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00BEIJING11790	CHINA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2000 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH THREE REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) THERE WERE NO ACTS OF TERRORISM COMMITTED AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR INTERESTS IN CHINA THIS YEAR. CHINESE MAINLAND AND HONG KONG MEDIA OCCASIONALLY REPORT ACTS OF TERRORISM BY [...]	2000-11-30 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CH

00HANOI1160	A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...]	2000-05-26 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL
00HANOI1298	VIETNAM'S QUANG NINH PROVINCE: COAL, ECOTOURISM, AND CHINA? [...] NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM'S QUANG NINH PROVINCE IS BLESSED WITH TWO NATURAL ENDOWMENTS: ABUNDANT HIGH- QUALITY COAL AND STRIKING SCENERY. IT CONTAINS MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF VIETNAM'S COAL RESERVES AND MINES TEN MILLION TONS A YEAR. LIKE MANY OTHER VIETNAMESE STATE-OWNED SECTORS, HOWEVER, THE [...]	2000-06-13 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN ENRG EIND ELAB SENV VM
00HANOI1615	AVERAGE VIETNAMESE COMMENT ON ECONOMIC CHANGE IN TWO POOR HANOI NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OUTLYING DISTRICTS OF HANOI ARE ATTRACTING LARGE NUMBERS OF "IMMIGRANTS" FROM DEPRESSED RURAL AREAS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. MANUFACTURING JOBS HERE, THOUGH MISERABLY PAID BY U.S. STANDARDS, NEVERTHELESS PAY FAR MORE THAN THE PEASANT FARMS THEY LEAVE BEHIND. TO GET A FIRST HAND L [...]	2000-07-27 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PREL ECON VM
00HANOI2084	VIETNAM'S DISSIDENTS: IRREPRESSIBLE IN FACE OF OFFICIAL HARASSMENT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: MISSION OFFICERS RECENTLY CALLED ON SEVERAL LEADING DISSIDENTS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR SITUATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR VIEWS ON VIETNAM'S FUTURE. ALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO ONGOING OFFICIAL MONITORING AND HARASSMENT, ALBEIT UNEVENLY APPLIED. INTERESTINGLY, SECURITY AUTHORITIES, IN MOS [...]	2000-09-19 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR VM HUMANR
00HANOI2480	VIETNAM WARILY LOOKS TO CHINA AS A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A STEADY STREAM OF VIETNAMESE LEADERS VISITING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 HANOI 02480 01 OF 06 100541Z CHINA, MOST RECENTLY PRIME MINISTER KHAI AND THE ARMY CHI [...]	2000-11-10 05:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR VM CM CVR
00HANOI2573	CHINESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN FRENCH EMBASSY IN HANOI [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DOUGLAS G. HARTER, REASON 1.5(B,D) . 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAS 8-11. 3. (S) LATE AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 24 FRENCH AMBASSADOR SECRET PAGE 02 HANOI 02573 01 OF 02 271303Z INFORMED U.S. AMBASSADOR THAT TWO CHIN [...]	2000-11-27 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	PREF PREL CH FR VM CVR HUMANR
00HANOI2580	INFORMAL VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO U.S. QUERIES ON ASEAN SEANWFZ NON-PAPER [...] POLOFF MET NOVEMBER 28 WITH MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT SEANWFZ EXPERT TRAN DUC BINH TO DISCUSS REFTEL QUESTIONS. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02580 280819Z BINH SHARED THE FOLLOWING VIEWS, KEYED TO REFTEL POINTS: 2. SOVEREIGNTY: BINH STATED DEFINITELY THAT ASE [...]	2000-11-28 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM VM CH ASEAN
00HARARE2515	"RED GUARDS" AND SQUATTERS: MUGABE'S [...] (C) THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY IS BEING VITIATED IN ZIMBABWE. IN ORDER TO WIN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE DATE OF WHICH IS STILL NOT FIXED, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS UNLEASHED A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, COMPARABLE IN PURPOSE TO CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION. HIS TRUSTED AGENTS ARE T [...]	2000-05-11 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE3910	ZIMBABWE'S NEW CABINET: MUGABE REARRANGES THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 19 MEMBER (DOWN FROM 27 MEMBERS) CABINET CONSISTING OF 19 MEMBER ON JULY 15. A NUMBER OF THE OLD GUARD, INCLUDING WOMEN, WERE JETTISONED IN FAVOR OF TECHNOCRATS AND PARTY LOYALISTS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE FACT THAT THE CONFIDE [...]	2000-07-17 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE4057	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WIN OF 57 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS BY THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN THE JUNE, 2000 ELECTIONS MARKS AN IMPORTANT NEW STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN DEMOCRACY. AFTER 20 YEARS AS A ONE-PARTY STATE, THE RULING ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION - PATR [...]	2000-07-24 12:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP ZI KPAO
00HARARE6082	PROCESS TO IMPEACH ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE OPPOSITION MDC TABLED A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT OCTOBER 25 THAT BEGINS THE PROCESS FOR PRESIDENT MUGABE'S IMPEACHMENT. THE DOCUMENT CITED IN DETAIL "VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION" AND "GROSS MISCONDUCT" RELATED TO THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AS THE GROUNDS F [...]	2000-10-26 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
00HOCHIMINHCITY1121	SCIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND CHARITY IMPROVE LIVES IN VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS [...] SUMMARY. IN POOR POCKETS OF THE MEKONG DELTA, AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, VIETNAMESE AND FOREIGN, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THEIR OWN AND OTHER'S LIVES. CONGEN STAFF VISITED VIETNAM'S MAIN RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PRIVATE ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLIERS, [...]	2000-07-11 04:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PGOV SOCI ENRG EWWT EAID KIPR ETRD VM KDTB
00PRETORIA3416	PRESIDENT MBEKI "SEIZES THE MOMENT" IN STATE VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR LEWIS, PRESIDENT MBEKI DESCRIBED HIS UPCOMING STATE VISIT TO THE U.S. AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO TACKLE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY AND LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THAT PLAGUE SOUTH AFRICA. HE SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS A MEANS TO POVERTY AL [...]	2000-05-04 09:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
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
00THEHAGUE1863	READOUT ON MTCR DUTCH CHAIR VISIT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] END SUMMARY. TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT FOR FUTURE PARIS POC MTG (PROTECT UNTIL RELEASE AT NEXT MTCR POC MEETING) 2.(C/REL MTCR - REL TO MTCR UPON LATE JUNE POC MTG CIRCLTN) BEGIN TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT: GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE GIVEN BY THE NOORD [...]	2000-06-22 12:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL HK MC MY SN IR NL MTCRE
00ULAANBAATAR1422	MONGOLIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2000-11-28 03:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
01ABUJA1006	Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy [...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...]	2001-05-07 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS ECON NI
01ABUJA1679	NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S BID FOR GSM EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following up from his meeting with Motorola representatives on July 9 (following septel from Lagos),Ambassador Jeter met the Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye, on July 10 and with Vice President Atiku Abubakar on July 11. The Vice President confirmed [...]	2001-07-16 16:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI
01ABUJA1932	NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO VISIT CHINA [...] (C) Mission has learned that the much-discussed but never-before-scheduled State Visit to China of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now slated for late August. President Obasanjo plans to leave Nigeria on August 25, and depart China on August 29, arriving in Nigeria on August 30. 2 [...]	2001-08-02 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD NI PREL MASS CH
01ABUJA2072	NIGERIA: SECURITY ASSISTANCE MEETING CHAIRED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, Ambassador Jeter accompanied by DATT, Acting ODC Chief and PolMilOff met with Acting Minister of Defense Lawal Batagarawa and other Ministry officials to discuss security assistance programs. Ambassador Jeter explained that he had requested the meeting due to slow p [...]	2001-08-17 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NI MAS
01ABUJA2115	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR, [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...]	2001-08-28 09:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR
01ABUJA2151	NIGERIA: GOVERNOR OF KEBBI'S THOUGHTS ON THE NIGERIAN POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kebbi, Mohammed Aleiro, called on Ambassador Jeter on August 26. Aleiro was in Abuja prior to his trip with President Obasanjo to China. In addition to a discussion of Kebbi-specific issues, Aleiro stated that he did not believe Babangida would run against Obasan [...]	2001-08-29 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR NI
01ABUJA2235	NIGERIA: CODEL WATTS AND BIZDEL DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Ambassador Jeter accompanied Codel Watts, AUSTR Whitaker and executives from Phillips Petroleum, Syntroleum, Proctor and Gamble and Qualcomm to breakfast with President Obasanjo. Pointing to the need for foreign investment in non-oil sectors, the President encouraged the U.S. compani [...]	2001-09-06 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OVIP NI
01ABUJA2515	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS ON AFRICAN [...] SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni, guest lecturer at the Nigerian National War College on September 17, was billed to speak to the filled hall about regional integration. His well-received speech focused largely on globalization as the driving force for integration. Museveni argued that st [...]	2001-10-03 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECIN MARR UG NI
01ABUJA2974	NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...]	2001-11-24 06:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI
01ABUJA3082	NIGERIA: NEW DEFENSE ADVISOR APPOINTED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Mission received Note S1540/2001 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated November 12. The text of the note is below. Please advise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria presents its complime [...]	2001-12-06 09:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NI OFPD
01ABUJA999	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIA'S UNCHR VOTES [...] (C) During a discussion with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed on President Obasanjo,s visit to the United States (Ref C),Ambassador Jeter raised Nigeria,s voting record in the UNCHR (Ref A). The Ambassador expressed deep disappointment in Nigeria,s voting record, especially after the [...]	2001-05-04 19:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NI UNHRC
01BEIJING10339	PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-15 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
01BEIJING11971	CHINA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA STRONGLY AND PROMPTLY CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHICH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN DESCRIBED ON SEPTEMBER 12 AS AN ATTACK BOTH ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON WORLD PEACE. [...]	2001-12-12 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CH
01BEIJING12362	HU JINTAO: TAKING SHAPE AS CHINAÂ´S LEADER [...] (C) MOST CHINESE HAVE LITTLE IDEA OF HEIR-APPARENT HU JINTAOÂ´S PERSONAL VIEWS, BUT INSIDERS DESCRIBE HU AS A TALENTED BUREAUCRATIC PLAYER WITH SOLID CREDENTIALS TO SUCCEED JIANG ZEMIN. THEY REPORT THAT HU HAS STAKED OUT A MULTI-FACETED AND SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ROLE IN IMPORTANT AREAS OF PARTY AND [...]	2001-12-27 05:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
01HANOI1217	A/S KELLY DISCUSSION WITH FM NIEN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 18, FOLLOWING ARF MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY MET WITH VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER NIEN AND TOOK THE OCCASION TO VOICE STRONG CONCERNS AT THE REPORTED ARREST ON MAY 17 OF OUTSPOKEN HUE-BASED CATHOLIC PRIEST NGUYEN VAN LY, AND THE REPORTED SUMMONS OF UN [...]	2001-05-18 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE
01HANOI1245	A/S KELLY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE DEPUTY FM BIN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, U.S. ACTIVITIST GROUPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 17, FOLLOWING ARF SOM MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY ENGAGED IN CORDIAL BUT FRANK DISCUSSIONS WITH FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DINH BIN ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE CONTINUITY OF U.S. POLICIES IN THE REGION AND U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. BIN P [...]	2001-05-22 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD VM HUMANR CTERR
01HANOI1629	HANOI UPDATE #13 [...] (U) FLOODING IN NORTHERN VIETNAM: RAINY SEASON IS UPON US. TYPHOON NO. 2 (DURIAN) WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF NORTHERN VIETNAM JULY 2-4 CAUSING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES, KILLING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE AND DAMAGING NEARLY OVER 30,000 HOMES [...]	2001-07-09 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG ETMIN
01HANOI2114	VIETNAM PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DENNIS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02114 281005Z HARTER, REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D) 2. (C) PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA RECEIVED EXTENSIVE AND USUALLY FRONT PAGE COVERAGE IN THE VIETNAM PRESS, [...]	2001-08-28 08:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KS VM ASEAN
01HANOI2812	PARTY OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: A SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) FOREIGN RELATIONS OFFICIAL, BUI THE GIANG, EMPHASIZED THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02812 260838Z POSITIVE IN THE US-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP IN AN OCTOBER 24 COURTESY CALL WITH CHARGE. HE PREDI [...]	2001-10-26 08:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VM
01HANOI2946	VIETNAM RATES ASEAN MEETINGS "FULLY SUCCESSFUL" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM WAS FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02946 130325Z RESULTS OF THE ASEAN SUMMIT, ASEAN+3, AND ASEAN+1 MEETINGS IN BRUNEI NOVEMBER 5-6. MFA OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT PM PHAN VAN KHAI TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN GETTING THE ST [...]	2001-11-13 03:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM ASEAN CTERR
01HANOI2980	THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS: WHAT'S UP? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 1992 SRV CONSTITUTION REPRESENT ATTEMPTS TO ENABLE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC LIFE AND TO ADJUST THE ROLES OF VARIOUS PARTS OF GOVERNMENT, WITH POSSIBLE MORE POWER TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA). EXPECTED APPROVAL OF AT LEAST SOME AMENDMENTS [...]	2001-11-15 01:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL
01HANOI2985	PAO DISCUSSES COVERAGE OF ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN WITH SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS OFFICIAL [...] THE HANOI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER PAID A VISIT NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02985 01 OF 02 150919Z 14 TO COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS TO DISCUSS WITH DR. VU DUY THONG, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION FO [...]	2001-11-15 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PROP OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR
01HANOI2987	PUBLIC SECURITY PUBLISHES BOOK AGAINST BIN LADEN [...] (U) EMBASSY HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF A BOOK PUBLISHED (IN VIETNAMESE) BY THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SECURITY PRESS SOMETIME SINCE SEPTEMBER 11 ENTITLED "THE LIFE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN (MANY SECRET THINGS)." IT INCLUDES PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS CONNECTED WITH THE SE [...]	2001-11-15 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
01HANOI3186	PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...]	2001-12-04 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR
01HANOI3209	SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM SEEKING MORE COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY: SINGAPORE'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHANMUGAM JAYAKUMAR NOVEMBER 27-30 "SUCCESSFUL" VISIT TO HANOI INCLUDED A DISCUSSION ON HOW BETTER TO COOPERATE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDED FUTURE ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND AID. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) TERRORISM: JAYAKUM [...]	2001-12-07 04:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PINR ETRD VM SN ASEAN CTERR
01HANOI3294	NONG DUC MANH VISITS CHINA: BOTH SIDES REAFFIRM FRIENDSHIP, CONDEMN TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) GENERAL SECRETARY, VISITED CHINA NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 4. THIS WAS HIS FIRST VISIT TO CHINA SINCE BECOMING GENERAL SECRETARY LAST APRIL, AND WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED TO ASSUAGE ANY CHINESE FEARS THAT VIETNAM WAS MOVING "TOO CLOSE [...]	2001-12-20 10:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR CTERR
01HANOI539	DAS BOYCE MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE CONG PHUNG ON ARF AND ASEAN ISSUES [...] EAP DAS BOYCE MET FEBRUARY 28 WITH LE CONG PHUNG, VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR ASEAN AFFAIRS, TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING ASEAN AND THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF). MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTORS PHAM HUU CHI AND TRAN NGOC AN, AND AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DOAN X [...]	2001-03-08 02:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM ASEAN ARF
01HANOI566	TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: VIETNAM PRESSES FOR ARF MEMBER ACCESSION [...] ON FEBRUARY 6 MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT CALLED IN LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF ARF MEMBER-COUNTRIES FOR A BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION (TAC) IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR PHAM HUU CHI PRESIDED; REPRESENTATIVES FROM CANADA, CHINA, DPRK, I [...]	2001-03-09 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM ASEAN ARF
01HANOI638	LEADERSHIP OPTIONS BEING HASHED OUT IN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CLOISTERED AT COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS THIS PAST WEEK, DELIBERATING ON THE FATE OF GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU AND A NEW LEADERSHIP LINE-UP. IN THIS "SECOND SESSION" OF TH [...]	2001-03-19 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD VM DPOL
01HANOI762	USG OBJECTIVES IN THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: THE FOLLOWING IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. IT FOCUSES ON THE BACKGROUND OF "NORMALIZATION" AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED TO MEET USG AS WELL AS VIETNAMESE INTERESTS. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND MESSAGE THAT DELINEATES A SIGN [...]	2001-04-03 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL VM
01HANOI952	ACTIVITIES OF PHIEU AND MANH IN THE RUN-UP TO THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS FORESHADOWED CHANGES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FIERCE JOCKEYING AMONG THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) LEADERSHIP THAT PEAKED AT THE APRIL 19-22 NINTH PARTY CONGRESS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR MONTHS. (REFTELS DETAIL OUR EXPECTATION THAT NATIONAL ASSEMB [...]	2001-04-20 11:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HANOI985	POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED AS UNITED IN OFFICIAL MEDIA IN RUN-UP TO PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, IN THE RUN-UP TO THE JUST-COMPLETED NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS, VIETNAM'S OUTGOING POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED IN STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA AS UNITED IN T [...]	2001-04-25 10:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HANOI989	STAFFDEL ATKINS VISIT TO HANOI APRIL 15-18; BTA ON THEIR MINDS [...] SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF VIETNAM'S NINTH PARTY CONGRESS, THE GVN HOSTED A LARGE DELEGATION OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS AND AN ACCOMPANYING U.S. BUSINESS GROUP. THE U.S. VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL UNDERWROTE THE EVENT. DESPITE SENIORMOST GVN LEADERSHIP BEING TIED UP IN PRE-PARTY CONGRESS PLENUMS, [...]	2001-04-26 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELAB PREL VM BTA LABOR
01HARARE1018	ZIMBABWE: CHIDYAUSIKU SWORN IN AS ACTING CHIEF [...] (U) IN A LONG-EXPECTED MOVE, PRESIDENT MUGABE SWORE IN HIGH COURT JUDGE PRESIDENT GODFREY CHIDYAUSIKU AS ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 13. CHIDYAUSIKU WILL SERVE IN AN ACTING CAPACITY AT LEAST UNTIL THE FORMAL RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY, CURRENT [...]	2001-03-14 16:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE1026	ZIMBABWE LEGAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED [...] (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH STERNFORD MOYO, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEATRICE MTETWA, THE ZIMBABWEAN LAWYER [...]	2001-03-15 11:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI
01HARARE1055	INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION VISIT [...] (C) IN A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY, AN INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION MET WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AS WELL AS PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT. IN A FRANK THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR [...]	2001-03-19 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI
01HARARE1178	ZIMBABWE: HOW PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL HANG ON TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ELECTION OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. MUGABE WILL USE ALL THE RESOURCES OF HIS OFFICE, THE RULING PARTY, AND THE STATE TO WIN RE- ELECTION AND DENY THE OPPOSITION MDC THE PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A W [...]	2001-03-30 12:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS MCAP ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE1209	ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES DEFY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT'S RESETTLEMENT COMMITTEE TABLED A REPORT IN FEBRUARY THAT CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE AS LACKING THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE REPORT ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM "IN A TRANSPA [...]	2001-04-03 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1247	ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT BECOMES RULING PARTY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING ZANU-PF IS TAKING A DIFFERENT TACK IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO CLAMP DOWN ON THE OPPOSITION BY FORCING THROUGH PARLIAMENT LEGISLATION THAT AIMS TO RESTRICT OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES. IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON APRIL 3-4, ZANU-PF PARLIAMENTARIANS SUSPENDED THE LEGISLATURE'S OWN [...]	2001-04-05 17:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM PINR ZI
01HARARE2345	PRESIDENT MUGABE APPOINTS THREE ADDITIONAL SUPREME [...] PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS APPOINTED THREE ADDITIONAL SUPREME COURT JUDGES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUSTICES ON THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST COURT TO EIGHT. MINISTER OF JUSTICE PATRICK CHINAMASA ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE IN PREPARATION FOR AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN WORKLOAD. THE [...]	2001-08-08 12:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE2505	JUSTICE MINISTER ANNOUNCES MOVE TO LIMIT CIVIC [...] STATE-CONTROLLED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION TELEVISION AND RADIO, AND THE STATE-CONTROLLED DAILY "HERALD," REPORTED ON AUGUST 22 AND 23 THAT MINISTER OF JUSTICE PATRICK CHINAMASA WILL PROPOSE LIMITS ON CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN ZIMBABWE. 2. UNDER THE HEADLINE [...]	2001-08-24 09:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ZI
01HARARE2547	ASSETS OF PRESIDENT MUGABE AND SENIOR GOZ AND [...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REF B TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (S) THE FULL EXTENT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ASSETS ARE UNKNOWN, BUT ARE RUMORED TO EXCEED US$1 BILLION IN VALUE, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE LIKELY INVESTED OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE. INSIDE ZIMBABWE, THE BULK OF MUGABE'S ASSETS [...]	2001-08-29 12:49:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2548	ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REMAKING JUDICIARY IN ITS OWN IMAGE [...] (C) ZANU-PF IS PROCEEDING IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO FORCE INDEPENDENT-MINDED JUDGES OFF THE BENCH AND REPLACE THEM WITH SYMPATHETIC OR PLIANT JURISTS, ACCORDING TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE HIGH COURT BENCH. THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) IS REPORTEDLY WATCHING CERTAIN JUDGES VERY CLOSELY [...]	2001-08-29 12:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE2567	PROPOSAL FOR LIMITED, SPECIFIED TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO ASSET SEIZURE AND TRAVEL SANCTIONS FOCUSED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF TOP GOZ CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02567 01 OF 03 301518Z OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RULE OF LAW (REF A),THE HARARE COUNTR [...]	2001-08-30 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CG ZI
01HARARE3004	TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST [...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...]	2001-10-09 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL
01HARARE3240	ABUJA II: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE OCTOBER 25 TO 27 VISIT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVEN COMMONWEALTH (CW) COUNTRIES AND THE CW SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWED PROGRESS ON COMMITMENTS AGREED TO BY THE GOZ ON LAND REFORM, RULE OF LAW, AND ATTENDANT ISSUES AS OUTLINED IN THE ABUJA AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 6 (REFTEL). OU [...]	2001-10-29 15:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PGOV ZI
01HARARE3277	ANTI-TERROR OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN [...] AN OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR JOSEPH SULLIVAN RECEIVED PROMINENT PUBLICATION IN TWO INFLUENTIAL ZIMBABWEAN NEWSPAPERS ON NOVEMBER 1. THE PRIVATELY-OWNED "DAILY NEWS" CARRIED THE PIECE AS THE ONLY OPINION PIECE ON THEIR OP-ED PAGE. THE PRIVATELY OWNED WEEKLY "FINANCIAL GAZETTE" [...]	2001-11-02 05:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL ZI
01HARARE3286	ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DUE TO TABLE LEGISLATION [...] (C) IN A LUNCH MEETING WITH POLOFF NOVEMBER 1, NEW DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER PAUL MANGWANA -- AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT -- REVEALED THAT HIS MINISTRY IS CURRENTLY DRAFTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN FOREIGN FUNDING CHANNELED THROUGH NGOS FOR "POLITICAL TASKS," SUCH AS VOTER EDUCATION. H [...]	2001-11-02 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3356	ZIMBABWE MOVES TO PROHIBIT INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-09 11:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3730	A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO [...] (C) DURING HIS DECEMBER 10-11 VISIT TO HARARE, AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MET WITH A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WILSON SANDURA, UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF H [...]	2001-12-14 09:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3813	ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT POSTPONES PASSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 20, THE ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT PASSING KEY LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO TILT THE ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD IN FAVOR OF THE RULING PARTY. THE GENERAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL, WHICH INCLUDES SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTORAL ACT, THE PUBLIC O [...]	2001-12-21 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE502	ZIMBABWE REMARKS ON WCAR PREPCOM MEETING IN DAKAR [...] (C) ON JANUARY 23, POST DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO ALFRED MUTIWAZUKA, THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICE OF ZIMBABWE'S MFA. IN A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH MUTIWAZUKA ON JANUARY 24, POLOFF LEARNED THAT ZIMBABWE IS SENDING JUSTICE MIN [...]	2001-01-24 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI ZI
01HARARE538	ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE HOLDS FIRM [...] (C) THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT, ANTHONY GUBBAY, TOLD CHARGE ON JANUARY 26 THAT ZANU-PF WANTS TO FIND A WAY TO FORCE HIM AND HIS FOUR COLLEAGUES OFF THE COURT. IN A MEETING SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUZENDA REPORTEDLY ACCUSED GUBBAY, WHO IS WHITE, OF BEING A RACI [...]	2001-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE644	ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HOUNDS SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (U) JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 2 THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY. SHORTLY AFTER MEETING WITH GUBBAY IN HIS SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS, CHINAMASA ISSUED A STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD TAKE FOUR MONTHS OF LEAVE BEGINNING ON MA [...]	2001-02-05 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE694	ANOTHER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IS SHOWN THE DOOR [...] (C) AFTER FORCING SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY INTO EARLY RETIREMENT ON FEBRUARY 2 (REFTEL),THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO GUBBAY'S FOUR COLLEAGUES ON ZIMBABWE'S HIGHEST BENCH. ON FEBRUARY 9, JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA ASKED FOR THE RESIGNATION OF JUSTI [...]	2001-02-09 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE766	REMAINING ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES STAND [...] (C) AFTER JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA STRONG- ARMED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY INTO RESIGNING (REF B),THE REMAINING FOUR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE STANDING FIRM FOR NOW. JUSTICE NICHOLAS MCNALLY TOLD POLITICAL CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 13 THAT AFTER CHINAMASA PRESSURED HIM TO RESIGN ON FE [...]	2001-02-16 11:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE816	UNENTHUSIASTIC ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY TRYING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MAJORITY OF ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU- PF PARTY MEMBERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND THE WAY HE IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER MORE THAN PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO HIS DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES, OUR CONTACTS TELL US. THERE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR [...]	2001-02-23 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE861	SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE FIGHTS BACK [...] (SBU) IN A DRAMATIC, ELEVENTH HOUR TWIST TO THE SAGA OF THE ZIMBABWEAN JUDICIARY, CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY MADE PUBLIC HIS INTENTION TO STAY ON THE JOB. IT WAS EARLIER UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD WRAP UP HIS AFFAIRS AT THE BENCH ON FEBRUARY 28, AT WHICH TIME HE WOULD TAKE FOU [...]	2001-02-28 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE918	ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT AND CHIEF JUSTICE REACH NEW [...] (U) A LOOMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WAS AVERTED MARCH 2 WHEN GUBBAY AGREED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, AND THE GOZ AGREED TO RETAIN GUBBAY'S JUDICIAL PRIVILEGES AND REFRAIN FROM DEMANDING THE [...]	2001-03-05 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HOCHIMINHCITY1255	TEXTILE ORDERS FOR VIETNAM: LOOKING TO THE BTA FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES, NOT THE WORLD SECURITY SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY ANTICIPATES A BOOST IN ORDERS FROM OVERSEAS BUYERS RELUCTANT TO DO BUSINESS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS PAKISTAN AND INDONESIA, IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT SECURITY SITUATION. THIS IS ACCORDING TO BUSINESS PEOPLE IN HO CHI MINH CITY, THE CENTER OF VIETNAM'S TEXTILE [...]	2001-11-08 00:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX VM BTA
01HOCHIMINHCITY197	IMI: HOTEL OCCUPANCY REBOUNDS, TOURISM CAMPAIGN LIMPS [...] HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC) RECEIVED 1.1 MILLION INTERNATIONAL VISITORS IN 2000, OF WHICH 793,000 WERE TOURISTS. 307,000 OF THE 1.1 MILLION TOURISTS WERE PEOPLE OF VIETNAMESE ORIGIN RESIDING OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM. HOTEL ROOM OCCUPANCY RATES IN HCMC AVERAGED 42 PERCENT, UP TWO PERCENT OVER 1999, WIT [...]	2001-02-28 05:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTDB VM
01HOCHIMINHCITY488	A BIT OF CAO DAI HISTORY [...] POLOFF RECENTLY MET WITH A CAO DAI RELIGIOUS ELDER WHO RELATED AN ANECDOTE REGARDING THE INDOCHINA TALKS HELD IN GENEVA IN 1954. THE SOUTHERN DELEGATION (WHICH INCLUDED ONE CAO DAI REPRESENTATIVE) ATTEMPTED TO MEET PRIVATELY WITH THE VIET MINH DELEGATION HEADED BY PHAM VAN DONG AND PHAN ANH. [...]	2001-04-26 06:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE
01HOCHIMINHCITY616	NEW SLATE OF HCMC LEADERS WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] REF A REPORTED THAT LE THANH HAI, FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE, WAS ONE OF TWO FRONT RUNNERS TO REPLACE VO VIET THANH FOR THE JOB OF CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE. ON MAY 18, IN AN IRREGULAR SESSION OF THE HCMC PEOPLE'S COUNCIL, HAI WAS SELECTED THE NEW CHAIRMAN. T [...]	2001-05-22 06:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR VM DPOL
01HOCHIMINHCITY699	BUDDHIST TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] SBU) SUMMARY: REFTELS REPORTED THE HOUSE ARREST OF UBCV BUDDHIST THICH QUANG DO AFTER HE CALLED FOR UBCV BUDDHISTS TO TRAVEL UNAUTHORIZED TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE ON JUNE 7 WITH THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG FROM CONFINEMENT IN QUANG NGAI TO HCMC. AS MANY AS 100 BUDD [...]	2001-06-11 03:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
01KINSHASA346	MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA [...] (C) CHARGE WAS CONVOKED FOR A MEETING WITH INTERIM HEAD OF GOVERNMENT GENERAL JOSEPH KABILA AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 18. THIS WAS NOT EXACTLY THE "KEEP IT IN CONFIDENCE" MEETING THAT CHARGE HAD BEEN TOLD JOSEPH KABILA SOUGHT (REFTEL). AMBASSADORS FROM THE OTHER UNSC PERMREP COUNTRIES (UK, FRANCE, [...]	2001-01-18 18:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
01RANGOON1171	CHINESE QUIETLY SUPPORT REFORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE DCM TOLD US THE PRC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND BELIEVES THE MILITARY REGIME IS SINCERE IN ITS DEALINGS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK). WHILE HE STATED HIS BELIEF THAT OUTSIDE PRESSURE IS COUNTER- PRODUCTIVE, HE GAVE SOME REASON TO BELIEV [...]	2001-07-27 11:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
01STATE134673	CHINA/TIBET: HU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. VICE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S JULY 17-23 VISIT TO TIBET WAS POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR AT LEAST THREE REASONS: IT CONFIRMED CURRENT POLICY; IT ASSOCIATED HU PERSONALLY WITH THE CURRENT RELATIVELY HARD-LINE APPROACH; AND IT DEMONSTRATED HIS HEALTH AND VITALITY. 2. (C) VICE PRESI [...]	2001-08-03 21:03:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PINR PGOV
01STATE157182	TASK FORCE SITREP 2 [...] (U) THE PRESIDENT WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON TONIGHT. THE SECRETARY IS ALSO ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON. 2. (U) THE PRESIDENT EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES. 3. (U) POSTS SHOULD REVIEW THE SEPTEMBER 11 STATEMENT OF WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR KAREN HUGH [...]	2001-09-11 21:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL
01VATICAN2531	VATICAN NON-REACTIONS ON CHINA AND DEMARCHE [...] (S) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE POINTS ON APRIL 27 TO MONSIGNOR ROTA-GRAZIOSI, VATICAN CHINA DESK OFFICER. ROTA-GRAZIOSI WELCOMED USG APPROACH BUT RESPONDED THAT THE VATICAN MAINTAINED CAREFUL NEUTRALITY ON SECURITY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE PRC AND TAIWAN AND DECLINED TO OFFER COMMENT. [...]	2001-05-09 07:08:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	VT CH PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR
01VATICAN3121	BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: IRAQ [...] (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE VATICAN CONDEMNED THE WEST'S PROSECUTION OF THE GULF WAR, AND IT HAS CONSISTENTLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03121 111605Z OPPOSED U.S. SANCTIONS POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. WE SHOULD EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. MANY FACTORS ARE INVOLVED I [...]	2001-06-11 17:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR VT
01VATICAN3297	THE VATICAN AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN [...] (U) THE VATICAN'S OVERRIDING CONCERN IN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03297 01 OF 02 201534Z MAINLAND CHINA IS ITS RIGHT TO MINISTER TO THE ESTIMATED 10 MILLION CATHOLIC POPULATION. THE VATICAN AND THE PRC DO NOT HAVE OFFICIAL RELATIONS. THE PRC REPUDIATES [...]	2001-06-20 16:29:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR VT CH TW
01VATICAN3507	THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]	2001-07-03 12:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL
01VATICAN3571	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] (U) THE JUNE 30 - JULY 06 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - G8: GENOA'S ARCHBISHOP REJECTS VIOLENT PROTESTS - REPORT ALLEGES MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS SUFFER PERSECUTION - POPE ENCOURAGES ETHICAL USE OF XENOTRANSPLANTS - CARITAS OFFICIALS SAYS FOOD AID FOR NORTH KORE [...]	2001-07-06 13:41:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON EAID TBIO SOCI KN VT VTPREL
01VATICAN3756	EMBASSY VATICAN TEXT FOR NICHOLSON CONFIRMATION [...] PER REFTELCON, EMBASSY VATICAN OFFERS THE FOLLOWING TEXT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03756 01 OF 02 131452Z FOR POSSIBLE USE BY NOMINEE NICHOLSON'S OPENING STATEMENT: BEGIN TEXT: IN 1984 THE UNITED STATES JOINED 107 OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR [...]	2001-07-13 15:33:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM MZ VT
01VATICAN3976	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...]	2001-07-27 09:54:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL
01VATICAN4075	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 27 - AUGUST 03 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04075 051244Z CONTENTS: - POPE RECEIVES YASSER ARAFAT - VATICAN RECEIVED NO EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR RWANDAN PRIEST - VATICAN SAYS CHINA RELEASES BISHOP - [...]	2001-08-03 12:35:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID IS RW CH VT
01VATICAN4483	VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...]	2001-08-28 15:37:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR
01VATICAN5566	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE OCTOBER 20-26 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05566 01 OF 02 261515Z CONTENTS: - POPE DECRIES MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - POPE APOLOGIZES TO CHINA AND HOPES FOR DIPLOMATIC TIES - CARITAS APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN [...]	2001-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG MARR MCAP AF CH IS WE VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5629	VATICAN PLAYS CHINA GAMBIT. AWAITS CHINA'S [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-30 14:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PINR VT CH
01VATICAN5814	FIDES MEDIA DIRECTOR CERVELLERA VIEWS ON [...] (C) AT MEDIA THEMED LUNCH HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, DIRECTOR OF MEDIA FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH (FIDES),FATHER BENARDO CERVELLERA, SPOKE AT LENGTH ON HIS VIEWS OF RECENT VATICAN/PRC DEVELOPMENTS. CERVELLERA SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE POPE'S 10/24 STATEMENT APO [...]	2001-11-09 13:22:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PINR CH VT
01VATICAN6539	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH VATICAN CHINA EXPERT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON CALLED ON ARCHBISHOP MARIA CELLI, SECRETARY OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PATRIMONY OF THE SIPDIS APOSTOLIC SEE, ON DECEMBER 14. ALTHOUGH CELLI, IN HIS CURRENT POSITION AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF VATICAN PROPERTIES DOES NOT HAVE A DIRECT FOREIGN POLICY ROLE, HE IS OF [...]	2001-12-19 14:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH VT TA
02ABUJA1465	NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO HOST INTERNATIONAL TIP SUMMIT [...] In a May 7 meeting, Mike Mku, the President's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor confirmed August 1-4 as the dates for the Government of Nigeria's "International Summit" on Trafficking in Persons. Mku gave RNLEO a copy of President Obasanjo's April 5 letter inviting Presid [...]	2002-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM NI

02ABUJA1816	COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA FLOWS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: There are important regional differences in the media in Nigeria that affect Embassy efforts to communicate U.S. views on the war on terror and other issues. This cable profiles the communications and media environment in Nigeria's north, which is predominately Muslim and Hausa spe [...]	2002-06-19 15:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO 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
02ABUJA3297	NIGERIA: ENGAGING THE AMERICAN PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY: On October 21, Ambassador Jeter, assisted by USAID Mission Director Liberi, National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) Chairperson Osotimehin, Lagos Consul General, Mission Officers, and Percy Wilson, an AFR/SD HIV/AIDS Consultant, hosted a highly successful luncheon for 20 prominent [...]	2002-12-12 13:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI ECON NI
02ABUJA3304	NIGERIAN TEXTILE BAN: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR AGOA" [...] (U) Standing the spirit of free trade on its head, a senior Nigerian Commerce Ministry official says the GON temporarily banned imports of certain printed fabrics and now imposes import restrictions on these items as part of the country's efforts to qualify for AGOA trade benefits. The Standar [...]	2002-12-12 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP KTEX ECON NI
02ABUJA3345	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19 [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI
02ABUJA630	NIGERIA: GUM ARABIC SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and AUSTR Whitaker visited Jigawa and Kano states on January 28 and 29 respectively. Two years of negotiations, involving the U.S. private sector, Nigerian State and Federal Governments, USTR and the U.S. Embassy resulted in the January 28 launching of the Gum Arabi [...]	2002-02-26 15:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI
02AMMAN3761	LABOR TRENDS IN QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES [...] SUMMARY. Labor conditions at the qualifying industrial zones (QIZs) are satisfactory and tending toward improvement. The QIZs continue to grow, resulting in increased demand for labor, and the demand for trained domestic labor is pressing. Foreign source labor, especially within the textile [...]	2002-07-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD
02AMMAN4447	DEMARCHE TO JORDANIANS ON IRAQI PROCUREMENT [...] (S/NF) On August 8, POLCOUNS delivered points in reftel to Ali Al-Ayed, personal assistant to the foreign minister. Ayed asked if there was any more specific information on the names of the companies involved, the shipping and transit route, or the shipment schedule, and also asked if the info [...]	2002-08-08 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN5355	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-18 11:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5485	JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE [...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...]	2002-09-24 07:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV JO IS
02AMMAN6852	THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...]	2002-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN JO
02AMMAN6952	QIZ UPDATE - IRAQ WORRIES, TRANSSHIPMENT RUMORS, [...] (sbu) Despite continuing political uncertainty in the region, QIZ exporters in Jordan continue to report solid production and growth. Most exporters are booked through the winter, some new investor interest is evident, and many current investors are expanding production. Many QIZ exporters [...]	2002-12-01 10:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IS IZ JO
02BEIJING1019	HU JINTAO IN THE MEDIA LIMELIGHT [...] (C) CHINESE MEDIA ARE GIVING INCREASING PROMINENCE TO HU JINTAO IN A CLEAR SIGNAL TO CHINA'S DOMESTIC AUDIENCE THAT HE HAS CONSOLIDATED HIS POSITION AS CHINA'S NEXT PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY AND STATE PRESIDENT. WE EXPECT HU'S PUBLIC PROFILE TO CONTINUE TO RISE AS CHINA MOVES CLOSER TO THE 200 [...]	2002-02-05 05:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
02BEIJING11889	CHINA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2002 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA TREATS DESIGNATIONS OF TERRORISTS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH THOSE DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. THE PRC REGULARLY INSTRUCTS ITS FINANCIAL INS [...]	2002-11-15 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CH
02COLOMBO1993	SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-24 14:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL
02COLOMBO2032	Second round of GSL-LTTE talks slated to kick [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are scheduled to kick off their second round of talks on October 31 in Thailand. The Norwegian-facilitated talks are slated to focus mainly on technical issues, including the modalities of forming a task force on humanitarian issue [...]	2002-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM EAID CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2080	Reviewing recent talks, Norwegian envoy upbeat, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Wills, Norwegian Ambassador Westborg was upbeat about the recently concluded second session of GSL-LTTE talks, but stressed that the process still had a long way to go. He took note of the LTTE's apparent downgrading of its long-standing [...]	2002-11-05 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2194	SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN PUSHES FURTHER [...] (U) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. used his November 19-22 visit to Sri Lanka to push the GSL to move forward with key economic reforms. He delivered this message during separate meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and [...]	2002-11-26 10:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2346	SRI LANKA: COMMERCE A/S LASH PUSHES INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Following up on President Bush's July commitment to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to examine areas for greater economic engagement with Sri Lanka, William H. Lash III, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, brought a Commerce Department delegation to Sri La [...]	2002-12-24 05:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR CWC
02HANOI1181	GVN PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S VISIT TO NORTH KOREA (DPRK) PROVIDED ANOTHER AT LEAST COSMETIC INDICATOR OF THE CONTINUING THAW IN BILATERAL RELATIONS. WHILE THE TWO COUNTRIES SIGNED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS, MOST APPEAR TO HAVE LITTLE PRACTICAL APPLICATION. THE PROBABILITY OF ANY [...]	2002-05-13 07:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PHUM VM KN KS DPRK
02HANOI1279	BURMA AND VIETNAM: TRYING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE VISIT BY PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG TO BURMA UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE MODEST TIES BETWEEN THESE TWO FELLOW ASEAN STATES. A MAJOR FOCUS WAS ON THE STILL LIMITED ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP; BILATERAL TRADE IS ONLY ABOUT USD 10 MILLION ANNUALLY. NARCOTICS [...]	2002-05-20 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV ETRD BM VM ASEAN CTERR
02HANOI1290	VIETNAM, THE PRC, AND TAIWAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS HAD AN OFTEN-TORTUOUS HISTORY WITH CHINA, INCLUDING WITH THE PRC, AND IS AWARE OF THE DISPARITY OF THE IMPORTANCE WITH WHICH THE TWO COUNTRIES VIEW ONE ANOTHER. MANY HERE MINIMIZE ACKNOWLEDGING [...]	2002-05-21 07:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS CM VM CVR APEC
02HANOI133	HA GIANG: SLEEPY BORDER PROVINCE TRYING TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. HA GIANG PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE RECENTLY DECLARED "BORDER ECONOMIC ZONE" WILL STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT IN ONE OF NORTHERN VIETNAM'S POORER MOUNTAIN PROVINCES. THE DISTANCE AND DIFFICULTY IN TRAVELING TO HANOI AND OTHER LOWLAND PROVINCES REMAIN HINDRANCES TO ECO [...]	2002-01-18 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV VM
02HANOI1379	VIETNAM AND THE SPRATLYS: STRONG TALK, -- BUT PLAYING IT SAFE [...] (U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO TAKE A FIRM LINE CONCERNING VIETNAM'S SOVEREIGNTY CLAIMS OVER THE SPRATLY ISLANDS. PROVINCIAL CLAIMS CONCERNING CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SPRATLYS APPEAR EXAGGERATED. VIETNAM CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE OF CONDUCT (REFTEL),AN IM [...]	2002-05-30 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PINR VM CVR ASEAN
02HANOI1382	CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA: [...] (SBU) AT A WORKING LUNCH ON MAY 30, MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI TOLD POL/C AND POLOFFS THAT HE RATED AGREEMENT AMONG ASEAN MEMBERS ON THE FINAL LANGUAGE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN TIME FOR THE ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN JULY AS NO BETTER THAN "50-50." (SEPTEL W [...]	2002-05-30 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PINR VM ASEAN CVR
02HANOI1400	VIETNAM POSTIVE ON THE BRUNEI ARF SOM [...] (SBU) DURING A WORKING LUNCH ON MAY 30, MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI DESCRIBED VIETNAM'S ASSESSMENT OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF) SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "RATHER SATISFIED," RATING HIGHLY ESPECIALLY BRUNEI'S LEADERSHIP AS THE CHAIR. CHI COMMENTE [...]	2002-05-31 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR VM ASEAN CTERR
02HANOI1523	VIETNAM: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE AGENDA [...] SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CONTINUES A FRONT- BURNER ISSUE AMONG THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN VIETNAM. THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES TWO RECENT IPR SEMINARS IN HANOI SPONSORED BY FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND AND WHICH INCLUDED PARTICIPATION BY THE EMBASSY ECONOMIC SECTION, [...]	2002-06-13 05:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP
02HANOI1794	DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO WRITE OPEN LETTERS TO THEIR COUNTRY'S LEADERSHIP AND TO ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE THESE LETTERS OVERSEAS. A JULY 6 LETTER COMPLAINED THAT GVN "POLITICAL SECURITY FORCES" HAVE ACT [...]	2002-07-16 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI VM DPOL HUMANR
02HANOI1990	GVN VIEWS 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING AS "VERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE SIGNING OF A JOINT DECLARATION ON COUNTER TERRORISM BETWEEN ASEAN AND THE U.S., A POSITIVE MEETING BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DY [...]	2002-08-09 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PINR PTER VM ARF ASEAN CTERR
02HANOI2272	"WIN US OVER" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) AMBASSADOR'S SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING TO DISCUSS CHINA (REF A) WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE VAN BANG (FORMERLY AMBASSADOR TO U.S., AND NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR NORTHEAST ASIA) WAS UNAVOIDABLY DIVERTED INTO A DISCUSSI [...]	2002-09-18 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD MARR VM CVR
02HANOI2309	PRC-VIETNAM BORDER: GVN COUNTERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH ROUND OF BILATERAL BOUNDARY TALKS WITH THE PRC ON AUGUST 23, THE GVN HAS ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC RELATIONS BLITZ, INCLUDING THE APPARENTLY UNPRECEDENTED PUBLICATION OF THE 1999 LAND BORDER TREATY ON THE INTERNET, TO COUNTER PERSISTENT DOMESTIC CRI [...]	2002-09-24 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PINR CH VM CVR
02HANOI2465	VIETNAM: APEC OCTOBER MEETING (C-AL2-00879) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CLAIRE A. PIERANGELO, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (C) POST HAS HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH GVN OFFICIALS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS REGARDING APEC AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02465 01 OF 02 100745Z VIETNAM'S RO [...]	2002-10-10 07:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECIN VM KPRP APEC CTERR
02HANOI2493	NONG DUC MANH VISITS JAPAN: ACCORDING TO SCRIPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV),VISITED JAPAN OCTOBER 2-5. BOTH SIDES PREDICTABLY LABELED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISIT AS A "SUCCESS." IN ADDITION TO "REAFFIRMING THE STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP," TOPICS INCLUDED THE NEED FOR VIETN [...]	2002-10-15 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON JA VM
02HANOI2598	ORGANIZING THE MASSES: WOMEN AND YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAMESE "MASS ORGANIZATIONS" FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY CHANGING THEIR FOCUS AWAY FROM BEING ONE-WAY COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA TOOLS TO BECOMING MORE DYNAMIC INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 025 [...]	2002-10-28 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SOCI VM TIP
02HANOI2871	HANOI'S VIEW OF CHINA'S 16TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OBSERVERS IN HANOI ASSESSED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) 16TH PARTY CONGRESS AS "POSITIVE" AND PREDICTED THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM'S (CPV) LEADERSHIP WOULD CLOSELY STUDY ITS DECISIONS WHILE STEERING ITS OWN COURSE OVER THE NEXT DECADE. CPV OFFICI [...]	2002-12-02 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH VM CVR
02HANOI2975	WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE ETHNICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM'S MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY REMAINS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02975 01 OF 04 160035Z HEAVILY DOMINATED BY THE MAJORITY ETHNIC KINH. ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE OFTEN LOCATED IN ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL PARTS OF VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINOU [...]	2002-12-15 23:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PINS PGOV VM ETMIN
02HANOI3018	VIETNAM: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LEGAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT A NATIONAL SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),GVN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS CONCLUDED THAT TIP IN VIETNAM AND THE REGION APPEARS ON THE INCREASE, ALTHOUGH LITTLE RELIABLE DATA IS AVAILABLE. SRV LAW GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE UN PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SU [...]	2002-12-19 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL PREF EAID ELAB SMIG SOCI VM TIP
02HANOI589	VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) DIRECTED THE GVN TO IMPLEMENT A MORE OUTWARD ORIENTED FOREIGN POLICY AT THE SEVENTH PARTY CONGRESS IN 1991. TODAY, VIETNAM HAS MEMBERSHIP IN 62 GLOBA [...]	2002-03-14 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN
02HANOI614	JIANG ZEMIN VISITS VIETNAM: FRIENDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CHINESE HEAD OF STATE AND PARTY JIANG ZEMIN VISITED VIETNAM FEBRUARY 27 TO MARCH 1 IN HIS FIRST FOREIGN TRIP OF THE YEAR AND HIS FIRST TO VIETNAM SINCE 1994. WHILE THERE WAS NO FORMAL JOINT COMMUNIQU FROM THE VISIT, A GVN COMMUNIQU CONDEMNED TERRORISM WHILE ODDLY OMITTING A [...]	2002-03-15 17:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR CH TW VM CTERR CVR
02HARARE104	ANOTHER BAD DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 9 PRESS CONFERENCE, ZIMBABWE'S SECURITY CHIEFS SAID THEY WOULD NOT TOLERATE THE ASCENSION OF A PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT "OBSERVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE." THE LENGTHY STATEMENT MARKED THE MOST DRAMATIC DEPARTURE OF ZIMBABWE'S MILITARY FROM ITS GENERA [...]	2002-01-10 12:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR ZI
02HARARE1041	UNSC APRIL 29 VISIT: MUGABE LINKS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: The UNSC delegation met with President Mugabe April 29 for about 70 minutes. Mugabe linked withdrawal of all Zimbabwean forces to insertion of a large number of UN peace enforcers with a robust mandate. He dismissed Mbeki's DRC proposal as stripping President Kabila's authority. [...]	2002-04-30 14:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI CG
02HARARE1136	ZANU-PF REQUESTS SUSPENSION OF PARTY TALKS [...] (U) ZANU-PF has requested suspension of the talks with the opposition MDC. In a letter dated May 9 (faxed to AF/S) to the Nigerian and South African facilitators, the leader of the ruling party's negotiating team -- Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa -- cited several reasons for the request. [...]	2002-05-10 11:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE1237	MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May 22. Coltart addressed his personal security and his upcoming trip abroad, then described developments in the MDC's legal challenge of the results of the March 2002 presidential [...]	2002-05-22 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI
02HARARE1385	2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-07 07:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI
02HARARE1418	ZIMBABWE: MULTIPLE REASONS BEHIND ARREST OF LAW [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, Law Society of Zimbabwe President Sternford Moyo described to poloff in detail his June 3-5 detention by Zimbabwe Republic Police and the farcical court proceedings that resulted in his release. The Law Society Secretary, Wilbert Mapombere, was also arrested and held [...]	2002-06-13 12:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1453	ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT BANS SOUTH AFRICAN LAWYER FROM [...] (SBU) The June 19 edition of the independent "Daily News" reported that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has denied MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's request to have renowned South African attorney Jeremy Gauntlett represent him in the MDC's legal challenge to the March presidential election. [...]	2002-06-19 12:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC EAID ZI
02HARARE1664	ZIMBABWE FINANCE MINISTER PROVIDES STARK ECONOMIC [...] (C) In a June 25 letter to the Cabinet's economic and finance committe, Finance Minister Simba Makoni provided a stark picture of Zimbabwe's economic crisis. According to Makoni, Zimbabwe has no foreign exchange reserves, which has prevented the Government from procuring even those products [...]	2002-07-19 08:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD ZI
02HARARE1737	BUDGET MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) USAID/Zimbabwe's Democracy and Governance Team Leader, Stephanie Funk, and Senior Democracy Advisor, Deprose Muchena, attended a budget meeting of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Lands and Agriculture. The Committee has oversight responsibility for two Ministries: the Ministry [...]	2002-07-29 05:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE1745	ZIMBABWE: MUGABE'S RECENT REMARKS TROUBLING - RULE [...] (C) Summary: On July 25, President Mugabe went on record saying that the State would defy court judgments with which it did not agree. He also said gays were worse than pigs and dogs, warning Parliament against recognizing homosexual marriages. In a previous July 23 speech at the opening of [...]	2002-07-30 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1943	MUGABE'S CABINET RESHUFFLE REWARDS LOYALTY, NOT [...] (C) In a long-anticipated move, President Mugabe named a new Cabinet on August 24 that looks very much like the old one, albeit with some portfolios shifted around. Finance Minister Makoni and Health Minister Stamps were the only ones dismissed, while two new Ministers (former Ambassador to [...]	2002-08-26 13:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR ZI
02HARARE1948	GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OF MEDIA [...] The government-owned weekly "Sunday Mail" reported on August 25 that the government has introduced amendments to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that will further tighten government control of the media. According to [...]	2002-08-26 13:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE2014	RULE OF LAW UNDER ATTACK - MAGISTRATES ASSAULTED [...] (C) A magistrate was severally beaten on August 16, another stabbed on August 28, both assaults allegedly motivated by the magistrates' rulings in favor of defendants who were MDC members. Justice Minister Chinamasa has refused a request by the Chief magistrate to condemn the attacks and ensu [...]	2002-09-03 14:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
02HARARE2062	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Who will pre-empt the war on Iraq?" the independent, pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 8 editorial to urging the United Nations Security Council to stop the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: [...]	2002-09-09 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2128	PARLIAMENT AGENDA FOLLOWING ZANU-PF'S COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed September 10, after a 5-week adjournment, amid speculation that one of the top ZANU-PF priorities would be a bill to amend the constitutional requirement that presidential elections be held within 90 days after a president vacates office. ZANU-PF pushed through [...]	2002-09-23 10:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI
02HARARE2176	MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQ STANDOFF; HARARE [...] Under title "Will the drums of war quieten?" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 29 editorial to encouraging President Bush to heed "international public opinion" against a unilateral attack on Iraq by the United States. Excerpts: [...]	2002-09-30 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2211	Press Conference Briefing Notes for [...] (U) The following offers briefing notes for Ambassador Hall's press conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, scheduled for Friday morning, 11 October 2002. The press conference will be held at the conclusion of Ambassador Hall's visit to Zimbabwe. ----------------------------- Goal of the Press Con [...]	2002-10-03 06:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ZI
02HARARE2545	GOZ TURNS UP HEAT ON NGOS, BANS VISITS OF SOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed November 12 after a 3-week adjournment and Government ministers took advantage of the opportunity to turn up the heat on groups it accuses of supporting the opposition, such as Amani Trust and SW Radio Africa. The actions suggest ZANU-PF is forging ahead in its [...]	2002-11-18 08:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
02HARARE2803	ZIMBABWE PROMISES MORE OF THE SAME AT ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF,s annual conference, concluded in Chinhoyi December 14, proved to be another platform from which the senior party leadership could blast their critics and blame others for the country,s economic woes. President Mugabe tacitly admitted that the land reform exercise had not gone we [...]	2002-12-16 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE287	MEDIA REPORT MEDIA BILL; HARARE [...] DESPITE 36 AMENDMENTS, MORE THAN 20 SECTIONS OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL REMAIN UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THIS WAS SAID BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL COMMITTEE, MR. EDDISON ZVOBGO (ZANU PF, MASVINGO SOUTH),IN PARLIAMENT ON J [...]	2002-01-31 13:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE293	MEDIA REPORT MEDIA BILL; HARARE [...] THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE RE-INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY (JANUARY 31),FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL COMMITTEE WHO RECOMMENDED ON TUESDAY THAT THE BILL BE WITHDR [...]	2002-02-01 07:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE345	ZIMBABWE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT PLACES [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 31, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DECEPTIVELY-NAMED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF DEBATE. THE ACT, WHICH HAS YET TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND GAZETTED INTO LAW, ESSENTIALLY PLACES ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT JOURNALIS [...]	2002-02-07 14:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE38	LOSS OF TWO ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DECEMBER 27 DEATH OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SIMBARASHE MUCHECHETERE AND THE DECEMBER 31 RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE NICHOLAS MCNALLY BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE FUTURE ROLE OF WHAT HAS STOOD AS AN AFRICAN MODEL OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE. ONLY TWO OF THE SIX REMAINING MEMBERS CAN BE DES [...]	2002-01-04 08:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
02HARARE556	MORE ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS, MORE UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN ELECTORAL LAW AMENDMENTS (REFTEL),THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF LEGAL AND OTHER ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE PAST 48 HOURS. A HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ON DUAL NATIONALITY AND A SUPREME COURT RULING ON VOTING BY CONSTITUENC [...]	2002-03-02 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI
02HARARE698	MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00698 01 OF 04 181109Z NEWSPAPERS PLAY ON ANTI-COLONIAL EMOTIONS AND URGE ZIMBABWEANS TO MOVE ON BEYOND THE ELECTIONS TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND PROGRESS. EDITORIALS IN TH [...]	2002-03-18 10:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE927	ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO [...] (U) On April 12, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) filed with the High Court a 135- page legal challenge to President Mugabe's declared victory in the March presidential poll. The filing was made just before the 30-day deadline to submit electoral challenges elapsed. The l [...]	2002-04-16 07:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
02HOCHIMINHCITY400	ASSEMBLIES OF GOD IN VIETNAM: STILL AN "UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE 22,000-STRONG UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00400 01 OF 02 190630Z FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (AOG) IN VIETNAM SAID HE WOULD WELCOME GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF THE GROUP, BUT EXPECTED IT TO REMAIN AN "UNDERGROUND ORGA [...]	2002-04-19 05:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY471	VIETNAMESE GRASSROOTS COMMUNISM - AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: IN A CORDIAL FIRST MEETING, AMBASSADOR BURGHARDT AND HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY NGUYEN MINH TRIET DISCUSSED THE ROLE OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY, CORRUPTION, INVESTMENT AND THE BTA, AND THE DIRECTION OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. TRIET STRESSED THE GRASSROOTS NATURE OF VIET [...]	2002-05-06 09:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM BTA DPOL
02HOCHIMINHCITY538	HCMC FACES REGIONAL IPR WOES [...] AFTER THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT JOINT COMMITTEE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00538 01 OF 03 211143Z MEETING IN HANOI, MEMBERS OF THE US DELEGATION SPENT A DAY IN HCMC FOCUSING ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) IN THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC HUB. LOCAL OFF [...]	2002-05-21 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP
02HOCHIMINHCITY602	INSPECTORATE SHATTERS HARD ROCK CAFE - BUT THE [...] ALTHOUGH HCMC VIDEO STALLS ARE STILL FILLED WITH CHEAP VERSIONS OF HOLLYWOOD FAVORITES, LOCAL IPR AUTHORITIES ARE FINALLY FORCING ONE TRADEMARK-STEALING ESTABLISHMENT, "THE HARD ROCK CAFE," TO CHANGE ITS NAME - MAYBE. THIS COMES AFTER THE RIGHT-HOLDER HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A LOCAL LAW FIRM FO [...]	2002-06-17 08:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP
02KATHMANDU1091	RECONCILIATION EFFORTS IN NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (C) Efforts to reconcile intra-party rivals Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala appear headed in the right direction. Koirala has directed party peacemakers to patch things up during his upcoming jaunt to China June 1. In a [...]	2002-05-31 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1245	TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...]	2002-06-25 13:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH
02KATHMANDU1309	MAOIST PARTY PLENUM DECRIES ELECTIONS; CASTIGATES [...] (C) Summary: An undated Maoist press release, signed by Party President Prachanda, reported the successful conclusion of a Party plenum. The Nepali-language release outlines the contents of a "political and organizational proposal" presented by Prachanda which highlights a purported U.S. plo [...]	2002-07-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1314	INDIA VISIT EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary. King Gyanendra's week-long visit to India in late June "exceeded his expectations," a businessman close to Nepal's monarch told the Ambassador July 3. In New Delhi the King received assurances of Indian support conditioned on the maintenance of Nepal's constitutional monarchy and [...]	2002-07-05 11:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP IN
02KATHMANDU1326	NEPAL'S KING JOURNEYS TO CHINA SEEKING HELP IN [...] (C) Summary. Statements against Nepal's Maoist insurgents and "anti-China activities" can be expected during the first visit of Nepal's King Gyanendra to China. A leading Nepali business leader accompanying the monarch hopes to strike deals that will help reduce Nepal's sizable trade deficit [...]	2002-07-08 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP CH
02KATHMANDU1332	POLICE CANCEL DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY EVENTS IN [...] (C) Summary. Three Tibetan community events planned at a major hotel in Kathmandu July 6-7 to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday were cancelled by Nepali police. The police reportedly acted out of concern for heightened sensitivities in the run-up to the first official visit to China by Nepal's [...]	2002-07-09 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1443	NEPAL POLICE SHUT DOWN PRESS CONFERENCE PROTESTING [...] (C) Summary. Police in Kathmandu interrupted a press conference held by a local Buddhist group on July 25 to answer allegations made during a July 19 press conference by followers of the controversial Dorje Shugden deity. Shugden worshippers had accused Dharamsala of violating their freedom [...]	2002-07-25 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREF PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1605	NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) held its first-ever press conference in Kathmandu August 15. Speaking to reporters, Col. Deepak Gurung, head of the RNA's Public [...]	2002-08-19 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP
02KATHMANDU1762	SPECULATON BUILDS FOR POSSIBLE ROYAL INTERVENTION [...] (C) The Embassy believes that King Gyanendra is now actively considering use of his Constitutional authority to dismiss the current government, appoint an interim government, and postpone general elections scheduled for November 13. The King's decision is likely shaped by numerous factors, i [...]	2002-09-11 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1902	AMCIT CLIMBERS DISCUSS SHOOTING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On September 20, American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureaux were fired upon by two men wearing what they believe were Chinese military uniforms and one of whom stated that he belonged to the Chinese military (ref). Altitude readings taken by the climbers and landmarks near their [...]	2002-09-30 13:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV ASEC NP CH
02KATHMANDU1903	CHINESE PRESSURE STIFLES TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...] (C) There have been increasing restrictions on the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. Celebrations and cultural events have been canceled on short notice by government authorities, press conferences interrupted by police and the Office of Tibet Representative detained for a day. Although ma [...]	2002-10-01 01:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	CH NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02KATHMANDU1933	REFUGEES CONFIRM DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT AT [...] (C) PolOff met with UNHCR Protection Officer regarding a group of Tibetans involved in the incident near Nangpa-La in which two American climbers were fired upon by unknown individuals. Neither American was injured in the encounter (refs). Information related by the refugees is consistent wit [...]	2002-10-07 01:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	CH NP PGOV CASC ASEC
02KATHMANDU1938	NEPAL: REACTIONS TO KING'S ASSUMPTION OF [...] (C) After initially denouncing King Gyanendra's October 4 assumption of executive power (Ref A) as unconstitutional, leaders of most political parties are still coming to grips with--and trying to assess how best to turn to their advantage--the monarch's action. As of COB October 7, most pa [...]	2002-10-07 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU2217	NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY UNDERMINES [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: While the people of Nepal have borne the brunt of the brutal seven-year Maoist insurgency, which has claimed more than 7000 lives, the impact on Nepal's environment, natural resources and conservation efforts also has been severe. Maoist attacks on forest and park p [...]	2002-11-22 08:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP
02KATHMANDU2502	NEPAL: MILITARY AID RUNS AGROUND ON THE SHOALS OF [...] (C) Summary: Delivery of M16A2 rifles for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),already two months later than scheduled, was delayed again on December 24 when the Government of India (GOI) denied overflight permission for the transport plane. The delay makes the US arms shipment the third in a string [...]	2002-12-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	IN NP PGOV PTER RU
02KATHMANDU466	UIGHURS IN NEPAL [...] (C) At least 15 Chinese Uighurs have entered Nepal in the last three months, according to a UNHCR protection officer (strongly protect). Six were taken into custody by Nepali officials in late December, 2001. Of these, four requested, and received, UNHCR protection. Three of the four were s [...]	2002-03-05 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREF PTER PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU497	UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: A UNHCR monitoring visit to the Tibet border was postponed after a promised Home Ministry permit failed to materialize. The Australian Embassy has expressed an interest in helping to coordinate representations on Tibetan refugee issues. One of ten Tibetan refugees in custody on [...]	2002-03-08 11:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU509	MAOIST AMBUSH MARS ANNUAL RHINO RELOCATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents killed two Royal Nepalese Army soldiers near Royal Chitwan National Park on March 10 just hours after the start of the annual relocation of rhinos from Chitwan to Royal Bardiya National Park. The subsequent army cordoning of the area forced four trucks carryi [...]	2002-03-11 13:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PTER EAID ASEC SOCI NP
02KATHMANDU647	MOUNT KAILAS TO REOPEN TO TOURISTS FROM NEPAL [...] (C) Travel agencies in Kathmandu report that as of late March they were able to resume booking tours to western Tibet,s Mount Kailas after the Chinese government lifted restrictions on travel to that region. Tours are now being booked for dates in late April and May. Nepal,s travel agents sa [...]	2002-04-01 08:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC ASEC PREF NP CH
02KATHMANDU680	HIMALAYAN TOURISM HEADED DOWNHILL [...] SUMMARY: Nepal's tourism industry, one of the country's top sources of foreign exchange, has been facing tough times in recent months, and the prolonged slump has negatively affected every sector of the tourism economy, from hotels and airlines to trekking agencies. International arrivals at [...]	2002-04-04 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL CASC NP
02KATHMANDU820	NEPAL: RESPONSE TO WORLD TEXTILE TRADE WITHOUT [...] Summary: The impact of post-2004 quota elimination on the already depressed garment industry in Nepal is likely to be substantial, if not disastrous, since the industry depends on the U.S. market for nearly all of its exports. Neither the Government of Nepal nor the manufacturers themselves [...]	2002-04-26 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ETRD NP
02KATHMANDU886	Media Reaction: Ambassador Clarifies U.S. Goals Prior To [...] "US Not Interested In Using Nepal As Military Base: Malinowsky" Article, Kathmandu Post, (5/4): "Addressing a meeting organized by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries, Ambassador Malinowski clarified: "We do not want any defense base in Nepal, nor do we want to use it as a springboard [...]	2002-05-07 01:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
02KATHMANDU893	MAOISTS SEND LETTER TO AMERICANS ON PM'S VISIT [...] Local media outlets received by e-mail the afternoon of May 7 a letter from the International Department of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) addressed "To Our Friends in America." A copy of the letter has been faxed to SA/INS. 2. The three-page letter, written in turgid but grammat [...]	2002-05-07 13:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV OVIP PREL NP
02KATHMANDU915	PRACHANDA DECLARES A CEASEFIRE AFTER ATTACK IN [...] (SBU) An e-mail to evening newspapers purportedly from Maoist supremo Prachanda unilaterally declared a one-month ceasefire starting June 15. There has been no official reaction yet from the Government of Nepal (GON) to the offer. Security forces continue to search for survivors of the May [...]	2002-05-09 13:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU917	Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...] "Bush pledges military, economic aid to Nepal; Deuba jubilant" Article, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/9): "The United States has pledged vital support to make Nepal's democracy more vibrant with special emphasis on effective anti terrorist measures, peace and security of the Himalayan Kingdon. Th [...]	2002-05-10 01:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
02KATHMANDU953	CHINA'S AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. "International cooperation" was needed to deal with Nepal's Maoist insurgency, China's Ambassador to Nepal told Ambassador at a May 8 dinner. China would provide moral support and assistance in this effort, Ambassador Wu Congyong said, but consistent with its policy of non-inter [...]	2002-05-16 10:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP CH
02RANGOON1219	UNDP BURMA SETTLES IN FOR NEW PHASE [...] (C) Summary: The UNDP is in a holding pattern in Burma as it awaits both UNDP board and Burmese government approval for its ongoing efforts in the countryside. UNDP has no new major projects on the drawing board, but wants more flexibility in its mandate. UNDP's relations remain somewhat roc [...]	2002-09-20 10:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON BM UNDP
02RANGOON1292	BURMA: BREADBASKET AND BASKET CASE [...] (C) Summary: Persistent reports of unrest at food warehouses and distribution points in Burma suggest the government ration system may be breaking down. If true, then food problems will only become worse for Burma's poorest in coming months as inflation accelerates, the kyat continues its fre [...]	2002-10-04 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PHUM BM
02RANGOON1355	BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) Summary: Burma has responded well to the criteria outlined in our certification demarche. It has continued to enforce its counternarcotics laws, increased pressure on cease-fire groups such as the United Wa State Army, and sharply reduced the production of opium and heroin within its terr [...]	2002-10-18 10:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
02RANGOON1415	BURMA COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM: RESULTS, RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: The GOB has provided a response to our request for additional information on Burma's performance in regard to the criteria set by the U.S. government for certification of its counternarcotics efforts in 2002. Included in the package are: -- statistics on all seizures of narcotic [...]	2002-11-04 07:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM BM
02RANGOON1469	U.S. SANCTIONS: DIRECTED AT BURMA OR THE REGION? [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 9. 2. Summary: The United States is now poised to oppose an ADB regional grant for alternative development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) on the grounds that Burma-specific legislation applies to all such regional grants. That position will [...]	2002-11-14 09:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID BM ADB

02RANGOON1544	MORE INFORMATION ON BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] The GOB has recently released a bevy of information on its counternarcotics efforts, most of which we have reported in our previous cables (reftels). However, in this cable we are providing some new information as follows: UN Protocol 2. The GOB has decided to accede to the 1972 Protoc [...]	2002-12-04 09:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BM
02RANGOON1547	OPIUM ERADICATION AND THE DECIMATION OF VILLAGES [...] Summary: The fate of Song Keh, a village that was forcibly relocated in 1999 as part of the Wa opium eradication program, illustrates what may happen more broadly in the Wa territories as the Wa push forward with their program. Left to fend for itself with only minimal supplies, almost one-q [...]	2002-12-05 01:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID BM
02RANGOON1571	KACHIN ETHNIC BUSINESSES: JADE, GOLD, AND LIQUOR [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Kachin cease-fire groups have benefited significantly from semi-autonomous economic control of their areas of influence. The commercial arms of these armies turned political groups are involved in everything from jade and gold mining to sugar milling and liquor production [...]	2002-12-11 00:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PINS BM
02RANGOON1585	KACHIN JADE MINING: THE ROAD TO RICHES AND RUIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Jade mining and smuggling are big business in Kachin State. Concession sales provide revenue for both the government and the Kachin ethnic cease-fire groups. However, little trickles down to the average citizen. End summary. Jade Mining Ain't What it Used to Be 2. (SBU) [...]	2002-12-12 06:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON PHUM BM
02RANGOON1609	2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-16 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
02RANGOON1644	A WA SELF-PORTRAIT [...] Summary: A paper prepared by the Wa for international visitors to their territories portrays their region as a relatively poor, but developing part of Myanmar that is struggling to rid itself of opium. The Wa describe their Special Region as an indivisible part of Burma, though they also und [...]	2002-12-24 03:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
02RANGOON1648	NGOS HARD AT WORK IN KACHIN STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: International NGOs (INGOs) are working well in Kachin State. Though few in number, they are providing urgently needed programs for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and rural health care. There are some types of aid programs, and geographic regions, that remain out of reach fo [...]	2002-12-26 08:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SOCI ECON BM NGO
02RANGOON1664	BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER ON GOB COUNTERNARCOTICSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taking the opportunity of remarks before the assembled Rangoon diplomatic corps on New Year's Eve, the Burmese Foreign Minister digressed for ten minutes from his set speech to make very reasoned comments on the GOB's desire to prove the credibility of its efforts against narc [...]	2002-12-31 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR BM
02ROME1544	REPORT ON IDLI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES [...] SUMMARY: THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01544 01 OF 02 270916Z (IDLI) ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES MET IN ROME MARCH 20, 2002 TO APPROVE IDLI'S WORK PLAN, ENDORSE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND APPROVE CHANGES TO IDLI'S BASIC TEXT [...]	2002-03-27 08:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KDEM IDLI
02ROME1557	ITALIAN VIEWS ON CHINA RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] (SBU) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS MARCH 21 TO MFA OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELOR ALBERTO CECCARELLI. DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, THE AMBASSADOR WROTE MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI MARCH 22, FOLLOWING-UP WITH A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 015 [...]	2002-03-27 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT UNHRC HUMAN RIGHTS
02ROME186	DELIVERY OF ATLANTIC BIRD DEMARCHE TO GOI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO THE GOI AND ALENIA SPAZIO ON DECEMBER 18 AND 21, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD REFTEL MESSAGE THAT A PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER OF THE EXPORT CONTROLS REGARDING ATLANTIC BIRD WOULD BE HIGHLY UNLIKELY IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT CHINESE UN [...]	2002-01-14 06:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD TSPA PARM CH IT MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME1963	FAO LOCUST CONTROL EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] U.S. MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO LOCUST EXPERTS ON APRIL 17 TO DISCUSS FAO LOCUST CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. FAO PROVIDED A STATUS REPORT ON LOCUST CONTROL BY PROVINCE AND DISCUSSED CONCERNS OVER PRESSURES, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF AFGHANISTAN, FOR FAO AND COOPERATING PARTNERS TO [...]	2002-04-22 04:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC FAO UN
02ROME2382	REPORT OF SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF IFAD'S [...] SUMMARY: THE SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) MET IN ROME CONDUCTED THEIR SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION IN ROME, APRIL 22-23, 2002. MARK JASKOWIAK (DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF T [...]	2002-05-15 14:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID IFAD
02ROME2387	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE NOTES DETERIORATING [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME MAY 6-10. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL EMPHASIZED THE LACK OF RESOURCES APPARENT IN THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEES, FORESHADOWING A CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AT THE UPCOMING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT; FIVE YEA [...]	2002-05-15 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME3296	GDIN PAVES WAY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 19-21, 2002, THE GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK (GDIN) HELD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ENTITLED "TAKING OFF: GDINS CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN HEALTH, SURVIVAL, AND WELL-BEING," AT THE SANTO SPIRITO MONUMENTAL BUILDING IN ROME, ITALY. EXPERTS WERE PRESENT FROM GOVERNMENT, IN [...]	2002-07-05 11:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IT TSPL KSCA
02ROME3384	ITALY AND CHINA EXCHANGE VISITS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN MAY 28 AND JULY 5 MEETINGS, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS DEPUTY PROVIDED POLOFF WITH READOUTS ON RECENT VISITS TO ITALY BY THE PRC DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND TO CHINA BY THE GOI MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR ASIA AND H [...]	2002-07-10 10:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID IT CH
02ROME3648	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH [...] SUMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND OTHERS) PARTICIPATING IN A JUNE 24-27 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE U.N.'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGA [...]	2002-07-24 09:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO
02ROME3855	U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES WITH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON DISCUSSED HIS RECENT MOSCOW VISIT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS COUNTROL ISSUES, MISSILE DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (REF A) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH [...]	2002-08-06 11:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR IT
02ROME4292	GPS/GALILEO CONSULTATIONS IN ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING 23-24 JULY CONSULTATIONS IN ROME, ITALIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDED A DIVERSE SET OF NUANCED RESPONSES TO US CONCERNS OVER THE POSSIBLE OVERLAY OF THE GPS M-CODE BY GALILEO PRS. WHILE ITALIAN TECHNICAL EXPERTS WORKING ON GALILEO EXPRESSED SOME SYMPATHY TO US CO [...]	2002-09-04 13:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL ECON IT
02ROME4303	ITALIANS RECEPTIVE TO MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON JULY 24, DOD DAS IAN BRZEZINSKI AND AN INTERAGENCY TEAM UPDATED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04303 01 OF 02 050734Z THE GOI ON THE US MISSILE DEFENSE (MD) PROGRAM, DISCUSSED THE NEW POST-SEPTEMBER 11 SECURITY EN [...]	2002-09-05 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC IT CBW
02ROME4561	FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES CONSIDER [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002. THE MAIN TOPIC IN THE JOINT SESSION WAS THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN (MTP) 2004-09 AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESOURCES. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MADE A STRONG BID FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE [...]	2002-09-20 09:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME4756	ERITREAN MAIN CROP SEASON DROUGHT - DIFFICULT TIMES [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ERITREA SEPTEMBER 20-26, AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN DROUGHT AFFECTED REGIONS. PROSPECTS FOR THE CURRENT MAIN "KIREMTI" HARVEST CROPS AND REGENERATION OF PASTURES ARE POOR FOLLOWING SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST GRAIN [...]	2002-10-02 05:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME4766	GALILEO DISCUSSION WITH ALENIA'S VIRIGLIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: EST SECTION RECENTLY MET WITH GIUSEPPE VIRIGLIO, CEO FOR THE SPACE DIVISION OF ITALIAN AEROSPACE COMPANY ALENIA SPAZIO. THE EUROPEAN GALILEO GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT USG-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON GPS-GALILEO INTEROPERABILITY. VIRIGLIO [...]	2002-10-02 10:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL ECON EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME4887	A/S RADEMAKER'S ITALY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) ITALIAN MFA ARMS CONTROL EXPERTS, MEETING WITH A/S RADEMAKER ON SEPTEMBER 25, WELCOMED THE NEW US POSITION ON THE 5TH BWC REVCON. AFTER RECEIVING CLARIFICATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY UNDERLYING THE US APPROACH TO THE BWC, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR SKEPTICISM THAT THE NAM WOULD ACCEPT AN AGREE [...]	2002-10-08 07:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IT CBW
02ROME5308	THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...]	2002-10-30 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
02ROME5543	CUBA/UNGA: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO A DEMARCHE ON THE CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION, MFA COUNSELOR GORETTI STATED THAT THE GOI WOULD VOTE THE AGREED EU POSITION. HE DISAGREED WITH U.S. POINTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE EMBARGO, ITS IMPLEMENTATIO [...]	2002-11-14 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
02ROME5830	WFP LAUNCHES NORTH KOREA EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR [...] ON DECEMBER 2, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM LAUNCHED ITS 2003 EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR NORTH KOREA - ONE YEAR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05830 01 OF 03 031555Z (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003),VALUED AT USD 201.08 MILLION, TO ASSIST 6.4 MILLION PEOPLE - MAINLY WOMEN AND [...]	2002-12-03 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
02ROME5849	UKRAINE - GOI TELLS KUCHMA TO SHAPE UP; WANTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 2, RUSSIA/FSU OFFICE DIRECTOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05849 01 OF 02 041727Z ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO TOLD POLOFF THAT THE NOVEMBER 26/27 VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA TO ITALY WAS CONSIDERED BY THE GOI TO HAVE BEEN A "GREAT SUCC [...]	2002-12-04 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL UP MASS IT
02ROME6149	MOD WHITE PAPER: DEFENSE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY'S 2002 DEFENSE WHITE PAPER (WP) PRESENTS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AS A PILLAR OF ITALIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE NATIONAL ARMAMENTS DIRECTOR HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AND NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION ACCORDS. STATE [...]	2002-12-27 17:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS IT NATO
02STATE53501	CW PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE: IRANIAN ORDER FOR [...] (S) BACKGROUND: DURING MISSILE NONPROLIFERATION TALKS ON MARCH 6 IN WASHINGTON, CHINA'S MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI TOLD NP A/S WOLF THAT CHINA WAS TAKING SEVERAL, SIGNIFICANT NEW STEPS TO TIGHTEN CHINA'S NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL EXPORT REGULATIONS, INC [...]	2002-03-20 16:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL CH IR
02VATICAN1179	BIWEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FEBRUARY 15-MARCH 1 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 14-MARCH 1, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 [...]	2002-03-06 15:36:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR KIRF VT
02VATICAN180	PAPAL ADDRESS FOCUSES ON VIOLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY [...] IN HIS ANNUAL SPEECH TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, POPE JOHN PAUL II OFFERED HIS VERSION OF THE STATE OF THE WORLD, FOCUSING ON AREAS TRADITIONALLY OF CONCERN TO THE CHURCH. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 00180 111548Z ESCHEWING FOR THE MOST PART HIS TRADITIONAL EXHO [...]	2002-01-11 15:39:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VT UN
02VATICAN1922	VATICAN: MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT MARCH 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH 2002 (NOTE: THIS PERIOD COINCIDED WITH EASTER WEEK CELEBRATIONS AT THE VATICAN, WHICH EMBASSY STAFF ATTEND AS PART OF OUR REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES.). IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURIN [...]	2002-04-18 05:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN EAGR EAID VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2901	SUBJECT: NO RED CARPET FOR TAIWAN PRESIDENT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PLANS ARE AFOOT FOR TAIWAN PRESIDENT CHEN TO TRANSIT ITALY THIS JULY ON TRAVEL FROM TAIPEI TO AFRICA, ACCORDING TO TAIWAN EMBOFF, YET THE VATICAN IS NOT PUTTING OUT THE RED CARPET. TAIWAN FM EUGENE Y.H. CHIEN MET MAY 30 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA [...]	2002-06-14 10:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH IT PREL TW VT
02VATICAN3575	VATICAN COMMENTS ON IRF BEIJING VISIT [...] (C) IN THE ABSENCE OF ARCHBISHOP CLAUDIO MARIA CELLI, THE VATICAN'S MAIN CHINA HAND, POLOFFS ON 07/19 MET TO DISCUSS REFEMAIL POINTS WITH VATICAN CHINA DESKOFF, MSGR. GIANFRANCO ROTA-GRAZIOSI. ROTA-GRAZIOSI RECOMMENDED THREE POSSIBLE APPROACHES FOR AMBASSADOR HANFORD TO PUT FORWARD TO HELP [...]	2002-07-19 14:43:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH VT
02VATICAN3637	AID AND ADVOCACY FOR NORTH KOREA - VATICAN AGENCY [...] (SBU) CATHOLIC CHURCH AID AGENCY CONFEDERATION CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (CI) REPORTS NORTH KOREA'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CONTINUES WITH MORE THAN SIX MILLION PEOPLE FACING ACUTE SHORTAGES OF FOOD, MEDICINES, AND DRINKING WATER (REFTEL). CI IS SEEKING WAYS TO ATTRACT MORE DONORS AS PLEDGES FROM [...]	2002-07-23 15:01:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KN KS VT
02VATICAN3962	VATICAN-CHINA: HOLY SEE WELCOMES U.S. PUSH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: HOLY SEE CHINA DESK OFFICER, MONSIGNOR GIANFRANCO ROTA-GRAZIOSI WELCOMED AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM HANFORD'S EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE CHINA TO OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH THE HOLY SEE, BUT EXPECTS LITTLE PROGRESS UNTIL AFTER THE LEADERSHIP PICTURE IS CLEARER FO [...]	2002-08-13 09:22:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF CH VT
02VATICAN5194	HOLY SEE WOULD WELCOME CONTINUED PRESIDENTIAL PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG OCTOBER 24 IN CRAWFORD, THE HOLY SEE WOULD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05194 231549Z WELCOME A CONTINUED STRONG PRESIDENTIAL PUSH FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA, REINFORCING THE MESSAGE THE [...]	2002-10-23 15:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF CH VT
02VATICAN5346	HOLY SEE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLONING CONVENTION [...] (U) EMBASSY APPROACHED HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE OCTOBER 25 TO REQUEST HOLY SEE DEMARCHES TO ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) MEMBER STATES IN ORDER TO SECURE BROADER SUPPORT FOR THE U.S.-SPONSORED RESOLUTION BANNING ALL FORMS OF HUMAN CLONING. MIGLIORE [...]	2002-10-31 13:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KSCA PREL VT UNGA
02VATICAN579	VATICAN AGENCY TO LAUNCH LENTEN MEDIA APPEAL FOR [...] (C) FIDES, A VATICAN NEWS AGENCY, IS SET TO LAUNCH A LENTEN APPEAL NEXT WEEK FOR THE FREEDOM OF MISSING OR DETAINED UNDERGROUND CATHOLIC CLERGY. FATHER BERNARDO CERVELLERA, FIDES DIRECTOR AND CHINA SPECIALIST, PROVIDED AMBASSADOR AN ADVANCE LIST OF MORE THAN 30 NAMES IN ORDER TO FOREWARN THE [...]	2002-02-06 10:32:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PHUM PINR TW VT
02VATICAN5803	STRENGTHENING CATHOLICISM IN VIETNAM ONE BISHOP AT A TIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH THE COLD WAR IS OVER FOR MOST, THE HOLY SEE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE AGAINST COMMUNIST REGIMES IN ASIA. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S ABILITY TO MANAGE ITS AFFAIRS WITHOUT INTERFERENCE IS CURRENTLY BETTER IN VIETNAM THAN IN CHINA, BUT THE HOLY SEE IS WORKING IN VIETNAM TO ADVANCE [...]	2002-12-03 05:13:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL VM VT
03ABUDHABI1124	MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 7 UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DELIBERATIONS AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND RECENT ESCALATIONS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS WIDELY ASSERT THAT THE U.S. IS DETERMINED TO ATTACK IRAQ REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTING AT THE UN. AN "AL KHAL [...]	2003-03-09 13:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1414	UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...]	2003-03-24 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
03ABUDHABI1983	UAEG REACTS -- AND OVERREACTS - TO SARS [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The UAE Ministry of Health will install thermal scanners at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports to check the temperatures of airline passengers as a defense against SARS. Passengers traveling from SARS infected countries w [...]	2003-04-28 06:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI TC
03ABUDHABI235	S/P DIRECTOR HAASS' JANUARY 8 MEETING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Policy Planning Director Ambassador Richard Haass, accompanied by Ambassador Wahba, S/P staffer Dr. Meghan O'Sullivan, A/DCM and control officer, called January 8 on UAE Central Bank Governor [...]	2003-01-15 09:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TC
03ABUDHABI4366	MEDIA REACTION: QUARTET IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT MEETINGS OF THE QUARTET AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTININAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON THE ELECTORAL DILEMMAS FACING US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR DUE TO THE WAR WITH IRAQ. AN "AL [...]	2003-09-29 08:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
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
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
03ABUJA496	NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL BUSINESS FORUM ON HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: On Saturday morning February 15, 2003, President Olusegun Obasanjo invited approximately 50 managing directors of Nigeria's most influential national and international companies to the Presidential Villa to discuss the creation of a Nigerian Business Coalition Against HIV/AIDS. By t [...]	2003-03-13 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	NI
03ABUJA658	NIGERIA: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 12 meeting, Independent National Election Commission (INEC) Chairman Abel Guobadia told Ambassador Jeter that INEC preparations were on schedule; INEC would be ready to conduct elections in April and a postponement was not contemplated. To demonstrate INEC's readin [...]	2003-04-09 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI
03AMMAN106	IRAQ REVITALIZING DEPENDENCY DEBATE BY UPPING [...] (c) New data provided by Jordan's Statistics department shows a major shift in the pattern of Jordan's exports to Iraq. What has been for half a decade a fairly static market for vegetable oil, feed, and medicine expanded comprehensively to include a wide array of additional products. The [...]	2003-01-07 09:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREF ETTC JO IZ
03AMMAN1517	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1705	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2006	JORDAN GPA OFFER PRELIMINARY RESPONSES [...] (sbu) Below are informal responses to questions posed ref a based on our conversations with Jordan's GPA negotiating team and on our own research. Answers keyed to PARAGRAPHS in ref a. 2. (sbu) Para 4: The list of units in Annex Three represents a fairly complete list of units subordi [...]	2003-04-03 11:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD JO WTRO
03AMMAN2627	INCREASING NUMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL SEEKING [...] (C) Over the past week, Embassy Amman, Task Force West, units deployed in Iraq, and CENTCOM HQ have worked jointly to facilitate the movement of several foreign diplomatic convoys into Baghdad from Amman, following requests from those diplomatic missions (see list para 3) asking for guidance a [...]	2003-05-04 15:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN3056	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE MAY 2003 [...] (u) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (sbu) Summary: Putting war worries to rest, Jordan's QIZ exporters maintained solid growth throughout the first four months of the year and are bullish on prospects for the balance of 2003. Both the government and private sector [...]	2003-05-22 13:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO
03AMMAN3826	JORDAN'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Executive Privatization Commission (EPC) announced June 24 four bidders as finalists for the purchase of a 26% stake in the Arab Potash Company (APC),the world's fifth largest potash producer. The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the German firm Kali und Salz, China's [...]	2003-06-26 10:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD JO
03AMMAN4194	PHRMA GROUP FORMS TO SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. A group of Amman-based reps of multinational pharmaceutical companies, facilitated by the regional office of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),is forming a working group to provide recommendations to Iraqi authorities on establishing a pharmaceutica [...]	2003-07-10 11:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR JO IZ
03AMMAN6961	AJEX EXPO 2003 SELLS JORDAN AS GATEWAY TO IRAQ AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Jordanian EXPO 2003 drew 900 participants to its opening plenary on October 22, focused on the Iraq transit trade, and pitched Jordan as the "gateway" to Iraq and other markets in the region. Sessions on the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and qualifying indus [...]	2003-10-28 17:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL IZ JO EFTA
03AMMAN7181	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-03 16:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03AMMAN7182	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-04 05:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03AMMAN7292	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE - BUFFETED BUT UNBOWED, THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hit hard by unpredictable delays in delivery of fabric inputs through congested Aqaba port and even less-predictable Israeli port and customs bottlenecks, Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) nonetheless continue to outperform last year's record export volumes. Governm [...]	2003-11-06 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO
03ANKARA1477	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2521	THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]	2003-04-18 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA301	EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]	2003-01-13 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4068	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4387	20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]	2003-07-12 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4545	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA5144	SPACE COOPERATION: GOT IS ANXIOUS TO CONCLUDE A [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Action request at paragraph 7. 3. (C) Following the conclusion of the "Statement of Intent between the United States Department of Defense and the Turkish General Staff for Defense Space Cooperat [...]	2003-08-13 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSCA KSTC PARM TU
03ANKARA524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-22 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA611	QUENCHING THE THIRST: WATER FOR TURKEY'S [...] Summary. Turkey has invested $30 billion over the past five decades in a massive water management system that challenges the limitations of its semi-arid climate. As a result, Turkey provides household water supply systems to 70 percent of its population, including 62 percent in rural areas [...]	2003-01-24 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA6447	TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]	2003-10-15 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03BEIJING13289	CHARISMATIC MUSLIM CLERIC SHUT DOWN BY KUNMING [...] (C) Summary. An independent Muslim cleric in Kunming, Yunnan Province, was banned from preaching by local Islamic officials after he began to attract large crowds to his mosque. Although qualified as an Imam, the cleric got on the wrong side of Chinese officialdom after he traveled as a yout [...]	2003-09-18 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
03BEIJING13394	SCHOLAR ON CHALLENGES TO HU-WEN "OPENNESS" [...] (C) The new "Hu-Wen" government is attempting to push openness in a number of areas, both to demonstrate its closeness to the people and as an antidote to corruption, according to Beijing University Institute of Political Development and Governance Director Xie Qingkun. That agenda has suff [...]	2003-09-19 12:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CH
03BEIJING18021	DECEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS: WEN'S [...] At the regular semi-weekly press briefing, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao reported on statements made by Premier Wen Jiabao that the objective of his U.S. visit is to "resolve problems" in bilateral relations and not to "engage in trade wars." While asserting that common interests have "outwe [...]	2003-12-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ETRD CH KN
03BEIJING18383	XINHUA OFFICIAL ON THE WEN VISIT; TAIWAN; HONG [...] (C) Well-connected Xinhua News Agency official Yu Jiafu explained on December 16 that Chinese media were slow to report the significance of Premier Wen Jiabao's key U.S. meetings because substantive news articles had to be cleared by Wen himself. The leadership is pleased with the Premier's U [...]	2003-12-16 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
03BEIJING2438	NPC SET TO VOTE FOR NEW CHINESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) THE UPCOMING NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) PLENARY SESSION WILL SELECT CHINA'S NEW STATE AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, ALONG WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NEW STATE COUNCIL, STATE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION (CMC) SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT (SPC) AND SUPREME PEOPLE'S PROCURATORATE (SPP). WHILE THE N [...]	2003-03-05 07:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ETRD CH
03BEIJING3947	TAIWAN: CHINA'S NEW LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE [...] (C) A PROMINENT PRC ANALYST TOLD US HE EXPECTS BEIJING'S POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN TO SHOW CONTINUITY, WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP CONTINUING TO PURSUE A RELATIVELY MODERATE APPROACH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIC AND OTHER UNOFFICIAL LINKS. OUR CONTACT SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF HU JINTAO'S MA [...]	2003-04-07 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
03BRASILIA311	DEFINING DTV HITS A BUMP; MISSION STRATEGY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 23, new Minister of Communications Miro Teixeira proposed that the GoB form an inter-ministerial group to study and present findings on the viability of a made-in-Brazil digital television (DTV) standard. The announcement immediately followed Teixeira's review of a [...]	2003-01-29 16:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EINT BR
03BRASILIA3122	NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceuticals. President Lula signed a decree on September 4 revising the implementation of Article 71 of Brazil's 1996 patent law, which governs the granting of co [...]	2003-09-26 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3814	BRAZIL'S EXPANDING TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) Summary. The Lula administration has embarked on a determined policy of export expansion in China, seeking to build on the boom in this bilateral trade relationship that began in 2000. The Chinese appear to welcome the approach, sending at least five trade delegations to Brazil this yea [...]	2003-12-03 15:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL KIPR BR CH
03BRASILIA3905	G-20 MEET IN BRASILIA [...] (U) Summary. The G-20 meeting taking place in Brasilia December 11-12 is designed to lend political weight to the group prior to the December 15 meeting in Geneva in which countries will consider restarting WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations after the failed Cancun Ministerial. [...]	2003-12-12 15:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BR WTRO
03BRUSSELS3243	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from Central Asia (Italy),Eastern Europe (Germany),Southwest Asia (UK) and Southeast Asia and China (Australia). [...]	2003-06-23 16:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1389	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO1836	SMOOTH SAILING AS DUSTR SHINER LEADS THIRD ROUND [...] (U) Classified by Amb. Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 (b,d). 2. (C) Summary: The GSL's assertive international trade policy to generate growth and become a leader in the South Asia region and broader developing world earned kudos from the USTR delegation during the third round of TIFA ta [...]	2003-10-23 09:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE
03COLOMBO1856	DUSTR MEETING WITH SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Presidential Advisor Lakshman Kadirgamar, a senior opposition MP and former Foreign Minister, DUSTR Shiner outlined her TIFA talks with the GSL and her discussions with busin [...]	2003-10-28 09:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO413	THIRD PLANNING MEETING FOR TOKYO [...] The third planning meeting of the Tokyo Core Group was held on March 10. The Japanese Ambassador said that his Government was waiting for confirmations from countries asked to co-chair the Tokyo Conference. Subsequent to the co-chair confirmations the Japanese would determine which countri [...]	2003-03-12 04:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO473	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily wonders whether "war on Iraq [will] free US from terrorists threat." Under the headline "Will war on Iraq free US from terrorists threat?, the ISLAND (opposition English daily, islandwide circulation) wrote on 3/21: The question arises whether elimination of the S [...]	2003-03-21 04:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO513	Peace process update: More re sinking of [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> Sinking of Chinese fishing boat still under investigation, but Tigers look more-and-more like the culprits >> In brave but dangerous move, Tamil leader hits out at the Tigers >> Unconfirmed reports that the Tigers [...]	2003-03-25 13:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PINS CE NO JA CH LTTE
03COLOMBO517	FY-03 MRP ON "MULTI-CULTURALISM IN A [...] GRANTEE JAYASURIYA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. HER COMPLETE BIODATA FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of [...]	2003-03-27 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO535	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lanka's English front pages found room for only two war-related headlines: "US-led forces destroy Iraqi column" and "US-led troops poised to enter Baghdad as week two begins." The vernacular dailies, by contrast, splashed the war across all front pages with headlines such as "Iraq `Repub [...]	2003-03-28 05:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO809	FY-2003 VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN [...] COLOMBO REQUESTS A FUNDED VOLVIS PROGRAM FOR MR. IQBAL ATHAS, CONSULTANT EDITOR AND DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT, "THE SUNDAY TIMES" (INDEPENDENT ENGLISH WEEKENDER, NATIONAL CIRCULATION). ATHAS IS VISITING WASHINGTON TO ATTEND THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS ANNUAL CONFERENCE. AS A TARGET OF [...]	2003-05-13 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03DUBAI2696	IRANIANS EAGER TO JOIN THE INFORMATION AGE, BUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING CONSUL GENERAL JOHN LANCIA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN USE OF THE INTERNET AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND THE TREND LOOKS SET TO CONTINUE. CONOFF SPOKE WITH A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND AN INTERNET/TELECOM COMPANY OWNER IN MA [...]	2003-06-28 11:34:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR TC
03FRANKFURT2231	MINISTER-PRESIDENT KOCH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON MAY [...] (SBU) Hesse Minister-President Koch will have an official visit Washington May 13-15. Koch would like to focus on international affairs, the U.S.-German relationship, potential U.S. military base closings in Germany, Iraq, US- EU issues, and counter-terrorism and security issues and will be s [...]	2003-03-13 16:02:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL GM
03FRANKFURT3665	SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER-PRESIDENT KOCH'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse Minister President and Hesse CDU chairman Roland Koch will visit Washington for meetings with senior USG officials on May 13-15. Koch is widely discussed as a CDU Chancellor candidate in 2006 and is in competition with CDU Chairperson Angela Merkel for influence in the pa [...]	2003-05-07 15:04:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GM
03FRANKFURT550	HESSE MINISTER-PRESIDENT ROLAND KOCH: POLARIZING, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse's Minister President Roland Koch (Christian Democratic Union - CDU),is the most prominent state politician in the CDU and is a strong leader of his party's conservative wing. He is a potential CDU chancellor candidate in 2006. If the CDU-FDP coalition wins state electi [...]	2003-01-22 09:24:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL GM

03GUATEMALA2664	ELECTION ROUND UP WITH THREE WEEKS TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: Polls continue to show GANA candidate Berger significantly ahead in voter preferences, followed by UNE's Colom and the FRG's Rios Montt in a dead heat for second place. Some electoral experts believe the FRG will not make it into the second round, though poll results suggest th [...]	2003-10-17 18:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS GT
03GUATEMALA2937	INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION CONTRIBUTES TO DECLINE [...] Summary: Protests, some violent, continue in communities where dissatisfaction with the mayoral election results is ongoing, but violence overall is much decreased from the 1999 elections. Allegations of 29 "political" murders during the electoral campaign were disputed by international observ [...]	2003-11-17 19:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR EAID GT
03HANOI1185	Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on May 13 and left a non-paper based on reftel para 12. Ambassador stressed that progress on issues raised at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue was insufficient to schedule another dialogue, nor [...]	2003-05-15 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL VM HUMANR
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
03HANOI1439	VIETNAM: FOLLOW UP TO SIXTH WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam heard a consistent message at its Sixth WTO Working Party session in May regarding the need to make a "quantum leap" in it's approach to WTO accession but is interpreting that message in various ways. Publicly, GVN officials gave themselves a big pat on the back for th [...]	2003-06-11 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTO BTA
03HANOI1549	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...]	2003-06-20 06:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI1698	IMPLEMENTING PARTY RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. According to CPV and GVN authorities in Hanoi and the Northwest Highlands, new CPV resolutions on ethnic minorities and religion do little more than reiterate long-standing policies, while nonetheless trying to elevate attention to these issues and the need for better implemen [...]	2003-07-03 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI1808	VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 02:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN
03HANOI1814	TRYING TO GET THE MOF BEYOND CENTRAL PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting, the Ambassador urged the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to issue investment licenses to three U.S. insurance companies and to be ready to meet BTA obligations related to customs valuation that come due in December 2003. Ambassador also raised USG concerns over [...]	2003-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM BTA WTO
03HANOI1842	TRADE MINISTER ON WTO, HUMAN RIGHTS, OIL FOR FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 17 meeting with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, the Ambassador noted that GVN efforts to raise auto tariffs, impose tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on a number of agricultural products, and reorganize the agencies responsible for protection of intellectual property rig [...]	2003-07-21 07:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON KIPR IZ VM WTO IPROP
03HANOI1995	OUTGOING FRENCH ADOPTIONS OFFICIAL SAYS VIETNAM IS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the precision in the French adoption agreement with Vietnam, French adoptions are encountering problems at the provincial levels. Significant problems include demands for donations/fees in excess of those set in the French agreement, unclear origins of adoptive childr [...]	2003-08-07 00:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI2042	WHAT'S (NOT) AVAILABLE AT HANOI'S BOOKSTORES [...] (U) Summary: Government controls continue to ensure that both imported and locally printed books stay within acceptable bounds. Fictional works increasingly are the most popular offerings in Hanoi's bookstores, instead of previous foci on ideological or political titles. Some political publ [...]	2003-08-11 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM
03HANOI2068	VIETNAM: NY LIFE HOSTS SEMINAR ON WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary: On August 5 in Hanoi at a seminar on Vietnam's WTO accession hosted by New York Life (NYL),Charge expressed strong support for Vietnam's efforts to accede to the WTO while also emphasizing the heavy workload Vietnam must complete in order to meet this goal. Opening the seminar, DPM [...]	2003-08-15 01:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTO
03HANOI2116	A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES POPULATION, FAMILY, AND [...] (U) Summary: In discussions with A/S Dewey, National Committee for Population, Family, and Children's Affairs officials stressed that GVN policies guarantee and respect the right of citizens "freely and responsibly to choose the size of the family." At the same time, they said, GVN policy a [...]	2003-08-20 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV VM
03HANOI2175	KEEPING A FOCUS ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary. According to CPV officials and official media reports, corruption remains an endemic problem in Vietnam at all levels, but the GVN and CPV are actively taking steps to go after at least some officials. Sweden is assisting with a grant for a "research" project on "root causes" [...]	2003-08-27 06:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI223	TAIWAN ECONOMICS MINISTER VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan Economics Minister Lin Yi-fu visited Vietnam January 23 - 27 as the head of a trade mission. While his official host was the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lin held meetings with GVN officials, including his counterparts at the Ministry of Trade as well as t [...]	2003-01-29 03:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD TW CH VM
03HANOI2260	VIETNAM AND IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman for the past six months and now sitting back in Hanoi) Nguyen Quang Khai is planning to return to Baghdad at Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's request on September 13 for a meeting at the Iraqi foreign trade ministry. Ambassador Khai [...]	2003-09-05 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EAGR EAID IZ VM
03HANOI2287	RELIGION IN VIETNAM - THREE CONTRASTING VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings on September 4 in Hanoi with DRL/IRF's William Inboden, prominent Buddhist, Protestant, and Catholic leaders provided personal perspectives on the religious situation in Vietnam that ranged from rosy to troubled. (Ref a reported on EAP/BCLTV's discussions with reli [...]	2003-09-10 00:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HANOI2320	NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS SUCCESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent drug trial in Hanoi concluded on August 29 with a variety of harsh punishments, including four death sentences. According to government prosecutors, this was an exceptionally serious case, involving many people, in a drug-trafficking ring between Lai Chau province an [...]	2003-09-12 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI2323	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Summary: A large interagency conference chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ho Chi Minh City September 9 articulated the GVN's intended next steps in a coordinated antitrafficking policy. The Deputy Prime Minister recomme [...]	2003-09-15 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP
03HANOI2489	VIETNAM - PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE RETURN OF [...] (U) Summary. In anticipation of the resurgence of SARS, Mission plans to encourage vaccinations against the flu and will continue to promote healthy practices in the work place. Consular Sections at both posts are in the process of a systematic updating, appraisal, and testing of our Warden S [...]	2003-09-29 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM
03HANOI2521	VIETNAM AND THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) Following up on our delivery of the Proliferation Security Initative's Statement of Interdiction Principles September 5 (ref c),Embassy coordinated with ten of the eleven PSI country Ambassadors in country (the eleventh, Portugal, does not have an Embassy in Vietnam) and obtained their si [...]	2003-10-01 07:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL VM
03HANOI2617	DPRK REFUGEE INCIDENTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam remains a link in the overland route taken by North Korean refugees on the way to Cambodia and Bangkok, as shown by two recent DPRK refugee-related incidents at USCG Ho Chi Minh City (septels). End summary. ------------------------------------------ US MISSION ENCOUNT [...]	2003-10-14 11:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREF VM KO HUMANR DPRK
03HANOI2622	MEKONG SUBREGION ANTI-DRUG COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: At a recent six-party ministerial-level anti- drug conference in Hanoi, Thailand and China pushed hard for more concrete action against ATS and precursor chemicals. Conferees agreed that border liaison offices were effective and should be expanded, but one visited by poloff on the [...]	2003-10-14 11:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR EAID CH VM CNARC
03HANOI2630	VIETNAM -- CANDIDATE FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] SUMMARY: Post nominates Vietnam as a candidate country for the water initiative of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (see reftel). Vietnam has an incredibly diverse geography with accompanying water issues. Vietnam has a national water plan, and on-going research projects with a wid [...]	2003-10-15 10:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR KSCA SENV TSPL VM
03HANOI2650	POLITICS AND MONEY: VIETNAM AND THE KOREAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's relationships with both Koreas are growing. ROK-Vietnam relations are likely to continue to expand, especially economically, while Hanoi-Pyongyang relations will develop more slowly. Vietnamese interlocutors are discouraged by their lack of access to or influence on [...]	2003-10-17 00:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETRD ECON VM KN KS SW DPRK ASEAN
03HANOI2860	VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...]	2003-11-07 02:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR
03HANOI2869	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEFMIN GENERAL TRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Tra's meetings in Washington next week are unlikely to produce any surprises, but should put the full stamp of approval on better mil/mil ties and lead to a more active program of exchanges. Tra is keen to expand medical cooperation and also seeks more techn [...]	2003-11-07 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TH CH CB VM
03HANOI2996	THE CPV TRIES TO RE-VET ITSELF; PR STUNT? [...] (U) Summary. By Ho Chi Minh's 115th birthday anniversary in 2005, the CPV will in principle have re- certified the qualifications of each and every member to ensure that all meet the CPV high standards for behavior. Only then may they receive one of the new, more hi-tech membership cards. [...]	2003-11-19 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI3073	VIETNAM: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy's response to reftel follows in Paragraph 2. The response is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. 2. A) In 2003, the GVN clearly and frequently denounced terrorism domestically and internationally and actively supported the global coalition against terrorism. The GVN's total ratifi [...]	2003-11-26 10:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER VM CTERR
03HANOI3232	VIETNAM TIP: THE TAIWAN MARRIAGE PHENOMENON [...] Summary: Taiwan has become the export destination of choice for Vietnamese brides. 73,000 women - 95 percent of Vietnamese marrying foreigners - have married Taiwanese men since the phenomenon began to take off in 1995. Demand is growing, driven by (1) the desire of lower-middle class Taiwa [...]	2003-12-15 02:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM VM TW OMIG TIP
03HANOI3273	VIETNAM: TEXTILE QUOTAS AND TRANSSHIPMENT [...] (SBU) I understand that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) may soon consider requesting textile consultations with the GVN to discuss the findings of a U.S. Customs Textile Production Verification Team (TPVT) that visited Vietnam for three weeks last August. In [...]	2003-12-18 07:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL KTEX VM
03HANOI3288	VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...]	2003-12-19 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC
03HANOI3350	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
03HANOI3351	FOLLOWING UP ON DPM KHOAN VISIT WITH VFM BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador and Pol/C met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on December 24 to follow up on issues from Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan's visit, about which the Vietnamese leadership appears clearly pleased. MFA will issue an invitation letter to Peace Corps. MFA will also [...]	2003-12-29 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM HUMANR CVR RELFREE
03HANOI3373	CONVICTION OF Nguyen Vu Binh [...] (SBU) Activist Nguyen Vu Binh, a former journalist who had pushed for the establishment of a new political party and has criticized Vietnam's border agreement with China, was sentenced after a brief trial on December 31 to seven years in prison and two years administrative detention by the Han [...]	2003-12-31 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
03HANOI433	VIETNAM ON ARF ACTION ON NORTH KOREA [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated February 21, the MFA's ASEAN Department requested all ARF member Embassies in Hanoi transmit to their Foreign Ministers a copy of a February 21 letter from Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien to Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Hamhong expressing qualified support fo [...]	2003-02-24 05:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN VM ASEAN DPRK
03HANOI462	VIETNAM: CASTRO VISITS HANOI - ACCORDING TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cuban President Fidel Castro and an entourage of over 100 government and business officials made a "successful" and carefully scripted visit to Hanoi from February 21-23, on his way to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur. This was Castor's third visit to Vie [...]	2003-02-26 08:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER CU VM
03HANOI489	Vietnam: First Round of Bilateral Textile Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner led a 10 person USG delegation to Hanoi to begin negotiation of a bilateral textile agreement. The negotiations, originally scheduled to take place February 19-21, were shortened by half because weather conditions i [...]	2003-02-28 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KTEX VM LABOR
03HANOI520	ASEAN-US ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 5. 2. (U) ICM: MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Tran Ngoc An confirmed on March 5 to Pol/C that ASEAN had agreed to hold the initial Informal Coordinating Mechanism (ICM) meeting in Vientiane during the afternoon of March 28, followi [...]	2003-03-05 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID VM ASEAN
03HANOI527	VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...]	2003-03-06 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR
03HANOI592	Religion in Lao Cai and Yen Bai - Different Stories [...] (U) Summary: Local officials in two mountainous, predominantly minority northwestern provinces appear to be taking differing approaches towards religion. Lao Cai officials talked a cautious and rigid line while trying to explain how they have supported religious practice within legal guide [...]	2003-03-12 03:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI655	SARS IN HANOI: CURRENT SITUATION AND REQUEST FOR [...] Please see action/guidance requests in paras 9 and 10. What Happened? -------------- 2. Hanoi is one of the areas most affected in the current, worldwide epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The first Hanoi case was identified February 26th, when an American citizen (H [...]	2003-03-17 14:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AMED TBIO SOCI VM
03HANOI688	Vietnam: Second Annual BTA Joint Committee [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DUSTR Jon Huntsman led the U.S. delegation and Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu headed the GVN side at the plenary session of the second annual meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) [...]	2003-03-21 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR KTEX PREL VM
03HANOI710	VIETNAM: DUSTR HUNTSMAN MEETINGS-THE MANY TRACKS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Hanoi in early March to chair the second annual U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee meeting (septel) and participate in the Asia Society Conference, DUSTR Jon Huntsman, accompanied by Ambassador Burghardt, met separately with Deputy P [...]	2003-03-24 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM
03HANOI714	WARDEN MESSAGE - action request in paraS 1 and 5 [...] Mission has received and transmitted the travel warning ref a. However, Mission wishes to point out that the comment in the third paragraph, ".the Department of State has suspended official travel to Vietnam until further notice" is not the Mission's understanding of the current situation. M [...]	2003-03-24 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC VM
03HANOI793	WGSARS: SARS Situation in Vietnam - Update 3/31 [...] (SBU) For the seventh day in a row, no new cases of SARS were reported in Vietnam by noon on March 31, possibly indicating that the outbreak is well-controlled. In Vietnam, WHO experts believe that rapid detection of the outbreak and immediate introduction of infection control procedures may [...]	2003-03-31 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM
03HANOI812	THE ROLE OF THINK TANKS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GVN supports an extensive network of research institutes ("think tanks") under the National Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (NCSSH). Among its 25 think tanks, five focus on Vietnam's external relations. While their influence appears modest, the think tanks provid [...]	2003-04-02 03:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
03HANOI935	Lay Assessors: More symbolic than useful [...] (SBU) Summary: "Lay assessors" in courts below the appellate level are Vietnam's rough equivalent of trial by jury. Officials describe this system as an example of the GVN's commitment to promote public democracy. Training remains inadequate and is likely to continue to be underfunded, virt [...]	2003-04-15 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM
03HANOI975	NONG DUC MANH'S "WORKING VISIT" TO THE PRC: -- THE VIEW FROM VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nong Duc Manh, Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary (GS),visited the PRC April 7 - 11. This was his second visit to the PRC since assuming these responsibilities in April 2001. GS Manh was apparently the first foreign leader to meet with the PRC's new leadersh [...]	2003-04-18 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR
03HARARE101	MEDIA REPORT: PAPER TO CHALLENGE AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-15 09:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ZI
03HARARE1135	"NEW" MEDIA AMENDMENT TOPS PARLIAMENT AGENDA [...] Parliament resumes on June 10, after a two-week adjournment, to allow legislators to review the new text of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Bill introduced by Minister Patrick Chinamasa on May 13. The new text is by-and-large the old amendments with only one sub [...]	2003-06-04 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ZI
03HARARE1267	MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI WELL AND DETERMINED TO MOVE [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-23 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ZI MDC
03HARARE1330	RETIRED HIGH COURT JUDGE FERGUS BLACKIE ACQUITTED [...] (C) In a ten-minute Magistrate's court session on June 30, the state prosecutor Mrs. Ziyambi withdrew the state's case against retired Judge Fergus Blackie. Blackie was arrested on September 13, 2002 and accused of handing down a judgment without consulting a fellow judge who also heard the ca [...]	2003-07-01 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1360	MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI SAYS THAT NO CURRENT [...] (U) MDC Delegations ----------------- (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai outlined for the Ambassador his party's plans for upcoming meetings and various mediation efforts underway. Tsvangirai said that the MDC would be sending a small team to Pretoria next week headed by spokesman Paul The [...]	2003-07-04 11:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI MDC
03HARARE1466	MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA; HARARE [...] Under headline "China shows the way" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 20 editorial to hailing China's "efforts to encourage and promote a diplomatic solution" over a crisis stemming from North Korea's alleged nuclear weapons program. E [...]	2003-07-21 08:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1475	MDC RELATES MORE CONTACTS ABOUT DIALOGUE [...] (C) Contacts with ZANU-PF: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube told the SIPDIS Ambassador over lunch July 22 that Zanu-PF and the South African Government(SAG) had reached out to them recently. ZANU-PF Minister for Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick C [...]	2003-07-22 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI SF
03HARARE1532	BISHOPS MEET MUGABE AND TSVANGIRAI SEPARATELY IN [...] (C) Three prominent Bishops from Manicaland, all affiliated with the Zimbabwe Council of Chufches (ZCC),met with President Mugabe and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai recently in an attempt to restart failed talks between the ruling and opposition parties. Mugabe raised a few issues he said w [...]	2003-07-29 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
03HARARE1548	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on July 29 to discuss the mediation effort by the SIPDIS Manicaland Bishops. Tsvangirai reported that when the Bishops' discussion with President Mugabe turned to the possibility of a unity government, Bishop Mutume said they woul [...]	2003-07-31 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1594	MDC OFFICIAL OFFERS MIXED ASSESSMENT ON CHURCHES' [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gandhi Mudzingwa, MDC's Director of Presidential Affairs, on August 7 told poloff that mixed signals from ZANU-PF underscored the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing bishops' attempt to jump start talks. He reported that a ZANU-PF source had approached him about derailing the e [...]	2003-08-08 10:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
03HARARE161	Metalwork company may close [...] Summary: Another pillar of Zimbabwe's economic infrastructure may crumble. The Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO),a parastatal and the country's sole iron/steel manufacturing company, seems headed for closure unless Government comes up with a costly rescue package. End Summary. Form [...]	2003-01-24 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELTN ZI
03HARARE1711	TALKS ON TALKS: MOMENTUM TOWARD ZIMBABWE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of meetings between political players here and HIRC Africa Subcommittee staffer Malik Chaka illuminated the tentative state of play of various efforts to get ZANU-PF/MDC talks resumed. ZANU-PF Chairman John Nkomo highlighted improvements in the political atmosphere and [...]	2003-08-28 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE1792	TSVANGIRAI ON MDC'S OVERSEAS OUTREACH, TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 10 meeting with Ambassador Sullivan, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai voiced continued frustration with ZANU-PF's lack of urgency on resuming talks and recounted efforts by MDC principals to engage with regional SADC leaders in that regard. He sought USG support f [...]	2003-09-11 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI MDC
03HARARE183	PARLIAMENT BUDGETARY PROCESS [...] This year represents the second time in Parliament's 20 year history that the budget bill has been disaggregated and subjected to a serious review by Parliament's newly (2000) created portfolio committees- consisting of Members of the ruling and opposition political parties. This new, more tr [...]	2003-01-27 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
03HARARE1861	MINISTER OFFERS INSIGHTS ON ZANU-PF POSTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Mines Edward Chindori-Chininga on September 11 spoke with Ambassador Sullivan on ZANU-PF succession issues and internal party elections. Chindori-Chininga did not break any new ground but confirmed party elections' potential implications for succession and the govern [...]	2003-09-15 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE1891	UPDATE ON SECRET CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS [...] CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN -- PLEASE DO NOT DIVULGE TO OFFICIALS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 2. (C) In a meeting in his law office September 16, MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube told Ambassador Sullivan SIPDIS that he was scheduled to meet with Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa September 21- [...]	2003-09-17 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ZI
03HARARE1892	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SADC OUTREACH, TALKS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on September 16 reported to Ambassador Sullivan on meetings with selected SADC heads of state. He advised that the bishops troika remained active as an informal intermediary between MDC and ZANU-PF but that the ruling party continued to stall. [...]	2003-09-17 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE1974	PARLIAMENT TO RESUME SESSION ON OCTOBER 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After making limited progress on the government,s ambitious legislative agenda during the last session, Parliament is slated to resume attention on October 7 to a host of potentially important bills, including an electoral act and an anti-money laundering law. Parliament last [...]	2003-09-30 06:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE2123	MDC LEADERSHIP ON COURT CASES, TALKS, VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube on October 23 confirmed to SIPDIS the Ambassador that court consideration of the party's election petition would commence November 3 and that Tsvangirai's treason trial would be postponed until next SIPDIS [...]	2003-10-24 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
03HARARE2184	Mugabe to Restructure Economic Team [...] (SBU) Summary: In a clear indication that hardliners are winning out over Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank (RBZ) moderates (refs a/b),President Mugabe has announced his intent to shake up his economic team. It also suggests the November 20 budget speech will offer Zimbabwe's beleaguered pr [...]	2003-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2204	MDC LEGAL AFFAIRS SECRETARY ON RECENTLY CONCLUDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart on November 4 confirmed to the Embassy the party's expectation that the court would delay issuance of judgment on the election petition (hearings on which concluded November 4) before eventually rejecting it. He outlined to Ambassado [...]	2003-11-05 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE2253	PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR SHUFFLE SHOWS SOME HEAT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent appointment of four new provincial governors reflects factional infighting that so far appears unlikely to yield any meaningful shift in government policy. The appointments are part of an anticipated broader personnel shake-up that will underscore President Mugabe's full [...]	2003-11-17 14:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI
03HARARE2256	MUGABE'S CHOGM ATTENDANCE IN AIR FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian President Obasanjo met with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai twice and President Mugabe once during his visit to Zimbabwe on November 17. According to MDC sources, Tsvangirai told Obasanjo during the first meeting that the MDC would be willing to participate in a tran [...]	2003-11-18 13:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
03HARARE2310	ENCOUNTER WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a chance encounter at a social event on November 25, Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa elaborated privately to poloff about ruling party views of the MDC and the USG. Chinamasa suggested that the USG had the potential stature to influe [...]	2003-11-26 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
03HARARE2359	RULING PARTY SUCCESSION RACE: IS ZVINAVASHE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The retirement of Vitalis Zvinavashe as commander of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) and his emergence on the national political scene underscore uncertainties surrounding the ruling party's contortions over prospective leadership succession. His possible appointment as Vice-P [...]	2003-12-05 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE239	GOZ OVERTURES TO COMMERCIAL FARMERS: "WHITEWASH" [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) President Colin Cloete indicate that GOZ overtures to remaining white farmers constitute "whitewash" and meaningless window-dressing. Commercial farms continue to receive final notices of compulsory acquisition, despite [...]	2003-02-04 12:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
03HARARE2443	MBEKI VISIT REKINDLES TALKS ON TALKS [...] (C) MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandi Mudzingwa on December 19 briefed poloff on South African President Mbeki's 20-minute December 18 meeting with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube. According to Mudzingwa, Mbeki told the party leaders at the end [...]	2003-12-19 09:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA ZI
03HARARE2451	YEAR-END LEGISLATIVE FLURRY REINFORCES RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament adjourned for the holiday season on December 18 after passing legislation that disenfranchises thousands of voters and favors the ruling party in the 2005 Parliamentary elections. However, Parliament was not able to push through legislation that would ease the acquisi [...]	2003-12-23 09:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE274	MEDIA REACTION POWELL EVIDENCE AGAINST IRAQ; [...] Under headline "Powell fails to prove case against Baghdad" the pro-government daily "Daily Mirror" dedicated its February 7 editorial to dismissing Secretary of State Colin Powell's testimony against Iraq, saying, Powell's presentation was "flawed" and "did not [...]	2003-02-07 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ZI KPAO KMDR
03HARARE304	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must not allow U. S. to start war" the government-controlled daily dedicated its February 11 editorial to urging the United Nations to restrain the United States from attacking Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "The tug-of-war between the United St [...]	2003-02-12 06:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE337	Leading Banker Fears Decision Paralysis [...] (SBU) Summary: Unless the GOZ modifies its economic policies, the Bankers' Association President believes its once-formidable infrastructure will be irreparably damaged. End summary. 2. (SBU) Standard Chartered Chief Executive and Zimbabwe Bankers' Association President Washington Matsair [...]	2003-02-19 07:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ZI
03HARARE357	PRO-GOVERNMENT PAPER HAILS FRANCE AS A [...] Under headline "The Franco-African summit" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its February 20 editorial to hailing France for shooting down plans for a war against Iraq and for inviting Mr. Robert Mugabe to attend the Franco-African summit in [...]	2003-02-21 06:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO 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
03HARARE451	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] In an opinion piece carried in the March 2 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail," Dr. Tafataona Mahoso criticized the United States and Britain for appearing to be "arm-twisting" the United Nations to sanction the war against Iraq. Under headli [...]	2003-03-04 06:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE48	CHINESE TIES TO ZIMBABWE [...] (S) The ruling ZANU-PF party has long maintained a close diplomatic and military relationship with China, dating back to the liberation war in the 1970's. Since independence in 1980, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has purchased a range of military hardware from China, including aircraft, a [...]	2003-01-08 12:22:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PREL ZI CI
03HARARE833	HARARE MAYOR SUSPENDED [...] (C) The suspension of Harare mayor Elias Mudzuri, on April 29 for alleged mismanagement of the city is an effort by the ruling party ZANU-PF to regain control of the capital city. The Minister of Local Government, Public Works, and National Housing, Ignatius Chombo, by applying Section 54 of th [...]	2003-04-30 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE855	Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2003 -- Low [...] (U) Summary: The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is the country's premier trade event and was once a regional and international showcase. Three years ago, the number of both local and international exhibitors started to decline due to economic and political problems. This year saw [...]	2003-05-06 06:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELTN ZI
03HARARE874	REPRESSIVE ELECTORAL AND MEDIA AMENDMENTS TOP [...] Parliament resumed on May 6, after a two-month adjournment in which several parliamentary portfolio committees met to discuss proposed legislation. Top among the Bills to be debated when Parliament begins are the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Bill and the Electora [...]	2003-05-07 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ZI
03HELSINKI262	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) ON MARCH 4 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON PRESIDENT HALONEN FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ISSUES ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL AGENDA. IRAQ WAS THE CHIEF TOPIC. THE AMBASSADOR BEGAN BY THANKING THE PRESIDENT FOR HER RECENT FIRM PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESOLVING THE CRIS [...]	2003-03-07 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ CH FI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1020	VIETNAM'S FIRST OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE - NO NUDE BEACHES YET [...] In another example of the GVN channeling resources to the relatively poor central coast of the country, Vietnam's first "Open Economic Zone" has opened for business. More a vision than a reality, the zone is different from the many industrial parks and export processing zones scattered throug [...]	2003-10-21 11:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR VM ETRD
03HOCHIMINHCITY500	VIETNAM ISSUES TEXTILE QUOTA ALLOCATION GUIDELINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GVN has announced quota allocation criteria for textile and garment exports to the U.S. Sixty- five to seventy percent of quota will be allocated based on past performance over the period of calendar year 2002 and the first quarter of 2003. The remainder will be issued to [...]	2003-06-06 18:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX VM
03HOCHIMINHCITY585	THICH QUANG DO -- HOW FREE AT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 30 meeting with Consul General, recently "released" United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) deputy Thich Quang Do launched into a two- hour plus discourse on religion, democracy, freedom, and capitalism. Confirming press reports, he said he would soon attempt [...]	2003-06-30 17:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL EAID EINV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
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
03HOCHIMINHCITY777	COFFEE AND COCOA IN DAK LAK PROVINCE -- THE POT [...] (U) Summary: Hopes for economic prosperity in Vietnam's Dak Lak province remain centered on agriculture, especially cash crop coffee. While low coffee prices have meant continued slow growth, they have also spawned diversification programs. During a visit to the largest of the four Central [...]	2003-08-27 00:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EAGR SOCI VM
03KABUL1560	PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...]	2003-06-05 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR
03KATHMANDU1018	FUTURE OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL REMAINS [...] (U) PolOffs met June 3 with Wangchuk Tsering, Office of Tibet and Official Representative of the Dalai Lama in Nepal to discuss the status of Tibeten refugees in Nepal, after the May 30 deportation described Ref B. Tsering said he appreciated USG efforts to delay the deportation of the 18 ref [...]	2003-06-03 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH NP
03KATHMANDU1042	TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...]	2003-06-05 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL NP CH
03KATHMANDU1044	(U) TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...]	2003-06-06 00:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP CH
03KATHMANDU1072	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 3 - 9, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS KING APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER -- King Gyanendra appointed (6/4) Surya Bahadur Thapa as the new Prime Minister. Thapa's appointment bri ngs to an end the controversy over "transfer" of the executive powers from [...]	2003-06-11 05:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1074	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES, POLICY AMBIGUITIES [...] (C) On June 10 in separate conversations with Charge and Ambassador Joyce Leader, Office Director of PRM/ANE, the Secretaries of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Home SIPDIS have attempted to assure us that Government of Nepal (GON) policy toward Tibetan refugees transiting Nepal has n [...]	2003-06-11 09:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL CH NP

03KATHMANDU1133	NEPAL: MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary. Nepali police have seized 149 kg of cannabis and hashish and 6.9 kg of heroin in the first half of 2003, up from only 38 kg of hashish and .38 kg of heroin in the same period in 2002. Forty-four Nepali citizens and 8 foreigners have been arrested in Nepal, while 12 Nepali citize [...]	2003-06-18 23:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR NP
03KATHMANDU1169	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 17 - 23, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Five parties, Maoists hold massive rallies: The five agitating political parties and the Maoists took separate rallies on Friday in the capital against the "regression". (Media reports, 6/21) -- Nepal warns king: UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has war [...]	2003-06-24 04:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1175	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST SOURCES OF FINANCING [...] (S) Despite the agreed terms of the cease-fire with the Government of Nepal (GoN) barring extortion, Maoists have continued to press businesses and local residents for "donations," increasing both the breadth and scope of their demands. In areas lacking a government presence, the Maoists hav [...]	2003-06-24 09:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1277	NEPAL: GON CANCELS DALAI LAMA CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JULY 4, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) PROHIBITED TIBETAN GROUPS FROM HOLDING CELEBRATIONS ON JULY 6 TO HONOR THE DALAI LAMA'S BIRTHDAY. DESPITE THE PROHIBITION, AT LEAST TWO TIBETAN GROUPS PROCEEDED WITH CELEBRATIONS WITHOUT GON INTERFERENCE. ALTHOUGH THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRAT [...]	2003-07-08 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM KIRF CH NP
03KATHMANDU1308	NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEES AND U.S. INTERESTS - [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that a group of nine congressmen who sent a letter on June 19 to the Prime Minister of Nepal is now poised to introduce punitive legislation against Nepal if the government does not satisfy their ultimatum regarding the status of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. The Embassy [...]	2003-07-11 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1329	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 8 - 14, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS PEACE TALKS -- Government, Maoists hold talks: Members of the negotiating teams of the government and the Maoists held an informal meeting in Kathmandu to create a congenial atmosphere for the third round of the peace talks. However, the talks failed to set a dat [...]	2003-07-15 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1357	NEPAL: JULY 20-25 VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF FOREIGN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request at paragraph 17. Summary: Issues the Secretary Intends to Address in Washington ============================================= ================= 2. (SBU) On July 17, the Ambassador, DCM, and poloff met with Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman [...]	2003-07-18 09:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ETRD MASS NP XD
03KATHMANDU1414	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 22 - 28, 2003 [...] PEACE TALKS -- Minister denies government agreed to restrict army: Finance Minister Dr. Parakeet Chandler Lorain said (7/27) the previous talk team of the government had not committed to restrict the army within five kilometers of the barracks and that the best thing was to sit down f [...]	2003-07-29 03:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1571	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Third round of peace talks: The government conceded (8/17) two key demands of the Maoists an interim government that would also include them and a round table conference but rejected their demand for a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. The Maoists said [...]	2003-08-20 05:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1593	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 16-22 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoist rebels finally met for a third round of negotiations on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj (Ref A). Tensions reportedly were high, as the GON acceded to Maoist demands for a roundtable conference and formation of an interim government [...]	2003-08-22 08:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV 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
03KATHMANDU1621	NEPAL: WERE FOUR TIBETAN CHILDREN DEPORTED IN [...] (C) Summary. Radio Free Asia reported on August 8 that four Tibetan children were deported from Nepal to China. The facts of the alleged deporation are far from clear, however. The Office of Tibet has anectodal evidence that the deporation did occur while UNHCR officials in Nepal are convinc [...]	2003-08-26 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CH NP
03KATHMANDU1677	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR SENDS MAOISTS TOUGH WARNING ON [...] (C) The Ambassador sent a stern warning to the Maoists not to target American citizens or interests. The message was sent through Shailendra Upadhaya, a former facilitator during the most recent three rounds of dialogue between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists. An August 29 press [...]	2003-08-30 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1685	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST 26 [...] MAOISTS BREAK CEASEFIRE - - Maoi sts break cease - fire , blame government : The Maoi sts un i latera 1 ly broke of f ( 8/27 ) the seven-month-old cease-fire and the subsequent peace process with the government "for the time being" saying it had lost its relevance while b [...]	2003-09-02 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2048	NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE CONCILIATORY STATEMENT; [...] (C) In an October 21 press statement, Maoist leader Prachanda announced that the insurgents would no longer attack infrastructure, political party workers, members of the security forces on leave, and assistance projects, except those funded by "American imperialists." The statement, which [...]	2003-10-22 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC ASEC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU206	NEPAL'S TOURISM INDUSTRY: WHERE IS THE BOTTOM? [...] Nepal's tourism industry recorded a 28 percent decline in international arrivals for 2002. Domestic air travel appears to have declined more dramatically due to the security situation. The country's hotels and airlines are feeling the pressure and are cutting costs and restructuring their de [...]	2003-02-06 01:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CASC NP
03KATHMANDU2098	NEPAL: VISIT OF CHINESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The October 16-18 visit to Kathmandu of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi focused primarily on preparations for the upcoming Dec. 2-3 visit of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman Jia Qing Lin. According to the head of the Political Section of the Chinese Embass [...]	2003-10-29 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV CH NP
03KATHMANDU2163	NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE, LEADERSHIP ELABORATE ON [...] (SBU) Recent public announcements by Nepal's Maoist leaders indicate an awareness of the movement's dwindling popular support and a continuing attempt to explain ideologically their failure to win power. For example, following the recent Maoist Politburo meeting (Reftel),the Maoists have po [...]	2003-11-05 05:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2165	NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO U.S. TERRORISM [...] (U) Nepal's Maoists, in response to the U.S. designation of them as terrorists on the assets freeze list (ref A),have posted a statement on the Nepali version of their website blasting the designation as an example of U.S. interference in the internal affairs of Nepal and its neighbors. The [...]	2003-11-05 06:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KVPR NP
03KATHMANDU2187	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 1-7 [...] The local press reported that seventeen security personnel and sixty-six Maoists were killed in clashes this week. Maoists reportedly killed seven civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy, and abducted ten others. In a statement issued on November 4, the Maoists reacted angrily to the USG [...]	2003-11-07 06:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2248	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 11 to 17, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties to go in forceful and comprehensive manner: The five political parties protesting against the royal takeover of October 4 last year have decided to continue with the protest programs in a more forceful and comprehensive manner in days to come. (Centrist "Kantip [...]	2003-11-18 02:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2278	WITHOUT RELIEF, NEPAL'S AILING GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (U) The Maoist insurgency has had a devastating effect on Nepal's economy, including upon its fledgling manufacturing sector. Despite its own substantial problems, Nepal continues to be a firm ally of the U.S. in the fight against global terrorism, supporting our policy in Iraq and continuin [...]	2003-11-21 07:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX NP
03KATHMANDU2284	NEPAL: CHINESE REPORTEDLY ARREST FOUR SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador in Kathmandu, Sun Heping, confirmed that his government has no reservations about U.S. security assistance to Nepal and expressed strong opposition to Nepal's Maoist insurgents. He was unable to confirm reports in the Nepali press that Chinese authorities [...]	2003-11-21 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP CH
03KATHMANDU2309	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24, [...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...]	2003-11-25 03:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2340	NEPAL: OTHER DONORS KEEPING A DISTANCE FROM US? [...] (C) Summary: Following the delivery of increased USG security assistance last year, Maoist insurgents embarked on an anti-American propaganda campaign intended, in part, to isolate the U.S. diplomatically, discourage other donors from collaborating with us, and to incite Chinese and Indian [...]	2003-12-01 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER NP UK
03KATHMANDU2383	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 29- [...] On November 28, Interpol re-issued red corner notices for fourteen Maoists including top leaders Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai. Despite a highly publicized meeting between Maoist leaders and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) last week [...]	2003-12-05 06:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2491	NEPAL: SA A/S ROCCA'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) In separate meetings with leaders of four political parties on December 18, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca, accompanied by Ambassador Malinowski, urged the need for reconciliation between the King and estranged political parties. With the exception of the Nep [...]	2003-12-23 05:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU44	NEPAL: MAOISTS IN NO MOOD FOR COMPROMISE [...] (S) Summary. In both their words and deeds, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have shown themselves to be unwilling to negotiate, compromise or abandon their armed struggle. They have admitted that they would use negotiations or a cease-fire as an opportunity to regroup for their next offensive. The [...]	2003-01-08 10:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU572	NEPAL: MAOIST IDEOLOGUE SURFACES IN CAPITAL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Since his return to the capital March 28, Maoist ideologue and second-ranking leader Baburam Bhattarai has conducted a media blitz, appearing at two consecutive press conferences, a Reporters' Club ceremony, and a popular television talk show. In his appearances so far, Bhatta [...]	2003-03-31 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU621	NEPAL: MAOISTS ASK TO MEET AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) On April 4 the Embassy received what appeared to be a form letter addressed to "Your Excellency the Ambassador/Consular" and signed by Maoist second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai inviting the Ambassador or his representative to "a goodwill meeting" with the five-man negotiating team. T [...]	2003-04-04 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU671	NEPALI MAOISTS MEET WITH EU MISSION HEAD [...] (C) The head of the European Union office in Kathmandu broke ranks with his diplomatic colleagues and met with Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai and other Maoist leaders in Kathmandu on April 10. The EU Charge justified his "spontaneous" decision to meet the insurgent leader on humanitaria [...]	2003-04-11 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EU 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
03KATHMANDU837	NEPAL: SECOND ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN INSURGENTS, [...] (U) The second round of talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents is scheduled to take place on May 9 at an undisclosed location, according to local press reports. The initial round was held less than a week earlier at a Kathmandu hotel (Ref A). No agenda for the seco [...]	2003-05-07 09:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU858	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 3-9 [...] The second round of peace talks between negotiators for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists is being held on May 9. Envoys from China and the United Kingdom expressed support and assistance for the peace process. Maoist leaders have sharply criticized USG for listing their party on a [...]	2003-05-09 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU885	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: MAY 6 - 12, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS "SECOND ROUND OF PEACE TALKS" -- The government and Maoists made incremental progress in the second round of peace talks (5/9) with the former agreeing to release a few jailed rebels and even limiting the Royal Nepal Army to within five kilometers of their barrack [...]	2003-05-13 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU984	CHINESE PRESSURE NEPAL TO DEPORT TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Office of Tibet Representative in Kathmandu Wangchuk Tsering reported that the Department of Immigration was preparing to hand over to representatives of the Chinese Embassy 18 Tibetans detained for immigration violations. The Government of Nepal (GON) has also asked [...]	2003-05-29 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP CH
03KUWAIT1048	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...]	2003-03-23 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1973	RETURNING STOLEN KUWAITI PROPERTY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5 2. Summary: A member of Kuwait's ruling family met with the Ambassador on May 4 to seek his assistance in reclaiming property stolen by Iraqis during the 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait. The request highlights the need to establish a procedure for [...]	2003-05-11 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ KU
03KUWAIT4786	EX-IM REQUEST: POST BRIEFING ON KUWAIT FOR ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-19 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KFPC EFIN
03KUWAIT5342	(C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel),Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...]	2003-11-22 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY
03KUWAIT753	KUWAIT WANTS TO PLAY ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT806	KUWAIT AIRPORT PLANS TO MAINTAIN CIVILIAN FLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY. Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCI) announced that Kuwait International Airport does not intend to close operations in face of a potential war in Iraq unless military action jeopardizes the safety of civilian flights. Commercial airlines, however, may decide individ [...]	2003-03-05 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KU
03KUWAIT900	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 12: IRAQ; BLIX [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators show predictable sympathy to the US position with the UNSC and the Turkish Parliament's refusal to accept US troops for an attack on Iraq. Blix's "indecisive" reports are blamed for contributing to the disunity on the Security Council. Opposition to war in Iraq c [...]	2003-03-12 16:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03LAGOS2455	NIGERIAN SHRIMPERS: HOPEFUL (BUT UNLIKELY) [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's principal fisheries products, shrimp and prawns, are destined almost exclusively for export, but only a small percentage of Nigeria's total catch makes its way to U.S. markets. Exports are hindered primarily by high shipping costs and consumer preferences. Industry rep [...]	2003-12-04 06:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD ECON NI
03LAGOS87	AGOA AND NIGERIA: CAN ITS TEXTILE FIRMS STILL [...] Summary. Textile provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) encourage millions of dollars in foreign investment, create thousands of new jobs and boost exports across Africa, except in Nigeria. Sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy has not taken advantage of AGOA's dut [...]	2003-01-13 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KTEX NI
03MONTREAL1377	World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems [...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...]	2003-09-29 20:48:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	KOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH
03MONTREAL266	TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS: SEX AND SMUGGLING IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTREAL, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE PARIS OF THE WEST," HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A REPUTATION IN THE SEX-TOURISM INDUSTRY AS "THE BANGKOK OF THE WEST." NOT SURPRISINGLY, MOST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN QUEBEC PROVINCE INVOLVES WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE SEX TRADE. IN FEBRUA [...]	2003-02-27 15:01:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF PHUM
03NASSAU1635	BAHAMIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TO CHINA -- COURTESY OR CONFIDANTS? [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 18:17:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV PINR PGOV CH JA BF
03NASSAU2124	BAHAMIAN DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO CUBA AND CHINA [...] (C) Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell is pursuing a new activist foreign policy focused around overtures to both Cuba and the People's Republic of China. Both Havana and Beijing should be pleased. Reportedly, The Bahamas will send a resident consul general to Havana and, in addition t [...]	2003-10-22 12:35:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV BF CU UK
03NASSAU2321	CHALLENGES OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION; CAN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) Nancy Iris, Deputy Director for the Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM) visited Nassau from October 13 - October 17, 2003. The Political Officer and Ms. Iris attended meetings with various government officials, members from NGOs, and toured the migrant detention center in [...]	2003-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SMIG BF
03OTTAWA1061	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 11 [...] Health Canada reports 253 probable or suspect cases across Canada, a net increase of 9. Health Canada, as a precaution, has asked blood collection agencies not to accept blood donations from those who have traveled outside Canada to SARS affected regions, or have been to a facility under SARS [...]	2003-04-11 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1155	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 24 [...] The WHO Travel Advisory released on April 23 that recommended against travel to Toronto precipitated vigorous dissent from the Federal Health Minister Anne McLellan, from Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman and from provincial and federal public health officials (ref B). Deputy Prime Minister John Manl [...]	2003-04-24 20:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1167	WGSARS: Canada-wide Status Report April 25 [...] Health Canada provides domestic travel advisory with the message: "It's safe to come to Toronto"; federal cabinet to meet in Toronto on April 29 to lead by example. Total cases in Ontario continue to drop, but there has been an increase in suspect cases in British Columbia. End summary. - [...]	2003-04-25 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA SARS
03OTTAWA1265	CANADIAN ECONOMIC UPDATE: NORTHERN TIGER BEING [...] Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The tiger's roar is beginning to weaken. In spite of a strong energy sector, respectable domestic demand and sound provincial finances, forecasters, including the Bank of [...]	2003-05-05 19:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1284	CANADIAN CABINET DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) The Canadian Cabinet discussed missile defense cooperation with the U.S. in its May 6 meeting, but reached no conclusion and will continue discussions on May 13. Foreign Minister Graham and Defense Minister McCallum briefed Cabinet and encouraged a decision to engage in missile defense neg [...]	2003-05-06 21:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM CA
03OTTAWA1349	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR LIFTING OF IRAQ SANCTIONS [...] (C) We conveyed points contained reftel on May 9 to Don Sinclair, Director General of DFAIT's Middle East and North Africa Bureau. Sinclair said Canada welcomed the news that the resolution to lift sanctions against Iraq had been introduced in the UN Security Council. He indicated that Canada [...]	2003-05-12 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1401	TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: [...] (C) As requested in reftel, ESTH Counselor made points on observer status for Taiwan to Ross Snyder, Deputy Director for UN Specialized Agencies, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Snyder indicated that he was well aware of the issue and would pass our views along t [...]	2003-05-16 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC
03OTTAWA1668	Canadians Pleased with President's AIDS [...] This cable contains an action request (para.9). 2. ESTH Counselor and ESTH Specialist called on Ed Aiston, Director General for International Affairs, and Martin Methot, his deputy, in the Canadian Health Ministry to discuss the President's AIDS initiative. Aiston said the Canadian Governme [...]	2003-06-12 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID EUN
03OTTAWA1721	INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY: [...] SUMMARY: GOC OFFICIALS APPEAR TO BE CAUTIOUSLY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE IPHE, BUT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IPHE WILL RELATE TO THE IEA'S HYDROGEN COORDINATION GROUP. THEY ALSO POSED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS ABOUT IPHE'S POSSIBLE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS - SEE ACTION REQUESTED, PA [...]	2003-06-18 15:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG CA
03OTTAWA1812	Canada's Uranium: A primer [...] Canada is the largest uranium producer in the world - in 2002 production was 11,607 metric tonnes of uranium, about one-third of total world production. Canada typically provides 20 to 30 percent of uranium used in the United States. The two main players are Cameco, a Canadian-based publicly [...]	2003-06-26 18:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD ENRG KNNP CA
03OTTAWA1863	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Marwan Hamadeh discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terrorist finan [...]	2003-06-30 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC CVIS PREL PTER PINR LE XF ETRN
03OTTAWA1924	SCENE-SETTER FOR TRI- AND BILATERAL ENERGY MEETINGS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. In preparation for the forthcoming meetings of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) and U.S.- Canada Energy Consultative Mechanism (ECM) in Ottawa July 15-17, post provides the following u [...]	2003-07-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2006	CANADA TO CONTINUE TO PRESSURE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA [...] (SBU) Post delivered points contained reftel to Nancy Mackay-Dietrich, Special Advisor for Burma in DFAIT,s Southeast Asia Division, on July 14, 2003. Mackay-Dietrich indicated that, in addition to the visa restrictions mentioned in reftel, the GOC was taking other steps to secure the relea [...]	2003-07-15 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BM CA
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
03OTTAWA2221	NATURAL GAS VS. NUCLEAR: CANADIANS STUDY FEASIBILITY [...] SUMMARY: THE CANADIAN ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CERI) SAYS THAT, AT NATURAL GAS PRICES OF USD 3.50 / MCF OR MORE, NUCLEAR REACTORS WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY SUPERIOR TO NATURAL GAS IN SUPPLYING THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF STEAM REQUIRED TO EXTRACT CRUDE OIL FROM CANADA'S VAST OILSAND RESOURCES. IF T [...]	2003-08-06 13:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2260	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "The liberties taken by Israel's wall" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/8): "...U.S. opposition to the wall - not the right to build it, but the path it is taking - may have forced Israel to drop a plan to extend it about 30 kilometres into the West Bank to include the large Jewish settl [...]	2003-08-08 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2306	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]	2003-08-12 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2358	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN; NORTH KOREA [...] "What should NATO do in Afghanistan?" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/18): "What's to be done when your raison d'tre has disappeared? That has been the question faced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold War. Who is NATO's enemy now that the Soviet empire [...]	2003-08-19 14:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2385	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; LIBERIA; [...] "Terrorists sproutinq under nose of American troops?" Under the sub-headinq, "Americans don't quite know what they are talkinq about when it comes to where the resistance is cominq from," editorial paqe editor emeritus Haroon Siddiqui wrote in the liberal Toronto Star (8/14): "...The Baqhda [...]	2003-08-21 18:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2454	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: CANADA TAKING LONG-TERM VIEW [...] (C) Post delivered points contained reftel on August 26 to Adrian Norfolk, Acting Director of DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division. Norfolk said that Canada takes a long-term view towards the human rights situation in China. While Canada does n [...]	2003-08-27 20:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA274	YOUR JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH CANADIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Your January 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Bill Graham will be an important opportunity to bolster Canadian support for our Iraq policy. The Canadian Government's natural preference is for giving the inspectors more time and for the UN Security Council to reach consensus, but it wants [...]	2003-01-24 22:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD PTER CVIS CA IZ KN VE
03OTTAWA577	CANADA - 2002 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
03OTTAWA592	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NAM [...] "Only George Bush could make Chirac look like a dove" Columnist Paul Knox commented in the leading Globe and Mail (2/26): "...Mr. Bush has managed to drive the deepest wedge in half a century between the United States and Europe over an issue tangential to counterterrorism, which is the cen [...]	2003-03-04 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA679	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...]	2003-03-11 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA680	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Victory? Not yet" The conservative National Post opined (3/11): "...The truth is that nothing has yet been 'won' in Iraq - notwithstanding the wishful thinking we hear from Mr. Chretien, French President Jacques Chirac and the other world leaders whose desperation to avoid war is blurring [...]	2003-03-11 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA695	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; UN; NORTH KOREA [...] "The truth that Blix can't hide" The nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (3/12): "The United States and Britain are angry with Hans Blix, the United Nations chief weapons inspector in Iraq, over the information he deliberately withheld from his most recent public report to the Security Counci [...]	2003-03-13 15:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA701	MEDIA REACTION: SERBIA; IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "A murder in Serbia" The leading Globe and Mail stressed (3/13): "...We hope the world sees this [assassination of reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjicas] more than just another in a line of troubles that have historically made the Balkans a powder keg. We hope its concern is for the cou [...]	2003-03-13 21:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA703	CANADA ON NORTH KOREAN AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS [...] (S) Canada shares our strong concerns about the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, and believes that Iran will be emboldened if North Korea abandons the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). We discussed reftel messages with Marc Vidricaire, Director of the Nuclear and Chemical Disarmamen [...]	2003-03-13 23:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR CA NPT
03OTTAWA708	CANADA'S PRIORITIES: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered the talking points contained reftel to Adrian Norfolk, Deputy Director for Human Rights in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on March 12. Norfolk stated that Canada's overall objective for CHR-59 is restoration of CHR [...]	2003-03-14 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA989	WGSARS: Canadian Federal Public Health Role [...] In Canada the provincial governments have the primary responsibility for health matters, including managing public health emergencies. The federal authorities nevertheless do play an important coordination role between the provinces, with other countries and the WHO. In addition to that role [...]	2003-04-07 14:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CA
03RANGOON1055	CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: "NON-INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador to Burma provided us on August 27 with an overview of the purpose and results of SPDC Vice Chairman General Maung Aye's recent "routine" China visit, China's negative view of U.S. sanctions and their implications for regime change, the rationale behind recen [...]	2003-09-02 09:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CH BM
03RANGOON1114	BURMA: UNODC MAKES A PITCH FOR KOKANG/WA [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNODC has been making a quiet pitch for support among donors for a new counternarcotics intervention in the Wa and Kokang areas of Burma's Shan State (dubbed the "KOWI" project). UNODC Burma resident representative Jean-Luc Lemahieu recently conducted a round of bilateral [...]	2003-09-12 07:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR BM
03RANGOON1117	INDIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: FINDING A BALANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 10 meeting with COM, Indian Ambassador to Burma Rajiv Kumar Bhatia described India's Burma policy as having two pillars: engagement with the regime and support for democracy. India will continue to move forward on both fronts simultaneously, he said, striking [...]	2003-09-12 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IN
03RANGOON116	BURMA SEEKS CLOSER CHINA TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BILATERAL TIES BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BURMESE GOVERNMENTS SEEM TO BE STRENGTHENING AT ALL LEVELS AND ON MANY FRONTS. FROM THE BURMESE SIDE, THE RECENT EXCHANGE WITH THE PRC OF HIGH-LEVEL VISITS EMPHASIZES THE FACT THAT BURMA IS BANKING ON DEVELOPING AN ENDURING SPECIAL RELATIONS [...]	2003-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON1184	BURMA SANCTIONS: BUSINESSES ADAPTING IN A FROZEN [...] (C) Summary: Many businesses have adapted fairly well to the July economic sanctions on Burma, though overall economic activity has dropped notably. Many have embraced trade in euros, while some have sought to move their traditional dollar-based business to the Thai and Chinese borders. Still [...]	2003-09-23 09:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV BM
03RANGOON1197	NO JOY FOR BURMA'S TRADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: After claiming with much fanfare to have had a USD 700 million trade surplus last year (a claim doubted by most not dressed in a uniform),the Burmese government will not likely repeat the farce this year. Admittedly making an accurate assessment of Burma's trade balance is a f [...]	2003-09-24 08:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EPET PGOV BM
03RANGOON1215	ALATAS VISIT TO BURMA: "I DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE" [...] (C) Summary: He came, he saw, he left. Indonesian special envoy Ali Alitas made a four-day visit September 21-24 to deliver personal messages to the SPDC from President Megawati. In his own words, he did not want to "impose" on the regime with regard to ASSK and accepted at face value the S [...]	2003-09-25 11:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1313	BURMA HOSTS "ACCORD" REGIONAL DRUG TASKFORCE; [...] (C) Summary: On Oct. 16 Burma hosted the law enforcement taskforce of the ASEAN region's cooperative counterdrug entity, ACCORD. Members agreed that amphetamines pose the biggest drug threat to the region, lauded UNODC computer-based training for law enforcement, and demonstrated varying degr [...]	2003-10-20 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PGOV EFIN BM
03RANGOON1337	BURMA SANCTIONS: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, CHEAT [...] (C) We've been hearing tales of cheating to circumvent new U.S. economic sanctions, particularly the ban on importing Burmese products into the United States. Though we don't have a sense yet of the volume of this malfeasance, it's becoming clearer that some exporters of garments and seafood, [...]	2003-10-23 08:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON BM
03RANGOON1339	POPPIES, AK-47S, AND WOLFRAMITE: A TRIP TO WA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A brief visit to a major opium production region in eastern Burma, some of it well outside the writ of the Rangoon generals, presented some clear themes. The non-Burman militias and governments that hold sway in the eastern border zones govern a region that is far more reliant [...]	2003-10-24 01:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINS PGOV ECON BM
03RANGOON1362	EAP/BCLTV DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Ambassador to Burma Li Jinjun posited in a late October meeting that current efforts by the international community on Burma should be aimed at establishing a platform for stable cooperation between Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and the SPDC. The U.S. should consider lifting ec [...]	2003-10-29 10:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CM BM
03RANGOON1421	JAPANESE ON RAZALI ADVISOR DE RIEDMATTEN [...] (C) Japanese DCM Hiroshi Kawamura called on DCM November 5 to clarify his ambassador's position regarding Swiss citizen Leon de Riedmatten, Razali advisor and head of Humanitarian Dialogue in Rangoon. 2. (C) Kawamura stated that his Ambassador, Yuji Miyamoto, had not demarched or suggeste [...]	2003-11-06 05:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1433	"COME BACK TO REALITY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former ICRC Head and assistant to UN Special Envoy Razali, Leon de Reidmatten, briefed COM on his November 7 Bangkok meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat. De Reidmatten said that from the discussion that took place between SE Razali and FM Surakiat, it is clear the SPDC a [...]	2003-11-10 07:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1452	INDIAN VP VISIT TO BURMA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS TAKE A BACK SEAT [...] (C) Summary: Indian Vice President Shekhawat's November 2-5 visit to Burma was the most senior mission by an Indian leader in 16 years and the latest in a string of high-profile visits from India and other neighboring countries. The Burmese regime pulled out all the stops for the visit, though co [...]	2003-11-14 05:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IN
03RANGOON1463	KACHIN STATE: AN UNEASY "PEACE" [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy trip to Burma's Kachin State secured additional support for our WWII remains recovery operations, but also revealed that the Government's ten-year old cease-fire agreement with the region's former insurgents masks deep suspicion of the SPDC and an active desire for self [...]	2003-11-17 00:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM
03RANGOON1552	BURMA'S COCKROACH ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Considering the dismal state of the Burmese economy, it is surprising that the Burmese state remains both viable and stable. How is that people are able to quietly endure and survive? How can the ruling military regime be in a stronger position than ever? We see three major fact [...]	2003-12-03 01:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
03RANGOON1598	A VISIT TO CHINA'S BURMESE PROVINCE: MONGLA AND [...] (C) Summary: Some clear themes emerged from a trip to the Burmese corner of the Golden Triangle. The area's cities are relatively affluent, thanks to border trade. However, this affluence, combined with low education levels, poor healthcare, and very little international attention, has helpe [...]	2003-12-15 04:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID SNAR ECON SCUL PHUM KHIV KWMN PREL PGOV BM CM NGO
03RANGOON1623	BURMA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Burma is the world's second largest producer of illicit opium and the second largest cultivator of opium poppy. The gap between Burma and the number one producer of illicit opium and number one cultivator of poppy, Afghanistan, increased considerably in 2003. Burma remains the primary sourc [...]	2003-12-22 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER BM TAGS
03RANGOON165	BURMA'S TOURIST SECTOR: LIES, DAMN LIES, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Can there really have been 500,000 foreign tourists, including 15,000 Americans, in Burma last year? Despite the GOB's triumphant claims, we think not. Evidence from the local tourism industry, the Embassy's Consular Section, and a measure of plain common sense, suggest a much [...]	2003-02-07 02:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND CASC ECON BM
03RANGOON167	WIN AUNG IN INDIA AND OTHER RECENT GOB TOURS OF [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC's recent trips to India, China, and Bangladesh, together with its exchanges with Thailand, are intended to shore up regional support for Burma in anticipation of a possible deterioration in Burma's relations with the West. According to the Director of MFA's Southwest and [...]	2003-02-07 03:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BG IN BM

03RANGOON190	JAPANESE VIEWS OF RAZALI'S MISSION [...] (C) Summary: According to Japanese Embassy sources in Rangoon, at the upcoming UN meetings in Tokyo, Japan will argue that the current sanctions-based western approach to Burma has failed and should be revised to allow for a more gradual process of transition, more direct aid support and more [...]	2003-02-11 07:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM UN
03RANGOON29	UPDATE ON WWII REMAINS RECOVERY IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The recovery of the remains of some 600 WWII missing personnel (mostly crews of aircraft that crashed while flying "the hump" from India to China) is an important USG priority in Burma. With fairly good cooperation from the Government of Burma, the recovery operation is moving [...]	2003-01-08 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL BM
03RANGOON309	BURMA: THIRD ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma. The report will also be forwarded to EAP/BCLTV in Word format. Begin Report: Overview of Country's Activities - A. Burma is a country of origin [...]	2003-03-07 07:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG BM
03RANGOON31	END GAME IN BURMA'S ETHNIC WARS [...] (C) Summary: Burma has basically won its ethnic wars. While some small-scale operations continue, the situation now is nothing like it was in the late 1980s. Then, 20 separate insurgent groups could put more than 60,000 troops in the field in Burma. Now, the five or six groups that remain ac [...]	2003-01-08 10:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR PHUM PREL MOPS BM
03RANGOON394	BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER LOOKS EASTWARD, [...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's three day visit to Burma produced understandings on trade, transport connections, and refugees. Terrorism was not discussed, but, according to the Bangladeshi Defense Attache, Bangladesh has continued with efforts to clean up its side of th [...]	2003-03-28 08:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PTER BG BM
03RANGOON4	BURMA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY SEAMS DOOMED [...] (SBU) Summary: The threat of sanctions, the ongoing consumer boycott, and the GOB's own inane trade and investment policies are decimating the Burmese garment sector. The upcoming elimination of textile quotas in 2005 should put the final nail in the Burmese garment industry's coffin. The r [...]	2003-01-02 08:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD KTEX BM
03RANGOON445	JAPAN ON BURMA: WE WANT A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TOO [...] (C) Summary: Minutes from a short meeting between the Japanese Ambassador and the Burmese Minister of National Planning and Economic Development emphasize the new pro-engagement policy outlined by the Japanese at the recent ICG meeting in Tokyo. The Ambassador's remarks give some insight into [...]	2003-04-09 09:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON446	RAZALI'S NEXT VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM
03RANGOON517	EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...]	2003-04-30 00:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON53	WHAT'S BEST FOR BURMA? UNCLEAR. [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with David Rockefeller at the Chief of Mission's residence on January 12th, Aung San Suu Kyi talked about the need for a speedy transition, the dangerous state of the nation's education system, and her growing public support outside Rangoon. Unfortunately, AS [...]	2003-01-13 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON BM ASSK
03RANGOON646	INSIDERS' VIEWS ON HOW TO INFLUENCE BURMA'S RULING [...] (S) Summary: Burma's businessmen have been telling us in no uncertain terms that neither economic sanctions nor constructive engagement will expedite political reform under the current circumstances. With surprising unanimity, these insiders have asserted that "coercive persuasion" is the only [...]	2003-06-03 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV ETRD BM
03RANGOON657	UNFPA'S BURMA SCORECARD IS GOOD, SO FAR [...] (SBU) Summary: UNFPA, into the second year of its four-year "special program" in Burma, is encouraged by its successes. To help ensure further progress, though, the agency's Rangoon office hopes that a chronic shortage of contraceptives will be remedied in short order. The agency plans to ex [...]	2003-06-05 10:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID SOCI BM UNFPA NGO
03RANGOON757	BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE [...] Summary: The Burmese government (GOB) has reduced opium cultivation, cooperated with the United States, Australia, China, Thailand, and other states on a series of major narcotics cases, and continued to prosecute traffickers. It has failed in regard to its new money laundering law, whose i [...]	2003-06-25 09:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
03RANGOON769	LOCAL REACTION MIXED ON NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has received much solicited and unsolicited reaction to the impending U.S. sanctions. We've heard from foreign diplomats, businessmen, resident U.S. citizens, some NLD members, and GOB economic officials. Generally people understand our motives, but are very skeptical [...]	2003-06-26 11:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON BM
03RANGOON832	U.S. INVESTOR, GARMENT WORKERS FEAR NEW BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The input on pending U.S. sanctions on Burma continues to roll in. In the last several days we've heard the fears and concerns of the largest U.S. investor in Burma, Unocal, and also from 28,000 garment workers. End summary. Unocal Sees Unintended Consequences 2. (SBU) T [...]	2003-07-09 08:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EPET BM
03RANGOON859	BURMA: HUNDI MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND [...] (S) Summary: In the absence of a reliable method for remitting foreign exchange, the "hundi" system flourishes in Burma. The system is used by nearly everyone in the country who needs to get dollars in or out, from NGOs to military officers. Though hundi in Burma is undoubtedly used to facil [...]	2003-07-18 08:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	EFIN SNAR PTER ECON ETRD BM
03RANGOON897	MOSQUE RAZED, PARAMILITARIES TRAINED [...] (C) Trouble in Sittwe: Local officials on July 22 reportedly tore down a mosque in Sittwe, 70 miles SE of the Bangladeshi border, and arrested seven Muslims, one of whom subsequently died in custody. This information came to us from Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and UN contacts. Apparently the m [...]	2003-07-28 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL BM
03RANGOON910	BURMA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Â [...]	2003-07-31 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC
03RANGOON949	NEW BURMA SANCTIONS EQUAL NEW BURMA REFUGEES? [...] (SBU) Summary: The new U.S. sanctions on Burma will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole, and the garment sector in particular. NGOs believe that the unemployment caused by the sharp decline of the garment industry will lead to an increase of trafficking in persons and attempted e [...]	2003-08-08 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREF PHUM PGOV BM NGO
03RANGOON950	SANCTIONS CATCH BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT FLAT-FOOTED [...] (C) Summary: Businesses have faced more trouble than they expected from the new U.S. sanctions on Burma. While local traders are scurrying to find a creative solution to their financial problems, the Burmese government has refused to take any action other than attempt to reassure the business [...]	2003-08-08 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
03RANGOON993	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR URGES DEPUTIES TO ADDRESS BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Burma says that he will urge his Deputy Foreign Minister to address next steps in Burma during a September meeting with Deputy Secretary Armitage. He advocates that the U.S. and Japan SIPDIS quietly collaborate in developing a package of carrots a [...]	2003-08-16 02:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA BM
03ROME1117	FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI SPEAKS HIS MIND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOMIC REFORM, INCLUDING OF THE PENSION SYSTEM, WILL MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR, FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI UNDERSCORED IN A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS ON MARCH 13TH. FRUSTRATED WITH STABILITY PACT CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY BRUSSELS, TREMONTI SAID THAT I [...]	2003-03-18 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS EUN
03ROME1168	CHR-59: ITALIANS SUPPORT VIRTUALLY ALL U.S. [...] (U) ITALY LARGELY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES AND PLANS FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT CHR-59, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US MARCH 19. RESPONDING TO OUR MARCH 13 DEMARCHE (CALVETTA WAS UNAVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE 19TH),CALVETTA SAID THE MFA WAS PLEASED WITH THE EXPANDED U. [...]	2003-03-20 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT UNHRC AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME1409	FIAT: AN UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SENIOR FIAT OFFICIAL GAVE US A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE FIRM'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, STEPS TAKEN TO DATE TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION, AND FIAT'S FUTURE OUTLOOK. WITH THE SALE OF ITS TWO PROFITABLE JEWELS -- TORO INSURANCE AND FIAT AVIO -- FIAT WILL BE A SMALLER FIRM, CENTERED ON [...]	2003-04-02 14:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB PGOV IT
03ROME1564	U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON BRIEFED SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON IRAQ, NORTH KOREAN, IRAN AND OTHER NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES IN ROME ON APRIL 9, FOLLOWING HIS MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN (REPORTED SEPTEL). THE ITALIANS ARE ANXIOUS TO REPAIR RIFTS IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE, PARTICULARLY D [...]	2003-04-11 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL IT
03ROME1568	ITALY/EU - GOI REACTION TO USG GAERC POINTS [...] (U) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE GOI OFFICES. RESPONSES FOLLOW BELOW. ESDP ----- 2. (SBU) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI SAID THAT THE GOI CONCURS WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU NEEDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF OPERATION CONCORDIA BEFORE FOCUSING ON A POSSIBLE EU [...]	2003-04-11 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM EU IT ETRD ETRD PREL
03ROME1601	FAO 102ND FINANCE COMMITTEE PREVIEW [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. SUMMARY. THE 102ND SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01601 01 OF 05 151122Z MEET MAY 5-9, 2003. IMPORTANT ACTION ITEMS FOR THE U.S. INCLUDE: REPORT [...]	2003-04-15 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME1658	FAO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 17TH SESSION [...] SUMMARY. THE 17TH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (COAG) MET MARCH 31 - APRIL 4, 2003. COAG PROVED ONCE AGAIN TO BE THE MOST POLITICIZED OF FAO'S TECHNICAL COMMITTEES. ONLY ONE AGENDA ITEM RATED CONSENSUS ENDORSEMENT; THE REMAINDER WERE EITHE [...]	2003-04-17 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1908	FAO'S FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS [...] THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) BRIEFED PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 29, 2003 ON THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, AND FAO'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE ISSUE. THE MESSAGE: HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH. ONE-THIRD OF THE AGRICULTURA [...]	2003-05-05 14:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FAO
03ROME1957	"TWINNING" - WORLD FOOD PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) AS A FOLLOW UP TO REF A, US MISSION RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH WFP'S JOHN POWELL THE LATEST THINKING RELATED TO "TWINNING" EFFORTS AIMED AT EXPANDING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S FUNDING BASE. TWINNING INVOLVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MECHANISM/STRATEGY TO MATCH NON-TRADITIONAL DONORS OF FOOD AID C [...]	2003-05-07 13:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
03ROME1992	IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS TOP PRIORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION ON MAY 2 ABOUT THE CURRENT - AND FUTURE - STATE OF US/EU RELATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, MFA DIRGEN GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD VISITING USEU AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF US/EU RELAT [...]	2003-05-09 07:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2340	ALENIA-SPAZIO AND CHINA: DELIVERY OF A/S [...] (S) ECMIN, JOINED BY SCICOUNS, DELIVERED A/S BLOOMFIELD'S LETTER AND ACCOMPANYING NON-PAPER ON MAY 23 TO MFA DIRGEN FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO. ECMIN NOTED THAT WASHINGTON OFFICIALS HAD APPRECIATED THE FEBRUARY APPROACH BY GOI AND ITALIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT USG [...]	2003-05-28 10:05:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	CH ETTC IR IT PREL EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME244	ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...]	2003-01-21 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT
03ROME2585	GOI WANTS TO COORDINATE ON BURMA DURING EU [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA, POL MC AND POLOFF PASSED A SHORT HISTORY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARDS BURMA AND BRIEFLY DISCUSSED U.S. REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S DETENTION. DELLA SETA OFFERED A PRECIS OF EU AND ITALIAN POLICY TOWARDS BURMA [...]	2003-06-10 13:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT BM EUN
03ROME2620	ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] The WFP Board annual session took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs (particularly in Africa where 38-40 million people face starvation). The modalities of WFP assistance to Iraq, which will represent one-third of WFP's worldwide efforts in 2003, was widely [...]	2003-06-11 13:02:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME2662	"Donneybrook" between India and several European [...] (SBU) At two WFP Executive Board sessions (May 29 and June 2),the Netherlands and Sweden criticized India and by inference South Africa, Eritrea and China (WFP emerging developing country donors) for contributing to WFP while failing to adequately address hunger at home. The Indian ambassado [...]	2003-06-12 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME2716	WFP REVIEW OF 2002 GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS [...] WFP has just released a report on Global Food Aid deliveries in 2002 entitled "2002 Food Aid Flows, May 2003." The trends by geographic region are highlighted below. The data clearly reveals that the United States, which provided 64 percent of all global food aid and 50 percent of all emergenc [...]	2003-06-16 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME2791	ITALY CONCERNED ABOUT ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (C) POLMIL OFFICER ON JUNE 18 CONVEYED REFTEL POINTS TO GIOVANNI IANNUZZI, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS. NBC EXPERT GENERAL GIANFRANCO TRACCI ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE PURSUANT DISCUSSION. 2. (S) IANNUZZI WAS PLEASED THAT THE U.S. [...]	2003-06-19 12:55:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PARM IT CWC
03ROME2827	ALENIA SPAZIO AND CHINA: FURTHER GOI VIEWS ON [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (S) ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET WITH MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON JUNE 20 TO DISCUSS PROPOSED AD HOC CONSULTATIONS ON BOTH ALENIA SPAZIO'S ACTIVITY IN CHINA AS WELL AS OTHER MUTUAL NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS (REF C). 3. (S) ECMIN DREW DE [...]	2003-06-20 16:20:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME2853	ITALIAN EXPORTERS FACE DIFFICULTY WITH STRONGER [...] (U) Summary: Italian exports, traditionally vulnerable to exchange rate fluctuations, are being hit by the Euro's appreciation versus the dollar. Exports to Italy's third most important market, the United States, are down eight percent on a 12-month year to year basis. In addition to the Euro [...]	2003-06-24 10:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IT UN
03ROME3178	ITALIAN INDUSTRY MINISTRY HOPES TO EASE TECH [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA, i.e. Industry) U/S Mario Valducci met with ECMIN to discuss the possibility of easing U.S. export controls on technology to Italy, in the context of Italy's strong political support for the U.S., particularly during the recent Ir [...]	2003-07-11 15:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3215	EU/BURMA: ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSALS;ICG [...] (C) POLOFF DISCUSSED REFTELS A AND B WITH MARCO DELLA SETA, THE ITALIAN MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA. HE WAS INTERESTED IN UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BURMA RAZALI'S BRIEFING TO THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (ICG) ON BURMA BUT IS UNABLE TO ATTEND ON SHORT NOTICE. HE INDICATED THE ITALIAN PE [...]	2003-07-14 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC BM IT EUN
03ROME3368	U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...]	2003-07-24 09:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3701	U.S. COMPANY PUSHING FOR RELEASE OF TAIWAN SUB [...] (C) Summary. Kollmorgen, a U.S. producer of electro-optical submarine systems, has requested Embassy assistance in obtaining a sensitive export license for the firm's Italian subsidiary. The Italian company, Calzoni, which makes lifting devices for Kollmorgen's EO system, has requested the I [...]	2003-08-14 13:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL MASS MCAP TW IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME379	ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2003-2004: [...] SUMMARY: ITALY IS LIKELY TO GROW ONLY MODERATELY OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. IN 2002, THE GDP GREW BY A MEAGER 0.4 PERCENT (BELOW THE EU AVERAGE),BUT SHOULD INCREASE BY 1.1 PERCENT IN 2003 AND BY TWO PERCENT IN 2004, SUPPORTED BY A MODEST RECOVERY IN DOMESTIC DEMAND. 2. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...]	2003-01-31 12:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
03ROME3825	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: ITALIANS EQUALLY [...] (C) THE ITALIAN MFA SHARED OUR PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD THIS YEAR, HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US AUGUST 21 (CHINA OFFICE DIRECTOR AND STAFF ARE STILL ON VACATION). SOME OTHER EU MEMBER-STATES WERE STILL WEARING ROSE-TINTED SHADES, AND IT WAS TOO SO [...]	2003-08-22 15:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT EU UNHRC
03ROME3842	U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) Summary: U.S. and Italian government delegations held consultations on dual use export controls in Rome July 21-23, in order to increase mutual understanding of each country's controls and to further bilateral cooperation. Flexibility is a key component of each country's controls - in Ital [...]	2003-08-25 14:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3926	U/S BOLTON'S MEETING WITH ITALIANS [...] (S) Summary. U/S Bolton discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),North Korea, Iran and the Global Partnership with MFA DG for Political Affairs Giancarlo Aragona and other Italian MFA officials on August 27. Aragona underlined Italy's strong commitment to PSI, and agreed that th [...]	2003-08-29 10:08:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT IAEA
03ROME4236	FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND THE "CHINA THREAT" [...] Summary: The weakness of export markets and a perceived loss of Italian competitiveness have fueled a summer-long debate in Italy on the "trade threat" posed by China. The debate, led by Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti and his close ally, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, has highlighted [...]	2003-09-17 15:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4238	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: FRANCE'S CHALLENGE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary. France's continued flouting of Stability and Growth Pact budgetary guidelines dominated the September 12-13 informal ECOFIN meetings in Stresa, Italy. Although most delegations, with Holland and Austria being the most vocal, called for fines to be imposed on France, the French [...]	2003-09-17 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IT EUN
03ROME4241	ITALIAN VIEWS ON OECD STEEL SUBSIDIES DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (SBU) During its EU Presidency the GOI is hoping for progress towards an agreement on steel subsidies among major steel-producing countries, as currently being worked by the High Level Group (HLG) under the auspices of the OECD. However, Minist [...]	2003-09-18 05:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD IT CH EUN
03ROME4637	U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, PSI, IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S Bolton discussed Article 98, PSI, North Korea and Iran with senior Italian officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President's office and Prime Minister Berlusconi's office during meetings on October 2 in Rome. The Italians agreed to review language recently negoti [...]	2003-10-09 15:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS MNUC KN IR IT KICC
03ROME4715	MORE FROM ITALY ON LIBYAN WMD DEVELOPMENT, POST UN [...] (S) ECMIN DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON OCTOBER 10 TO MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COOPERATION GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DIEGO UNGARO, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS. NOTING THAT WE HAD ALREADY RAISED OUR [...]	2003-10-15 14:04:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC IT LY
03ROME4744	ALENIA SPAZIO SPACE COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (S) Ecmin delivered reftel information October 10 to MFA Director General for Economic and Financial Cooperation Giandomenico Magliano, who was accompanied by Diego Ungaro, Director of the MFA's Office of Defense Industry and Sensiti [...]	2003-10-16 17:20:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	CH ETTC IT PARM PREL TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4817	BIOTECH OUTREACH TO FAO STAFF AND PERMREPS [...] The US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome (FODAG) organized two events for a visiting team from the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) on October 6-7: a seminar at the FAO for professional staff and a small coffee for selected permanent representatives to FAO at DCM C [...]	2003-10-22 04:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME4818	ITALIAN VIEWS ON WTO MINISTERIAL IN CANCUN [...] (C) Italy views the intransigence of G-20 middle-income countries as the reason for the breakdown of the Cancun WTO ministerial meeting. Amedeo Teti, Director General For Commercial Agreements, Ministry of Productive Activities (Foreign Trade) and Federico Eichberg, senior advisor to Foreign [...]	2003-10-22 06:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IT EUN WTO
03ROME4923	IS ITALYS EXPORT LED GROWTH MODEL IN TROUBLE? [...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN EXPORTS TO ITS MAJOR MARKETS ARE FACING STIFF COMPETITION FROM, AND LOSING MARKET SHARE TO, CHEAPER EXPORTS FROM ASIA. THE THREAT HAS TRIGGERED MUCH POLITICAL POSTURING IN ITALY, WITH FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND UMBERTO BOSSI, NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER AND MINISTER OF REFORM [...]	2003-10-29 14:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5035	IMPLICATIONS OF WFP'S ENDORSED BUDGET FOR 2004-2005 [...] At its third regular session (ref A),the Board took note of world Food Program's (WFP) Biennial Management Plan budget for 2004-2005, at a level of USD 4.8 billion, an increase of USD 1.6 billion (66 percent) compared with the 2002-2003 original budget estimate of USD 3.2 billion. Tonnage wis [...]	2003-11-06 05:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME5184	ITALY ON THE SIXTH EU-CHINA SUMMIT AND BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for EAP and EUR/ERA. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Expanding trade between the EU and China, the EU's continued arms embargo and North Korea topped discussions at the October 30 EU-China Summit in Beijing. The EU and China signed the Gali [...]	2003-11-17 08:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM SMIG TSPL TSPA ETRD CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5435	ITALYS REACTION TO ITS STRUGGLING EXPORT SECTOR [...] Summary: The slump in Italys export sector continues to generate much public discussion. In contrast to calls a few months ago for tariffs and retaliation against cheaper exports from Asia, government and private sector officials are calling for a radical overhaul in Italys export sector. Th [...]	2003-12-03 14:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5468	ALENIA SPAZIO CEO MAURIZIO TUCCI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Alenia Spazio CEO Maurizio Tucci described for the Ambassador on November 28 his keen interest in ensuring that nothing undermine the growing relationship of trust fostered by recent Italy-U.S. discussions on dual-use export controls and technology transfer. Tucci said he was eag [...]	2003-12-04 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS IT CH TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5491	GALILEO COMMENTS AT ROME CONFERENCE ON SPACE AND [...] THE ITALIAN CENTER FOR HIGH DEFENSE STUDIES (CASD) HELD A HEAVILY ATTENDED SEMINAR ON DECEMBER 2 IN ROME TO PRESENT A RESEARCH REPORT ON SPACE AND SECURITY POLICY IN EUROPE. KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDED: LUIGI RAMPONI, CHAIRMAN, DEFENSE COMMITTEE, ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES; JEAN JACQUES DORDAIN [...]	2003-12-05 18:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TSPL IT EUN
03ROME5629	U.S. CANDIDATE ELECTED TO UNIDROIT GOVERNING [...] SUMMARY: THE 57TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE UNIFICATION OF PRIVATE LAW (UNIDROIT) MET ON NOVEMBER 28. THE PROGRAM OF WORK AND THE BUDGET (AS APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, SEE REF) WERE APPROVED AND A NEW GOVERNING COUNCIL ELECTED. U.S. CANDIDATE HENRY DEEB [...]	2003-12-17 08:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ABUD UNIDROIT
03ROME5655	REPORT OF THE 32ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the November 26 - December 11 meetings of the FAO Conference and FAO Council, member governments debated international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues and agreed on a budget and important institutional reforms. 2. In his statement on the State of Food and Agricu [...]	2003-12-19 10:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EFIS SENV EAID FAO WFP
03ROME5705	WFP plea for North Korea humanitarian food [...] (SBU) WFP Executive Director Jim Morris has written his second letter this month to Secretary Powell (this one posted from Beijing) focusing attention on the continuing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and WFP's renewed request for a favorable decision on [...]	2003-12-23 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
03ROME5709	Parmalat, Italy's Corporate Giant, in Crisis [...] Parmalat, Italy's dairy and food giant, is in the midst of financial crisis and is in danger of bankruptcy. Milan magistrates are investigating Parmalat's former top management for accounting irregularities committed from 1988 to the present that reportedly have resulted in a shortfall of Euro [...]	2003-12-23 16:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EUN
03ROME5710	ITALY: EU-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials claim the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue was a positive and cooperative exchange but, it did not provide any tangible commitments or actions from the Chinese. The Chinese underscored their willingness to work through international mechanisms to respect human rights bu [...]	2003-12-24 07:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5747	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF SECOND SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome October 27-29. Delegations gave their initia [...]	2003-12-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
03ROME702	U.S. MISSION ROME AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN 2002 [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES IN ROME PROVIDES A VERY GOOD PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO A DIVERSE AND INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCE FROM DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A LOOK BACK AT THE MI [...]	2003-02-21 06:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP
03ROME876	THE LETHAL COMBINATION OF HUNGER AND HIV/AIDS IN [...] WHILE VISITING FEBRUARY 15-21 IN ETHIOPIA (REPORTED REF A),IT BECAME CLEAR THAT FURTHER AND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IS NEEDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS PARTNERS IN ADDRESSING THE INSIDIOUS POTENTIAL OF HIV/AIDS TO TURN DROUGHT CRISES INTO CATASTROPHE. END SUMMARY. ---------- BACKGROUND -- [...]	2003-03-04 07:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
03SANAA1455	U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Begin summary: During a day of official meetings on June 17, Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton met with Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi and MOD Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed al-Qasami to discuss Yemen's relations with the DPRK and [...]	2003-06-24 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MARR PREL MNUC MASS KN YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1690	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF [...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]	2003-07-13 07:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA1990	YEMENI MILITARY LEADERS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8/10 Yemen's Chief of Staff and Defense Minister informed the Ambassador that President Saleh had taken the decision to end Yemeni military cooperation with North Korea. At Yemen's invitation a senior DPRK delegation, possibly including the deputy ministers of defense and indu [...]	2003-08-12 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MCAP YM DPRK
03SANAA253	INITIAL YEMENI MEDIA REACTION TO SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 13:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA2550	YEMEN-DPRK: SCUD REPAIRS, NO FUTURE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Aliwa informed Ambassador on 10/20 that an August visit of North Korea's Deputy Minister of Industry had yielded agreement for DPRK experts to install replacement parts needed to restore defective SCUDs to operational status. In response to precise questioning by [...]	2003-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANTODOMINGO4533	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT TELLS CONG. WELLER HE'S [...] SUMMARY. Dominican President Mejia told U.S. Congressmen visiting Aug 20-24 that prospects are &fine8 for a bilateral free trade agreement. Hosted by the Dominican private sector, Cong. Weller (R-Illinois),Cong. Brown (R-South Carolina) and Republican staffers stressed the need to address U [...]	2003-08-28 10:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD OREP PGOV
03STATE115323	S37-03: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: WE WANT TO SHARE WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS BW-USEFUL JET MILLS/MICRONIZERS, FROM THE FOLLOWING [...]	2003-05-05 16:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW CH IR
03STATE8026	A/S KELLY DISCUSSES KOREA, BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) A/S KELLY BRIEFED AMBASSADOR YANG JIECHI JANUARY 9 ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR APPROACH TO NORTH KOREA, PREVIEWED HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO THE REGION AND DISCUSSED OVERALL BILATERAL RELATIONS. ON KOREA, KELLY STRESSED U.S. TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY IN FOCUSING ON OUR KEY OBJECTIVE, WHICH WAS TO [...]	2003-01-10 00:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH KN KS
03TEGUCIGALPA1686	HONDURAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS USITC [...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the biennial report of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as required by section 215(a) of the CBERA. 2. Summary: The slowdown and sluggish recovery of th [...]	2003-07-16 17:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EIND KTEX HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1912	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003 [...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...]	2003-08-13 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
03TEGUCIGALPA1923	2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras [...] Provided below is the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras. Responses are keyed to reftel. ----------------------------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. The Honduran government is generally open to foreign investment and welco [...]	2003-08-14 17:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV HO OPIC
03TEGUCIGALPA2042	Honduras: 2002 Preliminary Macroeconomic Update [...] The Honduran economy grew at a rate of 2.5 percent in 2002, similar to its 2.6 percent growth rate in 2001. Since the population growth rate is approximately 2.6 percent, Honduras has enjoyed essentially zero real per capita economic growth over the last two years. Major factors influencing t [...]	2003-08-28 19:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2113	MEDIA REACTIONS ON ROGER NORIEGA OP-ED, SEPTEMBER 3, [...] Op-ed by Mario Rietti in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" (owned by former and future Liberal Party presidential candidate Jaime Rosenthal) on 9/1 and 9/2 entitled "Stronger Partnerships." "Honduras is and has always been the best partner of the U.S. in the Western Hemisphere, and w [...]	2003-09-05 15:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2233	MEDIA REACTION ON WTO, SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Roger Marin Neda in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 9/19 entitled "Running after a mirage". "There were no great expectations before the failed WTO meeting in Cancun, although we are aware that free trade is fundamental for economic growth and poverty reduction." " [...]	2003-09-19 20:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO
03TEGUCIGALPA225	Honduras: 2002 Preliminary Macroeconomic Update [...] The Central Bank of Honduras estimates economic growth in terms of real GDP in 2002 of two percent, lower than the rate of growth in 2001 and lower than the rate of population growth. The Consumer Price Index rose by 7.7 percent in the first eleven months of 2002; inflation for the year is pr [...]	2003-01-24 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2384	CODEL MEMBERS MEET WITH HONDURAS' THREE LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Kolbe visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras September 27 as part of a Central American trip. After touring the Elcatex maquila owned by the Canahuati family and meeting with leaders of the Honduran Maquila Association, members of the delegation met at the maquila with leaders [...]	2003-10-09 15:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EAID PREL OREP HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2871	International Coffee Organization Director Visits [...] SUMMARY: Nestor Osorio, Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO),visited Honduras and spoke publicly about the goals of the ICO. While he defended the interventionist role that the ICO has played in the past, he stressed the organization's current focus is on promot [...]	2003-12-09 12:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAID EAGR PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2965	CHINESE SMUGGLING RING IN HONDURAS - CHINAZO [...] (U) SUMMARY - As part of an ongoing investigation, the Honduran Criminal Investigative Police (DGIC),Prosecutor's from the Organized Crime Division of the Public Ministry, and DHS personnel from Tegucigalpa participated in a series of raids in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, unc [...]	2003-12-22 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA752	U.S.-CAFTA: Honduran Textile Goals in the U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras can be expected to fight hard in the U.S.-CAFTA textile negotiations for rules of origin that allow use of fabrics produced in NAFTA, Central American, CBI and Andean countries, including allowing the manufacture of woven products, short supply provisions and flexible r [...]	2003-03-25 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX HO
03TEGUCIGALPA762	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ MARCH 3/22-24/03 [...] "El Heraldo" moderate Tegucigalpa-based daily 3/22: Apuntes: "The European Union, the Republic of China and Vladimir Putin have discovered that Bush can count on the complete support of the Senate, including that of senators who were against the Iraq invasion." "The U.S. is the empire no matt [...]	2003-03-26 19:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03THEHAGUE1633	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC)-33, U.S. DELOFF PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS RELATED TO RUSSIAN CWD ASSISTANCE THAT INCLUDED VIKTOR KHOLSTOV, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR-GENERAL (D-G) OF THE RUSSIAN MUNITIONS AGENCY (RMA). U.S. DELOFF EMPHASIZED THE URGENT NEED FOR [...]	2003-06-25 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1855	A/S JONES' HAGUE VISIT: TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KHIV KWMN PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE1930	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE VII [...] (U) This is the weekly reporting cable for July 21-25, 2003. 2. (U) RFGs contained in paragraphs 17 & 24. ------------------------------------ Informal Consultations of the EC on Plan of Action Preparations Article VII and Universality ------------------------------------ 3. (U) [...]	2003-07-31 13:54:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2114	PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...]	2003-08-22 08:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA
03THEHAGUE2137	NETHERLANDS RESPONSE TO ADC DEMARCHE [...] (U) Please see action request paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs confirms that Dutch electronics manufacturer Philips plans to ship 14-bit ADCs to China, but has not completed the transaction. The GONL has not yet made a determination on the export lice [...]	2003-08-25 11:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC NL PARM ECON
03THEHAGUE2313	DUTCH REACTION TO NONPAPER ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered nonpaper text on human rights in China (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of East Asia Department Gerrie Willems, and Senior Policy Advisor on Human Rights in Asia Sandra Pellegrom on September 12. The Dutch are pleased the U.S. is initiating early discussions on th [...]	2003-09-15 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH NL
03THEHAGUE2335	WTO MINISTERIAL: DUTCH DISAPPOINTED AND DISMAYED BY [...] Summary and Comment: The immediate official Dutch reaction to the breakdown of the WTO Ministerial in Cancun is similar to the USG's with ministers decrying developing country and NGO tactics. The Netherlands sees talks resuming only after the negotiating climate improves but think it will t [...]	2003-09-17 09:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD NL WTRO EUN
03THEHAGUE2766	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Oct. 30, U.S. delegation members met with OPCW officials to discuss the status of upcoming ILO Administrative Tribunal actions stemming from the OPCW tenure policy. Additional points on side-bar discussions at the Eighth Conference of States Parties are also provided for t [...]	2003-11-04 10:53:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2956	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): A/S DESUTTER'S [...] (U) On November 17-18, Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, visited SIPDIS The Hague and consulted with officials of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of SIPDIS Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and other officials. She so [...]	2003-11-25 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC

03THEHAGUE2959	VISIT OF EUR PDAS CHARLIE RIES TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) During meetings in The Hague November 19-20 in advance of the Dutch EU presidency (July - December 2004),EUR PDAS Ries stressed the importance of early and close U.S.-Dutch consultations to avoid surprises and needless conflicts. On specific areas of potential cooperation, Ries pushed fo [...]	2003-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON PTER NL
03THEHAGUE2977	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) OPCW Director General Pfirter, in a note dated November 21, designated External Relations (ERD) Director Huang Yu as the Technical Secretariat (TS) Point of Contact (POC) for implementing the action plan on universality. On November 26, Huang chaired the first meeting with delegations on [...]	2003-11-28 11:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2979	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE IV/V - [...] (U) There is widespread support for the proposal submitted by the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters to address the issue of Article IV and V payments. No delegation has spoken out against the ABAF recommendation. Guidance request at para 11 on whether the proposal is accep [...]	2003-11-28 12:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2994	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) This November 19-20 workshop provided a valuable exchange of ideas and information. Mainly structured to put experts in the area of CW assistance and protection in touch with various companies who provide equipment, it also gave experts (and local delegations) the chance to hear how a n [...]	2003-12-02 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3038	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Having resolved most critical policy issues at the October Conference of the States Parties, the 35th Executive Council managed only to remove a bit of the administrative underbrush. Russian hostage-taking of the U.S. plans regarding the Aberdeen destruction facility continued, althou [...]	2003-12-10 12:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3168	DUTCH MFA ON EU'S CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-23 15:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM CH TW NL EUN
03THEHAGUE3175	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Deloffs exchanged views with Chinese counterparts Yu Dunhai and Dai Huaicheng on OPCW activities, nonproliferation issues, and CW destruction over lunch on December 23. Separate conversations with Korean First Secretary Lee Sang Soo and others covered much of the same ground. 2. (U) The [...]	2003-12-24 10:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
03USUNNEWYORK299	UNSC/IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL MAKES THE CASE; THE [...] (U) SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE-PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 5 TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) IN WHICH HE OUTLINED, IN DETAIL: IRAQI EFFORTS TO DEFEAT UNMOVIC AND IAEA INSPECTIONS; IRAQ'S FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR WMD AND OTHER MATERIALS IT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED; AND IRAQ'S [...]	2003-02-06 01:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER UNSC IZ
03USUNNEWYORK300	UN/IRAQ: COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENTS FOLLOWING THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: COUNCIL MEMBERS, STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS FOLLOWING SECRETARY POWELL,S PRESENTATION CLOSELY REFLECTED THE CONTENT OF THEIR PREPARED NATIONAL STATEMENTS MADE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, AND LARGELY FELL ALONG PREDICTABLE LINES. WHEN ASKED IF SECRETARY POWELL,S PRESENTATION CONVINCED HIM [...]	2003-02-06 02:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PARM IZ
03USUNNEWYORK716	UN/IRAQ:GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN MARCH 15 JOINT [...] (U) ON MARCH 15, GERMAN PERMREP PLEUGER CIRCULATED THE FOLLOWING GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN JOINT DECLARATION ON IRAQ AS AN ANNEX TO A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN JOINT DECLARATION. -- THE SHARED GOAL OF THE INTERNATI [...]	2003-03-17 15:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PARM IZ
03USUNNEWYORK727	UN/IRAQ: NO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION; SUBDUED COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SUBDUED SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN INFORMALS ON MARCH 17 TO RECEIVE WORD THAT THE U.S., UK, AND SPAIN HAD CHOSEN NOT TO BRING THEIR RESOLUTION TO A VOTE, BUT WOULD INSTEAD "RESERVE THEIR RIGHT TO TAKE THEIR OWN STEPS TO SECURE THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ." SYG ANNAN AND MOST COUNCIL M [...]	2003-03-17 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
03USUNNEWYORK768	UN/IRAQ: COUNCIL CLOSES ONE CHAPTER IN IRAQI DISARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A FRANKLY ANTI-CLIMATIC CONCLUSION TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE IN DEBATING THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ, THE COUNCIL HELD AN OPEN SESSION MARCH 19 ATTENDED BY MINISTERS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA, SYRIA, AND GUINEA. (GUINEAN FM FALL WAS IN NEW YORK TO PRESIDE OVER THE COUNCIL [...]	2003-03-19 23:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
03VATICAN1033	TAIWAN AT THE HOLY SEE: CLINGING TO ITS LAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHILE TAIWAN IS WELL AWARE THAT THE HOLY SEE WILL SHIFT ITS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO BEIJING AS SOON AS IT CAN; TAIPEI CONTINUES TO USE ITS LAST EMBASSY IN EUROPE TO PRESENT ITSELF AS A MATURE DEMOCRATIC STATE THAT PLAYS A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND HU [...]	2003-03-13 05:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL TW VT
03VATICAN1570	VATICAN LOOKING FORWARD: U/S BOLTON REVIEWS [...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN, CARDINAL STAFFORD, THE AMERICAN HEADS OF THE COUNCIL FOR LAITY, AND ITALIAN CARDINAL RUINI, WHO IS THE VICAR OF ROME AND HEAD OF THE ITALIAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE, TOLD UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON APRIL 9 THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO IRAQ'S FUTURE AND ARE FOCUSED ON HUMANI [...]	2003-04-13 10:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN2046	HOLY SEE EXPRESSES MORAL SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN'S [...] (C) HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PAROLIN CONTACTED DCM APRIL 28 TO CONVEY THE VATICAN'S MORAL SUPPORT FOR TAIWANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WHICH THEY HAVE CAST AS A "HUMANITARIAN ISSUE." PAROLIN UNDERSTOOD FROM THE TAIWANESE, WHO HAD CALLED ON HIM THAT DAY, T [...]	2003-05-13 04:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI TBIO CH TW VT
03VATICAN215	HOLY SEE AND THE PRC, TIME FOR RECONCILIATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE IS "HAPPY TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS" (REF) THAT PRC OFFICIALS ARE WAITING FOR A 'GESTURE' FROM THE VATICAN IN ORDER TO RESUME DIALOG ABOUT NORMALIZING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00215 01 OF 02 171350Z RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. [...]	2003-01-17 13:22:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL VT
03VATICAN3436	Caritas on North Korea: Unified, Willing to [...] (u) Catholic Church relief network Caritas works with the people of North Korea to combat poverty and malnutrition. Post recently met with Kathi Zellweger, who oversees Caritas' operations in North Korea and who spends considerable time there, to review developments in that country. Zellweg [...]	2003-07-29 11:52:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID EAGR ETRD KN VT
03VATICAN3820	VATICAN: BALL IN CHINA'S COURT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) MEETING AUGUST 20 WITH HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PIETRO PAROLIN, DCM RAISED THE CURRENT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SITUATION IN CHINA, BUILDING ON REF A DEMARCHE TO EU COUNTRIES AND REF B DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BILATERAL DIALOGUE. WITHOUT REFERRING DIRECTLY TO CARDINAL MCCARRICK'S RECENT CO [...]	2003-08-22 15:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT
03VATICAN4461	POPE SELECTS 31 NEW CARDINALS, REINFORCING [...] (SBU) Pope John Paul II's nomination of 31 new cardinals September 28 consolidates the group that will name his successor, reinforces Church leaders facing threats from Islam or restrictive regimes, and rewards several long- serving bishops for their service to the Church. The surprise announ [...]	2003-09-30 04:40:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR SOCI VT
03VATICAN5611	HOLY SEE PESSIMISTIC ON WAY FORWARD IN CHINA [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting, Vatican Office Director for China Gianfranco Rota-Graziosi was pessimistic on prospects for progress on human rights and religious freedom in China. He noted continuing persecution of both the underground Catholic Church and the government-controlled Catholic Patri [...]	2003-12-16 13:01:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT
03ZAGREB1797	CROATIA CONDITIONALLY READY TO SUPPORT NEUM SHIP [...] (U) See action request for Embassy Sarajevo para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: We provided the MFA and MoD with a non-paper (text para 10) outlining our request for support for the visit of a U.S. military vessel to the BiH port of Neum. The MFA believes legal issues will need to be worked through b [...]	2003-08-13 15:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BH HR NATO
03ZAGREB2391	CROATIAN ELECTIONS: GOOD TIME TO STAY ON SIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Elections are less than two weeks away and remain too close to call. Both sides have complained that the U.S. favors the other side. In contrast to 2000, when post played a rather prominent role shepherding the cats that made up Croatia's democratic opposition parties into som [...]	2003-11-12 12:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR
04ABUDHABI1439	UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINSTATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's (HbZ) official travel to South Korea, Japan, China and Germany from April 10-29 was designed to cement political and economic ties with the UAE's key trading partners. He met w [...]	2004-05-05 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI1823	END OF TEXTILE QUOTAS - UAE REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. Ministry of Economy and Commerce Office Director Ali Al- Fayel contacted EconChief on May 26 to ask about the U.S. plans for lifting textile quotas at the end of 2004. In a follow on letter, the Ministry formally requested information on [...]	2004-06-02 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ETRD TC
04ABUDHABI1942	UAE PRODUCTION IN THE WAKE OF THE JUNE OPEC QUOTA [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by EconChief paid her farewell call to ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair bin Yousef and Deputy CEO Abdullah Nasser Al-Suwaidi on June 6, 2004. The Ambassador thanked Yousef for the UAE and OPEC's welcome action and asked about the UAE's announcement that it would produce an e [...]	2004-06-13 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2113	SHAYKH MOHAMED BIN ZAYED REJECTS UNARMED [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) met on June 26 with a SAF/IA team led by Brigadier General Ronald Yaggi, Director of Regional Affairs for the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affair [...]	2004-06-27 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS TC
04ABUDHABI2205	UAE PREPARES FOR TERMINATION OF TEXTILE QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reftel letter was delivered July 4 to UAE Ministry of Economy Undersecretary Mohammed Jassim Al-Mizzaki, whose staff has queried Post numerous times about the elimination in 2005 of the UAE's textile quota to the United States. Textiles are the UAE's single largest [...]	2004-07-04 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX TC
04ABUDHABI3427	BASELINE UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL STATISTICS [...] (U) Summary and comment: Baseline statistics are provided regarding the UAE textile and apparel industry in response to ref A. In advance of the elimination of the worldwide textiles and apparel quotas in January 2005, UAE officials are very concerned that an absence of quotas on China will [...]	2004-09-29 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX TC
04ABUDHABI3834	UAEG GIVES USTR ZOELLICK HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UAEG leaders assured USTR Ambassador Zoellick that the UAE remained interested in negotiating an FTA with the U.S. They also assured him that the UAEG was taking steps to end implementation of the secondary and tertiary aspects of the Arab League boycott and would ensure that [...]	2004-10-26 13:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC
04ABUDHABI4411	CENTCOM CDR VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: During his November 28-30 visit to UAE, Commander USCENTCOM General Abizaid met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince/UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Dubai Crown Prince/UAE MinDef Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR); toured Jebel Ali port and Al Dhafra and Minhad Air Ba [...]	2004-12-06 10:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR IZ SA SY TC
04ABUDHABI4624	MTAG: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER BY A UAE [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel points on a missile related transfer to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on December 18. Charge stressed the concern that this equipment would be used to support Iran's ballistic missile program. He explained that the Embassy had already passed on the relevant in [...]	2004-12-18 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM MTCRE ETTC PREL MNUC IR TC
04ABUDHABI684	UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ABUJA1007	U/S TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] Summary: In a meeting with Treasury U/S Taylor, Nigerian Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala said the Ministry will carry out an audit of petroleum revenues to make sure the GON is getting its fair share, and the results will be reported to the public. The GON is sidelining its windfall cash from [...]	2004-06-08 07:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINT EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC 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
04ABUJA1519	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KANO AUGUST 4-6, 2004 [...] (U) Summary and introduction. Ambassador Campbell made his first visit to Kano as US Ambassador August 4-6, 2004. The Ambassador dedicated an American Corner at the Kano State Library, met with the Governor, the Emir, and the Deputy Governor, and hosted a major reception for northern dignitar [...]	2004-09-03 10:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON NI
04ABUJA1671	ECOWAS PRIORITIES FOR ITS NOVEMBER 22-23 DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary. The agenda for the November 2004 ECOWAS Donors Conference has been published and shows a high priority assigned to defense and security issues. ECOWAS will seek to have a broad and diverse range of potential donors at the conference, including China and Japan. From the U.S. [...]	2004-09-29 07:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MASS NI ECOWAS
04ABUJA177	PREVENTING NIGERIAN MISSILE-RELATED COOPERATION [...] (C) February 4, CDA delivered demarche (REF A) on Nigerian missile-related cooperation with North Korea to President Obasanjo's National Security Advisor, LTG (ret.) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau. CDA explained the seriousness with which the USG views North Korean missile and WMD programs, and asked t [...]	2004-02-04 13:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC KNNP KN NI MTCRE
04ABUJA1999	ECOWAS OR EU-COWAS: ACCREDITATION AND INFLUENCE AT [...] Summary. The recently concluded ECOWAS donors conference highlighted a disparity in influence at the Secretariat between accredited observers and non-accredited SIPDIS donors. The ability of the EU to direct the conference agenda and to dominate the attention of ECOWAS was remarkable, an [...]	2004-12-03 08:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN MARR ODIP NI ECOWAS
04ABUJA2039	CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. U.S. efforts to assist Nigerian Army deployment to Darfur were obstructed by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, apparently at the highest levels. U.S. provision of airlift for Nigerian troops to Darfur on October 28 was deeply resented by Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian [...]	2004-12-10 05:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR KPKO MOPS NI SU POLMIL
04ABUJA2040	NOVEMBER TIFA TALKS IN ABUJA UNDERSCORE GON [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant USTR for Africa Liser held talks in Abuja on November 11 with Nigerian economic officials in the context of the annual meeting of the U.S.-- Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council. The discussions included a trade capacity building seminar on [...]	2004-12-10 05:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EIND 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
04ACCRA1564	UPDATE ON CHINA LOAN SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: GoG officials continue to tell Post privately that the USD 300 million loan from China New Techniques Construction and Investment (CNTCI),which was approved by Parliament in April 2004, is dead (see Refs A and B for background). In May 2004, Minister of Finance and Economic Plan [...]	2004-07-28 16:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID EFIN CH GH GOG
04ACCRA1645	GHANA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUGUST 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 17:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV GH
04ACCRA2305	IMF READOUT ON GHANA'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The IMF has raised 2004 growth estimates for Ghana to 5.5 percent. Inflation should stay at 11-13 percent and the balance of payments improved in 2004 due to large cocoa exports, donor aid flows and record remittances. There is concern on the fiscal side, with wages and fuel subsidies [...]	2004-11-23 16:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ENRG GH OPIC
04ACCRA2536	GHANA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post is pleased to provide below the 2005 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted August 2004. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Attracting foreign direct investment remains a key objective of Ghana's economic recovery program, w [...]	2004-12-22 22:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN BEXP KTDB ELAB GH OPIC USTR
04ADANA112	STRUGGLING SE TURKEY TEXTILE AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EAGR TX TU ADANA
04ADANA21	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Edelman on February 10th made his initial visit to Adana. Ambassador met with incumbent Adana Mayor Aytac Durak to discuss both USG foreign policy and the current conditions in Adana. When the Ambassador asked Durak what he considered Adana's most significant prob [...]	2004-02-20 15:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KTEX TU ADANA
04ADANA56	SE TURKEY ECONOMY LINKED TO TEXTILE CHANGES, IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 07:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN TU ETRA ADANA
04AMMAN2494	JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY LAYS OUT FTA TRADE ISSUES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the U.S.-Jordan Joint Committee meeting, Ministry of Industry and Trade official Amer Hadidi March 25 reviewed key trade issues with the TIJARA coalition of trade and business groups and sought their views on issues for the JC. Issues included accelerating [...]	2004-03-31 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTIA PREL ECON JO
04AMMAN2790	JORDAN'S DPM ON IPR ISSUES, PRE-INSPECTION [...] (C) Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, when confronted with the first known U.S. exporter casualty of Jordan's pre-inspection program, promised to look into the case and said that the government is trying to work out a formula for freezing inspections of U.S. [...]	2004-04-14 05:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR JO
04AMMAN399	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-19 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN4250	QIZ LABOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Employing more than 30,000 workers, more than half of whom are Jordanians, Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),are an important part of the Jordanian economy, especially the textile and apparel sector. Though working conditions are generally good, including for foreign workers, [...]	2004-05-27 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB JO
04AMMAN4252	JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY ON FTA JOINT COMMITTEE AGENDA [...] This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade senior officials briefed embassy on the proposed agenda for the June 8 Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee meeting (the JC). A key change is the GOJ's likely submission of a revised list of good [...]	2004-05-27 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN585	COMMERCE A/S LASH RAISES TRADE ISSUES WITH DPM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash and Ambassador Gnehm met January 10 SIPDIS with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa to review bilateral trade issues and discuss the prospects for Jordanian companies doing busines [...]	2004-01-22 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR JO WTO
04AMMAN6473	GOJ SPOKESWOMAN BRISTLES AT REPORTS OF ISRAELI [...] (U) The GOJ reacted angrily to Israeli media reports August 1 claiming that Israel is trying to block the U.S. sale of AMRAAM missiles to Jordan. Minister of State and Government Spokeswoman Asma Khader alleged that Israeli opposition to the arms deal was in response to Jordan's strong stanc [...]	2004-08-02 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL IS JO
04AMMAN6760	JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS ASIA SEEKING TRADE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's swing through Asia was aimed at diversifying the Kingdom's trade and investment partners and seeking bilateral assistance. The King succeeded in obtaining several grants and loans from China and South Korea; Jordan and Korea also signed a tax treaty. The King's [...]	2004-08-11 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID JO CH KS TH
04AMMAN6951	QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES IN JORDAN: STITCHING A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) in Jordan have created thousands of semi-skilled industrial jobs, attracted foreign investment, and increased exports. Less evident are the ensuing impacts that the factories have had on individuals, families, and villages - particularly in th [...]	2004-08-18 05:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ETRD PREL KTIA ECON ELAB IS JO
04AMMAN7394	DAS DIBBLE VISIT: JORDANIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Since the establishment of the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) and conclusion of the Jordan-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Jordan's economy has flourished, despite the considerable bumps during the Iraq War. Jordan's reform program has achieved fiscal and monetary stability; [...]	2004-09-07 10:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD JO FINV
04AMMAN9917	JORDAN'S NON-U.S. AID FUNDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan receives substantial non-military aid from sources other than the U.S. Government. According to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC),non-U.S. development assistance pledged in 2004 amounted to US$141 million in grants and US$111 million in soft [...]	2004-12-15 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL JO
04ANKARA2200	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2894	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3585	UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...]	2004-06-24 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA3740	PSI AND NPT: TURKS "DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED" AT LACK [...] (C) Action Request at Para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) While delivering Refs A and B, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff were treated to an unexpected and emotional reaction to U/S Bolton's PSI letter from usually stoic MFA Director General for Disarmament and Security Affairs Haluk Ilica [...]	2004-07-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL TU IR
04ANKARA3828	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4428	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA507	New Import Surveillance Measures [...] (U) On December 31, 2003, the GOT published a series of import surveillance and protection measures in the State Gazette. The measures set import reference prices for consumer goods ranging from kitchenware to toothbrushes (see para 3 for summary). The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat is now [...]	2004-01-27 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5708	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]	2004-10-05 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5771	INFORMATION ON TURKISH FOUNDRY PRODUCTS [...] Reftel requested information on the Turkish foundry industry, specifically metal castings gray iron, ductile iron, all other iron, steel, aluminum and copper. Unfortunately, neither the GOT nor the relevant industry association could provide this information. An iron and steel sector expert [...]	2004-10-08 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA5993	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6048	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6686	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]	2004-12-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6829	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-08 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7002	GOT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT POST-2005 TEXTILE AND [...] (SBU) A Turkish Foreign Trade official expressed considerable pessimism about the likely losses of Turkey's textile industry post-2005, and urged the USG to impose safeguards on Chinese apparel imports. Turkey will retain some competitive advantages, especially proximity and short delivery tim [...]	2004-12-17 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KTEX EFIN TU
04ANKARA7160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7223	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04BANGKOK7313	THAI VIEWS OF A MORE ASSERTIVE CHINA [...] (C) Summary. When analyzing China's growing influence in the region, Thai experts tend to: accept China's growing power as inevitable; hope that problems associated with China's growing strength will either fix themselves or be mitigated by other powers like the United States or India; and, [...]	2004-10-20 11:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV TH CH ASEAN BURMA
04BANGKOK8485	U.S.-THAILAND FTA: STATUS AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) The November 22 announcement by the Thai lead negotiator that the RTG was seeking a postponement of the December 2004 FTA round was the culmination of several complex crosscurrents within the RTG and Thai society. The ostensible reason for the postponement, the upcoming (February 6) e [...]	2004-12-16 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL TH US FTA
04BEIJING3796	WEN JIABAO'S NPC DEBUT: "PEOPLE FIRST," RURAL [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the "people- centered" approach of the new Chinese leadership in his report to China's legislature, the National People's Congress, on March 5. With former President Jiang Zemin and the current leadership looking on, Wen highlighted the new government's vict [...]	2004-03-05 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD PREL CH TW HK
04BEIJING7258	Deputy U/S Levine Meets with Premier Wen Jiabao [...] (U) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao met with Deputy Undersecretary for Labor Affairs Arnold Levine, Special Representative of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and with Labor Ministers attending the China Employment Forum. D/US Levine met with Ministry of Labor and Cooperation Director for Inter [...]	2004-05-04 03:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EFIN ETRD PHUM PREL CH
04BRASILIA1018	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...]	2004-04-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1185	SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...]	2004-05-14 17:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO
04BRASILIA1503	TALK OF BRAZIL-CHINA NUCLEAR COOPERATION OVERSTATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Much was made in the Brazilian press about an apparent agreement reached between Brasilia and Beijing during Lula's May visit to China to cooperate on nuclear energy and technology. The story was exaggerated. It is now clear that little more than inchoate informal agreements to [...]	2004-06-18 15:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC KSCA PREL BR CH
04BRASILIA1864	U/S LARSON DISCUSSES IPR AND TRADE WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with senior GoB officials and representatives of U.S. industry, U/S Larson emphasized that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection was in the interests of both countries; he highlighted the losses that Brazilian artists and companies suffer from piracy. Lars [...]	2004-07-28 12:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EAGR PREL BR WTO
04BRASILIA1934	PET ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES [...] Reftel reported on the opening of GoB investigations into alleged dumping of Polyethylene Terephthalate polymers (PET) on the Brazilian market by South Korea, Taiwan, the U.S. and Argentina. Post received a July 13, 2004 letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Developme [...]	2004-08-02 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BR
04BRASILIA1975	LULA IN AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula da Silva visited the African countries of Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, and Cape Verde, July 26-29. The principal rationale for the trip was to attend a summit meeting of Portuguese speaking countries (Communidades dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa -- CPLP [...]	2004-08-06 13:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON BR
04BRASILIA222	BRAZILIAN FEDERAL DEPUTIES DISCUSS PIRACY WITH GAO [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of Brazil's Federal Chamber's Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy briefed visitors from the U.S. General Accounting Office and Emboffs on January 20. Describing the work of the CPI and the extent of the piracy probl [...]	2004-02-02 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EIND ECON KCRM PGOV BR IPR
04BRASILIA2245	ZERO SATISFACTION FROM GOB ON SODA-ASH TAX ISSUE [...] (SBU) On August 18, Itamaraty officials presented us their official finding that the Rio state tax policy with regard to soda ash produced by local enterprise ALCALIS does not illegally discriminate against U.S. soda ash producers/exporters. Our own scrutiny of the text of the 2001 Rio State [...]	2004-09-03 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA2253	GSP/IPR: BRAZIL'S EMERGING INITIATIVES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) The announcement on June 30, 2004 to extend review of the possible withdrawal of trade benefits from Brazil under the Generalized System of Preferences, and the closing of the Congressional Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy [...]	2004-09-03 22:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
04BRASILIA2468	SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO BRAZIL, 4-6 [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Sao Paulo and Brasilia. You are the senior USG official to travel to Brazil during the administration of President Lula da Silva. Your visit has been much sought after by the GOB, and the President and Foreign Minister A [...]	2004-09-29 20:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI BR US
04BRASILIA2781	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO [...] (C) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Manaus. Your arrival comes on the heels of a major shakeup in Brazil's Ministry of Defense. The resignation of Minister Jose Viegas and his replacement on November 8 by Vice President Jose Alencar is intended to repair a r [...]	2004-11-08 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA281	CEARA: GETTING BY -- WITH OR WITHOUT LULA, FTAA, ET [...] Ceara state had an especially bleak economic year in 2003, but with better-than-ever trade trends: exports 40% up from 2002, a record surplus, new markets, product diversity, and more small/medium-business activity. State revenues shrank, but the budget evidently stayed well-run. Jobs became [...]	2004-02-06 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PGOV ELAB EFIN EINV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2870	DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE IPR MATERIALS [...] Embassy Brasilia offers the following thoughts in response to reftel's request to consider development of post specific, IPR-related web-site materials, citing the China "IPR Toolkit" as an example. Please see action request in para 5. 2. Brazil is a major market for counterfeit and pirate [...]	2004-11-22 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BEXP KCRM BR IPR
04BRASILIA2885	CHINA'S ONE NOTE SAMBA WITH BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On November 11 Brazil rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Hu Jintao, in country for a five-day state visit. Commercial issues dominated the bilateral discussions. In its demand that Brazil recognize its "market economy" status in exchange for tra [...]	2004-11-23 12:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PHUM BEXP TSPL EAGR

04BRASILIA2890	BRAZIL: PUTIN PAYS A CALL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: During his November 22 visit to Brazil, Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed Brazil's bid for a permanent UNSC seat and received from Brazilian President Lula reciprocal support for Russia's accession to the WTO. However, neither side achieved its princi [...]	2004-11-24 12:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TSPL ETRD EAGR BR UNSC RU
04BRASILIA572	WORST OF BRAZILIAN SCANDAL HAS PASSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 4, Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) quashed efforts to set up a congressional inquiry (CPI) into the gaming sector and the "Waldomiro Diniz" scandal (refs A,B). This, coupled with the fact that no new allegations pointing to wrongdoing by PT leaders have emerged in recent d [...]	2004-03-10 20:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM BR
04BRASILIA676	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHES TO MRE U/S PEDROSA [...] (C) Summary. On 19 March Ambassdor, accompanied by PolCouns, met with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Pedrosa to deliver demarches requesting immediate contributions to the Hait MIF (ref B),and soliciting Brazil's support for USG plans and goals for building a demo [...]	2004-03-19 20:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BR UNSC
04BRASILIA745	BRAZILIAN MILITARY LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As a result of Article 98 sanctions, Brazil's MOD is shifting to other countries for training and exchanges previously done with the U.S. -- a drop-off clearly evident to this Mission. Many in the Brazilian military -- including Defense Minister Viegas himself [...]	2004-03-29 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR KICC POL MIL
04BRASILIA755	BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...]	2004-03-29 21:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP
04BRASILIA790	BRAZIL'S STATE OF GOIAS: RIDING THE AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The central Brazilian state of Goias, from which the Federal District of Brasilia was carved 47 years ago, has grown above the average for Brazil over the last several years. The state's economy, fueled primarily by agriculture and an emerging agribusiness, has a growing awarene [...]	2004-04-01 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD TBIO PGOV BR
04BRASILIA794	BRAZIL READY TO RECOGNIZE ITGA, NEEDS BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Although the GOB is considering reopening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad, there has been no public mention of Brazilian intentions towards Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) Division Chief responsible for South Asia acknowledged a lack of focus [...]	2004-04-02 10:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR AF
04BRASILIA795	AFRICAN DIPLOMATS DESCRIBE BRAZIL'S AFRICA FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2003 the incoming Lula administration asserted it would refocus its foreign policy to place greater emphasis on Africa. Some African diplomats here, however, believe that Brazilian interest in their countries has remained unchanged, despite the rhetoric. While they admit t [...]	2004-04-02 11:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AF BR UNSC
04BRASILIA935	GOB'S FINANCIAL-MARKET HONEYMOON FINALLY COOLING? [...] Top front-page story in most national media Friday April 16 was JP Morgan's scaling-back of its recommendation for Brazil bonds from overweight to market-weight, and the sharp market reaction. News accounts generally headlined the JPM report's unease over the direction of GoB fiscal policy, a [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR
04BRATISLAVA1027	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 10, 2004 [...] (C) Representatives of the MFA and MOD told DCM and emboffs October 19 that there was strong pressure from some EU countries to lift the arms embargo on China and added that Slovakia believed a strengthened EU Code of Conduct would only allow responsible exports (Refs A and B). DCM stressed t [...]	2004-11-10 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO UP LY CH
04BRATISLAVA1050	SLOVAK THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING GAERC MEETING [...] (SBU) DCM hosted lunch 11/15 for the MFA's "CFSP" team: Acting Director of the Division for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, COREPER Director Anna Turinicova, and European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. They discussed the latest thinking on the China arms embargo, Turkish accession, and Cuba [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA324	SLOVAKIA CAN SUPPORT CUBA RESOLUTION, NOT CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-01 13:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CU CH LO CHR
04BRATISLAVA621	EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: JAPANESE DECLINE; SLOVAKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. JAPANESE POLOFFS IN BRATISLAVA DECLINED TO DEMARCHE WITH U.S. POLOFF REGARDING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA. THE SLOVAKS PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS NON-PLAYERS IN AN EU DEBATE, NOTING THAT "IMPORTANT EU MEMBERS" WILL MAKE THE DECISION. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) PER REFTEL A, POLOFF CONT [...]	2004-06-25 14:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH JA LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA895	GOS TO SUPPORT CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel with Ivan Korcok, State Secretary of the MFA, Milan Jezovica, Foreign Policy Advisor SIPDIS to PM Dzurinda, and Frantisek Ruzicka, Acting General Director for European Affairs. Ruzicka was very well versed in U.S. views (to the point of summarizing previous demar [...]	2004-09-29 14:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA900	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage visited Slovakia September 14. During his meetings with Prime Minister Dzurinda, Foreign Minister Kukan, parliamentary leaders, and the media, he underscored that U.S.-Slovak relations are based on more than just coalition membership and reflect the shar [...]	2004-09-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAO LO CONS
04BRATISLAVA923	GAERC ISSUES: CODE OF CONDUCT STRONG ENOUGH; [...] (C) In response to points raised from ref A, MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on October 6 told polec chief that the EU was strengthening the code of conduct regarding arms sales to make it more effective than in the past. He said member states were confident that it would suffice to [...]	2004-10-08 07:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH LY TU EU LO
04BRATISLAVA925	EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. A. September 27-October 1 - The General Director of the Directorate of Customs for the Slovak Republic, Mr. Josef Gonczol, was in China this week finalizing a written agreement that will enable the government of China to d [...]	2004-10-08 08:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
04BRUSSELS1081	US-EU COASI CONSULTATIONS PART 1: EAST ASIA [...] (C) On March 5 in Brussels, SA A/S Rocca and EAP PDAS Keyser -- accompanied by USEU DCM Foster -- discussed US-EU cooperation in South and East Asia with the EU's COASI Troika. This cable covers the EAP portion of the consultations. The SA segment will be reported septel. -- Indonesia: EU [...]	2004-03-15 08:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP CH ID BM KN ASEAN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1119	DG COOPER ON DPRK: EU READY TO HELP WHEN TIME IS [...] (C) Visiting EAP PDAS Donald Keyser met with Council DG for External Relations Robert Cooper March 5 on the margins of semestral troika consultations with the EU (reftel). Cooper expressed satisfaction with the slow but steady progress in the Six Party process and offered the EU's assistance b [...]	2004-03-17 07:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1134	EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID [...] (SBU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve its counter-terrorism (CT) effectiveness -- for instance by revising the EU CT Action Plan and creating and streamlining the Clearinghouse -- were in the work [...]	2004-03-17 17:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS14	EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their December 12-13 Brussels Summit -- envisages a world of dangerous but preventable threats, multilateral solutions, and stabilizing partnerships. The ESS identifies [...]	2004-01-05 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1510	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: APRIL 2 PSC DEBATE AND NEXT [...] (S/NF) The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) discussed the EU arms embargo on China during a heated 90 minute exchange on April 2. PSC Ambassadors generally agreed that the issue -- of whether, when and how to lift the embargo -- should be sent back down to working groups for further [...]	2004-04-07 12:11:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1577	EU CODE OF CONDUCT ON ARMS EXPORTS: QUESTIONS AND [...] (SBU) This message is intended as a companion to Mission reporting (refs A, B, C) about the possibility that the EU may soon lift its arms embargo on China. In place of the embargo, some EU Member States favor enhancing the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports, either in general or with specific [...]	2004-04-14 05:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1607	SUBJECT: MARCH 19 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Special Representative of the President for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders and NP/PPC Director Christopher Murray led discussions on arms control and disarmament with the EU's Nonproliferation Troika (CONOP). Issues dis [...]	2004-04-14 15:27:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2196	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: KEY RETURNING MEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign now in full swing, almost all of the party lists for the June 10-13 European elections have been released in the 25 EU member states. This message describes some of the influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who, based on their party-list rankin [...]	2004-05-24 13:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2211	BRUSSELS VIEW OF IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY: A [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 11:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2262	USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...]	2004-05-27 10:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2683	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2004 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. During its June 22 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Eastern Europe (submitted by Germany),the Balkans and the Near East (Greece),Central Asia (Italy),South West Asia (U [...]	2004-06-23 15:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3059	US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...]	2004-07-19 07:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3159	EU/CHINA: READOUT OF JUNE 30 HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 29-30 the EU and China held a joint seminar on Chinese ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (refs A, C). EU reporting, relayed to poloff by a Policy Unit staffer, described the seminar as useful overall -- with a "wonderful atmo [...]	2004-07-26 13:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PARM KDEM KJUS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3210	EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING THE PSC ON CHINA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) hosted an informal gathering July 22 to receive a USG intelligence briefing on China's military modernization efforts and implications on regional stability if the EU lifts its arms embargo on China. Post-briefing readouts from EU [...]	2004-07-28 15:22:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MCAP PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3310	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ON EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) DRL Senior Advisor Susan O'Sullivan and poloff met July 23 with Human Rights Watch (HRW) Brussels Director Lotte Leicht to discuss the EU drive to lift its arms embargo on China. Leicht said that HRW is working with Amnesty International (AI),Human Rights in China (HRIC),and likeminded [...]	2004-08-04 10:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PARM MARR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3333	EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: READOUT OF UK POLDIR SAWERS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Japanese Mission offered us a readout of the July 29 meeting in Tokyo between DFM Tanaka and UK PolDir Sawers to discuss the China arms embargo. Sawers told Tanaka that the UK wanted to de-link any decision to lift the arms embargo from the EU-China summit in December because o [...]	2004-08-05 14:01:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM PHUM CH TW JA UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4107	EU IN UN: IO A/S HOLMES IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with IO Assistant Secretary Kim Holmes on September 15-16, EU officials: --stressed EU commitment to "effective multilateralism with the UN at its core;" --continued their push for enhanced status for the European Commission (EC) in UN bodies (EU additionality); [...]	2004-09-27 08:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4161	SEPTEMBER 3 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and the Dutch EU presidency on September 3 conducted semi-annual CODUN consultations in Brussels on UN disarmament issues. Subjects covered included U.S./EU priorities, UNFC, UNDC, CD, FMCT, landmines, CWB, BWC, CCW, CTBT, Libya, Luxembourg,s upcoming EU presidency, a [...]	2004-09-29 10:16:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL UNGA CDG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4235	EUR PDAS BRADTKE'S SEPTEMBER 27 DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR PDAS Robert Bradtke covered a wide range of topics in meetings with the EU Political and Security Committee Troika and Director General Robert Cooper on September 27. The US and the EU voiced support for UNSCR 1564 regarding Darfur, and the EU sought consultations wit [...]	2004-10-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4274	US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...]	2004-10-05 10:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS432	EU HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA PREVIEW: CHR-60 AND CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Further to ref A, European Council human rights experts stressed the importance of earlier bilateral consultations on country-specific resolutions, while noting that a number of EU member state human rights experts continue to have trouble dealing with the US "thematics" paper. Re [...]	2004-02-03 04:19:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MASS ETRD IR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4346	EU: PARTING THOUGHTS FROM RELEX COMMISSIONER CHRIS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador held a reflective October 6 farewell meeting with RELEX Commissioner Patten, whose term expires at the end of the month. Patten called the Commission's decision earlier that day to recommend in favor of starting accession negotiations with Turkey "the most important de [...]	2004-10-08 13:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4376	EU/CHINA ARMS: DAS SUCHAN VISIT LAUNCHES PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM DAS Greg Suchan's October 7 visit to discuss US opposition to lifting the EU arms embargo on China included meetings with select PSC Ambassadors, as well as a public briefing and press conference/backgrounder which resulted in widespread and generally positive coverage in Europ [...]	2004-10-13 06:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETTC PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4474	EU/CHINA ARMS: SLOWING THE RUSH TO THE SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: US approaches to EU member states have slowed the rush to end the arms embargo before the December 8 summit with China. Nevertheless, following the October 11 GAERC discussion of China, EU Member States appear to be gearing up to signal to China at the summit that they have agreed [...]	2004-10-18 12:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS ETTC PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4550	U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION TROIKA: EU LOOKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28, the U.S. and the EU held their semi-annual exchange on nonproliferation issues. This discussion followed the release of the second U.S.-EU Summit declaration on nonproliferation. The two sides touched on a wide range of nonproliferation issues and explored possib [...]	2004-10-21 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4630	EU RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DPRK FOOD AID [...] (C) Summary: Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to Xavier Guillou at DG AIDCO Food Security Unit and Maria Castillo-Fernandez, DG RELEX Desk Officer for DPRK. Both were receptive to demarche, had been in North Korea recently, largely agreed with US assessment of issues with some [...]	2004-10-27 10:27:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KN PREL WFP USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4677	DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...]	2004-10-29 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4702	EU FMS AT NOV. 2 GAERC AGREE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) EU FMs on November 2 agreed a package of measures to support Iraq ahead of a November 5 visit by PM Allawi. They confirmed EU financial support for the electoral process and decided to send an expert team by the end of November "to start planning" with the Iraqi authorities "for a possi [...]	2004-11-03 16:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID IR IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4756	EU/DPRK: PRE-BRIEF OF TROIKA VISIT TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Directors-level Troika of EU officials will visit Pyongyang November 13-16 to press for North Korean cooperation in the Six Party Talks and to press for progress on human rights, economic reforms, ROK-DPRK relations and humanitarian assistance issues. The Troika will begin the [...]	2004-11-05 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4881	EU/DPRK: SE DETRANI DISCUSSES 6PT, KEDO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations November 9 with Special Envoy Joseph DeTrani and EAP/K Director Jim Foster, EU officials underscored the EU's firm support for the Six-Party Process and willingness to play a constructive role when the time comes. They urged the US to consult early if the EU i [...]	2004-11-16 12:38:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL KNNP PHUM EAID PINR IR KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4944	COMMISSION AND COUNCIL RESPONSES ON NOV. 22 GAERC [...] (U) PolOffs have delivered Ref A points to contacts in the Council Secretariat and the personal staff of new External Relations Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (who will be attending her first GAERC as a Commissioner on Monday). MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ------------------------- 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXX X [...]	2004-11-19 15:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS MARR IR CH BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5216	EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT RESPONSE ON [...] (SBU) We reviewed REF A points with Judith Gebetsroithner of Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's cabinet and Margarita Comamala of the Council Secretariat on December 7 and 8, respectively. Neither had any specific comment or reaction on the Great Lakes, Middle East or Colombia (the latter of whic [...]	2004-12-09 17:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG TU RW EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5258	EUROPEAN COUNCIL DEC. 16-17: HIGH STAKES, HIGH [...] (C) As the EU heads into final preparations for its December 16-17 summit (European Council) meeting, a limited number of high stakes issues remain open for final agreement. The main issue for heads of state and government will be Turkey, and possibly Croatia and the China arms embargo (alth [...]	2004-12-13 17:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID CK TU HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS666	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 1: CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the Central Asia portion of the [...]	2004-02-13 15:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3439	REPORT ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISISON OFFICIALS' [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield visit to Romania in late September provided the USG insight into the strong Romanian civil nuclear program. End Summary. First Visit to Romania by NRC Commissioner ---------------------------------------- [...]	2004-12-15 11:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA ENRG ECON RO IAEA
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04BUENOSAIRES2900	MEETING WITH TUCUMAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28-29, Pasoffs and Poloff met with Tucuman Governor Jose Jorge Alperovich and leading journalists in the province. The meeting with the Governor was positive and covered key issues facing the province, such as economic reform, relations with the national governmen [...]	2004-10-13 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
04BUENOSAIRES3310	IRAN/IAEA: ARGENTINA ON STRONG NATIONAL STATEMENTS [...] (C) Polcouns delivered points in reftel to the Argentine MFA Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN) the afternoon of November 24 to DIGAN counselor Luciano Tanto Clement. Clement reiterated the GOA's longstanding concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program and its [...]	2004-11-24 22:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR AR IAEA
04CARACAS1350	CHAVEZ RAISES OIL CUT-OFF AGAIN [...] (C) President Chavez has again raised the threat of stopping oil sales to the U.S., this time in response to President Bush's alleged "intervention." The remarks, made to an Italian newspaper, follow several weeks in which this theme had lain dormant (although he has turned to other forms o [...]	2004-04-21 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET VE
04CARACAS1446	GOV DENIES OIL WILL GO TO CHINA [...] (C) The GOV said once again on April 26 that Venezuela would continue to be a reliable oil supplier to the United States. The statement was made in response to a story in Miami's "El Nuevo Herald" picked up by all leading Caracas dailies the morning of April 26, which alleges that Chavez has [...]	2004-04-29 10:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET VE
04CARACAS2812	CHAVEZ CALLS FOR LAND REFORM ON "ALO PRESIDENTE" [...] Agriculture was the main topic of President Chavez's 202nd "Alo, Presidente" which aired August 29. Indeed his choice of a rural town, El Socorro, in the state of Guarico helped to set the stage. During this event, as in recent speeches before the National Assembly and other venues, he calle [...]	2004-09-08 13:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV OPRC KIRC VE
04CARACAS3031	AIRCRAFT CONTRACT RUMORS RESURFACE (U) [...] (C) A 10 September newswire reporting Venezuela's alleged interest in procuring Russian jet fighters has renewed media speculation that the two countries may be close to an arms deal. Chavez has already purchased Russian helicopters, according to DAO and press reports. Although he is seeki [...]	2004-09-27 11:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
04CARACAS3230	VENEZUELAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION [...] (C) Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Vicente Rangel led a delegation to Moscow from October 2-6 for the first meeting of the High-Level Russo-Venezuelan Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN). Rangel discussed joint efforts to combat international terrorism and military-technological cooperation w [...]	2004-10-20 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD VE
04CARACAS3506	CHAVISTAS AT THE HELM IN A SEA OF RED [...] (C) October and August electoral successes have renewed President Hugo Chavez's mandate, placed his loyalists in most of the governorships and key mayoralties, and positioned the Chavista movement to capture an overwhelming majority in next year's National Assembly elections. Chavez supporters [...]	2004-11-16 14:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3575	CAUTION: THE ROAD IS WET - TREASURY REP GETS VIEWS [...] (C) U.S. Treasury representative for South America Mathew Haarsager visited Caracas from November 2-5, and in a series of meetings with the Venezuelan private and public sectors was treated to a variety of perspectives. GOV officials asserted that, with the strike, presidential referendum, and [...]	2004-11-19 18:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS3622	CHAVEZ LOOKING INSIDE AND OUT [...] (C) Fresh from electoral victories in August and October, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is deepening his Bolivarian Revolution with a new ten-point strategy. Chavez now plans to create a "new political infrastructure" that integrates social action groups and forces political parties to elec [...]	2004-11-23 19:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3817	VISIT TO MASS MARKET AND BOLIVARIAN SCHOOL [...] (C) Caracas' El Coche food market is a blend of formal, informal, public and private economies. Accompanied by members of the NGO Asociacion Nina Madre (Child Mother Association, ANM),poloff visited the market December 7 to observe child labor conditions there. More than a dozen children ag [...]	2004-12-10 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS3944	ARREST WARRANTS FOR STRIKE LEADERS, TRAVEL LIMITS [...] (C) Venezuelan judges issued arrest warrants on December 23 for eight former state oil company executives accused of civil rebellion and other crimes for their role in the December 2002 - February 2003 national strike. Included among those sought are Juan Fernandez, leader of the civil societ [...]	2004-12-27 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM 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
04CHENNAI1490	KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangalore, India's leading technopolis and the capital of Karnataka, is burdened with a tardy and incomplete state government led by contending coalition partners. Local business leaders complain that the new Singh government has overshot the mark in shifting focus from urban t [...]	2004-11-26 09:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IN
04COLOMBO1128	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES US TO BECOME [...] Foreign Minister Kadirgamar has asked Ambassador to consider possibility of US becoming a "Dialogue Partner" in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). IOR-ARC members include Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, [...]	2004-07-07 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON CE
04COLOMBO1153	FY-2004 RP "STUDENT LEADERS AND CIVIC [...] POST NOMINATES MR. N.H. CHATURA SANDEEPA SENARATNE, UNDER-GRADUATE, MEDICAL FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBJECT PROJECT. THIS IS POST'S SECOND NOMINATION FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. POST CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FULL COUNTRY TEAM" APPROVAL. START FIXED-FORMAT T [...]	2004-07-12 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO1191	SRI LANKA MAKES CONCERTED EFFORT ON SEVERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: G/TIP Program Officer and Embassy officials met with Government officials and local NGO representatives in Colombo to discuss the multifaceted issue of trafficking in persons in Sri Lanka, including sex tourism, prostitution, and external migrant workers. Officials throughout th [...]	2004-07-19 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB CE
04COLOMBO1217	MALDIVES TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL RESORT ISLANDS [...] Summary: The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) has received a good response to its proposal to develop 11 new resort islands. The plan will extend the resort network to all 20 atolls in Maldives, and increase the total number of resorts to 98. The successful development of the [...]	2004-07-22 07:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1271	Potential Fallout of MFA Expiration in 2005 [...] Summary: There is heightened anxiety in Sri Lanka's apparel sector, as expiration of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement approaches in January 2005. Sri Lanka's top end producers, controlling about 70% of exports, are expected to be the least affected, as they have gone high- tech, cut costs and le [...]	2004-07-30 06:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KTEX ELAB CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1502	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. YES - There are communities in Sri Lanka capable of conducting anti-US demonstrations. B. NO - There have been no anti-US demonstrations in the past 12 months. C. YES - Other forms of demonstrations have taken place outside USG facilities. D. Demonstra [...]	2004-09-10 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04COLOMBO1625	HUMAN INTELLIGENCE THREAT REVIEW FOR COLOMBO [...] (S/NF) Embassy Colombo convened a Counterintelligence Working Group (CIWG) meeting on 9/28/04. The purpose of the meeting was to respond to the annual Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Threat Review outlined in Ref A. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, ARSO, POL, DAO, and IPO. The Colombo CIWG p [...]	2004-09-29 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CE
04COLOMBO1978	2005 National Trade Estimate report for Sri [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Sri Lanka was $1.7 billion in 2003, an increase of $14 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $155 million, down 10 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Sri Lanka were $1.8 billion, down 0.2 percent. Sri Lanka is currently th [...]	2004-12-10 09:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO438	UNHRC: Ambassador reviews U.S. priorities at [...] (C) As requested Ref B, Ambassador discussed upcoming UNHRC session with Foreign Secretary Bernard Goonetilleke on March 11. Goonetilleke is the number two in the Foreign Ministry and highest-ranking career official. (Embassy had previously presented similar material to MFA's Director Gener [...]	2004-03-11 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE UNHRC
04COLOMBO526	CHR: Mission provides GSL with draft Cuba [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 25 meeting at the Sri Lankan MFA, Polchief reviewed talking points and provided a copy of the draft CHR resolution on Cuba. MFA contact was non-committal, noting that the GSL was in a state of flux due to the April 2 elections. Overall, we think moving the GSL to a "y [...]	2004-03-25 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CE CU CH CHR UN
04COLOMBO545	In visit to Sri Lanka, SA DAS Patterson [...] (C) SUMMARY: SA DAS Torkel Patterson visited Colombo, March 21-23. Highlights of the visit included meetings at the MFA, with a key adviser to President Kumaratunga, with local diplomats, and with local business leaders, including the American Chamber of Commerce. Key issues discussed incl [...]	2004-03-26 06:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PTER CE LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO611	In meeting with Ambassador, new PM expresses [...] (C) Ambassador Lunstead made a congratulatory call on new Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse on April 8. During their 45-minute long discussion, Rajapakse underscored his support for the peace process. In a theme he kept returning to, he also expressed deep concerns about the high d [...]	2004-04-08 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO618	Sri Lanka: Foreign Minister-designate [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: New Foreign Minister Kadirgamar would like to visit Washington in May. He appreciated the US's neutrality during the election. On the Peace Process, the new government "has no grip yet." India has been standing [...]	2004-04-08 12:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CE IN CHR
04COLOMBO834	FY 05 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINEE FOR MRP [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO840	FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP [...] Post nominates T.M.G. "Chandrasekera" Deputy Director News and Current Affairs, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT [...]	2004-05-20 09:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO933	MALDIVES: MAJOR ECONOMIC CHANGES ON THE HORIZON? [...] (U) Econoff traveled to Male, and Gan May 17-20 and learned about the following economic activities: -- New Legislation -- Major Construction Opportunities -- Garment Factories Closing -- New International Airport -- Customs Cooperation and Agreement -- Terrorist Financing -- GLOBE New [...]	2004-06-08 02:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD MV PREL SNAR ECONOMICS
04DHAKA4266	EXCHANGE WITH CHAIRMAN OF EXTREMIST ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) Summary. At a chance encounter with polcouns, IOJ Chairman Fazlul Haq Amini denounced Jamaat Islami as power hungry, criticized the BDG on several fronts, opposed the proposed USD 2 billion Tata investment in Bangladesh, indicated the Awami League has offered him money to quit the ruling [...]	2004-12-15 06:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINR BG
04DJIBOUTI18	DJIBOUTI: 4TH QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - OCT, NOV, [...] Summary of Significant Events -------------------------------- A. Narrative Overview of Significant Events Â [...]	2004-01-06 05:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSEO DJ
04DJIBOUTI383	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT SEES U.S. BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: Said Omar, President of Djibouti's Chamber of Commerce, advises U.S. business to consider investment in Djibouti by a change in mindset. He implored U.S. companies to think "can-do," to think about "regional" possibilities, to consider "Doraleh's potential," and to see the potenti [...]	2004-03-14 14:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BEXP DJ EAGR ECON EIND SA
04DJIBOUTI394	DJIBOUTI AND REQUEST FOR INFO ON CHINESE [...] (C) Chinese development activity in Djibouti has been robust, with major projects as well as feasibility studies, minor projects and assistance for renovation of existing facilities. Major projects include a sports stadium built in between 1991 and 1993 at a cost of USD 11 million (loan) and [...]	2004-03-17 14:14:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID ECON CH DJ
04DJIBOUTI398	CHINA'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Shen Jiangkuan, China's new envoy in Djibouti, presented his credentials March 15 to President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In his credentialling remarks, Shen described Djibouti as a country which has contributed to the promotion of peace and development in the region. He said Djibouti has achie [...]	2004-03-18 05:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR EAID CH DJ
04DJIBOUTI467	CHINA RESOLUTION: TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered the demarche requested on the China Resolution to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh, March 30, 2004. Bogoreh and PolOff discussed the session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in general terms. Bogoreh said he would take the matter [...]	2004-03-30 11:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM DJ CH
04DJIBOUTI526	DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF COMMERCE ON UTILITY OF [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, sees the planned port of Doraleh as key to a prosperous economic future for Djibouti. In a March 31 meeting with Ambassador, he talked about the port and its two key components: a fuel container terminal and a Free Zone. The containe [...]	2004-04-12 10:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV DJ EG TU IN UG TC
04DJIBOUTI581	FOREIGN MINISTER AND MINISTER OF COOPERATION OFFER [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Abdi Farah, and Minister of Cooperation within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mohamoud Ali Youssef, both drew Ambassador aside April 15, on the margins of an emergency meeting with heads of diplomatic missions on the subject of the flood disaster in [...]	2004-04-19 11:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ DJ
04DJIBOUTI725	FIRST NATIONAL FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS BOYCOTTED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Djibouti's Ad-Hoc Committee on Human Rights held the first ever national forum on Human Rights 17-18 May, 2004. This forum was funded by a DHRF grant from Embassy Djibouti and by United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The main goal of this forum was to open [...]	2004-05-21 07:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL DJ
04DUBLIN1020	IRISH RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 16:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EUN
04DUBLIN1345	IRELAND'S GAME PLAN ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS [...] Summary: Firms in Ireland must move increasingly into high-value goods and services in order to safeguard the country's prosperity, advises a high-profile, government-commissioned report on Ireland's economic competitiveness. The report notes that rising costs, poor performance by indigenous [...]	2004-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EIND ELAB
04DUBLIN1466	IRISH VIEWS ON THE EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) On September 28, DCM reinforced with David Cooney, Poltical Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),reftel talking points and aide-memoire. Cooney said that the GOI, while fully aware of the U.S. position, could not commit to opposing the lifting of the China arms embargo wit [...]	2004-09-30 15:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM EUN
04DUBLIN1493	EU/IRELAND: AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE BRUTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Kenny, EU Ambassador-designate to the United States John Bruton noted his plans to work with Congress and through public diplomacy to strengthen U.S.-EU relations. Bruton said he would aim to underscore the policy objectives that both side [...]	2004-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EIND EINV ENRG ETTC MASS PARM PHUM SENV
04DUBLIN1525	IRISH RESPONSES TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRAQ, [...] (U) On October 7, Post delivered ref A talking points on Libya, China, Cyprus, Sudan, and Iraq to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European Correspondent. ---- Libya ----- 2. (C) Keown affirmed that the October 11 GAERC would ratify the September 22 COREPER decision t [...]	2004-10-08 13:38:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1550	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ERATH, O'SULLIVAN, CASHMAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to PM/DTCP Deputy Director John F. Erath, DRL/PHD Senior Advisor for Asia Susan O'Sullivan, and CMDR. Edward Cashman of the Joint Staff J-5 to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from October 18 to October 20, 2004. Purpose of visit is to consult with Irish [...]	2004-10-14 09:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETTC PARM PREL
04DUBLIN1633	IRISH/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: NOT RIPE TO LIFT YET [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a delegation comprised of State DRL and PM and DoD J-5 visited members of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Parliament, and Amnesty International-Irish Section, to argue against the EU lifting its arms embargo against China. Until recently, Irish offi [...]	2004-10-29 16:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PINR PREL
04DUBLIN1672	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Irish Government and Embassy Dublin warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Dublin. Past and present Irish policy-makers look forward to substantive discussion with you on the dramatic transformation of Ireland's economy. I am planning a dinner in your honor that will inclu [...]	2004-11-09 15:48:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU

04DUBLIN1697	IRISH RESPONSE TO TURKEY AND PRE-GAERC DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 17, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) In a November 12 conversation with the Ambassador, Michael Collins, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ahern, said that Ireland [...]	2004-11-18 15:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1700	CHINESE VICE-PREMIER'S VISIT SPARKS MINOR [...] (U) Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju's November 16-18 visit to Dublin was a minor source of controversy in Ireland, with media complaints about a press blackout as well as calls by Falun Gong practitioners for Huang's arrest. During his stay, Huang met with President McAleese, Prime Minister Ah [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC EUN
04DUBLIN1713	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: IRELAND TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS [...] (C) On November 23, Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke to Niall Brady, the DFA's Deputy Director for Asia-Pacific Affairs. Brady stated that while Ireland remains concerned about human rights and regional stability, it would not block EU consensus, either on a decision to lift the embarg [...]	2004-11-24 14:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM EUN
04DUBLIN1717	SECRETARY SNOW,S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER AHERN [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow met with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern. PM Ahern: -- Urged U.S. reengagement in the Middle East Peace Process, which Europe viewed as the world,s most pressing issue; -- Expressed concern about the ability of t [...]	2004-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1719	SECRETARY SNOW,S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARCHITECTS [...] (C) Summary: The November 14-15 visit of U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow was an opportunity for discussion on SIPDIS the "secrets" of Ireland,s success with policy-makers and businessmen who were the architects of Ireland,s Celtic Tiger economy. These key figures noted that while the [...]	2004-11-24 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1721	SCENESETTER FOR SENATORS MCCAIN AND GRAHAM'S [...] (SBU) A background paper follows, describing key political concerns. We would also note that the Northern Ireland peace process is at a critical juncture, and the final results of the process begun at Leeds Castle might be announced during your visit. -------------------- Political Backgr [...]	2004-11-24 17:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS EAIR ETRD MARR OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EUN
04DUBLIN1783	IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On December 9, Post delivered reftel talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. ------- Ukraine ------- 2. (C) The common line taken by the EU and United States regarding the Ukrainian crisis had been immensely constructive, said Keown. [...]	2004-12-10 17:47:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL EUN
04DUBLIN1815	IRELAND: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part I. I. Summary The Republic of Ireland is not a transshipment point for narcotics to the United States, nor is it a hub for international drug trafficking. [...]	2004-12-20 13:06:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EI
04DUBLIN780	SAID THE TIGER TO THE DRAGON: READOUT OF [...] (C) Visiting Ireland May 11-12, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Irish President Mary McAleese, Dail (Parliament) Speaker Rory O'Hanlon, and Chairman of the Senate Rory Kiely before extended, substantive discussions with the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern. Wen then visited Iona Techn [...]	2004-05-21 15:16:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN944	THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH IRISH PRESIDENT MARY [...] (U) This message provides information for the President's meeting with Irish President Mary McAleese at Dromoland Castle on June 26, prior to the start of the U.S.-EU Summit. The Role of Irish President --------------------------- 2. (U) President McAleese became the eighth Irish [...]	2004-06-23 12:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
04FRANKFURT6238	Troubled GM/Opel Signals Further Cutbacks as CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GM recently shuffled top management at European subsidiary Opel (based in Ruesselsheim outside Frankfurt) amid continued weak consumer demand within the flagging German economy. Effective July 1, Opel CEO Carl- Peter Forster became President and Deputy Chairman of GM Europe, [...]	2004-07-21 15:06:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ECON ETRD ELTN GM
04FRANKFURT9221	SEIZURE BY CBP OF SIX CONTAINERS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Six containers with textiles represented as being made in Armenia were detained over the three month period of July, August, and September by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) due to concerns related to the country of origin. Contact with officials at CBP Headquarters, Wash [...]	2004-10-27 13:22:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EAID ETRD AM
04GUATEMALA317	WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...]	2004-02-10 17:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA583	GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...]	2004-03-09 15:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT UNHRC
04GUATEMALA747	GUATEMALA SUPPORT LIKELY ON CUBA AND CHINA IN UNCHR [...] (C) On March 25, in response to reftel demarches, MFA Vice Minister Jorge Skinner-Klee told DCM and PolOff that the GOG will support the Honduran resolution on Cuba, but is undecided on whether to co-sponsor. DCM forcefully argued for co-sponsorship and co-tabling on the merits, using reftel [...]	2004-03-25 23:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT UNHRC
04GUATEMALA921	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CHR-60 COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) Guatemala will vote in support of all the country-specific resolutions listed reftels (Belarus, China, Cuba, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe) according to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry. Rodriguez also repeated Guatemala's principled po [...]	2004-04-14 20:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT
04HALIFAX259	ATLANTIC CANADA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: MODERATE GROWTH FOR 2005 [...] SUMMARY: Atlantic Provinces Economic Council's annual business outlook briefing predicts moderating growth for Canada's four eastern provinces. Softening global demand and prices for commodities and forest products, low or no growth in tourism, a cooling housing market and declines in consum [...]	2004-11-17 15:15:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL EPET CA
04HANOI1023	Vietnam: Negotiations with the GVN on an Adoptions [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations on an adoptions Protocol on March 11 and 12 made progress, but final agreement was not reached. Despite repeated USG assertions prior to the talks that the USG would not negotiate a new treaty, the largest sticking point for the GVN was their insistence on a tre [...]	2004-04-14 01:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI105	STILL REUNIFYING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: [...] (U) Summary. Construction of a new major highway system designed further to link northern and southern Vietnam and to increase access to mountainous areas is underway. The portion through central Vietnam is largely completed -- with some major exceptions -- and provincial and local officia [...]	2004-01-14 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI VM
04HANOI1181	Vietnam: MOT Proposes Changes to Textile Quota [...] This is a joint Embassy Hanoi/Congen Ho Chi Minh City message. 2. Summary: The Ministry of Trade (MOT) recently proposed changes to Vietnam's textile/garment quota allocation regime for 2005. The new regime would allocate quota based on factories' export revenue rather than on quantitie [...]	2004-04-26 04:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ETRD VN
04HANOI1188	PROTECTION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: In Ho Chi Minh City, various sectors of society - including the city government, Communist Party mass organizations, NGOs, and even local churches - are working together to protect victims and women identified as particularly vulnerable to trafficking. A visit to the central prov [...]	2004-04-26 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI1321	POROUS BORDERS, LOW ANTI-DRUG CAPACITY IN [...] (U) Summary: Authorities in central Vietnam appear enthusiastic about supporting the national anti-drug policy, but have limited capacity and training. The land border with Laos is porous and difficult to control, making this a likely route for narcotics traffickers and a possible route for t [...]	2004-05-09 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV EAID PTER VM CNARC
04HANOI1421	ADOPTIONS IN VIETNAM: PREVENTING ABUSES [...] (U) Summary: As we wait for the GVN to make written revisions to the draft text left with them at the conclusion of the first round of adoption negotiations in March, we wish to take this opportunity to once again raise our concerns about the implementation of any agreement we eventually rea [...]	2004-05-19 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI158	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. Donors at the meeting, co-chaired by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and the World Bank, expressed continued support to the GVN's action program for 2002-2007 and emphasized th [...]	2004-01-16 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE
04HANOI1584	ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...]	2004-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC
04HANOI1587	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2004 [...] (U) In response to incoming request, post is providing responses keyed to 2004 certification instruction points as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Unit [...]	2004-06-03 03:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI1677	GVN FRUSTRATED WITH BURMA, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam shares U.S. concerns about the Constitutional Convention in Burma, and is further worried about the impact of continuing political problems on the Hanoi-hosted ASEM 5 summit. At the same time, Vietnam feels that too much pressure on the Burmese will drive them into Chin [...]	2004-06-10 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN
04HANOI1724	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S TIP EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to take more direct steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),in part with assistance from the international community. New and ongoing strategies include: the creation of anti-trafficking police units in local provinces; a large-scale media and education c [...]	2004-06-17 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI1729	DASD JENNINGS' MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GVN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with a range of GVN leaders in Hanoi and HCMC, DASD Jennings and staff reached agreement on the archival research initiative; assessed positively the utility of continuing the wartime leaders interview initiative; reiterated USG priority for underwater recovery oper [...]	2004-06-18 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR VM
04HANOI1871	VIETNAMESE ACADEMICS RETAIN SUSPICIONS OF THE U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: At least some Vietnamese think tankers continue to view the United States with suspicion, both regarding our international strategy in general and actions more specifically toward Vietnam. Much of the domestic sensitivities by these academics nowadays relate to efforts by "hos [...]	2004-07-02 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI VM ETMIN RELFREE CTERR
04HANOI1993	EIGHTH WORKING PARTY ON VIETNAM'S WTO ACCESSION [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Eighth Working Party on the Accession of Vietnam to the World Trade Organization met June 15 in Geneva to continue its review of Vietnam's trade regime and plans to bring it into compliance with WTO standards. Vietnam's presentation reported progress especially in [...]	2004-07-16 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTRO WTO
04HANOI2107	ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...]	2004-07-29 09:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI2116	VIETNAM: DUSTR SHINER UNDESCORES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings July 25 with DPM Vu Khoan, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and other senior GVN officials, DUSTR Josette Shiner conveyed strong USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession; agreed to begin another round of bilateral market access negotiations in October; urged the G [...]	2004-07-30 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO IPROP
04HANOI2406	Ambassador's August 26 Farewell Call on President [...] (SBU) Summary: During a farewell call on President Tran Duc Luong, Ambassador Burghardt noted the great progress in bilateral relations in the past 10 years, in particular the expansion of normal relations in a number of new areas during the past three years. Nevertheless, many tasks remaine [...]	2004-08-31 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM WTO APEC ASEAN BTA HUMANR
04HANOI2434	GVN EXPLAINS NEW ORDINANCE ON RELIGION [...] (U) Summary: According to Nguyen Thanh Xuan, Deputy Chairman of the GVN's Committee for Religious Affairs, Vietnam's Ordinance on Religion (reftels) - which will take effect on November 15 - was modeled on precedents from within Vietnam as well as on similar laws from other countries, includin [...]	2004-09-03 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI2435	Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...]	2004-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC
04HANOI2438	FINAL THOUGHTS FROM HANOI [...] An American who knows Vietnam very well related to me soon after my arrival in Hanoi how he had briefed President Clinton just before Clinton's November 2000 visit to Vietnam: He had explained that the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) makes its most important decisions in re [...]	2004-09-04 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD VM DPOL
04HANOI2499	TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...]	2004-09-13 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI2507	UNICEF AND MPS REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Public Security, working in cooperation with Cooperazione Italiana and UNICEF, released the government's first comprehensive statistical report on trafficking in Vietnam. At the same time, the GVN and other agencies in Vietnam agree that "official" trafficking st [...]	2004-09-13 22:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI2594	CPV ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with visiting SFRC staffer Frank Jannuzi, CPV officials said human rights and democracy were secondary priorities for Vietnam behind meeting the population's basic material needs; that freedom to operate in the Central Highlands would be especially slow in coming fo [...]	2004-09-16 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF OTRA KN KS VM ETMIN HUMANR DPRK
04HANOI2603	GVN: TERRORISTS HERE ARE VIETNAMESE EXILES [...] (SBU) Summary: MPS counterterrorism officials are keeping a close watch on Vietnamese Muslims. They do not perceive a threat yet, but note that contacts between Vietnamese Muslims and international Muslim groups have developed. The GVN highly appreciates U.S. assistance in counterterrorism, [...]	2004-09-17 07:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC VM CTERR
04HANOI2714	VIETNAM: EB PDAS DONNELLY ENCOURAGES EXPANDED [...] Summary: On September 28, EB PDAS Ambassador Shaun Donnelly, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat. In addition, PDAS Donnelly, accompanied by ECON/C, met with Dang Van Thanh, Vice Chairman of [...]	2004-10-01 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA IPROP WTO
04HANOI2745	VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...]	2004-10-06 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR
04HANOI2758	MPT DISCUSSES WTO TELECOM OFFER WITH USTR TEL DIR [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 USTR Telecommunications Director Jonathan McHale consulted with the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) on Vietnam's fourth WTO offer. They also reviewed the current situation of Vietnam's telecom market (see septel) and MPT's progress in meeting their BTA re [...]	2004-10-07 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EINT EINV VM WTO
04HANOI2795	BURMA ADDRESSED IN LOW-SUBSTANCE ASEM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Predictions that ASEM-5 would be a talk shop lacking in substance proved for the most part accurate, but the Europeans successfully insisted on raising the Burma issue and including a reference to the political situation there in the Chairman's Statement. The event [...]	2004-10-13 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU PHUM BM VM ARF
04HANOI2797	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting October 12, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen told the Ambassador the GVN will be well-prepared for bilateral market access negotiations with the United States in October; that he hoped the United States and Vietnam could close WTO negotiations in early 2005; and [...]	2004-10-13 10:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX KIPR VM WTRO WTO BTA IPROP
04HANOI2798	PASCAL LAMY BLINKS IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary: In Hanoi for the Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-5),EU Trade Commissioner Lamy closed out the EU's bilateral negotiations with Vietnam by accepting low levels of commitments not seen in recent accessions, especially on services. In a speech to the European Chamber of Commerce, [...]	2004-10-13 11:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM WTO BTA
04HANOI2809	Ambassador's October 13 Dinner with Vice Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner October 13 for Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh, who, in his capacity as head of the MFA's Committee on Overseas Vietnamese, will soon travel to the United States to discuss Viet Kieu issues. Binh said Vietnam desired improved relations with [...]	2004-10-15 03:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CH VM CVR HUMANR ASEAN WTO
04HANOI2857	PRC PM WEN'S VISIT TO HANOI: TRADE TAKES THE FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official visit to Vietnam yielded a number of agreements in the trade and development areas and a renewed commitment to make progress in demarcating the two countries' land border. Considerable daylight still remains between the two sides on t [...]	2004-10-21 06:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CH VM CVR WTO
04HANOI2879	EAP DAS Marie Huhtala's October 22 Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 22 meeting with Communist Party External Affairs Commission (Western Europe and North America) Director Pham Tien Nhien, EAP DAS Marie Huhtala expressed U.S. support for Vietnam's WTO accession, urged Vietnam to engage in greater operational law enforcement co [...]	2004-10-25 02:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE BTA
04HANOI2882	VIETNAM: EAP DAS HUHTALA DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, EAP DAS Ambassador Marie Huhtala, accompanied by the Ambassador, met separately with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DAS Huhtala encouraged the GVN to ensure full implementation of all parts of the U.S.-Vietnam B [...]	2004-10-25 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ETTC KIPR VM WTRO APEC BTA IPROP WTO MNUC
04HANOI2921	VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited national action plan on trafficking in persons. The plan focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major elements of prevention, prosecution and protection. It identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the challenge [...]	2004-10-29 01:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI3069	GVN EAGER TO CONCLUDE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that a visit by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was possible at the end of the first half of 2005, and discussed possible steps to "create the proper atmosphere" for the visit. As one step, the GVN would like to see a conclusion [...]	2004-11-12 11:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF OTRA OVIP MASS ETRD EAID EINV VM KICC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI3071	VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...]	2004-11-15 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI3215	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...]	2004-11-29 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI330	TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...]	2004-02-06 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI3301	Congressman Chabot Meets with Foreign Ministry, [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblyman Vu Xuan Hong. Representative Chabot thanked Vietnam for its efforts in the fullest possible accounting of MIA's and urged the GVN to take further steps to advanc [...]	2004-12-13 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV OTRA VM HUMANR IPROP RELFREE
04HANOI3313	Congressman Chabot Meets with Ministries of Trade, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi, Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 and 14 with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DCM accompanied the Congressman to the Ministry [...]	2004-12-15 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV OTRA PREL VM WTO IPROP
04HANOI3356	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI3417	VIETNAM ENGAGES THIRD COUNTRIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has been actively engaging third countries in formal exchanges on human rights issues, including hosting the annual Canada-China-Norway human rights forum, carrying out a bilateral discussion on the death penalty with EU countries and conducting the bi-annual EU-Vietnam [...]	2004-12-29 04:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EU VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI377	MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...]	2004-02-11 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN
04HANOI383	MORE ALLEGATIONS OF HARRASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Protestant community in northern Vietnam continue to provide the Embassy with cases of alleged abuse by local authorities. The claims range from petty harassment of believers to two accusations of rape in the Northern Highlands province of Lai Chau. While the [...]	2004-02-12 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI447	ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...]	2004-02-18 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP
04HANOI535	YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...]	2004-02-25 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC
04HANOI558	VIETNAM AND CHINA SIGN PRELUDE TO FISHING PROTOCOL [...] (U) Summary: At the conclusion of ministerial talks in Hanoi February 24, Vietnam and the PRC signed an agreement on the basic contents of a future protocol for fishing cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin, expected to be signed later this year in Beijing. Vietnam views this protocol as essen [...]	2004-02-26 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIS CH VM PTBS CVR
04HANOI582	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #14 [...] U) The WHO investigative team continues to report 23 confirmed human cases of H5N1, of which 15 have died. While the confirmed case count is unchanged, suspect cases are daily identified, many of which are ruled out. One new case occurred in a district of a province that had not reported case [...]	2004-02-27 07:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI636	VIETNAM: CONGRESSMAN COLLINS MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R- GA) met with Vietnam's Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to discuss bilateral trade relations. Collins emphasized that bilateral cooperation on trade is closely linked to cooperation in other areas such as MIA issues. Tuyen emphasize [...]	2004-03-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ETRD ECON PREL KPOW VM BTA LABOR WTO DPOL
04HANOI652	INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...]	2004-03-04 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI821	Vietnam: MOT Affirms No MFN for U.S. Wines [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 16, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen asserted that textile agreements are outside the "WTO track" and exempt from MFN. He confirmed that the GVN believes it is not obligated to extend tariff reductions given to EU wines in the context [...]	2004-03-22 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON VM BTA WTO
04HANOI886	ICT REFORM: WILL REALITY MATCH ENCOURAGING WORDS? [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (CIP),came to Hanoi February 27 for discussions on Vietnam's telecom and ICT market. He met a Vice Minister of Posts and Telematics (MPT),a Vice President of Vietnam's state-owned telephone [...]	2004-03-29 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV VM IPROP WTO
04HANOI888	Vietnam: Textile Consultations in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner and Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary James Leonard led textile consultations with the GVN March 17-18. The discussions focused on whether Vietnam's textile quotas should be reduced, given a U.S. C [...]	2004-03-29 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KTEX VM
04HANOI891	Vietnam: Negotiations with the GVN on an Adoptions [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations on an adoptions Protocol on March 11 and 12 made progress, but final agreement was not reached. Despite repeated USG assertions prior to the talks that the USG would not negotiate a new treaty, the largest sticking point for the GVN was their insistence on a tre [...]	2004-03-30 02:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI898	VIETNAM: STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reform of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector is one of the primary pillars of Vietnam's reform efforts and ongoing transition to a market economy. Relying on a four-pronged strategy that includes increasing competition, hardening budget constraints, divesting "non- strateg [...]	2004-03-30 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID VM SOE
04HANOI962	VFM BANG ON UPCOMING VISITS, HUMAN RIGHTS, SHIPS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP PHUM MARR VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI998	LETTERS FROM FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (U) During the January visit of Senator Brownback, Father Nguyen Van Ly provided his staff with copies of letters -- written while in prison, in Vietnamese -- that he had written to Parliamentary audiences in Europe and the U.S. and to the Catholic hierarchy in Vietnam. (Reftel provides tr [...]	2004-04-09 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HARARE1067	COSMETIC ELECTORAL REFORMS EMERGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Electoral law changes proposed by the ruling party last week appear to be attempts to project a more level political playing field without jeopardizing the party's absolute grip on power in the run-up to next March's scheduled parliamentary elections. The proposals provide for [...]	2004-06-29 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1157	STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...]	2004-07-15 05:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP
04HARARE1201	OPPOSITION GIRDS FOR TREASON TRIAL VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC is preparing for the possibility that its President, Morgan Tsvangirai, will be found guilt of treason in a verdict scheduled to be issued July 29. Tsvangirai told the Ambassador July 19 that the party woul SIPDIS boycott elections and not negotiate with the ruling part [...]	2004-07-20 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE1313	ZIMBABWE AND THE SADC ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proliferation of meetings relating to election standards in the run-up to next month's scheduled SADC summit in part reflects Zimbabwean and regional efforts to lower domestic and international tensions associated with Zimbabwe's political crisis. Central to the effort are draf [...]	2004-07-30 10:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1335	REGIONAL ELECTION CONFERENCE CHALLENGES GOZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an NGO-sponsored conference on regional electoral reforms, senior ruling party officials sounded familiar election-related themes to a critical audience of domestic and regional parliamentarians, regional election commissioners and administrators, and NGO representatives. They [...]	2004-08-06 08:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1417	MUGABE TAKES ON CATHOLICS AT ARCHBISHOP'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the August 21 installation of the new Archbishop of Harare, President Mugabe stressed the need for Church and state to work with each other on issues of shared responsibility, including human rights and education. He invited the new Archbishop to work with him but blasted Cat [...]	2004-08-23 15:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI
04HARARE1444	OPPOSITION REITERATES TENTATIVE BOYCOTT OF [...] (U) The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) announced August 25 that the party,s National Executive had decided to suspend participation in elections. In a briefing to the diplomatic corps the same day, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai said the GOZ,s proposed election reforms were n [...]	2004-08-26 15:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
04HARARE1498	Tobacco Output Off 72 Percent [...] Zimbabwe's three auction floors have concluded the 2004 tobacco season. Once the world's number one exporter of tobacco, shrinking harvests have translated into less export revenue and less foreign exchange for the central bank's official currency auctions. Cotton is currently rapidly overta [...]	2004-09-03 07:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1562	ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION SPACE OPENING? [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa told poloff on September 14 that the party was finding it easier to conduct rallies around the country, although no-go areas remained. In a surprise move, Mudzinga said Election Registrar General Mudede had agreed to share [...]	2004-09-17 08:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO ZI MDC
04HARARE1585	Tobacco Merchant Adjusts to Post-Land Reform [...] (SBU) Executives of U.S. tobacco merchant Dimon forecast Zimbabwe will experience another frustrating harvest in 2005, as the firm's buying continues to shift away from the auction floors and toward contract growing. Dimon does not believe it can revive the interest of Philip Morris and JT Int [...]	2004-09-23 07:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1703	ZIMBABWE LABOR: IF YOU PRICK US, DO WE NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In wide-ranging discussions with EconOff, Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions (ZCTU) affiliates described the toil required to fight for members' living wages. While workers and employers agree on the macro problem (the GOZ),disputes remain over wages and working conditions. [...]	2004-10-13 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE1756	GOZ TO OPEN MEDIA SPACE? [...] (C) On October 18, CEO Sam Nkomo of The Daily News (TDN),the independent daily that was closed by the GOZ in September 2003 and has been unsuccessful in its efforts to reopen (ref B),met with the Charge to discuss the status of TDN's consolidated court appeal. Although Nkomo did not identif [...]	2004-10-21 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO ZI
04HARARE1842	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PARTY TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for Democratic Change Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on November 4 updated poloff SIPDIS on the developing itinerary of opposition party leaders, including regional travel and a planned trip by him and Party President Morgan Tsvangirai to the United States in mid-No [...]	2004-11-08 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE188	MDC UPDATE ON PROGRESS IN TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on January 30 told the Ambassador that he expected to engage his ruling party interlocutor, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, soon on key issues relating to prospective talks. A new electoral law would address many issues, while the fate of [...]	2004-02-03 04:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SA ZI MDC
04HARARE1898	Nickel Exporter Using Just 2 of 4 Mines [...] (SBU) On a recent site visit to Bindura Nickel Corp (BNC) in Mashonaland Central, General Manager R. Chinamatira complained to us of Zimbabwe's worsening export climate. Even though nickel reached a 20-year high on world markets this year, BNC is operating only two of four mines. By increasi [...]	2004-11-18 15:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1914	JOYCE MUJURU SLATED FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling ZANU-PF party has probably temporarily deferred succession tensions within its ranks by tapping Minister of Water Resources and Infrastructural Development Joyce Mujuru as its second Vice-President at party provincial meetings on November 21. Provincial executives lef [...]	2004-11-23 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE199	PARLIAMENT PASSES LAND ACQUISITION ACT AMENDMENTS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considerable debate, Parliament on January 28 passed a controversial Land Acquisition Amendment (LAA) Bill. The bill scales back due process protections for property owners and expands the categories of properties that may be confiscated under the government's land reform [...]	2004-02-04 11:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC ECON EAGR 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
04HARARE2052	GIDEON GONO: ZIMBABWE,S WOULD-BE KINGMAKER? [...] (C) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, claiming to be speaking on behalf of President Mugabe, told the Ambassador that Mugabe wanted better relations with the U.S. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. welcomed these overtures, but that we needed to see real changes that matched the rhe [...]	2004-12-17 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI
04HARARE2053	SECOND ELECTORAL BILL PASSES ZIM PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, Parliament passed the Electoral Bill, the second of the electoral reform bills (reftel). The bill incorporated amendments proposed by both parties, (though not all the MDC's proposals) and was not rejected by the MDC-dominated Parliamentary Legal Committee. If [...]	2004-12-17 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE2055	MDC AWAITS NEW PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARIES [...] (U) On December 15, Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa announced that the Delimitation Commission, which establishes new boundaries for parliamentary constituencies, had completed its work in preparation for the March elections and would soon be presenting its report to President Mugabe. Ch [...]	2004-12-20 16:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE2063	MUGABE, OLD GUARD ASCENDANT IN NEW POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe on December 17 announced a new 50-member Politburo. The new membership confirms the decline in influence of Speaker of the Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa as well as the fall from grace of hard-liners Information Minister Jonathan Moyo and Minister of Justice Patr [...]	2004-12-21 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE2071	MDC OFFICIAL ON POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa on December 15 updated poloff on MDC priorities and activities in the run-up to the March parliamentary elections. He identified steps ZANU-PF had taken that were leading to a more open political environment, but said the p [...]	2004-12-23 13:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE249	RESHUFFLING THE OLD GUARD [...] SUMMARY: (C) On February 10, President Robert Mugabe announced a new cabinet that looks very similar to the old one. Only one minister was removed from cabinet, the rest either retaining their posts or being moved to other positions. The absence of significant change in a ZANU-PF government [...]	2004-02-10 13:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE268	CONVERSATION WITH MDC'S MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AND [...] (c) Summary. Ambassador and DCM dined with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube on February 12. The MDC leaders commented on Tsvangirai's ongoing treason trial. Ncube and Tsvangirai both confirmed that putative talks with ZANU-PF are going nowhere despite wh [...]	2004-02-13 07:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC

04HARARE298	GOZ SETS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR MARCH AS [...] SUMMARY: The GOZ's February 19 announcement that parliamentary elections would be conducted in March 2004 follows a series of setbacks to prospects that their conduct would be free and fair. During the past week, the GOZ withdrew its request for UN involvement in elections; extended the perm [...]	2004-02-19 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE314	BOMB REPORTEDLY DEFUSED AT JUSTICE MINISTER'S [...] (C) An Embassy FSN whose family is close to the family of Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa reported on February 22 that, according to Chinamasa's secretary, an unidentified woman delivered a suspicious package to the Minister's office last week. In the course of opening the package, the se [...]	2004-02-23 13:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ZI
04HARARE351	MUGABE CLOSES THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a long, rambling birthday interview with a slavish Zimbabwe Broadcast Corporation Newsnet interviewer, President Mugabe all but ruled out dialogue with the MDC and clumsily sought to divide the MDC from its President, Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe criticized many African leaders, including [...]	2004-02-27 04:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZI
04HARARE397	OPPOSITION LEADER ON TALKS STALEMATE, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on March 2 that MDC and ZANU-PF delegations in South Africa March 1 each rebuffed South African government efforts to convene a meeting between the two. He was encouraged by President Mbeki's meeting with the MDC delegatio [...]	2004-03-04 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE41	SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR HOPES FOR EARLY PROGRESS [...] Summary: South African Ambassador Ndou presented a positive description of possibilities for progress toward resolution of Zimbabwe's political crisis based on President Mbeki's Dec 18 visit. Ndou believed the next steps were for ZANU/PF and MDC negotiators to finalize their discussions on t [...]	2004-01-08 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF ZI
04HARARE47	OPPOSITION LEADER UPBEAT ON 2004 [...] (C) SUMMARY: With qualified optimism, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai offered an assessment of Zimbabwe's political landscape to Ambassador Sullivan during lunch on January 7 at the Residence. Tsvangirai identified mobilization of membership, coordination with civil society, and improving th [...]	2004-01-08 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC
04HARARE501	CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On March 22, Poloff met with Shaohua Duan, Third Secretary (Economic and Commercial) of the Embassy of the SIPDIS People's Republic of China to discuss Chinese humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. Duan, who arrived in July 2002, told Poloff that Chinese assistance was limited by China's [...]	2004-03-23 14:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CH EAID PHUM PREF PREL ZI
04HARARE580	WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION WITH SENIOR MDC OFFICIALS [...] (c) Comment. On April 2, the Ambassador and DCM met with MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube and MDC Spokesman Paul Themba Nyathi to discuss, inter alia, South African President Mbeki's effort to broker interparty talks between the MDC and ZANU-PF. Ncube detailed March 1 meetings with Mbe [...]	2004-04-05 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE649	MDC RESTRUCTURING ITSELF FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai reported to the Ambassador that the party was radically restructuring itself with a focus on contesting elections, despite the fact that the party had not made a final decision to contest the March 2005 polls. Tsvangirai asserted that [...]	2004-04-16 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI MDC
04HARARE752	WHITHER THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fledgling opposition MDC is suffering from some basic but critical problems: infighting within the higher ranks, insufficient communication and consultation with the broader membership, despondency, and increasing criticism from within the party. These factors coupled with ZA [...]	2004-05-05 11:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE84	UN CONSIDERING ZIMBABWE'S REQUEST FOR ELECTION [...] (C) UN Resrep Victor Angelo told us over lunch Jan 14 that in response to a written, formal GOZ request for UN assistance in organizing the 2005 parliamentary elections, the UN Mission in Zimbabwe has engaged in a series of consultations with GOZ officials and the opposition MDC. Angelo said t [...]	2004-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
04HARARE858	ZANU-PF STAGES DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MDC MP ROY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 20, ZANU-PF staged a demonstration in downtown Harare against MDC MP Roy Bennett. The demonstration came two days after Bennett assaulted Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa in Parliament when the latter commented on the government seizure of Bennett's farm. END SUMMARY [...]	2004-05-21 08:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC
04HELSINKI1137	GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...]	2004-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN
04HELSINKI1288	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) I spoke today with Jaakko Kalela, President Halonen's chief of staff. I noted news reports over the past few days that a cache of weapons, mostly handguns, had been seized in Finland. Just today Finnish customs officials have reported that these weapons were transiting Finland, from China [...]	2004-10-01 13:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1420	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...]	2004-11-04 17:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1486	FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to Prime Minister Vanhanen. On November 19, Poloff received feedback from Leena Aalto, Counselor in the MFA's EU Affairs Division. Aalto's remarks were keyed to the issues cover [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI
04HELSINKI1547	FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...]	2004-12-10 14:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC
04HOCHIMINHCITY1024	(SBU) DPRK REFUGEE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" RUNS THROUGH [...] (SBU) We met August 3 with a counterpart at the ROK Consulate in HCMC to follow up on press reports that the four hundred and fifty North Korean refugees that defected recently to South Korea did so via HCMC. (On July 27 and July 28, 450 North Koreans refugees arrived in Seoul, the single lar [...]	2004-08-05 01:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KS KN CH VM DPRK
04HOCHIMINHCITY1246	EB PDAS DONNELLY MEETS WITH HCMC TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 29 visit to Ho Chi Minh City, EB Bureau PDAS Donnelly met representatives of Vietnam's textile and apparel industry to discuss Vietnam's competitiveness following expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and Vietnam's bid for WTO acces [...]	2004-10-07 04:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV KTEX VM WTO
04HOCHIMINHCITY1270	DANANG - WAITING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO PAY OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Consulate visit to Danang led by the CG highlighted the city's eagerness to serve as a gateway to Central Vietnam and mainland Southeast Asia. City leaders have boosted infrastructure investment, developing roads and a deep-sea port; now they are hoping their efforts will pay [...]	2004-10-08 10:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI VM ASEAN LABOR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1383	FORMER PM VO VAN KIET ON U.S. TIES, WTO, ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform policy and an informal advisor to the GVN and the Party, stressed to the Consul General October 30 that Vietnam is on the verge of eliminating the last vestiges of its central planning system, div [...]	2004-11-04 07:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAID EFIN ETRD VM WTO SOE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1404	NGUYEN CAO KY VISITS HCMC AGAIN - ADVISING THE GVN? [...] (SBU) Summary: We met November 9 in HCMC with former Vice President of the Republic of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky, who made headlines with a well-publicized reconciliation visit to Vietnam in January 2004. Ky told us he was back on a "quiet working visit" to engage the GVN on Viet Kieu reco [...]	2004-11-09 12:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL ECON VM HUMANR ETMIN CVR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1528	VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN ECONOMIC TRIANGLE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and ConGen team traveled to Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to examine the two provinces' economic performance that is double the national average. Local officials credit their economic success to 1990's policy decisions creating the southern economic zones. I [...]	2004-12-13 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM PHUM KIRF SOE RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY226	AMERICAN BUSINESS REPS IN HO CHI MINH CITY LOVE BTA, HATE [...] (SBU) During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City on February 17-18, Staff Director for the Senate Appropriations Committee James Morhard met a group of American businesspeople resident in Ho Chi Minh City. They reviewed their challenges and successes here in Vietnam and raised concerns about the fu [...]	2004-03-04 10:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	VM ECON EPET ETRD KTEX OREP BTA
04HOCHIMINHCITY255	HO CHI MINH CITY OPENS THE DOOR TO CATHOLIC CHARITABLE [...] (SBU) In a small dinner on March 1 at his 100-year-old residence, Cardinal Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of HCMC, told the Consul General that he had just received a letter from Ho Chi Minh City authorities seeking assistance in dealing with the growing HIV/AIDS problem. The letter, signed by the [...]	2004-03-09 13:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HIV AIDS RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY374	A KINDERGARTEN FOR CAN GIO: THE U.S. NAVY CONNECTS WITH [...] (SBU) On March 14, 2004, Consul General participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a kindergarten built with the assistance of the U.S. Navy and funding from a U.S. NGO. Ground was first broken on this project back in November 2003, during a port call to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) by the U [...]	2004-04-07 03:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV SOCI PREL VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY873	RECENT NGO STATEMENTS ON DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST KHUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has spoken separately with the wife and two of the adult children (strictly protect) of detained democracy activist Tran Khue over the past two weeks, to follow up on a recent report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) concerning the status of his case. While t [...]	2004-07-01 08:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM HUMANR
04ISTANBUL1807	TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...]	2004-12-06 11:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
04JAKARTA12319	INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...]	2004-12-14 11:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID
04KATHMANDU1096	NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: No deportations of Tibetan refugees have been reported since the last refugee update of February 26, 2004 (Ref A). However, refugees who make the dangerous passage continue to face other risks. For example, the reports of abuse of three female refugees in April appear to have l [...]	2004-06-14 08:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PBTS PTER NP CH
04KATHMANDU1304	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 7 TO 12, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Govt. ready to talk to Maoists: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government was ready to talk with the Maoists on any political agenda with maximum flexibility except on constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy. (Media reports, 7/12) -- Mo [...]	2004-07-13 04:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1353	NEPAL: KING OFFERS VIEWS AT AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 20-minute one-on-one after I presented my credentials on July 16, Nepal's King Gyanendra told me that he wanted to be a constitutional monarch, and would take a "hands-off" approach now that Prime Minister Deuba had formed a government. The King described ongoing U.S. assist [...]	2004-07-16 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP PGOV PINS PTER PHUM NP
04KATHMANDU1418	NEPAL: DEUBA PLANS ELECTIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During their first meeting on July 23, Prime Minister Deuba reiterated to the Ambassador Nepal's gratitude to the U.S., and especially to President Bush, for supporting Nepal's development and counter-insurgency efforts. Deuba emphasized the need for a coalition of democratic forc [...]	2004-07-26 01:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PREF NP GON
04KATHMANDU1479	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER KHADKA ON MAOISTS, REFUGEES, [...] (S) Summary. Nepal's Home Minister Khadka discussed the role of the Nepal Police in the Government of Nepal's counter-insurgency effort as well as Tibetan and Bhutanese refugee issues with Ambassador Moriarty on July 27. Khadka suggested he was supportive of the idea of Nepal supplying troop [...]	2004-07-30 07:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP GON
04KATHMANDU1493	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 27 TO [...] NEPAL - U.S. -- U.S. assistance for Nepal's flood victims: "The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal James F. Moriarty handed over a cheque of U.S.$ 50,000 to Karin Hakensson-Furga, representative of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist the government of Nepal to respond to the [...]	2004-08-03 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1696	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 17 TO 23, [...] MAOIST BLOCKADE -- RNA providing air cover: The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is to provide air cover as security for vehicles entering and leaving Kathmandu in an attempt to break the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley. (Centrist "The Kathmandu Post," E/D, 8/23) -- Int'l media spreading ru [...]	2004-08-25 03:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1697	NEPAL: THE CPN-UML PARTY (C-NE4-00843) [...] (U) Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to help inform the Department's analytic process. Post's responses are keyed to Ref A questions by letter. ================= HISTORY, PLATFORM ================= 2. (C) The modern CPN-UML party is a centrist European social-democratic style p [...]	2004-08-25 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR NP
04KATHMANDU1705	NSC OFFICIAL ON THE MAOIST INSURGENCY, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Maoist overall objective is the creation of a single-party "People's Republic" in Nepal, according to Major General Kul Bahadur Khadka, co-coordinator of Nepal's National Security Council. Khadka told the Ambassador on August 24 that the Maoist leadership would be willing to achieve [...]	2004-08-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PGOV NP IN
04KATHMANDU205	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: January 27 to [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Valley bandh: The Kathmandu valley is shutdown due to the one-day strike called by the five agitating parties. (Major reports, 2/2) -- Parties threaten to flare up their agitation: The five agitating political parties, following King Gyanendra's interview with Time m [...]	2004-02-03 03:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU466	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Summary. On March 15, DCM and PolOff called on Home Ministry Joint Secretary U.P. Mainali to discuss Tibetan refugee issues as raised reftel. The DCM thanked Mainali for his effort in processing exit permits for Tibetans who were eligible for U.S. immigrant visas. The DCM expressed conce [...]	2004-03-16 08:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL CVIS CH NP
04KATHMANDU554	NEPAL UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU NP UNHRC
04KATHMANDU580	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM 16 TO 22 MARCH [...] MAOIST INSURGENCY -- Massive attack in Myagdi district headquarters: Maoist rebels launched a huge attack in Beni, Myagdi district headquarters on Saturday night. The Maoists took the District Police Office (DPO),Chief District Officer and 39 security personnel. The Maoists completely de [...]	2004-03-29 07:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU758	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: A HISTORICAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. The history and complexity of the Bhutanese refugee situation is worth recollecting in the light of reliable documentation. The first Nepali-speaking immigrants settled in Bhutan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at the invitation of the then-King of Bhutan in an effor [...]	2004-04-22 05:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BT
04KATHMANDU866	NEPAL: DAS CAMP MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Minister (Dr.) Bekh Bahadur Thapa on May 5, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Donald Camp stressed the importance of human rights and the restoration of a democratic government to continued USG suppo [...]	2004-05-06 23:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF EINV NP
04KATHMANDU879	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 1-7, 2004 [...] On May 4, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) reacted angrily to its inclusion on the U.S. Terrorist Exclusion List (REF A). Following continued Maoist threats and violence against their work in the far-west region of Nepal, some international donors announced on May 6 that they would susp [...]	2004-05-07 08:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KINSHASA1492	MONUC FEARS URANIUM SMUGGLING IN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MONUC official based in Katanga province recently visited Shinkolobwe, a local mining area and source of uranium, and expressed concern to Kinshasa-based diplomats about possible illegal uranium-related mining activity. Although Post sees no cause for immediate alarm, Shinkolobw [...]	2004-08-09 12:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN PINR KNNP CG
04KINSHASA1540	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 05 THROUGH AUG 12 [...] Prices remain stable despite the collapse of the Mai- Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates are very stable. COPIREP will pay out USD 11.5 million in severance packages to liquidate three Congolese banks. The government of the People's Republic of China is funding construction of a 150 bed hospital [...]	2004-08-13 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1657	STATEMENTS BY CIAT AND THE GDRC ON THE RCD-G'S [...] (U) The CIAT and the GDRC issued statements concerning the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma's (RCD-G) decision to suspend their participation in the institutions of the transitions, except the army. The following are unofficial translations of the statements issued by each entity: COMMUN [...]	2004-09-02 06:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1958	CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT PLANNING VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Special Ambassador Andre Kapanga told PolCouns October 18 that he and Foreign Minister Ramazani (possibly with other government officials) will be visiting China the first week of November, followed by a 4-day visit to North Korea. Kapanga said the delegation will [...]	2004-10-21 13:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC PINR PREL CG CH KN
04KINSHASA2122	DRC VISIT TO CHINA, N. KOREA - HYDROELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisor Andre Kapanga, the second-ranking official on the DRC delegation to China and North Korea, told PolCouns November 17 that meetings focused on investment opportunities in the DRC, particularly hydroelectrical generation and production of roof tiles. China off [...]	2004-11-19 07:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV CG CH KN
04KUWAIT1316	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 17-19: IRAQ: SHIA REBELS; [...] SUMMARY: Outrage at both the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi and what is widely perceived as the American submission to Sharon's settlement plan joins continued condemnation of the violence in Iraq. Former Islamist MP Abel Muhsin Jamal wrote in independent Al-Qabas (4/14)," [...]	2004-04-20 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2272	Kuwait Investment Climate Statement [...] Kuwait - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement a) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Kuwait. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Department of Comme [...]	2004-07-21 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KU OPIC
04KUWAIT2335	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, the Ambassador paid farewell visits to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah. Discussions centered largely on the situation in Iraq, including the Interim Government's ability to secure the country in the face o [...]	2004-07-27 06:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT2596	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE - AUGUST 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this version of the Kuwait Oil Update: the long-awaited Project Kuwait is given draft approval by the Supreme Petroleum Council; Kuwait Petroleum Company CEO Nader Al-Sultan tenders his resignation; the GOK moves forward in its hunt for gas supplies; a fourth refinery is pl [...]	2004-08-15 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV BEXP KU IZ IR
04KUWAIT3465	KUWAITI FM SAYS FUEL ISSUE RESOLVED; DRIVER ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a 50-minute meeting on October 4, Ambassador and Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammed committed to continued fuel for U.S. forces in Iraq, to be supplied at "close to zero" cost. The FM said that signing of a contract was a necessary political/legal formality and asked that U.S. team be [...]	2004-10-04 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT4389	CHINA AND ITALY TO STORE KUWAIT'S STRATEGIC [...] (C) A senior advisor to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Poloff on December 15 that Kuwait had concluded an agreement with China -- reportedly through a China-based Chevron subsidiary -- for the storage of part of its foreign-based "Strategic Petroleum Reserve," (SPR) bolster [...]	2004-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL KU CH IT
04LAGOS128	NIGERIA: A THRIVING MARKET IN IVORY [...] (C) EST&H officer met on December 16 with a reluctant Deputy Director of Environment and Conservation, M. M. Omar (Protect) to discuss illegal trade in ivory in Nigeria as reported in a December 15, 2003 BBC article entitled, "West Africa's Ivory Trade Thrives". According to Deputy Director [...]	2004-01-21 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PBTS ECON NI CITES
04LAGOS2329	NIGERIA: SECOND ATTEMPT AT NITEL TELECOM [...] (U) Summary: Nearly three years after a failed attempt to privatize state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is again seeking investors for the company. Currently under a three-year management contract with Dutch company, Pentascope BV, NI [...]	2004-11-18 12:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS524	NITEL: NEW MANAGEMENT, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: One year into its three-year management of Nigeria's national carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),the Netherlands' Pentascope International has generated surprisingly little change. Executives remain optimistic, but given Pentascope's slow progress in implementi [...]	2004-03-10 16:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS617	NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: Recent conversations suggest the Nigerian telecommunications industry is evolving rapidly. Officials at Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) say they hope to take NITEL public in June; M-Tel executives say they expect to complete the installation of a 1.2 million line mob [...]	2004-03-22 13:09:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON NI
04LILONGWE1108	GARMENT MAKERS NOT PANICKING ABOUT QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Despite the impending demise of quotas, Malawi's garment makers expect to see few changes in the U.S. market in the near future. They are banking on the prospect of protective measures against China becoming a reality in the next few months. Malawi-based companies also have lower capit [...]	2004-12-02 09:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX MI
04LILONGWE188	AGOA III: INFORMATION ON MALAWIAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] THIS CABLE IS IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES IN AGOA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. TEXTILES -------- 2. THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN MALAWI IS SMALL AND UNDERDEVELOPED. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY TEXTILE FACTORY, MAPETO (DWSM) LIMITED (FORMERLY DAV [...]	2004-03-04 13:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KTEX PREL MI AGOA
04LILONGWE499	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MALAWI [...] The following is the June 2004 update of Malawi's Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy, without restrictions on ownership, size of inve [...]	2004-06-08 13:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV MI
04MADRID1079	SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...]	2004-03-30 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC
04MADRID1690	TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 10:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TW SP WHO
04MADRID2416	SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...]	2004-06-25 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN
04MADRID2618	SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON JULY 12-13 EU FMS [...] (C) Summary: Spain sees the EU-ASEM summit in danger over the insistence of Asian nations to include Burma as a full member. The GOS supports the opening of an EC office in Baghdad and stresses the importance of holding at least one of the two planned elections in Afghanistan this Fall. On t [...]	2004-07-09 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID2844	SPAIN SUPPORTS REVISED DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 13:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SU SP UNSC
04MADRID3839	SPAIN FAVORS CODE OF CONDUCT WITH THE LIFTING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR/WE Director Kathleen Allegrone, Charge, and Poloff delivered reftel talking points and discussed U.S. human rights concerns at all levels of the Spanish MFA September 28-30. Spain believes that the Code of Conduct is sufficient to monitor arms sales to China of EU states. [...]	2004-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH EUN
04MADRID3951	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]	2004-10-08 12:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID3969	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]	2004-10-08 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4116	SPANISH ON ITER HOME [...] (U) ESTHOFF made reftel points October 19-22 to: (1) Juan Antonio Rubio, Director General of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Technology Investigation (CIEMAT); (2) Francisco Javier Arana Landa, Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce; ( [...]	2004-10-22 15:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	TRGY TSPL TNGD ENRG SP
04MADRID4445	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...]	2004-11-22 07:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4488	SPAIN: LATEST ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CH SP EUN
04MADRID4613	SPAIN BETS ON WINDPOWER [...] (SBU) Spain's "new" Socialist Party (PSOE) Government, unlike its center-right predecessor, appears be taking quite seriously the commitment, enshrined in domestic law and EU Directive, to derive 12 percent of energy consumption from renewable energy sources by 2010. Renewable energy sources [...]	2004-12-03 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SP
04MADRID822	SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN [...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...]	2004-03-10 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP UNHRC
04MADRID998	CHR 60 - DEMARCHE REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) Political Counselor conveyed reftel points March 23 to Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Ramon Gil-Casares, stressing the importance of passage of these resolutions for the USG. We also passed our points to MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations Departments. Juan Manuel Cabre [...]	2004-03-24 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC
04MANAMA1175	BAHRAIN - JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV BA OPIC
04MANAMA1823	CODEL HAGEL MEETS WITH CROWN PRINCE AT GULF [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met with Senators Chuck Hagel, Dianne Feinstein and Lincoln Chafee and their staff on December 4 on the margins of the "Gulf Dialogue," an international conference sponsored by the GOB and organized by the London-based Inte [...]	2004-12-07 14:01:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OTRA BA IZ IS
04MANAMA1891	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Hill said that Australia is staying in the Iraq coalition and is looking at how its forces can be more useful. DNSA [...]	2004-12-15 12:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AU IZ BA
04MANAMA339	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: [...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]	2004-03-11 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA351	BAHRAIN AND THE 6OTH SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-13 13:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA410	BAHRAIN TO STUDY CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-25 09:37:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA429	ENCOURAGING CHR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 10:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA485	BAHRAIN NON-COMMITTAL ON CUBA AND CHINA UNCHR [...] (U) Foreign Affairs MinState Muhammad Abdulghaffar responded to Charge's April 3 delivery of reftel demarche with a promise to refer the matter to his staff and Geneva mission for study. On April 6, MFA Director for International Organization Affairs said he had of no new instructions and w [...]	2004-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA799	SOME BAHRAINIS RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO PLAN FOR [...] SUMMARY. Assistant USTR for Labor WIlliam Clatanoff, who visited Bahrain May 9-13, sounded a clarion call warning to Bahrainis that its textile and garment industry is in danger from the WTO-mandated end to the textile quota system. He made clear that the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) [...]	2004-05-26 14:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KTEX PGOV PREL ETRD KWMN KMPI BA
04MAPUTO1183	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AFONSO DHLAKAMA TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition party RENAMO's presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama will visit Washington following his attendance at the Republican National Convention. RENAMO party officials consider Dhlakama's visit to Washington key for both the party's and the candidate's credibility. As in p [...]	2004-09-02 08:21:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV ETRD MZ RENAMO
04MAPUTO1196	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GUEBUZA ON BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-06 09:56:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1398	SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. -------------- MACROECONOMICS -------------- 2. (U) The GRM reports that the Mozambican economy is in line with the 8% growth rate target for 2004. Economic activity grew by 8.4% in the first six month [...]	2004-10-21 15:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1432	MOZAMBIQUE: FY 2004 BFIF COMMERCIAL OUTREACH REPORT [...] SUMMARY. In September-October, econ/poloffs and econ/commercial and political assistants traveled to five Mozambican provinces visiting various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial and investment activities and evaluate the business climat [...]	2004-10-29 10:21:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO1607	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 14:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ MPP
04MAPUTO180	JANUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 07:45:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO30	DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) In December, KPMG Mozambique announced the "Top 100 Businesses in Mozambique" for 2002. The list was topped by Mozal, the large South African-owned aluminum smelter, generating the highest revenues for a firm in-country (foreign or nationally-owned) in 2002. Six US companies ranked in the [...]	2004-01-08 14:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO340	FEBRUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: [...] (U) In a meeting with Mozambique country director and marketing manager for South Africa's Vodacom, Econ/Poloffs learned that the firm has already captured 12-13% of the national cell phone market. Vodacom began operating in Mozambique in December 2003 and launched strong campaigns in three key [...]	2004-03-12 10:12:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO625	APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) With significant Mozambican official travel to China in April (President Chissano, Minister of Industry and Commerce Morgado, Minister of Labor Sevene, Minister of Agriculture Muteia, and others),the Government of China announced its willingness to support the building of mega- projects [...]	2004-05-10 05:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO776	ECONOMIC ACTIVITIY INCREASES IN A REMOTE PROVINCE: CABO [...] (U) SUMMARY. More foreign operators are moving in to take advantage of resource-rich opportunities in the poor province of Cabo Delgado. Operators of Middle-Eastern, South Asian, and European descent, are bringing employment and increased production to the community, although the lack of infras [...]	2004-06-15 08:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ EAGR EFIS
04MUMBAI2478	ISRAEL REOPENS CONSULATE IN MUMBAI [...] (C) On November 15 visiting Israeli MFA officials briefed Acting PO and Pol/Econ Chief on Israel's decision to reopen its consulate in Mumbai. Israel closed its consulate in Mumbai in mid-2003 as part of cost-cutting measures that affected Israeli diplomatic posts around the world, Israeli MFA [...]	2004-11-29 10:05:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TSPA PTER IS IN GOI
04NASSAU1515	PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIEâ€™S CHINA TRIP, THE LATEST IN A STRING OF VISITS [...] (SBU) Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie will lead an official government delegation to China on August 14-21, continuing a two-year upswing in diplomatic exchanges between The Bahamas and China. In addition to numerous cultural programs, the two nations have exchanged high-level delegations to [...]	2004-08-11 13:21:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP BTIO ECON SCUL CH BF ASEC
04NEWDELHI5734	INDIA RATTLED BY DEVELOPMENTS IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh watchers in New Delhi have reacted with concern to recent violence there, citing the August 21 attack on opposition leader Sheikh Hasina as symptomatic of a deterioration in the country's political culture, fueling instability in Bangladesh which contributes directly to [...]	2004-09-10 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV BG IN
04NEWDELHI6983	INDIA ENCOURAGES DEMOCRACY IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: India underlined its concerns about the lack of democracy in Burma during the recent visit of Rangoon's military leader Than Shwe, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself delivering the message, MEA Joint Secretary (South East Asia - I) Mitra Vashishta told us on SIPDIS November 1. [...]	2004-11-02 08:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM CN

04NEWDELHI7013	NSSP PHASE ONE: REVIEWING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PENDING [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of two cables reporting on the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group. USG and GOI counterparts met in two positive and productive sessions of the NSSP Implementation Group on October 20-21 to review accomplishments under Phase One and [...]	2004-11-03 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP

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