-01-16 10:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ETRD PTER MNUC PARM PREL JO
04AMMAN4426	STAFFDEL SCHARFEN MEETINGS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21-24 visit to Jordan, Staffdel Scharfen engaged in meetings with officials from the Iraqi government, CPA, Jordanian government, and the United Nations. In these meetings the delegation dealt primarily with issues pertaining to Iraqi trade during the period of UN sanct [...]	2004-06-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC JO IZ
04AMMAN4670	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES IMF VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador June 2 that the visiting IMF team said Jordan would graduate from the IMF program "with honors." Although the IMF had raised its growth estimate for Jordan for 2004 to 5.5%, he said it could just as easily have been 6%. Bo [...]	2004-06-08 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IZ JO

04AMMAN5403	MOBILE TELEPHONY COMPETITION EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has granted a new mobile telephony license, on a preliminary basis, to a consortium of local Jordanian businessmen and Kuwaiti investors. The new entrant should further enhance the competitiveness of Jordan,s telecommunicati [...]	2004-06-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV KPRV JO
04AMMAN5786	MEDIA REACTION ON THE HAGUE'S VERDICT ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6581	JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ ARE STRONG AND GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bilateral Jordan-Iraq trade is flourishing, even without considering the strong transit trade. Domestic exports to Iraq took off in 2003 in unexpected sectors. Iraqis' pent-up demand for tobacco and alcohol are keeping Jordanian manufacturers and truckers busy. Soaps, animal [...]	2004-08-05 17:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EFIN IZ JO
04AMMAN6691	OIL-FOR-FOOD VIOLATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit by HIRC STAFFDEL Scharfen may have uncovered hard, documentary evidence of involvement of some Jordanian banks in facilitating the payment of kickbacks during the closing years of the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. This evidence, if verified, would still leave some doub [...]	2004-08-09 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JO IZ UN
04AMMAN7400	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7571	MEDIA REACTION ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-13 10:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7732	JORDAN MEDIA: 9/11 EDITORIALS TURN ANGRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opinion columns published around the 9/11 anniversary in Jordan reflected a depressed and angry tone, with many writers railing against a U.S. response to the attacks they claim has undermined global security. One writer said the time for sympathy with America was over, and a [...]	2004-09-17 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KMDR KISL JO
04AMMAN8403	TERRORIST FINANCING: POST IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S/NF) Post has no record of any activity of the IARA Jordan office; nor does it have any record of any activity by the IARA in Jordan. RSO sent FSN Investigator to verify the location of the IARA office in Amman given in reftel; FSNI found no IARA office at the given location nor in the rest [...]	2004-10-07 15:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN ECON ETTC
04AMMAN8693	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI- [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04ANKARA1060	NONPROLIFERATION CONSULTATIONS: TURKEY WILLING, [...] (S) Because the Ambassador's schedule did not allow for a timely delivery of reftel points, DCM delivered them to MFA Director General for International Security Affairs Morali on February 24. DCM emphasized that the disarmament of Libya has created an opportunity to learn more about how the K [...]	2004-02-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1133	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1342	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1379	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-08 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA14	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1420	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 05:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-16 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2031	New Intellectual Property Legislation Enters [...] (U) Legislation enacted in March contains several strong anti-piracy provisions, including a ban on street sales of all copyright products and authorization for law enforcement authorities to take action without a complaint by the rightholder. However, some in the intellectual property indust [...]	2004-04-08 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2137	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA217	LIBYA: EXTENSION OF IEEPA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points concerning extension of Libya sanctions to Kemal Tuzun, MFA's head of department for the Middle East and North Africa, on January 12. Tuzun stated that the GOT welcomed recent positive steps taken by Libya in a number of areas, especially the commitment to [...]	2004-01-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KNNP LY MNUC PARM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA2185	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2200	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2335	New Intellectual Property Legislation [...] In March, the Turkish Parliament enacted copyright- related legislation which bans street sales of all copyright products, authorizes law enforcement authorities to take action without a complaint by the rightholder, but reduces sanctions for pirates (reftel). The following unofficial trans [...]	2004-04-26 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2392	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2419	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-04 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-06 17:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-13 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-14 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3828	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4109	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Caspian natural gas exports through Turkey to Europe, but cautioned about Iranian gas transitting Turkey. Guler noted Turkey's difficult relationship with Iran [...]	2004-07-23 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4227	SUDANESE FM ISMAIL VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail visited Ankara July 26-27, meeting with Turkish FM Gul and Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dulger. One MFA official speculates the trip was designed to influence Turkey, the current OIC SYG, but Ismail reportedly did not directly ask [...]	2004-07-29 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU TU
04ANKARA4233	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4528	IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA),Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5306	SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]	2004-09-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5385	AMBASSADOR PRESSES TRADE MINISTER ON IPR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 9. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a September 17 meeting with State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, the Ambassador raised intellectual property rights, barriers to importing distilled spirits and rice (septel),scheduling a Trade and Investmen [...]	2004-09-22 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR PREL TU
04ANKARA5395	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-22 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5556	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-28 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5596	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5597	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (SBU) Embassy Ankara's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Robert S. Deutsch, Deputy Chief of Mission. E-mail: DeutschRS@state.gov. Tel: 90-312-455-5555, ext.2202. 2. (SBU) The TFCO Deputy is Thomas H. Goldberger, Economic Counselor. E-mail: GoldbergerTH@state.gov. Tel: 90- [...]	2004-09-29 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL TU KTFN
04ANKARA5671	DESPITE FLAWS, NEW PENAL CODE MARKS SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: The new Turkish Penal Code (TPC) adopted by Parliament September 26 removes gender inequalities in laws relating to rape and increases punishments for torture and honor killings. However, the new Code maintains restrictions against speech deemed "insulting" to the State. EU diplo [...]	2004-10-01 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5689	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5695	Turkey: European Commission Pushing on Data [...] (SBU) On September 29, Arslan Umut Ergezer, Economic and Trade Officer with the EC Representation in Turkey, discussed with Econoff the EC's newly-issued report on practices in the Turkish pharmaceuticals industry, particularly lack of data exclusivity protection. The Trade Barrier Report uns [...]	2004-10-04 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA5908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6048	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6279	Update and Next Steps on Pharmaceuticals Issues [...] (SBU) The research-based pharmaceuticals industry continues to grapple with a difficult set of challenges in the areas of intellectual property protection (lack of data exclusivity and potential patent infringement) and reimbursement reform (including non-transparent development of restrictive [...]	2004-11-05 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA6479	TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 8 meetings with Turkish officials on energy issues, Eurasia Senior Advisor Steven Mann stressed the importance of a level playing field for American companies in Turkey's energy sector and unflagging USG support for a Bosphorus bypass and expansion of natural gas trad [...]	2004-11-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV BEXP TU
04ANKARA6789	RESPONSE FROM KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (U) In two faxes sent December 3, Tansel Karademir, Operations Manager of H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading company, responded to Embassy's demarche to MFA warning of Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the shipping company. Karademir wrote that the company [...]	2004-12-06 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA6805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7223	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA854	IRAQI DEBT TO TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: In meetings with Central Bank and MFA officials, econoffs gathered preliminary information on Iraqi debt to Turkey. These officials put the debt at USD 1.3 billion, almost entirely owed by the Central Bank of Iraq to its Turkish counterpart. Based on these meetings, Turkey doe [...]	2004-02-13 06:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA959	PRESSING TURKISH MFA ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Jan. 27 Polcouns and Poloff paid introductory call Haldun Otman, newly-appointed MFA Deputy Director General of Consular Affairs, to press the GOT to follow through on recent efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Polcouns noted that the USG last year upgraded Turkey from Tier III [...]	2004-02-19 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04BOGOTA11705	LIBERAL PARTY SANCTIONS NINE SENATORS FOR [...] (U) On November 8, the Liberal Party suspended nine senators for ten months for breaking with the party's official position and voting in favor of legislation to permit Presidential reelection. Internal party rules require members of Congress to vote the party line. Prior to the move, the p [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
04BOGOTA12512	GOC REACTS STRONGLY TO U.S. ATTORNEY PRESS [...] (SBU) Late on December 6, Camilo Ospina, President Uribe's Legal Advisor, contacted the Ambassador to voice the President's strong concerns over the press conference by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida on the extradition of Gilberto Rodriguez-Orejuela to the effect that [...]	2004-12-07 21:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4534	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: CUSTOMS ISSUES IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite previous reforms to Colombia's customs administration, more modernization is needed to fully support trade under an FTA. The customs bureaucracy itself hampers trade, lacking specialized staff and equipment, and suffering from high management turnover. Pilferage in customs [...]	2004-05-04 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA9241	COLOMBIAN BANKING REGULATIONS STABILIZE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's banking regulators aided struggling banks through the banking crisis of the late nineties and have continued this work by strengthening banks against risk. Colombia has implemented internal regulation to ensure against another banking crisis while also implementing Ba [...]	2004-09-13 23:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BRASILIA1018	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...]	2004-04-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1032	TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ-LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR
04BRASILIA1074	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-04 18:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN
04BRASILIA1484	IRAQI ASSETS: BRAZIL DEMARCHED [...] (SBU) Emboff made reftel points on Iraqi assets to Ricardo Liao, head of the Central Bank Office for the Combat of Illicit Financial Activities, and to Marcos Pinta Gama, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities, in meetings June 9 and 16 [...]	2004-06-16 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL IZ BR
04BRASILIA1564	TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES - LIST 59 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 17:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN
04BRASILIA1640	2004 GSP REVIEW DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) Taking advantage of a previously scheduled courtesy call, Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 29 to the new head of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Intellectual Property Division, Otavio Brandelli. Brandelli had no immediate reaction to news of the 90-day extension or formatio [...]	2004-07-01 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA1685	IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 20:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL IZ BR UNSC
04BRASILIA222	BRAZILIAN FEDERAL DEPUTIES DISCUSS PIRACY WITH GAO [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of Brazil's Federal Chamber's Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy briefed visitors from the U.S. General Accounting Office and Emboffs on January 20. Describing the work of the CPI and the extent of the piracy probl [...]	2004-02-02 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EIND ECON KCRM PGOV BR IPR
04BRASILIA2781	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO [...] (C) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Manaus. Your arrival comes on the heels of a major shakeup in Brazil's Ministry of Defense. The resignation of Minister Jose Viegas and his replacement on November 8 by Vice President Jose Alencar is intended to repair a r [...]	2004-11-08 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA445	BRAZIL - 2004 SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2004 Special 301 Review. Despite several positive developments, including tougher penalties for copyright infractions and increased (but isolated) police action against copyright theft, the Lula administratio [...]	2004-02-27 19:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KCRM PGOV BR IPR
04BRASILIA701	Latest GoB Testimony on FTAA to Brazilian Congress [...] SUMMARY. On March 23, EconFSN attended a presentation to Brazil's Congress by Ambassador Macedo Soares, the MFA's Undersecretary for South American Affairs and top FTAA negotiator, on the current status of FTAA negotiations. Macedo Soares was speaking at the opening of the Parliamentary Com [...]	2004-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA745	BRAZILIAN MILITARY LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As a result of Article 98 sanctions, Brazil's MOD is shifting to other countries for training and exchanges previously done with the U.S. -- a drop-off clearly evident to this Mission. Many in the Brazilian military -- including Defense Minister Viegas himself [...]	2004-03-29 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR KICC POL MIL
04BRASILIA979	TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR
04BRATISLAVA524	PARLIAMENT ADOPTS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 20, the Slovak Parliament adopted the Law on Equal Treatment. The Director of the GOS Human Rights Section of the Government Office, Jana Kviecinska, told POL Specialist that this is one of the most important laws adopted in the post-communist parliament and brings Slovak [...]	2004-05-28 04:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI LO OSCE
04BRATISLAVA969	SLOVAKS FORMULATING POSITION ON EXPORT CONTROLS TO [...] (C) Per reftel, poloffs met October 15 with Karol Mistrik, Director of the Department of OSCE, Disarmament, and Council of Europe, MFA; Rastislav Krizan, export control expert in the same department; and Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, MFA. Mistrik presented the EU argument that a stre [...]	2004-10-22 14:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KOMC LO LY
04BRUSSELS1081	US-EU COASI CONSULTATIONS PART 1: EAST ASIA [...] (C) On March 5 in Brussels, SA A/S Rocca and EAP PDAS Keyser -- accompanied by USEU DCM Foster -- discussed US-EU cooperation in South and East Asia with the EU's COASI Troika. This cable covers the EAP portion of the consultations. The SA segment will be reported septel. -- Indonesia: EU [...]	2004-03-15 08:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP CH ID BM KN ASEAN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1274	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR),held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...]	2004-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1401	P/DAS RIES DISCUSSES US-EU SUMMIT DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a March 30 meeting with HR Solana's WMD Rep Annalisa Giannella, EUR P/DAS Charlie Ries shared preliminary USG thoughts about possible nonproliferation deliverables for the June US-EU Dublin Summit. Stressing that these were just early ideas and not formal proposals, Ries su [...]	2004-03-31 12:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1787	EU HAND-WRINGING ON CYPRUS REFERENDUM: NO CARROTS, FLIMSY STICKS [...] (C) One day away from a Cyprus Referendum, EU officials are wringing their hands in Brussels about the likely fate of the Annan Plan -- and the likely accession of a divided Cyprus into the EU on May 1. The Head of the Commission's Cyprus unit told us April 23 that he is anticipating numerous [...]	2004-04-23 14:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2091	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on May 7. Key findings were: --U.S.-EU Coordination within OSCE: cooperation between t [...]	2004-05-14 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2277	EU AGREES NEW NON-PROLIFERATION TEXT FOR SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. On May 26, the EU agreed to new non-proliferation language for inclusion in the draft EU-Syria Association Agreement. Last December, EU member states rejected an ad ref text negotiated by the European Commission for including non-proliferation language that was too watered down [...]	2004-05-27 16:26:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETRD SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2368	KEY TOPICS FOR EU FMS' MEETING AND SUMMIT, JUNE 14 [...] The headline issues for the June 14 EU FMs' meeting and the June 17-18 EU Summit will be the final round of Constitutional Treaty negotiations and the nomination of the next generation of key EU leaders (Commission President, CFSP High Rep). But a substantial list of other topics will also [...]	2004-06-03 10:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2972	JULY 12 GAERC DISCUSSIONS: ISRAEL, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (U) EU FMs at their July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting discussed several issues, but took few concrete decisions other than a non-controversial approval of a Joint Action to agree on Operation "ALTHEA" as an EU Military Operation following on NATO's SFOR in [...]	2004-07-13 05:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR IS BM AF USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3066	EU ON EXPANDED TRANSNISTRIA VISA BAN: NEED TO [...] (C) On July 19, USEU conveyed reftel non-paper to Council Secretariat Russia watcher Carl Hallergard, who is temporarily covering Moldova. He welcomed the non-paper, and said he would distribute it to member states at that day's COEST Working Group meeting. The Council Secretariat, he said [...]	2004-07-19 14:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV RS MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3190	EU ON UNGA PRIORITIES, ATTENDEES [...] (C) Summary: EU officials welcomed early consultation on UNGA priorities and highlighted shared interest in combating human trafficking and reducing the number of Middle East resolutions -- although they underscored several times that this would be best achieved by resolving the underlying r [...]	2004-07-27 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC KSEP OVIP OTRA UN UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3195	SUBJECT: EU/SUDAN: FMS THREATEN SANCTIONS, PLEDGE [...] In a meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) on July 26, EU FMs threatened sanctions if Sudan does not soon comply with international expectations on Darfur. The GAERC Conclusions (available at http://ue.eu.int/) offer a very critical assessment of progress on [...]	2004-07-27 14:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3210	EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING THE PSC ON CHINA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) hosted an informal gathering July 22 to receive a USG intelligence briefing on China's military modernization efforts and implications on regional stability if the EU lifts its arms embargo on China. Post-briefing readouts from EU [...]	2004-07-28 15:22:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MCAP PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3223	DARFUR: EU TO AUGMENT OBSERVERS, PROPOSES ASSESSMENT MISSION [...] (C) Summary. Hirep Solana has proposed to African Union (AU) an augmentation in EU representation on ceasefire observers to allow a European representative on each team. An officer has also been dispatched to backstop the AU in Addis, but operational details remain unsettled. EU also wants t [...]	2004-07-29 15:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ET MARR PREL SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS36	EU ADOPTS NEW NONPROLIFERATION STRATEGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: EU heads of state and government adopted an "EU Strategy Against Proliferation of WMD" at their December 12-13 Summit in Brussels. The strategy expands and integrates the various pieces of the EU's existing nonproliferation policies -- notably the nonproliferation Principles and [...]	2004-01-06 14:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP PINS UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS

04BRUSSELS3729	EU OFFICIALS ON IAEA IRAN REPORT: NOT READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel with Council nonproliferation and nuclear policy advisors September 2 and 3. While acknowledging serious unresolved issues, they assessed DG El Baradei's new report as "overall more positive than the last one," and said that EU BOG members were unlikely t [...]	2004-09-03 12:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3772	GYMNICH RESULTS ON BURMA, SUDAN, MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (SBU) The EU Foreign Ministers' informal "Gymnich" meeting in Maastricht on September 3-4 proceeded as expected (reftel). The EU will go ahead with the Asia-EU (ASEM) Summit in Hanoi on October 7-9, as long as Burma attends at the FM or lower level, but the FMs also announced further sanction [...]	2004-09-08 05:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3813	SUDAN: EU SUPPORTS KEY ELEMENTS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. EU agrees on all main elements of UNSC draft. EU not ready to declare situation genocide, but agree it is "ethnic cleansing." Africa experts believe Pronk Plan is fatally flawed, but believe it is important for international community to stand together. They also worry that it [...]	2004-09-09 14:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU UNSC USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3840	ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC [...] (C) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a variety of EU officials. EU Conclusions on Sudan should dovetail with the main elements of our draft UNSC Resolution. On Iran, we understand the EU will is [...]	2004-09-10 10:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3897	EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...]	2004-09-14 13:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3989	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC, protecting refugees, supporting internal and regional dialogues),Sudan (calibrating pressure on the government, strengthening the AU role, meeting humanita [...]	2004-09-20 09:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4016	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: DARFUR "TANTAMOUNT TO [...] (U) Summary. In a resolution dated September 16, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed the U.S. view that events currently happening in Darfur are "tantamount to genocide." A multi-party fact-finding mission undertaken September 2 - 7 provided the impetus for the strong statement. The Dutch [...]	2004-09-21 13:22:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4107	EU IN UN: IO A/S HOLMES IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with IO Assistant Secretary Kim Holmes on September 15-16, EU officials: --stressed EU commitment to "effective multilateralism with the UN at its core;" --continued their push for enhanced status for the European Commission (EC) in UN bodies (EU additionality); [...]	2004-09-27 08:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4151	MIGRANT CAMPS IN LIBYA/UKRAINE: EU DEBATES [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU faces a delicate balancing act between controlling the illegal follow of migrants crossing its external frontiers while maintaining the asylum channel open for those in need of international protection (reftel a). Increasingly, EU Member States are willing to consider [...]	2004-09-28 16:00:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4201	EU WANTS G8 TALKS ON IRAN BEFORE NEXT IAEA BOARD [...] (C/NF) According to UK Mission official Karen Betts (strictly protect),the EU-3 are working to coordinate with the EU ideas for a G-8 strategy to "handle Iran between now and the November IAEA Board meeting." On September 29, EU High Rep Solana presented a draft paper to the EU-3 outlining [...]	2004-09-30 14:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNP ETTC EAID IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4235	EUR PDAS BRADTKE'S SEPTEMBER 27 DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR PDAS Robert Bradtke covered a wide range of topics in meetings with the EU Political and Security Committee Troika and Director General Robert Cooper on September 27. The US and the EU voiced support for UNSCR 1564 regarding Darfur, and the EU sought consultations wit [...]	2004-10-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4274	US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...]	2004-10-05 10:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4335	WISHFUL THINKING? EU HOPES G8 CAN KEEP IRAN OUT OF [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with NEA DAS Dibble and NP A/DAS Fitzpatrick on October 4-5, EU officials from the Dutch Presidency, Council Secretariat and Commission expressed concerns that IAEA referral of Iran to the UNSC in November would cross a major, negative threshold they want to avoid. [...]	2004-10-08 10:32:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP IR EUN IAEA UNSC USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4410	EU CONTINUES TO EXERT PRESSURE ON SUDAN: SNYDER [...] (SBU) Summary. During October 11 consultations with Department's Senior Representative on Sudan Charles Snyder, the EU shared Snyder's assessment that concluding a comprehensive peace settlement between the North and the South was essential to stabilize the country. Snyder said the EU's gen [...]	2004-10-14 13:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4550	U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION TROIKA: EU LOOKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28, the U.S. and the EU held their semi-annual exchange on nonproliferation issues. This discussion followed the release of the second U.S.-EU Summit declaration on nonproliferation. The two sides touched on a wide range of nonproliferation issues and explored possib [...]	2004-10-21 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4629	EU-CIS RELATIONS: GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During October 22 U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, EU officials told EUR DAS Tefft that diminishing expectations for the EU-Russia summit and disappointment over elections in Belarus were leading the EU to reconsider its policies toward both countri [...]	2004-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETTC RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4702	EU FMS AT NOV. 2 GAERC AGREE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) EU FMs on November 2 agreed a package of measures to support Iraq ahead of a November 5 visit by PM Allawi. They confirmed EU financial support for the electoral process and decided to send an expert team by the end of November "to start planning" with the Iraqi authorities "for a possi [...]	2004-11-03 16:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID IR IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4994	A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 12 and 15 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with DG Robert Cooper of the European Council and DDG Herve Jouanjean of the European Commission to discuss the current situation and upcoming challenges in South Asia. A/S Rocca raised concerns about deteriorating p [...]	2004-11-24 10:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5195	ENGAGING THE EU ON THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2005 [...] (C) The Middle East remains a nexus of friction between the United States and the European Union. Since 9/11, these differences have affected our ability to work together on Iraq, nuclear proliferation in Iran, Middle East Peace, and the promotion of broader reform in the region. The irony [...]	2004-12-09 12:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON MNUC XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5391	EU LEADERS ENDORSE REVISED ACTION PLAN OF COUNTER- [...] EU leaders at the December 16-17 European Council endorsed a revised EU Action Plan for the fight against terrorism and noted other contributions, including a strategy against terrorist financing that will continue to be a priority in 2005. Other priorities next year will be the protection o [...]	2004-12-23 11:30:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EFIN SMIG PREF SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04BUENOSAIRES2228	WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2004 UPDATE [...] In 2002, the Ministry of Labor estimated that 7.1 percent of children ages 5 to 14 were working in Argentina. Such statistics have not been updated to reflect the severity and consequences of the 2001 economic crisis. According to the Minister of Health, there are more children than adults [...]	2004-08-04 13:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI KOCI KWMN ELAB AR
04BUENOSAIRES3490	ARGENTINE CHAPTER OF 2004-2005 INCSR PART I [...] Argentina is not a major drug producing country, but it is a transit country for cocaine flowing from neighboring Bolivia, Peru and Colombia primarily destined for Europe. Argentina is also a transit route for Colombian heroin en route to the U.S East Coast (primarily New York). Due to its a [...]	2004-12-17 20:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV AR PREL
04CARACAS1107	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CRITICIZES GOV [...] (U) The human rights NGO "Committee of the Relatives of Victims of February 1989" (COFAVIC) criticized the GOV March 18 for not appropriately addressing alleged human rights abuses during the February 27-March 4 period. The COFAVIC report describes alleged abuses, including deaths, use of exc [...]	2004-03-31 19:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS VE
04CARACAS3025	MFA RESPONDS TO TIP DEMARCHE [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche regarding trafficking in persons, September 21, Venezuelan MFA officials insisted that the TIP report had not accurately assessed Venezuela's anti-trafficking initiatives under its treaty obligations with the United Nations. PolOff reiterated USG reasoning be [...]	2004-09-24 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN VE
04CARACAS3124	GOV EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIPS [...] (C) Venezuela's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) chairs a 22-person interdepartmental working group that meets approximately once a month to coordinate efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Representatives from the MFA and the Ministry of Interior and Justice (MIJ) told Poloff on Septemb [...]	2004-10-05 18:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN VE
04CARACAS3271	VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Venezuela's Ambassador to the U.S. Bernardo Alvarez_ told us October 18 he is amenable to meeting with National Endowment for Democracy (NED) President Carl Gershman to discuss GoV perspectives regarding NED support to NGOs such as Sumate. In a breakfast meeting with Ambassador and PolC [...]	2004-10-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3365	CONTENT LAW FRIGHTENS MEDIA AND FREE SPEECH [...] (U) Pushing to advance the "revolution" following the favorable outcome of the recall referendum, the GoV has made good on its promise to seek enactment of the "Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television." The private media insist it's a significant step toward the muzzling of free e [...]	2004-10-29 21:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV VE
04CARACAS3926	CONTENT LAW NOW IN EFFECT, MEDIA STRUGGLE TO ADJUST [...] (U) Signed by President Hugo Chavez Frias on December 7, the "Law for Social Responsibility in Radio and Television" went into effect with its publication in the official gazette December 8. The final legislation reflects some last minute changes to a handful of articles, but remains much the s [...]	2004-12-23 11:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO PGOV VE
04CARACAS731	HOW REAL IS CHAVEZ'S OIL THREAT? [...] (C) On February 29, President Chavez threatened to cut off Venezuelan oil supplies to the U.S. or to nationalize U.S. company assets if the U.S. were to seek to "blockade" or impose sanctions against Venezuela. The U.S. majors in Venezuela dismiss his words as bluster but do not totally disco [...]	2004-03-04 22:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV VE
04COLOMBO1413	COLOMBO PLAN: MISSION QUESTIONS ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Mission has received reftel proposed constitutional amendment for the Colombo Plan and requests the Department to clarify language in the proposal: -- The organization's Consultative Committee, which meets biennially, is the highest decision making body. In the approximately 24 months [...]	2004-08-24 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR AORC CE
04COLOMBO1456	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. COFER [...] (C) Your visit comes at an important juncture in the 30-month-old ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent surge in assassinations by the LTTE, coupled with the lack of progress toward resumed negotiations, have raised conc [...]	2004-09-01 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO668	Colombo Plan: How do we deal with arrears? [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para six. 2. (C) Poloff attended the bimonthly meeting of the Colombo Plan Council on April 7. On the margins of the meeting, poloff spoke to Colombo Plan Secretary General K. Kanjanapipatkul and reiterated the USG position that we would not [...]	2004-04-20 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AORC PREL CE IO
04DHAKA3164	USG REJECTS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR POSSIBLE COUP [...] (S) Summary: Retired Bangladesh Army Chief Khan asked for USG support in ending Bangladesh,s current administration and in bringing a government of national unity consisting of senior leaders of both major parties. Khan said Bangladesh,s only way out of dynastic government and the rise of Isl [...]	2004-09-16 04:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	BG PGOV PINR PREL
04DJIBOUTI1277	CONVERSATION WITH OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a statement to the press 30 August 2004, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, president of opposition Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),declared his candidacy for the presidential race to take place in April/May 2005. Chehem visited Ambassador Ragsdale 29 September as a courtesy call t [...]	2004-10-03 10:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1598	DJIBOUTI - 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] SUMMARY: DJIBOUTI OFFERS A STABLE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN A HISTORICALLY UNSETTLED REGION. DJIBOUTI HAS MAINTAINED CLOSE COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH FRANCE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY THE COLONIAL POWER AND MAINTAINS A LARGE MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER, DJIBOUTI IS NOW SEEKING TO EXPAND ITS [...]	2004-12-16 11:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN DJ
04DJIBOUTI1601	DJIBOUTI - 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2003-2004 report remains the same. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-region, thanks to its US dollar-pegged currency and its unrestricted foreign exchange. Officials from the Central Ban [...]	2004-12-17 01:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ
04DJIBOUTI713	LIBYAN SANCTIONS: DJIBOUTIAN COMPANY REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) Following the announcement ending most commercial sanctions against Libya, the Banque Indosuez Mer Rouge branch located in Djibouti sent Embassy Djibouti a letter requesting assistance, on behalf of SVAMC SARL DJIBOUTI, in recovering assets frozen by C [...]	2004-05-17 15:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN DJ LY
04DJIBOUTI890	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SIX NAMES [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, 29 June, demarche and terrorist finance list 59. Hassan said he would pass the list to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. RAG [...]	2004-06-30 05:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS
04DUBLIN1475	PRENOTIFICATION OF JAMA'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 11:44:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN LVPR
04DUBLIN1515	TERRORIST FINANCING: IRELAND'S IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S) Post has no objection to the domestic US designation of Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) for asset freezing under E.O. 13224. There is no known current activity of IARA in Ireland, but until recently, questionable activities were conducted under the name of the Islamic Relief Agency-Du [...]	2004-10-07 16:16:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PTER EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN
04DUBLIN1525	IRISH RESPONSES TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRAQ, [...] (U) On October 7, Post delivered ref A talking points on Libya, China, Cyprus, Sudan, and Iraq to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European Correspondent. ---- Libya ----- 2. (C) Keown affirmed that the October 11 GAERC would ratify the September 22 COREPER decision t [...]	2004-10-08 13:38:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1598	TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS, JTJ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 15:09:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR
04DUBLIN1782	IRISH RESPONSE TO FSC/ETI REPEAL DEMARCHE [...] On December 9, post delivered reftels' talking points to Tony Joyce, Senior Trade Negotiator in the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE). Joyce noted the GOI's view that it had been reasonable for the Commission to seek WTO confirmation that the FSC/ETI repeal included in th [...]	2004-12-10 17:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN USTR
04FRANKFURT2923	Leading Frankfurt Prosecutor says Germany has a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutor Wolfgang Schaupensteiner -- Germany's leading expert on corruption -- says Germany needs stricter anti-corruption laws and a public awareness campaign to help overcome complacency. Authorities in Germany have fewer and less effective tools to fight corruptio [...]	2004-04-07 05:21:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM
04FRANKFURT3169	Commission proposes directive on auditor regulation [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission has proposed a directive to clarify the duties of statutory auditors in the European Union and to set out clear principles to ensure their objectivity and independence. The proposal mirrors much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and reflects close consultation [...]	2004-04-16 08:29:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT8336	European Commission Blinks on French and German [...] (SBU) Summary: According to European Commission, French and German Finance Ministry officials, the Commission is likely to await the 2005 national budgets for France and Germany at year's end before deciding its next step against the two under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). If [...]	2004-09-27 08:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT8337	European Commission Proposes Changes to Stability [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 3 the European Commission initiated a discussion of possible changes to the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). The Commission is seeking to find a balance between flexibility that accommodates individual country circumstances and strict rules that instill [...]	2004-09-27 08:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
04GUATEMALA1320	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Enforcement Efforts Gaining Traction -- TIP: Police Corruption Investigation -- TIP: First Conviction Lightly Fined -- TIP: Legis [...]	2004-05-27 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM
04GUATEMALA1573	TIP BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Embassy anti-TIP team met with the Government of Guatemala inter-institutional group to combat TIP on June 22 to formally present the 2004 TIP report and urge continued progress combating TIP. The GOG's reaction to the release of the 2004 Trafficking in Per [...]	2004-06-25 13:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA252	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Following is the Embassy response to Reftel request. End Summary. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy Environment and U.S. Strategy for Improving It --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. Guatemala held free and fair elections in November and December of 2 [...]	2004-02-03 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PREL PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA3244	GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...]	2004-12-21 23:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT
04GUATEMALA508	GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...]	2004-03-01 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA691	LABOR/TIP UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Stepping Up Enforcement Efforts (para 2) -- TIP: ILO Introduces Reforms to Congress (3-4) -- Labor: Successful USDOL Project Design Visit [...]	2004-03-19 17:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA798	GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...]	2004-03-31 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04HANOI1074	DAEWOOSA CASE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The GVN cracked down hard on the Vietnamese labor companies involved in the Daewoosa case, including jail terms for some executives, who publicly acknowledged their wrongdoing. Since that response to illegal trafficking-related activity in Vietnam, the GVN has reformed its labor [...]	2004-04-14 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI2009	TEXT OF VIETNAM'S NEW ORDINANCE ON RELIGION [...] (U) Following is an unofficial Embassy translation of Vietnam's new Ordinance on Belief and Religion. //Begin text// Ordinance on Belief and Religion Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/Q [...]	2004-07-19 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2499	TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...]	2004-09-13 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI2595	Ambassador's September 16 Meeting with Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met for the first time September 16 with Assistant Foreign Minister (and Americas Department Director General) Nguyen Duc Hung. Following a brief discussion of VFM Phung's upcoming U.S. visit and Vietnam's efforts to reach out to members of Congress, the issue o [...]	2004-09-16 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2870	EAP DAS Huhtala's October 21 Meeting with Senior [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 21 meeting with Senior Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Marie Huhtala underlined the need for Vietnam to SIPDIS take concrete steps to improve its religious freedom situation, particularly in the run-up to next year's event [...]	2004-10-22 04:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR BTA WTRO APEC CTERR
04HANOI3071	VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...]	2004-11-15 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI3332	VIETNAM: SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR 2005 NTE [...] This cable transmits post's suggested revisions to the text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Vietnam. As instructed reftel, text was sent via email attachment separately to USTR. 2. Begin text of draft NTE report: VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Viet [...]	2004-12-17 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIS VM BTA IPROP SOE FINREF
04HANOI3335	VIETNAM: INSCR RESPONSE PART II, MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Although the government monitors international financial transactions in Vietnam closely, it is not clear whether the procedures are adequate to preclude money laundering or terrorism financing. Some branches of the government are more cooperative than others in trying to addres [...]	2004-12-20 04:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL VM EUN CTERR CNARC FINREF
04HANOI535	YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...]	2004-02-25 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC
04HANOI64	FAMILY PLANNING IN PRACTICE ALONG THE HCM HIGHWAY [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reftel described Vietnam's new ordinance on family planning that went into effect on May 1, 2003, "encouraging" families of one or two children but highlighting individual choice. Under the revised national guidelines, no fines or administrative sanctions are to be [...]	2004-01-09 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI693	February 24 Repatriation Discussions [...] (U) Summary. A joint DOS/DHS delegation proffered a new approach to resolving the issue of the acceptance by Vietnam (GVN) of its nationals, based on the successful arrangement now in place with the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC). GVN officials agreed to review the new approach, but held t [...]	2004-03-09 05:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KJUS PREL CASC VM
04HARARE1157	STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...]	2004-07-15 05:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP
04HARARE122	LESS VIOLENCE - BUT ZANU-PF STILL AHEAD IN RUN-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC candidate in an upcoming by-election reported that the pre-election environment was less threatening than press reports describe. A Minister reiterated ZANU-PF's age-old theme that the West was responsible for Zimbabwe's problems at a rally for the ruling party candidat [...]	2004-01-22 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
04HARARE1347	Govt/Business: At Least They Talk [...] Summary: The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) annual conference intimates the GOZ is more willing to listen to, though not act upon, private sector concerns. End summary. Cordial Confrontation --------------------- 2. Government and business repeatedly congratulated themselves [...]	2004-08-11 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1360	UN VISITOR TESTS WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy August 6, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh solicited the Ambassador's assessment of the Zimbabwean political and humanitarian situations. He advised that his five-day visit to Zimbabwe was "private" but [...]	2004-08-12 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
04HARARE1423	A FEW FINAL REFLECTIONS [...] (C) Rather than reiterate previous analyses, I shall offer a few closing reflections in shorthand form. -- The situation in Zimbabwe today is best defined as a "FROZEN TRANSITION," a political crisis whose lack of resolution affects and deepens all of Zimbabwe's other crises, economic, soci [...]	2004-08-24 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
04HARARE1495	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR GONO: WOLF IN SHEEP,S [...] (C) We are disturbed that Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's expanding hegemony spells more trouble for Zimbabwe's flagging economy. Although he is an ideological moderate by GOZ and Zanu-PF standards, preaching an uncharacteristic fervor for Western and International Monetary Fund (IM [...]	2004-09-01 14:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV
04HARARE1519	Possible Financial Sanctions Violation [...] (SBU) Various news reports over the past several months have alleged that a possible grain deal between a GOZ parastatal and U.S. firm Sentry Financial, aspects of which may have violated Executive Order 13288 of March 7, 2003, which restricts financial transactions between U.S. entities and 7 [...]	2004-09-09 06:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1585	Tobacco Merchant Adjusts to Post-Land Reform [...] (SBU) Executives of U.S. tobacco merchant Dimon forecast Zimbabwe will experience another frustrating harvest in 2005, as the firm's buying continues to shift away from the auction floors and toward contract growing. Dimon does not believe it can revive the interest of Philip Morris and JT Int [...]	2004-09-23 07:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE188	MDC UPDATE ON PROGRESS IN TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on January 30 told the Ambassador that he expected to engage his ruling party interlocutor, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, soon on key issues relating to prospective talks. A new electoral law would address many issues, while the fate of [...]	2004-02-03 04:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SA ZI MDC
04HARARE2001	PARTY CONGRESS EXPOSES ZANU-PF DIVISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF's Fourth Party Congress reinforced Robert Mugabe's unassailable authority atop a ruling party suffering from roiling ethnic and generational tensions. Recent personnel changes adjustments to the party leadership suggest the ascendancy of Mugabe's Zezuru faction and a vict [...]	2004-12-10 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE2015	JUSTICE MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa on December 10 updated the Ambassador on issues associated with the scheduled March parliamentary elections. During the sometimes testy exchange, the Minister did not address the election environment's most [...]	2004-12-14 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
04HARARE2082	ZIMBABWE,S SUGAR QUOTA [...] (C) Zimbabwe has a small U.S. sugar quota that has been fully filled in recent years. In 2003-04, the first year that the GOZ,s land reform policies affected the sugar sector, we estimate that 25 percent of the quota may have come from resettled farms. However, this year overall production h [...]	2004-12-29 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI
04HARARE351	MUGABE CLOSES THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a long, rambling birthday interview with a slavish Zimbabwe Broadcast Corporation Newsnet interviewer, President Mugabe all but ruled out dialogue with the MDC and clumsily sought to divide the MDC from its President, Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe criticized many African leaders, including [...]	2004-02-27 04:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZI
04HARARE401	MDC PRESIDENT APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 3, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai briefed some 30 Harare-based diplomats on the MDC's perception of the crisis in Zimbabwe, the status of interparty talks, and the party's strategy for upcoming elections. He appealed to the international community to continue pressure [...]	2004-03-04 15:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC EAID ZI MDC
04HARARE435	FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE FULMINATES ON THE BBC, [...] (sbu) Summary. Foreign Minister Stanislaus Mudenge convened the diplomatic corps on short notice March 10, with the press in attendance. Mudenge's presentation began with a scathing attack on the BBC for a recent Panorama program, then moved on to the detention of a planeload of mercenaries, [...]	2004-03-10 16:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAIR ZI EG
04HARARE541	REENERGIZING SADC AND SOUTH AFRICA ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) We endorse the well-considered and timely proposal of Embassy Pretoria in reftel to make an urgent effort to reenergize SADC and South Africa on Zimbabwe. Such an effort, particularly if we can find a way to engage the EU, SADC and, most importantly, South Africa could help unlock an incre [...]	2004-03-29 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI SF
04HARARE59	CENTRAL BANKER MEETS GROWING HOSTILITY [...] (C) Summary: Drenched in palpable exasperation, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono says his market-friendly proposals have unleashed a "shrill" cacophony of covert memos and emissaries to President Mugabe. He is uncertain whether Mugabe will continue to grant him wide latitude to tame Zi [...]	2004-01-12 12:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE634	POLICE, MILITARY SEIZE OPPOSITION MP'S FARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seizure of MDC MP Roy Bennett's Chimanimani farm by police and military on April 9 represents the climax of a long-standing GOZ effort to deprive the prominent opposition figure of his economic and political base. The forces evicted farm management from the property and g [...]	2004-04-13 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI MDC
04HARARE691	TIP AND OUR AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) As the TIP process progresses to conclusion, I wanted to register my serious concern over Zimbabwe's proposed inclusion on Tier 3. As you know, the GOZ's comprehensive maladministration has precipitated ongoing political and economic crises that are exacting a tragic toll on the popula [...]	2004-04-22 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREL SMIG KPAO ZI TIP
04HARARE801	AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN MEETING WITH MINISTER JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 10, 2004, Ambassador Sullivan met with John Nkomo, Minister of Special Affairs in the President,s Office (Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement). The Ambassador raised the status of the Government of Zimbabwe,s (GOZ) land reform program with respect to conservancies, t [...]	2004-05-13 13:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV US ZI
04HARARE84	UN CONSIDERING ZIMBABWE'S REQUEST FOR ELECTION [...] (C) UN Resrep Victor Angelo told us over lunch Jan 14 that in response to a written, formal GOZ request for UN assistance in organizing the 2005 parliamentary elections, the UN Mission in Zimbabwe has engaged in a series of consultations with GOZ officials and the opposition MDC. Angelo said t [...]	2004-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
04HARARE959	GOZ ANNOUNCES INTENT TO NATIONALIZE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOZ media reports that the GOZ is prepared to nationalize the country's farmland and conservancies -- essentially limiting land use to limited term leasehold arrangements -- may be somewhat premature. While a leasehold system appears to be the ruling party's objective, resolutio [...]	2004-06-09 11:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV ECON EAGR SENV PHUM ZI
04HELSINKI1137	GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...]	2004-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN
04HELSINKI1592	MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES IN FINLAND: [...] Summary: The following is Embassy Helsinki's submission to the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. -------- Overview -------- 2. Finland is not a regional center for money laundering, financ [...]	2004-12-23 12:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN FI
04HOCHIMINHCITY1204	SUBDUED REACTION TO IRF REPORT IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and official reaction in Southern Vietnam to the decision to designate Vietnam a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) has been muted. While the HCMC press faithfully carried Hanoi-issued editorials on CPC, there was no "piling on," i.e., no effort to supplement wi [...]	2004-09-24 12:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PROP OPRC VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1468	DAS DUGAN VISITS UBCV BUDDHIST LEADER IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Thich Quang Do, Secretary General of the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) told DRL DAS Elizabeth Dugan that he strongly opposes the GVN communist government. In his first meeting with USG officials since he was placed under de facto "pagoda arrest" in October [...]	2004-11-24 09:47:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1494	DRL DAS DUGAN IN HCMC: HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION, WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious leaders and human rights dissidents told DRL DAS Dugan that despite strict GVN controls, they have seen improvement in human rights and religious freedom. They welcomed continued pressure on Vietnam but cautioned against sanctions. Recognized religious groups planned [...]	2004-12-01 04:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PREF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY606	SAME OLD IPR SONG IN VIETNAM -- BUT ARE THOSE SOME NEW [...] In stark contrast with Vietnam's usual indifference to IPR violations, press and public opinion have turned on a local composer who apparently plagiarized a song written by a Japanese composer. After front-page play in the local press, the Musicians Association of Vietnam is mulling action an [...]	2004-05-07 06:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD VM IPROP
04HOCHIMINHCITY838	TRIAL OF AMERASIAN FRAUD RING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] On June 8, a court in Ho Chi Minh City handed down sentences to defendants in a case involving an Amerasian fraud ring. Consulate General officers had developed some of the initial evidence in this case over two years ago and then passed it on to local authorities, as reported reftel. The de [...]	2004-06-24 07:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF CVIS KFRD VM
04KATHMANDU1482	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 24-30, [...] In a spate of brutality, Maoists beheaded three civilians, a group of 12 Maoists hacked a man to death, and in another case, Maoists shot a handicapped man in the head. In Dadeldhura, the Maoists forced the stoppage of a school lunch incentive program run by the World Food Program (WFP) becau [...]	2004-07-30 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU782	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 17-23, [...] The Home Minister ruled out talks with the Maoists until they stop their violence. Sporadic clashes reportedly left four security force personnel and twenty-five Maoists dead. Maoist supremo Prachanda announced a month-long agenda of "peoples' action" to include a three-day nationwide clos [...]	2004-04-23 06:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU937	NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE UPDATE [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) indicates that no terrorist assets listed by the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee have been identified in Nepal and therefore, no accounts have been frozen. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has no evidence of financial links in Nepal to international ter [...]	2004-05-18 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL NP
04KINSHASA1251	PORT OF MATADI MISSES IMO DEADLINE [...] SUMMARY. During the first quarter of 2004, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) mandated that all ports worldwide improve their facilities and security measures to come in line with new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code standards. The Port of Matadi, DRC has no [...]	2004-07-07 12:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT CG
04KUWAIT1547	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 15-17: WOMEN'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: The swell of commentary on Abu Ghraib was slightly abated by the introduction of a bill by the Kuwaiti cabinet on May 16 supporting full political rights for women. The news pages report statements of support by liberals and women activists for the measure and flat rejection by conse [...]	2004-05-17 16:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR

04KUWAIT494	(C) TERRORIST FINANCE: LDI ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR ITS [...] (C) Summary: OFAC Director Richard Newcomb met with representatives of Kuwaiti charity Lajnat al-Dawa al-Islamiya (LDI) and its parent organization, the Social Reform Society (SRS) at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 19. The group discussed a number of issues outstandi [...]	2004-02-15 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
04LAGOS1093	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal -- SAA Accepts Memorandum of Understanding -- New Money Laundering Law Signed --------------------------------------------- ---- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal ------------------------------- [...]	2004-05-21 16:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAIR EINV EFIN ECON NI
04LAGOS1469	POLITICAL UNDERTONE OF SLOK AIR'S GROUNDING [...] (U) Summary: Since the suspension and subsequent revocation of its license in March, Slok Air remains grounded. Though accused of having violated aviation regulations, the airline's travails have been associated with a political face-off between Orji Kalu, Abia State Governor and owner of Slok [...]	2004-07-19 14:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV NI
04LAGOS2096	NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #3: OCTOBER 13 [...] (U) Summary: The nationwide strike in Nigeria continues to be well-observed throughout most of Nigeria. Of major cities, Abuja apparently has been least affected by the strike. Despite on-going negotiations and intervening court cases, the strike will likely continue tomorrow on what should b [...]	2004-10-13 16:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI
04LAGOS456	Nigeria 2004 Special 301 Review on IPR [...] SUMMARY. Progress on IPR protection in Nigeria continues to be hampered by inadequate funding and poor public and government awareness. Nonetheless, we do not believe Nigeria should be added to the Watch List because improvements, however small, are detectable, and any momentum would likely b [...]	2004-03-02 06:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI
04LILONGWE223	MALAWI FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilian Patel to deliver reftel demarche on Zimbabwe. At the March 16 meeting, the Ambassador also briefly discussed Haiti (septel) and the MCA with the Minister. 2. (C) Patel stated that Malawi remains hopeful for increased dialogue betw [...]	2004-03-18 14:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MI ZI
04LJUBLJANA85	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, SACEUR [...] (SBU) While you will be wearing your NATO hat during your 11-12 February visit to Slovenia, you may wish to emphasize the following shared U.S. and NATO priorities during your discussions with Slovenian officials: -- Slovenia's bilateral and NATO commitment to bring defense spending to 2% o [...]	2004-01-13 10:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR SI NATO
04MADRID1836	IMPLEMENTATION OF EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING [...] In response to reftel request for information on implementation and enforcement of the new EU Traceability and Labeling (T&L) for food and feed regulations, we talked to the Spanish Food Safety Agency, the Spanish Food and Beverage Federation and the Spanish Feed Compounders Association regard [...]	2004-05-20 09:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EU TBIO SP
04MADRID2118	SPAIN: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's energy sector. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for energy policy (para 2) -- Possible merger of gas, electricity and water companies (para 3) -- Low gas supply reserve may lead to brown [...]	2004-06-07 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID2659	SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON [...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...]	2004-07-14 13:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN
04MADRID2660	SPAIN SUPPORTS PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2844	SPAIN SUPPORTS REVISED DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 13:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2955	SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC AND ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General of UN Affairs, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares stated that Spain will wait and see what the General Assembly presents to the Security Council before taking a definitive position, adding that, a [...]	2004-08-03 14:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA
04MADRID3773	TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	CVIS EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN SP LVPR
04MADRID3951	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]	2004-10-08 12:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID3969	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]	2004-10-08 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4197	SPAIN: BRIEFING ON IRAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dr. Thomas Zarzecki of INR/SPM, accompanied by poloff, provided an intelligence briefing to an interagency GOS audience on October 25 on arms procurement attempts in European countries by state sponsors of terrorism, especially Iran. The well-received briefing sparked discussion [...]	2004-11-02 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS MOPS PINR IR SP
04MADRID4243	ILSA RESPONSE FROM REPSOL IS BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (SBU) We spoke with Mario B. Rosso, Director General of the Eastern Hemisphere and Caribbean for REPSOL-YPF (Repsol) about Reftel A and B points. 2. (SBU) Rosso was well-prepared to handle the topic, explaining that the framework agreement noted in Reftel B was only "investigative," and t [...]	2004-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR SP
04MADRID4374	(S) SPAIN: SHIELD S59A-03: EMBASSY MEETING ON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloffs delivered non-paper providing additional information on Telstar on November 10 to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's director general for international economic relations, Javier Hergueta. Hergueta said Telstar is willing to cooper [...]	2004-11-15 17:01:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC SP CBW
04MADRID4445	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...]	2004-11-22 07:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4612	CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...]	2004-12-03 16:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE
04MADRID4887	SHIELD S59A-03: SPAIN INFORMED THAT TELSTAR [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 15:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC SP IR CBW
04MADRID730	SPANISH RESPONSE TO EU BURMA POLICY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-03 15:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM SP EUN
04MADRID841	Spanish Customs Administration [...] This cable contains responses to reftel cable re: EU member state customs regimes. Responses are queued to questions listed in reftel para 6. We collected the information during routine visits with Customs and business contacts. A. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES The formal procedure is comprised of t [...]	2004-03-12 09:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SP ETRD EU WTO USTR
04MADRID995	TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR [...] (C) Summary. Spain has been a strong ally in the fight against terrorism finance. That said, the GOS has not always been as pro-active as we believe they could and should be in this fight. While Spain passed bold new laws after September 11 providing the government with administrative author [...]	2004-03-24 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER SP
04MANAMA1000	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SIX NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 08:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR BA
04MANAMA1884	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem Daoud December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Daoud said that Iraq faced a number of crises: obtaining weapons quickly; procuring helicopters and armored veh [...]	2004-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV KDEM IZ IR BA
04MANAMA1893	BAHRAIN: 2004-05 INCSR PART II [...] Please see text of updated 2004-05 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, para 2. Post notes that the Bahrain Monetary Agency, on behalf of the GOB, has responded to a separate and independent inquiry from FINCEN to update the report, and will respond directly to FINCEN thr [...]	2004-12-15 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR EFIN BA
04MANAMA524	TERRORISM FINANCING - ZINDANI: ENFORCING UN [...] (U) On April 12, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Abdelghaffar requesting that the GOB redouble its efforts to locate and freeze all assets linked to Yemeni cleric Shaikh Zindani. 2. (C) Minister Abdelghaffar seemed somewhat surprised that Zindani [...]	2004-04-14 08:10:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR BA
04MAPUTO1627	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings provided in State 254401. General Questions ---------------------- 2. Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering is fairly common and [...]	2004-12-17 09:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO83	CORRUPTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Any discussion of Mozambique's political and economic development needs to take into account corruption. The steady decade-long progress since the end of the civil war could be slowed or even reversed if corruption is not checked. Senior Mozambicans in fact cite corruption as th [...]	2004-01-20 10:39:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ
04NEWDELHI6983	INDIA ENCOURAGES DEMOCRACY IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: India underlined its concerns about the lack of democracy in Burma during the recent visit of Rangoon's military leader Than Shwe, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself delivering the message, MEA Joint Secretary (South East Asia - I) Mitra Vashishta told us on SIPDIS November 1. [...]	2004-11-02 08:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM CN
04NEWDELHI7013	NSSP PHASE ONE: REVIEWING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PENDING [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of two cables reporting on the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group. USG and GOI counterparts met in two positive and productive sessions of the NSSP Implementation Group on October 20-21 to review accomplishments under Phase One and [...]	2004-11-03 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7061	NSSP PHASE TWO: CHARTING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: After reviewing achievements made under Phase One (Ref A),the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group discussed the way forward on Phase Two, including legislation, enforcement, outreach, and training to strengthen export controls; adherence to MCTR and [...]	2004-11-05 09:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7249	INDIAN COMPANIES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS IN [...] (U) Summary. Some Indian companies that buy high tech goods are asking potential U.S. exporters to agree to additional requirements regarding U.S. export controls, in some cases limiting the exporters' ability to sell in the Indian market. The buyers require clauses in sales contracts that s [...]	2004-11-16 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON ETRD PREL KSTC MASS IN
04NEWDELHI7512	SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...]	2004-11-29 05:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR
04NEWDELHI7571	BJP ASSAILS CONGRESS OVER PAKISTAN F-16 SALES [...] (U) In its recent national meeting in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the BJP National Executive for the first time attacked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's foreign policy, assailing in particular the Congress' mismanagement of the Pakistan F-16's issue. In its November 29 "Resolution on Some [...]	2004-11-30 11:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS IN PK INDO PAK
04OTTAWA3058	CANADA: DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to FAC Deputy Director for Eastern Europe Habib Massoud and Desk Officer Claude Demers November 12, the latter of whom recently returned from observing the first round of elections in Ukraine. Massoud thanked us for the points and commented that we are gen [...]	2004-11-15 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA EU PGOV PHUM PREL UP FAC
04PANAMA2153	PANAMA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT [...] Has the GOP developed a list of occupations considered to be the worst forms of child labor? -------------------------------------------- - In 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fully funded a $1 million program with the International Labor Organization/International Programme on [...]	2004-08-24 11:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA576	PANAMA ADOPTS "ENERGETIC MEASURES" AGAINST [...] (SBU) In the past ten days (March 1-9) the Panamanian government (GOP) organized an inter-agency anti-TIP working group, set into motion a 45-day action plan, launched a public awareness campaign, prepared tougher anti-TIP legislation, readied a victims hotline, and announced that it had iden [...]	2004-03-09 20:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA954	PSI: ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-26 15:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PARIS5419	GOF/NGOS AND CUBAN OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: The GOF shares USG goals of facilitating a transition towards democracy, supporting Cuban Civil society, and preparing for a post-dictatorship Cuba. The GOF, French public, and NGOs, however, are critical of the US embargo of Cuba. France's Cuba policy remains anchored in the EU [...]	2004-07-19 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU FR
04PARIS8227	FRANCE'S EU/CUBA POSITION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux and U.S. desk officer Jean-Charles Bou on November 12. Chaux opened by saying that even if there were a change in the EU common policy toward Cuba, the GoF would remain critical of the Castro regi [...]	2004-11-12 17:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR CU
04PARIS8983	FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...]	2004-12-16 08:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC FR
04PARIS9130	FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...]	2004-12-27 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR
04PRAGUE1874	CZECH SUBMISSION FOR 2004-2005 INCSR, PART II [...] Both geographic and economic factors render the Czech Republic vulnerable to money laundering. Tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, smuggling, auto theft, embezzlement, racketeering and trafficking in persons are the major sources of funds that are laundered in the Czech Republic. Domestic and f [...]	2004-12-23 14:46:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EZ
04PRETORIA4865	SOUTH AFRICA: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE'S [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) released its 2003-04 Annual Report in early October. In its first full year of operation, the FIC received almost 7,500 suspicious transaction reports (STRs). The FIC is now turning its attention to raising the quality of STRs, r [...]	2004-11-05 11:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SF
04QUITO2327	THE PROCURADOR STRIKES BACK AT OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM [...] (U) See paragraph 11 for an action request. 2. (C) Summary. Ecuador's Procurador (Solicitor General) may be seeking to terminate Occidental Petroleum's (Oxy) Block 15 participation contract for alleged violations of the hydrocarbon law. If the allegations are upheld, Oxy's Block 15 contr [...]	2004-08-24 21:01:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EPET ECON EC
04QUITO2447	ECUADOR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary. Ecuador continues to push ahead in its fight against trafficking in persons (TIP). The Embassy TIP working group met on September 1 to review GOE and USG efforts to combat TIP since the August 18th Presidential decree (Reftel). Raids on brothels continued, and the GOE is giving [...]	2004-09-08 16:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2550	GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK WORKERS CONTINUE TO STRIKE [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the Minister of the Environment (MOE) replaced the Galapagos National Park (GNP) Director. In protest, the employees of the GNP went on strike. The strike began peacefully and the strikers initially promised not to interrupt tourist operations if their demands [...]	2004-09-20 23:06:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EC ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV
04QUITO3028	RENEWING THE ARTICLE 98 PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Article 98 negotiations in Ecuador have stagnated of late. Two factors are to blame: continued push-back from the Embassy's prime interlocutors, the Foreign Ministry and Congress, and the Gutierrez government's focus on self-preservation in the face of impeachment proceedings. [...]	2004-11-17 21:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EC KICC
04QUITO3256	ARTICLE 98: GOE AWARE OF NETHERCUTT-BACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Word of the Nethercutt Amendment, which mandates reductions in Economic Support Funds (ESF) available to non-Article 98 signers, has reached GoE leaders, and they are worried. In a pull-aside at a diplomatic reception recently, the foreign minister requested clarification and i [...]	2004-12-17 22:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PGOV EC KICC
04RANGOON1224	SHOWDOWN AT THE ILO? GOB CAVALIER ON FORCED LABOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: The ILO's Burma representative corroborates UNHCR reports of a "serious resurgence" in forced labor in Rakhine State. He adds that the GOB has dismissed all recent ILO interventions on forced labor and appears to be compl [...]	2004-09-16 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS ELAB BM
04RANGOON1294	BURMA'S GARMENT MAKERS FEAR 2005 [...] (C) Summary: After a few months of improved fortune for Burma's garment sector (reftel),things are turning gloomy as 2005 nears. Industry officials are hopeful but not optimistic that the troubled industry will survive the end of quotas in 2005. If not, factory closures and layoffs will lik [...]	2004-09-30 01:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KTEX BM
04RANGOON131	AN ODD TRIP WITH FIVE BURMESE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Two Emboffs joined five senior Burmese cabinet ministers and others in a four-day, 1,400 mile "Study Visit" of border areas and central Burma January 23 - 26. Traveling at close quarters with these ministers revealed them to be greedy, pampered, highly organized, and perpetually [...]	2004-01-30 09:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID BM
04RANGOON1322	BURMA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: "EXPECT NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) Summary: New Foreign Minister U Nyan Win met with the COM on October 5, only his third encounter as FM with a diplomat in Rangoon. By all appearances, Nyan Win is a caretaker foreign minister under instructions from SPDC Chairman Than Shwe to hold the regime line. He declared that the G [...]	2004-10-05 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BM
04RANGOON138	BURMA SANCTIONS: GARMENT INDUSTRY TAKES STOCK [...] (C) Summary: We are getting a slightly clearer picture of the impact of last year's U.S. import ban on the Burmese garment industry -- the industry most directly impacted by the measure. Even the most optimistic garment manufacturers say they will not survive 2005, when the global quota system [...]	2004-02-02 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KTEX ETRD PHUM ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON1426	RANGOON ILO WARY OF REACTIVATING COUNTERMEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two weeks before the ILO Governing Body's consideration of Burma, ILO's Rangoon liaison had more bad news about forced labor in Burma. Despite some progress in a year-old treason case against three men who contacted the ILO, there were increasing incidents of forced labor, poor [...]	2004-11-04 09:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
04RANGOON1470	BURMA STRIVES TO BECOME A (CENSORED) HI-TECH HUB [...] (C) Summary: Burma's generals are pushing to develop an IT and software sector well beyond the country's needs and abilities. Though a side effect of this effort has been improved communications and expanded access of some Burmese to the Internet, too many basic problems remain for this campa [...]	2004-11-16 10:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS TSPL PGOV SCUL ECON BM
04RANGOON1499	FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE BURMESE GULAG [...] (C) Summary: One of Burma's best-known dissidents, Min Ko Naing (aka Paw Oo Tun),freed on November 19 after 15 years spent in Burmese prisons, met with Emboffs and discussed his long, isolated, and arduous stint in the military regime's gulag. The 42 year-old former Rangoon University zoology [...]	2004-11-23 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM
04RANGOON150	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-03 10:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV BM
04RANGOON1518	BURMA: KHIN NYUNT'S CRONIES FEELING THE SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: The purge of those close to ex-PM Khin Nyunt is spreading to economic cronies -- no matter their "worth" to the economy. This purge, combined with the ongoing crackdown on smuggling, will certainly cause some economic disruption. How much, and for exactly how long, remain unclea [...]	2004-11-30 08:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON1549	MORE SORDID TALES OF PRISON LIFE FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: U Kyaw Hsan, a 72 year-old NLD MP-elect released on November 19 after spending nine of the previous twelve years at Insein Prison, is already back on the job. Our recent encounter with this elderly but energetic activist revealed additional evidence that the regime's primary tool [...]	2004-12-07 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
04RANGOON161	SPDC TRIES TO ENHANCE "UNDERSTANDING" OF BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A two day seminar on "Understanding Myanmar" on January 27-28 was certainly the first time we have seen the government willing to discuss its policies in even a reasonably open forum. However, few attendees took the opportunity to publicly push important issues with the often sen [...]	2004-02-05 06:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BM
04RANGOON305	BURMA GOES BACK TO BASICS ON TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (S) Summary: Burma's efforts to fight terrorist financing suffer from several systemic and policy problems -- including corruption, a massive informal economy, and lack of professional capacity. Likewise, the GOB has been slow to complete its UN reporting requirements and has not yet taken ac [...]	2004-03-05 07:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL BM
04RANGOON306	RAZALI'S TWELFTH VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: On March 5, COM met with Leon de Reidmatten (UN Special Envoy (SE) Tan Sri Razali's man in Rangoon) and got a comprehensive readout of Special Envoy Razali's twelfth visit to Rangoon. The fact that Razali came and twice met with Aung San Suu Kyi is good - as is the news that she [...]	2004-03-05 11:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
04RANGOON382	DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS: ONE [...] (C) Summary: While spending ten days in remote Shan State with a senior military intelligence officer during the annual USG-Burma opium yield survey, we were constantly told that Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has undertaken a full-court press to implement his "road map" to democracy. This focus h [...]	2004-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR MARR SNAR BM
04RANGOON4	DON'T BLAME US FOR BURMA'S WIMPY MANUFACTURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Though U.S. sanctions have hurt some Burmese manufacturers, these punitive measures are not primarily to blame for the sector's perilous situation. An array of systemic problems, chronic mismanagement by the government, and periodic external shocks, have made Burma a wasteland [...]	2004-01-02 06:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON438	BURMA: INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS ALATAS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Ambassador to Burma, Wyoso Prodjowarsito, revealed on March 31 that Presidential Advisor Ali Alatas may revisit Burma o/a April 17, although that date could slip due to the concurrent Burmese New Year. Prodjowarsito portrayed Indonesia as a close friend of Burma and su [...]	2004-04-06 06:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ID
04RANGOON471	RANGOON MISSIONS ON PREPARATIONS FOR BANGKOK II [...] (C) Summary: Our recent calls on six Rangoon-based EU and ASEAN diplomatic missions to discuss the second meeting of the "Bangkok Process" on Burma revealed a range of assessments on the road that lies ahead. Most of the missions believe that the SPDC will release ASSK within days or weeks a [...]	2004-04-09 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM
04RANGOON481	NLD LEADERS IN A "WAIT AND SEE" MOOD [...] (S) Summary: During our April 19 visit to re-opened NLD headquarters, recently released Chairman U Aung Shwe played down press reports that he believes ASSK's release is imminent and denied rumors of a meeting between top SPDC and NLD leaders, but acknowledged that the regime had allowed him [...]	2004-04-19 10:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL PGOV BM NLD
04RANGOON497	THE BURMA-THAI BORDER TRADE CHRONICLES: PART II, [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit by Bangkok and Rangoon Econoffs to Mae Sot and Myawaddy, the largest trading point on the Burmese-Thai border, shows trade volumes that are flourishing despite U.S. sanctions and increasingly ludicrous Burmese trade policy. Even more than it does the sleepy Kawthau [...]	2004-04-22 02:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
04RANGOON513	THE BURMA-THAI BORDER TRADE CHRONICLES, PART III: [...] (C) Summary: Despite predictions that new U.S. sanctions would cause major changes in border trade and migration, a recent visit by Bangkok and Rangoon Econoffs to two of the three major Thai-Burma border crossings (refs A and B) shows business as usual in the movement of goods and people. Tho [...]	2004-04-23 04:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PHUM PREL ECON PGOV BM TH NGO
04RANGOON544	BURMA: NLD MAKES "SUGGESTIONS" (CONDITIONS) FOR [...] (C) Summary: For the first time in a year the NLD CEC met this week as a full group, including detained leaders ASSK and U Tin Oo. Over the course of two private sessions, facilitated by military intelligence, the party leadership formed a series of "suggestions" that the SPDC must take on b [...]	2004-04-30 10:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM NLD
04RANGOON675	BURMA AND CHINA: TRUE FRIENDSHIP OR MARRIAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Burma's ruling SPDC views China as its key bilateral partner and seeks to use the relationship as evidence of its legitimacy and to offset pressure by the international community, particularly the United States, for concrete movement toward national reconciliation and democracy. [...]	2004-05-27 00:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV MARR BM CM
04RANGOON694	BURMESE TAKE TO THE ETHER TO AVOID SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BURMESE BUSINESSES HAVE A WELL-EARNED REPUTATION FOR CREATIVITY IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES. MANY HAVE FOUND WAYS TO WORK AROUND LAST YEAR'S BAN ON U.S. FINANCIAL SERVICES (INCLUDING TRADE FACILITATION AND CREDIT CARD SERVICES). ONE OF THE LATEST METHODS INVOLVES LARGER COMPANIES [...]	2004-06-01 10:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON82	RUMP CEC PUTTING HOUSE IN ORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The five NLD CEC members not under house arrest continue to meet daily and are pushing the security envelope further. The CEC is "putting the house back in order" and has held meetings with NLD Chairs from all of Burma's States and Divisions. Township-level meetings have begun [...]	2004-01-16 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM NLD
04RANGOON894	BURMA NGOS LAY OUT CONSERVATION PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: A team of locally based environmental NGOs, backed by local experts, has produced a comprehensive analysis of Burma's most pressing priorities for biodiversity conservation. The report is the first of its kind that we've seen and is realistic in its objectives and its assessment [...]	2004-07-15 06:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV BM NGO
04RANGOON912	BURMA'S GARMENT SECTOR TAKES A TURN FOR THE BETTER [...] (C) Summary: New garment orders from Europe and Canada have put about 25,000 back to work around Rangoon. These orders are offering a much smaller profit margin than normal, though, thus the GOB is gaining little extra income from the new business. Despite the good news, garment factory owner [...]	2004-07-20 07:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KTEX BM
04RIYADH6449	SAUDI ARABIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Embassy POC for this report is Julie Eadeh (eadehja@state.gov). 2. (U) During the year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continued to support the global war on terror. Al Qai'da, in the [...]	2004-12-19 10:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL SA
04ROME1342	EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: ITALY WEARING POKER FACE [...] (U) PLEASE SEE ACTION REQUESTS IN PARAS 7 AND 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. ITALY WILL FACTOR ITS DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. INTO FORMULATING A POSITION ON WHETHER TO AGREE TO LIFT THE EU EMBARGO. PM BERLUSCONI IS LIKELY TO BE LOBBIED HARD BY CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO WHEN HE VIS [...]	2004-04-05 16:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME1590	EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: MORE ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) EMBASSY OFFICERS ON APRIL 7 AND APRIL 22 FURTHER ENGAGED ITALIAN OFFICIALS (REF A COVERS OUR INITIAL CONTACTS) TO PRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT EU CONSIDERATION OF LIFTING ITS ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA. DIEGO UNGARO, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSF [...]	2004-04-23 07:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS IT EUN
04ROME1594	BRIEFING ITALY ON MILITARY/DUAL-USE PROCUREMENT [...] (S) INR Analyst Dr. Thomas Zarzecki, EUR/PRA officer Mark Cassayre, and Emboffs met with Italian officials March 30 to provide an intelligence briefing on military/dual-use procurement efforts in Europe by Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism. The briefing included information about the [...]	2004-04-23 11:17:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME2768	WFP'S VIEW ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP senior officials on Iraq food commodity operations on June 27 and July 2. If current ration levels are maintained, the Iraq Public Distribution System (PDS) is likely to experience shortages in a number of commodities throughout the coming months, according t [...]	2004-07-16 07:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2836	Treasury DG Domenico Siniscalco Appointed New [...] (SBU) After two weeks' debate within the Coalition following former Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation, PM Berlusconi appointed Domenico Siniscalco, Treasury Department Director General since 2001, as new Finance Minister on July 16. Over this two-week period, Coalition parties could no [...]	2004-07-22 04:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME3381	ITALIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Charge, accompanied by PolOff, met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo and NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi on September 1 to convey points from Ref A demarche. Italy shares US views on most of the issues that EU Foreign Ministers w [...]	2004-09-03 04:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IT EUN
04ROME3520	ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...]	2004-09-14 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA
04ROME3992	MEETING OF UNIDROIT FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on October 8 to consider the organization's 2005 budget. A draft resolution on arrears was considered but eventually dropped after lengthy discussion. U.S. did not block consensus [...]	2004-10-18 04:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ABUD UNIDROIT
04ROME4180	ITALIAN POSITIONS ON NOVEMBER 2 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that the PSC was busy preparing documentation on Iraq for the GAERC and follow-on Council meeting. He also confirmed that Iraqi PM Allawi will have lunch with the Council at 25 plus 3 on November 5. Member States are firming up an econ [...]	2004-10-28 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04ROME4471	IPR: COMMERCIALIZING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, ITALY [...] Summary: The GOI, hoping to encourage more innovation at Italian universities, is considering its own version of the Bayh-Dole Act. The Economist has described the Bayh-Dole Act as "possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century." Enacted [...]	2004-11-24 10:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR IT
04ROME855	ITALY OPPOSES SANCTIONS FOR BURMA [...] (C) MFA SOUTHEAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR, MARCO DELLA SETA, REPORTED THAT ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON BURMA. SINCE BURMA HAS A TRADITIONAL ECONOMY AND IS NOT A MAJOR TRADING PARTNER WITH THE EU, THE GOI BELIEVES SANCTIONS WOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE GOVERNMENT AND INSTEAD, HU [...]	2004-03-04 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM IT EUN
04ROME978	ITALY UPGRADES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MEASURES AND [...] The GOI approved February 13 a legislative decree implementing the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2001/97/CE). The legislative decree requires notaries, lawyers, auditors, certified public accountants, accountants, and labor advisers to report suspicious financial activity to the Uffi [...]	2004-03-12 09:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04SANAA1261	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (S/NF) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes your first visit to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials keen to hear from you the Washington perspective on bilateral and regional CT cooperation as well as the broader GWOT. Since 9/11 Saleh has met with President Bush in Washi [...]	2004-05-25 15:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
04SANAA3105	YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]	2004-12-18 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3155	YEMEN 2004-2005 INSCR REPORT [...] (SBU) SANAA'S UPDATE FOR THE 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) IS AT PARA TWO. COMMENT: SANAA NOTES NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE 2003 MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, AND HAS TAKEN NO ACTION ON ENFORCING THE UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS ON ABDUL MAJID ZINDANI. END C [...]	2004-12-26 13:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SNAR PTER KSEP KCRM YM TERFIN COM
04SANAA694	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER [...] SUMMARY: The assassination of Ahmad Yassin 3/22, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, received widespread reaction at various levels of Yemeni society including the government, political parties and the media. Newspapers, including government, opposition and indepe [...]	2004-03-27 04:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
04SANAA822	MFA RECEIVES GUIDANCE ON U.S. POLICY WITH RESPECT [...] (s) On April 7, Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel guidance on U.S. policy on nations' non-lethal military equipment exports to Libya with MFA's Deputy Chief of the Arab World Department, Plenipotentiary Minister Saleh al-Nashad. As in previous meetings, al-Nashad expressed interest in U.S. inte [...]	2004-04-07 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KSTC PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC OVIP YM
04SANTODOMINGO148	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL [...] Text of Dominican Republic draft 2002-2003 INCSR follows. Part One: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for South American drugs, mostly cocaine and heroin, moving to the United States and Europe. The Government of the Dominican [...]	2004-01-08 22:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2742	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #44: CANDIDATES ON MACRO AND [...] (SBU) Following is number 44 in our Dominican elections series: Candidates on Macro and Financial Policy In April all three of the principal candidates for the Dominican presidency addressed the American Chamber of Commerce on their visions for economic policy for 2004-2008. The full te [...]	2004-05-06 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO5425	DOMINICAN POLITICS #3: FREE TRADE, PAID JOURNALISM [...] Following is number 3 in our series on Dominican politics in 2004: Free Trade, Paid Journalism and Bad Press for the United States A small, powerful coterie of infuriated sugar barons continues to use influence and money in an effort to convince the Dominican public of the bad faith of D [...]	2004-09-30 15:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR

04SANTODOMINGO594	DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]	2004-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04SANTODOMINGO5952	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON CORRUPTION, FREE TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez asked on October 21 for USG help in addressing corruption issues. He told the Ambassador that he remains strongly in favor of the free trade agreement (FTA). He gave the sugar sector an opportunity of "only three weeks" (until sometime the week of [...]	2004-10-28 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6134	(S) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR, IMMIGRATION [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and Immigration Director Baret discussed corruption in Dominican airports and ports on November 3, 2004. The Ambassador named names, including military officers assigned to Immigration, and urged dismissal and prosecution. Baret said prosecution was difficult, p [...]	2004-11-10 16:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	PREL SMIG KJUS MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO6564	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TRANSPARENCY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic,s military budget is determined in the national budget process overseen by the Office of the Budget, resulting in an annual national government budget bill considered and voted by Congress and signed and promulgated by the President. The military budget [...]	2004-12-07 20:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EAID EFIN MARR
04TAIPEI4134	TAIWAN ASKS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF SANCTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: In a meeting on December 30, Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade Director Peter Ho requested that Washington Agencies reconsider sanctions on Taiwan's Ecoma Enterprise Co. Ltd. Taiwan had checked with Washington Agenci [...]	2004-12-30 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1526	Honduran Economic Highlights: April-June 2004 [...] On April 14, Paris Club creditors and the GOH agreed to a restructuring of Honduras' public external debt, leading to the cancellation of approximately $147 million of Honduran debt, and the rescheduling of $214 million more (see reftel). Under the agreement reached between Paris Club partic [...]	2004-07-09 18:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD EWWT KJUS PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2049	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MARIA JOSE T. FLETCHER, TRACKER NO. 21830 [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA232	HONDURAS IMF AGREEMENT FULL STEAM AHEAD -- PRIOR [...] (C) Summary. The Honduran government has fully completed the prior conditions listed in the preliminary Letter of Intent (LOI) for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF) agreed to with the IMF mission on November 25. In addition, the GOH has put to rest two new IMF [...]	2004-01-30 21:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV EPET ELAB HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2816	HONDURAS: 2004-2005 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Post provides its submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II, Money Laundering And Financial Crimes. Introduction and General Questions Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the government of Honduras has made conside [...]	2004-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTFN KJUS ECON PGOV PREL HO
04TELAVIV1408	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-08 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1538	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...]	2004-03-11 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1644	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1677	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...]	2004-03-18 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1698	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jordanian King Abdullah paid a secret visit to Prime Minister's Ariel Sharon Shikmim ranch, Ha'aretz and Yediot reported. The media noted that there are no de [...]	2004-03-19 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1707	UN ENVOY PREVIEWS ARAFAT "ASCENSION" PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Terje Larsen reviewed for the Ambassador his recent exchanges with GOI, PA, Egyptian, and Jordanian officials on PM Sharon's disengagement plan, and laid out an idea for enticing Arafat's cooperation in combating terrorism by offering him an "elevated," cer [...]	2004-03-19 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1721	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin 2. Mideast 3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio, followed by the other electronic media, reported that at around 5:30 this morning, Hamas leade [...]	2004-03-22 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1952	ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...]	2004-03-31 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV2242	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Holocaust Memorial Day events, which started last night and will continue through tonight. Sunday, all media led with the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz [...]	2004-04-19 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6036	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...]	2004-12-01 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6671	ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on December 30, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz gave Senator Lieberman and the Ambassador a cautiously optimistic assessment of the chances for security cooperation with post-Arafat Palestinian leaders. Mofaz said that disengagement will increase Israel's s [...]	2004-12-30 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1032	TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO [...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...]	2004-04-23 15:39:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1038	TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO [...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...]	2004-04-23 16:29:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1040	TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH RESPONSE TO [...] (S) Summary: The Netherlands confirms that it supports designation of the additional Al Haramain branches and will take complementary national action to ensure effective action in the interim period between the U.S. designation and its incorporation into EU regulations. However, the GONL has [...]	2004-04-23 16:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1042	(S/NF) TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH SUBMITTING MEK [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 16:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PTER IZ NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1352	Secretary Abraham's May 23 Bilateral Meeting [...] Summary: Energy Secretary Abraham held a May 23 luncheon discussion with Dutch Economics Minister Brinkhorst on the margins of the International Energy Forum meeting in Amsterdam. They agreed to explore the possibilities for increased U.S.-EU collaboration on energy technologies and that th [...]	2004-06-02 14:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG KNNP IR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1394	FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March 16, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMA [...]	2004-06-04 11:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1721	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH IN DRIVER'S SEAT IN [...] (C) The Dutch see themselves as leading Europe to take firmer action on Sudan. The highest levels of the Dutch government, including the Prime Minister, are actively engaged on this issue. Bilaterally, the Dutch have pressed the Sudanese government to implement its commitments and have pledg [...]	2004-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL SU UNSC
04THEHAGUE1777	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH CONTINUE TO LEAD ON [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the Dutch government is fully seized of th situation in Sudan/Darfur at all levels, and is actively engaging Europ colleagues to increase contributions. The Dutch have already pledged o 25 million euros in bilateral assistance toward Sudan/Darfur, as well a an extra m [...]	2004-07-15 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU NL
04THEHAGUE1793	EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN Gene Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors acknowl [...]	2004-07-16 12:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN
04THEHAGUE1801	EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN General Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors a [...]	2004-07-16 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN
04THEHAGUE1804	EMBASSY THE HAGUE CONTACTS FOR THE NETHERLANDS EU [...] THE NETHERLANDS ASSUMED THE SIX-MONTH ROTATING EU PRESIDENCY BEGINNING JULY 1. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY AT EMBASSY THE HAGUE FOR COORDINATING EMBASSY ACTIVITIES AND LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENCY LIES WITH THE MISSION'S EU COORDINATION UNIT, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE D [...]	2004-07-16 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM ECON NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1916	DUTCH PRESIDENCY REPLY ON BURMA/ASEM MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Presidency Special Envoy Hans van den Broek was reportedly pleased with the results his recent trip to Hanoi, Bangkok, Beijing and Tokyo to resolve the current impasse regarding Burmese participation in the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). The Dutch are reluctant to pro [...]	2004-07-30 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM NL BM
04THEHAGUE2138	INFORMAL EU FOREIGN MINSTERS MEETING (GYMNICH), [...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner told emboffs that although the Gymnich agenda must remain open until very shortly before the meeting, he expects that it will cover ASEM, the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, the Balkans, and the Sudan. On ASEM the Dutch are looking [...]	2004-08-26 15:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2289	SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...]	2004-09-10 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2290	SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...]	2004-09-10 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2300	DUTCH PREVIEW ASEM [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to endorse the compromise solution informally agreed among EU members at the September 9 Gymnich meeting (reftel),but expect some "fine-tuning" of technical aspects of the agreement. According to the Dutch, the French are "catching up" after their Minis [...]	2004-09-10 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM NL
04THEHAGUE2308	CABINET APPROVES AND FORWARDS NEW DUTCH COUNTER- [...] On September 10, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted to the Second Chamber of Parliament CT Coordinator Joustra's plan to streamline Dutch counter-terrorism policies. As expected (reftels),the plan establishes an office of National CT Coordinator (NCTb) by January [...]	2004-09-14 05:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP
04THEHAGUE2331	TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH AUTHORITY TO FREEZE ASSETS [...] The following is provided in response to ref A request for information on the status of the Netherlands' national authority to freeze assets related to terrorism financing. Ref B contains a detailed description of Dutch laws and regulations on terrorism financing and related money laundering [...]	2004-09-15 15:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2346	SEPT. 13-14 GAERC: READ-OUT FROM DUTCH [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept. 13-14 GAERC with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 16. He said the the EU's foreign ministers had discussed Secretary Powell's comments about genocide in Darfur, the financing of the UN Protective Force in Iraq, and EU rel [...]	2004-09-16 14:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE2512	NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: BURMESE ATTENDANCE; [...] (C) Eric Verwaal, Head of Southeast Asia and Oceania Division (and Special Assistant to EU Envoy Hans van den Broek),told poloff October 1 that the Vietnamese had informed him the Burmese participant at ASEM will be: U Tin Winn, identified as "Minister in the Office of Prime Minister." Verwa [...]	2004-10-01 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BU NL
04THEHAGUE2534	TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN NL LVPR
04THEHAGUE26	2003-2004 INCSR FOR THE NETHERLANDS - PART II: MONEY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 2003- 2004 INCSR: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REF. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON JANUARY 5 WAS 0.7880 EUROS TO THE DOLLAR. THE [...]	2004-01-07 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP SNAR PTER ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PGOV NL
04THEHAGUE2676	NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: EU CONDEMNS BURMESE HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts have expressed relief that the October 7-9 ASEM summit in Hanoi proceeded smoothly. After months of negotiating the related issues of Burmese participation and EU sanctions, the summit itself was relatively "boring," according to one interlocutor. Only EU r [...]	2004-10-15 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PHUM BM VM NL ARF
04THEHAGUE2733	EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...]	2004-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC PREL CH NL
04THEHAGUE2757	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: DUTCH RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, MFA, and Adriaan Palm, MFA Political Affairs Officer, on October 26 to deliver points in reftel. Werner said the only addition to the agenda as set forth reftel was the African Great Lakes, where the Belgians [...]	2004-10-26 18:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2777	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOV 2 GAERC [...] (U) Summary. MFA Deputy Directors Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) and Dirk Oldenburg (European Integration) briefed emboffs Oct 28th on expectations for the Nov 2 GAERC and the Nov 5 European Council. The GAERC will focus primarily on preparations for the Council, so [...]	2004-10-29 09:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE287	Dutch policy on Burma [...] Summary: In a January 28 response to questions from Parliament, Foreign Minister Bot outlined Dutch policy on Burma. For reasons of effectiveness, the GoNL believes that the EU as a whole, and not bilateral Dutch efforts, should take the lead in advancing the improvement of the political and h [...]	2004-02-04 16:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EU BM NL
04THEHAGUE2924	NETHERLANDS/EU/INDIA: "NEW PARTNERSHIP" HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Beyond welcoming a new "strategic partnership," the November 8 EU-India Summit was perhaps more notable for what it lacked than what it included. The new "strategic partnership" appears to be little more than a wishlist of topics for cooperation to be fleshed out over the next ye [...]	2004-11-12 14:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3182	NETHERLANDS/CUBA/LIBERTAD ACT: REVIEW OF POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: Dutch government and society puts primary emphasis on human rights and freedoms in policies and activities toward Cuba. While the Dutch adhere to the EU Common Position on Cuba, the GoNL is currently resisting Spanish-led efforts to unconditionally revise EU relations with Cuba. [...]	2004-12-07 15:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETTC PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3285	NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH PREVENT INVITATIONS TO CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch confirmed on December 15 that the EU COLAT Working Group agreed on December 14 to recommend a temporary suspension of the June 2003 measures for increased engagement with the Cuban opposition. A Dutch MFA contact described the COLAT's recommendation as intended to [...]	2004-12-16 16:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL CU EUN
04THEHAGUE3291	TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI PRENOTICATION OF [...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 14 reftel points and information concerning the USG intention to designate Khadafi Abubaker Janjalani under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Officer responsible for terr [...]	2004-12-17 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER NL
04THEHAGUE3292	TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE [...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 17 reftel points and background papers concerning the USG intention to designate Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih and Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Jules Gerzon, Senio [...]	2004-12-17 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN PREL NL
04THEHAGUE3328	200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REFTEL. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON DECEMBER 15J [...]	2004-12-22 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV NL
04THEHAGUE4	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy and amphetamines),and an important consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement information indicates [...]	2004-01-02 14:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE521	ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS [...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]	2004-03-02 06:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE552	CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON BURMA: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (C) The EU has not reached a common position to impose sanctions against the Burmese government. MFA Burma Desk Officer Mariko Peters stated that the EU discussion on Burma in on-going, and will be on the agenda for the next COASI. While there is no disagreement on the need for the government [...]	2004-03-04 13:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM NL EUN
04THEHAGUE83	(C) SUBJECT: MKO FUNDRAISING ATTEMPT IN THE HAGUE [...] (S/NF) The Dutch government successfully intervened with municipal authorities in The Hague on January 10 to prevent the Association of Iranian Students (Vereniging Iraanse Academici in Nederland or VIAN) from launching a fundraising campaign touted as support for Bam earthquake victims but in [...]	2004-01-13 15:33:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PTER ASEC IZ NL
04THEHAGUE834	TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH HARAMAIN VETTING [...] (S/NF) We delivered demarche requested ref a to the MFA official acting as chairman of the Dutch interagency committee on designations. This official responded that the Netherlands not only would support the U.S. designation but plan a simultaneous designation under the Dutch national sanctio [...]	2004-04-01 07:29:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE856	PCA: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) Summary: The Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) will be holding its Spring Meeting on Monday, April 19. Embassy legal officer will represent the USG at the Council meeting and seeks guidance from the Department with respect to a proposal of the PCA Secretary [...]	2004-04-02 10:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AORC IBPCA
04TRIPOLI31	(C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...]	2004-12-16 10:36:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER FR LY VE
04VATICAN1968	U/S BOLTON PREVIEWS SEA ISLAND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton previewed Sea Island G-8 Summit non-proliferation initiatives for Holy See Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo May 17, emphasizing the President's desire to ensure that efforts to address WMD threats were a priority for G-8 nations. Bolton highlighted progress in imple [...]	2004-05-20 14:43:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR LY IN PK IS VT
04VATICAN2518	TIP CONFERENCE ENERGIZES, EDUCATES ON FAITH-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 04:38:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI VT
04VILNIUS1488	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS E-PINE PAPER ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 12:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNEI LH
04WELLINGTON605	NEW ZEALAND IMPOSES "STRICT CONSTRAINTS" ON [...] (U) In an escalating diplomatic row, two Israeli men were sentenced July 14 by the High Court of New Zealand to six months in jail on charges of trying to obtain a false New Zealand passport. The GoNZ has not pursued allegations that the men are agents of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. W [...]	2004-07-16 04:20:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NZ
04WELLINGTON737	NEW ZEALAND TAKES FIRM LINE WITH IRAN FOREIGN [...] (U) Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi visited New Zealand August 23-24 to explain Iran's position in the IAEA. Kharrazi met with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Foreign Minister Phil Goff, Disarmament Minister Marian Hobbs, Communications Minister Paul Swain and Agriculture and Trade Ministe [...]	2004-08-29 22:15:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	NZ
04WELLINGTON861	NEW ZEALAND POSITION UNCHANGED ON CUBA'S UN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Mike Shaw, Americas Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Shaw offered to circulate the information to relevant MFAT personnel, but stated that the GoNZ was unlikely to change its vote, or to abstain. Poloff urged Shaw to mainta [...]	2004-10-14 00:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD NZ UNGA
04YEREVAN1240	IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: DEAL SIGNED ON FUTURE SWAP [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On May 19, 2004, Garnik Badalian, Head of the Iran desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, briefed us about a recent agreement on the Iran - Armenia pipeline. Badalian said that o [...]	2004-05-27 12:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET AM
04YEREVAN2609	FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT DEVELOPMENT [...] On November 24 the National Assembly of Armenia adopted the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Bill in the first reading (ref). The adoption of the bill sanctions the Central Bank of Armenia to proceed with the establishment of the Financial Intelligence Unit as proposed in the law [...]	2004-12-06 08:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR EAID EFIN AM
04YEREVAN456	ARMENIAN NUCLEAR REGULATION IN FLUX [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On February 18, 2004, we met with Ashot Martirosyan, the head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) to encourage Armenia to commit to the IAEA Code o [...]	2004-02-24 11:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP ECON AM
04YEREVAN592	USATF MID-TERM REVIEW FOCUSES ON CUSTOMS, [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) The March 1 meeting of the U.S.-Armenia Task Force on Economic Cooperation (USATF) mid-term review focused on issues related to corruption, U.S. technical assistance in the private sector, improving customs procedures, tra [...]	2004-03-11 09:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
04YEREVAN786	REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: Major General Jeffery Kohler, the Director of Plans and Policy for the U.S. European Command, paid a two-day visit to Armenia on March 30-31. Immediately before departure he gave a press conference, with more than twenty media outlets participating. The TV reports were mainly factu [...]	2004-04-02 01:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04ZAGREB1034	U.S. SANCTIONS NOT MAJOR OBSTACLE TO CROATIAN GAS [...] (SBU) On June 1 we visited INA, the majority state-owned oil and gas company, to inquire about its overseas activities in general, and its exploration activities in Syria in particular. Zeljko Belosic, Member of the Board and executive director for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production note [...]	2004-06-07 17:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC EPET HR SY IZ
04ZAGREB533	AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENT MESIC CONCERNING REFIT [...] (C) ON MARCH 27, THE AMBASSADOR PASSED TO PRESIDENT MESIC REFTEL A POINTS CONCERNING REFIT OF THE LIBYAN VESSEL, "AL-MUNIJED," AND DCM FOLLOWED UP WITH MFA OFFICIALS ON MARCH 29. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD MESIC THAT THE U.S. HAD DECIDED NOT TO OBJECT TO THE REFIT OF THE "AL-MUNIJED" PROVIDED [...]	2004-03-29 14:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC KSTC HR LY
04ZAGREB71	CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...]	2004-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET	PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO
05ABUDHABI1550	ARBIFT $116 MILLION UNFROZEN...FINALLY [...] (SBU) On April 2, Abu Dhabi EconChief and Manama OFAC attach met with Ibrahim Lootah, the Managing Director of the Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARBIFT). They met to discuss whether J.P. Morgan Chase Bank had released ARBIFT's assets frozen pursuant to the lifting of U.S. sanctio [...]	2005-04-06 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN KIDE
05ABUDHABI1872	OIL INDUSTRY REPS ON POTENTIAL PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Western oil executives told Ambassador, at an energy roundtable, about Abu Dhabi plans to add 200,000 barrels per-day capacity over the next two years in onshore production and 150,000 capacity in the near term offshore. They agreed that Saudi ARAMCO would be able to meet Saudi Oil [...]	2005-04-27 10:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
05ABUDHABI224	2005 Investment Climate Statement, United Arab Emirates [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-12 10:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR TC
05ABUDHABI326	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you back to the United Arab Emirates January 30-February 1. Your visit will provide a timely opportunity to discuss our common concerns about the Iranian nuclear program with the UAEG as well as to review progress on the UAEG,s export controls program. The UAE [...]	2005-01-23 11:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM ETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC IZ IR TC
05ABUDHABI349	PROPOSED CHANGES TO UAE LABOR LAW [...] (U) Summary: During meetings with A/USTR William Clatanoff on January 17(reftel),Ministry of Labor officials listed points that are expected to change in the revised labor law that is expected to be issued by summer 2005. The UAEG has been working on a revision to the 1980 Labor Law for sev [...]	2005-01-24 07:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI356	UAE TERRORIST FINANCING AND MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Abdelrahim Mohammed Al Awadi, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Unit at the Central Bank (AMLSCU) presented UAE laws and regulations governing money laundering and terrorist financing to USG officials at the Terrorist Financing Subcommittee of the January 11-12 Joint Military [...]	2005-01-24 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3767	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): SHARJAH/UAE [...] (C) On September 4, Ambassador stressed our opposition to investment in Iran's oil sector to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, using Ref a talking points. She emphasized deep USG concerns about Iranian actions and policies, including pursuit of WMD and delivery systems, support for terrorism, [...]	2005-09-05 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EPET ENRG PREL ECON IR TC
05ABUDHABI4102	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...]	2005-09-28 08:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4103	OFAC DISCUSSES WMD, TERFIN WITH UAEG, BANKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 08:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN SNAR PK KN IR TC
05ABUDHABI4105	UAE DESIRES MECHANISM TO REVIEW ASSET FREEZES [...] (C) Summary. During his September 17-19 visit to the UAE, Bob Werner, Director of the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed, General Manager of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA),to discuss concerns the UAE has raised during [...]	2005-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETRD ECON TC
05ABUDHABI4134	MEDIA REACTION: KAREN HUGHES'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN THE POPULAR UAE DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" 9/27 NOTED THAT UNLESS THE U.S. CHANGES ITS POLICY TOWARDS THE ARABS AND BECOMES A FAIR AND JUST PLAYER IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, NEITHER KAREN HUGHES NOR ANY OTHER AMERICAN ENVOY WILL SUCCEED IN IMPROVING THE U.S. IMAGE IN THE AR [...]	2005-10-01 06:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4227	SUBJECT: UAE PROMISES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary: On October 1-2, 2005, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, National Security Director for Counterproliferation Strategy David Stephens, and T Senior Advisor Patricia McNerney met with UAE officials to discuss the issue of Iran,s nuclear progr [...]	2005-10-05 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KNNP PARM IR PK TC SY NK
05ABUDHABI4306	SHEIKH HAMDAN DISTURBED BY LACK OF FTA PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, UAE Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed told Charge and Econ Counselor that he was disturbed by the performance of both sides during the high level FTA talks in London on October 7. He stressed that FTA negotiations w [...]	2005-10-12 15:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL TC
05ABUDHABI510	U/S BOLTON VISITS UAE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton met with UAE officials on January 31 to discuss the status of Iran,s nuclear weapons programs and to present future options for addressing the threat on the UAE,s doorstep, including referral to the [...]	2005-02-05 02:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ETTC IR IZ KNNP PARM PK TC
05ABUDHABI5115	UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, FINANCIAL [...] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center for the Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash- based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular, is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore sector. T [...]	2005-12-20 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05ABUDHABI5208	MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND DOUBLE STANDARDS [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Ittihad" urged Arab governments to use Western countries as examples in bringing liberty upon themselves. A columnist in "Al-Bayan" questioned the US pressure on religious groups and sanctions on their respective countries while at the same time ignoring similar t [...]	2005-12-27 11:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUJA137	AF PDAS RANNEBERGER'S MEETING WITH AU CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary. At his 29 January meeting in Abuja with African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare, Ambassador Ranneberger underscored the priority the U.S. attaches to strengthening its relationship with the AU. He emphasized U.S. support for the AU mission in Darfur. He stressed the need to use th [...]	2005-01-31 16:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SU NI
05ABUJA1904	THE ECOWAS LOGISTICS DEPOT AND UNSC SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. As UNAMSIL vacates Sierra Leone at the end of the year, ECOWAS will assume control of the Hastings Airfield Complex outside of Freetown for the purpose of establishing a full-service peacekeeping logistics depot. This depot is one of the ke [...]	2005-10-05 15:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR SL NI UNSC ECOWAS
05ABUJA2073	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On 24 October, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. They discussed the Sudan Peace Process, recent Liberian elections, Cote D'Ivoire, the Bakassi dispute with Cameroon, upcoming Nigerian elections, the s [...]	2005-10-27 11:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI XY XW
05ABUJA953	NIGERIA'S MILITARY: PART I OF THE SERIES [...] (S) Summary. Nigeria's military is the largest in West Africa, but is significantly less capable than its size and equipment inventory would indicate. A large percentage of the Army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations, and most of Nigeria's ships and aircraft are inop [...]	2005-06-02 07:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	MCAP MASS PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO NI POLMIL
05ABUJA970	NIGERIAN DEFENSE POWER DYNAMICS: PART II OF THE [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: Leadership of the Nigerian military is personality-driven, from the President through the officer corps. Senior leaders rarely delegate decision-making authority and the "transmission lines" from these power centers are often weak and erratic, frequently leading to a fa [...]	2005-06-03 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR MARR MCAP KPKO NI POLMIL
05ACCRA228	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Introduction: Post appreciates the extensions given for completion of this report, but wishes to underscore the difficulties involved in collecting the data. The Government of Ghana employs one person at the Bank of Ghana to monitor all issues related to money laundering. His long recent ab [...]	2005-02-02 18:32:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN GH
05ACCRA370	GHANA MFA VIEWS ON TOGO [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, MFA Supervising Director of Political and Economic Affairs Leslie Christian told PolChief he saw some positive signs in the Togo situation. The fact that Faure Gnassingbe went to Nigeria on February 17 is encouraging, he opined. His information was that Gnassin [...]	2005-02-18 14:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL TO
05ADANA227	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 14:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA27	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL / SABAH (GUNEY): In Mersin, many people demonstrated against the decision to privatize that city's port. Protesting the privatization process, 400 members of Liman-Is (Union of Ports),Mersin Branch, carried banners reading, "We will not let the ports be sold," "Po [...]	2005-02-11 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA41	TURKISH CONGLOMERATE AND TRADE GROUPS WEIGHING SYRIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and guidance request: AMCON Adana in the last three weeks has engaged with a large Turkish conglomerate and a regional trade group whose members are considering investment in Syria, primarily Aleppo, to familiarize the parties with the U.S. sanctions against Syria. So far no la [...]	2005-02-25 15:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ETTC ELAB SY TU ADANA

05ADANA63	PRIVATE IRAQ TRADE MEETING SHOWS DIVERGING BUSINESS, [...] (SBU) Summary: A regional Turkish-American Business Association discussion of Iraq trade on March 18 in Iskenderun yielded some proposals from the Turkish business sector to expand their role in Iraq trade and profiled government involvement in the Iraq issue which seemed out of tune to busi [...]	2005-03-28 09:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELTN IZ TU ADANA

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