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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00ABUDHABI5893 |
SULTAN BIN ZAYID: "MUST THE U.S. BE TOUGHER THAN THE ISRAELIS ON PALESTINE?" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY THEODORE H. KATTOUF, AMBASSADOR, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A FRIENDLY BUT CLEARLY FRUSTRATED SULTAN BIN ZAYID, UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND SECOND SON OF PRESIDENT ZAYID BIN SULTAN, CONVEYED TO AMBASSADOR IN FRANK, DELIBERATE TERMS OCTOBER 29 HIS OWN "AND [...] |
2000-10-31 08:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF TC |
| 00ANKARA8112 |
TURKEY: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) COMBATTING TERRORISM IS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN TURKEY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY. THE GOT APPROACHES THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS WITH AN OUTLOOK SIMILAR TO THE USG'S INTERNATIONAL, COORDINATED APPROACH. THE DANGER POSED TO TURKEY BY TERRORISM IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THE THREE POSTS OF TH [...] |
2000-12-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
| 00COLOMBO968 |
LTTE OFFERS TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE SRI LANKAN ARMY HAVING PULLED BACK TO NEW DEFENSIVE LINES AND A SLOWDOWN IN LTTE ADVANCES OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE JAFFNA FRONT, THE LTTE HAS OFFERED A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE TO ALLOW GSL FORCES TO "WITHDRAW FROM THE UNFAVORABLE THEATER OF WAR WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR." THE O [...] |
2000-05-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MOPS PREL CE |
| 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 |
| 00HANOI1493 |
CENTRAL COMMITTEE BLESSES KEY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REPORTS AFTER DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TENTH COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM, WHICH CONCLUDED JULY 4, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FINALIZING KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS FOR THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS NEXT MARCH. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AGREED ON DRAFT TEXTS OF THE [...] |
2000-07-10 11:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD PREL VM |
| 00HANOI1671 |
DISSIDENT HA SY PHU CONTINUES TO BE QUESTIONED BY POLICE, ISOLATED FROM SUPPORTERS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DISSIDENT WRITER HA SY PHU REMAINS IN HIS HOME IN DALAT SUBJECT TO REGULAR QUESTIONING BY POLICE, MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER POLICE THREATENED TO CHARGE HIM WITH TREASON FOR HIS PRO-DEMOCRACY ESSAYS. AN INV [...] |
2000-08-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR VM HUMANR |
| 00HANOI2559 |
DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON LY TONG INCIDENT AND MFA BRIEFING NOTES [...] THE FOLLOWING DIPNOTE NO. 368, DATED 11/22/00 WAQS HANDED TO THE AMBASSADOR AT THE MEETING NOTED IN REFTEL. 2. BEGIN TEXT. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 0 [...] |
2000-11-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC VM |
| 00HANOI2560 |
AMBASSADOR'S 11/22/00 MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER BIN: LY TONG INCIDENT [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING HIS PRESENTATION OF VIEWS REGARDING THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON (REFTEL), VICE MINISTER BIN EXPRESSED HIS AND HIS GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN OVER THE LY TONG INCIDENT WHICH THE AMBASSADOR HAD RAISED. BIN PICKED UP ON THE AMBASSADOR'S REFERENCE TO TONG AS A [...] |
2000-11-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM |
| 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 |
| 00HANOI765 |
NOTES FROM SECDEF VISIT TO VIETNAM: PM KHAI TENSE, ANXIOUS TO DELIVER MESSAGE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) REFTELS HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE COHEN TO VIETNAM, WHICH PROVIDED A SIPDIS STRONG BOOST TO BILATERAL RELATIONS. ONE INTERESTING SIDEBAR TO HIS VISIT WAS THE ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN MEE [...] |
2000-04-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI839 |
PLANNING MINISTER AND HANO MAYOR REPRIMANDED BY VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTE [...] (U) CLASIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THREE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEBERS -- MINISTER OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT GIA, ANOI PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN NGHIEN, AND BIN THUAN PROVINCIAL PARTY CHIEF TRUNG -- WERE CENSRED FOR MISMANAGEMENT AT THE 10-DAY PLENUM [...] |
2000-04-20 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL VM TRD DPOL |
| 00HARARE2100 |
ZIMBABWE ON KAMPALA TALKS, DROC PROCESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. OCM THANKED ZIMBABWEAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE FOR HELPFUL ZIMBABWEAN ACTIONS IN KAMPALA. OURING THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION, THE MFA REPRESENTATIVE MADE HELPFUL NOISES ABOUT FACILITATING THE UPCOMING VISIT OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WOLPE, BUT WAS OUT OF [...] |
2000-04-14 11:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2230 |
GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON MUGABE'S STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN AN APRIL 24 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, GERMAN AMBASSADOR FRITZ FLIMM PASSED INFORMATION ABOUT AN ONGOING FARM OCCUPATION THAT HAD SEEN UPWARDS OF A THOUSAND SO-CALLED "WAR VETERANS" THREATEN A GERMAN NATIONAL AND OTHER FARM RESIDENTS WHILE OCCUPYING A LARGE: COMMERCIAL [...] |
2000-04-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE2865 |
ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION SEEKS [...] (C) ON MAY 30 AMBASSADOR, DCM, POL AND ECON OFFICERS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES (FORMER CFU PRESIDENT NICK SWANEPOEL, AND FARMERS JOHN HAINES AND PETER HENDERSON) OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) WHO GAVE A READOUT ON RECENT CONFIDENTIAL CFU/GOZ DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS ON LAND INVASI [...] |
2000-05-30 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EAID PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2894 |
ZANU-PF LEGAL SECRETARY ON LAND INVASIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF'S LEGAL SECRETARY, EDDISON ZVOGBO TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MAY 31 THAT THE "WAR VETERANS" WHO ARE OCCUPYING COMMERCIAL FARMS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AT THE END OF JUNE. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S EXPRESSION OF SERIOUS CONCERN, ZVOGBO [...] |
2000-05-31 17:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI PREL |
| 00HARARE3084 |
DETENTION OF CUBAN DEFECTORS BY ZIMBABWE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD TELEPHONED MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA, THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE OFFICIAL, TO REGISTER THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN WITH THE W [...] |
2000-06-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3112 |
CUBAN DOCTORS TO FLY TO NAIROBI TO COMPLETE [...] (SBU) REGIONAL INS OFFICER SANJEETA VARSANI ARRIVED IN HARARE FROM NAIROBI THE MORNING OF JUNE 9 AND WAS MET BY CONSUL. THE PAIR WENT DIRECTLY TO UNCHR. JOHN ADU, WHO INFORMED THEM THAT THE GOZ HAD NOT YET AUTHORIZED THE MEETING WITH THE CUBANS, GREETED CONSUL AND VARSANI. ADU THEN IMMEDIAT [...] |
2000-06-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CU ZI |
| 00HARARE3160 |
ZIMBABWE REPORTEDLY WANTS CUBANS DOCTORS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR OFFICIALS ADU AND SALOMONS CONTINUED IN THEIR QUEST TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS JUNE 12, AT ONE POINT TELLING THE INS OFFICER TO LEAVE THEM TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO [...] |
2000-06-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3164 |
UNHCR LAWYER SKETCHES OUT POSSIBLE END GAME FOR [...] (C) A DOWNCAST MICHIEL SALOMONS (PROTECT) BRIEFED DCM ON JUNE 13 ON WHAT HE VIEWS AS A WORSENING OUTLOOK FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. SALOMONS, WHO CONTINUES TO GET THE RUNAROUND FROM ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES, ALSO [...] |
2000-06-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3166 |
UN PULLS OUT OF ELECTION PROCESS; CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN ANNOUNCED AT A DONORS' MEETING JUNE 9 THAT IT WAS WITHDRAWING ITS ELECTORAL SUPPORT UNIT. THE UN CITED THREE REASONS: CHANGES IN ELECTORAL REGULATIONS GIVING A GOZ BODY CONTROL OVER ACCREDITATION FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS, WHICH THE UN HAD PLANNED TO COORDINATE; A NOTE [...] |
2000-06-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI EU |
| 00HARARE3168 |
IRI AND NDI OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FACE [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST; SEE PARAS 8-10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI) AND INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI) ARE FACING BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES THAT SO FAR HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM RECEIVING ACCREDITATION FROM [...] |
2000-06-13 16:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE3323 |
HANDING OVER CUBAN DOCTORS' PASSPORTS TO UNHCR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) DCM AND CONSUL MET WITH UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS THE MORNING OF JUNE 20 IN RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST THAT THE PASSPORTS OF CUBAN DOCTORS' LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ BE GIVEN TO U [...] |
2000-06-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3448 |
POLICE CLOSE DOWN MASIRE'S KINSHASA OFFICE [...] (C) ON JUNE 23 DCM DELIVERED A DEMARCHE TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 03448 230924Z HAMADZIRIPI PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION. DCM ALSO LEFT A NON-PAPER CONTAINING POINTS IN PARAS 1 AND 3 FOR HIS CONSID [...] |
2000-06-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3465 |
MINI SUMMIT IN HARARE PRESSURES KABILA TO ACCEPT MASIRE AS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG |
| 00HARARE3563 |
ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DEFER [...] (C) IN INTRODUCING CONSUL TO DOMINIC BARTSCH, UNHCR SENIOR DURABLE SOLUTIONS OFFICER (THE UN OFFICER REPLACING ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS), UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE SAID THAT MOVEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS HAD GROUND TO A HALT. HE TOLD US THAT THERE HAD BEEN [...] |
2000-06-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3674 |
CUBAN DOCTORS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR [...] (C) ON JULY 6 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE, SPEAKING FROM LUSAKA, INFORMED DCM THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR ON JULY 5. BAJULAIYE SAID THAT ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DID SO QUIETLY [...] |
2000-07-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE3759 |
INTIMIDATION AGAINST FARMERS AND MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FEARS OF A SPIKE IN VIOLENCE TO APRIL-MAY LEVELS FOLLOWING THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS HAVE SO FAR PROVEN UNFOUNDED, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISTURBING SIGNS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND ZANU-PF ARE CONTINUING THEIR PRE-ELECTION POLICY OF SPONSORING VIOL [...] |
2000-07-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE5270 |
GOVERNMENT RESORTS TO HAM-FISTED INTIMIDATION [...] (C) IN THEIR TWO-DAY RAID ON MDC OFFICES, POLICE AND CIO AGENTS SEIZED PAPER FILES AND DISKETTES, AND DOWNLOADED COMPUTER FILES. SEIZED DOCUMENTS INCLUDED THE MDC'S MEMBERSHIP LISTS, FUNDING SOURCES, STRATEGIES FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES AND THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND EV [...] |
2000-09-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5346 |
FORMER ARMY COMMANDER REPORTEDLY APPROACHES MDC [...] (C) SOLOMON MUJURU, RETIRED COMMANDER OF THE ARMY, RECENTLY SENT AN EMISSARY TO THE MDC, WITHOUT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S KNOWLEDGE, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC OFFICIAL. THE EMISSARY INFORMED THE MDC OF THE GOZ'S INTENTION TO PROVOKE VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS NATIONWIDE AS A PRETEXT FOR CRACKING DOWN [...] |
2000-09-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE5350 |
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES STOPGAP FUEL ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTING, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SIGNED A ZIM$2.5 BILLION (APPROXIMATELY USD 50 MILLION) LINE OF CREDIT WITH PRETRONAS, THE MALAYSIAN OIL COMPANY. MOTOR FUELS WILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE COUNTRY OVERLAND, BY RAIL AND ROAD, BY ENGEN. THE MALAYSIAN COMPANY, WHICH HAS [...] |
2000-09-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EIND PGOV AMGT ZI |
| 00HARARE5352 |
ZANU-PF MODERATE WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 21, DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS, AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDERE. THE DEPUTY MINISTER, A RELIABLE EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR IN HIS EARLIER POSITIONS, WAS CHARACTERISTICALLY FRANK IN HIS DISCUSSION OF ZANU-PF POLITICS AND H [...] |
2000-09-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5397 |
ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ), SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE'S FUEL SITUATION. AS REPORTED REF B, THE CBZ, AND GONO PERSONALLY, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING FUEL FLOWING INTO ZIMBABWE UNDER THE MOST ARDUO [...] |
2000-09-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA |
| 00HARARE5398 |
ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE U.S.-SADC JOINT [...] (C) DCM DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ZIMBABWE'S MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SEPTEMBER 26. HAMADZIRIPI, WHO STATED HE HAD SOME FAMILIARITY WITH CONVENTIONAL ARMS ISSUES, SAID ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE THE JOINT U.S.-SADC DECLARATION BUT WILL NEED TO REVIEW THE DRAFT L [...] |
2000-09-26 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE5460 |
MORGAN TSVANGIRAI INFORMS BRITISH HIGH [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 27 THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION HERE SHARED WITH US THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, CLASSIFIED "CONFIDENTIAL" AND SENT SEPTEMBER 22, CONCERNING MDC- SPONSORED MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE. PLEASE PROTECT THE SOURCE. MARK LYALL GRANT, REFERRED TO IN PARA. 2, IS A SENIOR OFFICER IN THE FOREI [...] |
2000-09-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PINS ZI |
| 00HARARE5461 |
ZANU-PF REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN DEAL WITH MDC [...] (C) ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR, THE OPPOSITION PARTY HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FEELERS FROM ZANU-PF ABOUT MAKING A DEAL THAT INVOLVES PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DEPARTURE FROM OFFICE. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI IS REPORTEDLY WILLING TO AGREE TO A GRACEFUL EXIT FOR MUGABE BECAUSE IT IS IN ZIMBABWE [...] |
2000-09-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5464 |
ZIMBABWE CLOSER TO PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM DROC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AT A SEPTEMBER 26 FAREWELL LUNCH WITH THE DCM, THE MFA'S UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI REPORTED THAT ZIMBABWE IS CLOSE TO WITHDRAWING UP TO HALF ITS TROOPS FROM THE DROC. HAMADZIRIPI DESCRIBED KABILA'S BRIEF TRIP TO LUANDA ON SEPTEMBER 24 AS A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO [...] |
2000-09-27 16:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI |
| 00HARARE5469 |
SUPREME COURT GRANTS INTERIM RULING ON [...] (U) IN AN INTERIM RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT FILED RECENTLY BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU), THE SUPREME COURT ON SEPTEMBER 26 RULED THAT FARMERS MUST BE NOTIFIED 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR EVICTIONS FROM ACQUIRED FARMS. IN ADDITION, THE COURT ALSO SCHEDULED A FULL HEARING OF THE SUIT FOR NOVE [...] |
2000-09-28 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE5514 |
UNDP RESREP BRIEFS DONORS ON UN/UNDP [...] (SBU) UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ZIMBABWE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DONORS ON SEPTEMBER 28 ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF A FIVE-PERSON MISSION SENT TO LOOK FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM PROGRAM. THIS MISSION IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RECEN [...] |
2000-09-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5515 |
COMMERCIAL FARMER SEVERELY INJURED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMER WAS ATTACKED WITH A MACHETE BY A WAR VETERAN ON SEPTEMBER 26 AFTER THE VETERAN TRIED TO STOP HIM FROM PLANTING TOBACCO. THE FARMER SUFFERED A DEEP GASH ACROSS HIS FACE AND NOSE, AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS RECOVERING FOLLOWING SURGERY. TH [...] |
2000-09-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE5581 |
MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 29 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CALLED THE BOMBING OF MDC HEADQUARTERS AND SUBSEQUENT RAIDS ON ITS OFFICES "AMATEURISH." THE GOZ HAS NO EVIDENCE AGAINST THE MDC LEADERSHIP BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO TRY TO PAINT THE PARTY AS A SUBVERVISE ORGANIZA [...] |
2000-09-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE5608 |
UN/UNDP MISSION MEMBERS SEEK EMBASSY VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR'S MEETING OCTOBER 2 THREE MEMBERS OF THE UN/UNDP MISSION SEARCHED FOR AN OPENING IN OUR POSITION ON THE CURRENT LAND REFORM IMPASSE TO REKINDLE DONOR DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY OFFICERS STRESSED [...] |
2000-10-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PINS PINR ZI |
| 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 |
| 00HARARE6086 |
SENIOR ZIMBABWEAN OFFICIAL ETENDS A PEACE [...] (C) BRITISH DEUTY HIQH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL INFORMEDDCM OCTOBER 26 THAT MINISTRY OF FOREIQN AFFAIRS ERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE HAD SUMMONED RITISH HIQH COMMISSIONER PETER LONQWORTH SUDDENLYON OCTOBER 16. LONQWORTH ASSUMED THE SUBJECT OFTHEIR CONVERSATION WOULD BE AN ARTICLE [...] |
2000-10-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE6229 |
ZIMBABWE OPENS AN EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI [...] (C) EGYPTIAN EMBASSY COUNSELLOR (DCM) KADRI ABDEL- MOTTALEB TOLD DCM NOVEMBER 4 THAT ZIMBABWE HAS OPENED AN EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI. THE AMBASSADOR, JOHN MVUNDURA, LEFT IN EARLY OCTOBER TO ASSUME CHARGE. THE REMAINING 2-3 MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY STAFF FLEW TO TRIPOLI VIA CAIRO TWO WEEKS LATER, CI [...] |
2000-11-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI LY |
| 00HARARE6297 |
ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION INCREASINGLY DIVIDED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE NOVEMBER 7 TO PRESS HOME THE NEED FOR ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL PARTIES TO UNDERTAKE DIALOGUE AND DEFLATE TENSIONS. NCUBE ASSERTED THAT THERE ARE MANY PARTY STALWARTS WILLING TO TALK WITH [...] |
2000-11-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6318 |
SYMBOLIC MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SUPPORTED A DINNER HOSTED BY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE NKOSANA MOYO NOVEMBER 7 AIMED AT GETTING ZANU-PF AND MDC PARLIAMENTARIANS TALKING TO EACH OTHER. AMONG THE GUESTS WERE TWO MDC AND TWO ZANU-PF MPS. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CORDIAL AND BOTH [...] |
2000-11-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6321 |
UNDP RESREP AND AMBASSADOR CONSULT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, VICTOR ANGELO, AND DCM (NOTE TAKER) CALLED ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE ON NOVEMBER 8 TO EXPLORE WAYS THE DONOR COMMUNITY COULD ASSIST IN DEFUSING TENSIONS I [...] |
2000-11-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6388 |
ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE ONLY GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION THAT STILL RETAINS SOME INDEPENDENCE FROM THE RULING PARTY. SO FAR, THE THREATS ARE RHETORICAL IN NATURE, BUT THEY ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND DIRECT. [...] |
2000-11-15 05:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE6455 |
TSVANGIRAI APOLOGIZES TO AMBASSADOR FOR MDC [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CAME TO THE CHANCERY ON NOVEMBER 20 AND APOLOGIZED TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD FOR A PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 16. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PRESS RELEASE CLAIMS THAT TSVANGIRAI AND AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY RICE DISCUSSED "HOW TO [...] |
2000-11-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OPRC ZI |
| 00HARARE6578 |
WAR VETERANS INVADE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY TOLD USAID HARARE DIRECTOR DEPP THAT AT 11:00 AM NOVEMBER 24 SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION BROKE INTO THE SUPREME COURT'S HEARING CHAMBER AND STAGED AN UNRULY DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE COURT. THE JUSTICES WE [...] |
2000-11-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6644 |
FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE, FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE SIPDIS SIGNALED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS READY TO RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 1998 DONORS CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON LAND REFORM. THE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MIS [...] |
2000-11-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6660 |
ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT OVERRULES HIGH COURT ON [...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 24, ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT OVERRULED THE NOVEMBER 20 HIGH COURT DECISION TO GIVE "INTERIM RELIEF" TO FARM SQUATTERS FACING EVICTION FROM OCCUPIED FARMS. IN RESPONDING TO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF RURAL PEASANT FARMERS (REF B), THE HIGH COURT'S JUDGE PRESIDENT, GOD [...] |
2000-11-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6677 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON NOVEMBER 16. TSVANGIRAI OFFERED FOUR SIPDIS SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS COULD UNFOLD. HE BELIEVES A TRANSITIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IS THE BEST WAY OUT OF THE [...] |
2000-11-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI SA |
| 00HARARE6907 |
SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 7 DCM HAD BREAKFAST WITH A VERY TIRED DAVID HAMADZIRIPI, A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CURRENTLY POSTED IN KINSHASA. THE ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMAT, WHO ATTENDED THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT MEETING IN HARARE, REPORTED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT EXPECTED THE SIGNING CEREMON [...] |
2000-12-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG ZI |
| 00LIMA2475 |
ALEJANDRO TOLEDO BIOGRAPHY: POLITICAL ASSETS AND [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN HAMILTON, REASONS 1.5 B AND D. 2. (S) SUMMARY: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO'S CHARISMA, ABILITY TO APPEAL TO VARIOUS AUDIENCES, INCLUDING PERU'S INDIGENOUS AND POOREST COMMUNITIES, AND POSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC MESSAGE HAVE HELPED TO CA [...] |
2000-04-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PINR PGOV PREL PE SECRET PAGE LIMA OF |
| 00STATE228767 |
OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...] |
2000-12-01 20:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 00STATE228771 |
OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF SENIOR LEVEL GENERALIST [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CYCLE HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 TED MAY ALSO BID [...] |
2000-12-01 20:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 00STATE228772 |
OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF MID-LEVEL GENERALIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST VACANCIES, NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31,2001. (COMBINED WINTER 2000 - SUMMER 2001 CYCLE). [...] No summary [...] |
2000-12-01 20:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 00STATE229013 |
OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF FS-01 GENERALIST AND [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR FS-01 POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH APRIL AND NOVEMBER 2001 TEDS MAY ALSO BID [...] |
2000-12-01 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 00STATE229567 |
OPEN ASSIGNMENTS - OUT-YEAR WORLD LANGUAGE [...] THIS CABLE UPDATES THE LIST OF POSITIONS INCLUDED IN THE OUT YEAR WORLD LANGUAGE PILOT PROGRAM. SOME POSITIONS WERE DELETED DUE TO EXTENSIONS, CURTAILMENTS OR ASSIGNMENTS MADE. OTHER POSITIONS WERE SUBSTITUTED WHERE POSSIBLE. 2. PLEASE REFER TO REFTEL A WHICH PROVIDES COMPLETE INFORMATION [...] |
2000-12-04 15:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 00TASHKENT4223 |
KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...] |
2000-11-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER RU AF UZ |
| 00TELAVIV4462 |
BIN LADIN CONNECTION IN GAZA FOUND PUZZLING; CONNECTION TO HAMAS QUESTIONED [...] No summary [...] |
2000-08-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG PGOV PREL PTER |
| 00THEHAGUE1801 |
GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK MAY RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-16 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1850 |
GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK PRESSES SIMITIS AT [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-21 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 01ABUDHABI6422 |
AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM GORDON R. OLSON, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (S) POLOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN WITH MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAHIM ABDUL JALIL, MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 7. SHE HANDED OVER A COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...] |
2001-11-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER AF PK TC |
| 01ABUJA1069 |
EAC FINDS NIGERIAN POLICE PRESENCE ESSENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: Charge chaired a May 11 meeting of the Abuja EAC in response to ref A implication that Nigerian Police could not be paid by purchase request after May 31, absent a formally-concluded MOA. EAC members unanimously agreed that termination of police coverage would be most unwise, as [...] |
2001-05-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR AMGT KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA1155 |
PROGRESS ON OFR BASING ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA Bittrick, DATT and PolMilOff called on Minister of Army Batagarawa May 16. Batagarawa was pleased to hear about the improved levels of cooperation from the Nigerian military on OFR and MPRI. He thought basing alternatives for the 65th and 73rd battalions could be found, an [...] |
2001-05-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA1192 |
POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani and large immigrant Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal relations there [...] |
2001-05-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA1244 |
In Depth Discussion on ECOWAS Capacity Building [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA LTC Mike Bittrick discussed ECOWAS' capacity-building plans with newly arrived Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra and ECOWAS Military Advisor Dikio on May SIPDIS 14. Diarra outlined his vision and the responsibilities of his newly formed department. He identified areas w [...] |
2001-06-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR MASS NI |
| 01ABUJA1249 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS MORATORIUM ON SMALL ARMS [...] No summary [...] |
2001-06-01 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECOWAS NI PARM |
| 01ABUJA1365 |
OBASANJO DROPS FOUR MINISTERS, FOUR SENIOR ADVISORS [...] (C) On June 12, President Obasanjo dropped four Ministers and four Senior Advisors from his Administration, one spokesman framing the changes in terms of "accountability, performance, and integrity." So far, three replacements have been named for the Ministers, none for the Advisors. It appe [...] |
2001-06-14 18:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1383 |
EUCOM BRIEFS DONORS AND ECOWAS ON ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Peter Chaveas addressed a meeting of Diplomatic Missions in Abuja interested in assisting ECOWAS in its peace-keeping and conflict resolution activities. Ambassador Chaveas briefed the representatives on EUCOM's three pillars for ECOWAS enga [...] |
2001-06-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1922 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting scheduled to discuss other issues (septel), Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by EconOff (notetaker), raised with President Obasanjo, as promised in reftelcon, Nigeria's continuing role in addressing the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. Obasanjo was very forthcoming as [...] |
2001-08-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ZI |
| 01ABUJA1925 |
KOUYATE ON U.S. ACCREDITATION TO ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate on July 27. Kouyate indicated that SIPDIS accreditation of the American Ambassador to the ECOWAS Secretariat should be easily accomplished by the Mediation SIPDIS and Security Council, and could occur during its schedu [...] |
2001-08-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA2172 |
NIGERIA: UNAMSIL MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (C) PolMilOff spoke with Director of American and Caribbean Affairs (and former Deputy Director of West African Affairs) Basil Ukpong of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 27. After a friendly exchange of compliments on the efforts of both the U.S. and Nigeria to bring peace to Sierra [...] |
2001-08-30 14:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2179 |
NIGERIA: U.S. PRESENCE AT DURBAN [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart shortly before 0700 EDT on SIPDIS Friday, August 31. Hart was aware that the Secretary would not attend; he had seen the Secretary on CNN earlier. Hart regretted that the U.S. might not participate at all and [...] |
2001-08-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PHUM PREL |
| 01ABUJA2686 |
TFUS01: NIGERIA: EU TROIKA'S CALL ON THE [...] (C) On October 16, the EU Troika (the Belgian and Spanish Ambassadors, and Head of the European Commission Delegation), called on Ambassador Jeter to discuss ongoing events in Nigeria in light of September 11 and the coalition response in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Belgian Ambassador Jozef Smets [...] |
2001-10-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OFDP ASEC EU NI |
| 01ABUJA2746 |
NIGERIA: CIVIL SERVICE OVERSEAS MOBILITY INITIATIVE [...] Post strongly endorses the establishment of a Coordinator for the Governance and Development Initiative in the Niger Delta under the Civil Service Overseas Mobility Initiative (CSOMI). While Post enthusiastically backs creation of this position, the slot was not anticipated in our budget; thus, [...] |
2001-10-26 15:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AMGT APER EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2878 |
2001 PDP CONVENTION: THE THRILL WAS GONE [...] (C) Summary: The 2001 Convention of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) elected an unopposed slate of national party leaders November 10. Yielding an outwardly harmonious convention, there was little sign of the wrangling and division that characterized the preceding four weeks of party congr [...] |
2001-11-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA3016 |
NIGERIA: NO CWC OR BWC LEGISLATION YET [...] (C) PolMilOff November 28 spoke to Stella Aburime at the Nigerian Justice Ministry. Aburime said that Nigeria had not yet developed domestic legislation on chemical or biological weapons. Aburime, who works on the Ministry Committee charged with drafting the legislation to internalize the CWC [...] |
2001-11-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NI |
| 01ABUJA3227 |
NIGERIA: U.S.-U.K. TEAM RAISES VOLUNTARY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: A joint delegation from the British Foreign Office and the State Department met Nigerian government officials and oil company representatives from November 26-28 in Lagos and Abuja to discuss implementa [...] |
2001-12-19 08:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EPET PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA3236 |
NIGERIA - THE AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR [...] Ambassador Jeter hosted a very successful Iftar on Wednesday, December 12. Although FSOs assigned to the (former) Embassy Office in Abuja had hosted Iftars in the past, Ambassador Jeter was the first U.S. Ambassador accredited to Nigeria to host an Iftar in the national capital. I sent a s [...] |
2001-12-19 18:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL OEXC PGOV PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA873 |
Operation FOCUS RELIEF Roundtable [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian Minister of Defense Danjuma chaired an Operation FOCUS RELIEF(OFR) round-table meeting on April 19. The Minister took the role of facilitator in the almost-two hour meeting, restating and clarifying various conc [...] |
2001-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI SL |
| 01ABUJA954 |
POST OFR ROUND-TABLE MEETING WITH NSA MOHAMMED [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 19 post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting, Nigeria,s National Security Advisor told us that the Nigerian civilian government has complete control of the military. The NSA was pleased that the OFR meeting had been positive, but deep frustration that [...] |
2001-05-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NI PREL |
| 01ABUJA957 |
NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU MOHAMMED -- A [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting with the Nigerian National Security Advisor (ref C), NSA Aliyu Mohammed also discussed continental issues and President Obasanjo,s travel schedule. He said President Obasanjo would travel to Asia in late May, and woul [...] |
2001-05-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID OVIP JA LY NG CF IR NI |
| 01ABUJA964 |
NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...] |
2001-05-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 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 |
| 01ANKARA3476 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER [...] (C) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI BAPIR FOUNDING HIS OWN GROUP WHICH HE HAS NAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY. BAPIR IS A RIVAL OF IUKM LEADER MULLAH ALI ABDULAZIZ. BOTH LEADERS ARE BASED IN T [...] |
2001-05-31 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU |
| 01ANKARA7811 |
TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY (GOT). SINCE THE MID-1960S, TURKEY HAS FACED ALMOST A CONSTANT THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TAR [...] |
2001-12-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER |
| 01BEIRUT3057 |
BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL "ACTIONS" PRIOR TO ISRAEL'S 1984 WITHDRAWAL FROM BEIRUT. HE PREDICTED THAT HIZBALLAH WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PE [...] |
2001-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY |
| 01CAIRO3303 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND [...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...] |
2001-05-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO3757 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB), WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...] |
2001-06-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO6321 |
SHARING THE CASE AGAINST AL-QA'IDA WITH EGYPT [...] (S) ON OCTOBER 3 AND 4, DRAWING ON DOCUMENTS PROVIDED REFTEL, MISSION STAFF MET WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE, AND MILITARY OFFICIALS TO MAKE THE CASE AGAINST AL-QAIDA. IN PREPARATION FOR THE BRIEFINGS, WE HAD DISTILLED INFORMATION IN REFTEL INTO FOUR BASIC SECTIONS: [...] |
2001-10-04 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PINR EG |
| 01GABORONE3343 |
TFUS01: GOB SUPPORTS COALITION STRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS BY THE GOB TO DATE HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG ACTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN MILITARY TARGETS. IN A 10/11 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ERNEST MPOFU DEFENDED A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREMIST RETALIATION [...] |
2001-10-12 08:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BC |
| 01GABORONE3435 |
TFUS01: BOTSWANA MUSLIM ATTITUDES [...] (C) POST HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOTSWANA TO GAUGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS U.S. ACTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS AND FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (REFS B, C). MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DELAYED MEETI [...] |
2001-10-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER BC |
| 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 |
| 01HANOI1308 |
ROLE OF VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARIAT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE STAFF WORK, THE NEW PARTY SECRETARIAT IS IN FACT A DECISION-MAKING BODY WHICH SIPDIS WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY. IT DOES NOT SIMPLY PROVIDE POLICY STUDIES AND PAPER [...] |
2001-05-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI1388 |
EMBASSY REPRESENTATIONS ON ACTIONS AGAINST DISSIDENTS; WHAT DRIVES THE GVN? [...] (SBU) REFTEL PROVIDES LATEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON GVN ACTIONS AGAINST SENIOR MONKS OF THE UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV). THE AMBASSADOR AND OTHER EMBASSY/CONGEN OFFICIALS HAVE WEIGHED IN AT VARIOUS LEVELS, URGING THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION ORDER BE LIFTED FROM THICH QUA [...] |
2001-06-08 04:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2210 |
CONTINUED PRESSURE ON REFORM ACTIVISTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM DAVID MONK, REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. NO ADDITIONAL NEWS IS AVAILABLE ABOUT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02210 01 OF 02 071103Z THE STATUS OF REFORM ACTIVISTS HOANG MINH CHINH AND PHAM QUE DUONG (REFTEL) EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE BE [...] |
2001-09-07 10:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV VM DPOL HUMANR |
| 01HANOI313 |
LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS END IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, 20 DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: REPORTS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK SUGGEST LARGE-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE ENDED FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS OF AT LEAST 20 PROTESTERS. THOUSANDS OF VIETNAM'S ETHNIC MINORITIES PRO [...] |
2001-02-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI3290 |
MFA REACTS TO SAN FRANCISCO "TERRORIST" INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MFA AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR NGUYEN XUAN PHONG URGED STRONG USG ACTION IN THE WAKE OF WHAT HE TERMED THE "TERRORIST INCIDENT" DIRECTED AGAINST DPM NGUYEN TAN DZUNG DURING HIS VISIT LAST WEEK TO SAN FRANCISCO. IN A DECEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DCM, PHONG STRESSED THAT THIS WOU [...] |
2001-12-20 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV VM CTERR |
| 01HANOI396 |
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS APPEAR CALM; VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MONITORING CLOSELY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE CAPITALS OF THE TWO KEY CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK HAVE STABILIZED, WITH NO MORE DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 10- 11. POLICE AND MILITARY PRESENCE REMAINS HEAVY IN THE [...] |
2001-02-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI598 |
DIFFERENT VIEW OF HIGHLAND EVENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS G. HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. 2. (C) SWEDISH DCM TOLD CHARGE SHE BELIEVED THE REPORTS OF UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EXAGGERATED AND BELIEVES FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY WELL BEFORE PUBLICITY OF FEBRUARY [...] |
2001-03-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 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 |
| 01HANOI702 |
MFA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT HIGHLANDERS IN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN AMERICAN SAMOA [...] SUMMARY: AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ASKED AMBASSADOR TO MEET AFTERNOON OF MARCH 26 TO RAISE VIETNAMESE CONCERNS ABOUT A GROUP OF HIGHLANDERS WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CAMBODIA AND TO REITERATE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES TO REMOVE ALL VIETNAMESE WORKERS FROM AMERICAN SA [...] |
2001-03-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB CB VM |
| 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 |
| 01HANOI965 |
NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS, MODERATE NONG DUC MANH WAS OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS VIETNAM'S SENIOR LEADER APRIL 23 AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS. [...] |
2001-04-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HARARE1021 |
ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CFU PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) ON MARCH 13, CHARGE EARL IRVING AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD AND DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK AT THEIR REQUEST TO DISCUSS THE USG'S POSITION ON LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. HENWOOD ASKED THE CHARGE ABOUT THE MARCH 11 ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN [...] |
2001-03-15 05:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EAID PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1727 |
DEFENSE MINISTER MAHACHI DIES SUDDENLY [...] (C) ADRESSEES WILL HAVE SEEN PRESS REPORTING OF THE DEATH MAY 26 OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI. MAHACHI WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A HEAVILY LOADED LAND ROVER DISCOVERY THAT WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY A CAR WHOSE DRIVER WAS REPORTEDLY DRUNK. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE MINISTER'S VEHICLE TO ROLL AND [...] |
2001-05-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE2322 |
OPPOSITION LEADER TSVANGIRAI ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) IN A JULY 31 LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE HOOKS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE USG'S APPROACH TOWARD ZIMBABWE AND WITH HIS RECEPTION BY U.S. OFFICIALS DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON. HE EXPECTS ZANU- PF TO INTENSIFY THE VIOLENCE IN TH [...] |
2001-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS ZI |
| 01HARARE2365 |
A ZAMBIAN TAKE ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM PAID A COURTESY CALL ON ZAMBIAN COUNTERPART BEN SHAWA ON AUGUST 9. THE EXCHANGE WAS SURPRISINGLY FRANK AND PRODUCTIVE, WITH SHAWA CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02365 01 OF 02 091356Z PROVIDING HIS TAKE ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, SADC ELECTORAL [...] |
2001-08-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2398 |
SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) SUMMARY. AS A CONTINUATION OF INITIAL COURTESY CALLS, DCM MET WITH SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTERPART THOMAS RAMBAU CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02398 01 OF 02 141109Z ON AUGUST 8. RAMBAU ECHOED THE PESSIMISM THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN HIS COMMENTS [...] |
2001-08-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2480 |
UNDP AND DONORS MEET ON FOOD AID FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO MET WITH A LARGE SEGMENT OF THE DONOR COMMUNITY ON AUGUST 20 AT THE FORMER'S INVITATION TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS ON THE FOOD AID FRONT. THE GROUP FOCUSED IN SEQUENCE ON THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS, ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUMANITARIAN SECRE [...] |
2001-08-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EAGR ZI |
| 01HARARE2498 |
56TH UNGA: ZIMBABWE'S THINKING ON PRIORITIES IN EARLY [...] (U) DCM, ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, DELIVERED -- AND PROVIDED A NON-PAPER CONTAINING -- REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON AUGUST 23 TO CLEOPHAS TSOKODAYI, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. TSOKODAYI WAS SIPDIS ACCOMPANIED BY DESK OFFICER MARSHALL [...] |
2001-08-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE2499 |
GLEANINGS FROM THE DIPLOMATIC HUSTINGS -- IT'S [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. INITIAL COURTESY CALLS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02499 01 OF 02 240558Z ON COUNTERPARTS IN THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN EMBASSIES HAVE REVEALED DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE EU RANKS OVER HOW TO PROCEED ON ARTICLE 8 NEGOTIATIONS WITH ZIMBAB [...] |
2001-08-24 05:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE2554 |
ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS BEING BACKED TO THE [...] (C) ON AUGUST 28 THREE COMMERCIAL FARMERS REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PAID A CALL ON THE DCM AND ECONOFF TO DESCRIBE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THEIR COLLECTIVE PLIGHT AND TO ADVISE US THAT IN THEIR VIEW TIME WAS RUNNING OUT TO HALT MUGABE'S ACTIONS THAT ARE DESTROYING ZIMBABWE'S [...] |
2001-08-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV |
| 01HARARE2567 |
PROPOSAL FOR LIMITED, SPECIFIED TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO ASSET SEIZURE AND TRAVEL SANCTIONS FOCUSED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF TOP GOZ CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02567 01 OF 03 301518Z OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RULE OF LAW (REF A), THE HARARE COUNTR [...] |
2001-08-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CG ZI |
| 01HARARE2594 |
EDDISON ZVOBGO ON SANCTIONS, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON AUGUST 30, DCM AND POLOFF MET WITH EDDISON ZVOBGO, ZANU-PF KINGPIN FROM MASVINGO AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT ANTI-MUGABE MEMBERS OF ZANU-PF. ZVOBGO QUIZZED US ABOUT POSSIBLE U.S. SANCTIONS THAT MIGHT BE LEVIED AGAINST MUGABE/ZIMBABWE/ZANU-PF IN THE WAKE OF FAILED 2002 PRESI [...] |
2001-09-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE2692 |
IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, GERALD JOHNSON, AND THE NEW IMF COUNTRY TEAM LEADER, DAVID COE (REPLACING PAULO NEUHAUSS), PROVIDED THE DCM AND ECONOFF WITH AN OUTBRIEF ON THE TEAM'S TWO WEEK ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. COE PROVIDED NO SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, AND LAID OUT AN ASSESSMEN [...] |
2001-09-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2731 |
SADC DIPLOMATS PROVIDE READOUT ON SEPTEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. CHARGE AND DCM HELD A SEREIS OF MEETINGS WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS/COUNSELORS OF MOZAMBIQUE, MALAWI, AND SOUTH AFRICA LATE LAST WEEK TO OBTAIN THEIR VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 10 AND 11 MEETINGS BETWEEN MUGABE AND THE ZIMBABWEANS AND SADC CHIEFS OF STATE. ALL THREE EXPRESSED SOME DEG [...] |
2001-09-18 05:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE2743 |
DISCUSSION OF IFES EXPULSION WITH MFA [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING WITH MFA DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE, CHARGE ROTH RAISED U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPULSION OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES -- REF B), AND PROVIDED A COPY OF THE EMBASSY'S SEPTEMBER 13 D [...] |
2001-09-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2984 |
ABUJA AGREEMENT MINISTERS SEEK A MEETING IN [...] (C) BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER DONNELLY INFORMED DCM ON OCTOBER 5 THAT THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS PRESENT AT THE MEETING THAT PRODUCED THE ABUJA AGREEMENT ARE SEEKING A FOLLOW-UP ENCOUNTER IN HARARE SOMETIME THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 7. HE SAID THAT THE INTENT WAS TO KEEP THE ABUJA PROCESS MOVING I [...] |
2001-10-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI |
| 01HARARE3131 |
PRESIDENT MUGABE AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM, LAND, [...] (C) IN AN HOUR-LONG MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN ON OCTOBER 18, PRESIDENT MUGABE THANKED THE U.S. FOR ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING ZIMBABWEAN INDEPENDENCE AND FOR ITS SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SINCE 1980. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON AND [...] |
2001-10-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI |
| 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 |
| 01HARARE3330 |
MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY HOLDS FORTH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON NOVEMBER 6, AMBASSADOR PAID AN INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON WILLARD CHIWEWE, PERMANENT SECRETARY (AND THIRD-RANKING OFFICER) AT THE MINISTRY OF SIPDIS FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AFTER INITIAL EXCHANGES ON THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM AND GOZ COOPERATION IN PROTECTING AMCITS AFFECTED BY TH [...] |
2001-11-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE3539 |
PRESIDENT MUGABE WALKS OUT ON EU TEAM [...] (C) A SENIOR EU TEAM HAD A VERY ROCKY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE ON NOVEMBER 23. THE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A NORMAL DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSION OF THE DRC INTERNAL DIALOGUE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF FOREIGN TROOPS IN DRC, BUT MUGABE BECAME INCREASINGLY IRRITATED AS THE CONVERSATION SHIFTED TO THE [...] |
2001-11-26 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 01HARARE3691 |
SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE PLAYS IN HARARE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE LONG ANTICIPATED VISIT OF THE SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE DEALING WITH THE ZIMBABWEAN SITUATION TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 10 AND 11, LONG ON RHETORIC BUT SHORT ON RESULTS. THE GOZ MANAGED TO CONTROL BOTH THE AGENDA AND THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING, WHICH YIELDED A LARGELY TOOTHLESS [...] |
2001-12-13 04:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 01HARARE522 |
READOUT ON MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DCM OF THE BELGIAN EMBASSY IN HARARE PROVIDED A READOUT TO A SMALL GROUP OF DIPLOMATS OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LOUIS MICHEL, WHICH TOOK PLACE THE EVENING OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00522 01 OF 02 251556 [...] |
2001-01-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG |
| 01KUALALUMPUR2464 |
MALAYSIA PROBES MISUARI TIES TO ABU SAYYAF GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONCERNED THAT ANY CHARGES FILED AGAINST NUR MISUARI HERE WOULD PROVOKE A DOMESTIC BACKLASH, MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INSIST THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEPORT THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF) LEADER TO THE PHILIPPINES. NEVERTHELESS, MALAYSIA'A SECURITY APPARATUS IS INCR [...] |
2001-11-28 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS MY RP |
| 01LONDON5780 |
TFUS01: EMBASSY LONDON SITREP 11, 09/28/01 [...] (U) PM TONY BLAIR MET SEPTEMBER 27 WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF BRITISH MUSLIM LEADERS AT DOWNING STREET AND ANNOUNCED, "JUST AS WE HAVE BUILT A POLITICAL AND MILITARY COALITION FOLLOWING THE EVENTS IN AMERICA, NOW WE HAVE ALSO TO BUILD A HUMANITARIAN COALITION TO DEAL WITH THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] |
2001-09-28 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV US UK |
| 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 |
| 01TELAVIV4047 |
HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24 THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN ABU AMR'S VIEW, DEVELOPMENTS ARE "LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THEIR IDEAS AND DISCOURSE." HAMAS' STATURE HAS AL [...] |
2001-07-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ |
| 01VATICAN1390 |
FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] |
2001-03-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT |
| 01VATICAN1419 |
HOLY SEE SEEKS UNDERSTANDING ON MANAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE DOES NOT SHARE THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE BISHOP OF MOSTAR AND OTHER CROAT-NATIONALIST CLERGY IN B-H AND IT IS DOING THE UTMOST WITHIN THE TRADITIONAL LIMITS OF THE CHURCH TO CHANGE THEIR POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. OUR INTERLOCUTORS BELIEVE THE CLERGY'S VALID CONCERNS ON [...] |
2001-03-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BH VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN1436 |
CARITAS INTERNATIONAL ON CUBA - "CAUTIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET 2/7 WITH VATICAN NGO "CARITAS INTERNATIONAL" CUBA SPECIALISTS FOR A CONVERSATION ON CARITAS' HUMANITARIAN WORK IN CUBA. THE OFFICIALS WERE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE ROLE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY CLAIMED CARITAS CUBA ENJOY [...] |
2001-03-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF CU |
| 01VATICAN2499 |
UPDATE - SANT'EGIDIO BOSNIA CONFERENCE [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS A GUIDANCE REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA FIVE. 2. (C) PURSUANT TO REF C, CHARGE AND A/DCM MET IN THE AFTERNOON OF 5/4 WITH SANT'EGIDIO FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR ANDREA RICCARDI TO DISCUSS HOW TO PUSH THE PACE OF THE PROPOSED INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE FOR BOSNIA. RICCARDI' [...] |
2001-05-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK VT |
| 01VATICAN3118 |
VATICAN ENVOY VISITS ISRAEL; ISRAEL/VATICAN [...] (C) POPE JOHN PAUL II DISPATCHED PIO CARDINAL LAGHI TO MEET ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SHARON AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN ARAFAT ON JUNE 2. VATICAN MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR MONS. GIOVANNI D'ANIELLO ACCOMPANIED LAGHI. CHARGE CALLED ON D'ANIELLO JUNE 6 FOR READ-OUT OF TRIP. D'ANIELLO SAID THAT [...] |
2001-06-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XR VT |
| 01VATICAN4030 |
ANGOLA PEACE: SANT'EGIDIO FORWARDS UNITA PROPOSAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS A GUIDANCE REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA FOUR. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 04030 011305Z 2. (C) SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR AND SOMETIME AFRICAN-CONFLICT-MEDIATOR DON MATTEO ZUPPI ASKED CHARGE AND A/DCM TO COFFEE 7/30 [...] |
2001-08-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AN VT |
| 01VATICAN4064 |
POPE/ARAFAT - URGES USG ON MONITORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN FM TAURAN CONVOKED CHARGE EVENING OF AUGUST 2 TO DISCUSS THE POPE'S AUDIENCE WITH PA PRESIDENT ARAFAT EARLIER IN THE DAY. TAURAN SAID THE POPE WAS "EXTREMELY WORRIED" AT THE PERSISTENCE AND SCOPE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LANDS; ARAFAT TOLD THE POPE THAT HE WANTS MONITORS [...] |
2001-08-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XR VT |
| 01VATICAN4258 |
VATICAN ARCHIVES Q “THE REAL STORY†[...] (C) A/DCM AND POLITICAL ASSISTANT MET WITH JESUIT FATHER PETER GUMPEL AUGUST 10 AT HIS OFFICES IN THE JESUIT CURIA TO DISCUSS THE TECHNICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN OPENING THE VATICAN ARCHIVES. (NOTE: THIS WAS A PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED MEETING, I.E. BEFORE WE RECEIVED REFTEL. WE NEVERTHELESS DELIVERED SUBST [...] |
2001-08-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNAR VT |
| 01VATICAN4267 |
SANT'EGIDIO ON UNITA PROPOSAL [...] (C) A/DCM FOLLOWED UP REF B WITH DON MATTEO AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 9. DON MATTEO TOOK ON BOARD US VIEW THAT UNITA NEEDED TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO LUSAKA BEFORE MOVING FARTHER. HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UNITA WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE AN UNQUALIFIED STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF LUSAKA, AND EVEN THOUGHT [...] |
2001-08-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AO VT |
| 01VATICAN5095 |
TFUS01: VATICAN POSITION ON RETALIATION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2001-09-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL VT |
| 01VATICAN5288 |
POPE'S VISIT TO ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: VATICAN'S [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM KZ TU RO UP BO BU VT |
| 01VATICAN5695 |
POPE TELLS ARAFAT TO CONTAIN VIOLENCE [...] (C) DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05695 021715Z MINISTER CELESTINO MIGLIORE, OCTOBER 31. THE PURPOSE OF THE CALL WAS TO DISCUSS ON GOING EMBASSY ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECTS (SEPTEL) AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIR Y [...] |
2001-11-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VT PREL IS |
| 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 |
| 01VATICAN5845 |
SANT'EGIDIO WANTS TO TALK TO S/E DANFORTH ABOUT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE NEXT PARA. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY HOPES TO HOST A CONFIDENTIAL OFF-SITE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE GOS AND SPLM SIPDIS TO UNBLOCK THE IGAD PROCESS. SANT'EGIDIO SUDAN EXPERT RICCARDI, JUST BACK FROM KHARTOUM, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH [...] |
2001-11-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU VT |
| 01VATICAN6195 |
VATICAN PUSHING FORWARD ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) THE VATICAN ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 28 THAT IT HAS INVITED THE LEADERS OF THE DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE HOLY LAND TO A MEETING ON DECEMBER 13. THE VATICAN PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT CATEGORIZES THE MEETING AS PURELY "PASTORAL" IN NATURE. 2. (C) DCM SPOKE WITH HIS ISRAELI COUNTER [...] |
2001-11-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RM RO IS VT |
| 02ABUJA1068 |
NIGERIA,S OBASANJO IN TROUBLE IN THE NORTH [...] (U) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo's probable re-election bid faces deep opposition in the North, but he seems to have a strategy for recovery. Nigeria's leader benefits from a lack of credible opponents and the apparent readiness of some Northern elites to join his government, if [...] |
2002-04-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR NI |
| 02ABUJA1171 |
ANTI-U.S. DEMONSTRATION IN ABUJA [...] (SBU) Summary: On 12 April 2002, a peaceful anti-American demonstration took place in Abuja following Friday afternoon Jumaat prayers. A group of approximately 1,000 - 2,000 protestors marched throughout central Abuja waiving placards and banners that denounced U.S. support for Israel. The [...] |
2002-04-15 11:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ALOW |
| 02ABUJA1190 |
NIGERIA ON BUSTANI -- HELP US CONVINCE AFRICA [...] (C) DCM April 16 spoke with Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Chairman of Nigeria's National Council on the OPCW. Baba-Ahmed said Nigeria intended to vote for Bustani's removal and that he saw little likelihood of that position changing. However, taking this stance had put Nigeria "far from [its] natur [...] |
2002-04-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA1254 |
58TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: CUBA [...] (C) Further to Ref A, PolCouns April 19 passed a copy of the draft Cuba resolution and diplomatic Note to Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye. PolCouns SIPDIS emphasized that GRULAC states had come forward to sponsor and support the resolution and that the resolution [...] |
2002-04-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC PREL AORC CU NI |
| 02ABUJA1323 |
NIGERIA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrating a degree of pragmatism in the face of an incipient political emergency, President Obasanjo, the 36 governors, speakers of the state houses of assembly, leadership of the three registered political parties and INEC agreed to hold local government elections on August 10 [...] |
2002-04-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA1324 |
NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WILL RUN IN 2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: President Obasanjo April 25 announced he would seek reelection in 2003 under the PDP banner. Before a throng of several thousand people, comprised mainly of PDP partisans drawn from near and far but including curiosity seekers and a smattering of Abuja denizens with nothing bett [...] |
2002-04-26 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA189 |
2001 INCSR CHAPTER ON NIGERIA [...] Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking and money laundering activity. Nigerian organized criminal groups dominate the African drug trade, and transport narcotics to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Some of these criminal organizations are engaged in Advance-Fee [...] |
2002-01-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA2165 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY [...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...] |
2002-07-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS |
| 02ABUJA2171 |
NIGERIA: FAILED PDP PRIMARY INDICATES MORE THAN [...] (C) Summary: Many states delayed PDP primaries slated for early July for fear of violence. Violent disturbances marred the primaries that did go forward; Post sources could verify peaceful primaries in only four states. Vice President Atiku Abubakar indicated that agreements aimed at limiting [...] |
2002-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2322 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO FACES VIOLENT PROTEST IN KANO [...] (C) Summary: Instead of being a vehicle to improve his image in Northern public opinion, President Obasanjo's visit to Kano has been mired in controversy over the police response to anti-Obasanjo protests in that city. Over 35 people were arrested when their demonstration turned violent July 2 [...] |
2002-08-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2739 |
NIGERIA: INEC CLOSES REGISTRATION; MANY UNABLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: INEC wrapped up the ten-day (plus one) voter registration period without resolving the most important complaint against the exercise: an inadequate supply of registration materials resulting in the disenfranchisement of roughly half of Nigeria's eligible voters. On September 21, [...] |
2002-09-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2744 |
NIGERIA: IS NEXT JANUARY'S 12.5% WAGE [...] (U) During his opening address before his National Executive Committee on September 12, National Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced he had won from the Obasanjo administration a 12.5 per cent across-the-board wage increase. The increase would be enacted January 1, 2003 [...] |
2002-09-25 23:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA2752 |
MGIV01: NIGERIAN OUTLOOK ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) On September 25, DCM delivered reftel points to National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and PolCouns carried the same message to the Presidential International Affairs Advisor Ad'Obe Obe. Both officials confirmed Nigeria did not favor a resort to force and endorsed a negotiated resolution [...] |
2002-09-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PINS IV NI |
| 02ABUJA2763 |
NIGERIA: ROE FOR NIGERIAN FORCES IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C/NF) DCM and POL/MILOFF met with the Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa morning of September 27 to discuss ROE for NAF units in Cote d'Ivoire. Batagarawa seemed taken by surprise when told of the deployment of three NAF Alpha Jets, two MI-35 attack helicopters, weap [...] |
2002-09-27 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MASS NI IV |
| 02ABUJA2766 |
NIGERIA: COMMONWEALTH TROIKA ON ZIMBABWE -- A [...] (C) Summary: Presidential International Affairs Advisor Ad'Obe Obe September 25 told Polcouns that the September 23 Commonwealth Troika meeting ended in stalemate. Australian PM Howard pushed to suspend Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth and for other sanctions to show displeasure over GOZ land s [...] |
2002-09-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI NI |
| 02ABUJA2767 |
NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) This biweekly update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- Political Assassinations -- House Speaker Faces Corrupt Practices Commission -- Release of Mohammed Abacha -- National Assembly Proposal for T [...] |
2002-09-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA2787 |
NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...] |
2002-10-03 18:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA2813 |
NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary: MFA convokes Ambassador, asserts GON will eschew force in Bakassi, whatever the ICJ decides, as long as Cameroon does the same. However, Abuja will want "time to study the verdict," a Joint Implementation Committee and a second summit. "Provocation" and "atrocities committed" b [...] |
2002-10-09 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
| 02ABUJA2817 |
MGIV01: ALLEGATION OF BURKINABE INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Former Nigerian FM Kingibe alleges that the September 19 coup plot was hatched in Ouagadougou by Guei and Burkina's Interior Minister. Kingibe has good connections across the region, but his version of events might be influenced by his role as a political consultant to the GOCI. [...] |
2002-10-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
| 02ABUJA2882 |
NIGERIA: PDP FAILS TO RESOLVE INTERNAL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDP officials hoped that the October 14 meeting between the President and PDP legislators and governors would effectuate a rapprochement within the divided party. The session did not meet these expectations. Insiders told us that the meeting was acrimonious and a less-than-ad [...] |
2002-10-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA2883 |
NIGERIA: A POLITICAL PARTY PRIMER [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: With the registration of three new political parties, the political landscape for Nigeria's 2003 election cycle now includes six political parties: the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), the Alliance for Democracy (AD), the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP), the Natio [...] |
2002-10-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2975 |
GEMADE PLANS TO CONTEST FOR NIGERIA'S [...] (C) Summary: Barnabas Gemade October 28 informed the Ambassador of his plans to run against President Obasanjo. The former PDP Chairman accused his President of fostering corruption, non-performance and heavy-handedness. Gemade offered useful information on the timing of the PDP primaries [...] |
2002-11-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
| 02ABUJA2979 |
NIGERIA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Post held its first quarterly meeting of the Trade Agreement Compliance and Monitoring Committee on October 24 in Abuja. The Committee is chaired by the DCM, and the Embassy's Economic Section serves as secretariat. Other members are USAID's Office of Economic Growth, Energy, and Infrastructur [...] |
2002-11-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR BEXP NI |
| 02ABUJA3033 |
NIGERIA: FRIENDS OF NIGERIA MEET ON INEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted a second meeting with Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. on October 15 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. This meeting concentrated on the flawed registration process, elections monitors and the need for an agreed upon standar [...] |
2002-11-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA318 |
NIGERIA: OFR PHASE III - SUCCESS BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Operation Focus Relief Phase III (OFR P3), which trained three Nigerian battalions for UNAMSIL, was successful far beyond expectations. Strikingly different from Phase I of the program, Phase III was successful because of renewed diplomatic efforts, because of personnel changes i [...] |
2002-02-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPAO OIIP NI |
| 02ABUJA3202 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 27 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for Nigerian PTT --Nigeria Buys U.S.-Made Buses --World Bank to Work Closer with States --Environmental Success Story: Getting the Red Out in the Delta U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for NITEL [...] |
2002-11-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SENV EINV NI |
| 02ABUJA3296 |
NIGERIA: PROTESTS AND PRAYERS IN KATSINA [...] (U) Peaceful protests have been taking place recently in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, reportedly sponsored by the "Shi'ite" Muslim Brotherhood, among others. Taking place before and after Friday's Juma'at prayers, the number of protests increased during the Holy month of Ramadan. Accor [...] |
2002-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KISL PGOV PINS PINR KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA3390 |
Nigeria's Privatization Czar Plans to Bow Out [...] (C) Summary: Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, Nigeria's agency for the privatization of state-owned firms, told the Ambassador and DCM on separate occasions that he plans to resign early next year and return to the private sector. El-Rufai said that Presi [...] |
2002-12-31 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA680 |
NIGERIA: WEEKLY POLITICAL WRAP UP - FEB 25 TO MAR 1 [...] (C) The Senate on February 27 consented to the President's February 26 nomination of Dr. Olu Agunloye as Minister without Portfolio. Agunloye, a physicist by training, was a close friend of slain Attorney General Ige. Like Ige, Agunloye hails from the Southwest and is a member of the Yoruba- [...] |
2002-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA828 |
NIGERIA TO "TARRY" BEFORE PRONOUNCING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: MFA PermSec says Nigeria will avoid a rush to judgment on the Zimbabwe election. Abuja will consult with Pretoria and Canberra, as well as various observer groups, before developing a position. The GON might even await the results of electoral challenges. DCM urged the GON, c [...] |
2002-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ZI |
| 02AMMAN2200 |
JORDAN TELECOM PLANS LINKS TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) According to Jordan Telecom (JTC) CEO Pierre Mattei, JTC is planning to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to construct a fiber-optic telecommunications cable link between Amman and Baghdad within the next month. He said that at present all Iraqi telecom traffic is currently routed via t [...] |
2002-05-06 05:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN2371 |
EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DOES LITTLE FOR JORDAN'S [...] (sbu) Jordan's Association Agreement with the EU entered into force May 1 after a five-year ratification process that had frustrated Jordan and embarrassed EU diplomats here. While both sides have publicly lauded the agreement as a catalyst for investment and trade, privately the GOJ, EU and [...] |
2002-05-14 07:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV JO WTRO EUN |
| 02AMMAN2396 |
UNRWA DONORS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CRISIS GRIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: UNRWA's May 8-9 meeting of major donors and host governments highlighted the crisis gripping the humanitarian agency as a result of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Continued Israeli closures in the West Bank and Gaza have severely hindered UNRWA's ability to [...] |
2002-05-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2420 |
NEW JORDANIAN TELECOM REGULATOR FACES CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) The GOJ's recent reform of its telecom regulatory infrastructure thrusts its now fully independent regulator into the role of decision-maker at a time of transition, opportunity, and challenge. As it finds its feet, the regulatory agency must find creative ways to encourage market entr [...] |
2002-05-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS BEXP EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN2477 |
JORDANIANS SAY UN ISSUES NOT ON AGENDA FOR BEIRUT [...] (C) DCM reviewed ref points May 17 with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, asking that Jordan oppose any move at the May 17-18 Beirut Arab League Meeting to call publicly for challenges to Israeli credentials in international organizations or support for Chapter VII [...] |
2002-05-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL XF JO |
| 02AMMAN2554 |
UNRWA AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Amman, Beirut and Damascus. 2. (C) Given current scrutiny in the Israeli press and in Congress of UNRWA's programs and role in the West Bank, it is important to remember that UNRWA plays a key role throughout the region -- Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, [...] |
2002-05-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPAL SY LE JO |
| 02AMMAN2907 |
DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B), THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...] |
2002-06-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY |
| 02AMMAN2938 |
STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA [...] (U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander and Alan Makovsky investigated UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (which prohibits UNRWA from using any USG assistance to provide services to [...] |
2002-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2950 |
DCM EXPLAINS USG POSITION ON AUDIT OF UNCC AWARDS [...] (C) DCM covered ref d talking points on the USG position on the audit of UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) awards by the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) June 5 with MFA Secretary General Hani Thabarah. DCM said the USG believes that UNCC Governing Council (GC) decisions are [...] |
2002-06-05 10:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNC PREL IZ JO UNSC ERIN |
| 02AMMAN2999 |
UNRWA'S UXO REMOVAL EFFORTS IN JENIN CAMP STYMIED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UNRWA's efforts to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) from Jenin refugee camp remain severely hindered by the UN agency's inability to procure the necessary equipment and explosives. UNRWA requested Israeli authorization to use the equipment and explosives verbally in [...] |
2002-06-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3114 |
STATE OF DIVORCE LAW IN JORDAN: MILD IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan issued a cabinet decree in December 2001 that allows certain Muslim women, within a narrow legal framework, to bring a divorce action in Sharia Court. To date, over 500 women have filed for divorce under the new law; so far the court has granted divorc [...] |
2002-06-12 08:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3130 |
IRAQ/UNSC SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE ON ROYAL JORDANIAN [...] (C) A/DCM covered ref points on Royal Jordanian airlines (RJ) flights to Baghdad June 11 with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. A/DCM stressed that RJ has conducted 4-times-weekly flights to Baghdad since January, and 5-times-weekly flights since April, and that th [...] |
2002-06-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3227 |
JORDAN FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DEBT AIMS [...] (c) In a June 16 meeting with Econ chief, Dr. Muhammad Abu Hammour, Secretary General of the Finance Ministry (the number two ministry official and the senior such official currently in town), said meetings in European capitals were "going well" regarding Jordan's request for a stock of debt [...] |
2002-06-17 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3296 |
JORDAN: TRADE MINISTRY IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL TO [...] (c) GOJ Trade Ministry officials tell us they have begun talking to their Israeli counterparts about improving current QIZ operations and regulations. The GOJ's proposals include both improvements to existing logistical procedures as well as changes to the structure of required Israeli input [...] |
2002-06-19 05:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3484 |
MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE: SURVEY ON [...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy Amman supports the continuation and development of basic education reform projects in Jordan and attests to the GOJ's and Jordanian education sector's interest and receptivity to such programs. The GOJ has demonstrated a high-level of receptivity to USG as [...] |
2002-06-27 06:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN3496 |
DESIGNATION OF TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2002-06-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL PGOV SNAR JO |
| 02AMMAN3617 |
EUROPEANS ASK IF U.S. WILL BE MORE FORTHCOMING ON [...] (C) During a regular monthly breakfast meeting July 2, new British Ambassador Christopher Prentice told the Ambassador that HMG had been surprised by the conservative stance of the USG on debt relief for Jordan at the June 20 Paris Club meeting (ref a). Prentice noted that PM Blair and FonS [...] |
2002-07-02 16:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL US JO |
| 02AMMAN3622 |
JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PIPELINE ISSUES [...] (u) Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh briefed DCM and econoff on recent developments on the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and the Iraq-Zarqa oil pipeline. The projects could save Jordan a combined $50 million per year on their current energy bill. Meanwhile, Jordan is moving closer to [...] |
2002-07-03 06:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD JO |
| 02AMMAN3640 |
JORDAN: FS STRAW LETTER TO G7 ON JORDAN DEBT [...] (c) As reported reftel, the following is the text of the UK Foreign Secretary's June 14, 2002 letter to G7 colleagues. This text was provided to us on July 3. 2. (c) Begin text: &I am writing to ask for your continuing support for Jordan their discussions with the IMF and Paris Club Cred [...] |
2002-07-03 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3642 |
TALKING POINTS ON ANTHRAX IMMUNIZATIONS DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF POINTS TO ALI AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2. AL-AYAD PROMISED TO FORWARD THE POINTS TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. Gnehm [...] |
2002-07-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PTER |
| 02AMMAN3680 |
JORDAN: PETROLEUM RE-EXPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (s) DCM met Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh July 7 to deliver reftel demarche points. Bataineh was clearly disappointed, but noted that the GOJ would look to other methods to solve their summer refining problems. For the current year this would mean continuing to import gasolin [...] |
2002-07-07 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ENRG IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3716 |
UNRWA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS USD 55.7 MILLION IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: On July 2, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd briefed donors on UNRWA's USD 55.7 million in new financial needs following the March-April military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA warned that its 2002 emergency appeal remains severely underfunded, with p [...] |
2002-07-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3727 |
QUIET IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS: [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with refcoord, GOJ Department of Palestinian Affairs Director-General Abdulkarim Abulhaija shed some light on the calm that currently prevails in Jordan's refugee camps, in spite of continued tensions in the West Bank and Gaza. Abulhaija attributed the calm to three f [...] |
2002-07-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL KWBG JO |
| 02AMMAN3888 |
JORDAN: BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the proposed bilateral agreement on the ICC (reftel) with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb on July 15. The Prime Minister said that Jordan agrees with the U.S. approach at the policy level, but will have to examine the legal issues involved, such as the legal precedence o [...] |
2002-07-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LICC |
| 02AMMAN3894 |
JORDAN'S IRAQ JITTERS [...] (S) Repeated public statements by Jordanian FM Muasher and PM Abul Ragheb since July 10 denying that Jordan will be used as a "launching pad" for U.S. military operations against Iraq shed light on GOJ sensitivity to its vulnerabilities vis-a-vis Baghdad. Similarly, on July 13, the GOJ issued [...] |
2002-07-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ETTC EPET IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4062 |
RESPONDING TO ISRAELI CHARGES ABOUT UNRWA: MESSAGE [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns (in the absence from post of Refcoord) conveyed ref A para 4 points to UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd. AbuZayd made careful note of the points. Her only substantive comment was that the message called for UNRWA to sever its ties to youth centers in [...] |
2002-07-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS JO UNRWA |
| 02AMMAN4063 |
JORDAN WILL SUPPORT SPANISH-MOROCCAN UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on the Spanish-Moroccan Understanding to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Aide to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed said that Jordan agreed fully with the U.S. view and would do what it could to support efforts to resolve the issue. Gnehm [...] |
2002-07-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP EU XF JO |
| 02AMMAN4304 |
JORDAN TRADE MINISTER'S IRAQ TRIP "ONLY FOR [...] (C) According to the number two Ministry official, Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir's July 19-23 visit to Baghdad was primarily for show, and added little to the bilateral economic relationship. He noted that some adjustments had been proposed to the bilateral oil and trade protocols to offse [...] |
2002-08-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4443 |
IRAQI, TURKISH FONMINS VISIT AMMAN: FOCUS ON [...] (S) Iraqi FonMin Naji Sabri visited Amman August 6 and met with King Abdullah, PM Ali Abul Ragheb, and FonMin Marwan Muasher. In an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, Muasher said that Sabri was clearly concerned about what King Abdullah had discussed regarding Iraq during the King's [...] |
2002-08-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ TU JO |
| 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 |
| 02AMMAN4506 |
PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS ABOUT DIRECTION OF [...] (S) Despite healthy bilateral economic, trade, political, and military ties, confusion and uncertainty about recent developments on both bilateral and regional issues have made many Jordanians uneasy about the direction of the US-Jordan relationship. The press has pulled together a number o [...] |
2002-08-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4526 |
GOJ RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO QATAR FOR CONSULTATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan closed the al-Jazeera office in Amman on August 7 and subsequently recalled its Ambassador to Qatar for consultations in response to an "inflammatory" episode of "Opposite Direction" by al-Jazeera. The program featured a guest who was aggressively criti [...] |
2002-08-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM QA JO |
| 02AMMAN4533 |
JORDAN: NO INCREASE IN INSURANCE OR SHIPPING [...] (c) Summary. According to the head of the Jordanian Shipping Agents Association, the July issuance of a "special advisory" by the Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) in Bahrain has not resulted in an increase in either insurance or freight charges for Aqaba shipping. End Summary. 2. (c) Se [...] |
2002-08-13 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS ETTC EPET PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4594 |
SFRC STAFFER TALWAR'S MEETING WITH FM MUASHER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Muasher met with the DCM, Poloff, and SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar on August 13. Most of the discussion revolved around the MEPP and Iraq. FM Muasher applauded the U.S. commitment to a three-year time-frame for a Palestinian state, but urged that the U.S. come up with a pl [...] |
2002-08-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4722 |
ARAB-ISRAELI COOPERATION--MERC MAKES THE GRADE [...] (SBU) An embassy survey of Jordanian scientists collaborating with Israeli counterparts on MERC (Middle East Regional Cooperation) projects confirmed that, despite the tense political climate in the region, the projects generally are on track. Creative measures have been taken to maintain mom [...] |
2002-08-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL JO MEPN |
| 02AMMAN4968 |
SURVEY OF NON-IMMIGRANT VISA ISSUANCE POLICIES [...] (U) The following is in response to reftel questions. A) (S/NF) Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies Represented at Post: ORCA, LEGATT, DIA, (STATE) DS B) (S/NF) Visas Viper Information Input Process: Potential submissions are sent to the Visas Viper Coordinator (VVC) who in turn c [...] |
2002-09-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASIG AMGT CVIS JO |
| 02AMMAN5131 |
APPREHENSION AND RESIGNATION: A SENIOR JORDANIAN [...] (C) In an off the record session of the Amman World Affairs Council attended by A/DCM on September 2, Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh gave the mostly East Bank audience one of the most frank assessments of GOJ thinking on Iraq that we have heard. After being peppered by leading questions on [...] |
2002-09-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5168 |
SEPTEMBER 11 ONE YEAR LATER IN JORDAN: SYMPATHY [...] (C) A year after 9/11, many Jordanians still make a point of expressing sympathy for the victims of the attacks and condemnation for those who carried them out. That said, many also quickly add that the U.S. "failed to learn the lessons of September 11" and has yet to address the perceived "ro [...] |
2002-09-11 05:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI XF JO |
| 02AMMAN5173 |
OUTSPOKEN JORDANIAN MP SAYS IRAQIS DON'T LIKE [...] (C) In a recent rambling conversation with A/DCM, Mahmoud Kharabsheh (please protect), an outspoken former Jordan MP and former provincial intelligence chief, said that most average Iraqis would not/not support a U.S. military strike on Iraq aimed at overthrowing the regime. He said that, b [...] |
2002-09-11 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5237 |
IRAQ: JORDANIAN REACTION TO POINTS ON PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) In the absence of FonMin Muasher (who is leading the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA in New York), A/DCM delivered ref points to Muasher's personal assistant, Ali al-Ayed September 12. A/DCM urged that the GOJ express public support for the President's themes, as well as the GOJ's will [...] |
2002-09-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL ASEC PTER |
| 02AMMAN5239 |
SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING OF EMBASSY AMMAN'S HOMELAND [...] (S/NF) The Charge on September 11 chaired a meeting of Embassy Amman's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, and DAO, LEGATT, ORCA, RSO, POL, ECON, CONS, and ADMIN agency/section chiefs participated in the meeting. 2. (S) We intend to use the meetings of the newly-constituted H [...] |
2002-09-12 16:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC US JO |
| 02AMMAN5295 |
PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally supportive statement on September 12 calling for the return of inspectors to Iraq, and many of our GOJ interlocutors have privately praised the forcefulness of the speech. Those Jo [...] |
2002-09-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC |
| 02AMMAN5398 |
MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN [...] (S) Post has been in contact with the GOJ and the Dutch Embassy this week regarding the Mullah Krekar case, and has provided materials to assist the Jordanians with preparation of their extradition request to the Netherlands. This cable recounts steps taken thus far. End Summary. --------- [...] |
2002-09-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KJUS PREL NO NL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5517 |
IMPACT ON JORDANIAN BANKS OF OIL-FOR-FOOD TRADE [...] (C) According to the UN officials cited in ref A, possible military action involving Iraq would interrupt the functioning of the oil-for-food program. Suppliers of O-F-F goods whose delivery could not be confirmed by UN officials in Iraq would therefore not be paid under the current rules g [...] |
2002-09-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO UNSC |
| 02AMMAN5528 |
GOJ TO APPROACH DUTCH TO ASK THAT MULLAH KREKAR [...] (S) Following ref a telcon, DCM and PolCouns September 25 called on Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak and Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, Ali al-Ayed, regarding the GOJ's request for the extradition of Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (aka Mullah Krekar) from Holland. The DCM explained [...] |
2002-09-26 04:04:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER NL NO JO |
| 02AMMAN5626 |
MFA LEGAL ADVISOR SAYS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT STILL [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. See para 5 below. 2. (C) MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber told PolCouns September 29 that the GOJ has not yet reached a conclusion on whether it can sign a bilateral Article 98 agreement with the U.S. He noted that, although Justice Minis [...] |
2002-09-30 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV US JO UN |
| 02AMMAN5627 |
MULLAH KREKAR: DUTCH EMBASSY SAYS SECOND SET OF [...] (C) The Jordanian MFA on September 26 presented to the Dutch Embassy in Amman a second, somewhat more detailed request for the extradition of Mullah Krekar to Jordan on narcotics charges. According to Dutch DCM Peter van der Vliet, the Arabic diplomatic note covering the second extradition [...] |
2002-10-01 05:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER NL JO |
| 02AMMAN5781 |
UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) CONCERNS: PRM PDAS GREENE'S [...] (C) In a September 24 meeting on the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors meeting (reported septel), PRM PDAS Richard Greene pressed UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen, Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd, West Bank Director Richard Cook and Gaza Director Lionel Brisson on the need for [...] |
2002-10-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5838 |
PRIME MINISTER ABUL RAGHEB ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, [...] (C) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about human rights and legal assistance issues (other topics septels, notal). Abul Ragheb mentioned that the Jordanian Ministry of Justice was collecting the bank records requested by the U.S. Department of Justi [...] |
2002-10-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PHUM PREL US JO |
| 02AMMAN5839 |
PM ABUL RAGHEB ON SYRIA, IRAQ: IT'S THE ECONOMY, [...] (S) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about his recent visit to Syria (other topics septels, notal). Abul Ragheb focused mostly on economic issues. Bashar al-Asad, he said, had "asked all the right economic questions," and PM Mohammed Miru, a conser [...] |
2002-10-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON IZ SY JO |
| 02AMMAN5964 |
JORDAN: U/S LARSON MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC PLANNING [...] (C) Under Secretary Larson had meetings in Amman October 13-14 with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and key members of the Jordanian ministerial "economic team," including Finance Minster Marto, Planning Minister Awadallah, Trade Minister Bashir and Central Bank Governor Umayya Toukan. He also m [...] |
2002-10-15 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6189 |
RAMADAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS STRATEGY 2002 [...] Following is an outline of the PD Ramadan activities which emphasize respect for Islam and shared values during the month of Ramadan. In Jordan, Ramadan is a festive time similar to the Christmas season. After the Iftar, most Jordanians spend their time on visits to family and friends, cult [...] |
2002-10-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP JO |
| 02AMMAN6265 |
ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28: [...] (U) NIACT PRECEDENCE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF URGENCY OF INFORMATION 2. (S/NF) At approximately 1045 local time, the Ambassador spoke with GID Director Sa'ad Kheir regarding the shooting of USAID employee Larry Foley. Director Kheir conveyed his condolences and said that the GOJ (GID and PSD) [...] |
2002-10-28 09:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6282 |
ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28: [...] (C) The GOJ's investigation of this morning's murder of USAID employee Larry Foley continues. As reported previously, cooperation from the GID and PSD has been excellent. 2. (S/NF) Investigation: According to investigators working the case, the assailant used a small caliber 7mm handgun to [...] |
2002-10-28 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6309 |
ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN: STATUS AS [...] (C) Twenty four hours after the brutal murder of USAID employee Larry Foley, the GOJ continues to provide excellent cooperation in the investigation of the attack and in implementing new security measures to protect the American community. At the political level, numerous senior GOJ officials [...] |
2002-10-29 10:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6610 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the information to the appropriate people in the GOJ and asked for further details on the flight as soon as they are available. DCM also provided the text of the de [...] |
2002-11-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER JO LE SY IR |
| 02AMMAN6649 |
JORDAN BEGINS DISCUSSION OF 2003 OIL AND TRADE [...] (c) Following internal discussion about the timing of a trip to Iraq by Jordanian ministers, the Jordanian trade and energy ministers plan to travel to Baghdad next week for initial discussions of the 2003 bilateral oil and trade protocols. As in previous years, the two main elements of the [...] |
2002-11-12 18:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC ENRG IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN6650 |
GOJ MOVES AGAINST ARMED GROUP IN MA'AN; CURFEW, [...] (S) SUMMARY. As of mid-day November 12, the search for members of an armed Islamic group in the southern Jordanian city of Ma'an continues. Jordanian security forces entered Ma'an on November 10 after a heavily armed gang refused to give up its leader Mohammad Shalibi (aka Abu Sayyaf) (ref [...] |
2002-11-13 08:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC JO |
| 02AMMAN6939 |
UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) COMPLIANCE: VIEWS FROM GAZA [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (C) Summary: In the course of November 18 meetings with UNRWA's Gaza program chiefs, regional refcoord reviewed UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The Relief and Social Services Chief told refco [...] |
2002-11-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UN |
| 02AMMAN7125 |
JORDAN-IRAQ TRADE AND OIL PROTOCOLS NEARLY SET FOR [...] (c) Following preliminary negotiations in Baghdad, terms for Jordan's annual oil and trade protocols with Iraq have been nearly agreed to, according to senior GOJ officials. The terms for the oil protocol will be virtually identical to last year's agreement, with minor adjustments to quantiti [...] |
2002-12-09 08:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD EPET EFIN IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN7130 |
JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON TANKERS AND PIPELINES [...] (s) Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh updated DCM December 4 on a number of developments in Jordan's energy sector. The Minister commented on challenges facing the GOJ in maintaining a floating oil reserve in a tanker in Aqaba, discussed latest developments on the al-Arish-Aqaba gas pipelin [...] |
2002-12-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ENRG EPET ETTC IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN7255 |
JORDAN: PEACE AIRPORT AND OTHER TRANSPORT ISSUES [...] (SBU) According to Jordan's Transportation Minister, the Jordanian government remains ready to work with Israel on a plan to allow domestic flights bound for Eilat to land in Aqaba (REFTEL). The Ministry has also prepared contingency plans for a possible conflict in Iraq. Regarding Royal J [...] |
2002-12-15 11:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ELTN EWWT PREF BEXP JO IS |
| 02AMMAN7304 |
UNRWA LAUNCHES NEW USD 93.7 MILLION EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary and comment: At December 10 and 11 briefings in Jerusalem and Amman, UNRWA ComGen Hansen launched UNRWA's new USD 93.7 million appeal to cover six months of emergency programming in the West Bank and Gaza. The majority of the appeal would cover expanded food assistance programs ( [...] |
2002-12-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN7388 |
JORDAN: DETAILS ON RJ BOMB THREAT [...] (C) Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar and Royal Jordanian Airlines Executive VP Ghassan Ali provided the following details on the bomb threat against a Royal Jordanian Airlines Airbus A-340 flight 602 from Amman to Abu Dhabi the early morning of December 22. -- At abou [...] |
2002-12-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN7452 |
ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S/NF) Ref A, of 20 Dec. 2002, requests that posts establish Homeland Security Working Groups (HSWG) as either standalone committees or as subsets of existing security entities. Ref B is Post's response to an earlier request along the same lines,reporting that AmEmbassy Amman had establishe [...] |
2002-12-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER CVIS PREL PGOV APER |
| 02ANKARA7726 |
TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in the Turkish national elections on Nov. 3, and has a strong shot at a Parliamentary majority. Deniz Baykal's Establishmentarian, left-of-center Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) will [...] |
2002-11-01 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA7775 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT UNHAPPY WITH [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 1. Ziya complained the ITF wanted to be in the opposition conference steering committee and have ten percent of the seats at the conference, but a Kurdistan [...] |
2002-11-04 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA7848 |
GOT REITERATES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE PAROLE OF [...] (C) Ahmet Banguoglu, MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Americas), told DCM November 4 the GOT remains highly concerned about the possible parole of Harry Sassounian, convicted in 1984 of the 1982 assassination of Turkish CG Kemal Arikan in Westwood (L.A.). Banguoglu said h [...] |
2002-11-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU |
| 02ANKARA7974 |
EURODIPLOMATS IN ANKARA SAY TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Summary: EU-member-state diplomats in Ankara say the EU is headed toward offering Turkey a conditional date for accession talks, possibly in January 2004. Our contacts say Germany holds the key; local German diplomats agree Berlin feels under pressure not to block Turkey's candidacy. UK a [...] |
2002-11-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 02ANKARA8018 |
TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Turkey-Greece gas interconnect, which they hope to sign by the end of November. BOTAS and DEPA have not, however, been able to agree on the price at which DEPA would purchas [...] |
2002-11-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8126 |
TURKISH MFA STICKING TO ITS GUNS ON ARMENIA [...] (C) In separate meetings last week with EUR/SE Director Hengel, MFA officials reiterated standard Turkish concerns in relations with Armenia. 2. (C) Deputy Director General for the Caucasus and Central Asia Ertan Tezgor told us Turkey will not move to normalize relations with Armenia unt [...] |
2002-11-12 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM AJ |
| 02ANKARA8305 |
TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
| 02ANKARA8358 |
AK PARTY TO FORM NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT WITH ABDULLAH GUL AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Nov. 16 President Sezer gave the mandate to form the new Turkish government to AK Party number two Abdullah Gul (ref A), who announced he will submit his proposed cabinet list to Sezer Nov. 18. We expect the government to be in office a week to ten days thereafter. Gul bio in para 5. [...] |
2002-11-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 02ANKARA8380 |
TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: YASAR YAKIS [...] (U) Turkey's 58th government, announced Nov. 18, includes former career diplomat and three-time ambassador Yasar (Yashar) Yakis (Yah-kish) as Foreign Minister. Bio below. 2. (C) A mostly conventionally-minded, retired 39-year veteran of the MFA, Yakis is now AK Vice Chairman for foreign [...] |
2002-11-18 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8382 |
TURKEY'S 58TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE [...] (U) President Sezer's Nov. 18 approval of the AK Party government under P.M. Abdullah Gul (ref A; cabinet below, para 4) puts into place a government: --committed to pursuing Turkey's EU candidacy and democratic reforms; --open to working with the U.S. on key regional issues; --fo [...] |
2002-11-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8505 |
TURKEY'S NEW DEFENSE MINISTER: VECDI GONUL [...] (C) Summary: GOT DefMin Gonul's principal political task is to ensure smooth relations between his Islam-influenced AK Party and a Turkish military which as adopted a wait-and-see attitude while remaining on the lookout for any sign AK might try to alter the current status of civilian-military [...] |
2002-11-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8524 |
TERRORIST THREAT ASSESSMENTS- USAMA BIN LADIN [...] (S) November 21. DCM passed reftel points to Mr. Berki Dibek, MFA Special Advisor to Undersecretary Ziyal. RSO coordinated with American diplomatic missions within Turkey (Adana, Istanbul, and Izmir) to ensure all posts remained vigilant at a high state of readiness. RSO requested addition [...] |
2002-11-21 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC TU |
| 02ANKARA8527 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC TEAM STARTS WORK, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gul announced the portfolios of the state ministers, dividing supervision of the economic agencies between Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener (privatization, banking and capital markets boards), State Minister Ali Babacan (Treasury, Central Bank and main state banks), and [...] |
2002-11-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8546 |
EMBASSY EFFORTS TO STOP TURKISH ATROPINE EXPORTS [...] (S) Post has expended substantial and sustained efforts to encourage the GOT to shut off potential for Iraqi acquisition of atropine from Turkey. We offer the following chronology of our efforts: (S) May 2002 - Regional Affaires (RA) Office begins work on issue with GOT interlocutors. In [...] |
2002-11-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8569 |
TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: BETTER, BUT STILL BACKWARD AS [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is expected to complete the phased lifting of the state of emergency November 30 by allowing the regime to expire in the last two southeastern provinces where it continues -- Diyarbakir and Sirnak. While the regime's demise is welcome, five longstanding problems will cont [...] |
2002-11-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8586 |
AK PARTY ANNOUNCES SWEEPING HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary: PM Gul announced Nov. 23 a broad plan including sweeping legal changes designed to bring Turkey into full compliance with EU human rights standards. The GOT is also preparing to introduce a 36-article legislative reform package in support of the plan. The administration intends [...] |
2002-11-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8594 |
UNCERTAINTY FOR PENDING AND EXISTING BOT/TOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Embassy has long emphasized to the GOT the importance of a rapid and fair settlement to the pending BOT/TOR projects, which still have not been resolved (reftels). It now appears the GOT is considering re-negotiation of the contracts for the BOT projects that are alr [...] |
2002-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8638 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT TO GRANT [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/NGA, NEA/EX and EUR/SE. See paras 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NOFORN) Embassy understands that Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senator Biden (D-DE), Senator Hagel (R-NE), three SFRC professional staff members a [...] |
2002-11-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PINR OTRA ASEC AFIN CPAS AMGT TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8639 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS GIVE CONDITIONAL "GREEN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) MFA DG for Middle Eastern Affairs Burcuoglu notified DCM November 26 that the GOT had approved Codel Biden's request to travel to northern Iraq via Turkey December 4-5 (refs a-b). However, given the Ramadan holiday (December 4 at 1300 th [...] |
2002-11-26 17:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OREP ASEC AFIN TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8696 |
GOT MOVES ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary. MFA Deputy DirGen for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu told us 11/26 the GOT has established an inter-agency task force to address trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in Turkey. The group's first priority is to establish and adopt the GOT's National Action Plan on TIP. The plan, currently i [...] |
2002-11-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KWMN KCRM PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 02ANKARA8717 |
US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING FOLLOW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ----------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) On April 16-17, the USG and GOT convened the 17th annual US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting in Istanbul. The HLDG's two working groups--the Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) an [...] |
2002-11-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8753 |
TURKEY: BACKGROUND ON CHP CHAIRMAN DENIZ BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary: Combining a sharp intellect with a divisive manner, Deniz Baykal is back in Parliament as opposition leader of a CHP reeling from the thrashing it received at the hands of Islam-influenced AK Party in Nov. 3 national elections. Aware of widespread public perceptions that he is a [...] |
2002-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8778 |
EU AMBIVALENCE, CYPRUS SEEN AS OBSTACLES TO [...] (C) Poloff discussed the state of Turkey's EU candidacy with several Ankara-based European diplomats following a November 26 meeting with Ambassador in which an unusually downbeat PM Gul appeared to believe Turkey had recently lost ground in its EU membership bid. -------------- EU Ambiva [...] |
2002-12-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8846 |
READ-OUT OF IMF VISIT TO TURKEY: FOCUS ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: On December 4, IMF resident representative briefed EU member countries and us on the December 2-4 visit of IMF Europe Director Deppler. It provided a first impression of the new economic ministers: well-intentioned, and committed to continuing the existing program, but not uni [...] |
2002-12-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8863 |
IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although the MFA previously told us a 1997 Turkey-Iraq protocol on natural gas was null and void, BOTAS claims the protocol still exists, and was discussed as recently a [...] |
2002-12-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8881 |
GOT'S LATEST REFORM PACKAGE - SCORECARD AND [...] (U) Summary: The GOT has prepared extensive legislative reforms designed to crack down on torture and remove barriers to free expression, association, and fair trial. Parliament will likely pass the reforms quickly, possibly before or during the December 12-13 EU Summit in Copenhagen. The re [...] |
2002-12-10 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8986 |
BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH [...] (C) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he claims top management is committed to the project, he believes the Turkish gas market is still oversupplied and the project is too expensive. He also maintains that transporting [...] |
2002-12-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9040 |
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE MEETS WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: In Dec. 13 meetings with President Sezer, MFA Deputy U/S for the Middle East Tuygan, and representatives of ruling AK Party and main opposition CHP, American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders affirmed AJC's support for Turkey. End summary. 2. (C) Dec. 13 AJC President Tann [...] |
2002-12-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA9051 |
TURKEY: AK PARTY SEES DENKTAS AS OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: The political debate in Ankara regarding Turkey's EU candidacy and the future of Cyprus is revealing sharp differences between the ruling AK (Justice and Development) Party/Government and the Establishmentarian foreign policy class, including elements that predominate in the MFA. [...] |
2002-12-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA9129 |
IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RENEWS OPERATION NORTHERN [...] (U) On December 25, the Turkish Parliament approved by a show of hands the Prime Ministry's request to extend the mandate of Operation Northern Watch for six more months as of December 31, 2002. 2. (U) FM Yakis spoke on behalf of the GOT, explaining that the flights conducted by ONW were [...] |
2002-12-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA9135 |
IRAQ: OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH AND CIVILIAN [...] (C) MFA DG/Americas Banguoglu called in the DCM (accompanied by the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief and Pol-Mil Counselor) 12/24 to respond to our 11/29 dipnote urging the MFA to end the practice of routing civilian passenger flights over the ONW Resticted Operating Zone (ROZ) in sou [...] |
2002-12-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ TU |
| 02COLOMBO1427 |
In more good human rights news, cause celebre [...] (C) Summary: A high-profile court case involving Anuruddha Ratwatte, the former Defense Minister and a relative of President Kumaratunga, will come to trial on August 9. Ratwatte and two of his sons have been accused of planning the murder of ten Muslim campaign workers in December 2001. A [...] |
2002-08-02 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
| 02COLOMBO1527 |
MORAGODA ON MEETING LTTE IN OSLO: GUARDED OPTIMISM [...] (C) GSL Minister Moragoda appeared to have regained a bit of optimism following his Oslo meeting (reftels) with LTTE "theorist" Anton Balasingham. Moragoda said that Balasingham seems serious about getting talks going, is very sensitive to US and Indian attitudes re the LTTE, and concerned abo [...] |
2002-08-20 06:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1553 |
SRI LANKA: DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS PRIME MINISTER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a very cordial half-hour August 22 meeting (followed by a press conference and a working dinner) with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, Deputy Secretary Armitage stressed US support for the GSL's ongoing SIPDIS efforts to reach a negotiated solution to Sri Lanka's 2 [...] |
2002-08-23 02:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PINS PREL PTER CE ECONOMICS LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1573 |
Amendment limiting President's powers before [...] (C) Summary: A proposed amendment to limit the President's power to dissolve Parliament and to permit voting outside of party lines is to be considered this week. PA representatives split on the amendment. While supporting the amendment, minority parties still concerned with some issues. A [...] |
2002-08-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
| 02COLOMBO1599 |
Leftist JVP: Predicts failure of peace talks; [...] (C) During a recent one hour meeting with poloff, JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva outlined his party's position on a multitude of issues, including: -- predicting the peace process will fail; -- dissatisfaction with a proposed constitutional amendment limiting the Presidents powers; [...] |
2002-08-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PINS PREL CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1626 |
SRI LANKA AND ATA TRAINING: A PLEA FOR IT TO [...] (U) I have recently heard that S/CT and DS/ATA no longer consider Sri Lanka a priority country when determining which countries should benifit from the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Training Program. 2. (U) I hope that this is not true. The ATA program has been extremely effective in trai [...] |
2002-09-05 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE KTIA PTER LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1835 |
LTTE pressure, cohabitation stresses, and [...] (S) Summary: The Sri Lankan military is in a difficult period. According to sources, a number of factors are acting to demoralize the military, including pressure from the Tamil Tigers, stresses in the relationship between the PM and the President, and frictions with the police. The milita [...] |
2002-10-02 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS PHUM CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1839 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 137 -0302) [...] (U) The joint Treasury/AID team had a tremendously successful one-week visit here last month. It was packed with meetings from early morning into each evening. Even though it was an office director (and below) level team, we had no problems getting meetings with numerous Ministers (Finance [...] |
2002-10-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1858 |
To ease cohabitation tensions, president and [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister Milinda Moragoda and Norwegian Ambassador Westborg on October 5. In a wide-ranging discussion, Moragoda reviewed his recent meeting with President Kumaratunga, and said the two sides had agreed to hold regular high-level discussions on peace process a [...] |
2002-10-07 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1879 |
Radical JVP party sponsors lightly attended [...] (U) In a first, an anti-U.S. Iraq policy demonstration took place in Colombo on October 7. The rally, which took place near the embassy, was lightly attended, with only about 250 people participating. The radical, Sinhalese chauvinist Janantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party sponsored the eve [...] |
2002-10-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON KPAO CE IZ |
| 02COLOMBO1927 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 143 (10-16-02) [...] (C) On October 15, Milinda Moragoda passed to the Ambassador an advance copy of a statement on Iraq that the GSL is planning to release in the near future. Begin text: -- Sri Lanka welcomes the decision of the government of Iraq to allow the weapons inspectors entry into the country wit [...] |
2002-10-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE |
| 02COLOMBO1972 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 146 (10-22-02) [...] (C) DCM met with Mohan Kumar, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner, today. Out of the blue, Kumar said the GoI was not planning to participate in the Oslo donors conference. Kumar linked the Indian stance to their reluctance to have anything to do with the LTTE. He indicated that high-level [...] |
2002-10-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE KWMM |
| 02COLOMBO1990 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 148 (10-24-02) [...] (C) We have the following points for you to use regarding President Gayoom's request for a meeting with President Bush: -- In his almost 25 years in power, President Gayoom has been very friendly to the U.S., and the Maldives has consistently used OIC, UN, and other fora to stake out moder [...] |
2002-10-24 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE |
| 02COLOMBO2003 |
SRI LANKA: DAS CAMP AFFIRMS U.S. SUPPORT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: During his October 24-27 visit to Sri Lanka, South Asia Bureau DAS Donald Camp delivered a message of firm U.S. support for the peace process. At the same time, Camp encouraged both government and opposition leaders not to let cohabitation stresses threaten the progress made thus [...] |
2002-10-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS EAID ELAB CE LTTE |
| 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 |
| 02COLOMBO2078 |
Maldivian Government requests access to [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST -- Please see Para 4. 2. (S/NF) During a November 5 conversation, Maldivian MFA Permanent Secretary Ahmed Shaheed requested from the DCM that the United States share any intelligence information it may have garnered from Ibrahim Fouwzy, a Maldivian national hel [...] |
2002-11-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MV |
| 02COLOMBO2086 |
Peace talk reactions: Tamils optimistic; [...] (C) Summary: Reactions by Sri Lankans to the October 31 to November 3 peace talks in Thailand are generally positive. Muslim representatives raised some isolated issues, but were satisfied that their concerns were acknowledged during the second round of talks. The President's office claims [...] |
2002-11-04 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2089 |
Human rights review for Operation Balance [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) A Joint/Combined Exercise Training (JCET) has been proposed for Sri Lanka for the period of January 13 to March 3, 2003, involving the First, Second and Third Special Forces Regiments, the First and Second Commando Regimen [...] |
2002-11-07 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS MARR PHUM CE |
| 02COLOMBO2133 |
Tigers gradually expand network of control in [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Sri Lanka's Eastern Province on November 12. On the surface, the situation in Batticaloa and Ampara Districts seemed calm, with the ceasefire sparking increased business activity and civilian bustle. Amid this positive news, there were clear and troublin [...] |
2002-11-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ECON SOCI CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2142 |
In public statement, president's party flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's party, the People's Alliance, has issued a public statement excoriating the government's handling of the peace process. The statement was also critical of the Norwegian facilitation effort, and U.S. and UK participation in the Oslo conference. Somewhat a [...] |
2002-11-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2206 |
LTTE leader Prabhakaran's annual hero's day [...] (C) On November 27 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran made his annual "Hero's Day" speech. The government of Sri Lanka has commented favorably on the speech, highlighting Prabhakaran's acceptance of regional autonomy instead of a separate state. Prabhakara [...] |
2002-11-29 05:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM PREL CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2319 |
Tensions rise incrementally as LTTE demands [...] (C) SUMMARY: The last few weeks have seen continued tension between the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The tension was briefly highlighted when the LTTE stated that the EPDP must leave Jaffna. In return, the EPDP is accusing the LTTE o [...] |
2002-12-17 11:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2348 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 179 (12-26-02) [...] (C) We are really, really, really worried about your e-mail re the apparent postponement in the DoD-sponsored mil-to-mil demining program. (Note: We're not blaming the messenger; we appreciate your successful effort to quickly find out what's going on.) We can appreciate that important thi [...] |
2002-12-26 10:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT |