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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

00HARARE3465	MINI SUMMIT IN HARARE PRESSURES KABILA TO ACCEPT MASIRE AS [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-25 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI CG
00HARARE3963	SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON BURUNDI WITH A RECEPTIVE NELSON MANDELA ON JULY 17 REGARDING THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT AND PLANS FOR THE JULY 19-20 MEETING OF REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE. WOLPE MADE INROADS ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE DANGER OF SIGNI [...]	2000-07-19 12:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BY SF
00JAKARTA4700	SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...]	2000-09-29 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID
00KINSHASA8382	OPPOSITION SAYS IT WON'T GO TO LIBREVILLE [...] (C) MOST MAJOR OPPOSITION LEADERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WON'T GO TO LIBREVILLE TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT KABILA ON DECEMBER 21, AND CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT ALL INITIATIVES FOR THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE SHOULD BE PURSUED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LUSAKA ACCORDS. 2. (C) DURING A MEETING WIT [...]	2000-12-18 14:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
00STATE228765	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 20 [...]	2000-12-01 20:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228767	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...]	2000-12-01 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228772	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF MID-LEVEL GENERALIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST VACANCIES, NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31,2001. (COMBINED WINTER 2000 - SUMMER 2001 CYCLE). [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-01 20:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229013	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF FS-01 GENERALIST AND [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR FS-01 POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH APRIL AND NOVEMBER 2001 TEDS MAY ALSO BID [...]	2000-12-01 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229054	JUNIOR OFFICER (SUMMER AND NOW) OPEN [...] THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF UNASSIGNED OVERSEAS FO-04 AND FO-05 ADMINISTRATIVE, CONSULAR, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, INTERFUNCTIONAL AND ROTATIONAL VACANCIES AVAILABLE THROUGH APRIL 2002. IT INCLUDES POSITIONS REQUIRING SIX MONTHS OR MORE OF LANGUAGE TRAINING (FOR ELIGIBLE OFFICERS),AS WELL [...]	2000-12-01 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00THEHAGUE1676	SECRETARY SLATER DISCUSSES TRANSPORTATION ISSUES [...] Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater visited the Netherlands May 31 and June 1 to discuss transportation issues with Dutch government and private sector officials. Although front-burner issues such as hushkits were mentioned, most of the conversations were broader, touching on the future [...]	2000-06-06 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EIND ELTN EWWT FR NL SENV EUN FAA IMO
01ABUJA1276	RULING PARTY EXPELS DISSIDENT POLITICIANS [...] (U) The ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP) on May 31 expelled five dissident members of its Board of Trustees, and three elected party officers, for "anti-party activities." Membership in or open support for newly founded political "formations" formed the dissidents' offense. The rise of [...]	2001-06-07 08:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS NI
01ABUJA1364	INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Abuja's submission for this year's International Religious Freedom Report. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: ------------------------- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ------------------------- THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OB [...]	2001-06-14 16:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF NI
01ABUJA1365	OBASANJO DROPS FOUR MINISTERS, FOUR SENIOR ADVISORS [...] (C) On June 12, President Obasanjo dropped four Ministers and four Senior Advisors from his Administration, one spokesman framing the changes in terms of "accountability, performance, and integrity." So far, three replacements have been named for the Ministers, none for the Advisors. It appe [...]	2001-06-14 18:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON NI
01ABUJA1366	NIGERIA: POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani "indigenes" and large "immigrant" Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal r [...]	2001-06-14 18:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM NI
01ABUJA1461	NIGERIA: ETHNIC CLASHES IN NASARAWA STATE CONTINUE [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa continue sporadically. Frightened citizens have fled the areas of conflict in the southeastern corner of the state, but the numbers are uncertain, and press reports may be inflated. Isolated fighting in the village of Tudun-A [...]	2001-06-27 05:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS NI
01ABUJA1531	NIGERIA: ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NASARAWA PEACEFUL NOW, [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa appear to have halted for the moment, although tension throughout the state is running high. The federal government has sent additional security forces into troubled areas. Approximately 40,000 displaced persons, mainly Tivs, [...]	2001-06-29 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR NI
01ABUJA1547	NIGERIA: AFTERNOON TEA WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) After a several-week hiatus, Ambassador Jeter met with President Obasanjo for a relaxed, Saturday afternoon tea at the President's residence on June 30. A very positive and wide-ranging discussion ensued which included security assistance (Operation Focus Relief and MPRI),law enforcement [...]	2001-07-05 13:32:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD BEXP KCRM MASS NI
01ABUJA1548	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Agriculture Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria relations in the agriculture sector. USAID Country Director provided a thorough brief on the range of USG agricultural assistance programs. Minister Bello thought USG efforts were under-funded, [...]	2001-07-05 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP NI
01ABUJA1614	MORE ETHNIC CLASHES IN NIGERIAN MIDDLE-BELT [...] (U) Summary. Inter-ethnic clashes have occurred in the Middle-Belt States of Bauchi and Taraba, in incidents not apparently connected to the several weeks-long turmoil in neighboring Nasarawa State. In Bauchi, in a predominately Christian area, the majority Siyawa people have fought Hausa-F [...]	2001-07-06 14:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR NI
01ABUJA1621	NIGERIA: CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS POSSIBLE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 12. 2. Summary. Three Members of Congress visiting Nigeria under the auspices of a public diplomacy program met July 4 with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Agriculture. They expressed interest in pursuing collaborative ventures with Nige [...]	2001-07-10 05:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID OREP BEXP NI
01ABUJA1624	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR PETROLEUM RILWANU LUKMAN--DOWNSTREAM DEREGULATION STILL ON TRACK; REFINERY REHABILITATION MISHANDLED [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor Brodman, and Econoff Flook (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. During t [...]	2001-07-10 12:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ECON NI
01ABUJA1680	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE VISITING [...] This is an action message. Please see para 3. 2. Minister of Agriculture Adamu Bello plans to visit Washington DC from July 23 to August 1 as a follow-up to President Obasanjo's May visit and the Minister's discussions with Ambassador Jeter on June 26 (Ref A) and Congressmen Clyburn, T [...]	2001-07-16 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID OREP NI
01ABUJA2398	NO CELEBRATIONS IN ZAMFARA: REPORTS INACCURATE [...] Summary: Post has investigated the story reported by a BBC stringer in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, that there were celebrations there following the September 11 attack on the U.S. All sources indicate that this story was exaggerated. Reports of unrest in Kano on Friday, September 14, a [...]	2001-09-21 07:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KISL PINS NI
01ABUJA2832	GOVERNOR THINKS NIGERIA HAS HIT A CRUCIAL PERIOD [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi cited recent civil disturbances as very disquieting. In order to prevent further political turbulance, the Governors were assembling in Abuja that day to discuss means to cool down the inter [...]	2001-11-06 15:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS NI
01ABUJA2881	PDP: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH [...] (U) Introduction: The Peoples' Democratic Party, a hybrid from its inception, has been riven by internal power struggles, weakened by presidential interference, and now faces significant challenges gearing up for its own convention, much less the battery of local (2002) State and Federal (20 [...]	2001-11-14 15:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
01ABUJA2938	NIGERIA: TRYING TIMES [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has entered a period of unease. During the past several months, the country's political elite has been more attentive to political intrigue than the demands of responsible governance. As a result, civilian government faces multiple challenges. Communal clashes have engende [...]	2001-11-21 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM NI
01ABUJA3081	NIGERIA: OFR P3 ILLNESSES AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A spate of illnesses and accidents have left two OFR trainers dead, and seven afflicted by malaria (one soldier with malaria subsequently died, but from a condition not necessarily connected with the malaria). The Forward Surgical Team, under the direction of the Battalion Comman [...]	2001-12-06 09:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR NI
01ABUJA884	Crime and Punishment in the Nigerian Senate [...] (C) Summary. The Nigerian Senate leadership faces a bitter rearguard struggle from deposed leaders, led by former Senate President Chuba Okadigbo and former Deputy Senate President Haruna Abubakar, both anxious to revive their own fortunes and to punish their successors. Allegations of corrup [...]	2001-04-26 07:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS NI
01HANOI3054	VIETNAM: PROGRESS ON REFORM UNDER WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM IS GENERALLY MEETING ITS ECONOMIC REFORM OBLIGATIONS UNDER ITS WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS ACCORDING TO HANOI-BASED DONOR REPRESENTATIVES. VIETNAM'S MACRO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IS CURRENTLY ON TARGET ALTHOUGH AN EARLIER FAILURE TO AGREE ON CREDIT GROWTH [...]	2001-11-20 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL VM FINREF SOE
01HANOI900	PROTESTANT LEADERS REPORT DESTRUCTION OF CHURCH IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM DEATHS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAMESE PROTESTANT CHURCH SOURCES WITH EXTENSIVE LINKS TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INFORM US THAT RESIDENTS OF GIA LAI PROVINCE, PARTICULARLY, FACE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, WITH HEAVY POLICE AND SECURIT [...]	2001-04-17 08:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI905	CENTRAL COMMITTEE PRESSURES GENERAL SECRETARY TO STEP DOWN; ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MANH APPARENT SUCCESSOR [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID YOUNG; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ONLY DAYS BEFORE THE NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS BEGINS APRIL 19, THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS DEALT GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU A SEVERE BLOW BY REFUSING TO RECOMMEND HIM FOR ANOTHER TERM. A PREFERENCE B [...]	2001-04-17 10:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HARARE1715	ZIMBABWE TOBACCO SALES UPDATE, FOURTH SALES WEEK [...] AFTER 18 TRADING DAYS, ZIMBABWE'S THREE TOBACCO AUCTION FLOORS HAVE COLLECTIVELY SOLD A TOTAL OF 3,665,457 KILOGRAMS (KG) OF THE CROP (837,031 KG IS BURLEY TOBACCO),AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF US $1.69 PER KG. 2. THIS VOLUME COMPARES WITH 6,848,511 KG FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST SEASON, REPRESENTI [...]	2001-05-26 13:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI
01HARARE3324	MEDIA REPORT - TELEPRESS CONFERENCE GENERATES [...] ON OCTOBER 31 POST HOSTED A TELEPRESS CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE TOPIC "PRESS FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY IN TIMES OF NATIONAL CRISIS: HAVE THE RULES CHANGED SINCE SEPTEMBER 11?" THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM TO DISCUSS MEDIA FREEDOM ISSUES AND AN OPPOR [...]	2001-11-07 07:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE782	CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE OF ZIMBABWE LABOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) FROM THE RULING ZANU-PF PARTY, AND ITS SUPPORT FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),HINGES ON THE UPCOMING CONGRESS, ACCORDING TO SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE UMBRELLA LABOR ORGANIZATION. ZA [...]	2001-02-21 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE815	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION TO HOLD [...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 15 THAT IT WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CONGRESS ON MARCH 21 TO EXAMINE WAYS TO RE-ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON THE LAND ISSUE. AN INDEPENDENT APPROACH TO THE GOZ ON THE LAND ISSUE BY A FORMER CFU PRESIDENT WAS SLAPPED BACK [...]	2001-02-23 11:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE919	SEVENTY-TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER [...] (C) ON MARCH 4, A 72-YEAR-OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, GLORIA OLDS, WAS BRUTALLY AND VICIOUSLY ASSASSINATED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE IN AN AMBUSH ON HER FARM. HER SON MARTIN WAS KILLED BY "WAR VETS" ON HIS FARM, WHICH WAS NEXT TO GLORIA'S, LAST QPRIL AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN ARRESTED. [...]	2001-03-05 16:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR PGOV EAID PINR
02ABUJA1135	NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP March 25-April 5 [...] (SBU) On March 26, the National Assembly approved the 2002 budget of N1.06 trillion (USD 8.7 billion),a 20 percent increase over the President's N841 billion (USD 7.25 billion) proposal. In a radio call-in program later that week, President Obasanjo signaled his intention to veto the measure [...]	2002-04-10 15:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA1184	NIGERIA 2003: OO BOOSTERS TRY TO PRE-EMPT [...] (C) Summary: From the perspective of recent history, the processions of sycophantic visitors and Obasanjo's own words strongly suggest Nigeria's President will seek a second term. At a minimum, Obasanjo boosters seek to pre-empt anyone else contemplating a run -- the better to assure continue [...]	2002-04-15 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI
02ABUJA122	NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...] (U) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST),the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos septel). Although showing slightly less than normal activity, Abuja has not been greatly affected by the strike. However, there was substantial compliance in [...]	2002-01-16 17:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI
02ABUJA1408	NIGERIA: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: By far the most strategically important country in West Africa, Nigeria is a major economic partner to the United States (oil imports) and has been a cooperative player in conflict resolution in the sub-region. Africa's most populous state and largest democracy, Nigeria has suppor [...]	2002-05-06 19:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO EFIN NI
02ABUJA1728	2002 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-07 17:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM NI
02ABUJA1843	MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE GBEMI SARAKI, KWARA [...] (C) Gbemisola "Gbemi" Saraki Forowa, a member of the House of Representatives from Kwara state, was born into Nigeria's political elite. Her political muscle comes from being the daughter of Olusola Saraki, the godfather of Kwara State politics and an important cog in the APP. As with most su [...]	2002-06-20 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN NI HUM
02ABUJA1850	NIGERIA: A RETURN TO REGIONAL ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: A current snapshot of presidential electioneering shows two contesting strategies, one devised by the President's camp, the other by his strongest opposition. The President appears content to steamroll the PDP nomination through tightening his grip on the party apparatus. To win t [...]	2002-06-21 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA1851	MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE GBEMI SARAKI, KWARA STATE [...] (C) Gbemisola "Gbemi" Saraki Forowa, a member of the House of Representatives from Kwara state, was born into Nigeria's political elite. Her political muscle comes from being the daughter of Olusola Saraki, the godfather of Kwara State politics and an important cog in the APP. As with most su [...]	2002-06-21 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN NI HUM
02ABUJA2171	NIGERIA: FAILED PDP PRIMARY INDICATES MORE THAN [...] (C) Summary: Many states delayed PDP primaries slated for early July for fear of violence. Violent disturbances marred the primaries that did go forward; Post sources could verify peaceful primaries in only four states. Vice President Atiku Abubakar indicated that agreements aimed at limiting [...]	2002-07-23 15:37:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2262	NIGERIA: LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO NEEDS A [...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu stated that President Obasanjo was in deep trouble politically. Reelection hinged on a deal with Tinubu's Alliance for Democracy (AD). However, Tinubu claimed Obasanjo was still trying to assert PDP su [...]	2002-07-30 18:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2509	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF AVIATION- [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 9. 2. (U) On August 15 Ambassador Jeter met Minister of Aviation, Kema Chikwe to discuss the status of code sharing requests by Northwest, Delta and American Airlines with their European partners. The Minister assured the Ambassador that Northwes [...]	2002-08-23 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2686	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT A SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) Special Assistant for Projects Thomas Hardy completed agreements for feasibility studies for fertilizer and housing projects worth $722,000, discussed programs with the Ministers of Solid Minerals and Agriculture, and briefed senior s [...]	2002-09-17 18:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EAID EAIR EINV EPET EMIN KPAO NI
02ABUJA2744	NIGERIA: IS NEXT JANUARY'S 12.5% WAGE [...] (U) During his opening address before his National Executive Committee on September 12, National Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced he had won from the Obasanjo administration a 12.5 per cent across-the-board wage increase. The increase would be enacted January 1, 2003 [...]	2002-09-25 23:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN NI
02ABUJA2768	NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agreement -- President Sponsors Bill to Give States Offshore Oil Revenue -- Supplemental Budget Bill Has Little Chance of Passage -- NITEL to Face Competition in Telec [...]	2002-09-27 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2835	NIGERIA: IVOIRIEN CEASE-FIRE WILL TAKE MORE WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas summarized his visit to Cote d'Ivoire, stating Gbagbo's insistence that the mutineers relinquish their weapons and his reluctance to "legitimize" the rebels were the main hurdles to a cease [...]	2002-10-11 17:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA2862	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU -- DISTANCING [...] (S) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar admitted his relationship with President Obasanjo was on the shoals, attributing the deterioration to Obasanjo's poor political skills and reliance on malevolent, imprudent advisors. Atiku stated Oba [...]	2002-10-16 13:57:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA3037	NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER SAYS "NO" TO A NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 23 Lagos meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Afenifere leader Senator Abraham Adesanya labeled the impeachment threat against Obasanjo a ruse to return national political power to the North. Although not an Obasanjo supporter, Adesanya was adamant that the Presidency [...]	2002-11-06 12:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA3105	NIGERIA: "PATRIOTS" ASK OBASANJO TO [...] ( C) Summary: Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, prominent Lagos attorney and charter member of the "Patriots", a group of prominent Southern and Middle Belt figures, told Ambassador Jeter on October 21 that the "Patriots" had issued a public statement urging President Obasanjo not to seek re- [...]	2002-11-14 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
02ABUJA3165	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO PLEDGES FUNDING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President of MPRI Gen. (Ret.) Carl Vuono and members of the Nigerian defense establishment, President Obasanjo pledged 3.5 million dollars to continue MPRI operations. During this meeting and at MPRI's In- Progress-Review (IPR) [...]	2002-11-21 19:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NI
02ABUJA3321	"TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND PEACE" SAYS [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professo Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the North h with all Pre [...]	2002-12-16 15:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV NI
02ABUJA3324	NIGERIA: OBASANJO COOL TO PARIS SUMMIT ON [...] (C) I spoke at length by phone on Saturday evening with President Obasanjo on the French proposal to hold a summit on Cote d'Ivoire. Obasanjo is opposed and I think adamantly so, to the French proposal. He said that, if invited, he would not attend. "They can hold the summit, but I am not go [...]	2002-12-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IV NI
02ABUJA3341	YEAR-END ECONOMIC POTPOURRI [...] This cable covers: -- Ambassador's Meets with World Bank and IMF prior to Article Four Consultation Meetings in Washington -- Central Bank is Optimistic about Near Term -- CBN and IMF Statistics on GDP Differ -- GON Not Worried About Drop in FOREX Reserves -- CBN Claims States Continue to [...]	2002-12-19 14:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA3372	NIGERIA: DECEMBER POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) This periodic update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- INEC: 30 Political Associations for Registration -- Cabinet Shake-Up -- Rimi and Others Sue the PDP -------------------------------------- [...]	2002-12-24 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA3378	"TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professor Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for elected officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Ambassador Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the [...]	2002-12-30 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV NI
02ABUJA462	NIGERIA: POST'S RESPONSE TO V1 OF NIGERIAN HRR [...] No summary [...]	2002-02-08 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB NI PGOV PHUM PREL
02ABUJA499	NIGERIA: PARTICIPATION IN THE MARCH 18-22 UN [...] Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now planning to attend the UN Conference on Financing for Development. This is a change in plans from just last week. Minister of Finance Adamu Ciroma heads the delegation for the Ministerial. 2. We have no information on side events planned by Nig [...]	2002-02-14 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EFIN ETRD EAID UN
02ABUJA509	NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE THINKS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary: During a February 1 breakfast meeting, former military Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar told Ambassador Jeter that President Obasanjo meant well but has performed badly the past several months. Obasanjo's sincere intentions have been betrayed by his abrasive manner and by mala [...]	2002-02-15 12:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR PGOV NI
02ABUJA829	NIGERIA: RECENT EVENTS TEST NIGERIA'S RESILIENCE [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has seen its share of calamity and contention in recent months. The Ikeja cantonment explosion, abortive police and general strikes, and an electoral law enmeshed by controversy have decreased public confidence in the Government's competence and have added to a general s [...]	2002-03-13 16:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR NI
02ABUJA852	A SNAPSHOT OF OBASANJO'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Three years ago, Obasanjo rode into office on a wave of optimism: Gone was the military; democratic rule had returned. Now, with a year until the elections, Obasanjo's prospects are uncertain. His abrupt manner, callous public remarks, and unwillingness to listen have alienated [...]	2002-03-15 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA882	OBASANJO NOT DOING WELL ACCORDING NASSARAWA STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 16, Governor Alhaji Abdullah Adamu warmly welcomed Ambassador Jeter him as the first American Ambassador to ever visit Nassarawa State. Adamu noted that the dangers to democracy were mounting and gave low marks to Obasanjo as a politician and a communicator. However, [...]	2002-03-19 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
02ABUJA886	NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 11-15, 2002 [...] (U) Electoral preparations were high on the agenda of the Northern Governors when they met this week. As a result of their discussions, the Governors issued a statement opposing the Federal Government's plan to use the proposed national identification card as the voter registration document. [...]	2002-03-19 14:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NI
02ABUJA926	NIGERIA: LIBERIAN RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE YIELDS [...] (C) Summary: Initially set for March 14, the Liberian reconciliation meeting finally opened March 15. The delay was due to an unsuccessful eleventh hour attempt by ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas to convince President Taylor to attend. Taylor declined but sent a 27-person delegation led by Agricultural [...]	2002-03-20 16:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECOWAS MOPS MASS PHUM LI NI
02AMMAN2420	NEW JORDANIAN TELECOM REGULATOR FACES CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) The GOJ's recent reform of its telecom regulatory infrastructure thrusts its now fully independent regulator into the role of decision-maker at a time of transition, opportunity, and challenge. As it finds its feet, the regulatory agency must find creative ways to encourage market entr [...]	2002-05-15 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN5412	BOEING PRESENTS "AGGRESSIVE" FINAL OFFER TO ROYAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Boeing Company, which has been in negotiations with Jordanian national carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) for the purchase and leasing short-haul aircaft in competition with Airbus, presented its final offer to the airline September 19. The offer marks the climactic sta [...]	2002-09-20 09:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02COLOMBO2133	Tigers gradually expand network of control in [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Sri Lanka's Eastern Province on November 12. On the surface, the situation in Batticaloa and Ampara Districts seemed calm, with the ceasefire sparking increased business activity and civilian bustle. Amid this positive news, there were clear and troublin [...]	2002-11-14 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ECON SOCI CE LTTE
02HARARE1775	STEALTH DEVALUATION: "THROUGH THE BACKDOOR" [...] (C) Summary. Despite President Mugabe's vigorous insistence that "devaluation is dead" (see reftel),the GOZ has tacitly conceded -- within a matter of days -- that devaluation is in fact very much alive. On July 25, Finance Minister Simba Makoni (who was obliquely castigated by Mugabe in th [...]	2002-08-05 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2624	PROPOSAL TO PRESS THE GOZ MORE EFFECTIVELY TO [...] Summary: The suspension of international food deliveries to two locations, GOZ foot-dragging in the GOZ's dealings with international donors and documented reports of politicization of GOZ-controlled food stocks provides ample proof that the GOZ continues to place ZANU-PF political interests [...]	2002-11-20 14:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ZI
02HARARE2735	MEDIA REPORT: AMERICAN DELEGATION CRITICIZES U.S. [...] The lead story in the December 2 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" is based on a report released by a delegation of American elected officials after their two-week fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe. The report criticizes the United States' position [...]	2002-12-02 13:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
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
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
02HOCHIMINHCITY1270	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR FREEDOM FROM IT, IN DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING A RECENT TRIP TO DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (CRA). IN THESE MEETINGS, CRA OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM (SECV) IN [...]	2002-12-11 04:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
02KATHMANDU2393	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2002-12-16 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU467	NEPALI REACTION TO TRADE TREATY RENEWAL WITH INDIA [...] (SBU) Reaction in Kathmandu to the March 2 signing of the revised bilateral trade treaty between Nepal and India in New Delhi has been mixed. The revised treaty terms include value addition requirements on manufactured goods and imposed quota restrictions on four items that together account [...]	2002-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL NP IN
02KUWAIT5264	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO THE WTO ON [...] On December 3, 2002, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Badir Abdul-Rahim, Assistant Undersecretary for International Trade at Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and to Akil Behbahani, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department at Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2002-12-05 04:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU USTR WTRO
02ROME1233	MINISTER MARZANO VISITS IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ENGAGED THE MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES ON IRAN, UNDERSCORING OUR CONCERNS WITH IRANIAN BEHAVIOR. MARZANO'S RELATIVE UNFAMILIARITY WITH OUR OBJECTIONS OR WITH THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL AND SHADOW GOVERNMENTS IN CONTROLLING IRAN SHOWS THE NECESSI [...]	2002-03-08 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IT
02ROME2990	PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNA [...]	2002-06-19 10:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KJUS RW
02TEGUCIGALPA3346	HONDURAN REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL ON NON- [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-12 14:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD HO USTR WTRO
03ABUDHABI1811	MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...]	2003-04-15 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI978	MOVING FORWARD WITH EXBS TRAINING FOR THE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE -- PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH FOUR. 3. (C) The Dubai Ports and Customs Authority (DPA),which oversees Jebel Ali and Port Rashid (together the 12th largest port in the world),has on se [...]	2003-03-01 07:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EXBS PARM PREL PGOV ETTC 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
03ABUJA104	NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]	2003-01-16 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1047	NIGERIA - RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE UNDERMINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent surge in political tension in Zimbabwe seems to have erased the progress President Obasanjo believed was achieved by his May visit to Harare. Obasanjo thought he and President Mbeki made headway moving the GOZ and MDC toward resuming their political negotiations. Howe [...]	2003-06-13 10:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI NI
03ABUJA1049	NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP JUNE 13 [...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA AND LAGOS INCLUDES: 2. --ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE --WABARA FOR SENATE PRESIDENT --VIOLENCE-FREE INAUGURATION --DO THE JUNE 20 ELECTIONS MATTER? --VIOLENCE IN ADAMAWA STATE ------------------------- ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE ------- [...]	2003-06-13 13:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1091	NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE INCREASE MAY TRIGGER VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 20, the GON announced a 65 percent fuel price hike, increasing consumer prices from 26 naira to 40 naira per liter. Most Nigerians expected a rise in costs, but did not expect the announcement to come so quickly nor probably did not expect its magnitude. The move however [...]	2003-06-20 17:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1107	NIGERIA: NLC THREATENS GENERAL STRIKE OVER FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called on June 24 for a nationwide strike beginning Monday June 30 to protest the GON's fuel price hike. Some in the NLC leadership were lukewarm about a strike; however, the decision was no surprise. The Union's long standing and perhaps its m [...]	2003-06-26 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1135	NIGERIA: FUEL STRIKE SLOWS COUNTRY [...] (U) Summary: The promised nation-wide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over fuel price increases began June 30. While the strike did not completely shut down the country or any of its major cities, streets throughout Nigeria were less busy than normal, as many workers stayed home. A [...]	2003-06-30 19:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PINS EPET ENRG ASEC CASC PGOV NI
03ABUJA1157	NIGERIA: GON AND LABOR REMAIN AT LOGGERHEADS AS [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria has entered the third day of a national strike, with no agreement in sight between the National Labour Congress (NLC) and the Obasanjo Administration over fuel prices. Tensions in Abuja rose today as police clashed with NLC leaders and demonstrators. Street clashes conti [...]	2003-07-02 17:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1168	NIGERIA: STRIKE SITREP DAY 5 - 1200 JULY 4 [...] (U) Summary: The strike continued for a fifth day. Thus far, Abuja is quiet but there is a possibility of demonstrations after Juma,at prayers this afternoon )- not only in Abuja but in other Northern cities as well. There were no demonstrations in Abuja yesterday, but peaceful demonstration [...]	2003-07-04 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1172	NIGERIA: STRIKE ENTERS SECOND WEEK [...] (U) Summary: The labor strike entered its second week today, as the GON and NLC failed to reach a compromise on the extent of the fuel price increase. Information from labor sources was conflicting, with some insiders forecasting an imminent settlement and others predicting an extended strike. [...]	2003-07-07 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA123	NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]	2003-01-21 16:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1239	NIGERIA: GON THINKS SAO TOMEAN COUP LEADERS WILL [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Daniel Hart and Nigerian Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe Saidu Pindar discussed the Sao Tomean coup with A/DCM Brian Browne on July 18. Hart and Pindar stated that the proximate cause of the putsch was sustained frustration over de Menezes' foot dr [...]	2003-07-19 11:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV TP NI
03ABUJA1248	NIGERIA: TRIBUNALS UPDATE [...] (C) Begin Summary: State election tribunals have been rendering decisions for one month. Three elections have been overturned, but the majority of the petitions have been thrown out on procedural grounds. The proclivity of the tribunals to avoid the substantive merits of many of these cases [...]	2003-07-22 16:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI

03ABUJA1340	NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) This is the second of Post,s biographic cables on newly appointed GON ministers. This cable focuses on the President,s new economic team. According to Embassy sources and press reports, President Obasanjo is promoting his economic team as a new generation of internationally respected tec [...]	2003-08-07 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KISL NI
03ABUJA1385	MOGEROA - ENTERING A SEASON OF POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Politically, Nigeria is tense and this probably will not significantly abate in the near future. Opposition politicians and much of the general populace remain disenchanted with the results of the April elections and the irregularities that attended them. Many opposition figu [...]	2003-08-14 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA1432	NIGERIA: USCIRF VISIT [...] The ten-day USCIRF visit to Nigeria provided an in-depth opportunity to discuss many perspectives on intercommunal conflicts in Nigeria and the impact of Shari'a implementation on minorities in the northern part of the country. The delegation traveled extensively, finding in many instances, t [...]	2003-08-21 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA1471	JOURNALISM TRAINER SAM SWAN BREAKS [...] SUMMARY: Recent news reports broadcast on government- owned radio and TV channels in northern Nigeria have shown a major shift in their focus from personalities in government to community-based issues thanks to the wealth of practical journalistic and academic experience of U.S. media traine [...]	2003-08-27 13:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL NI BBG
03ABUJA15	NIGERIAN RULING PARTY CONVENTION SURPRISE [...] (C ) Summary: President Obasanjo's renomination is highly probable but not certain. The 3,349 delegates to the ruling PDP's national convention began voting around sundown, but the process could drag into Monday morning. On convention eve, the President's renomination seemed assured (Ref A) [...]	2003-01-06 07:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA1787	NIGERIA: POLICE ARREST LABOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Police arrested six Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leaders Monday in an apparent move by the GON to hinder Labor's efforts to monitor a 34 naira per liter cap on fuel prices and blunt a possible NLC nationwide strike. Abuja's Magistrate Court refused bail yesterday for the [...]	2003-10-15 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA2067	ADAMAWA STATE: END OF YEAR SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Adamawa State, located on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, is a key battleground for control of Nigeria's political scene. Many important Nigerians hail from Adamawa, including Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and it is the base from which he and others launched on the national scene. Atiku [...]	2003-12-04 08:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2132	BUHARI TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL JANUARY 19 [...] (SBU) : The ANPP/Buhari suit continues at its slow pace. The complainant ANPP continues to score points with its evidence, and the defense (Obasanjo) attempts to delay the process through objections to virtually every witness and document. The "Independent" National Electoral Commission (INE [...]	2003-12-12 11:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2215	VISIT TO NASARAWA STATE [...] (U) Summary: Nasarawa has only been a state for seven years, and the governor is working to create a state identity and legacy for himself. Poloff traveled to the capital, Lafia, to visit the PDP Governor, the Nasarawa ANPP chairman and journalists; the meetings all implied that disputes over [...]	2003-12-26 07:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
03ABUJA250	NIGERIA: WTO BIOTECH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS [...] (U) The GON and the Nigerian public are split on the issue of biotechnology. Senior GON officials and farmers recognize that biotechnology promises improved agricultural productivity. President Obasanjo has said, "I am convinced that the only reliable way forward for rapid biotechnological dev [...]	2003-02-05 10:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO
03ABUJA403	NIGERIA: BATAGARAWA ON MPRI; C-130 SPARE PARTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa promised to discuss funding problems for MPRI and the shipment of U.S. donated C-130 spare parts with Minister of Finance Adamu Ciroma. Turning to the upcoming elections, Ba [...]	2003-02-25 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA419	NIGERIA: BUHARI SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS DISCIPLINE, WANTS [...] (U) This message contains a recommendation. See para 5. ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ 2. (U) DCM January 31 met with ANPP Presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and two associates (Bello Abubakar, an aide when Buhari was Head of State previously) and Mouftah Baba- Ahmed [...]	2003-02-28 17:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS EFIN KDEM NI
03ABUJA495	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MARCH 13 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Bans Import of Toothpicks, Water, Biscuits, Spaghetti, and Noodles --Obasanjo Sacks Author of Controversial Audit Report --Central Bank Warns of Excess Liquidity --Nigerian Customs Posts Banner Year --GON to Sell Steel Rollin [...]	2003-03-13 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD KPRV ECON NI
03ABUJA502	NIGERIA: INADEQUACIES OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After three months delay, INEC published some voter lists week of March 3. With national elections just six weeks away, INEC has missed a key legal deadline. Challenges are almost certain. INEC,s performance remains erratic, and non-transparent. INEC will have to work efficie [...]	2003-03-14 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA631	NIGERIA: REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY TO SIGN BILATERAL [...] Head of the GON Debt Management Office Legal Division J.O. Jiya wrote Econcouns on March 6, stating the GON is ready to sign the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement. Post forwarded a copy of the latest agreement, prepared in 2001, to Treasury and State on March 9 (reftel). Because of the sig [...]	2003-04-04 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL NI
03ABUJA660	NIGERIA: A SWING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST [...] (C) Poloff completed a pre-election trip toigeria's northeast region, the home of incumbent Vice President Atiku Abubakar and a key to President Obasanjo's re- election bidPoloff found crumbling infrastructure, pessimism about the elections and worried Obasanjo-Atiku campaign officials. Pol [...]	2003-04-09 18:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA665	NIGERIA: ANPP AND BUHARI FIGHT THE PARTY'S [...] (C) The ANPP, Nigeria's second largest party in the 1999 elections, has survived its subordinate status for the past four years and remains the strongest opposition party. With its power base in the North, the ANPP also has produced the staunchest presidential challenger to President Obasanjo [...]	2003-04-10 18:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA697	NIGERIA: LEGISLATIVE RESULTS AND REACTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has posted results from about 80 percent of the Senate and House races around the country. Registering over 50 percent of the vote nationwide, the ruling PDP will retain its majority in both chambers unless there is a radical [...]	2003-04-16 19:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA717	NIGERIA: SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As with the Presidential contest, most Northern gubernatorial elections will be fought between the two major parties in Nigeria, the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigerians Peoples Party (ANPP). Overall, ANPP candidates are expected to benefit from the popu [...]	2003-04-17 21:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA806	NIGERIA: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR RELEASE OF 17 [...] (C) Transocean Sedco Forex Managing Director Ian Clark told the Ambassador April 30 that the 273 hostages, including 96 expatriates of whom 17 are U.S. citizens, are in good health--despite contrary press reports. However, food and water stocks may be running low. President Obasanjo offered to [...]	2003-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA808	NIGERIA: BUHARI NOT READY TO CONCEDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late night meeting with Ambassador on April 23, ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari restated his rejection of the just completed Presidential, Gubernatorial and National Assembly elections. He said he lost because the PDP stole the election. He reiterated his po [...]	2003-05-01 17:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA810	NIGERIA: NO MILITARY ACTION YET ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...] (C) GON National Security Agency Military Assistant Colonel Idris and State Security Service Director General Kayode Are both told the Ambassador on May 2 that Nigerian naval vessels near the four Transocean Sedco Forex rigs have not yet taken any action. He indicated that a contingency plan w [...]	2003-05-02 12:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA813	NIGERIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...] National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) local and national leadership on May 3 agreed unconditionally that all 273 hostages and 99 striking workers on board the four Transocean Forex Sedco rigs near Port Harcourt would be allowed to disembark. The Settlement was negotiated [...]	2003-05-02 17:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA905	NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based economic reforms but volunteered that President Obasanjo remained uncomfortable about giving up State control. Atiku hoped to make progress on AGOA and to lift fu [...]	2003-05-16 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI
03ABUJA990	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANY SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, Consul General and CG Lagos staff met EXXON/MOBIL, Halliburton and ChevronTexaco Managing Directors on May 27 to encourage more timely notification of the Mission in the event of hostage-takings, occupation of facilities, or interruption of oil company operati [...]	2003-06-05 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ASEC CASC ECON EINV NI
03AMMAN1621	JORDAN GOVERNMENT DISSOLVES BOARD OF CENTURY [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade has dissolved the Board of the Century Investment Group following accusations of financial and managerial improprieties made by some stockholders. Century is a leading investor in QIZ companies and an outstanding example of business [...]	2003-03-18 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD BEXP JO
03ANKARA2125	TFIZ01: KHALILZAD DISCUSSIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S/NF) Summary: SPE Zalmay Khalilzad met with a range of Iraqi opposition leaders in northern Iraq on March 27-28. Discussions with PUK and KDP leadership centered on responding to Turkish concerns about northern Iraq, resolving the property claims of IDP's, and the formation of the Iraqi Inte [...]	2003-03-31 18:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2130	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]	2003-04-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA4499	TURKEY: KURDS SLAM PKK "REINTEGRATION" BILL AS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament is reviewing a "reintegration" law that would offer reduced prison sentences to combatants belonging to the PKK/KADEK and other terrorist organizations who agree to lay down their weapons and provide information to authorities. The Chairman of DEHAP (Sinn Fein to the P [...]	2003-07-17 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5191	TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge d'Affaires August 14 to lay out additional steps the GOT envisions towards obtaining parliamentary approval for a Turkish contribution to the Iraq stabilization force by September 15. He noted that t [...]	2003-08-14 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5745	SCENESETTER FOR INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION TEAM FOR [...] (C) Summary: Four and a half years after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, the GOT remains divided over how to deal with the remnants of the terrorist organization, how to handle Kurdish nationalism, and whether to loosen restrictions on Kurdish political and cultural expression. The [...]	2003-09-10 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5848	COULD AN ELECTION-RELATED COURT CASE CUT AK [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Appeals Court's likely confirmation of the sentence in an election fraud case against pro-Kurdish DEHAP raises the question whether High Election Board (YSK) will subsequently reallocate seats in Parliament, reducing AK's political dominance and enabling right-of-center DYP [...]	2003-09-16 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
03ANKARA6231	NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: S/CT BLACK AND TURKS [...] (S) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Cofer Black and delegation met with an interagency GOT delegation led by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sensoy October 2 in Ankara. Amb. Black told the Turks the USG would fight the PKK/KADEK, as it did all targets in the Global War on terrorism (GWOT) using all [...]	2003-10-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03BRASILIA2407	PENSION REFORM: GOB VEERS, TACKS, TAKES ON WATER [...] (U) Lula's crucial pension-reform bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies special committee on July 23 -- but only after undergoing political buffets and a perhaps fateful overhaul. In a fundamental about-face, the GoB has accepted that all current public-sector employees will remain elig [...]	2003-07-31 10:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
03BRASILIA2859	MINISTER ROUSSEFF EXPLAINS NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff and Vice Minister Tolmasquim have provided EmbOffs a two-hour presentation of Brazil's new energy model. The Minister summed up the new model as re-establishing the concept of public service as the sector's prevalent principle. It aspires [...]	2003-09-04 12:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA2889	Tax Reform: GoB Passes Its Latest Legislative Test [...] SUMMARY: Lula's administration has recorded its latest key legislative win, with the Chamber of Deputies' 378-53 approval of the GoB tax-reform bill on September 4. In so doing, the GoB was compelled to make some relatively minor extra concessions to Brazil's governors. All observers predi [...]	2003-09-08 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA3405	GOB TAKES STEPS TO REDEFINE REGULATORS, STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A GoB draft bill aims to better demarcate the powers and responsibilities of Brazil,s nine federal regulatory agencies. The most material change would shift authority for awarding and monitoring concessions from the agencies to the corresponding GoB Ministries. The bill,s main [...]	2003-10-22 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECPS ECON BR
03BRASILIA3682	BRAZIL'S PROSPECTS FOR A RETURN TO ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's government, economists and media all now voice expectation of forthcoming relative economic relief. Hardly anyone dissents from the forecast of 3/3.5% GDP growth in 2004. Optimists suggest a parallel with 2000, when Brazil's GDP grew 4.4% after the previous year's 0.7%, des [...]	2003-11-18 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL EINV SOCI BR
03COLOMBO1034	Reports continue to flow in linking the Tigers [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports continue to flow in linking the Tigers to violence against Tamil opponents. In addition to over 20 killings in recent months, the latest incidents involve the slayings of two Tamils in the east. The GSL is having problems proving Tiger involvement, though it may have g [...]	2003-06-13 05:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1048	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 13) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 07:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1399	Norwegian facilitator set to arrive to work on [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim is slated to arrive in Sri Lanka on August 12. One key purpose of his visit is to try to convince the Tigers to vacate an unauthorized camp they have set up in the east. In other peace process news, the Tigers are getting ready for a semina [...]	2003-08-11 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PREF CE NO FR LTTE
03COLOMBO1512	Counternarcotics Update: Latest heroin [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This update of the counternarcotics situation in Sri Lanka reviews the following: >> Latest heroin seizures >> Police report a new trend in drug smuggling >> USG assistance for Sri Lanka's counter [...]	2003-08-29 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PREL CE
03COLOMBO1718	Maldives appears calm in aftermath of recent [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldives appears calm in the wake of the recent unrest in Male' that was triggered by a violent prison disturbance. President Gayoom has launched investigations into the incidents and transferred the police chief. During his recent visit, DATT spoke to the acting police ch [...]	2003-10-02 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI MV
03COLOMBO1819	Maldivian President wins another five-year [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maldivian President Gayoom handily won reelection for a sixth term in a national referendum held on October 17. In other local political developments, the government continues to investigate the causes of the rare outbreak of unrest last month. Although he won the referendum in [...]	2003-10-20 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI MV
03COLOMBO1940	MEDIA PLAY: POLITICAL CRISIS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Since the eruption of Sri Lanka's latest political crisis, the English and vernacular media have been in a frenzy. Over the weekend, television stations and newspapers in Sri Lanka avidly chronicled the political tug-of-war between President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and P [...]	2003-11-10 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO2036	Acting chief of monitors says ceasefire being [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 24 with Hagrup Haukland, the acting head of the Norwegian-run Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),and separately with Sri Lankan Navy Chief Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri. Haukland said the GSL and the Tigers continued to observe the ceasefire accord. [...]	2003-11-25 09:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO336	SRI LANKA: MISSION ASSISTANCE TO US [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO497	FOURTH TOKYO CORE GROUP MEETING ROUNDUP [...] The UN and ADB reported on the Needs Assessment Validation Workshop held in Kilinochchi last week. It was attended by 150 people, 50 of whom were LTTE, including three LTTE consultants from Australia, senior central and provincial level Government staff, NGOs and civil society. There were n [...]	2003-03-25 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03DJIBOUTI1660	DJIBOUTI NEC SITES - RESPONSE TO ASSEMBLY OF RELEVANT INFORMATION [...] Post researched the topics raised in ref. B) and provides the following responses. 2. REAL ESTATE QA. Is Fee Simple land ownership available to the USG ? If not, what other types of land interests are available ? If a Crown lease or similar long-term lease is available, how long is th [...]	2003-09-08 13:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMG
03DJIBOUTI1819	SOMALILAND MINISTERS REQUEST USG SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Djibouti representatives received Somaliland requests for counterterrorism assistance in a brief meeting with the the secessionist region's Ministers of Defense, Interior, and Rehabilitation and Returning Refugees September 29, 2003. The Embassy reiterated the USG p [...]	2003-10-05 07:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	MAS PBTS PREL DJ SO
03GUATEMALA555	MEETING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL DE LEON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a dinner conversation February 28, De Leon told the Ambassador that he would seek to energize investigations of murdered American citizens and labor leaders, to beef up his office on money laundering investigations and said that, if invited, he would attend the next high-lev [...]	2003-03-03 16:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM GT CACS
03HANOI135	Vietnam on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, GVN officials discussed religious freedom issues originally raised by Ambassador Hanford at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue in a frank manner, but had little specific information. The most welcome news was that the Southern [...]	2003-01-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI2678	U.S. and Vietnam initial air services agreement [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On October 9, the U.S. and Vietnam entered into a five-year air services agreement that, while maintaining some restrictions, contains many Open Skies provisions. The agreement will eventually allow three passenger carrie [...]	2003-10-21 02:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
03HANOI725	March 12-14 US-Vietnam Aviation Negotiations [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Substantial progress was made during civair negotiations March 12-14 with the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) on a limited bilateral aviation agreement. The Vietnamese accepted elements of the model U.S. O [...]	2003-03-25 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
03HARARE1156	Deregulation Deal Could End Dry Spell for Fuel [...] (SBU) Summary: Fuel continues to be very scarce throughout the country. There are widespread rumors that multinationals will soon be allowed to import fuel and sell at a market price, but no formal approval has yet materialized. This would eliminate the GOZ's fuel subsidy, currently over 6 [...]	2003-06-06 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EPET 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
03HARARE2045	ZCTU DETAINEES RELEASED [...] Labor contacts report that most of the detained Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) supporters (ref A) were released without spending the night in jail. In Harare, out of forty-one detainees, twenty signed admissions of guilt and paid a $5,000 (US$.88) fine. The remainder of the Harare [...]	2003-10-09 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE2132	POLICE STYMIE COURT JUDGMENT FOR DAILY NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a ruling by the Administrative Court in its favor October 24, The Daily News (TDN) published a truncated October 25 issue before a police raid closed the offices of parent Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) later that day. The Media and Information Commission (M [...]	2003-10-27 14:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2284	2004 budget was nonevent [...] Summary: Consider two dissonant facets of last Thursday's budget announcement- a) The Robert Mugabe government projected this year's economic growth at minus-13.2 percent, ensuring Zimbabwe remains the planet's worst performing peacetime economy. b) It proposed no significant new initiativ [...]	2003-11-24 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE42	GOZ ESCALATES PRESSURE ON MDC MAYORS [...] (C) On January 6 and 7 the government-owned The Herald reported that the GOZ would soon appoint governors for the cities of Harare and Bulawayo. The move comes amid a general GOZ campaign to discredit, obstruct, or supersede MDC mayors and city councils. The GOZ's strategy could be risky, as [...]	2003-01-08 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC 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
03HARARE680	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "What liberation?" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its April 6 editorial to condemning the United States-led war against Iraq, charging that the war is "creating untold hardships" for the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Adama [...]	2003-04-07 09:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HOCHIMINHCITY650	Leader of the Hue Branch of the Outlawed United [...] (SBU) An influential leader of the Hue branch of the outlawed UBCV discussed his views with DPO and A/PAO on the current state of the Buddhist Church, the status of Thich Huyen Quang, and the need for continued U.S. pressure on the GVN to allow greater religious freedom. The meeting was marr [...]	2003-07-18 07:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03KATHMANDU1237	NEPAL: UNHCR BRIEFING ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the donor community in Nepal on June 30, UNHCR Country Director Abraham Abraham expressed strong concern over the results of the verification of the first camp of Bhutanese refugees. These results, he said, present "serious difficulties" for some refugee familie [...]	2003-07-01 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BH
03KATHMANDU1310	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 4-11 [...] Informal talks proposed for July 11 between Nepal Government and Maoist negotiators failed to materialize, amid continuing controversy over the terms of agreements allegedly reached during the second round of talks (Reftel). As peace talks remain stalled, senior Maoists declared that they are [...]	2003-07-11 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1577	NEPAL: THIRD ROUND OF TALKS ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Amidst increased violence over the past several days, the third round of peace talks between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists concluded on August 19 without agreement. Both sides left open the possibility of returning for a fourth round of talks. However, a growing numbe [...]	2003-08-20 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1606	NEPAL: BHUTAN'S COMMITMENT TO REPATRIATE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The postponement of the 15th Nepal-Bhutan Joint Ministerial originally scheduled for August 11-15 has led many Bhutanese refugee leaders to become increasingly doubtful of the Royal Government of Bhutan's commitment to repatriate the refugees. UNHCR field director John Andrew re [...]	2003-08-25 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL BH NP
03KATHMANDU1614	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the ongoing talks would cease automatically if the latter declined to come up with its revised agenda by Tuesday and accept the Maoist condition for unconditional constituent [...]	2003-08-26 05:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU715	NEPAL: 21 TIBETANS DETAINED ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one Tibetan refugees, including eleven minors, were detained by Nepal's Department of Immigration (DOI) on April 15. In an apparent toughening of rhetoric, the Home Secretary was "quite adamant" in an April 17 meeting with Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering t [...]	2003-04-21 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM NP CH
03KUWAIT104	(C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...]	2003-01-14 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC
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
03KUWAIT2108	DART ASSESSMENT OF AL TASH REFUGEE CAMP [...] The DART conducted an assessment of the Al Tash Refugee Camp near Ar Ramadi on 9 May. Based on meetings with the camp council and movement through the camp, the DART determined there is not a critical humanitarian situation within the camp. End Summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- [...]	2003-05-19 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT315	UPDATE ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU WTO
03KUWAIT423	FOLLOW UP ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 05:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU WTO
03KUWAIT5719	(U) IRAN TO PROVIDE KUWAIT WITH FRESH WATER [...] (C) Summary: The December 13 Kuwaiti-Iranian water importation agreement lays the foundation for Iran to begin supplying Kuwait with up to 900,000 cubic meters (over 200 million imperial gallons) of fresh water per day for a 30-year period. This would significantly increase Kuwait,s supply o [...]	2003-12-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EMIN ETRD KU IR
03LAGOS104	NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...]	2003-01-14 10:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI
03LAGOS1196	THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA: [...] Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight alleviated during the last four years of democratic governance. They remain overcrowded, poorly funded and decrepit. Currently, there are 42 universities: 25 feder [...]	2003-06-12 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV
03LAGOS1211	NIGERIA: YORUBA LEADER PA ADESANYA'S VIEWS ON [...] (U) Summary. Leader of Afenifere and member of the Patriot's group, Pa Abraham Adesanya, says that the April elections must be canceled and an interim government installed until "free and fair" elections can be held. He claims Afenifere is not seriously weakened after the defeat of many Allian [...]	2003-06-16 11:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS1900	NIGERIA: GON AGREES TO INCREASE CIVIL SERVICE [...] On Friday, September 5, Laboff spoke to Chris Uyot, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Head of Information and Public Affairs, who confirmed that the GON agreed to implement sliding scale wage increases for all federal civil servants retroactive to July 1, 2003. While both sides are working o [...]	2003-09-10 13:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS2058	NLC PLANS TO BOYCOTT ALL AFRICA GAMES AS PART OF A [...] (U) On October 1, gas stations throughout the nation increased their prices from 34 naira per liter to 39.5 naira in Lagos and Abuja and as much as 60 naira per liter in several states in the east. While the majority of gas stations have raised prices (a handful of Nigerian National Petroleum [...]	2003-10-03 15:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2069	Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...] Following its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike to begin at midnight on Thursday, October 9. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said the Thursday start date allows labor leaders and [...]	2003-10-06 16:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2081	LASCO: NEW STRIKE, NEW PLANNING: NOT A REPEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Chima Ubani, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO),told us that labor and civil society leaders meeting on October 4 and 6 decided to begin a two-week general strike on Thursday, October 9. Demonstrations will be held on Thursday in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, [...]	2003-10-09 05:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PHUM SOCI NI
03LAGOS2090	STRIKE SUSPENDED: LABOR AND OIL COMPANY VIEWS [...] (U) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced October 8 at approximately 2300 that labor had suspended its planned October 9 strike after the NLC, governors, National Assembly legislators, and oil marketers reached an agreement. A hastily organized group, known as the [...]	2003-10-09 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET NI
03LAGOS2147	NIGERIA: FUEL SUPPLY AND PRICE REMAIN IN TENSE [...] (C) Summary: The status of fuel supply and pricing in Nigeria remains in question as fuel marketers and labor leaders left a stakeholders' meeting on October 16 with little agreement but significant distrust and resentment. Labor promises mass action at retail stations if marketers do not sell [...]	2003-10-17 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ENRG EPET NI PGOV
03LAGOS2322	NIGERIAN NATIONAL LABOUR CONGRESS OPPOSES [...] (U) The latest stage in the recurring disputes between the President and the National Labour Congress (NLC) was President Olusegun Obasanjo's submission of a bill to the National Assembly to revise laws governing trade unions. The bill seeks to amend Nigeria's Trade Unions Act by recognizing [...]	2003-11-09 09:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI
03LAGOS2330	OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2535	A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...]	2003-12-16 10:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI
03LAGOS2606	NIGERIA: WHEN DOVES FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and Economic Counselor met on December 1 with Femi Falana, former president of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and well-known international human rights lawyer, to discuss the internal battle for power within the CDHR. CDHR executives have accused Fa [...]	2003-12-19 11:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS2640	NIGERIA: TALE OF TWO CONVENTIONS [...] (U) The Alliance for Democracy (AD) party parted in two when opposing groups held separate national conventions in Lagos and Abuja last week. Plagued by infighting and the controversial self-appointment as party chairman of Ahmed Adamu Abdulkadir, President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Manu [...]	2003-12-24 10:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS504	NIGERIA: WHO WAS MARSHALL HARRY? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. Harry engendered bitter rivalries as a notorious power-player and strategist who aimed to shift power to South-south minorities, including Rivers S [...]	2003-03-07 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI
03LAGOS563	NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...]	2003-03-17 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS673	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NLC TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with the Acting President of the National Labour Congress (NLC),Joseph Akinlaja, on Thursday, March 27, 2003, to discuss, inter alia, NLC plans to begin a nationwide civil service strike on April 1. Akinlaja, who is also General Secretary of the National Union of Petr [...]	2003-03-31 14:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV
03LAGOS683	NIGERIA: APRIL FOOLS - NLC SUSPENDS STRIKE OF [...] SUMMARY: Joseph Akinlaja, General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, informed Laboff that the GON reached an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at approximately 0100 hours on April 1, 2003, hours before a nationwide civil service strike was sc [...]	2003-04-01 14:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI
03MONTREAL245	QUEBEC TELECOMS STRUGGLE WITH OVERCAPACITY, LACK OF [...] SUMMARY: QUEBEC'S TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY, A SECTOR WHICH AT ITS PEAK IN 1999 SUPPORTED 114,500 JOBS, CUT MORE THAN 21,000 JOBS IN 2002. ANALYSTS ARE PREDICTING ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR WITH LOW INVESTMENT RATES AND A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN BANKRUPTCIES IN SMALLER COMPANIES. END SUMMARY. 2. MON [...]	2003-02-25 12:19:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETTC CA BEXP
03NASSAU586	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2003-03-18 16:47:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON EFIN PREL CARICOM
03OTTAWA2149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Bush can't afford to go it alone" Columnist Carol Goar commented in the liberal Toronto Star (7/25): "On the one hand, there's pride. It would be humiliating for U.S. President George Bush, who dismissed the United Nations as ineffectual and irrelevant just four months ago, to turn to the [...]	2003-07-29 14:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2429	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...]	2003-08-26 12:12:00	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

03OTTAWA99	INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON TRADE AND [...] The GOC is not providing any assistance to Afghanistan for capacity building in the trade and trade-related area listed in reftel. 2. However, Canada is contributing C$1.5 million (about US$1 million) to electoral support through Elections Canada and the International Foundation for Elect [...]	2003-01-10 16:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AF CA
03PRISTINA177	AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...]	2003-02-06 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI
03RANGOON1259	RAZALI'S RANGOON MEETINGS DISAPPOINT [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali departed Rangoon on October 2nd, calling his trip a "total failure." Though he did not achieve any tangible results, his visit was important in assessing the degree of open mindedness on all sides for the SPDC's recently announced "road map to democracy." [...]	2003-10-02 13:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BM
03RANGOON1509	BURMA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FETED [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Iftaar dinners hosted recently by the Embassy community made great strides in improving already good relations with the Burmese and Diplomatic Muslim communities. There were good exchanges on religious diversity, the role of Islam in the United States, religious tensions in [...]	2003-11-21 07:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SCUL KPAO PREL BM
03RANGOON430	WILL BURMA'S BANKS SURVIVE? SIGNS POINT TO NO [...] (C) Summary: Another payday passed without incident on March 31, but that does not mean that all is well in Burma. The banking crisis continues grimly on, with increasing negative spillover into the general economy. Though bankers, borrowers, and businesses are begging for mercy, government p [...]	2003-04-07 08:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV BM
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
03ROME1268	G8 FAMINE MEETINGS IN ROME [...] (SBU) G8 MEMBER STATES DID NOT REACH CONSENSUS ON A COMMON TEXT FOR PRESENTATION. OPPOSITION TO A U.S.-FRENCH DRAFT WAS LED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND CANADA, WHO FAVOR PRESENTATION OF A LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR TEXT (REPRODUCED BELOW). THE U.S.- FRENCH DRAFT RECEIVED [...]	2003-03-25 16:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP
03ROME1345	GOI THINKS SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO BOTH AFGHAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTERPARTS IN THE MFA, AND BOTH SAID THE GOI DID NOT SEE HOW A UNCHR DOCUMENT COULD BE AVOIDED. VARIOUS EU MEMBER STATES WERE ADAMANT THAT A RESOLUTION (EVEN STRONGER THAN THAT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY ITALY) WAS NECESS [...]	2003-03-28 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT AF AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME2315	ITALIAN MOD ON NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE [...] (C) ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IS ADAMANT THAT ANY NATO COMMAND STRUCTURING PLANS SHOULD MAKE SENSE BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, MARTINO'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR. DURING A MAY 23 DISCUSSION ON OTHER MATTERS, TRUPIANO TOLD POL-MIL COUNSELOR T [...]	2003-05-23 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GR IT NATO
03ROME4056	WFP EMERGENCY (EMOP) FOR NIGERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 09:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF EU UN
03ROME4564	EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING IN ROME [...] (U) SUMMARY. EU Defense Ministers discussed five main issues during their Oct. 3-4 informal meeting in Rome, the first meeting of EU DefMins at 25. They proposed creating a working group to consider an EU role in Bosnia/SFOR, including replacing SFOR with an EU operation under UK command by [...]	2003-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EUN NATO
03SANTODOMINGO6669	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #2: PRD AND PRSC -- [...] Following is the second in Embassy Santo Domingo's series on the 2004 presidential elections: (begin text) PRD and PRSC - - STRETCHING UNTIL THEY BREAK (Meetings sponsored over the weekend by rivals in the parties provided the spectacle of splits and the prospect of breakdown.) Ri [...]	2003-11-19 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7342	AMBASSADOR MOBILIZES DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 2, the Ambassador urged eight ambassadors of the OECD "Dublin Group" of the need for strong coordinated action against banking fraud and corruption. Ambassadors agreed on the poor state of the economy, the need for free and fair presidential elections, and the abili [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON DR
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
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
03TEGUCIGALPA2841	HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE ANOTHER 53 KILOS OF COCAINE, [...] On November 27, Honduran authorities seized approximately 53 kilos of cocaine from a truck in the remote northern town of Bonito Oriental in the Department of Colon. The cocaine valued at approximately USD two million was seized by the Honduran Frontier Police, working in cooperation with the [...]	2003-12-04 20:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS 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
03THEHAGUE1674	ICTY: LILIC'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC A MIXED [...] (C) Summary. To outside observers, Former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic's testimony against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last week looked like a mixed bag. Lilic gave a detailed accounting of Milosevic's role in decision-maki [...]	2003-06-27 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2818	ICTY: AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S MEETINGS WITH ICTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Pierre-Richard Prosper met with the President and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in separate meetings on October 30 in The Hague. Ambassador Prosper, meeting with ICTY officials on the margins o [...]	2003-11-07 16:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03ZAGREB517	INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...] SUMMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN COURTS COUNTRY-WIDE. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE MUCH- NEEDED JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOC COSTS ASSOCIATED [...]	2003-03-10 15:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN
03ZAGREB669	TFIZ01: CROATIA'S PM DISCUSSES GOC IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER RACAN "INVITED THE AMBASSADOR FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00669 01 OF 03 251246Z COFFEE" MARCH 24 TO CLARIFY THE GOC'S REASONS FOR ADOPTING A POSITION NOT ALIGNED WITH OURS ON IRAQ. (THIS GOC POSITION HAS BEEN PLAYED OUT UNHELPFULLY [...]	2003-03-25 12:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC PGOV MARR HR IZ
04ABUDHABI1589	UAE ACTIVIST ATTEMPTS TO OPEN INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Roken (PLEASE PROTECT),a Dubai-based Emirati human rights activist, moderate Islamist, and longtime Embassy contact, informed Poloff on May 9, under conditions of confidentiality, that he and four women will attempt SIPDIS to open a "genuine, independe [...]	2004-05-17 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR TC
04ABUDHABI3583	Embassies Abu Dhabi and Baghdad Join Forces to Train [...] Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi's Public Affairs Section combined forces with Embassy Baghdad to host 10 Iraqi journalists, (8 men & 2 women) in a workshop entitled Effective Use of the Internet for Journalists, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 25th to 30th, 2004. Embassy Baghdad Publi [...]	2004-10-12 04:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO TC OIIP KIRC
04ABUJA1012	NLC PLANS GENERAL STRIKE TO BEGIN JUNE 9 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced a 21-day general strike to begin June 9 against the latest increase in the price of gasoline. Less than twelve hours until its deadline, numerous organizations are supporting the strike even as efforts are under way to resolve t [...]	2004-06-08 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ELAB NI
04ABUJA1040	FUEL STRIKE ENTERS DAY 2: COMING OR GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike began its second day much as the first day. Businesses, especially banks and filling stations, remain closed in many parts of the country. The strike remains for the most part non-violent, but a clash outside NLC headquarters today cla [...]	2004-06-10 13:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NI
04ABUJA1041	NEW ETHNO-RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN ADAMAWA STATE [...] At least nine and as many as 50 were killed in Numan, Adamawa State, on June 8 in ethno-religious fighting that began over the rebuilding of a mosque near the palace of the Christian Bachama ethnic group's traditional leader. Several mosques and homes were burned, and many residents have fled [...]	2004-06-11 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL NI
04ABUJA1050	LABOR STRIKE DAY 3: ANTICIPATION OF FRIDAY PRAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Labour Congress (NLC) strike opened its third day with a sense of anticipation. NLC teams continue circulating in many parts of the country checking gas stations and telling the public that the strike remains on. GON officials are seen on TV similarly checking gas [...]	2004-06-11 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EPET NI
04ABUJA1054	LABOR SUSPENDED THE NATIONAL STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Labour Congress (NLC) strike that began June 9 was "suspended" in the evening of June 11 when the NLC announced that the GON had substantially complied with the demand to reduce fuel prices. The NLC called its strike a success, while some of the opposition felt the [...]	2004-06-14 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EPET NI
04ABUJA1158	NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS RHETORIC KNOCKS GON ON [...] (U) June 30, local print media reported that during a June 29 address to union leaders in Calabar, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomole threatened that union members would hold a "mass rally" in Calabar to protest the GON's failure to extradite former Liberian President Cha [...]	2004-06-30 11:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC ELAB LI NI
04ABUJA1259	OJUKWU: ANGLING FOR A BIGGER ROLE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting with PolOff at his Enugu home, Chief Emeke Ojukwu, retired general and former Biafra leader, lamented the state of the nation and blamed Obasanjo for "breaking up the country." He pointed to the deteriorating security situation and complained that both poli [...]	2004-07-16 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI DOMESTICPOLITICS
04ABUJA1279	YELWA: WITH WOUNDS STILL FRESH, RESIDENTS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 23-25, Poloff traveled to the Middle Belt state of Plateau, visiting Jos and crisis-torn Yelwa-Shendam where over 800 people were killed in a long-drawn communal conflict in May this year. The small town of Yelwa-Shendam was a ghost town with few residents returning. [...]	2004-07-22 05:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA1284	ELECTION NULLIFICATION OVERTURNED, KEEPING [...] (U) Summary. On July 5, an appeals court sitting in Jos overturned the March 24 election tribunal decision that had nullified the election of Adamawa State Governor Boni Haruna. The verdicts of the appeals court and the election tribunal differed so significantly on their findings of the rel [...]	2004-07-23 07:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM NI ELECTIONS
04ABUJA1442	THE NIGERIA LABOR CONGRESS MOBILIZES AGAINST [...] Summary. The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has unveiled its plan to stop the passage of a trade union reform bill now before the national assembly. Proposed by the Presidency, the bill seeks to end the NLC's monopoly as the only recognized labor federation in Nigeria, stop automatic dues pa [...]	2004-08-20 12:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR KDEM ECON NI
04ABUJA149	NIGERIA AND DPRK MISSILES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Nigeria has continuing military cooperation with the DPRK, but the Nigerians tell us they are only talking about missiles to keep the door open for military aid from the DPRK, and do not intend to procure missiles or their technology. DPRK VP Yang Hyong-sop is visiting Nigeria [...]	2004-01-29 14:33:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNP PREL KN NI
04ABUJA1506	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKING WAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigerian legislators are suddenly making news. The House of Representatives was applauded for passing the Freedom of Information Bill, making government information open to the public and protecting whistle blowers. The Senate yesterday unanimously demanded that President Ob [...]	2004-09-01 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NI
04ABUJA1515	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rebel movements' inexperience in conducing serious negotiations, the unwillingness of the "Teflon" government delegation to accept any responsibility for the situation on the ground in Darfur, and the broad latitude the mediator has permitted the parties to digress [...]	2004-09-03 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1727	PARTIAL COMPLIANCE AS NATIONWIDE STRIKE ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationwide sit-at-home strike called by the leadership of the NLC entered its second day October 12. In Abuja, most streets and markets were active, but the doors of most commercial banks and filling stations were closed to customers. In Lagos, the stock exchange and Cent [...]	2004-10-12 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI
04ABUJA1831	IN BAUCHI STATE, TWO MORE WOMEN SENTENCED TO [...] Summary. Bauchi State Shari's courts sentenced two unmarried women to death by stoning for adultery on the evidence of their pregnancies, while releasing their partners for lack of evidence. Both women have appealed and are receiving legal assistance. Since the adoption in 2000 of Shari'a [...]	2004-10-29 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA1837	NIGERIA STRIKE TO RESUME NOVEMBER 16, INCLUDE OIL [...] This is a joint Embassy Abuja - Consulate Lagos Report. 2. The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civil society organizations met October 31 in Lagos, announcing that the NLC would resume on November 16 its nationwide strike against gasoline price increases, and threatening that this [...]	2004-11-01 11:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EPET ELAB PINS NI
04ABUJA2051	CHINA PROVIDES WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT [...] The Chinese government is to provide 598 boreholes in 18 states plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The leader of a team of Chinese engineers, Mr. Dai Genbao, said that his team is currently conducting reconnaissance in the states as a prelude to the commencement of the water project. [...]	2004-12-13 10:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV EAID CH NI
04ABUJA2068	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reftel described fragility of African Union-led peace talks on Darfur due to intense fighting in Darfur. AU and international observers met with the SLM on December 14 and with the JEM and GOS on December 15. The CFC representative to the talks reported that Sudanese Government [...]	2004-12-15 11:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR EAID PREF PGOV SU NI DARFUR
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
04ABUJA2144	SOUCRE CLAIMS "SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN" MAY BE IN THE [...] (S) Poloff met with a contact on December 23 to discuss the recent Appeals Court decision and other related topics. The source, Aliyu Adamu Jimeta, claimed that "a group" of political activists had considered sabotaging government infrastructure during the COJA games and the CHOGM meeting in [...]	2004-12-28 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA523	BUHARI'S SUIT CONTINUES, HE IS UPBEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hearings continue at the Court of Appeals in ANPP candidate Buhari's legal challenge to Obasanjo's election as president, and Buhari is happy with how the election tribunal is going. He and most observers at the trial believe the evidence being presented is helping his case, and [...]	2004-03-25 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NI
04ABUJA539	JUDGMENT OF YOLA -- PDP GOVERNOR'S ELECTION [...] (U) An election tribunal on March 24 nullified the election of PDP Governor Bonie Haruna, VP Atiku's protege, in Atiku's home Adamawa state. The judgment delivered in Yola amidst tight security and police intimidation was a unanimous decision of the five-judge panel that the April 19, 2003 el [...]	2004-03-26 13:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ABUJA582	THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While security in general is at its lowest point in recent memory, many of the recent wave of killings (septel) are attributable to two political trends, one local and one national. The majority of national politics incidents appear to stem from internal disputes in Obasanjo's [...]	2004-04-05 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI
04ABUJA588	VP ATIKU RAILS AGAINST ADAMAWA JUDGEMENT, SUFFERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the March 24 nullification of Boni Haruna's 2003 Adamawa gubernatorial victory by the Adamawa State Election Tribunal, Vice President Atiku Abubakar angrily voiced his opposition to the ruling at a People's Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Yola. Unfortunately for Atik [...]	2004-04-07 05:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ACCRA1560	CHAMBAS ON ACCRA III, LIBERIA, SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. According to ECOWAS Executive Secretary Ibn Chambas, the Accra III talks will focus on four main points: return of dismissed ministers, resumption of the government of "national unity", passage of LMA legislation, and DDR. Legislation will be the most difficult issue, with Articl [...]	2004-07-28 12:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GH ECOWAS
04AMMAN1665	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a group called "The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Iraqi People" regarding a proposed conference comprised of representatives from many different gr [...]	2004-03-04 19:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN2520	DEPUTIES EASILY APPROVE SALES TAX INCREASE OVER [...] (C) MPs on March 28 endorsed a three percent increase in the general sales tax as part of the GOJ's budgetary price and tax hike package. Apart from a few independent MPs and the members of the Islamic Action Front, a large majority of the 95 deputies present voted in favor of the legislation [...]	2004-04-01 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JO
04AMMAN3348	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT ASKS KING TO CALL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament delivered a petition April 27 to the Prime Minister requesting an extraordinary session to debate 88 of the remaining provisional laws approved by the GOJ during Parliament's almost two-year absence. The petition was signed by 71 of the 110 me [...]	2004-05-03 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
04AMMAN8809	UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...]	2004-10-26 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS
04ANKARA2074	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING [...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2078	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: WHAT IS THE [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's reforms in pursuit of Turkey's EU candidacy suggest there is truth in his assertions that he and AKP hew to western concepts of democracy. At the same time, many in AKP and the Turkish "secular" establishment worry that because Erdogan and other AKP founders came out [...]	2004-04-09 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2823	TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...]	2004-05-20 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA4320	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6627	DCM URGES CONTINUED EU PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The DCM November 26 urged MFA officials to look for ways to bolster Turkey's EU candidacy in the run-up to the December Summit. With opposition to Turkish membership building in Europe, the GOT should strengthen its position by pursuing reforms. Signing a protocol extending its [...]	2004-11-30 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA663	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, 2003-4 [...] (U) In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2003-4 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. (U) Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single [...]	2004-02-05 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP TU
04ANKARA6887	PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...]	2004-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU
04BOGOTA12835	TAMPA AIRLINES: PROCEED WITH CAUTION [...] (C) Summary. Post has no objection to Ex-Im Bank's financing of a Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft for Tampa Airlines based on currently available information. Embassy recommends that Ex-Im proceed with caution, however, based on results of a recent meeting between DEA and Tampa Airlines and T [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA1356	URIBE'S MEETING WITH INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation met with President Uribe and FM Barco on February 4. Reftel details the portion of the meeting devoted to paramilitary demobilization and extradition issues. Barco expressed guarded optimism regarding the OAS vote on Se [...]	2004-02-10 15:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM PTER SNAR CO EU
04BRASILIA1000	BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART III: LAND DISPUTES AND [...] (U) This is Part III of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable discusses current land disputes. Part I (ref B) provided an overview and Part II (ref C) discussed concerns of indigenous leaders. 2. (U) Summary. The government of Brazil is facing unhappiness among indigeno [...]	2004-04-27 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP
04BRASILIA862	FTAA: INITIAL BUENOS AIRES FALLOUT IN BRASILIA [...] (U) Summary. Following the informal FTAA discussions in Buenos Aires March 31-April 1, which ended without agreement (reftel),Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials launched an aggressive media campaign to get the word out that U.S. intransigence was to blame for the impasse. Fore [...]	2004-04-08 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BR FTAA
04BRUSSELS1074	SOLANA ON BOSNIA: PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES TRUST, TOO [...] (C) This is a joint USEU/USNATO message. Policy recommendation in para 12. 2. (C) Summary: In an animated discussion with Ambassadors Schnabel and Burns March 9 on planning for a post-SFOR EU mission in Bosnia, EU HiRep Javier Solana said, "If you want the EU to be your partner in Europe, [...]	2004-03-12 15:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BK MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1162	U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...]	2004-03-19 09:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4144	EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Solana's secretariat are confident that the transfer will go smoothly. The transfer date has been largely resolved among commanders on the ground, but the EU poli [...]	2004-09-28 14:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4181	THE STABILITY PACT: PRESSING REFORM THROUGH [...] (SBU) With South Eastern Europe facing a decisive year in 2005, the Stability Pact (SP) continues to generate pressure for further political and economic reforms in the region and to draw the region closer to European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The Pact is complementing its ongoing efforts [...]	2004-09-30 08:50:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4915	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: TWO-WEEK DELAY UNLIKELY TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BRUSSELS ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS USEU
04BRUSSELS5137	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON EP U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 30, Ambassador Schnabel paid an introductory call on Jonathan Evans, the Chairman of the European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee on Relations with the U.S. Evans suggested that an approach concentrating on the EU institutions in Brussels would be the most effective way [...]	2004-12-06 14:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUENOSAIRES2310	INDIGENOUS RIGHTS SUPPLEMENT: RIGHTS TO LAND AND [...] Argentina's Northwest province of Salta is undergoing a gradual economic transformation with prices for agricultural products, mining, oil up, and the tourism sector growing. Life, however, for the region's rural poor and indigenous communities remains difficult, characterized by high unemploy [...]	2004-08-12 17:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI ELAB PGOV EAID SENV AR
04CARACAS2725	MVR DEPUTIES ESPOUSE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) Deputies William Lara (Miranda) and Jose Khan (Caracas),told poloffs August 23 that they hoped to devise a plan for reconciliation in the National Assembly. Lara and Khan had avoided EMbassy contact for almost a year. They also expressed objections to post [...]	2004-08-27 12:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3156	ARDENT PRO-CHAVEZ DAILY GIVES GUARDED WELCOME AND [...] The regular "Stumbling Block" column published under the pseudonym "Marciano" in the very pro-Chavez daily DIARIO VEA, offered both a guarded welcome and a warning to Ambassador Brownfield. "Martian" noted that Ambassador Brownfield seemed to be bringing a new approach based on mutual respect [...]	2004-10-13 14:37:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL VE
04CARACAS3977	VENEZUELA'S MAGNATE DISCUSSES CHAVEZ AND THE REGION [...] (C ) SUMMARY. Gustavo Cisneros, who has massive business interests in Venezuela and throughout the Western Hemisphere, believes we should prepare for a more confrontational, long-term approach to Hugo Chavez; we have a lot of work ahead of us to develop a coherent regional containment policy; [...]	2004-12-30 17:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
04CARACAS532	CARTER CENTER BRIEFING ALARMS WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] (C) The Carter Center held a briefing on February 10 at the Ambassador's residence for Western Hemisphere ambassadors on the status of the signature verification process at the National Electoral Commission (CNE). Carter Center representatives described the numerous administrative problems (i [...]	2004-02-12 17:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04COLOMBO1074	Former PM requests U.S. visa for fellow MP [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNP MP Moulana admits to transporting rebel Tiger leader Karuna to Colombo. According to former PM Wickremesinghe, Karuna is now in the hands of the Sri Lanka Army. Wickremesinghe also requests Ambassador to help facilitate a U.S. visa for Moulana and his family. Moulana has [...]	2004-06-24 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1470	MALDIVES: GAYOOM TRIES FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maldivian President Gayoom shuffled members of his Cabinet September 1 as he divested himself of two long-held ministerial portfolios: defense and finance. As planned, the police also separated from the National Security Service on September 1, becoming a "civilian force." Sev [...]	2004-09-03 06:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1573	BRIEFING SRI LANKA'S "GOOD FRIEND" HIGH ON FINMIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama reviewed for the Ambassador his recent discussions with OPEC and outlined his thoughts on the WB/IMF meetings in Washington in early October. He looks forward to meeting USTR Zoellick and seeks to assure USTR of the GSL's commitment to support th [...]	2004-09-22 01:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EPET CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1912	MALDIVIAN REFORMISTS IN EXILE ASK FOR USG SUPPORT [...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with poloffs, representatives of the unregistered Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) living in Sri Lanka expressed concern about the freeness and fairness of parliamentary elections scheduled for December 31. In particular, they said that legal restrictions, inclu [...]	2004-11-26 06:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO2027	SRI LANKA: TAMIL INTERLOCUTORS SEE CEASEFIRE AS [...] (C) Separate discussions with pro- and anti-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) contacts reveal a rare consensus: that the ceasefire is increasingly fragile and that Tiger leader Prabhakaran's threat to "advance the freedom struggle" if the Government rejects his bid for an interim admi [...]	2004-12-22 07:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO44	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED POLITICAL SITUATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Milinda Moragoda says it is not clear if the PM wants a deal with the President, or a confrontation. The Indians continue to try to work the issue. Milinda sees proposed Tokyo co-chairs meeting as a way to keep attention focussed on Sri Lanka, but thinks outcome needs to be car [...]	2004-01-09 06:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CE
04COLOMBO809	Peace process, economic issues highlighted [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Sri Lanka, May 13-16. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Rajapakse, Opposition Leader (and former PM) Wickremesinghe, business leaders, and Tamil politicians. [...]	2004-05-18 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CE NO LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO842	Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...]	2004-05-20 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV
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
04DJIBOUTI1382	REPORT OF TERRORIST CAPTURED AND HANDED OVER TO [...] (U) Summary: The international Saudi newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat reported on October 25th that the brainchild of the latest series of European aid workers killings in Somaliland has been caught. The Somali terrorist, who is said to be an activist of Al Ittihad Al Islamiya, a terror group linked [...]	2004-10-28 08:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1586	MOBIL AND GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI OUTSTANDING [...] (C) Mobil Oil's Chief Executive in Djibouti, Alain Adam, met late on December 8 on an urgent basis with Ambassador to report that he had been approached at his office only an hour earlier by two representatives of Djibouti's security forces. They had come to arrest him at the behest of Djibout [...]	2004-12-13 10:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL DJ
04DJIBOUTI21	SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT AMEMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-06 11:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	DJ ECON EFIN KPAO PREL
04DJIBOUTI23	SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT U.S. [...] (U) A review of items of interest in Djibouti for the month of December follows. DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA RELATIONS -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary for Bilateral Relations Miriam Goumaneh updated visiting AF/E Deputy Director Phil Carter and Political Of [...]	2004-01-07 07:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI711	EXXON-MOBIL NOTIFIED OF TERMINAL CLOSURE AND LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Exxon-Mobil has received notification that it must terminate its operations at the existing port effective May 2005 and relocate to the new Doraleh port. Storage tanks would be available at the new port for either rent or a possible shareholding arrangement with Horizon Terminals [...]	2004-05-17 13:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI731	EXXON-MOBIL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON NEXT STEPS [...] This cable contains proprietary corporate information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Alain Adam, Director General of Exxon-Mobil operations in Djibouti (Mobil),briefed the Ambassador and DCM on May 23 about his meeting with Exxon-Mobil's East and Southern Africa Cluster [...]	2004-05-23 13:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL PGOV ECON DJ
04DJIBOUTI869	EXXON-MOBIL ON PATH TO SHOWDOWN WITH DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Summary: Mobil is enroute to a likely showdown with the Government of Djibouti over compensation and other issues arising from Djibouti's announcement that Mobil must close, on environmental grounds, its existing oil storage and distribution facility at Djibouti port by May, 2005. Mobil [...]	2004-06-23 08:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL MARR PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI947	MOBIL FILES CIVIL COURT ACTION AGAINST GOVERNMENT [...] (C) During Ambassador's 7/9 meeting with Nairobi-based John J. DiTullio, Cluster Sales and Operations Manager for Exxon-Mobil East and Southern Africa, and Mobil Djibouti Director General, Alain Adam, Adam stated that Exxon/Mobil had filed on July 8 an action against the Government of Djibouti [...]	2004-07-11 14:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL DJ TC
04DUBLIN1101	NORTHERN IRELAND - IRISH PM TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss met on June 30 in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Ahern and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen to review Irish/British efforts to lay the ground work for another effort at restoring devolved government in NI. Ahern confirmed that he and [...]	2004-07-26 07:22:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK EUN NIPP
04DUBLIN1281	FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS BOOKS, MEETS PM [...] Summary: Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton paid a private visit to Dublin August 24 - 26. While the main purpose of Clinton's trip was to promote his new book, he and the Senator also met with PM Ahern over dinner and a reception that included other ministers. Clint [...]	2004-08-31 16:09:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA PREL EAID
04DUBLIN1566	(C) NORTHERN IRELAND: UK AND IRISH TO HOLD TALKS [...] (C) The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirms that proximity talks with the DUP and Sinn Fein will begin Friday October 15 in London. Senior officials from the two governments will shuttle between Sinn Fein and DUP representatives. The Irish government wants to keep this out of the [...]	2004-10-14 16:20:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER PGOV PREL EI UK NIPP
04DUBLIN1827	NORTHERN IRELAND: REISS CONSULTS WITH IRISH ON [...] (C) The President's Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Mitchell B. Reiss, traveled to Dublin on December 16 to discuss next steps in the peace process with Irish officials. Brendan Scannell, DFA Director of the Anglo-Irish Division, expressed views similar to those heard in London (reftel). [...]	2004-12-21 16:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EI NIPP
04DUBLIN1841	THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 22 DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a free-flowing December 22 meeting, the Ambassador and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern agreed that President Bush's planned February visit to Europe presented an opportunity to reenergize trans-Atlantic ties. Ahern noted a "huge willingness" among his counterparts within t [...]	2004-12-23 10:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR CPAS CVIS MASS PINR PINS EAID PGOV
04FRANKFURT8977	GM/OPEL JOB CUTS, LABOR UNREST, AND PLANT CLOSURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Motors has announced plans for massive job cuts and future plant closures at European subsidiary Opel, sparking labor unrest, including a wildcat strike at the Opel plant in Bochum beginning October 14, and reactions from federal and state ministers. The Hesse state gov [...]	2004-10-18 16:13:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND GM
04GUATEMALA247	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Energy and Mines Roberto Gonzalez on January 28. Gonzalez has strong free-market credentials and beliefs, has a background in the electric power sector, and shares our views on respecting contracts, attracting investment, reducing subsidies, and pres [...]	2004-02-02 22:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN PGOV PINR GT
04GUATEMALA272	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Energy and Mines Roberto Gonzalez on January 28. Gonzalez has strong free-market credentials and beliefs, has a background in the electric power sector, and shares our views on respecting contracts, attracting investment, reducing subsidies, and pres [...]	2004-02-04 18:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN PGOV PINR GT

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
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
04HOCHIMINHCITY1077	GVN LAUNCHES MASSIVE AGENT ORANGE MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BUT FEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam has launched a vigorous media campaign to whip up support for the Agent Orange lawsuit in a New York Federal Court, but our contacts and (wo)man on the street in Ho Chi Minh City remain largely unmoved, tending to be more preoccupied with quality of li [...]	2004-08-20 00:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL SENV OPRC VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY1238	VIETNAM ADOPTIONS BASELINE STUDY -- Danang [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen HCMC extended its baseline study of Vietnamese orphanages to Danang during a recent visit by CG and Consulate team. We found that one Danang orphanage has continued to receive funding from an American adoption agency, despite the suspension of adoptions and in return is [...]	2004-10-05 11:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS KFRD KOCI VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY153	CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGION IN VIETNAM: MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Local religious leaders offered up fewer specific complaints of violent or coercive acts of religious oppression and called for greater activism during meetings with a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in January. While some government offici [...]	2004-02-13 11:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04KATHMANDU1001	NEPAL: KING'S ADVISOR OUTLINES STEPS TO FORM NEW [...] SUMMARY: KING GYANENDRA'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND CONFIDANT, PRABHAKAR RANA, TOLD THE CHARGE AND DCM ON MAY 28 THAT REPEATED EFFORTS TO PERSUADE THE LEADERS OF THE TWO MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES TO ACCEPT SOMEONE ELSE AS PRIME MINISTER HAD FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE KING IS LIKELY TO CALL ALL THE PART [...]	2004-05-28 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	NP PGOV PREL GON
04KATHMANDU1024	NEPAL: DEUBA DUBBED PRIME MINISTER; CONGRESS' [...] (C) At about 11:00 a.m. local time on June 2, King Gyanendra appointed two-time Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister. He is expected to be sworn in on June 3. According to Palace sources, Deuba's nomination has the critical sup [...]	2004-06-02 08:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1269	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM forms 31-member cabinet: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded his three-member cabinet to 31-member cabinet by inducting 28 ministers from four political parties and civic society on Monday. (Major reports, 7/6) -- Cabinet faces: The cabinet has 19 cabin [...]	2004-07-08 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU607	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 27-April [...] Indian police arrested Maoist senior politburo member Mohan Vaidya (Ref A). The Home Minister rejected the United Nation's (UN) call for a ceasefire, declaring that the Government of Nepal (GON) will not allow the Maoists "another chance to regroup." Nepal was unusually subdued this week wi [...]	2004-04-02 06:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU901	NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETS KING, POLITICAL PARTIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 5 meeting with Nepal,s King Gyanendra and a May 6 meeting with representatives of the main political parties, SA DAS Camp found both sides deeply distrustful of the other and adamant that they would not budge from their positions. (Both meetings took place before the res [...]	2004-05-12 05:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
04KINSHASA1357	EMBASSY ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT FOREIGN MINISTER GHONDA REMAINS IN OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In demarches to both President Kabila's Chef de Cabinet and Vice President Bemba, the Embassy argued that FM Ghonda was a key element in the success of the July 14 and 15 meetings in Washington. Given the importance of his likely contribution to future such negotiations, we arg [...]	2004-07-20 15:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG UG US
04KINSHASA1500	FORMER FM GHONDA DISCUSSES HIS DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: In an informal August 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda (protect) observed that he had had growing problems over time with the leader of his ostensible party, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba. In addition, Ghonda reported that Ugandan President Museveni [...]	2004-08-09 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CG
04KINSHASA1580	MEDIA PLACEMENT, AUGUST 7-14, 2004 [...] The August 7th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Satellite" carried on page 8 the article entitled "U.S. Congress Terms Situation In Darfur `Genocide'- Senate, House Pass Concurrent Resolutions On Darfur". The article was credited to the "Office of International Information Program of the Depa [...]	2004-08-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO CG
04KUWAIT1811	(C) HARDLINE ISLAMISTS LASH OUT AT US -- FEELING [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Islamist MP issued a lengthy diatribe accusing the US Embassy of interfering in Kuwait's internal affairs; he was clearly reacting to the report detailing our activities in support of human rights, posted on the DoS website. GOK officials including the Foreign Minister quick [...]	2004-06-08 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI KWMN KU
04KUWAIT2496	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: US MILITARY PRESSES INDIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted an August 5 meeting between representatives of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and representatives from the Indian and Phillipines Embassies concerning the travel ban that both India and the Philippines have imposed, prohibiting their natio [...]	2004-08-07 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP
04KUWAIT539	(U) IRAQ: NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES' MEETING SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwait hosted the Fifth Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Iraq February 14-15. The participation of the Iraqis for the first time, and the presence of UN Special Envoy Brahimi, minimized contentiousness and resulted in success, in the GOK view. Th [...]	2004-02-17 11:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ KU UNSC
04LAGOS127	STRIKE BEGINS IN NIGERIA JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) Nigerians awoke to a state of confusion Wednesday, January 21, as competing reports circulated as to whether the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) was continuing its call for a nationwide strike (ref A). Although commerce continues across sectors, the NLC maintains that the strike is on, and [...]	2004-01-21 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV EINV NI
04LAGOS1291	CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT AT NATIONAL HOSPITAL, [...] Summary. In early May 2004, President Obasanjo canceled the contract of the expatriate management team of the National Hospital of Abuja, a year before it was to be up for review. The British managers had been facing discontented staff, equipment breaking down, and the envy of Nigerian profes [...]	2004-06-24 10:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI
04LAGOS146	LASCO CALLS OFF STRIKE [...] On January 21, shortly after the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) began a nationwide strike to protest GON policies pertaining to petroleum pricing, NLC President Adams Oshiomhole made an official announcement to suspend the strike. The announcement came before labor and civil socie [...]	2004-01-22 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV
04LAGOS2071	NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...]	2004-10-12 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET
04LAGOS2072	NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...]	2004-10-12 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET
04LAGOS2107	NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #4: OCTOBER 14 [...] (U) Summary. The nationwide strike continued for its fourth day. The joint labor-civil society coalition will meet in Abuja this afternoon and is expected to suspend the strike for two weeks as planned. Oil production remains unaffected. Around the country, many banks, offices, and schools rema [...]	2004-10-14 16:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI
04LAGOS2270	STRIKE UPDATE - FOR CLEARANCE [...] (C) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many oil [...]	2004-11-10 16:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ASEC NI
04LAGOS2273	LOOKING TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 16 STRIKE [...] (SBU) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many o [...]	2004-11-10 17:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2306	GON PROMISES FUEL PRICE REDUCTION AND LABOR [...] (U) On November 15, the GON announced it would reduce the price of fuel to N49 per liter. Responding to the promised price reduction, the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) suspended the strike planned to begin November 16. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole told [...]	2004-11-16 16:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV
04LAGOS462	Nigeria: NLC Plans Protests Against Casualization [...] (U) On February 26, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced that the NLC, the Congress of Free Trade Unions (CFTU),and several civil society groups have planned demonstrations in Lagos beginning March 4, 2004 to protest casualization (use of contract labor) in the ba [...]	2004-03-02 16:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV
04LAGOS637	NIGERIA: SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - MARCH 2004 [...] (U) Continuing its losing ways, the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) lost another challenge to the April 2003 elections that gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five of the six southwestern gubernatorial offices AD had held since 1999. 2. (U) Immediately after the elections, the AD had [...]	2004-03-24 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LJUBLJANA576	SLOVENIAN OPPOSITION FORMS NEW POLITICAL "FORUM", [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hailed as a "brilliant political move" by some pundits, and criticized by ruling LDS party members for putting personal gain ahead of the national interest, FoMin Rupel joined many of his former DEMOS associates in establishing a new forum dubbed the "Assembly for the Republic ( [...]	2004-06-18 12:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SI
04LJUBLJANA59	SLOVENIA: ZOELLICK'S LETTER: "CONSTRUCTIVE AND [...] (SBU) On 20 January, Econoff and Econ Specialist followed up an earlier conversation with Dmirtij Grcar, State Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of the Economy, examining Ambassador Zoellick's letter to his ministerial counterparts (ref A). Reaching into his drawer and p [...]	2004-01-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SI WTO
04MADRID2164	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SEVILLE, SOCIALIST HEARTLAND [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's June 3 visit to Seville, Andalusia Region President Manuel Chaves told him that Spanish President Zapatero seeks "normal, strong" relations with the US despite Zapatero's rapid withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Chaves, a long-time Socialist party "boss," [...]	2004-06-09 09:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL ECON SP MO
04MANAMA1337	CODEL MILLER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Codel Miller met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa August 22 and discussed the domestic security situation, status of counter-terrorism laws in Bahrain, Iraq, the military confrontation in Najaf, U.S. public outreach efforts in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, A [...]	2004-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1467	SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL [...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to seeing you in Bahrain. We have asked for calls on the King, Crown Prince, and the Defense Minister apart from your attendance at the Disaster Preparedness Conference. Since your last visit here, the travel warning has been lifted and the DOD Bahrain S [...]	2004-09-22 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV BA
04MANAMA1524	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome you to Bahrain. While the genesis of your trip is meeting with Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition Ministers of Defense on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, your visit comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship with Bahrain. The mil-mil re [...]	2004-10-04 15:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ECON OVIP BA
04MANAMA1608	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY, [...] (C) Human rights activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja October 16 pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting hatred against the regime and circulating false information about top officials. During the opening session of his trial October 20, Al Khawaja repeated his plea and asserted that at the Sept [...]	2004-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BA
04MANAMA1618	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CROWN PRINCE [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary. The Crown Prince told the Ambassador October 23 that he would make calls to key Congressional leaders to urge early ratification of the FTA. He defended his recent labor reform proposals, which were recently criticized by elements in the business community. He denied that [...]	2004-10-25 10:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1745	SCENESETTER: KING HAMAD'S NOVEMBER 29 VISIT TO [...] (S) King Hamad requested to visit Washington to congratulate the President on his reelection, reaffirm Bahrain's strong support for U.S. Iraq policy and the war on terrorism, and consult with the President on Bahrain's hosting of the December 20 GCC Summit and outcomes the USG would like from [...]	2004-11-22 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC PHUM ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA375	SUPPORT FOR GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE IN [...] (SBU) Following U/S Grossman's visit to Bahrain on 3/3/04, Charg was invited by Al-Wasat Newspaper, to participate in a discussion forum about the Greater Middle East Initiative on 3/14/04. The forum was attended by a cross section of Bahrainis representing academia, business, media, and go [...]	2004-03-17 14:00:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR PGOV KPAO KDEM BA
04MAPUTO1616	MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: RENAMO LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: RENAMO's Dhlakama continues to reject provincial tabulation figures, which show a clear Guebuza victory in the presidential election and a strong FRELIMO win in parliamentary races. Despite the release of an independent parallel vote count largely corroborating the p [...]	2004-12-15 13:34:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ DHLAKAMA
04MONTREAL451	GAS PLANT PROJECT CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Quebec's energy board is holding hearings on whether provincial energy needs require the construction of an 836 megawatt gas plant, the Suroit, in Beauharnois, located 25 miles from Montreal and the U.S. border. The Board's recommendations, and the report of a provincial legislativ [...]	2004-03-19 21:02:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OEXC OIIP KISL KPAL PTER IS
04MUSCAT2189	OMAN FONMIN ON SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE [...] (C) Visiting NEA DAS Dibble reviewed themes in the Secretary's oral message with Omani Foreign Minister Bin SIPDIS Alawi. Concerning Iran's behavior, the Minister recommended finding ways to address Tehran's security concerns and feelings of isolation as an effective means of reducing its [...]	2004-12-16 18:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC ETRD MU
04NASSAU2407	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RENEWS CALL FOR DETENTION [...] (C) 37 Cuban nationals remain in detention in The Bahamas after a December 9 fire at a Nassau immigration facility following a disturbance initiated by detainees. Amnesty International continues to call for an independent inquiry into the fire and accompanying melee, in which 11 Royal Bahami [...]	2004-12-22 16:24:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PREL PGOV CU BF
04NEWDELHI7091	INDIAN LEFT NEGATIVE OVER BUSH RE-ELECTION, [...] (C) Summary: Indian Communist Party leaders have criticized PM Manmohan Singh's warm welcome of President Bush's re-election, calling this "an attempt to please American imperialism." Interestingly, however, party spokesperson D. Raja welcomed the PM's commitment to train Iraqi election offi [...]	2004-11-05 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG IZ IN US GOI
04NEWDELHI7755	PROPOSED BUS SERVICE STALLED BY DOCUMENT DISPUTE; RAIL LINK MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The December 7-8 talks in New Delhi on beginning a bus service between the two parts of Kashmir made no progress after the governments failed to break the impasse over documentation and modalities for crossing the LOC. Each side offered what they termed compromise solutions, but [...]	2004-12-08 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECPS IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI8192	MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA, [...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...]	2004-12-28 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI
04OTTAWA3420	IPR WEBSITE: CANADA [...] Post regrets delay in response to reftel. 2. Econ Counselor discussed the pros and cons of developing an IPR toolkit for Canada with FCS colleagues, who have experience with the highly successful China IPR toolkit. Our conclusion is that developing a similar project for Canada is not the [...]	2004-12-20 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD CA NAFTA
04PANAMA111	ENDARA TO RUN AS PANAMA'S "HONEST GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Former president Guillermo Endara has mapped a come-from-behind election strategy, positioned himself as the campaign's most serious anti-corruption reformer, derides front-runner Martin Torrijos's lack of experience and ability, and plans tough talks with U.S. negotiators on agriculture [...]	2004-01-20 15:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA153	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (PANAMA): NEW VICE MINISTER [...] Romel Adames (42) was appointed Vice Minister for Trade at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MICI) by President Moscoso on January 1, 2004. Adames, Harvard-educated and until recently Panama's Ambassador to the WTO, will be the lead negotiator for the GOP during the upcoming FTA negotia [...]	2004-01-23 21:16:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PINR PM ECON
04PANAMA452	CODEL WELLER UNDERSCORES GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Codel Weller,s February 19-22 visit to Panama underscored our strong friendship and high level of bilateral cooperation with GoP interlocutors, who included President Moscoso, FM Arias, National Security Advisor Jarvis, and VM for Foreign Trade Adames. Congressman Weller expres [...]	2004-02-26 20:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA584	PANAMA (FTAA/TNC): STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE G-14 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Panamanian Vice Minister for Foreign Trade Romel Adames told Econ Chief on March 8 that Panama would strongly support the USG position within the G-14 and moving forward with agreement on procedures for p [...]	2004-03-10 20:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA648	U.S.-PANAMA FTA NEGOTIATIONS - THOUGHTS ON TIMING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Commerce and Industry Joaquin Jacome and VM for Trade Romel Adames will be traveling to Washington next week for the March 23 TPSC Panama hearing at USTR and to press for moving forward expeditiously with FTA negotiations. The upcoming November U.S. elections and the [...]	2004-03-19 17:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA813	PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS--UNHCR PERMANENT OFFICE, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 21:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA892	Education, Absenteeism, and Closing Rallies. [...] (SBU) Candidates, voters, and electoral officials are in the home stretch for Panama's May 2 general elections. The Electoral Tribunal (ET) briefed the diplomatic corps on elections in an April 13 luncheon presentation with media present. On April 14, the ET warned the Supreme Court not to a [...]	2004-04-19 12:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
04PARIS9160	UKRAINE: FRENCH ON YUSHCHENKO VICTORY [...] (U) MFA desk officer for Ukraine Benoit Fremont described French satisfaction that the re-run of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election had been conducted freely and fairly. Fremont agreed that while there had been some problems with the balloting, the level of fraud had not [...]	2004-12-28 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU UP FR PL
04PRETORIA4322	SOUTH AFRICA: DE BEERS DIAMOND TECHNOLOGY FINDS [...] (U) Summary: De Beers, the world's largest producer of diamonds, has developed a fast x-ray scanner for diamond detection and analysis that also has useful application in the medical field. The Digital X-ray machine, called the Statscan, costs about $500,000 and can perform a full-body x- ra [...]	2004-09-27 13:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	TNGD TBIO EMIN EINV EIND ECON SF AMED
04QUITO2382	ECUADORIAN ARMS, MUNITIONS OFFERED FOR DESTRUCTION [...] In response to the Embassy's offer to include Ecuador in the State Department's Small Arms/Light Weapons (SALW) destruction program, Ecuador's service chiefs recently provided lists of weapons and ammunition they wish to destroy. Ecuador's joint command later blessed the inventory. Post bel [...]	2004-08-27 19:59:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MASS MOPS MARR 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
04QUITO3260	ECUADOR SPLIT ON SUPPORT OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] Summary. A public opinion poll sponsored by USAID shows that about half of the Ecuadorian public has heard about the FTA and about half of the public (both informed and uninformed) supports it. Not surprisingly, solid majorities believe that the FTA will benefit the U.S. far more than Ecuado [...]	2004-12-20 20:52:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECIN ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EC FTA
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
04ROME2224	U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT: GOI VIEWS AS "NOT [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING UP ON REF. A DISCUSSIONS, ECMIN MET THE MORNING OF JUNE 10 WITH EMIGLIO MARAINI, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO TRANSPORT MINISTER LUNARDI, SHORTLY BEFORE THE TWO WERE TO DEPART FOR THE TRANSPORT COUNCIL IN LUXEMBOURG. MARAINI ESSENTIALLY CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAD HEARD IN OUR EARLIER MEE [...]	2004-06-10 13:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT EUN AVIATION
04ROME3135	ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR 59TH UN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 11:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON IT KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA UN
04ROME3969	ITALY DEFENDS ITS NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a political imperative to stop waves of illegal immigrants, the Italian government has stepped up cooperation with Libya and adopted a policy of quickly returning to Libya immigrants who land illegally in Sicily. Responding to UN, NGO and opposition criticism, Italian [...]	2004-10-14 17:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL PREF IT LY EUN
04SANAA724	IMPROVED YEMEN-SAUDI COOPERATION, BUT STILL NO [...] (c) Summary: Saudi Poloff al-Mqhm told Pol/Econ Chief on 3/27 that there is strong interest in Saudi-Yemen cooperation, including projected committee meetings to develop a joint strategy for border security. He confirmed that because of concerns over smuggling, the SAG opted to construct a " [...]	2004-03-31 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANTODOMINGO1835	DOMINICAN ELECTION #30: OAS LAUNCHES OBSERVER [...] (SBU) This is No. 30 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: OAS LAUNCHES ELECTION OBERVER MISSION Senior advisor Santiago Murray kicked off the U.S.-funded Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission during a March 15-19 visit to Santo Domingo. Murray [...]	2004-03-22 18:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1986	DOMINICAN ELECTION #32: BATTLE OF THE POLLS [...] (SBU) This is no. 32 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: BATTLE OF THE POLLS Two polls published today, March 29, both show a much tighter presidential race, indicating that President Hipolito Mejia has picked up considerable support. Polls were done the same week in Mar [...]	2004-03-29 17:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5154	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND ECON TEAM SEEK TO REASSURE [...] (U) Summary: During the September 8 visit of EXIMBANK Vice President David Miller Dominican President Fernandez and his advisors stressed that the country,s economic crisis was one of liquidity rather than insolvency. They indicated their commitment to meeting the country's debt obligations an [...]	2004-09-15 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6492	DOMINICAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY DEFENDS FREE TRADE [...] On December 1 Dominican Secretary of Agriculture Amilcar Romero replied to an anti-trade-agreement diatribe at a national ceremony with a reasoned defense of the free trade agreement with the United States and Central America (CAFTA) and advised ranchers and farmers that agriculture will have [...]	2004-12-03 17:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL
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
04SANTODOMINGO797	GODR COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ENERGY GENERATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GODR appointed a six-member commission that includes Police General Pedro de Jesus Candelier and Secretary of Defense, Lieutenant General Jose Miguel Soto SIPDIS Jimenez, and senior GODR officials to reconcile GODR debt, determine fuel company fuel stocks, and review a sec [...]	2004-02-09 11:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV DR
04SAOPAULO843	RACE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION [...] (U) Affirmative action measures aimed at improving the socioeconomic situation of Afro-Brazilians are fundamental to the "Movimento Negro," or Black Movement. Though affirmative action remains controversial, even among Afro- Brazilians, the controversy itself is drawing public attention to t [...]	2004-06-04 19:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EINV SOCI BR TIP
04TAIPEI3071	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] U.S. Presidential Election A) "The United States Needs to Re-organize Its Relations with [Its] Asian Allies" Lai I-chung, International Affairs Director of the Taiwan Think Tank, said in an op-ed in the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (10/1): "Judging by the strategic traits of t [...]	2004-10-04 08:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3430	MOFA ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER CENTRAL AMERICA AID [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials are on the defensive in the wake of press allegations that MOFA funneled US$1.4 million to former Costa Rican president Miguel Angel Rodriguez. MOFA officials claim only $400,000 was given to Costa Rica for training programs and that Rodriguez apparently misuse [...]	2004-11-01 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TW
04TAIPEI3845	TAIWAN DREAMS OF AN INDIAN CARD [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan dreams of parlaying closer economic, political, and educational ties with India into an economic and even strategic counterweight to China's regional dominance. India seeks Taiwan investment along with manufacturing and commercial expertise but rejects the idea of forming [...]	2004-12-06 05:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL TW IN
04TAIPEI3904	"CHINA TIMES" EDITORIAL ON U.S.-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-08 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3924	TAIWAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI- [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 20:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
04TELAVIV1353	RUSSIAN ENVOY LOOKS TO UPCOMING QUARTET MEETING TO [...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin, just back from a trip to Saudi Arabia, told the Ambassador March 3 that the Saudis "made some nice noises" about working with Arab League partners in an effort to recommit to the Beirut Arab League declaration, the roadmap, UNSCR 1515 endorsing the [...]	2004-03-04 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1621	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...]	2004-03-16 11:32:00	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
04TELAVIV2079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]	2004-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the situation in Iraq. (Maariv's banner: "America in Trouble"; banners in Yediot and Hatzofe evoke the "Iraqi quagmire.") At least 150 Iraqis and 40 Americans were [...]	2004-04-08 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2412	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] April 27 Damascus Attack 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Hizbullah Deal 4. Cyprus ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. Administration is inclined to present Jordan's King Abdullah II a "balancin [...]	2004-04-28 12:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6232	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6455	MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not relinquish either its hold on Lebanon or its relationship with Iraq without gaining some concessions from the West to replace them. With one million Syrians [...]	2004-12-20 16:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1775	JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA [...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...]	2004-07-15 14:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE1833	DUTCH PM BALKENENDE ON CHINA, TURKEY, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Balkenende told Ambassador Sobel on July 20 the EU has not yet reached consensus on lifting the China Arms Embargo before the December EU-China summit. While strong voices in the EU are pushing for a quick (but not unconditional) lift, others now appear less convinc [...]	2004-07-20 17:42:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL CH TK IS NL
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
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
04THEHAGUE2766	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH WITHDRAWAL POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is determined to end the current deployment of Dutch troops in Al-Muthanna in mid-March in accordance with assurances provided to parliament last June. Defense Minister Kamp will send a letter to parliament in the next two weeks reaffirming that Dutch forces [...]	2004-10-28 06:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE3015	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RECONFIGURING THE DUTCH PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clear consensus in the Cabinet and parliament exists for concluding the Dutch deployment in Al Muthanna as scheduled. The government's November 12 letter to parliament states Dutch troops will end their current mission in mid-March, although some personnel will stay longer (we [...]	2004-11-19 08:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NL NATO EUN
04THEHAGUE3067	NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: POLDIR ON NOV [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel discussed the EU China arms embargo with MFA PolDir Hugo Siblesz on November 22; specifically the reference to the EU's intention to send a "positive signal" to China. Siblesz said the PRC had requested reference be made to the embargo in the EU-China Summit Communique. A [...]	2004-11-23 17:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3166	NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...]	2004-12-03 16:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH RS NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3178	EU/TURKEY: DUTCH ISSUE REV 2 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Rob Swartbol (PM Balkenende's diplomatic advisor) (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Ambassador Sobel late December 6 he was alarmed about efforts by France, Austria and Denmark to promote a third way/privileged partnership alternative for Turkey. He said that the Dutch were working to get Germany an [...]	2004-12-06 19:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TU CY EUN
04THEHAGUE467	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Dr. Tom Inch (UK),Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB),participated in the Western European Group (WEOG) meeting on Feb 17 to field questions from WEOG delegations on SAB priorities as well as scientific and technological developments. Inch noted that the SAB, as the technic [...]	2004-02-24 09:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
04VATICAN4517	VATICAN HOLDS FIRM ON ADDING CHRISTIAN REFERENCE [...] (SBU) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Ambassador November 26 that the Vatican intended to continue pressing to add a reference to Christianity in the title of the proposed OSCE Special Representative on Tolerance and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination. [...]	2004-11-29 14:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS NL VT OSCE VTPREL
04VILNIUS1194	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding support for Turkey's EU membership and provided non-paper on Turkey's progress on Copenhagen criteria to the MFA's Jurgita Apanaviciute on September 27. Apanaviciute, who is responsible for enlargement issues within the MFA's European Union Department, [...]	2004-09-30 12:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN EU TU LH
04VILNIUS1196	LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES REVISED INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The Lithuanian parliament September 29 approved a bill raising the ceiling on the number of troops deployable in international operations and extending authorization of current missions through December 31, 2005. The bill mandates that Lithuania deploy an all-volunteer force and [...]	2004-09-30 13:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1292	LITHUANIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings we facilitated between American Jewish Committee official Andrew Baker and key Lithuanian political leaders October 13-17 resulted in a reaffirmed commitment to restitute communal Jewish property. On the eve of round two of parliamentary elections, President Valdas Adamk [...]	2004-10-19 11:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNAR PHUM LH
04VILNIUS1315	LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT SPLIT ON REACTOR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas announced on October 21 that the GOL would ask the EU permission to postpone the decommissioning of the first of the two Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant units. Brazauskas said regional energy supply security justified the delay. President Valdas Adamkus, [...]	2004-10-22 12:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL LH
04VILNIUS1323	LABOR LEADS LITHUANIAN ELECTIONS; BRAZAUSKAS WILL [...] (C) Summary. Victor Uspaskich's Labor Party won a plurality in the final round of Lithuanian parliamentary elections, October 24, but failed to guarantee its place in a ruling coalition. Over the next few weeks, President Valdas Adamkus must invite the leader of the winning party or coalitio [...]	2004-10-25 15:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1352	THE END OF THE RAINBOW: COALITION TALKS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party suspended formal talks with the Brazauskas-Paulauskas coalition on October 28, following major disagreement over the constitution of a so-called "rainbow coalition." Immediately following the collapse of talks, the Brazauskas-Paulauskas coalition formally a [...]	2004-10-29 13:29:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1401	LITHUANIA RUSHES TO RATIFY EU CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania became the first member state to ratify the EU Constitution on November 11 when the government rushed through a vote on the treaty on one of the Parliament's last days in session. The GOL had previously decided not to hold a national referendum on the Constitution. Opp [...]	2004-11-12 15:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH

04VILNIUS1445	LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISION FOR NEW TERM [...] (SBU) The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) re-elected Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas November 25. In a speech to the Seimas November 24, Brazauskas outlined a broad vision for his new term. He promised to utilize EU funds to promote development in priority areas, such as the use, and expor [...]	2004-11-26 14:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1449	ADAMKUS JOINS UKRAINE MEDIATION EFFORT [...] (U) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus traveled to Kiev November 26 to join Polish President Kwasniewski's mediation efforts as domestic political pressure for Lithuanian engagement continued to mount. Though the scope and direction of Adamkus's involvement remain unclear, his strong democr [...]	2004-11-29 07:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UK LH
04VILNIUS1450	LITHUANIA DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE; TO [...] (U) The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) expressed its solidarity with the people of Ukraine and its support for their democratic objectives. In a vote of 123 to 1, with 3 abstentions, the 141-seat Seimas resolved to support the decision of Ukraine's Supreme Rada to evaluate the results of the [...]	2004-11-29 16:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP LH
04VILNIUS1454	UKRAINE: RUSSIANS REPORTEDLY BLAME U.S. FOR [...] (C) Adamkus expects to return to Ukraine with Kwasniewski and Solana before December 3 to continue mediation efforts, according to a senior adviser. Kwasniewski predicted privately to Adamkus November 30 that Ukraine would likely turn into "another Georgia" within a few days. A November 26 [...]	2004-11-30 13:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK LH
04VILNIUS1455	LITHUANIAN PM PRESENTS CABINET LIST TO A SKEPTICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Valdas Adamkus on November 29 appointed Algirdas Brazauskas the new Prime Minister of Lithuania. Brazauskas, in turn, presented the President with his list of ministerial candidates, which includes Labor Party boss Viktor Uspaskich and Peasant Party leader Kazimiera Pru [...]	2004-11-30 14:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1489	ADAMKUS REPORTS INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION MISSION [...] (C) Adamkus is satisfied with the outcome of the contentious international mediation session in Kiev December 6-7. He predicts that December 26 elections will occur on schedule, but admits that key uncertainties remain. A return of the international mediators to Kiev appears unlikely for no [...]	2004-12-07 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XH LH
04VILNIUS1492	LITHUANIA: DEFMIN NOMINEE PLEDGES TO STAY COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Valdas Adamkus on December 7 nominated Gediminas Kirkilas, a leader of the Social Democrat Party and former Chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, to become Minster of Defense in Lithuania's new government. Kirkilas, who will replace fellow Social Democrat [...]	2004-12-08 11:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1496	LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT FORCES CABINET SHAKE-UP [...] (C) Summary: President Valdas Adamkus scored a major political victory on December 7, forcing the ruling coalition of PM Algirdas Brazauskas to replace two Cabinet candidates. Viktoras Muntianas and Rimantas Vaitkus are now out of the line-up, and, if cleared by investigative services, Labor P [...]	2004-12-08 13:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1505	LITHUANIA TO PROCEED WITH REACTOR CLOSEOUT [...] (C) A GOL resolution on November 24 confirmed that one of two Chernobyl-type Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) reactors will close as expected on December 31. The resolution follows GOL-EU consultations in Brussels at which EU experts advised Lithuania to honor its EU accession commitments. [...]	2004-12-09 14:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL LH
04VILNIUS1512	CODEL HASTINGS PRAISES LITHUANIAN EFFORTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings, attending a GOL-sponsored conference on the promotion of democracy in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and the South Caucasus, met with President Adamkus and parliamentary (Seimas) and GOL foreign policy experts on December 3 to discuss the current Ukrainian [...]	2004-12-13 04:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK BO LH
04VILNIUS1523	LITHUANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE WITH BROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 13th Government of Lithuania took power on December 14, when Parliament approved the Cabinet and program of Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. Negotiations over two Ministerial posts proved difficult, with the President forcing substitute nominees and ultimately accepting as [...]	2004-12-16 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1546	NEW LITHUANIAN DEFMIN COMMITS TO CONTINUED SUPPORT [...] (U) This cable contains two action requests. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. New Lithuanian Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador that Lithuania would remain engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq during a December 21 tour d'horizon of our bilateral military-military re [...]	2004-12-22 12:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS LH
04VILNIUS1556	BALTS REPORT RUSSIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Russia has launched a "charm offensive" towards the Baltic states that features new movement on bilateral relations, according to Lithuanian officials and Baltic diplomats here. Lithuanian interlocutors point to recent Russian initiatives on long-stalled issues such as bilateral [...]	2004-12-23 10:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS LH
04WELLINGTON596	NEW ZEALAND-AUSTRALIA REGULATORY AGENCY TO RAISE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. makers of medical devices and dietary and nutritional supplements face the prospect of additional regulatory costs to enter the New Zealand market -- but perhaps not as high as the industry had feared. An Australian-New Zealand authority to regulate therapeutic products in [...]	2004-07-13 04:34:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD NZ
04WELLINGTON824	NEW ZEALAND TROOPS RETURN FROM IRAQ; NO FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's 12-month military deployment to Iraq ended September 25, with the homecoming of over 60 engineers and support staff. Prime Minister Helen Clark welcomed the troops, and issued a public statement confirming that no further deployments to Iraq are being considered. Wh [...]	2004-09-27 02:39:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NZ
04YEREVAN2591	(IMI) LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTACTS AND [...] This cable provides list of Armenia's government contacts and business associations ----------------------- PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE ----------------------- 1st Government Building Republic Square Yerevan 375010 Mr. Arthur Manaseryan, External Relations Department Chief Tel: (374-1) 5 [...]	2004-12-02 13:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05ABUDHABI1002	DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL REFORM IN UAE STARTS TO [...] (C) Summary: The UAE is now the only state in the Gulf without elected bodies. However, discussion is starting to percolate in the UAE media and in private settings about the potential for political reforms in the country, including the possibility of holding elections at the local and federal [...]	2005-03-02 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KMPI TC
05ABUDHABI1874	ILO VISITS UAE, WILL REVIEW DRAFT LABOR LAWS [...] (C) Summary: During his April 23-25 visit, the UAE Ministry of Labor presented ILO regional Middle East director Dr. Taleb Al Rafai with its draft revised labor law and draft labor union law for formal ILO review and comment in bringing UAE labor laws in line with international standards. Alt [...]	2005-04-27 23:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI353	USTR VISIT REINFORCES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Labor William Clatanoff met with representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Labor, and Foreign Affairs on January 17-19 to discuss a number of labor issues related to upcoming free trade negotiations. One subject Clatanoff [...]	2005-01-24 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4308	MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...]	2005-10-15 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC
05ABUJA1034	CHEEKY JIHADIST QUIVERS AS SACK FEVER GRIPS [...] On Friday, June 3, Governor Adamu Aliero of Kebbi State announced the removal of the Emir of Gwandu, one of the most senior traditional rulers in northern Nigeria, Mustapha Haruna Jokolo. Jokolo was quickly replaced by General Muhammadu Jega, a retired two-star general who twice served as mi [...]	2005-06-10 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF NI
05ABUJA1119	NIGERIAN LEGISLATORS THREATEN PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (U) On May 3, members of Nigeria's lower house initiated steps to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo, listing 19 impeachable offenses against the president, generally related to the Obasanjo's altering or ignoring decisions of the National Assembly. The impeachment's prime movers say about [...]	2005-06-23 09:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA1140	LAWYERS ACCUSE POLICE AUTHORITIES OF HUMAN [...] Summary: The uneasy relationship between the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Nigerian Police continues in Kogi State and Abuja. In late March in Kogi State, the NBA accused the police force of committing "gross" Human Rights abuses, while the police responded that the lawyers were he [...]	2005-06-27 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA118	TRADE AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 10:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NI
05ABUJA1217	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement, and Justice and Equality Movement signed a Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur (DOP) on July 5. This evolved after more than three weeks of African Union (AU) mediation assiste [...]	2005-07-06 14:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF NI SU CD DARFUR
05ABUJA1479	OBASANJO TASKS NORTHERN GOVERNORS: IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Presidential Villa on August 8, President Obasanjo tasked several northern Governors with improving their states' poor social conditions. In group discussions, attendees agreed that public health services had collapsed, and that local government had failed to deliver [...]	2005-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID NI
05ABUJA1821	NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]	2005-09-26 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA2079	RULING PARTY'S ILLEGAL ACTIONS CAUSE CONFUSION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The crisis within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) widened after its leadership ignored an Abuja High Court order and organized non-elective congresses on October 15, which excluded non-Obasanjo loyalists and their supporters. The congresses were characterized by [...]	2005-10-31 07:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA2119	LEADERS OF YORUBA MILITIA GROUP ARRESTED [...] Summary: The leaders of two warring factions of the outlawed militant group Odua People's Congress (OPC),Fredrick Fasehun and Gani Adams, were charged by a Lagos Magistrate Court last week. OPC is the Yoruba militia responsible for violent communal clashes in Lagos and other parts of the S [...]	2005-11-04 08:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI MILITANTS
05ACCRA1317	GHANA PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS WAY [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Yates met July 1 with President Kufuor to discuss ways to accelerate Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points, emphasizing that both sides needed to increase engagement in order to conclude an agreement within a rea [...]	2005-07-06 17:08:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KMCA GH MCA
05ACCRA644	SPEAKER DEBUTS HIPLIFE DOCUMENTARY TO WIDE [...] Summary. From February 17-26, 2005, post sponsored a series of film screenings across Ghana of a PAS-funded documentary that described links between Ghanaian hiplife artists and the United States. The film showings were part of post's African American History Month celebrations. Post used [...]	2005-04-01 11:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
05ADDISABABA3802	AU'S KONARE ON AU ASSEMBLY CHIEF, WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare told Charge November 8 that Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appears to be the most likely successor to Nigerian President Obasanjo to serve as Chairman of the AU Assembly. Konare also said that an AU team had just [...]	2005-11-09 04:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ET XA AF UNION
05ALMATY1774	CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The April 26th Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) shareholders meeting in Almaty ended in an impasse. Russian intransigence on forming a Russian board of directors (CPC-R),combined with a demand for a variable tariff on operating expenses (OPEX),created the logjam. In earlier [...]	2005-05-06 09:58:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1856	USOSCE AMBASSADOR MINIKES' MEETINGS WITH ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Minikes, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, met separately with Deputy Speaker of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Dyachenko, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission Zhumabekov, and Minister of Justice Baliyeva. Ambassador Min [...]	2005-05-16 01:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN2776	AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE BUBBLE: WIDER DANGER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A dramatic rise at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) over the past two years has both reflected and reinforced the Jordanian economy,s healthy growth since the 2003 coalition invasion of Iraq. The ASE was one of the best performers in the world over 2004, turning in one of the best [...]	2005-04-04 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KPAL JO
05AMMAN4991	JORDAN PREPARES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Jordan will host an international conference from July 4-6 to promote the Amman Message of moderate Islam. Tentatively entitled "True Islam and its Role in Contemporary Society," the organizing foundation has issued invitations to Muslim scholars, government officials, and religious figure [...]	2005-06-22 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IZ JO
05AMMAN5995	JORDAN FORWARDS NAMES FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry interlocutors July 27 handed to Legatt a list of 16 Jordanian nationals which they said at the time was for the UN 1267 Committee. In a follow-up conversation July 28, FM Legal Department Director Bishir Al-Khasawneh s [...]	2005-07-28 14:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PTER KTFN ASEC KVPR PREL EFIN ETTC CVIS JO
05AMMAN7979	NATIONAL AGENDA COMMISSION COMPLETES ITS WORK, BUT [...] (C) The royal commission charged with drafting a comprehensive National Agenda has completed its reform recommendations. Consensus was reached on all major issues except for electoral reform, with East Banker traditionalists determined to gut the proposed "national list" system. The GOJ pla [...]	2005-10-05 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO
05AMMAN8330	JORDAN IPR PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: PART I - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Safeguarding intellectual property rights (IPR) in Jordan has been a major government concern, but implementation is not yet well-coordinated, and the GoJ is ill-prepared for modern IP pirating techniques. As the sophistication of Jordan's IPR protection regime increases, the [...]	2005-10-23 10:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KTIA PGOV ECON JO
05AMMAN9515	TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court began proceedings in four separate cases against groups charged with planning to use cyanide to kill bar owners and patrons, illegally entering Syria to attack U.S. forces in Iraq, and plotting to attack U.S. personnel in Jordan. The court said it wo [...]	2005-12-08 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC JO IZ SY
05AMMAN9708	JORDAN IPR PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: PART II - GAPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan,s governmental infrastructure to protect IPR is decent, but most observers agree that human resource capacity building is a pressing need for that infrastructure to function effectively. The Ministry of Industry and Trade's Industrial Property Protection Directorate, a [...]	2005-12-18 07:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KTIA PGOV ECON JO
05AMMAN9748	JORDAN'S IPR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: PART III - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Protection of original pharmaceutical formulations in Jordan is governed not by patent laws, but by drug registration procedures that allocate exclusive marketing rights for innovative drugs for five years from the date of approval by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JF [...]	2005-12-19 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KTIA PGOV ECON JO
05ANKARA1079	Turkish Rice Quota Restrains Imports [...] (SBU) Summary. In February 2005, the Turkish government issued import licenses for rice under its new import regime announce in August 2004. However, because of the costly procedure and high tariffs no significant rice has been imported into the country. Traders estimate that import demand [...]	2005-03-01 09:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV TU
05ANKARA1168	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-04 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-21 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2051	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2215	LIFTING UNFICYP RESTRICTIONS: DHERINIA CROSSING [...] (C) We reiterated to Turkish MFA Acting DDG for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Bilman ref e-mail readout that, despite the opening of other crossings, Turkey will not get the language it desires in the next UNFICYP report and resolution if the Dherinia crossing remains closed. Bilman rep [...]	2005-04-19 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU UNFICYP
05ANKARA2230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2431	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-28 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA348	CODEL KYL 10 JANUARY MEETINGS WITH TGNA SPEAKER [...] (C) Summary. On 10 January, a CODEL led by Senator Jon Kyl, including Senator Murkowski, Senator Martinez and Representative Adam Smith, met separately with Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Speaker Bulent Arinc and DPM/FM Abdullah Gul. Speaker Arinc noted Turkey's recent EU-oriented re [...]	2005-01-19 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA3857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3863	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY PRESSES GOT ON WEAK [...] Put in place as quickly as possible legal provisions that criminalize the financing of terrorism and allow "safe harbor" for bank filers of suspicious transaction reports. We note that these provisions have been included in legislation recently submitted to parliament. If this legislation [...]	2005-07-05 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER TU
05ANKARA4252	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-22 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4497	TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's two main right-of-center opposition parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The two parties share very similar ideologies and compete for the same voters, but they are unable to unite under a common banner. As with the parties on the [...]	2005-08-03 08:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4733	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4881	TURKISH CLASSICAL LIBERALS CRITICIZE AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) POLOFFS met with Dr. Atilla Yayla, professor of political theory and political economy at Gazi University and the president of the Association for Liberal Thinking (LDT). Yayla is a genuine classical liberal, i.e. an advocate of religious freedom, freedom of thought, market economics, prop [...]	2005-08-19 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA5342	TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...]	2005-09-14 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5483	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5499	NSA HADLEY VISIT TO TURKEY: ANCHORING THE [...] (C) Your arrival in Ankara comes at an extraordinarily difficult moment between Turkey and the EU. Your presence and the message of solidarity that you convey will provide much-needed solace to the Turkish government and to the broader population -- both of whom are feeling abused and humilia [...]	2005-09-22 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US IZ SY IR EU
05ANKARA5502	BABACAN SCENESETTER: TURKISH ECONOMY AT A WATERSHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister Babacan comes to Washington at what may be a watershed moment for the Turkish economy. If Turkey officially becomes an EU accession country October 3, and recent privatization and FDI deals are consummated, Turkey will have taken another important step away from its bo [...]	2005-09-22 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV BEXP TU
05ANKARA57	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6479	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6606	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 17:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6607	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 07:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA686	TURKISH TREASURY WORRY ON IMF STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Showing considerable frustration and concern about Turkey's relations with the IMF, Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci explained the GOT's thinking in its recent decision to expand the investment incentives law despite the strong opposition of top IMF management. With the Pr [...]	2005-02-04 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA6901	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 17:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ASUNCION1204	PARAGUAY: IPR-UNIT NABS CUSTOMS OFFICIAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 9/15, during a Treasury Department training course, Col. Felix Cruz, the director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce's (MIC) INL-funded Specialized Technical Unit (UTE) coordinated with pro [...]	2005-09-22 15:21:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KIPR PA PGOV PREL
05ASUNCION1270	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JTIC USDEL AND ASSOCIATED [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for members of the U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Paraguay JCTI: (1) Mary Teresa Sullivan, USTR, delegation head, (Security clearance: top secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of October 11-13, 2005; (2) David Nolan, State/WHA/BSC (Security cl [...]	2005-10-11 11:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA PA
05ASUNCION1356	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY M. ADAMS [...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Gregory M. Adams, WHA/PDA Deputy Director, travel to Asuncion to view PAS operations during the period of 11/07/05 to 11/10/05. The contact officer for the visit is Bruce P. Kleiner,PAO, office tel.: (595-21) 213-715, ext. 2 [...]	2005-11-01 12:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AR PA
05ASUNCION540	COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE [...] AS REQUESTED IN REFERENCE (A),COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR LTCOL R. S. BAKER (TS) AND 1STSGT M. D. LOPEZ (TS) FOR TRAVEL TO ASUNCION DURING THE PERIOD OF 11 - 13 MAY 2005 FOR THE PURPOSE OF A COMMAND VISIT. THE CONTACT OFFICER FOR THE VISIT IS GYSGT ADAM H. YAKUBSIN, MSG DETACHMENT COM [...]	2005-04-12 14:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KMSG
05ASUNCION806	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FALAN MEMMOTT, ADAM MEYERS AND HEATHER FOLEY [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Falan Memmott, Adam Meyers, and Heather Foley for travel to Asuncion during the period of June 26 to June 30, 2005 for the purpose of working with Peace Corps/Paraguay on ensuring that their network infrastructure is both secure and in accordance [...]	2005-06-23 17:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG PA
05ATHENS2134	CSI: ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the signing of the Container Security Initiative (CSI),the program continues to operate in the Port of Piraeus. Unfortunately, staffing and efficiency problems are marring the effectiveness of the program. The GoG has requested a one-year extension for the use [...]	2005-08-12 08:54:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT GR KTIA PTER
05ATHENS2648	USG INVITEES FOR SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF THE [...] (U) On October 25, the European Commission, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro and UNMIK are scheduled to sign the treaty to create the Energy Community for Southeast Europe (ECSEE). The treaty will create a regional electricity and natural gas [...]	2005-10-07 17:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG GR
05ATHENS629	GREECE: NEW SECURITY POLICY, BUT LITTLE CHANGE IN [...] (C) Summary. An updated Greek national security strategy appears to suggest that Athens' concern about a military threat from Turkey may be diminishing. Initial discussions with senior- and mid-level defense and national security officials offer little evidence of such a change, however. [...]	2005-03-04 14:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GR TU INTERNAL
05AUCKLAND345	VISAS VIPER: MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 02:04:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
05AUCKLAND379	VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 02:42:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
05BAGHDAD2454	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 19 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK CHARGE D'AFFAIRES JAMES JEFFREY DCM DAVID SATTERFIELD AMBASSADOR JONES CHRISTINE DAVIES ROBERT WALLER ADAM ERELI SCOTT CARPENTER IRAQ ---- DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AHMED CHALABI 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a May 19 meeting with the D [...]	2005-06-09 17:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EPET EAGR KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD2552	KRG KURDS DEMAND ACTION ON KIRKUK, ALMOST SEAL [...] (U) This is a REO Kirkuk cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish leaders told DCM and MNF-I DCS for Political Military and Economic Relations June 13-15 that Kirkuk's provincial council will elect new leaders this week, but the two parties -- who are now directly dictating solutions in the city -- h [...]	2005-06-16 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2825	SCIRI LEADER HAKIM OFFERS CHARGE ASSURANCES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the strongest Shia Islamist party, SCIRI's Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, promised rapid progress on Sunni inclusion and offered a moderate vision on an array of constitutional issues in a July 3 meeting with the Charge. Hakim and Constitution Committee Chairman Humam al-Hamu [...]	2005-07-05 06:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ IR
05BAGHDAD2906	GARDEN CHATS WITH PAPA JA'FARI AND CREW [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ja'fari unexpectedly sat in on an informal meeting between departing PolOff and one of Ja'fari's aides on July 7. Revealing insights into his own worldview, Ja'fari provided lengthy "love-life" counseling and advice while also sharing details about his own fami [...]	2005-07-11 08:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD2972	PRIME MINISTER PREVIEWS IRAN TRIP, PLEDGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari told us July 15 that his main message in Iran would be to urge that they tighten controls over the common border while he also warned them away from interference in Iraqi internal affairs. He said he would also raise bilateral agreements on supply of es [...]	2005-07-17 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINS ETRD IZ
05BAGHDAD2990	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi told the Deputy Secretary on July 12 that Iraq has exported for the first time in recent months oil from the Northern pipeline to Turkey. He expects a sustainable increase to 240,000 b/d in the northern oil fields. An electric power cri [...]	2005-07-19 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KCOR IZ OVIP KCRS
05BAGHDAD2991	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...]	2005-07-19 11:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR
05BAGHDAD2994	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 12, 2005 MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 12 lunch meeting, President Jalal Talabani was optimistic that the Sunni Arabs in the constitution drafting committee will reach consensus with other committee members. He predicted the next elections will use provincial electoral districts rather than a single natio [...]	2005-07-19 12:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3004	ITG RELUCTANT TO CONSIDER LEGAL DETENTION [...] (S) Iraqi participation and input improved at the third USG-ITG meeting to discuss legal authorities for the proposed transition of Coalition detention operations to the Iraqi government. Representatives from the Ministries of Human Rights, Interior, Justice, and Ministry of State for Nationa [...]	2005-07-20 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3007	SUNNI CONSTITUTION DRAFTERS COMMITTED TO AUGUST 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two principal members of the newly appointed members to the Constitutional Committee told us July 18 that they are committed to finishing a draft by August 15 if possible but they are opposed to a federalist vision of Iraq. An influential member (who was subsequently murdered on [...]	2005-07-20 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3021	NEW CASES OF APPARENT ABUSES RAISE MORE SUNNI ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sunni community is alleging that the Ministry of Interior's (MoI) Commando Unit is responsible for the deaths of 20 Sunnis in two recent incidents in Baghdad. On July 10, Commandos reportedly took 11 Sunni men from their homes. Their bodies, which showed signs of torture, [...]	2005-07-21 07:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3033	UNAMI REPORTS INCREASED CIVIC OUTREACH EFFORT BUT [...] (C/NF/REL GBR) SUMMARY. The constitution drafting process is continuing with an eye towards meeting the drafting deadline in the TAL. In support of this effort, the UNAMI-coordinated civic outreach campaign continues to gain momentum despite personnel shortages in both UNAMI and the Civic O [...]	2005-07-21 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3044	KURDISH LEADER BARZANI WANTS WEAK CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Regional Government President Masood Barzani and his advisors want a constitution that purposely leaves the central government weak as a means of ensuring that Kurds do not again suffer from Arab tyranny. Barzani emphasized that he does not agree to references to Islamic [...]	2005-07-22 12:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3121	SISTANI REPRESENTATIVE TAKES DIM VIEW OF U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: TNA Constitution Committee member and Ayatollah Ali Sistani's aide Ahmad al-Safi complained about American efforts to secure Iraq and decried what he perceives as needless American suspicions of Iraqi Shia in his July 25 meeting with Poloff. Al-Safi and Poloff vigorously deb [...]	2005-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD3714	IRAQ CONSTITUTION: NO FINAL DEAL YET [...] (C) Summary: Top Shia Coalition official and Deputy Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly Hussein Shahristani told Charge September 10 morning that there is not yet a final deal between the Kurds and the Shia Coalition about the draft constitution text. The key sticking point remai [...]	2005-09-10 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3939	OIL MINISTER QUIETLY TAKING STEPS ON FUEL PRICES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Oil Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum told the Embassy September 21 that there is no ministerial support for fuel price reform prior to the December elections, but "quieter" efforts are underway to "condition" the Iraqi public to new prices. These include sale of fuel for private [...]	2005-09-23 10:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCRM MOPS MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4025	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 02:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4107	UPDATE ON SYRIAN RETURN OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Emboff met Dr. Saladin H. Al-Hadithi, Director General, Iraqi Fund for External Development (DFI),Ministry of Finance, October 4 for his take on his recent trip to Damascus to discuss the current status of Iraqi funds in Syrian banks (reftel; Saladin headed the GOI team). The main purpose [...]	2005-10-04 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL SY IZ
05BAGHDAD4341	SADDAM TRIAL DEFENSE COUNSEL KILLED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sa'adoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi, defense counsel for Awad Al-Bandar (Black Lister Number 84) was found dead at Firdos Mosque in the Ur section of Baghdad on 20 October 2005 after his abduction the evening before. According to preliminary reports from his son and wife, there were sign [...]	2005-10-21 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4432	IRAQI ELECTIONS: CANDIDATE LIST DEADLINE LOOMS; [...] (C) SUMMARY. One day before the Candidate List deadline, the IECI had only received 40 - 50 political entity candidate lists containing a little over 600 potential candidates. Although this amalgamation of names is enough to conduct the December 15 elections in 15 of the 18 governorates, the [...]	2005-10-27 17:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5000	IRAQI MCNS MEETS DEC. 9: ELECTION SECURITY, PRIME [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the afternoon of December 9, 2005 at Prime Minister Ja'afari's residence. Ja'afari expressed extreme consternation about the fact that his flight back to Baghdad from Japan was denied permission to lan [...]	2005-12-14 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM IZ
05BANGKOK1209	ISLAND BIODIVERSITY MAIN THEM AT CONVENTION ON [...] Summary: The Tenth Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held in Bangkok on February 7-11, 2005. The main goal of the meeting was to develop a program of work on island biodiversity. Other major themes [...]	2005-02-17 02:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KSCA SENV TH
05BANGKOK1454	THAILAND: NGO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ASIA HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a hard hitting press conference on February 24, Brad Adams, executive director of the non-government organization Human Rights Watch Asia (HRW-Asia),described the trend for human rights in Thailand as "unambiguously negative." Poloff attended the press conference, as did the [...]	2005-02-28 12:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS

05BANGKOK2255	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: On March 28, Prime Minister Thaksin officially appointed a broad-based 48-member National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) to explore solutions to the ongoing separatist turmoil in Thailand's predominantly Muslim southern provinces. NRC Chairperson and former Prime Minister Anand [...]	2005-03-30 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH NRC
05BANGKOK2318	THAILAND'S POSITION ON BURMA AND ASEAN: NEW FACE, [...] (C) Summary: The appointment of a new foreign minister, Kantathi Suphamongkhon, will not substantially change Thailand's "constructive engagement" policy towards Burma, according to a key Foreign Ministry (MFA) official responsible for Burma. Kantathi has already publicly (and privately) mad [...]	2005-04-01 06:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM ASEAN BURMA
05BANGKOK2601	THAILAND: NOBEL LAUREATE SHIRIN EBADI DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 10, Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate (2003) Shirin Ebadi spoke in Bangkok. She focused a discussion attended by poloff on her experiences as a judge, lawyer and advocate for women,s rights in Iran, before and after the Islamic Revolution. She argued that many of the laws tha [...]	2005-04-12 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI IR TH IRAQ
05BANGKOK3283	THAILAND: DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 4, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, 2005 Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with Thai Foreign Minister Kanthati Suphamongkhon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In an 80-minute exchange, they covered key areas for inclusion in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, Thai endorsement of the Proli [...]	2005-05-18 04:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MARR TH
05BANGKOK3633	THAILAND: VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH: VISIT TO SONGKHLA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the far southern province of Songkhla and the Muslim majority province of Satun May 23-24. Satun province has avoided the violence plaguing the three other Muslim majority Thai provinces despite a similar population and geographical location. A separate historic [...]	2005-06-03 06:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6693	THAI GROUPS PRESS TO LIFT U.S. SHRIMP TARIFFS [...] On October 26, about forty persons representing various Thai shrimp farmer organizations held a press conference on the sidewalk outside of Embassy Bangkok, expressing concern about the outcome of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) review of anti-dumping tariffs on Thai shrimp export [...]	2005-10-25 05:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON TH
05BANGKOK7918	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DR. JAPAKIYA'S UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya, Rector of the International Islamic University of Pattani, is one of the most prominent -- and controversial -- Muslim scholars in Thailand. The University he founded continues an ambitious expansion with the aid of Muslim charities and governments. J [...]	2005-12-30 04:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BEIRUT2386	MGLE01: HIZBALLAH'S CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (C) Introduction and summary. Hizballah gained all its cabinet demands as Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora on July 19 announced his cabinet lineup that included Fawzi Salloukh as Foreign Minister, Trad Hamadeh as Labor Minister, and Hizballah member MP Mohammed Fneish as Energy and Wat [...]	2005-07-20 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL LE PGOV PTER SENV
05BEIRUT2425	MGLE01--AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Fawzi Salloukh on 7/25 highlighted his long friendship with the United States, promised an open dialogue between the two countries, and tried to put a good face on future Lebanon-Syrian relations. Salloukh, a Shia from southern Lebanon, [...]	2005-07-25 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BERN2360	ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 12:04:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU
05BOGOTA3726	PEACE PROCESS WITH ELN STALLS [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia and Mexican Ambassador Chacon. Valencia said the peace process remained stalled due to the ELN's unwillingness to renounce kidnapping during talks. Neverthele [...]	2005-04-19 20:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CO MX ELN
05BRASILIA1130	BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN [...]	2005-04-28 12:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL BR
05BRASILIA1152	(CORRECTED COPY) BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING [...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN and arms control/non-p [...]	2005-04-29 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL BR
05BRASILIA1672	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO UNCHR REFORM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Human Rights Division Deputy Director Marcia Ramos at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Ramos reviewed our points with interest and agreed that the UNCHR was in need of reform. Ramos told Poloffs that the GOB is in favor o [...]	2005-06-23 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KUNR BR UNCHR TIP
05BRASILIA2745	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] In Reftel, post made the case for maintaining a Treasury Attache presence in South America, observing that the current incumbent of the position, posted in Buenos Aires, helps provide vital coverage of macro-economic and international financial developments in Brazil. Events since then have o [...]	2005-10-14 13:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AMGT
05BRASILIA3008	BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Brazil's Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, considered by many the anchor of GoB economic policy, has been coming under increasing fire in recent days as new allegations have surfaced that he had a role in illegal fund-raising activities by the ruling PT party and kn [...]	2005-11-14 12:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BR CU
05BRASILIA3035	WTO: BRAZIL LIKELY TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS ON SERVICES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. Brazil's willingness, or not, to be forthcoming in WTO services is directly linked to its assessment of concessions being made by major developed country partners (US and EU) in the agricultural negotiations. However, even if the GoB should at [...]	2005-11-17 17:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR WTO
05BRATISLAVA772	Country Clearance granted for USAID contractors Mary [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes USAID contractors: Mary Linehan, Catherine F. Cleland, Lisa Adams, Diana Selezeanu, Robert Rosenburg, Eun-Joo Chang and John Capati and grants country clearance for the period of October 2-7, 2005. The embassy point of contact for your visit is Richard "Trey" Lyon [...]	2005-09-27 07:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SL HU RO LO
05BRATISLAVA804	SLOVAKIA: BELARUS IS DETERIORATING, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, DCM and Poloff (notetaker) delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and Balkan Peninsula Countries. Rozkopal, who had met the day before with two opposition politicians from Minsk, offered Slovakia's support for democratization effor [...]	2005-10-03 14:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KDEM PGOV LO BO
05BRUSSELS2160	WORK CONTINUES ON THE EU'S PROPOSED "EXTERNAL [...] (C) While French and Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution has likely killed that document, one of the first ideas contained within it that may be implemented via other means is creation of an EU Foreign Minister supported by a European External Action Service. This may still be years away, [...]	2005-06-07 08:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CMGT EUN
05BRUSSELS2339	UK PLANS FOR ITS EU PRESIDENCY: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. According to UK mission staff in Brussels who cover Middle East issues, the UK hopes to use its July-December EU presidency to work closely with the U.S. in promoting a common agenda. On Iraq, the UK hopes the June 22 conference will help move the EU to do more on rule of law [...]	2005-06-16 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2418	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2005 [...] Summary. During its June 21 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from South-East Asia (submitted by Australia),South-West Asia (U.K.),Central Asia (Italy),Balkans and Near East (Greece),and Eastern Europe (Germany). The Group adopted most of the [...]	2005-06-23 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2822	DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. According to EU Council and Commission officials, there can be no "shortcut" to EU membership for the countries of the Western Balkans, although their European perspective remains the long-term goal. Kai Eide is "gloomy" and disappointed with what he has seen of the standards impl [...]	2005-07-26 15:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL BK MK SR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3346	EU ELECTION TEAM LEADER DENOUNCES ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Summary. At a September 13 hearing of the European Parliament, the Chief Observer of the EU's election observation mission in Ethiopia, MEP Ana Gomes (Portuguese Socialist),condemned the GoE's handling of the redress process and related human rights abuses. She urged the international c [...]	2005-09-13 15:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1313	CHAIRMAN OF ROMPETROL OFFICIALLY INDICTED; BUSINESS SECTOR SHAKEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: One of Romania's most important companies, Rompetrol, was shaken by the recent arrest and temporary detention of its high-profile CEO on a variety of economic charges. The case has important ramifications for rule of law and the investigation of corruption here. The organized business [...]	2005-06-06 10:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD SENV SOCI KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM CASC RO
05BUCHAREST1478	ROMANIAN RAILWAY STRIKE FAILS IN FACE OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following 80 days of negotiations, railway workers went on a general strike on June 8 which lasted for 23 days. The GOR, with IMF-monitored fiscal restraints this year, had little flexibility in meeting the strikers' demands. The strike ended with the unions obtaining only add [...]	2005-07-01 11:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON RO
05BUCHAREST665	ROMANIA: TRADE UNIONS VIEW THE NEW ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Romania's principal trade union federations are unanimous in taking the position that the existing labor code requires enforcement, not amendment. They hold out the possibility of a general strike if the GOR modifies the code without their consent. For their part, businesses in Romani [...]	2005-03-17 09:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV RO
05CAIRO3179	NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY TRIP REPORT, CAIRO, APRIL [...] This cable was drafted by the Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) team from the Department and CITI that visited post from April 10-11 to install the NCD pilot system for publishing biographic files and telegraphic reports to the SIPRNet. The NCD application was successfully installed on a ClassNet w [...]	2005-04-28 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF OTRA EG NCD
05CAIRO5272	EGYPT: AN ASSESSMENT OF KIFAYA - THE POPULAR [...] (C) The Kifaya (Enough) protest movement has made a significant impact on Egypt's internal political scene in the first half of 2005. Kifaya is an umbrella movement encompassing groups and individuals spanning a broad range of tendencies and ideologies, united by opposition to the Mubarak reg [...]	2005-07-11 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO5447	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 2:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson D Special Assistant Eugenia Sidereas Ian McCary (Embassy Cairo Notetaker) [...]	2005-07-17 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG OVIP
05CAIRO5472	EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...]	2005-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5473	TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...]	2005-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG
05CAIRO5477	EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...]	2005-07-18 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5521	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...]	2005-07-19 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU
05CAIRO5542	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 4:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Kamal Shazly, Minister for Peop [...]	2005-07-20 11:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OVIP EG
05CAIRO5544	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...]	2005-07-20 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5545	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 14, 2005; 8:30 a.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Egypt ----- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Minister of Foreign Trade and Ind [...]	2005-07-20 12:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN OVIP EG
05CAIRO5547	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13 MEETING WITH [...] (U) June 13, 2005; 3:45 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Chief [...]	2005-07-20 13:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO8164	STAFFDEL ZWEIG DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA, AND FMF [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Zweig held meetings on political reform, Gaza disengagement, and Foreign Military Funding (FMF) during its October 13-14 visit to Cairo. The delegation, consisting of Matthew Zweig and David Adams of the House International Relations Committee, also received a briefin [...]	2005-10-24 13:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO9271	ROUND THREE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - MORE [...] Summary: The third and final round of voting for the Parliamentary elections occurred on Dec. 7, amidst violence and closure of numerous polling stations. According to election monitors and news reports, journalists and television crews in some flashpoint locations were turned away from pol [...]	2005-12-14 07:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CALCUTTA101	ULFA BLASTS ACROSS ASSAM [...] (U) Over three days from March 8-10, a series of blasts rocked the Northeast Indian state of Assam. A senior Assam Police officer told Post that in a total of 17 violent incidents - bomb blasts and grenade attacks -- one policeman died, and three policemen and two civilians were injured. Th [...]	2005-03-10 14:08:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PGOV PREL BG IN
05CANBERRA354	COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREA GENERAL LAPORTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),where the UN Command's role is a [...]	2005-02-24 06:39:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PARM PREL KNNP AS KS KN IAEA
05CARACAS3879	VENEZUELA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Post's POC is Political Officer Charles Ridley: TEL 58-212-907-8052, FAX 58-212-907-8033, EMAIL RidleyCL@state.gov. In April 2006 POC will be Political Officer Adam Center, EMAIL CenterAM@state.gov ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) Venezuelan coope [...]	2005-12-30 17:43:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM VE
05CASABLANCA1304	THE EXTREMIST CHALLENGE IN CASABLANCA'S SLUMS: THE [...] (C) Summary: Casablanca,s senior urban managers are increasingly active and focused in their efforts to deal with the challenges posed by poverty and hopelessness in the city,s poorest neighborhoods. Their strategy is to counter the active Islamist presence by providing increased services [...]	2005-12-19 17:39:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MO PGOV PINS
05COLOMBO1212	MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY IS NO DAY AT THE BEACH [...] (SBU) Summary. On a recent trip to Maldives, poloff spoke with government officials and members of the newly registered opposition Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) about the country's improvements to the police and judicial systems and its transition to multi-party democracy. While the Govern [...]	2005-07-13 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1295	MALDIVES CONTINUES TO WORK ON DEMOCRATIC REFORMS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) is continuing its efforts to institute multi-party democracy and human rights reforms. On July 14, the President announced a massive shift in the Cabinet, with young, progressive Ministers replacing those opposed to reform. The A [...]	2005-07-26 03:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1669	PROSPECTS FOR REFORM DOMINATE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Econchief visited Maldives September 14 and 15 and found newly-appointed cabinet members eager to move forward with a bold reform agenda, while members of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)continue to regroup following the August 12-13 demonstrations and rel [...]	2005-09-21 11:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID MV
05COLOMBO1837	TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...]	2005-10-21 06:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1841	TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...]	2005-10-24 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2025	MALDIVES: PLODDING PROGRESS ON THE PATH TO REFORM [...] (U) Summary: The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) is attempting to move forward with media and judicial reforms with bills in the People's Majlis (parliament) to create a freer press and the formation of a new Judicial Services Commission. However, the Maldives Human Rights Comm [...]	2005-12-01 08:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MV
05COLOMBO2056	Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...]	2005-12-07 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2108	TIGERS' TNA PROXIES BLAME GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting with pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians, the Ambassador stressed U.S. and international concern at the escalation of violence following the November 17 election. The TNA MPs were quick to deny LTTE i [...]	2005-12-16 07:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO542	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES TSUNAMI RELIEF AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While challenges remain, there has been some positive momentum in the transition from relief to rebuilding this week. The Ambassador met with the Prime Minister on March 14 and will meet the President on March 17 to discuss GSL policies and initiatives on tsunami relief and rec [...]	2005-03-16 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL CE MV
05COLOMBO557	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told President Kumaratunga that reconstruction effort was running into problems, especially on transitional shelter, with monsoon season looming. There was a risk of major problems that could cost Sri Lanka the international good will it had achieved in the emergency [...]	2005-03-18 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TPHY EAID CE
05COLOMBO583	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Sri Lanka, post-disaster relief and reconstruction efforts, many of which were unavoidably developed and implemented on an ad hoc basis, appear to be evolving into a more structured, longer-term implementation phase. There are three main organizations currently spearheading [...]	2005-03-23 10:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE
05COLOMBO697	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TSUNAMI-HIT ATOLL IN MALDIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador visited badly-damaged atoll in south Maldives. Temporary shelter for those who lost houses is well-planned, with community involvement. Most residents of severely-affected islands are willing to relocate to larger island. Maldives officials insist no one will be fo [...]	2005-04-11 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID CE
05COLOMBO831	COLOMBO IPR TRAINING REQUEST [...] Per request ref B, Post is pleased to submit the following proposals for funding. Since the passage of a new IPR law in 2003, Sri Lanka has taken strong action to curb IPR violations in the past few months. The public and private sectors are working together to implement the IPR law. Econo [...]	2005-05-04 06:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN OTRA KIPR CE USTR
05COLOMBO844	COLOMBO CO-CHAIR REPS MULL OVER ISSUING STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. After May 5 discussion of whether to issue a statement in support of the joint mechanism for tsunami relief in the North and East, Colombo co-chair representatives agreed that such a statement would be most useful after the joint mechanism is agreed upon (assuming that happens [...]	2005-05-05 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05DARESSALAAM1015	Zanzibar's Imams Declare a Truce [...] (C) Summary: Religious tension on Zanzibar has declined in recent months, even as political tension has increased. Only fourteen months ago, a series of small explosions rocked Stonetown. Back then, government officials publicly blamed Uamsho, a fundamentalist Muslim NGO that had a history [...]	2005-05-26 05:03:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL TZ
05DARESSALAAM2321	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S DECEMBER 22, 2005 [...] (U) December 22, 5:45 p.m., Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Purnell Delly, Charge d'Affaires Mary Johnson, Political Counselor and Notetaker TANZANIA Seif Sharif Hamad, Secretary General of Civic United Front ( [...]	2005-12-23 15:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TZ
05DARESSALAAM540	ICTR REGISTRAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: ICTR Registrar Adama Dieng on February 25 briefed a small group of Dar es Salaam diplomats on current progress of the ICTR. Dieng was upbeat on the probability of the court meeting its completion deadline of 2008, though he said full funding was crucial. By the end of 2005 al [...]	2005-03-16 04:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TZ RW ICTR
05DHAKA224	BIHARI UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Bihari spokesmen continue to press for resettlement in Pakistan, many Biharis are integrating themselves into local life and say they want Bangladeshi citizenship. End Summary. ------------- Background ------------- 2.(SBU) The Biharis are an internally displaced gr [...]	2005-01-18 12:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF BG PINR PHUM PTER
05DHAKA3371	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIMOTHY BROWNING [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attorney, Timothy Browning, on his July 19-22, 2005 visit. Control officer is Dayle Johns, Economic Officer, Economic and Commercial Office; TEL: 880-2-885-5500 ext. 2206, (mobile) 011-804-344, (home) 88 [...]	2005-07-17 01:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR OTRA AORC ASEC BG
05DHAKA362	IMF REP FEARS BDG IS LETTING PRGF PROGRAM DIE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF rep says the BDG has decided that letting the PRGF die is cheaper than the political and huge financial costs of privatizing the first state-owned bank. He wants key embassies to urge the BDG to reconsider but is not hopeful that the PRGF can be saved. End Summary. 2. [...]	2005-01-29 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV BG
05DJIBOUTI148	DJIBOUTI HOSTS SUB-REGIONAL FGM CONFERENCE, [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti hosted a sub-regional conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) February 2-3 with aims of raising awareness, discussing Islam's view on FGM, and the legal and political implications of the Maputo Protocol. The event was organized as a cooperation between the Government [...]	2005-02-15 04:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KISL KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV DJ SO
05DJIBOUTI65	TOTAL AND MOBIL TRY TO HOLD LINE ON DORALEH MOVE [...] (C) Momar Nguer, Total's Director of Refinery and Marketing for East Africa and the Indian Ocean, and boss of Total Djibouti's Chief Executive Francois de Charnace, told Ambassador 1/16 during a de Charnace-hosted dinner, that Total, Mobil and Shell had each received new communication from the [...]	2005-01-18 04:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV MARR MOPS DJ TC
05DJIBOUTI924	TRANSFER OF MOBIL DJIBOUTI TO TOTAL COMMENCES [...] (C) ExxonMobil corporation has begun the process in Djibouti of transferring shares in Mobil Djibouti to French oil giant Total, following ExxonMobil's official announcement September 5 in Brussels that it had sold to Total shares of fuels and lubricants' affiliates in 14 African countries. Th [...]	2005-09-15 12:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DJ
05DUBLIN1281	SUDANESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary. On October 14, the Ambassador met with Sudanese human rights activist Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Dr. Mudawi is in Ireland for a human rights defenders conference and will travel to the U.S. to receive an award from Human Rights First, a U.S.-based NGO. In the meeting with the Amb [...]	2005-10-18 13:44:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC
05DUBLIN143	PEACE PROCESS: GOI SHAKEN BY SECOND IRA STATEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Kenny met February 4 with Michael Collins, second Secretary General to PM Ahern, and Ahern's senior advisor on Northern Ireland. The ambassador indicated that the USG is inclined not to invite Northern Ireland political parties to the March 17 White House event. Collins sai [...]	2005-02-04 16:06:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN286	IRELAND: FINANCE MINISTER COWEN ON THE NORTH, [...] (C) Summary. In a brief March 7 meeting with Finance Minister Brian Cowen, the Ambassador recommended U.S.-style tax incentives for university endowment contributions as a model for Ireland in addressing funding shortfalls for higher education. Cowen noted Ireland's drive on economic and academic c [...]	2005-03-08 14:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN SOCI
05DUBLIN49	PEACE PROCESS: GOI DISCOURAGED, BUT COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador met with Michael Collins, senior advisor to the prime minister, and separately with members of parliament. Anger and discouragement are rampant following the assertion that the PIRA is likely behind the December 20 robbery of Belfast's Northern Bank [...]	2005-01-14 17:30:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EI UK PTER NIPP
05DUBLIN542	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, IRA WITH [...] (U) Ambassador and DCM called on Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern May 5. They gave the Taoiseach photos from President Bush of the June 2004 EU Summit at Dromoland Castle and the March 2005 Shamrock ceremony in Washington. 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the China arms embargo, [...]	2005-05-09 07:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM
05DUBLIN573	IRELAND HONORS ARRESTED SUDANESE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. On May 13th, President of Ireland Mary McAleese presented the inaugural Front Line Human Rights Defender Award to the wife and daughter of Sudanese Human Rights Activist, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Per reftel, Dr. Mudawi was arrested by GOS authorities on May 8th and was not allowed [...]	2005-05-13 16:31:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC
05DUBLIN657	NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND [...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...]	2005-06-01 08:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN677	(C) SINN FEIN CLAIMS IRA RESPONSE IMMINENT [...] (C) Rita O'Hare requested an appointment with Pol Chief today on an urgent basis. O'Hare said the IRA response to Gerry Adams' April call on them to pursue their goals through solely political means is coming very soon, perhaps within two weeks. According to O'Hare, the IRA leadership is 100 [...]	2005-06-03 14:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI NIPP
05DUBLIN934	IRA STATEMENT EXPECTED AFTERNOON OF JULY 28 [...] (C) Rita O'Hare, Sinn Fein's North America representative, told POL/ECON chief to expect an IRA statement on Thursday, July 28. (The statement is in response to Sinn Fein's call on the IRA last spring to pursue its objectives solely through peaceful and democratic means.) O'Hare believes that [...]	2005-07-27 15:15:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR EI UK
05DUBLIN936	UPDATE ON IRA MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Irish criminal justice officials are convinced that pound sterling notes seized in Dublin and Cork in mid-February in an apparent IRA-tied money-laundering scheme was money stolen from Belfast's Northern Bank. Police are attempting to establish forensic links between the seizure [...]	2005-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SOCI KCRM EI NIPP
05DUBLIN983	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COLOMBIA THREE WITH GOI [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government had no prior knowledge that the Colombia Three were in Ireland, nor had it discussed the case with Sinn Fein in recent Northern Ireland peace process-related exchanges, GOI officials told the Ambassador on August 8. The officials noted that the case presente [...]	2005-08-08 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PTER PGOV EI
05DUSHANBE1612	IIR 6 947 0003 06/ ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE GBAO (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1729	TAJIKISTAN: SWIMMING AROUND IN AUTHORITARIAN MOLASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trying to do the U.S. Government's business in Tajikistan has never been easy, in part because of under-staffing and low capacity at many of the ministries. Further, the authoritarian desire to micromanage, as well as the inclination to buck even minor decisions up to a minister [...]	2005-10-25 08:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1840	HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISTANBUL CENTRAL ASIA TECHNICAL WORKSHOP [...] The goal of the workshop was to build a partnership between technical advisors and export control agencies on a regional level. The objectives were to find regional common ground against smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and propose projects to support the primary goal. 2. Regiona [...]	2005-11-21 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05FRANKFURT312	EU Financial Supervisory Framework: Standing on [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU-wide financial supervisory framework created and made operational in less than three years is about to come into its own. The three new supervisory committees, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) a [...]	2005-01-13 12:01:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
05GABORONE560	SADC SECRETARIAT STANDS BY ITS ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with AF/S Director Mozena, SADC Executive Secretary Ramsamy was adamant that he stood by the SADC observer assessment of the Zimbabwe election as `peaceful, well managed, credible and transparent.' Ramsamy suggested cost sharing between donors and public an [...]	2005-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BC SADC
05GENEVA1394	JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JUNE 2, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-019. 2. (U) At a U.S.-hosted reception, held on June 2 at the U.S. Mission, Delegation members engaged the other participating Delegations' members from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on various topics under discussion in the JCIC. Those conversations are [...]	2005-06-07 10:04:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2613	FINAL REPORT ON UNHCR WG SESSION OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES (SEPTEMBER 12-23, 2005) [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Intersessional Working Group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument completed work on a Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance and, although there was no consensus, agreed that there was no impediment to consideration of the [...]	2005-10-28 04:42:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	FR UNGA UNHCR
05GUATEMALA2483	Top economists' views on Guatemala [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan economists generally agree that to address the country's socio-economic problems institutions must become more effective. However, for this the government will need more revenue, and tax increases have been repeatedly blocked by special interest groups, including bu [...]	2005-10-28 18:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT
05HANOI1047	VIETNAM'S UNHEALTHY BANKING SECTOR [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's banking sector is underdeveloped and dominated by state owned commercial banks, many of which would be insolvent by international standards. Joint stock banks comprise the fas [...]	2005-05-05 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM FINREF
05HANOI1172	VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On May 5, Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick met with Minister of Planning and SIPDIS Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Deputy Secretary advocated in favor of broadening the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. He identified HIV/AIDs and education as areas of good collabor [...]	2005-05-19 03:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SENV TBIO VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO BTA ETMIN SOE
05HANOI1310	VIETNAM: HANOI'S ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM [...] (SBU) Among the biggest challenges in Vietnam's transition to a market economy is the lack of Western trained economists capable of analyzing policy choices for the Government. One attempt to address this challenge is the year-old Vietnam Economic Research Consortium (VERCON) which held its f [...]	2005-06-06 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VM
05HANOI1374	VIETNAM'S MURKY REMITTANCE PICTURE [...] Summary: Remittances through the banking system to Vietnam in 2004 amounted to USD 3.0 billion according to the State Bank. The IMF representative estimates that this was really USD 3.2 billion and that another USD 3 to 4 billion is flowing in through unofficial channels. These informal infl [...]	2005-06-09 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON VM LABOR CTERR FINREF
05HANOI2237	MONETARY POLICY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Responsibility for monetary policy-making rests with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),which functions as a central bank as well as the owner and supervisor of the State-owned commercial banks (SOCB). For 2005, the SBV decided to focus on controlling the monetary aggregate, rest [...]	2005-08-29 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON VM SOE FINREF
05HANOI4	GVN PROVIDES INFO, ASKS FOR AID AGAINST [...] (SBU) On December 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a written demarche, translated below, to Poloff (who provided it soon after to EAP/BCLTV (ref)). The document recounts the plan of a Vietnamese American group called the Provisional Government of Vietnam (a.k.a the Governme [...]	2005-01-03 09:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VM CNARC
05HANOI507	(SBU) Exploring a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post proposes exploring prospects for a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian Resettlement Program, the goal of which would be to help to mitigate the outflow of Montagnards to Cambodia. Post has informally raised the approach outlined below with PRM and EAP (Refs A [...]	2005-03-02 06:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI579	VIETNAM: ECONOMIC REFORM SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on March 4 for a number of Ambassadors as well as representatives of the UNDP, IMF and World Bank to discuss the economic reform situation in Vietnam in advance of the mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting in early June. IMF Representative [...]	2005-03-09 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD VM FINREF SOE WTO
05HARARE1301	TRANS-FRONTIER PARK UPDATE [...] (SBU) Since assuming the coordinating role in the Great Limpopo Trans-Frontier Park (GLTP) in January 2005, the GOZ has neither coordinated with stakeholders nor taken adequate steps to develop the infrastructure in Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park. While fast-track land reform and land ten [...]	2005-09-19 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD ECON KIDE ZI
05HOCHIMINHCITY54	PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...]	2005-01-14 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY74	PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...]	2005-01-21 00:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM VM
05ISLAMABAD16051	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...]	2005-10-25 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK
05ISLAMABAD16850	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS [...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC),USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...]	2005-11-14 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17384	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: THE SITUATION IN KOHISTAN [...] Summary: Southern Kohistan fared somewhat better than neighboring provinces during the October 8 earthquake with only two subdistricts affected and comparatively less damage. In terms of assistance, however, the 50-55% of the affected areas, population left homeless have fared far worse. Onl [...]	2005-11-25 08:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK

05KABUL5052	FINANCE MINISTRY DEFLECTS CUSTOMS REFORM [...] (C) Afghan customs reform is lagging due to weak GoA commitment and systemic corruption at all levels. In discussions between USAID and its implementing partner Bearing Point (BP) and with the UK,s DFID and its implementing partner Adam Smith International (ASI),there was broad agreement th [...]	2005-12-14 09:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV AF
05KABUL5234	PRT GHAZNI FIRST PROVINCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Afghan justice officials, including representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Supreme Court, and Attorney General?s office, attended a conference with provincial justice officials December 14-15 in Ghazni Province. The conference was hosted by the provincial go [...]	2005-12-26 06:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM EAID KDEM AF
05KIEV5150	UKRAINE: PRESS COVERAGE OF THE GAS DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA [...] Summary: Most Ukrainian media have described Russia's intention to hike Ukraine's gas prices as politically motivated. Many press reports also highlighted the assertion from Ukrainian leaders that this is a step in Ukraine's transition from patriarchal to pragmatic relations with Russia. Depen [...]	2005-12-23 10:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EPET ENRG PREL PGOV RS UP
05KINGSTON1289	JAMAICA: POLICE OFFICERS CALL OUT SICK [...] (U) On Monday, May 9, angry Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers blocked Finance Minister Omar Davies from leaving the Ministry of Finance and Planning building in an attempt to force the Minister to respond within 48 hours to the officers, demands for a 47 percent wage increase. Davies, [...]	2005-05-18 17:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ASEC JM
05KINGSTON1919	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 22 - AUGUST 12, [...] This week's topics: -- U.S. Trafficking Report a Wake-Up Call, Says PM -- Two More Officers Charged in Crawle Case -- Six Police Officers Charged in Flankers Case -- Murder Rate Continues to Soar -- Jamaica to Miss Inflation Targets -- Tourism Bookings Tumble -- Hurricane Damage Near USD 3 [...]	2005-08-12 18:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM PHUM JM TIP
05KINGSTON2220	INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY - 2005 (ELEVENTH) [...] (U) The Eleventh Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 15-26 August, 2005. The majority of the meeting's time was spent on the first detailed review of proposed regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobal [...]	2005-09-23 18:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA TPHY JM
05KINGSTON2642	AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 29 COURTESY CALL ON PORTIA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, Community and Sport, on November 29. Simpson Miller, considered the most popular politician of either party in Jamaica, outlined the responsibilities falling under her portfolio [...]	2005-12-02 20:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JM
05KINGSTON2682	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- JLP Holds Annual Conference -- Poverty Cut in Half -- GOJ Increases Social Benefits -- Brazilians to Invest in Sugar Industry -- Chinese Government to Finance Mega Projects -- Tourist Arrivals to Surge -- Police Officers on Trial -- Crime Statistic [...]	2005-12-09 19:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINGSTON2697	LEADING POLLSTER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) On December 9th, respected veteran pollster Don Anderson (protect) discussed electoral issues with Pol/EconCouns and Poloff. Anderson described Peoples National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament and government minister Portia Simpson Miller as a strong contender to become the next leader o [...]	2005-12-14 12:36:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON2728	SIX POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER [...] (C) In late November, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers, all members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit, were put on trial for the unlawful killing of four people at a home in Crawle, Clarendon in May 2003. Chief Judge Lensley Wolfe ruled that the prosecution failed to make a p [...]	2005-12-19 19:20:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON2784	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- Police Officers on Trial for Murder -- Telecommunications Company Goes Belly-up -- Electricity Thieves Cost Power Company -- Cricket World Cup -- Bauxite Industry Labor Issues -- Weak Christmas Retail Season -- Egg Farmers Seek Duty Protection -- E [...]	2005-12-23 19:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINGSTON448	COPS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGES IN BRAETON 7 [...] (U) Summary: On February 11, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers were freed by a Home Circuit Court judge in the 2001 murder case of seven young men known as the "Braeton Seven". Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewelyn argued the case for the Crown. Llewelyn co [...]	2005-02-18 12:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM SOCI JM
05KUWAIT1913	KUWAIT GAS OPTIONS AND ILSA CONCERNS: GOK SAYS [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador detailed U.S. concerns (ref B) about investment in Iran and advised that the proposed gas deal could trigger ILSA sanctions against companies involved in such investments. He furth [...]	2005-05-09 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC PREL KU IR IZ OIL SECTOR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT1976	BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...]	2005-05-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2258	FOUR OUT OF FIVE KUWAITI LAWYERS AGREE: SYSTEMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: An examination of many recent legal cases, discussions with Kuwaiti attorneys of all political stripes, and an overview of basic legal codes and procedures reveals significant flaws in Kuwait's judicial system. According to several lawyers, the system suffers from a c [...]	2005-05-25 12:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER KLIG KJUS PHUM ASEC KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM
05KUWAIT651	KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AGREE WITH GOK ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During January and February, Ambassador met with five prominent MPs and discussed Iraqi debt relief. Most of the MPs were supportive of the GOK's efforts to offer comparable treatment to the Paris Club decision to forgive 80% of Iraqi debts, but voiced a need to show [...]	2005-02-14 09:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT797	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MARCH 3-4, 2005 [...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Madame Secretary. You will meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. We are also making arrangements for you to sign the condolence book at the headquarters of the National Comm [...]	2005-02-22 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN EAID MARR KU
05LAGOS1251	KADUNA GOVERNOR SAYS A NORTHERN GOVERNOR WILL [...] (C) Summary: During a July 27th meeting with the Consul General Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi predicted that one of the PDP Northern governors would get the ruling party's PDP presidential nomination for the 2007 elections. Makarfi also revealed the PDP would retain its current pro-Obas [...]	2005-08-09 12:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
05LAGOS1277	NIGERIA: REPORTED AL QA'IDA ACTIVITY [...] (S) Summary. Professor Ukandi Damachi, a long-time Mission contact and close advisor to former head-of-state Ibrahim Babangida, recently told us about a chance encounter he had with pro-Obasanjo members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) executive. These partisans alleged an association [...]	2005-08-15 15:43:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PTER PINR PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS1293	NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A political insider asserts that President Obasanjo (OBJ) will not only play a decisive role in determining Nigeria's next president and vice president, but that he has not relinquished the notion of an extended term. Political candidates beware -- even when OBJ dons his kingmak [...]	2005-08-17 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI
05LAGOS1416	NIGERIAN LABOR CONGRESS ABBREVIATES RALLY PLANS [...] The NLC held a press conference September 12 to discuss the protest rally planned for Lagos September 14. They are now calling for a more modest demonstration than reported in ref A. The schedule of demonstrations has also been abbreviated, with the next venue being Benin City on September [...]	2005-09-13 07:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI
05LAGOS1470	LAGOS: THIRD LABOR UPDATE [...] The Nigerian Labor Congress's (NLC) September 20 rally against increased fuel prices in Kano attracted at least 50,000 people and proceeded relatively peacefully to the Governor's office. Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekaruau addressed the protesters, supporting their cause and calling the f [...]	2005-09-23 06:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI
05LAGOS1803	PRESIDENTIAL INDECISION THREATENS SYSTEM [...] (C) In a late October conversation with the Consul General, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki described three approaches President Obasanjo could follow regarding the 2007 elections: amend the constitution to extend his current term, reconcile with the Vice President and support his candida [...]	2005-11-28 15:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1961	AQUACULTURE EXPERTS STATE NIGERIAN FISHING [...] (U) Aquaculture experts report Nigeria has consistently underperformed in meeting targeted fish production quotas. They blame the low productivity on lack of available commercial vessels and able seafarers, environmental pollution, poor enforcement of fishing regulations, lack of defined water [...]	2005-12-30 08:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS ETRD EINV PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CH NI
05LAGOS502	TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; MISSION RAMPS UP EFFORTS [...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members (approximately 45-50 expatriates),including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. Tidex now states thirteen, not seventeen AMCITs, are aboard the detained vessels. T [...]	2005-04-01 21:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS503	TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; TENSIONS INCREASE, BUT [...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members, including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. The attempt by a Cameroonian-crewed ship to depart Onne on 1 April appears to have increased tensions. Strikers made t [...]	2005-04-02 16:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS507	NIGERIA: PICK ME FOR PRESIDENT, OK HOW ABOUT VICE [...] (C) Summary: Governors Odili and Alamieyeseigha representing Rivers and Bayelsa states respectively, harbor unrealistic presidential aspirations, but are contenders for the Vice Presidential slot. Though President Obasanjo has cooled somewhat towards Odili following the governor's failure to [...]	2005-04-04 11:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS509	TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES - THREE AMCITS RETURN TO [...] (C) Striking employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. However, the crews of two of the four vessels in Escravos returned to work. Three AMCITs were included in the two crews; ten AMCITs are still detained. [...]	2005-04-04 18:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS521	TIDEX MANAGEMENT IN ABUJA TO WORK ON RESOLVING [...] (C) Striking employees continue to hold Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members at Onne, Escravos and Brass ports. Ten Americans are detained in Onne. Management from Tidex and U.S. parent company Tidewater are meeting in Abuja with GON officials. Tidex management reports no substantiv [...]	2005-04-06 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS749	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 2005 [...] (U) This economic update includes: -- American Business Leaders Discuss Local AmCham -- Stock Market Affected by Banking Reform -- Shipping Dinner Reveals Hands Behind Cabotage Act -- GON Introduces Presidential IPR Initiative: STRAP -- Nigeria Census 2005, Plan for the Worst and Hope for t [...]	2005-05-20 09:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
05LIMA2133	FUNDING FOR INITIAL ENTRY ROTARY WING TRAINING FOR [...] NAS LIMA provides fiscal data to cover 6 slots for Peruvian students for the development and implementation of an Initial Entry Rotary Wing training program to be held from June 28 through October 24, 2005 for the total amount of USD 365,910. USD 365,910 19 4611540000 00 0136407070 0136 2770 [...]	2005-05-11 16:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAIR ABUD PE
05LJUBLJANA197	EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS (SH) [...] Licensing authority (both munitions and dual use, if different). Ministry of Economy for dual use, Ministry of Defense for munitions 2. Interagency review of licenses. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Nuclear Safety Admin [...]	2005-03-30 09:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL SI
05MADRID109	SPAIN: NO DECISION YET ON ISAF STAGE II [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy National Security Adviser Maria Jesus Alonso on 1/11, following up on recent Embassy calls on Alonso and other GOS officials to encourage Spanish participation in ISAF Stage II through leadership of a PRT. Poloff stressed the importance of the issue to t [...]	2005-01-12 16:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1894	PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES GOS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ETA [...] (U) President Zapatero won Parliamentary approval on May 17 for his plan to offer peace talks with Basque terrorist group ETA if ETA agrees to abandon the armed struggle. The initiative passed by a vote of 192 to 147, with all parties except the Popular Party (PP) accepting Zapatero's proposal [...]	2005-05-18 12:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
05MADRID1940	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO STEADMAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Velica Steadman and Angela Reilly, Intellectual Property Research Specialists, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, to travel to Barcelona, May 22-27, to attend the Momentum Barcelona 2005 Conference hosted by the Centre Convencions International [...]	2005-05-20 11:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR OTRA AORC ASEC SP
05MADRID2296	SPAIN FAVORS NICARAGUA MANPADS DESTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MARR PARM PREL PTER SP
05MADRID2750	GOS DENIES SHIFT IN CHINA ARMS EMBARGO POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Spanish media reported that President Zapatero expressed support for a lifting of the EU China arms embargo during an official visit to China. DCM spoke with Deputy FM Bernardino Leon and with MOD Chief of Staff Miguel Fernandez Palacio to convey the sensitivity of this issue for [...]	2005-07-26 11:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
05MADRID3508	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA JAMES W. ADAMS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James W. Adams, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Madrid, October 30-November 4, to participate in a deep space network site visit for Stereo. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]	2005-10-05 07:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
05MANAMA684	MENA FATF PLENARY - OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (U) Summary. The first plenary meeting of the newly created Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) was held in Manama, Bahrain April 11-14. The United States is an observer country to the MENA FATF and Treasury DAS Glaser attended as the USG representative. Repr [...]	2005-05-14 05:30:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANAMA71	MINISTER OF INTERIOR DISCUSSES CT, SAUDI ARABIA, [...] (S) Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid, in a January 16 meeting with the Ambassador, said he had been surprised by the January 12 release of terror suspect Yassir Kemal, but promised close surveillance on his activities. He urged that we move forward on setting up a CTOC, expressing hope that [...]	2005-01-16 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV BA
05MANILA1614	FIGHTING THE GWOT IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (S) Summary. Terrorism is a disturbingly ordinary, ongoing reality here. The southern Philippines lies along a strategic fault line in the global campaign against terrorism, with its porous borders, weak rule of law, long-standing and unaddressed grievances of Muslim minorities, and high [...]	2005-04-07 07:26:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL RP
05MANILA2277	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secretary on May 5 that she considered the U.S. to be the SIPDIS Philippines' closest partner in dealing with security, economic and other issues. She confirmed that her go [...]	2005-05-18 06:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID
05MANILA2278	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-terrorism legislation will be on top of the Arroyo Administration's agenda once the Philippine Congress passes a value added tax. GRP officials told Deputy Secretary Zoellick they hope to rally support around an [...]	2005-05-18 06:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP ECON ETRD EFIN KISL
05MANILA2359	ILLEGAL "JUETENG" LOTTERY POTENTIALLY THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The illegal lottery known as "jueteng" played a prominent role in the downfall of former President Estrada, and a newly brewing scandal related to jueteng could potentially have a similar impact on the Arroyo Administration. Despite Malacanang's vows to crack down on jueteng, [...]	2005-05-23 07:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC RP
05MANILA3709	GRP BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON REVOCATION OF NDF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an effort to rally international backing, senior officials briefed representatives of the Manila diplomatic corps on the GRP's decision to suspend the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG),which provided Communist peace negotiators immunity from arrest an [...]	2005-08-11 07:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PINR PREL NO NL RP
05MANILA971	PHILIPPINES: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission,s fifth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from March 2004 through March 2005. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer David C. Maness, ManessDC@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x5165, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2005-03-01 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RP
05MASERU365	DISCUSSION OF HIGH LEVEL ISSUES WITH MFA [...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Minister of Foreign Affairs Moleleki on the brief private visit of Former President Clinton and announced that OGAC Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias was expected in country soon for an official visit. The Minister was pleased with the detailed coordination betwee [...]	2005-07-15 12:26:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LT OVIP HIV
05MASERU373	NEXT STEPS ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Ambassador met July 19, 21 and 25 with Foreign Minister Moleleki concerning Article 98. We learned from a United Kingdom (UK) source that arguments against Article 98 had been developed by the European Union (EU) at an informal Cabinet meeting chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) du [...]	2005-07-25 15:10:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LT UN
05MINSK1445	Belarus: Energy Round-up [...] Summary: Post provides a number of energy topics of interest that were not otherwise reported. Natural gas issues will be reported separately. Included are: --Belarus Buys Russian Electricity, Not Ukrainian --Belarus Offers to Process, Rather than Ship, Kazakh Crude --GOB Wants More Russia [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1495	EUR DAS Kramer Discusses Campaign Strategy with [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR DAS David Kramer met with single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team. Milinkevich was out in the regions on his campaign trips. Campaign manager Sergey Kalyakin and his deputies described the negative effects the government- supported i [...]	2005-12-13 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MUSCAT231	FOREIGN MINISTRY CHIMES IN ON RECENT ARRESTS [...] (SBU/NF) As a string of security detentions continues to roil the political waters in Oman, the Foreign Ministry sent a note on February 5 to select foreign embassies offering clarification of the government's action. The MFA letter was adamant in denying any violent or terroristic intentions [...]	2005-02-09 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PINS SCUL ASEC KVPR MU
05NAIROBI4901	PRESIDENT KIBAKI BANS ORANGE RALLIES AND MULLS [...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya's government banned November 27 planned nationwide rallies organized by the Orange Democratic Movement on the grounds the opposition gatherings pose "a threat to national security." The rallies had been called to build support for the Orange Democratic Movement and b [...]	2005-11-28 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NDJAMENA1214	OUTREACH TO DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: SuQ Liberation Movement (SLM) members say that they will not be ready to return to the negotiating table on August 24. Special Representative to the Darfur Talks Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Wall, and P/E officer delivered points per reftel to the SLM leaders on July 29 [...]	2005-08-04 06:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1259	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ATA TRAINING FOR CHADIAN [...] A search of Embassy biographic, human rights, consular, and law enforcement files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for Anti-Terrorism Training (ATA) training as of this date. 2. The following group of Chadian police and [...]	2005-08-16 08:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA1378	EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...]	2005-09-10 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1412	WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...]	2005-09-16 08:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1547	NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...]	2005-10-17 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA163	TURNING UP THE HEAT: HIGH-LEVEL JOINT COMMISSION [...] (U) Summary: Chad will host a high-level meeting of the Joint Commission on the Humanitarian Cease-fire for Darfur on February 15. The meeting will include the presidents of Nigeria, Sudan, and Gabon, and the foreign ministers of other countries, according to Chadian Foreign Minister Nagoum [...]	2005-02-04 19:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1851	CHAD: OIL REVENUE LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chad (GOC) has formally invited a World Bank team to come to Chad to discuss the Government's proposed amendments to the Oil Revenue Law and strengthening of the Public Finance System. Some donors have expressed concern that continued disagreement between the [...]	2005-12-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1852	CHAD: SLM REPORTS CHAD REBELS REGROUPING [...] (SBU) Summary: SLM General Coordinator Adam Shogar warned Charge that the Sudanese government was arming and supporting Chadian rebels in the Darfur region and that movement of new vehicles and arms indicated that the rebels were gearing up for a new attack. Shogar stated that SLM was tryin [...]	2005-12-27 17:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD SU
05NDJAMENA1871	CHAD: SLM REPORTS CHAD REBELS REGROUPING [...] (SBU) Summary: SLM General Coordinator Adam Shogar warned Charge that the Sudanese government was arming and supporting Chadian rebels in the Darfur region and that movement of new vehicles and arms indicated that the rebels were gearing up for a new attack. Shogar stated that SLM was tryin [...]	2005-12-29 09:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD SU
05NDJAMENA22	SIXTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. The Sixth Session of the Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire (JC) was unable to break through the impasse over the Government of Sudan's (GOS) offensive operations in December. The mediation team and international community failed to persuade the movements to [...]	2005-01-07 10:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA262	SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...]	2005-02-20 12:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA283	REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR officer reviewed protection issues, provision of basic services, vacant staff positions, and the relocation of Oure Cassoni refugee camp during a visit from February 11-13. As the result of Oure Cassoni's close proximity to the Sudanese border, large numbers of young men mo [...]	2005-02-23 10:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA390	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for IMET training as of this date. 2. Mahamat Ousame Abdoulaye, Youssouf Louang Azi, Takoulngar M'Bainaye, Dadje Margata, Idriss Djid [...]	2005-03-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA405	CHAD'S CHANGING TACTICS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Chadian President Idriss Deby's latest move to break the current impasse in Darfur involves working with the Sudan Liberation Movement. Currently, the Chadian Government is hosting a number of leaders and field commanders from the SLM in N'Djamena for discussions about the move [...]	2005-03-17 13:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA441	CHADIAN TACTICS ALARM AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) Summary: African Union officials are concerned that Chad's attempts to change the leadership of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) will contribute to major delays in restarting the Abuja talks. Ambassador Sam Ibok and Boubou Niang stopped in N'Djamena for consultations from March 18 to [...]	2005-03-22 13:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA543	RIFTS IN REBEL RANKS PLAY OUT IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Over the past month, several important developments that could affect cohesion and direction of the Darfur rebel movements have played out in Chad. As previously reported, Chadian officials invited members of the Sudan Liberation Movement SLM to N'Djamena to hold organizationa [...]	2005-04-05 10:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA555	DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...]	2005-04-06 15:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA565	CHAD PUBLICLY ACCUSES SUDAN OF AIDING CHADIAN [...] (C) Summary: On April 8, the Chadian Government convoked the diplomatic corps to accuse Khartoum publicly of "maintaining, arming, and financing" Chadian rebel groups inside Sudan. There are 3,000 Chadian rebels near El Geneina, Sudan, according to the Minister of Justice. Chad has long su [...]	2005-04-11 06:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA60	SENATOR FEINGOLD GETS AN EARFUL ON DARFUR IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold heard a number of perspectives on Darfur-related issues during his visit to Chad January 12-13. Feingold met with Sudanese refugees at Iridimi Refugee camp, held discussions with Foreign Minister Yamassoum and the Chad mediation team over the status of th [...]	2005-01-18 06:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA814	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND [...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...]	2005-05-20 10:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NEWDELHI1854	INDIA'S COMMUNISTS - CONTENT TO SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Summary: The strong performance of the BJP following recent State Assembly elections has convinced India's mainstream Communists to downplay their differences with the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and cooperate for the time being to meet the "rightist" threat. The Communists [...]	2005-03-10 10:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2788	INDIAN LEFT REMAINS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO US SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Most Indian strategic commentators have endorsed the Administration's March 25 South Asia Initiative, and there is an emerging consensus within the GOI that India should capitalize on this opportunity to ensure close ties to the US. India's Communist parties remain adamantly oppo [...]	2005-04-13 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MASS IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI3932	NDA CALLS FOR STRIKES TO PROTEST DISSOLUTION OF [...] (C) Summary: A strike called by the opposition NDA for May 24-25 to protest the government's dissolution of the Bihar Assembly and to demand the removal of Bihar Governor Buta Singh drew a limited response. Clearly not impressed with the strike, the UPA reiterated its support for the Governo [...]	2005-05-27 05:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI4232	ADVANI'S DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN PROVOKES [...] (C) Summary: During his landmark May 30-June 6 trip to Pakistan, Opposition Leader LK Advani renounced his former antagonism towards Pakistan and its founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, lauding him as a secular "ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity." Advani's public recognition of Pakistani sovereignty [...]	2005-06-06 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI5815	INDIAN LEFT OPPOSES "PRO-US SHIFT" BUT WILL [...] Summary: The Left Front heavily criticized agreements reached during the PM's visit to Washington, claiming that the UPA has abandoned its pledge in the Common Minimum Program (CMP) to pursue "multipolarity," in favor of a "pro-US shift" initiated by the previous NDA government. The CPI and C [...]	2005-07-27 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ECON IN CH IR
05NEWDELHI594	INDIA'S SUNNI-SHIA DIVIDE DOMINATES MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: Indian Shias are excited about the prospect of a Shia government in Iraq, revere Ayatollah Sistani and support the January 30 election. This does not mean, however, that they are pro-American, as they also want US troops to depart Iraq as soon as possible and Iraq and Iran to ha [...]	2005-01-25 05:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
05NEWDELHI6803	NEW DELHI 2005 POLITICAL REPORTING OFFICERS' [...] (U) As previewed in recent e-mails to addressee posts, Embassy New Delhi is pleased to host the second annual Political Reporting Officers' Conference, September 29, 2005 in New Delhi. The event, for which we hope to attract participation from both India constituent posts and India's neighbors [...]	2005-09-02 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV APER ASEC ECON ETRD IN ABUD AMGT US
05NEWDELHI7345	ALL EYES ON VAJPAYEE AS ADVANI AND RSS TUSSLE [...] (C) Summary: The BJP's leadership conclave in Chennai ended with a bang when LK Advani picked a very public fight with the Hindu right-wing RSS over the future ideological direction of the party. On September 18, Advani finally submitted to RSS pressure to resign (in December) as party pres [...]	2005-09-20 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER IN PK BG
05NEWDELHI8231	JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...]	2005-10-24 10:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR
05NEWDELHI8237	U/S BURNS AND F/S SARAN CLARIFY POSITIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S Nicholas Burns' meeting with GOI Foreign Secretary Saran on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation SIPDIS clarified differing perceptions on how to sequence each side's fulfillment of obligations in order to build sufficient confidence in the other side's executive and legisl [...]	2005-10-24 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI8746	FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN URGES USG TO CORRECT [...] (C) Summary: In his November 15 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran expressed general GOI support for most SIPDIS of the USG's UN reform agenda, with some minor disagreement on the oversight mechanisms. He reinforced the GO [...]	2005-11-17 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI9205	INDO-JAPANESE INTERESTS CONVERGING AHEAD OF EAST [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh is heading to Kuala Lumpur for the December 14 East Asian Summit (EAS) at a time of rapid improvement in Indo-Japanese relations that may finally overcome the sense on both sides of unfulfilled potential. In a December 2 meeting with PolCouns, MEA's Asia Co [...]	2005-12-06 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG TRGY KNNP CH JA IN ASEAN
05NICOSIA1565	COMBATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: On Cyprus, the Cyprus issue itself dominates the agenda and colors nearly every aspect of life. This includes the problem of violent extremism, which is typically charted on an ethnic Turkish-Greek axis rather than through the lens of an Islamic-Christian, East-West, or religious [...]	2005-09-27 15:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL
05OTTAWA1105	CANADIAN OFFICIALS SUGGEST THAT MINISTER LAPIERRE'S [...] (SBU) Emboffs met on April 6 with Chief of Staff to Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre, Leslie Swartman, and Lapierre's Senior Policy Advisor, Paul Stothart, to discuss the Government of Canada's (GOC) slow steps toward air liberalization discussions. When Lapierre and Secretary of Transport [...]	2005-04-13 13:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECIN EINV CA
05OTTAWA1413	SCENE-SETTER FOR CANUS ARMED FORCES COUNCIL [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]	2005-05-11 11:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
05OTTAWA1832	Canadian company predicts damage to U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, Charge, and U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, POL and ECON staff met with executives of a Canadian commercial communications satellite operations and consulting company, Telesat, for a presentation on the impact of U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR [...]	2005-06-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC BEXP TSPA CA
05OTTAWA1902	SCENE-SETTER FOR AIRMEN TALKS NORTH, OTTAWA, [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]	2005-06-23 15:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
05OTTAWA3283	US-EU-CANADA DISCUSSIONS OF IRAN (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation met with senior EU Commission and Canadian officials in Ottawa to exchange views on Iran and discuss prospects for addressing human rights and security-related concerns. Topics covered included Iran's internal situation, [...]	2005-11-03 20:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM IR CA
05PANAMA1779	TORRIJOS CONFIDANT: JUDICIAL REFORM "NOT A PRIORITY," CSS TALKS "GOING NOWHERE" [...] (SBU) In an August 3 meeting with PolOffs, Institutional Protection Service (SPI, the Presidential body guard) Chief Leonel Solis, and close confidant of President Martin Torrijos, described the current national dialogue on social security as "going nowhere" and reform of Panama's judicial s [...]	2005-08-29 19:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1802	PANAMAX 2005: TRAGIC LOSS MARS GREAT SUCCESS [...] (SBU) PANAMAX 2005, a twelve-day, fifteen-nation military exercise involving the defense of the Panama Canal, concluded August 16. Although all participants viewed this year's multinational exercise as a great success, the drowning deaths of three Panamanian Marines during the exercise's fi [...]	2005-09-01 15:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA837	PANAMA RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 [...] (SBU) Summary. Fire Arms International Inc. is a legimate business. While the present government would not have approved the import request, it has no plans to revoke it. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, PolOff visited Fire Arms International Inc.'s President Vicente Banon R [...]	2005-04-14 16:05:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PARIS1268	ELYSEE ON POSSIBLE THREAT TO LEBANESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche summoned us February 28 to pass on urgent, unverified threat information that possible sniper attacks might take place at the planned Lebanese opposition demonstration today in Beirut's Martyr's square. The targets of the possible [...]	2005-02-28 17:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY FR
05PARIS1412	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON AND SYRIA - ISRAEL [...] LEBANON AND SYRIA 2. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE 3. IRAQ - FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISSUES SURROUNDING FRENCH HOSTAGE FLORENCE AUBENAS HELD IN IRAQ AND PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN'S DECISION TO KEEP PARLIAMENT MEMBER DIDIER JULIA FROM NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOSTA [...]	2005-03-04 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS174	MTAG 04 - 04: DEMARCHE ON FRENCH FIRM'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM (S) [...] (S) On 30 December 2004, EST officer delivered a demarche to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the 10 December shipment of telemetry equipment from the French f [...]	2005-01-10 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE
05PARIS184	CHANGES TO FRENCH CONSTITUTION REQUIRED [...] (U) President Jacques Chirac has announced that France will hold a referendum on the EU Constitution "before summer". Before the referendum can be held, however, the French Constitution must be amended to insure that all of its provisions are consistent with those of the proposed EU Constitu [...]	2005-01-11 09:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PREL FR
05PARIS1857	EC MAKES NEW PITCH ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: DCM Koss and I attended a lunch March 19 hosted by Luxembourg ambassador to UNESCO Hubert Wurth. Wurth, who was acting for the EU presidency, also included his deputy and Xavier Troussard of the Culture and Education Division of the European Commission. Lunch discussion focused on t [...]	2005-03-21 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS2201	COTE D'IVOIRE: OUATTARA SAYS IT MAY BE TIME FOR [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met March 31 with RDR leader Allasane Dramane Ouattara at Ouattara's Paris office to deliver a message from the Secretary responding to Ouattara's message of congratulations on her appointment. 2. (C) Ouattara's office, located at 124 Avenue Victor Hugo, has no ex [...]	2005-04-01 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IV FR
05PARIS248	ELYSEE MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON UNIFIL RENEWAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Elysee appears solidly behind the MFA in opposing a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the UNIFIL renewal resolution, though it suggests greater flexibility than the MFA on asking DPKO to review UNIFIL's force structure (ref b). During a January 12 meeting, Pre [...]	2005-01-13 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC

05PARIS3103	FRANCE'S MAY 29 REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: [...] (SBU) "The question of Turkey" as the French refer to it, looms large in the background of voter concerns as France's electorate prepares for the May 29 national referendum on a proposed constitution for the European Union. Opponents of the constitutional treaty suggest that it will make Turk [...]	2005-05-06 17:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS4302	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN ELECTIONS INTERNATIONAL [...] IRAN ELECTIONS 2. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - GUANTANAMO - IRAQ HOSTAGES 3. EU ISSUES - EU ENLARGEMENT - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ELECTIONS IN IRAN ARE ONE OF TODAY'S LEAD INTERNATIONAL STORIES. LE FIGARO EMPHASIZES ON ITS FRONT PAGE THE CENTRAL ROLE PLAYED BY RELATIONS WITH THE [...]	2005-06-17 13:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4659	FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S JULY 5 VISIT TO [...] (C) Upon his appointment as foreign minister June 2, much of the French press and many political pundits (fed by, among others, disdainful career diplomats at the MFA) wrote off Philippe Douste-Blazy as a dilettante. His lack of foreign policy experience, it was said, and penchant for currying [...]	2005-07-01 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR FR
05PARIS6687	GOF receptive to blocking WMD Financing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOF officials welcomed proposals by visiting Treasury U/S Levey to block the financing of WMD proliferators. They also described progress on new anti- terrorist legislation, which will close some loopholes while providing a framework to guarantee individual liberties. The legis [...]	2005-09-29 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR
05PARIS7948	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel- [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8116	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8246	FRENCH REACTION TO E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref points to the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. We spoke with Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division in the Ministry of Economy, who took note of the information but expressed skepticism that France could do anything about [...]	2005-12-05 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KTFN FR
05PORTAUPRINCE1664	HAITIAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR SIMEUS: A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Haitian-American businessman Dumas Simeus declared his intention to run for President during a lively discussion with the Ambassador on June 10. Simeus, a self-made millionaire currently residing in Texas, said he would manage Haiti like a business and lead the country by example, [...]	2005-06-15 18:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2893	ELECTIONS HICCUP EMBLEMATIC OF LACK OF STRATEGIC [...] Summary: The PM hosted a meeting November 21 to discuss ID cards and voter lists, which became a forum for the international community and Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) to discuss the electoral calendar. Roughly 90,000 voters are not yet included on the nationwide list of voters and betw [...]	2005-11-23 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE684	Haitian Energy Avoiding Political Shock [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Haitians view electricity production as a measure the government's effectiveness. Electricity de Haiti (EDH) and the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) are having trouble providing power. EDH is beset with problems throughout its production, transmission and commercialization [...]	2005-03-14 20:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV HA
05PRAGUE1203	CZECH OPPOSITION ON 05 CAMPAIGN, 06 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. One hundred days after new PM Jiri Paroubek took office, and 10 months before parliamentary elections, three shadow ministers from the main opposition party, the Civic Democrats (ODS),shared with the Ambassador their expectations for the time remaining before next June's election [...]	2005-08-17 13:57:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1399	CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLIDLY ON BOARD WITH BELARUS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Czech MFA and its partner NGO People in Need (PIN) are strongly committed to democracy promotion in Belarus. The GOCR and USG approaches to Belarus are fully aligned, and Czech MFA is actively engaged in molding EU policy on Belarus transition. MFA has approved USD 18,000 [...]	2005-09-30 10:03:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1522	CZECHS REQUEST U.S. INFORMATION ON GEORGIA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Czech MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy Peter Kaiser Oct 19 asked Pol-Mil Off whether the United States could share information with the Czech MFA on the current effort by Georgia to build up its armed forces. K [...]	2005-10-24 17:31:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	IZ EZ PREL PGOV
05PRAGUE1578	DLOUHA REPLY TO ADAMS LETTER: THANKS FOR SUPPORT [...] (U) On Nov. 3, Poloff forwarded reftel letter from Thomas Adams to Gabriela Dlouha, the Czech MFA Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator. Dlouha responded promptly, thanking the U.S. for its commitment to the Belarus radio project. She also said the GOCR will provide an initial grant of $80,000, [...]	2005-11-04 13:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	BO EAID EZ PL
05PRETORIA147	SOUTH AFRICA - IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR SCIENCE [...] (U) Post welcomes the proposed Science & Technology Advisory Capacity Building Partnership and is pleased to provide feedback regarding appropriate representation from South Africa. We also support the proposed use of the Voluntary Visitor program for a follow-on week of meetings and activiti [...]	2005-01-12 14:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PREL TSPL SF
05PRETORIA3051	IPACT Workshops on IPR Enforcement Advance STOP - [...] Summary. This wrap-up cable reports on the seven workshops on IPR enforcement funded by INL that the U.S. Embassy organized with IPACT. The workshops succeeded in raising awareness of the seriousness of IPR issues and of ways to enforce the law more effectively in South Africa. Some 244 pro [...]	2005-08-01 10:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD SF USTR
05PRETORIA942	SOUTH AFRICA - NASA VISIT EVALUATES SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (SBU) Summary. A six-member delegation from National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory had a productive visit to South Africa January 28 through February 8. The group, accompanied by Embassy Defense Attache, made site visits and hel [...]	2005-03-04 09:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA SENV ECON PREL TSPL SF
05QUITO894	ECUADOR: INITIAL CONTACTS WITH NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initial contacts indicate that the Palacio government is greatly concerned about possible OAS actions and seeks USG recognition, and would welcome a visit by an OAS delegation. They are also intimidated by the very forces of popular discontent that brought them into office, and [...]	2005-04-22 20:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EC
05ROME1027	ITALIAN NGO PROPOSES NEW COLLABORATION TO REALIZE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: --------------------------- 2. On March 4, Embassy Economic and Science officers met with an Italian NGO planning a meeting in Venice on May 26- 27, 2005 to explore possible U.S.-Italian-EU-Russian cooperat [...]	2005-03-25 07:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA IT
05ROME1291	ITALY: UDC WITHDRAWS ITS MINISTERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The centrist Union of Christian Democrats of the Center (UDC) announced on April 15 that it would withdraw its ministers from the Berlusconi Government. UDC leader Marco Follini assured the Government that his party would continue to support the majority from outside the coal [...]	2005-04-15 14:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3585	SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...]	2005-10-26 10:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME494	ITALIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH INVITATION TO EXPAND [...] The Embassy has received a copy of a February 11, 2005 letter sent from Italian Minister of Health Girolamo Sirchia to HHS Secretary Leavitt proposing to expand the bilateral MOU on Health and Medical Sciences (2003) to include cooperation on obesity, diabetes, and complementary and alternati [...]	2005-02-15 12:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI IT
05SANAA1377	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SALIF PORT YCG STATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. After touring Yemen Hunt's Safir oil platform and the Yemen Coast Guard Command at nearby Salif Port and hearing briefings from Hunt security and the YCG Salif Port Commander, Ambassador raised the issue of maritime security and the vulnerability of the Safir with the Governor of [...]	2005-05-25 14:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM ECON YM COM ENERGY MARITIME SECURITY COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3460	SOMALI REFUGEES PROTEST UNHCR TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary. Since November 9, over 500 Somali refugees have been protesting in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) HQ in Sanaa. Encouraged by rumors that the USG soon will accept 70,000 Somali refug [...]	2005-12-12 14:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM YM SO GTIP
05SANTIAGO2482	CHILE: 2005 INCSR PART I: NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Below is "Part I: "Drugs and Chemical Control" of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Chile. Per instructions, Part II will be sent septel. I. Summary 2. While not a center of illicit narcotics production, Chile remains a transit country for cocaine and heroi [...]	2005-12-09 16:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CI
05SANTIAGO250	CHILE INSCR 2004 REPORT: CORRECTED COPY [...] The second section of the INSCR 2004 report was inadvertently excluded in the first submission. Please find this section at the end of the previously submitted INSCR 2004 report below. -------------------------------------------- Section I: International Crime and Narcotics --------------- [...]	2005-02-02 17:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CI
05SANTODOMINGO2110	TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS AND RETURN [...] (U) On April 14, 2005, two fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Fugitive Mayobanex de Jesus Adames, ref A, is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on federal narcotics offenses. Elroy Dom [...]	2005-04-14 19:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR
05SANTODOMINGO3938	ORGANIC MOVEMENT ATTRACTS COFFEE PRODUCERS [...] (U) The following was posted on the Embassy's classified website on June 21: Organic Movement Attracts Coffee Producers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hoy newspaper carried in its weekly economic section on June 12 the title "More Coffeegrowers Join the Boom, in Organic Coffee [...]	2005-08-09 18:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EAGR
05SANTODOMINGO970	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends maintaining the Dominican Republic on the Special 301 Watchlist. IPR infringement problems remain at levels similar to those of last year, with some call for optimism in the area of television broadcast piracy, a long-term problem. A broadcast piracy court [...]	2005-02-24 12:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO971	DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...]	2005-02-24 15:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM
05SAOPAULO875	AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEBATE CONTINUES IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On June 10-11, government officials, non- profit organizations, educators, interested citizens, and representatives from 20 public Brazilian universities met in Sao Paulo for a two-day nation-wide conference to discuss nascent affirmative action programs in higher education. Man [...]	2005-07-22 14:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ECON PHUM BTIO EINV SOCI BR TIP
05SINGAPORE1790	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 11:30AM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin DAS Marie Huhtala, EAP D Executive Secretary Ross Wilson Deputy Spo [...]	2005-06-07 08:39:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SN
05SOFIA1144	SOCIALIST LEADER FAVORS LARGE COALITION; SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Ambassador on June 27, a confident Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader, laid out his party's views on a future government in anticipation of negotiations to form a coalition. At this point, Stanishev favors a large coalition, inc [...]	2005-06-28 04:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
05SOFIA1971	MOVING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON U.S. MILITARY ACCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress toward a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia on November 16-17. The U.S. and GOB reached agreement in principle on mos [...]	2005-11-25 10:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL BU
05TAIPEI1112	SPECIAL BUDGET POLITICS: NO PLAN TO SPLIT PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) officials denied March 11 press reports that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is preparing to remove PAC-III anti-air systems from the special defense procurement budget package awaiting approval by the Legislative Yuan (LY). The Chen adminis [...]	2005-03-15 12:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PGOV CH TW
05TAIPEI1201	SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET FACING POLITICAL MINEFIELD [...] (C) Summary: A Pan-Blue leadership vacuum, political posturing by key legislators, and a hostile media environment may pose major barriers to early legislative action on the government's proposed special defense procurement budget. The Executive Yuan (EY) on March 16 slashed the funding reques [...]	2005-03-21 10:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR CH TW
05TAIPEI130	CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. According to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),Beijing this afternoon, January 13, accepted Taiwan's proposed delegation to participate in negotiations on direct cross-Strait charter flights around the Chinese New Year. At this still early point in the negotiation proces [...]	2005-01-13 10:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI1575	TAIWAN LACKS DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO COUNTER BEIJING [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan lacks a viable foreign policy strategy to counter Beijing's growing international clout and global campaign to isolate Taipei. Taiwan foreign policy experts anticipate that a domestic crisis could be brewing as Taipei becomes diplomatically marginalized around the world a [...]	2005-04-01 03:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1625	POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES OVER KMT-CCP ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration has heightened its criticism over the KMT's recent rapprochement with Beijing, accusing the opposition party of undermining national sovereignty and warning of legal sanctions. KMT officials tell AIT they will not be deterred in their effort to overturn wh [...]	2005-04-04 11:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1709	KMT DEFENDS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH CCP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Mainland Affairs Director Chang Jung-kung told AIT that the KMT and PRC are building a cooperative relationship that is based on their shared opposition to Taiwan independence. Chang stated that the KMT and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have a tacit agreement not to discuss [...]	2005-04-08 11:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1898	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As newspapers in Taiwan continued their coverage April 22 of the upcoming China trips by KMT Chairman Lien Chan and PFP Chairman James Soong, the focus shifted to the U.S. attitude toward the trips. The centrist "China Times" ran a banner headline on its front page that read: "Secret [...]	2005-04-23 00:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2076	PRESIDENT CHEN TRIES TO BALANCE CONFLICTING [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend, President Chen Shui-bian moved dramatically to address discontent within his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) base over his stance on recent Pan-Blue contacts with Beijing. DPP anger is not limited to Chen's endorsement of Lien Chan's recent visit, but is also [...]	2005-05-09 09:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2212	REVERBERATIONS FROM MAY 14 ELECTION: CONFIDENCE [...] (C) A DPP riven by internal bickering one week ago has emerged from its May 14 National Assembly election plurality more confident -- in some cases, overconfident. In the latter category, Vice President Annette Lu claimed May 14 was a decisive victory for Taiwan sovereignty, a rejection of th [...]	2005-05-17 10:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2310	NO PROGRESS ON CROSS-PARTY RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng told AIT on May 25 that he has seen no improvement on the state of cross-party relations since his May 13 meeting with the AIT Director. Wang said that he has met with People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong since the latter re [...]	2005-05-25 11:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2599	REGIONAL ECONOMIES MIXED VIEWS ON TAIWAN FTA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials agree that a Free Trade Agreement with the United States would have only a small economic impact for Taiwan, but believe that such an agreement will open the door to other, more economically meaningful trade agreements. However, representatives from trade office [...]	2005-06-13 23:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TW
05TAIPEI279	MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S INAUGURAL SPEECH, U.S.- [...] Bush's Inaugural Speech A) "Bush's New Unilateralism and the Iran Crisis" Commentator Nan Fang-shuo wrote in the "Weekly Comment" column of the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (1/24): ". We can say that the Bush administration is facing the reality that the United States has beco [...]	2005-01-24 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI315	TAIWAN LOSING CARIBBEAN TO PRC CHECK BOOK DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Beijing's efforts in the Caribbean resulted in another victory in the check-book diplomacy battle on Thursday January 20, when the PRC announced it had established diplomatic relations with Grenada. While Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials say they have not offi [...]	2005-01-25 23:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3551	DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SPECIAL BUDGET: A PRIMER ON [...] (C) Summary. A reduced and reconfigured Defense Procurement Special Budget will be re-introduced in the regular Legislative Yuan (LY) session that begins September 13. The Presidential office informed AIT yesterday, August 24, that President Chen personally was responsible for the decision [...]	2005-08-25 09:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR TW
05TAIPEI3778	TAIWAN'S DEFENSE SPECIAL BUDGET: MOVEMENT EVERY [...] (C) Summary. Taipei's decision to shift PAC-III missiles from the Defense Procurement Special Budget into the regular defense budget was intended to enhance prospects for legislative passage of both the Patriots and the reduced Special Budget package of P-3C's and submarines. This appeared [...]	2005-09-12 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TW
05TAIPEI4764	TAIWAN ISSUES TAMIFLU COMPULSORY LICENSE, BUT DOES [...] Summary: Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) Deputy Director General Jack Lu announced late November 25 that Taiwan would grant the Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) a restricted license to produce Tamiflu, despite the fact that negotiations between DOH and patent-holder Roche were on- [...]	2005-11-30 22:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR TW ESTH IPR
05TELAVIV1013	ISRAELIS BRIEF U/S LEVEY ON TERROR FINANCE STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Security Council Counterterrorism Director General Danny Arditi met with Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and his delegation on February 14 in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv. Arditi said that the GOI has recently switched the focus of its terrorism finance efforts from [...]	2005-02-18 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1085	GAZANS, FOR VARYING REASONS, FAVOR PA CABINET OF [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Gazans expressed, for varying reasons, a strong preference for a cabinet of technocrats in conversations with Poloff February 22-23. Minister of Justice candidate and prominent Gaza attorney Sharhabeel al-Za'eem said that Gazans view new faces in the ministries as a c [...]	2005-02-23 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1117	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA [...] (C) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005 the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MFA Deputy Director General (A/S-equivalent) for International Organization Affairs Roni Ya'ar told poloff on February 23. He reported [...]	2005-02-24 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1211	DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. During their February 14 discussions, Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey and GOI MFA officials SIPDIS focused on the possible designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist group during the EU Clearinghouse meeting on February 16. The GOI has been working proactively to obtain [...]	2005-03-02 04:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV163	IDF CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff LtG Moshe Ya'alon told CoDel Kyl January 7 that recent events have ushered in "an era of strategic opportunity" in the Middle East. He said that Israel is facilitating Palestinian elections and believes that Abu Mazen is strong enough to [...]	2005-01-10 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1840	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-25 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV227	(C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH PALESTINIANS IS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl, Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam Smith January 9 and with Senator Kerry January 10, Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that progress with Palestinians depends fundamentally on whether terrorism, violence and inci [...]	2005-01-12 14:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV290	FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate January 10 meetings with Codels Kerry and Kyl, both joined by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom articulated Israel's cautious readiness to work with Palestinian President-elect Abu Mazen. Shalom emphasized that Israel will measure Abu Mazen by his performance in [...]	2005-01-18 08:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV3672	CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH ISRAEL'S FOREIGN [...] THIS IS A JOINT MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY TEL AVIV AND CONGEN JERUSALEM. 2. (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 29-31 VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK, CODEL KOLBE MET WITH ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM AND ISRAELI VICE PREMIER PERES, AMONG OTHERS. MINISTER SHALOM SPOKE ABOUT THE RECENT ELECTORAL S [...]	2005-06-14 05:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL EAID IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4110	GILAD AND EILAND ON DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 17 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Eiland and MoD Political-Military Director Amos Gilad both blamed PA failure to act against rocket and mortar attacks on Israel and Israeli settlements on the PA's overall weakne [...]	2005-06-29 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4145	U.S. TREASURY RECEIVES GOI BRIEF ON MONEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed U.S. Treasury advisor Szubin and Econoff on GOI efforts against money laundering and terror finance. The police officials cited successes in fighting money launderers, seizing millions of dollars, but also noted difficulties in cooperation and informati [...]	2005-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV4255	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] July 7 London Bombings 2. Israel-China Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with, and extensively reported on, Thursday's terror bombings in London, in which at least 37 people were killed and 700 others were wounded. [...]	2005-07-08 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4269	FINAL DECISION ON ARIEL SECURITY FENCE LIKELY NOT [...] (C) Ambassador asked MOD Director General Amos Yaron July 7 about press reports that the Israeli cabinet might decide a new route for the separation barrier around the Ariel bloc of settlements. Yaron responded that Prime Minister Sharon is very unlikely to bring this issue to the cabinet [...]	2005-07-08 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4653	ECF: SEPTEMBER COMPLETION OF JERUSALEM ENVELOPE [...] (C) Summary: Colonel (ret.) Shaul Arieli, consultant at the Economic Cooperation Foundation and advisor to the High Court on the routing of the separation barrier, told economic officer that it is unlikely that Israel will complete construction of the Jerusalem envelope--the Jerusalem section [...]	2005-07-26 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4727	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...]	2005-07-29 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4800	REVISED ISRAELI TEXT OF UNGA HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA Director for UN Political Affairs Rony Adam discussed the GOI's draft resolution on Holocaust remembrance with poloff on August 2. Adam provided a copy of the revised text (attached),which has minor changes to preliminary paragraphs four (removing the word "unique" to describe World [...]	2005-08-03 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4883	CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH GOI SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Codel King met with Minister of Public Security Gideon Ezra where discussions focused on disengagement, anti-disengagement protests, and related security concerns. Ezra stressed the importance of intelligence gathering and sharing as a necessary tool in combating terrorism, both [...]	2005-08-08 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5359	EU HIGHREP SOLANA PRAISES DISENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana's discussions with Israeli officials on August 28-30 focused on using the success of disengagement to foster movement on the roadmap. Despite a generally positive atmosphere, Solana made little progress [...]	2005-08-31 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL EU IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV544	DOE DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPORT CONTROLS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed a visiting DOE delegation on nuclear export-control measures during meetings in Tel Aviv on January 18-20. In recognition of their adherence to the NSG Guidelines and promulgation of new export control legislation, the Israelis requested U.S. help in obt [...]	2005-01-31 10:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5708	ECF UPDATES ON BARRIER AND DESCRIBES MAJOR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Sounding an alarmist note regarding GOI settlement plans in a September 1 meeting with econoff, Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) officials (protect) urged the USG to intervene to prevent the building of the police station in E-1 and said that a planned "new Jewi [...]	2005-09-16 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5801	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...]	2005-09-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6084	KIDNAPPING OF KNIGHT RIDDER JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The October 12 kidnapping of an American reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, and a British photographer, Adam Pletts, near Khan Yunis is symptomatic of the lawlessness that prevails in the Gaza Strip, according to Embassy Fatah contacts in Gaza. An influential Fatah-affiliated lawyer in Gaza City [...]	2005-10-14 16:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PGOV PINS PTER US UK GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6246	STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]	2005-10-31 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6397	MOD'S AMOS GILAD SAYS HE WILL PUSH TO GET GAZAN [...] (C) Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Director Amos Gilad told the Ambassador November 8 that (a) he will work vigorously to ensure that this year's harvest from Gaza is allowed to pass through the Qarni crossing between Gaza and Israel so that it can be distributed to markets beyond; and (b) he will [...]	2005-11-08 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KPAL KWBG MARR MASS EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6545	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...]	2005-11-18 07:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6760	EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...]	2005-12-02 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV7079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All leading media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the firing from Lebanon of at least four Katyusha rockets at Israeli communities -- particularly Kiryat Shmona -- la [...]	2005-12-28 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE3304	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: MOVING FORWARD AT A SNAIL'S PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet has delayed taking a decision on a proposed ISAF III Dutch deployment until December 19. Senior government officials will seek to use this time to convince remaining Cabinet members (primarily junior coalition partner D-66 ministers) and to build support for th [...]	2005-12-12 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO
05THEHAGUE3396	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LANDRIEU [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator David Vitter, Representative Bill Jefferson, Herman Gesser and Adam Sharp, Senator Landrieu's Staff Members; Drew Willison and Roger Cockrell, Professional Staff Members, SAC-EW; Kyle Ruckert, Chief of Staf [...]	2005-12-23 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN NL
05THEHAGUE932	UPDATED PRE-ADVANCE TEAM SCHEDULE FOR THE [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes White House Site Survey Team led by Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance Todd Beyer. 2. Per your request, we have created a notional itinerary for the White House Site Survey on April 13- 14. All times are notional. We welcome [...]	2005-04-08 06:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PREL NL OVIP BUSH GEORGE
05TORONTO2634	Canadian Financial Services Sector: U.S. [...] (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtables for ConGen Toronto with industry sector experts in venture capital [...]	2005-10-12 15:46:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN KTIA PREL CA US
05TORONTO2638	The Canadian Financial Services Sector: [...] (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtables for ConGen Toronto with industry sector experts in venture capital [...]	2005-10-12 15:52:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL CA US
05TORONTO2697	The Canadian Financial Sector: U.S. Life [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see paragraph 9. 2. (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtable [...]	2005-10-14 11:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL KPAO CA US
05TORONTO2704	ONTARIO COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ontario Community and Social Services Minister Pupatello emphasized the importance the Ontario Government places on relations with the United States during an October 13 courtesy call the Consul General paid on her. Pupatello digressed from issues associated with her portfolio [...]	2005-10-17 10:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ENRG PGOV SENV CA US
05TORONTO2705	Canadian Financial Services Sector: Capital [...] (U) This cable contains a request for SEC guidance, see paragraph 14. 2. (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration issue perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance spon [...]	2005-10-17 12:26:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL CA US
05TORONTO2967	Ontario Experts Discuss Environmental Politics and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the upcoming COP-11 meeting in Montreal, Ambassador Wilkins participated in a November 14 PA-organized meeting at the University of Toronto with leaders of environmental NGOs and academics concerned with environmental issues. Among the topics discussed were t [...]	2005-11-17 15:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV KPAO PREL CA
05TUNIS1379	MEETING WITH SAMIA ABBOU [...] (C) Summary: Abbou supporters continue to seek USG intervention in the case of jailed lawyer/activist Mohamed Abbou (ref A). According to his wife, Abbou refused to bring his case before the Supreme Court because it would be giving too much legitimacy to what he and his supporters believe is [...]	2005-06-23 09:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
05VATICAN454	VIETNAM: JESUIT OFFICIAL SEES POSITIVE SIGNS FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (C) The Jesuit Curial Official responsible for Asia, Father Joseph Doan, told Emboffs recently that, despite Vietnam's recently floated desire to establish full diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he doubted the GOVN would do so until China first took that step. Despite this hurdle, Doan [...]	2005-03-07 13:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT VM KIRF
05VIENNA3024	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (U) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A and B talking points to Thomas Nader, Director (A/S-level) of the MFA's Multilateral Development Cooperation Division on September 6 and to Thomas Wieser, Director General (U/S-level) of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets [...]	2005-09-12 10:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN AU UNGA
05VIENNA3142	ALPBACH POLITICAL FORUM: EU UNABLE TO PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: The EU, a self-conscious "soft power," is unable or unwilling to use the potential for political clout that stems from its economic might. At the same time, EU membership holds considerable attraction for countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, and is an important inc [...]	2005-09-21 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN ELAB TU SR AU EUN RU CZ
05VILNIUS1007	ADAMKUS UPSET ABOUT CONOCOPHILLIPS-LUKOIL BID ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) and Lukoil's plan to submit a joint bid to buy a controlling share of Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) has met with strong expressions of concern from some elements of the GOL, including President Adamkus. Representatives of the two firms visited Vilnius September 19 to pi [...]	2005-09-23 10:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	EINV ECON PREL PGOV ENRG LH
05VILNIUS1012	SU-27 CRASH: LITHUANIA TAKING DECISIONS ON BLACK [...] (C) Summary. The GOL accepted Ukraine's offer of assistance in analyzing data on the black boxes recovered from the Russian Su-27. The Government softened its rhetoric against Russia today, stating that there is no evidence to prove the Russian aircraft willfully violated Lithuanian airspace [...]	2005-09-23 16:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PINS PREL LH RS UP
05VILNIUS1029	LITHUANIA: EXTREMISM IS CONTAINED, BUT INTOLERANCE [...] SUMMARY. (U) Manifestations of extremism in Lithuania are infrequent, mostly localized, and rarely virulent. Extremists exist, but their political clout here is minute. Expressions of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, are more common than acts of violence or vandalism, although infrequent [...]	2005-09-28 13:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI LH
05VILNIUS104	LITHUANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER HINTS AT RUSSIAN HAND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Valionis told Ambassador Mull January 27 he suspects Russian special services are behind recent public charges that he and State Security Department (VSD) chief Pocius had obscured past KGB links. Valionis, citing reports of Russian unhappiness over his recent role in th [...]	2005-01-28 14:38:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS LH
05VILNIUS1057	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] Congressman Kolbe, thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror, including its decision to establish and lead a Provincial Re [...]	2005-10-04 07:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
05VILNIUS1103	CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Jim Kolbe led a six-Member congressional delegation to Vilnius October 10-12. The delegation discussed democracy-building initiatives in the region, reviewed U.S. bilateral and multilateral foreign assistance programs, and Lithuania's relationship with Russia wi [...]	2005-10-14 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG LH
05VILNIUS1121	YOUR VISIT TO LITHUANIA [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, you will arrive in Lithuania this weekend with our relations with this small but steadfast ally at their best level yet. Lithuania supports and participates in every major U.S. foreign policy initiative. Its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan, Afghanistan -- whi [...]	2005-10-19 14:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1161	GOL SUPPORTS USG POLICY ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The GOL is refocusing its efforts to promote democracy in Belarus after fielding criticism from the USG and EU for overstepping the bounds of the agreed non-engagement policy. GOL foreign policy decision-makers admit that the Prime Minister's October 4 meeting with Belarusian PM [...]	2005-10-29 07:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV BO UP LH
05VILNIUS1186	CONOCOPHILLIPS SET TO REQUEST USG ADVOCACY ON BID [...] This cable contains confidential proprietary business information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO James Mulva told the Ambassador October 27 that CP will likely bid with the Russian oil giant Lukoil on a controlling share of Lithuania's Mazeikiu [...]	2005-11-04 05:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1223	LITHUANIAN DAILY ATTACKS OPEN SOCIETY FUND, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) A weeklong, continuing series of articles in Lithuania's second leading daily "Respublika" has attacked several Western- oriented NGO leaders whose organizations have received funding from George Soros's Open Society Fund (OSF). The attacks impugn the intentions of the NGOs and tar weste [...]	2005-11-18 15:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO KNAR LH

05VILNIUS1238	PM BRAZAUSKAS RIDING OUT POLITICAL TURBULENCE [...] (SBU) Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas quashed a parliamentary inquiry and continues to hold the ruling coalition together amidst investigations into his wife's business dealings. While two law enforcement institutions have launched investigations at President Adamkus's request, [...]	2005-11-23 11:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1239	LITHUANIA READY ON PAPER TO COUNTER AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL has plans in place to manage a possible outbreak of avian influenza or human pandemic influenza. An outbreak of extremely virulent human pandemic influenza would undoubtedly strain Lithuania's capabilities, but the GOL likely would report its situation truthfully and s [...]	2005-11-23 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL LT
05VILNIUS1244	DUTCH COURT FREES SHARES OF LITHUANIAN OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dutch court lifted restrictions November 24 on Yukos-owned shares of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN). The decision appears to allow Yukos to proceed with the sale of its majority stake in MN. The larger legal battle over Yukos's holdings continues, however, and a [...]	2005-11-25 14:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1271	LITHUANIAN PROSECUTOR AGAIN CHALLENGES EDITOR'S [...] (U) Lithuania's Prosecutor General has filed a final appeal of the court order to dismiss the case against the newspaper owner and editor Vitas Tomkus for distributing allegedly anti-Semitic and anti-homosexual articles two years ago. The new appeal argues that the court erred by considering [...]	2005-12-02 15:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI LH
05VILNIUS1287	AMBASSADOR COUNTERS ATTACKS ON LITHUANIA'S NGO [...] (C) Respublika Group media outlets and Lithuanian politicians continue to attack legitimate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in a seemingly coordinated campaign that began November 8 (reftel). Ambassador Mull, responding publicly to an inquiry from the Labor Party, defended USG support f [...]	2005-12-08 13:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PGOV ECON KPAO KNAR LH
05VILNIUS13	LITHUANIA REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania is seriously considering leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team mission in Afghanistan. The MFA will brief the Foreign Minister and Defense Minister on the issue on January 6. Following the return of a GOL fact-finding team from Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif on January 1 [...]	2005-01-05 14:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1304	LITHUANIA TO DISCUSS FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Parliamentary Speaker Arturas Paulauskas called on Lithuania's National Defense Council December 12 to develop a long-term strategy for involvement in Iraq and other foreign military missions. Government officials recognize the unfortunate timing of Paulauskas's proposal, coming [...]	2005-12-14 13:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS152	LITHUANIA TO REITERATE CALL FOR NATO FLEXIBILITY [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania, probably through President Valdas Adamkus, will utilize the February 22 NATO-Ukraine Council Summit to reiterate its call for NATO to respond positively to the new political reality in Ukraine, to elevate the NATO-Ukraine partnership to a new level, and to urge the All [...]	2005-02-15 16:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS153	FRENCH FM IN VILNIUS: OPTIMISTIC FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier, in Vilnius for consultations with Lithuania's political leadership two days after his meeting in Paris with Secretary Rice, spoke warmly of the Secretary's visit to Europe and publicly expressed optimism about the future of transatlantic rel [...]	2005-02-15 16:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR LH
05VILNIUS300	LITHUANIA OIL STILL FLOWING, BUT MANY FINGERS [...] (C) Mazeikiu Nafta General Director Nelson English and Vice Minister of Economy Nerijus Eidukevicius told us they are optimistic that Russian crude will continue to flow through the Transneft pipeline to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery through the end of the year, despite press reports to [...]	2005-03-22 12:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG LH RS
05VILNIUS326	RUSSIAN ENVOY'S SHARPE TONGUE AND THREATS TO CUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's envoy to Lithuania has provoked high-level outrage and calls for his expulsion with sharp-tongued criticism of Lithuanians and thinly veiled threats to interrupt the country's energy supplies. Most local analysts believe the Russian's sudden high-profile gibes - after 1 [...]	2005-03-25 16:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF LH RS
05VILNIUS376	U.S.-BALTIC SUMMIT: CALMING TROUBLED WATERS [...] (C) President Bush's meeting with the three Baltic presidents in Riga May 7 presents an extraordinary opportunity to tighten our alliance with America's best friends in Europe and patch their fraying unity in advancing U.S. interests. At the summit, we should aim to: --Acknowledge the thre [...]	2005-04-11 10:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EN RS LG LH
05VILNIUS395	YOUR VILNIUS VISIT: REWARDING THE LOYAL AND [...] (C) Your bilateral program in Vilnius during the NATO Ministerial will score important advances in keeping this loyal ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, highlight our joint efforts for a democratic Belarus, and set the stage for a successful U.S.-Baltic summit in Riga next month. It will also hel [...]	2005-04-13 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP LH
05VILNIUS447	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KINGSTON [...] Your visit to Lithuania will provide an opportunity to thank Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror, including its recent decision to establish and lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, and to commend its leadership in [...]	2005-04-29 05:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP LH
05VILNIUS500	CODEL KINGSTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, DEMOCRACY AND [...] Summary. A Congressional delegation led by Representative Jack Kingston visited Lithuania May 8-10 to thank President Adamkus and Parliamentary Speaker Paulauskas for Lithuania's support in the Global War on Terrorism and for its democratic initiatives in Ukraine and Belarus. Lithuanian inte [...]	2005-05-13 13:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP LH
05VILNIUS504	ECONOMY MINISTER USPASKICH UNDER FIRE BY THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Victor Uspaskich, Economy Minister and leader of the upstart Labor Party, landed in hot water this week. He stands accused of two ethics violations - for using an official trip to Moscow in March to advance his personal business interests, and for excess EU funds received by his b [...]	2005-05-13 14:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS52	KGB SKELETONS HAUNT LITHUANIAN FM, SECURITY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Foreign Minister and the Director of the State Security Department are under public scrutiny for their alleged Soviet-era service in the KGB reserves. Immediately after the media broke the story January 7, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis acknowledged his enrollment [...]	2005-01-18 10:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS527	LITHUANIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL APPROVES INCREASING [...] Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis told the Ambassador May 19 that he expects speedy passage through parliament of legislation increasing the number of troops the Lithuanian military may deploy to participate in international operations. The Lithuanian State Defense Council, an inter-ministeri [...]	2005-05-19 15:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS572	LITHUANIA SEEKS TO USHER UKRAINE TO BRUSSELS [...] (U) Lithuania is mobilizing a full court press to promote Ukraine's integration into transatlantic and European institutions. Building upon the relationship that President Valdas Adamkus forged by mediating (with Poland's Kwasniewski) Ukraine's post-election crisis, Lithuania's Defense Minis [...]	2005-06-03 07:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH UP
05VILNIUS59	LITHUANIA SAYS YES TO PRT [...] (C) The GOL informed the Ambassador on the evening of January 18 that it will accept NATO's request for it to head a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in western Afghanistan. The decision followed weeks of intensive Mission and USG efforts to get Lithuania on board, culminating in two sepa [...]	2005-01-18 16:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS609	LITHUANIA DEPLOYS PRT TO AFGHANISTAN; WILL NEED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Intensive U.S. airlift operations in support of the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) headed to Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, began from Zokniai airfield June 6. This mission is the most ambitious military undertaking in modern Lithuania's existence, and it enjoys [...]	2005-06-10 14:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS641	LITHUANIAN LEADERSHIP ON EU CRISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Valdas Adamkus and Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, who both witnessed the collapse of the EU summit last week, discussed recent events in the EU separately with the Ambassador on the margins of June 20 meetings on Iraq. Adamkus offered an insight into his dealing wi [...]	2005-06-20 15:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR LH
05VILNIUS655	(C) LITHUANIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS BOUNCE BACK, BUT [...] (C) Lithuania's complicated relations with Russia -- after five months of emotional tensions -- are improving again. The May visit of Russian FM Lavrov -- featuring his second meeting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Valionis in a month -- produced a lengthy declaration promising enhanced coop [...]	2005-06-22 09:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ELTN RS LH
05VILNIUS657	LITHUANIA ON BOARD FOR IRAQ IN 2006 [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Valdas Adamkus, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, and Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador in separate meetings that they fully expect Lithuania to remain part of the Coalition in Iraq (MNF-I) and Lithuanian personnel to be on the ground in Iraq in 2 [...]	2005-06-22 14:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS662	LITHUANIA'S GOVERNING COALITION: "LET'S STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's ruling coalition shows every indication of surviving the resignation of Minister of Economy Viktor Uspaskich, and Uspaskich's Labor Party shows signs it will emerge from this episode intact. The Prime Minister and President look likely to accept Labor's nominee to re [...]	2005-06-23 14:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS706	LITHUANIAN COURT FINES EDITOR FOR ANTI-SEMITIC [...] (U) Vilnius Administrative Judge Audrius Cininas fined Vitas Tomkus, editor-in-chief and sole owner of Lithuania's second largest daily, "Respublika," 3,000 LTL (US$1,035) on July 7 for inciting anti-Semitism in a series of editorials in 2004. The court held that, by publishing editorials cla [...]	2005-07-07 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI LH
05VILNIUS87	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S MAURA HARTY'S VILNIUS VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Maura, it is an honor and delight to welcome you back to Lithuania, where we continue to benefit from your outstanding work as one of this Mission's "founding mothers." Since your last visit, Lithuania has matured into an important partner for the U.S., with re [...]	2005-01-26 14:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CMGT CVIS CASC ASEC LH
05VILNIUS911	TFUS01: PRESIDENT ADAMKUS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-02 16:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US LH
05VILNIUS959	PRESIDENT ATTENDS 9/11 INTERFAITH COMMEMORATION [...] The Embassy helped to organize an interfaith commemoration for the victims of terrorism at a Lutheran church in Vilnius on September 11. The event represented the first large-scale interfaith service ever held in Lithuania, and was covered by all major national media. Leaders from five fait [...]	2005-09-13 08:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL LH
05WARSAW1205	POLISH OPPOSITION LEADER LAYS OUT PROSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Jan Rokita, the head of Poland's leading opposition party (PO - Platforma Obywatelska/Civic Platform),and the man expected to be the country's next Prime Minister outlined the key planks of his economic policy at a March 1 meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce. Rokita said [...]	2005-03-03 14:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW1225	FOREIGN JEWISH NGOS PROTEST LACK OF CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) In Warsaw on February 16-17, a World Jewish Restitution Organization delegation discussed private property restitution with the Ambassador, SLD party leader Jozef Oleksy, opposition leader Jan Maria Rokita, Treasury Minister Jacek Socha and Sejm Speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz. The dele [...]	2005-03-04 14:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM KNAR PL
05WARSAW1282	POLISH PIPELINE COMPANY FINALIZING A BUSINESS PLAN [...] (C) As promised, PM Belka met with his Ukrainian counterpart PM Tymoshenko early in her tenure to discuss practical steps the two sides could take to deepen their bilateral ties. The two Prime Ministers agreed to form a bilateral committee to accelerate work on linking the Odessa-Brody oil pi [...]	2005-03-08 11:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL PL
05WARSAW3826	NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT LISTS MISSILE DEFENSE IN [...] (U) In a published addendum to his November 10 expose to the Sejm (Parliament) in advance of the first vote of confidence in his newly formed government (reftel),PM Marcinkiewicz included a specific statement on missile defense cooperation with the United States. The statement listed as one [...]	2005-11-14 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PARM PL
05WARSAW4020	LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT [...] (C) Summary: Governing Law and Justice (PiS) officials are pursuing a strategy of dividing and conquering right-wing and nationalist Polish parties, and pondering whether to call early elections -- perhaps as soon as early 2006 -- to strengthen their position. The main opposition, PiS's woul [...]	2005-12-09 15:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
05WARSAW4050	Lepper undergoes a transformation on economics [...] (SBU) In a recent interview for business daily "Puls Biznesu" Andrzej Lepper, the leader of Samoobrona (Self Defense) the third largest party in the Polish Parliament, presents himself as a social-liberal as opposed to his portrayal as a dedicated socialist during the election period. His vie [...]	2005-12-15 09:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PL
05WELLINGTON119	NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA DELAY STARTUP OF JOINT [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand and Australia have agreed to delay the startup of a joint agency to regulate therapeutic products in both countries, after encountering difficulty in lining up political backing for legislation necessary to set up the agency. In New Zealand's case, that difficulty pa [...]	2005-02-10 23:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON343	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PALMERI, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials Douglas Palmeri, Adam Wysocki, James Jeffers, Christopher Johnston, Cynthia Stewart, and Carl Jaigobind to travel to New Zealand from May 6 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet wit [...]	2005-04-28 01:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON418	WTO: NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PLAYS DOWN CRISIS OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although New Zealand's WTO Ambassador Tim Groser has resigned to run as an opposition party candidate in general elections later this year, the Government will finance his stay in Geneva as WTO Agriculture Committee Chair until the summer break. This will allow Groser to partic [...]	2005-05-27 05:09:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PGOV PREL NZ USTR
05WELLINGTON596	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARGOT BEAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Health and Human Services Officials Margot Bean and Daryl Wusk to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from August 7-13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Child Support Enforcement Heads of Agencies [...]	2005-08-03 21:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA CASC KOCI NZ
05YEREVAN1353	TIME FOR PRAGMATISM: ARMENIA PLANS TO KEEP [...] (C) Despite U.S. and European pressure on Armenia to close the Armenia Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP),the Government of Armenia does not believe it has an alternative to continuing the plant's operation until 2016 and beyond (reftels). Armenia also believes that, thanks to the assistance of forei [...]	2005-07-29 02:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID AM
05YEREVAN1686	AMBASSADOR PRESSES KOCHARIAN TO SUPPORT USG [...] (S) On 15 September, the Ambassador met with President Kocharian for just over an hour, at our request, primarily to discuss the USG's upcoming push for free and fair elections in Armenia in 2007 (parliamentary) and 2008 (presidential). The Ambassador opened the meeting by thanking Kocharian f [...]	2005-09-16 09:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM AM
05YEREVAN1856	UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF MASS BIRD DEATHS IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) In a recent news article, Ornithologist Martin Adamyan reported that mass bird deaths had been observed in the Lake Sevan and Arpi regions of Armenia. He speculated that bird migration patterns made it particularly likely that avian flu will be found in Armenia in the near future. Deput [...]	2005-10-18 09:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA ECON PREL SOCI AM WHO EAGR
05YEREVAN2062	ARMENIA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY, 2005-2008 [...] (SBU) Armenia is at a crossroads in its democratic development. While the political landscape has remained relatively consistent since the last elections, the next two years will test the government's commitment to its reform agenda. As Assistant Secretary Fried said during his October visit [...]	2005-11-23 13:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL AM
05YEREVAN439	ARMENIA REFUSES TO SEND "GENOCIDE" BACK TO THE [...] (C) In a March 10 interview, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian said that the question of the 1915 "genocide" is no longer an issue for historians and now must be decided in the political sphere. This statement was in response to Turkish PM Erdogan's proposal for a new joint historical study of the [...]	2005-03-11 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM TU
05YEREVAN583	HEARINGS ON N-K OPEN NEW SPACE FOR PUBLIC DEBATE [...] (C) Public hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh hosted by Armenia's National Assembly March 29-30 continue to dominate local political discussions and appear to have opened a new space for public debate on the issue. Reports by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian and pro [...]	2005-04-04 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ TU AM
06ABIDJAN1228	COTE D'IVOIRE: INITIAL REACTIONS OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Abidjan were calm in the wake of the adoption of UNSCR 1721 (reftel) and the business of the country's economic capital went on without incident. Ambassador Hooks and Emboffs sought out the initial impressions of major political groups and figures, and found amon [...]	2006-11-03 16:58:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1372	COTE D'IVOIRE: MILITARY REPORTS ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (C) Summary. On December 12 the press spokesman of the defense and security forces announced that a coup plot had been uncovered, involving the assassination of President Gbagbo, the armed forces chief of staff, and several other top security force commanders. The man accused of being the ma [...]	2006-12-13 12:26:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN560	UNION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS REMAIN ON STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: The National University Teachers' Union (Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs, CNEC) has been on strike since March 14, with the exception of a two-week truce from April 28 through May 12 while the union met with members of the Prime Minister's of [...]	2006-05-26 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN713	NEW FORCES PREVENTED FROM MEETING PRESIDENT [...] (U) On July 4, a delegation of New Forces (NF) soldiers led by Chief-of-Staff General Soumailo Bakayoko was refused entry to the Prime Minister's office (Primature) prior to a scheduled meeting with President Gbagbo. Gbagbo wrote the NF last week, inviting the NF military (FAFN) to meet with h [...]	2006-07-05 17:33:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN926	COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE TRAIN SLOWS TO A CRAWL [...] (C) The Cote d'Ivoire peace train has slowed to a barely perceptible crawl. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR),dismantling of militias, and identification of Ivoirian nationals are supposed to be proceeding concomitantly but instead they are bogging down concomitantly. DDR [...]	2006-08-18 10:40:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN963	COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) The next meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) has been postponed from September 1 to September 8. In his letter notifying IWG members of the change, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Pierre Schori explained that it was made at the request of Prime Minster [...]	2006-08-25 15:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN991	COTE D'IVOIRE: UPCOMING SUMMITS IN YAMOUSSOUKRO [...] (C) Summary. So far President Gbagbo is saying he will not attend the Secretary General's September 20 mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in New York, but he might change his mind under pressure from the Secretary General and his African counterparts. Prime Minister Banny and all the opposition le [...]	2006-09-01 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI2081	U/S LEVEY CO-CHAIRS 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC MEETING [...] (S) Summary. The second meeting of the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi April 30, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi and on the U.S. side by Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Finan [...]	2006-05-20 07:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2855	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes the July 22-23 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow to discuss the Iraq Compact. Your visit follows Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's July 3 visit to the UAE, where President Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other senior UAE [...]	2006-07-11 11:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3689	UAE PREPARING FOR TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi's plan to host a worldwide conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) has moved forward since the July conversation noted ref B with Director General of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) Dr. Jamal Al-Suwaidi. Following coordination with the UN Off [...]	2006-09-19 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN AE
06ABUDHABI3709	UAEG WELCOMES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 11:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV AE
06ABUDHABI409	U/S LEVEY LAUNCHES U.S./UAE JTFCC [...] (S) Summary. The U.S. and UAE held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) in Abu Dhabi on January 24, 2006. The Central Bank Governor began the meeting by questioning the value in having a JTFCC, but by the end acknowledged that there could be b [...]	2006-02-08 08:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4555	UAE- MONETARY UNION AND REVALUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Central Bank Governor Al-Suwaidi said that the GCC would need "to talk about" the implications of Oman's decision not to join the GCC currency union as currently scheduled. So far, the UAE Central Bank appears to be resisting any changes to the dirham's peg to the dollar or [...]	2006-12-27 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON GCC AE
06ABUJA1079	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: ABUJA AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement faction leader Minni Minnawi remains under considerable pressure on number of fronts for signing the Darfur Peace Agreement. His followers are seeking assistance in bolstering his ability to promote the deal in Darfur. SLM's Abdelwahid Nur continues [...]	2006-05-10 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA1703	PDP RECONCILIATION: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE [...] (C) Attempts by President Olusegun Obasanjo and the leadership of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile party members throughout Nigeria face serious problems. Incidents across Nigeria indicate that the reconciliation moves have only opened old wounds and created new suspic [...]	2006-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
06ABUJA1892	NIGERIA CONCLUDES FIVE DAYS OF POLIO IMMUNIZATIONS [...] Summary. As of July 14, Nigeria had 542 cases of wild poliovirus in 15 states, compared to 302 cases in 18 states for the same period in 2005. Nigeria accounted for 82% of the world's wild poliovirus cases and for 95% of the cases in Africa. While polio has been concentrated in fewer Niger [...]	2006-07-24 08:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI
06ABUJA2131	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR/UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Adamu Emozozo, Assistant Director for African Affairs at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 17. Emozozo said that President Obasanjo continues to use every available opportunity to talk to President Bashir about Darfu [...]	2006-08-17 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU NI
06ABUJA2181	GOVERNOR HARUNA PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and PolOff met with Governor Boni Haruna of Adamawa State on August 21. Haruna is supporting Atiku's presidential bid and says he is confident Atiku will win if there is "a level playing field." Haruna complained that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF [...]	2006-08-22 16:42:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PINR NI THIRDTERM ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2238	AVIAN FLU IN NIGERIA: POULTRY SECTOR IN KANO STATE [...] Summary. Kano State is one of the leading markets for poultry in northern Nigeria. In Kano, most poultry farms are small -- about two thirds have no more than 5,000 birds, and only about 5% of poultry farms in Kano State stock more than 50,000 birds. Kano formerly could not meet locally the [...]	2006-08-28 07:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2466	ADVANCING SAHARA BOOSTS NIGERIA'S DESERTIFICATION [...] Summary. Desertification and drought are the most serious environmental problems facing northern Nigeria and now affect 15 states. Nigeria loses about 865,000 acres of farmland or grazing land to desert conditions every year, with the Sahara Desert advancing south an average of 0.6 km annual [...]	2006-09-20 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR EIND NI
06ABUJA2555	POLITICAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palpable tension has gripped Nigeria over the recent spate of political murders. The trend is not new. High profile killings have been a hallmark of Nigerian politics for years, though the rate clearly is accelerating as election season approaches. In late July, Funsho Williams, [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2691	NIGERIAN MANUFACTURERS SEEKING NEW ELECTRICITY SOURCES [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja hosted Iftar dinners in Kaduna and Kano on October 2 and 3. Northern political figures were emphatic that they relied heavily on the U.S. Government to "safeguard" Nigeria's federal electoral process in the spring of 2007. The president of the Manufacturers Assoc [...]	2006-10-12 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV NI
06ABUJA2896	NIGERIA: DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION PLAN LEAKED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leaked Presidential succession strategy from within the Villa outlines a strategy for PDP political domination in Nigeria over the next 24 years. The strategy calls for President Obasanjo to name the next six candidates, who will govern in a North-South swap of the presidency a [...]	2006-11-03 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
06ABUJA2917	NIGERIA: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS [...] (SBU) In an attempt to convey the local environment in the lead up to 2007 elections, Post plans to submit a series of elections snapshots. More in-depth information and analysis will be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pertinent anecdotes or f [...]	2006-11-08 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2927	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMMAND POST [...] Post requests the Department's assistance pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act in screening the following candidates who have been nominated to attend the ECOWAS Command Post Exercise under the auspices of ACOTA. Candidates listed below are from the Nigerian armed forces. [...]	2006-11-08 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AF NI
06ABUJA3025	VICE PRESIDENT ON SECURITY AND OTHER MATTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Atiku Abubakar told Ambassador on November 20 that he moved out of his official residence over the weekend due to a specific security threat. He then commented that President Obasanjo's concern for his international reputation was "gone," and that the confusion [...]	2006-11-21 17:04:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV ASEC PREL NI
06ABUJA3061	NIGERIA: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #2 [...] (SBU) This cable is the second in a series of elections snapshots intended to provide a sense of the local environment in the lead up to the 2007 elections. More in-depth information and analysis will be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pertin [...]	2006-11-28 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3071	NIGERIA PLAGUED BY FAILING ROAD NETWORK [...] Summary. Nigeria's road-transportation network has deteriorated badly following decades of neglect, almost no maintenance, and severely deficient funding. Nigeria has recognized for decades the need to improve its roads but so far has failed to do so. A Central Bank survey found that most r [...]	2006-11-29 08:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN NI
06ABUJA3182	BATTLELINES DRAWN IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP convention scheduled for Dec. 16 may be one of the most significant political gatherings in Nigeria's post-independence history and its outcome, for better or worse, could have a significant impact on Nigerian politics for years to come. With President Obasanjo's popularit [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3216	NIGERIA ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #3 [...] (SBU) This cable is the third in a series of elections snapshots designed to provide a sense of the local environment in the run up to the elections planned for 2007. In-depth information will continue to be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pe [...]	2006-12-15 11:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA552	MARCH 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The HN51 virus is now confirmed as present in 11 Nigerian states, including Anambra and Rivers States in the south. An outbreak of AI was reported March 8 in three locations within the Federal Capital Territory. Jigawa State also is very likely to have AI, as do all of its nei [...]	2006-03-09 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA558	MARCH 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. This result was confirmed by the Vom National Veterinary Research Institute, near Jos. Officials said the government had paid no additional compensation to poultry farmers [...]	2006-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA596	Avian Flu in Nigeria: The Long Haul [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a substantial effort to respond to the Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in Nigeria by the GON and international partners, the epidemic clearly has not been brought under control. Given the weak human- and animal- health infrastructures, and the complicated issues of federa [...]	2006-03-16 10:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA873	VICE PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN ON MAY 29 IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Atiku Abubakar asked to see Ambassador early on April 13 before departing for his Easter break in Adamawa State. At the meeting, Atiku discussed President Obasanjo's and the PDP's efforts to intimidate him, including the protests that had occurred just a few days [...]	2006-04-20 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI
06ADANA74	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 08:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA79	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 07:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADDISABABA1160	ETHIOPIA: CUDP REESTABLISHED, BUT DIASPORA BRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moderate elected officials from the CUDP have finally succeeded in achieving renewed legal recognition of Ethiopia's largest opposition organization. The provisional re-registration of the party April 24 has drawn fire from hard-line members of the Ethiopian Diaspora, however, as [...]	2006-04-26 11:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1615	DARFUR: JEM SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two members of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) told poloff June 12 that their organization sought to join the peace process under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) but urgently needed funds to hold a general congress in order to elect new leadership. End Summary [...]	2006-06-13 12:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA217	ETHIOPIA: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary and Background: Ethiopia has a long-standing tradition of religious tolerance between Christian and Islamic communities. Christian and Muslim religious leaders are quick to point out that intermingled communities attend each others weddings, births, deaths, etc., although there hav [...]	2006-01-25 13:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2609	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R. [...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...]	2006-09-25 14:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA536	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION MUSTERS QUORUM TO TAKE OVER [...] (C) Summary: After several failed attempts, candidates elected to the Addis Ababa Regional Council under the CUD banner in May 2005 have finally mustered quorum to take over the government of Ethiopia's capital city. Since the official deadline for registration has passed, Prime Minister Mel [...]	2006-02-23 06:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06AITTAIPEI2678	VP TSAI ON TRADE, CROSS-STRAIT, CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AIT DIRECTOR MET WITH TAIWAN VICE PREMIER TSAI ING-WEN, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC) SECRETARY GENERAL CHIOU I-JEN, AND THE NEWLY APPOINTED SIPDIS MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (MOEA) STEVE CHEN (RUEY-LONG) ON AUGUST 8 TO DISCUSS TRADE ISSUES IN PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT [...]	2006-08-08 11:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL CH TW
06AITTAIPEI704	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT CHEN'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave prominent reporting and editorial coverage March 4-6 to the U.S. State Department's statement last Friday urging Taiwan to unambiguously affirm that its February 27 announcement did not abolish the National Unification Council (NUC); Presid [...]	2006-03-06 23:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI868	MEDIA REACTION: AFTERMATH OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage March 16 on Premier Su Tseng-chang's Wednesday remarks on improving Taiwan's public order; the freeway electronic collection system scandal; the call for a new investigation into the 319 shooting incident; the rally planned [...]	2006-03-16 07:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06ALMATY211	SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11, 2006 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants in the January 11, 2006 meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette Shiner Undersecretary of Treasury for International [...]	2006-01-23 08:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GA KZ OVIP POLITICAL
06ALMATY214	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 11 meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Johanns and his delegation, Halyk SIPDIS Bank CEO offered his opinion of the greatest challenges to the country's economic future: in the medium term, the choice of a new Prime Minister and the nature of reforms the ne [...]	2006-01-23 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY215	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 Meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mynbayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and A [...]	2006-01-23 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ETRD KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY2157	KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY: KAZMUNAIGAZ DELAYS "N BLOCK" [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani government officials recently informed ConocoPhillips (CP) that KazMunaiGaz (KMG) will not select a partner or partners for the development of the offshore Caspian "N" block until fall, notwithstanding earlier indications that KMG would make a decision by the end of [...]	2006-06-19 11:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BTIO ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY216	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 meeting with Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner Unde [...]	2006-01-23 09:38:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON KZ POLITICAL
06AMMAN1199	JORDAN'S IPR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: PART IV - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite good intentions on the part of the Government of Jordan (GoJ) and support from the USAID program, enforcement of intellectual property rights is hampered on several fronts, notably by the overlapping jurisdiction of key government agencies, the lack of clear IPR mission d [...]	2006-02-20 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR KTIA PGOV ECON JO
06AMMAN1261	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...]	2006-02-21 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR JO
06AMMAN1657	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...]	2006-03-07 05:29:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06AMMAN1735	SOME JORDANIAN VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares U.S. concerns about Iran,s nuclear ambitions, but also fears a U.S.-Iran crisis that adds to regional tensions. Jordan,s political class and the popular press, however, often link the Iran nuclear issue to complaints about the Israeli nuclear program. END SUMMARY [...]	2006-03-08 14:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC IR JO
06AMMAN239	FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...]	2006-01-16 07:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO
06AMMAN3180	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...]	2006-05-04 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL

06AMMAN4124	SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID [...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...]	2006-06-08 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06AMMAN4651	GOJ AND ISLAMISTS TRADE BARBS ON ARREST OF MPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite some vigorous prodding, Jordanian Islamists have to date refused to apologize for the four Islamic Action Front (IAF) MPs detained for allegedly glorifying deceased terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. King Abdullah and GOJ officials continue to defend the arrest of the MPs, [...]	2006-06-22 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL JO
06AMMAN5895	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-06 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN8959	Red-Dead Feasibility Study Launch - Hopeful Start [...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and regional beneficiaries Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority launched the $15.5 million feasibility study and environmental and social assessment for the Red Sea to Dead Sea Water Conveyance project on December 10. With only $8.8 million in contribution [...]	2006-12-18 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PREL XF JO
06ANKARA1789	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2009	TURKEY: BTC AND BOTAS AT ODDS OVER COST OVERRUNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While construction of the BTC oil pipeline is still reportedly on track for a first tanker loading at Ceyhan on May 27 and a formal opening ceremony on July 13, BP and the Turkish pipeline construction company BOTAS, which has a lump sum, turnkey contract for construction of the [...]	2006-04-13 04:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV TU AZ GG
06ANKARA2387	TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR SYRIACS THREATENED, LOCAL IMAMS [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: A group of men recently entered the compound of Diyarbakir,s ancient Syriac Christian Church and uttered threats and insults at the Syriac members. Despite requests from the Syriacs and other residents in the neighborhood of the [...]	2006-05-02 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA3641	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3644	Treasury U/S Adams Visits Istanbul Amid Market Turbulence [...] (SBU) Summary: In a day in Istanbul June 13, Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams met with the Turkish Treasury Under SIPDIS Secretary, a Central Bank Vice-Governor and private sector analysts SIPDIS and bankers. Despite the sell-off in Turkish markets, neither the officials nor the ba [...]	2006-06-21 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA407	TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY AND CORRUPTION: AK'S [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in 2002 based in large part on its image as a clean party, but for the past two years, questions about corruption within AKP have hung in the air (refs A and B). AKP has done little to enact promised anti-corrupt [...]	2006-02-02 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR TU
06ANKARA4462	TURKEY DETERMINED TO BUILD CONTROVERSIAL ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ilisu dam project on the Tigris River has been one of the most widely criticized hydropower dam projects of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP). Despite the continued controversy, Turkey remains doggedly committed to building the dam. The Turkish press announced recently t [...]	2006-08-03 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ SY
06ANKARA4728	TURKEY AND MAKING PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 8 meetings in Ankara with State Department (S/P) energy advisor Steve Hellman on southern energy corridor issues, Turkish officials made clear that they were not insisting on a role for Turkey as market &consolidator8 that would buy natural gas produced in Azerbaijan fo [...]	2006-08-14 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ GR RU
06ANKARA5223	UPDATED VERSION: U.S. MISSION TO TURKEY [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to Turkey commemorated the 5th anniversary with events in Ankara, Istanbul, and Adana. The post activities connected the 9/11 terrorist attacks to terrorist attacks on Turkey and other nations, in order to reinforce a theme of common determination to confront and de [...]	2006-09-11 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP PTER TU
06ANKARA5396	Turkey: Meetings with Turkish Delegation in Singapore [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA5463	EU-TURKEY DISCONNECT LENDS CREDENCE TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Fears of some form of "train wreck" in Turkey's EU accession process appear well-founded, given the apparent disconnect between cautiously optimistic Turkish officials and less sanguine EU contacts. In recent conversations, GOT officials have predicted that the EU may suspend ne [...]	2006-09-19 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA856	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA960	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ASHGABAT1313	DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 005: 12/27/2006 [...] (C) Turkmenistan remains calm. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to their assigned cities, and government institutions are continuing to function, albeit in some chaos. Charge met today with the head of the Americas section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss next steps, includ [...]	2006-12-27 14:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT177	EU SPECIAL ENVOY KUBIS GIVES READOUT OF NIYAZOV [...] (SBU) EU Emissary to Central Asia Jan Kubis told the ambassador on 2/7 that he had raised energy issues with Niyazov at their meeting the previous day and tried to drive home the point that, despite the current lack of a coordinated EU energy policy, energy developments in Turkmenistan are of [...]	2006-02-07 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT567	TURKMENISTAN'S GOOD AND BAD COPS MEET STATE'S [...] (C) On May 19, EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Regional Coordinator Christopher Crowley, EUR/ACE Central Asian Desk Officer John McKane (who were in Ashgabat to participate in post's recent assistance review - ICAR),and Charg Brush met with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov and Deputy Pri [...]	2006-05-26 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT930	KAZAKHSTANIS IN ASHGABAT SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON [...] (C) Representatives of the Kazakhstani Embassy in Ashgabat gave mixed signals on Turkmenistan's readiness to sign a Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) agreement in Kazakhstan on September 8 (reftels). Kazakhstani DCM Askar Tazhibayev told Charge on August 31 that Foreign Ministe [...]	2006-09-01 14:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KNNP PARM PREL UN KZ TX
06ASMARA624	THE DARFUR BUZZ FROM ASMARA: NO GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Since early June, Embassy Asmara has been following the rumors and activities of key Darfur players in Asmara. PolOff has met with each of the leaders of the newly formed National Redemption Front (NRF) as well as AbdulWahid Nour and his father-in-law Abul Gasem. NRF leaders in [...]	2006-07-31 15:02:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA636	ABDULWAHID DETHRONED? [...] (C) Summary: While no one has publicly denounced the claim made by Ahmed Abdel Shafi in his "Impeachment of President of SLM/A AbdulWahid Mohamed Ahmed Nur," issued on July 28, AbdulWahid and his close advisors seem unwilling to accept their fate. AbdulWahid in a meeting with PolOff on August [...]	2006-08-03 14:35:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA648	DARFUR: ABDEL SHAFI WANTS SLM/A TO REUNITE [...] (C) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/A) defector Ahmed Abdel Shafi and Babikir Abdalla Mohamed requested a meeting with the Embassy on August 8 to discuss the recent press release issued by 32 commanders of the SLM/A, explain the current state of play within the organization and ask fo [...]	2006-08-09 13:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA757	EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...]	2006-09-25 12:31:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SU ER
06ASMARA877	ERITREA: DETERMINED TO PLAY ON DARFUR MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Only one day after the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA),Eritrea turned its attention to Darfur, meeting a National Congress Party (NCP) delegation led by Presidential Assistant Nafie ali Nafie and NCP Director of Intelligence and Security Saleh Gosh. Reports i [...]	2006-10-20 12:28:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ER SU
06ASMARA956	GSE SUDAN MEDIATOR OFFERS VIEWS ON POSSIBLE DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Yemane Ghebreab, PFDJ head of Political Affairs and GSE mediator for Sudan, on November 14 to discuss his recent visit to Khartoum, plans for a potential Eritrean mediation on Darfur and the outcome of the Eastern Front consultative conference in Rubda. Ghebr [...]	2006-11-16 14:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ER SU
06ASTANA585	KAZAKHSTAN: ANOTHER OPPOSITION LEADER FACES [...] (C) Summary: The Financial Police have launched a series of civil and criminal charges against popular opposition leader Bulat Abilov related to an investment fund that he founded in the 1990s. Abilov, who faces up to ten years in prison, believes that the prosecution is politically motivate [...]	2006-11-16 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ATHENS1293	EUR/SE DEPUTY VISIT TO ATHENS: EXCELLENT BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 11:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR TU CY GR
06ATHENS369	CORRUPTION IN GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 11:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR
06AUCKLAND65	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BARBARA BREITHAUPT TO AUCKLAND, NEW [...] AMCONGEN Auckland welcomes HSS/FDA Barbara Breithaupt to Auckland, 08-13 July 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct CDER regulatory inspections at Middlemore Hospital in order to check compliance with FDA current laws and regulations. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. [...]	2006-06-12 22:55:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA US NZ KSCA
06AUCKLAND9	VISAS VIPER: JANUARY MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 18:39:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
06BAGHDAD1383	SENIOR KURDISH POLITICIANS WARN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, and Presidency Council Chief of Staff Kamran Karadaghi told PolOffs on April 26-27 that there was deep concern about the cabinet formation process among senior Kurdish negotiators. Despite President Talabani [...]	2006-04-27 16:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1438	AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...]	2006-05-01 17:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ
06BAGHDAD1619	SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN ON HOW TO DISSOLVE JAYSH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with PolCouns, Sadrist Council of Representatives member and Moqtada as- Sadr advisor Baha al-Araji said he expected more intense negotiations before a cabinet is agreed upon. Al-Araji said that Tawafuq has changed its mind on which ministries it wants. Al-Ar [...]	2006-05-16 08:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1754	SENIOR KURDISH AIDE: IRAN WANTS A DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani's Chief of Staff and close confidant Kamran Karadaghi told PolOff on May 23 that all of Iran's activities in Iraq and the broader Middle East were just aimed at jumpstarting bilateral relations with the U.S. He urged Washington to engage Tehran as a means of h [...]	2006-05-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1929	ALLEGATIONS OF AT LEAST THREE LEAVING MOI COMPOUND [...] (C) Adamiyah District Council member and human rights lead Dr. Riyad al-Adhadh told EmbOffs June 1 that three Adamiyah residents were kidnapped and later killed as they were driving from the Ministry of Interior headquarters detention facility. According to Dr. Riyad, Mustafa Mu'aid Ibrahim, [...]	2006-06-08 02:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1978	NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH: LET'S COOPERATE TO IMPROVE [...] This cable contains an action request for Embassy Doha. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Embassy staff met on May 27 with Dr. Ali Al-Shamari, the new Minister of Health. Minster Al-Shamari expressed a desire to work closely with Embassy officials to finish c [...]	2006-06-12 09:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD219	NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL PROPOSES WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: The National Energy Council (NEC) agreed January 22 in principle to a plan put forward by Minister of Finance Ali Allawi to pay off Iraq's arrears to Turkish fuel suppliers over time. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi and MinFin Allawi were both adamant that the State Oil [...]	2006-01-26 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2931	MOWAFUQ AL-RUBBAIE ON SHIA AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq al-Rubaie discussed the Prime Minister's reservations about the use of force in the Baghdad Security Plan. Additionally, Rubaie acknowledged that there have been discussions about removing [...]	2006-08-13 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD3341	KRG WANTS NATIONAL HYDROCARBON LAW NOW [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-09 04:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD3516	MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY KARIM WAHID HASAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PBIO PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4342	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. In a November 19 meeting with Economic Minister Counselor, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami presented their compromise proposal on contracting which denies signatory authority to the f [...]	2006-11-25 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4365	SHABAK IN IRAQ: A TARGETED ETHNIC MINORITY? [...] (C) In a meeting November 21, Kurdish Alliance (KAL) and Shabak Council of Representative member Ahmed Yusif al-Shabak told Emboffs that since the February 22 Samarra bombings, there have been approximately 130 Shabak Shia who have been killed by Sunni-affiliated terrorist groups for sectarian [...]	2006-11-27 09:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4464	BAGHDAD LOCAL LEADERS SAY NOVEMBER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. Several District Advisory Council (DAC) Members in Baghdad and a number of average citizens expressed concern recently about what they see as a further decline in public faith in the central government following a spike in violence in November. The turning point, some said, was t [...]	2006-12-06 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD591	SUNNI ARAB LEADERS' REACTION TO SAMARA BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Sunni Arab Tawafuq leaders refused to join President Talabani at a gathering of top Iraqi government officials in response to sectarian violence that followed the February 22 bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samara. At an afternoon press conference, Tawafuq leader [...]	2006-02-24 10:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD653	AMIDST VIOLENCE IN BAGHDAD, KURDS AIM TO BLOCK [...] (S) SUMMARY: Military and press reports indicate significant incidents of violence February 28 and March 1. Eighty percent of a Shia mosque in Kathamiya was destroyed in an IED explosion February 28. Military sources reported 23 civilian deaths on March 1 as of 1600 hrs. In a March 1 convers [...]	2006-03-01 19:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD822	SHIA HARDLINER HINTS THE SHIA COALITION MAY YET [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 19:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD852	IECI COMMISIONER COMMENTS ON LESSONS LEARNED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Chair of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Hamdia Al-Hussaini, met with PolOff 9 March to discuss recommendations from the IMIE-sponsored after action conference in Madrid and the future of the IECI. Recommendations from the Madrid conference include item [...]	2006-03-16 18:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD918	89 BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS FLEE TO JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) Summary. According to representatives from the Palestinian Human Rights Organization, 89 Palestinians, including 42 children, left Baghdad by bus March 18 for the Jordanian border hoping to gain entry to Jordan. They were accompanied by two Christian Peacekeeping Team (CPT) members whose [...]	2006-03-20 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS IZ PA JO
06BAGHDAD95	SHIA ISLAMISTS SIGNAL THEIR DISCONTENT WITH US [...] (C) Summary: During the past week many of the Shia political and religious figures in Baghdad have sharpened their tone against Sunni Arab political figures. Their public and private signals of unhappiness with American policy are also stronger now than at any time since the transfer of so [...]	2006-01-11 10:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAKU1279	IDP COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, Poloff met with an IDP community that lives in abandoned train cars just outside the southern Azerbaijani city of Imishli. Although one man insisted that the only way to settle the N-K conflict is through war, most members of the community remain hopeful that a peace [...]	2006-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM AM AJ
06BAKU1764	DECEMBER 4 UPDATE ON ANS TELEVISION ISSUE [...] (C) As reported reftel, Ambassador spoke to Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev December 2 to seek clarification of the apparent contradiction between the GOAJ's decision to offer ANS TV's frequency for tender and the assurances provided by President Aliyev that ANS will be allowed to [...]	2006-12-04 14:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU329	AZERBAIJAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tense meeting with the donor community March 1, a very agitated Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov, head of the GOAJ avian influenza commission, confirmed for the first time avian influenza in domestic poultry and one commercial poultry farm. Abbasov indicated that GOAJ lab [...]	2006-03-01 14:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON KFLU PREL PGOV CASC AJ
06BAKU494	AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Coordinator Ambassador Thomas C. Adams to travel to Baku 3-5 May 2006, to participate in the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Task Force meetings. Control officer will be Economic Officer David McCormick. Mr. McCormick can be reache [...]	2006-04-02 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AJ
06BANJUL132	SUSPECTED AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have received credible reports of suspected Avian Influenza (AI) cases in The Gambia, although the Secretary of State for Health adamantly denies the validity of these reports. Bird samples from an undisclosed area were reportedly sent on 1 March 2006 to labs in the UK to test [...]	2006-03-01 17:23:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL194	THE GAMBIA: CALM, BUT JITTERY ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Amidst a calm, but jittery atmosphere, there have been additional televised statements by persons suspected of involvement in the March 21 coup attempt. A senior police official noted the release of two military officers cleared of involvement and estimated the remaining number of detaine [...]	2006-03-30 18:38:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL206	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON AFTERMATH OF ABORTED COUP [...] (C) Sources portray President Jammeh as still recovering from a sense of shock and betrayal following the aborted coup attempt March 21, although he works to convey the image of a leader fully in charge in his public appearances. The GOTG itself has yet to provide much information on the foile [...]	2006-04-04 18:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BASRAH17	BRITISH APOLOGIES AND PROMISES MAKE NO IMPACT ON BASRAH [...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 07, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC),attended a meeting of Basrah Provincial Council (PC) members, the UK 7th Armored Brigade Commander and the British Consul General. The meeting was organized by the British at the Basrah Palace Compound to provide info [...]	2006-02-08 07:57:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BASRAH53	BASRAH GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah met with local Iraqi National Accord (INA) chairman and Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayid Ghali Najim on April 11. Sayid Ghali told the RC that he wanted to "consult" with him on the continuing stagnation [...]	2006-04-11 15:42:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BASRAH78	SUNNI LEADERS EXPRESS THEIR ANGER OVER KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14 2006, the Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and Poloff attended a meeting with six prominent Sunni leaders at the diwan at the Al Abayachi mosque of Sheik Khalid al-Mulla, a moderate Sunni imam and a close contact of the Regional Embassy Office (see Ref. A). The Sunn [...]	2006-05-16 10:51:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI KISL IZ
06BEIJING13863	US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Discusses [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Wei Benhua, Deputy Administrator of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE),repeated to Chairman Larry Wortzel and Commissioner Patrick Mulloy of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission familiar arguments that China's currency now fo [...]	2006-06-29 23:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL CH
06BEIJING19546	SEPTEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, KIM [...] KEY POINTS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING WERE: -- RESUMING THE SIX-PARTY TALKS REQUIRES EFFORTS BY ALL PARTIES. ON U.S. "SANCTIONS" AGAINST THE DPRK, CHINA SUPPORTS PROSECUTION OF THOSE COMMITTING FINANCIAL CRIMES BASED ON THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE. -- THERE ARE "NO ARRANGEME [...]	2006-09-14 11:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH KN JA
06BEIJING21160	SED: PAULSON-BO XILAI MEETING [...] (SBU) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai on September 21 to outline U.S. goals and expectations for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Secretary Paulson emphasized the need for currency SIPDIS flexibility and asked for Chinese support in reinvigoratin [...]	2006-10-06 03:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CH
06BEIJING21992	STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED): MINSTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17 Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG of International Affairs Zhu Guangyao discussed arrangements for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and the upcoming preparatory trip by Treasury U/S Adams, DUSTR Bhatia, and Commerce U/S Lavin with Econmincouns, Finatt, FCS Trade Fa [...]	2006-10-17 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING22841	FM LI URGES NO A/S HILL MEETING WITH TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 02:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
06BEIJING23776	NOVEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE SUBMARINE [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- MFA Spokesperson Jiang Yu claims ignorance of reports that a Chinese submarine followed the USS Kitty Hawk. He said China is an &adamant force8 in the region and the world for peace and stability. -- Jiang deflected questio [...]	2006-11-14 11:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KN CH EC JA IN PK
06BEIJING23811	CHINA/ENERGY: SENATOR CANTWELL, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN ZHANG [...] (SBU) United States Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Guobao met to discuss a broad range of bilateral energy issues on Monday November 13, 2006. Senator Cantwell invited Zhang to travel to Washington State for bilateral energ [...]	2006-11-16 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING23938	CHINA/ENERGY: SENIOR DIRECTOR HUNTER, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) NSC Senior Director Roszell Hunter and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang met to discuss energy and environmental issues relating to the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on November 16, 2006. Senior Director Hunter stated Washington wants cr [...]	2006-11-20 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING24258	CHINA/COAL: VISIT TO SHANXI PROVINCE MINE BRINGS ISSUES TO [...] (SBU) Coal is likely to provide 65 to 70 percent of China's energy needs for at least the next 20 years, according to industry estimates, yet the sector itself faces widespread challenges related to transportation, industry restructuring, profitability, and safety. All of these problems were o [...]	2006-12-04 03:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING3392	FEBRUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, JAPAN- CHINA [...] Key points at the February 23 MFA press briefing were as follows: - MFA Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng will visit Iran February 24-26 for a working visit. He will discuss PRC-Iran political and bilateral issues, exchange views on the nuclear question and discuss what steps could be take [...]	2006-02-23 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM CH IR JP
06BEIJING5965	MARCH 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points made at the March 30 MFA press briefing are as follows: - An appropriate decision on the RMB exchange rate must take into account China's level of economic development and the potential impact on the global economy. - China hopes the March 29 UNSC Presidential Statement will [...]	2006-03-30 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR JP
06BEIRUT1337	MGLE01: DEFEATED LEBANESE CLOSE TO SYRIA ORGANIZE [...] (C) Elie Ferzli, former Minister of Information and apologist for Syrian influence in Lebanon, is working to form a political "movement" with other like-minded politicians such as Former Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh, and Former PM Omar Karame. PolChief met with Ferzli, former Minis [...]	2006-04-28 17:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PINS PHUM PREL SY LE
06BEIRUT1712	MGLE01: FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ABOUT ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. On May 30, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Finance Minister Azour to discuss the status of GOL economic reform efforts. Azour was upbeat as a result of the Lebanese economy's encouraging macroeconomic indicators and what he described as the positive reception he [...]	2006-05-31 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV LE
06BEIRUT2067	MGLE01: FM AZOUR DISCUSSES REFORM MEASURES AND [...] (C) Summary. During a June 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer, Finance Minister Azour discussed the GOL's recent economic reform work and a recent economic meeting among PM Siniora, Azour, Economy and Trade Minister Haddad, and Future Movement leader Sa'ad Hariri. A [...]	2006-06-21 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV LE
06BEIRUT2390	TFLE01: HIZBALLAH'S RECKLESSNESS SPLITS AOUN'S [...] (C) Aounist advisor MP Ibrahim Kanaan expressed frustration and deep concern over the present course of events in Lebanon and said he has advised his party leader General Michel Aoun to put distance between himself and Hassan Nasrallah. Kanaan is convinced that Hizballah, with "its extreme overconf [...]	2006-07-14 13:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2527	TFLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR WANTS DISPLACED SHIA TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 3 Ambassador and Emboff met with Patriarch Sfeir at his summer residence in Diman, North Lebanon. Concerned about sectarian tensions, Sfeir was adamant that displaced Shia in Beirut and Mount Lebanon must return to their villages without delay. Regarding Hizballah disarmam [...]	2006-08-03 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF KDEM PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2541	TFLE01: A/S WELCH MEETS WITH SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by Foreign Policy Advisor Ali Hamdan, at his office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch explained to Berri the two-phase resolution being proposed to end [...]	2006-08-06 07:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2582	LEBANON: TWO MEETINGS WITH SINIORA NARROW THE [...] (C/NF) PM Fouad Siniora clearly understands that time is short, and he specifically asked A/S Welch about a possible August 9 Israeli security cabinet decision to expand operations. Siniora realizes that the French-American discussions on a draft UNSC resolution are difficult, but he remains adaman [...]	2006-08-10 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2901	LEBANON: NICHOLAS MICHEL IN LEBANON; NEEDS TIME [...] (C) During a 9/7 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Phoenicia Hotel, UN Legal Adviser Nicholas Michel provided an overview of his discussions with the Lebanese regarding the draft "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." On sequencing, Michel said that PM Siniora should wai [...]	2006-09-08 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3125	LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Calling on Prime Minister Siniora in the Grand Serail September 2, CODEL Lahood expressed its support for Lebanon. Siniora was adamant that the air and sea blockade be lifted so that attention could be turned to the "major political flaw" that Hizballah committed. He thanked the USG for it [...]	2006-09-27 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MARR PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3601	SINIORA, HAMADEH PERCEIVE SIGNS THAT HIZBALLAH MAY [...] (S) Filling in more details of the 11/9 third round of consultations, Prime Minister Siniora and Minsiter Marwan Hamadeh mused that the March 14 decision to stand tough and even suggest counter demonstration had a positive impact. Both saw initial signs in today's session suggesting Hizballa [...]	2006-11-09 18:55:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV LE
06BEIRUT3618	LEBANON: DOD A/S RODMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (C) PM Siniora expressed his appreciation for Assistant Secretary Rodman's message that U.S. security assistance for SIPDIS Lebanon will remain solid due to the bi-partisan support that Lebanon's pro-reform forces enjoy in Congress. A/S Rodman also assured Siniora that the U.S. is not abo [...]	2006-11-14 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT3843	LEBANON: SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr explained to Senator Bill Nelson that Syria has three immediate objectives in Lebanon: to produce political chaos by supporting proxies like Hizballah, to regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and to re-establish its pa [...]	2006-12-15 17:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT835	MGLE01: RESIGNATIONS STALL NATIONAL ELECTORAL [...] (C) Last week, Ziad Baroud and Michel Tabet, the two Maronite members of the National Commission for Reform of the Electoral Law, resigned from the commission citing disagreement over the commission's redistricting plans. Baroud and Tabet claim they resigned because of procedural disagreement [...]	2006-03-17 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM LE PGOV PHUM
06BELGRADE1371	ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE #4; AUGUST 25, 2006 [...] (c) This week saw the most action to date on the media campaign portion of the Action Plan. Kotunica made a public statement about Serbia's reolve to hand over Mladic to The Hague - if he isfound on the teritory of Serbia. While the PM' statements were welcome, we have continued to pus him [...]	2006-08-30 07:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET//NOFORN	ICTY PREL PROG PHUM SR
06BELGRADE1644	DISAPPOINTING DEL PONTE VISIT TO BELGRADE (ICTY [...] (C) As foreshadowed by ICTY Action Plan Coordinator Ljajic late last week, the Serbian government presented lots of promises but reported little substantive progress in October 2-3 meetings with visiting ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte. At the end of her visit, CDP told us that her asse [...]	2006-10-06 09:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
06BELGRADE1899	SERBIA: 2006-2007 INCSR SUBMISSION PART II - [...] As the result of a public referendum on May 21, 2006, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) was dissolved and Montenegro became an independent country. The Government of the Republic of Serbia (GOS) became the legacy member of the Council of Europe and the United Nations. As a result [...]	2006-11-22 13:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SR MW
06BELGRADE655	MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: BLACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Missteps and misstatements dogged the pro-Union campaign last week. On April 24, police arrested one of eight pro-Union members of the Republic Referendum Commission on suspicion of falsifying voter registrations. Prosecution was approved by the State Prosecutor. No pro- Union m [...]	2006-04-26 15:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BISHKEK1795	PROGRESS FOR KYRGYZ HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The first planeload of Kyrgyz pilgrims has taken off for Mecca, but the mismanagement of the last Hajj is still fresh in the minds of the Muslim community throughout Kyrgyzstan, with some calling for the Chief Mufti and state officials to resign. Following the January 2006 Ha [...]	2006-12-21 11:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI KG
06BOGOTA1082	MEETING WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL MAYA [...] (C) Summary: Inspector General (Procurador General) Edgardo Maya told poloff on February 1 that he expected the Constitutional Court to affirm the legality of the Justice and Peace law. In Maya's opinion, President Uribe was breaking campaign rules in order to provoke opposition criticism a [...]	2006-02-03 21:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR CO
06BOGOTA1666	FARC INTERLOCUTOR SAYS HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE [...] (C) Communist Party leader and FARC interlocutor Carlos Lozano told Embassy officials February 21 that the prospect of an humanitarian exchange dialogue between the GOC and the FARC will improve after the May presidential elections. He believes the recent death of a FARC hostage in southern C [...]	2006-02-23 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA3516	MEETING WITH POLO PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE CARLOS [...] (C) In a breakfast with poloffs on April 10, Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA, or Polo) Presidential nominee Carlos Gaviria Diaz acknowledged that President Uribe would be reelected, although perhaps not on the first ballot. Gaviria's short term goal is to push Liberal (PLC) nominee Horacio S [...]	2006-04-21 15:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
06BRASILIA1440	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZIL'S MERCOSUL PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, Econoffs met with Julio Laranjeiras, Counselor for Mercosul at the Ministry of External Relations to discuss Brazil's ambitious and hopeful integration agenda during its 5-month tenure as Mercosul pro tempore president starting August 1. Brazil plans to, among other th [...]	2006-07-17 15:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR
06BRASILIA1993	BRAZIL READY TO RE-ENGAGE ON HIV/AIDS COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, USAID Mission Director Jennifer Adams and CDC Country Director Suzanne Westman met with GOB Minister of Health Agenor Alvares and the director of the National HIV/AIDS program, Mariangela Simao, to discuss the potential for expanded collaboration in health on Septembe [...]	2006-09-19 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KFLU KHIV SOCI TBIO PGOV BR
06BRASILIA2411	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SENATOR JOSE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and A/DCM met on 13 November with Senator Jose Sarney -- Brazil's first civilian president following the military regime, senior senator, PMDB party leader and elder statesman. Sarney was accompanied by Banco Safra President Carlos Alberto Viera and Sarney's diplomatic [...]	2006-11-16 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
06BRASILIA367	BRAZIL'S SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) Per ref A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary. Brazil made significant strides last year in improving the protection of copyrights and intellectual property related to biotechnology - key areas of concern in previous Special [...]	2006-02-21 20:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
06BRASILIA410	NEVER MINED: ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING ARRESTS ROCK KIMBERLEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Six people, including one GoB official, were arrested February 10 in a sting operation to stop the trafficking of illegally certified diamonds in Brazil. The gang is accused of illegal mining, document fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, and possible blood diamond trade. The Br [...]	2006-02-27 16:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ETTC EMIN EFIN PTER BR
06BRASILIA628	BRAZILIAN INTEREST GROUPS DUG IN ON WTO DOHA ROUND ISSUES [...] (U) Over the past week two sets of high-level visitors, CODEL Grassley and representatives from the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, have raised WTO Doha Round issues with GOB cabinet members and private sector interest groups. The week of March 20 CODEL Grassley met with Foreign Minister Amorim [...]	2006-03-30 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO EAGR PGOV PREL BR
06BRATISLAVA704	REACTION OF SLOVAKIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS TO NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Slovak PM Robert Fico's decision to form a ruling coalition with the Slovak National Party (SNS) following the June 17 parliamentary elections elicited a strong negative reaction from the country's sizeable Hungarian minority. SNS leader Jan Slota is notorious for anti-minori [...]	2006-08-21 06:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO LO

06BRATISLAVA974	PM FICO ON AFGHANISTAN, SIS, CORRUPTION, U.S. VISIT [...] (C) On the margins of a three-hour long Christmas party he hosted December 18 for the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Robert Fico told the Ambassador he was determined to travel to Kahdahar, Afghanistan in mid-January. He reiterated his invitation to the Ambassador to join him (reftel). Me [...]	2006-12-19 12:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ETRD AF LO

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