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00BANDARSERIBEGAWAN695	SULTAN OF BRUNEI'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON CONCERNING APEC [...] FOLLOWING IS AN ADVANCE COPY OF SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER 15-16 APEC LEADERS MEETING IN BRUNEI. WE EXPECT THAT BRUNEI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON WILL DELIVER THE ORIGINAL. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF SULTAN'S LETTER. YOUR EXCELLENCY, [...]	2000-10-12 07:18:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ECON OPDC BX

00HANOI899	VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR APEC ENERGY MINISTERS MEETING [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (MOI),MINISTER DANG VU CHU WILL LEAD VIETNAM'S DELEGATION TO THE MAY 10-12 APEC ENERGY MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO. (NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM DOES NOT HAVE A MINISTRY OF ENERGY. CERTAIN FUNCTIONS ARE DELEGATED TO OTHER MINISTRIES OR TO STAT [...]	2000-04-28 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECIN EPET VM APEC
00HARARE3910	ZIMBABWE'S NEW CABINET: MUGABE REARRANGES THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 19 MEMBER (DOWN FROM 27 MEMBERS) CABINET CONSISTING OF 19 MEMBER ON JULY 15. A NUMBER OF THE OLD GUARD, INCLUDING WOMEN, WERE JETTISONED IN FAVOR OF TECHNOCRATS AND PARTY LOYALISTS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE FACT THAT THE CONFIDE [...]	2000-07-17 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE4941	MUGABE DISCUSSES FUEL AND PAN-AFRICAN UNITY IN TRIPOLI [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 5 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER -- AND MUGABE CONFIDANT -- NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA PROVIDED A SHORT READOUT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI THE WEEK OF AUGUST 28. ACCORDING TO SHAMUYARIRA (WHO WAS PART OF THE ZIMBABWEAN DELEGATIO [...]	2000-09-06 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON ZI
00HARARE4999	NEW TALE OF CORRUPTION IN ZIMBABWE'S ENERGY [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ATTENDED A DINNER SEPTEMBER 7 WITH A VARIETY OF RESIDENT AMBASSADORS AND A FEW ZIMBABWEANS, DURING WHICH GIDEON GONO (PROTECT),MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ),REPORTED A CREDIBLE STORY ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR. BEF [...]	2000-09-08 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
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
00HARARE5364	GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE NOTIFIED ON EXCHANGE [...] PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, EMBOFF REACHED GOZ FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY TELEPHONE ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2000 AT 11:45 A.M. LOCAL TIME AND INFORMED THE MINISTER OF THE PLANNED EXCHANGE OF OIL FROM U.S. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE. MUDENGE THANKED US FOR THE INFORMATION BUT OTHERWISE HAD N [...]	2000-09-25 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON PREL ZI
00HARARE5397	ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR MORE STEADY FUEL SUPPLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ),SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE'S FUEL SITUATION. AS REPORTED REF B, THE CBZ, AND GONO PERSONALLY, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING FUEL FLOWING INTO ZIMBABWE UNDER THE MOST ARDUO [...]	2000-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
00THEHAGUE1693	DUTCH DISCOURAGED ABOUT EU EFFORT TO DEFINE FRY WHITE LIST [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-07 13:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1779	DUTCH THOUGHTS ON U.S.- EU VISA BAN AND SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH ARE PLEASED THAT THE 6/13-14 EU GAC ENDORSED MORE FREQUENT UPDATES OF THE EU SERBIA VISA BAN LIST. THEY THINK THEY NOW HAVE A POLITICALLY RESPONSIVE TOOL TO PRESSURE MILOSEVIC AND HIS REGIME. THEY STILL SUPPORT CLOSER EU COORDINATION WITH NON-EU STATES ON FINANCIAL SANCTIONS, [...]	2000-06-15 11:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC CVIS PHUM SR NL EUN
01ABUJA1006	Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy [...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...]	2001-05-07 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS ECON NI
01ABUJA1312	NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public confidence, and jump-start the economy through deregulation and increased investment. Obasanjo's progress toward vital political and economic objectives is sl [...]	2001-06-13 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI
01ABUJA1374	DEBT SWAP FOR ENVIRONMENT CLEANUP INITIATIVE [...] (U) Action request and comment at para 6. 2. (U) TDY U.S. Treasury Advisor Lisa Cook and Economic Section Chief Stephen Carrig met June 11 with GON debt management officials for a review of the mechanics of a debt for environment clean-up swap first discussed in Washington during Presid [...]	2001-06-15 18:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA1529	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. Dr. Lukman indicated [...]	2001-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL
01ABUJA1547	NIGERIA: AFTERNOON TEA WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) After a several-week hiatus, Ambassador Jeter met with President Obasanjo for a relaxed, Saturday afternoon tea at the President's residence on June 30. A very positive and wide-ranging discussion ensued which included security assistance (Operation Focus Relief and MPRI),law enforcement [...]	2001-07-05 13:32:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD BEXP KCRM MASS NI
01ABUJA1548	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Agriculture Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria relations in the agriculture sector. USAID Country Director provided a thorough brief on the range of USG agricultural assistance programs. Minister Bello thought USG efforts were under-funded, [...]	2001-07-05 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP NI
01ABUJA1587	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...]	2001-07-05 15:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI
01ABUJA1621	NIGERIA: CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS POSSIBLE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 12. 2. Summary. Three Members of Congress visiting Nigeria under the auspices of a public diplomacy program met July 4 with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Agriculture. They expressed interest in pursuing collaborative ventures with Nige [...]	2001-07-10 05:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID OREP BEXP NI
01ABUJA1624	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR PETROLEUM RILWANU LUKMAN--DOWNSTREAM DEREGULATION STILL ON TRACK; REFINERY REHABILITATION MISHANDLED [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor Brodman, and Econoff Flook (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. During t [...]	2001-07-10 12:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ECON NI
01ABUJA1918	NIGERIA: SECRETARY EVANS LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] Action request, para 4. 2. Department of Commerce requested Post input on the efficacy of sending a Secretarial letter on behalf of Proctor & Gamble (P&G) to President Obasanjo. The Mission believes P&G's interests would be best served by approaching Chief Kolawole Babalola Jamodu, Min [...]	2001-08-01 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV NI
01ABUJA1932	NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO VISIT CHINA [...] (C) Mission has learned that the much-discussed but never-before-scheduled State Visit to China of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now slated for late August. President Obasanjo plans to leave Nigeria on August 25, and depart China on August 29, arriving in Nigeria on August 30. 2 [...]	2001-08-02 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD NI PREL MASS CH
01ABUJA1934	NIGERIA: DEVELOPING A STRUCTURE FOR BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 7. 2. (U) Embassy Abuja applauds the work of the Department on developing a new structure for engaging Nigeria. Ref A closely reflects Embassy thinking on next steps for post-JEPC engagement, and also mirrors many of the issues raised by the GON. Em [...]	2001-08-03 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PREL NI
01ABUJA1941	MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The fo [...]	2001-08-06 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NI
01ABUJA1950	MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The foll [...]	2001-08-06 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NI
01ABUJA2235	NIGERIA: CODEL WATTS AND BIZDEL DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Ambassador Jeter accompanied Codel Watts, AUSTR Whitaker and executives from Phillips Petroleum, Syntroleum, Proctor and Gamble and Qualcomm to breakfast with President Obasanjo. Pointing to the need for foreign investment in non-oil sectors, the President encouraged the U.S. compani [...]	2001-09-06 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OVIP NI
01ABUJA2445	NIGERIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT [...] In response to Reftel information request, the USG does not currently have an environmental program in Nigeria, although USD 2 million has now been identified for an environmental program. USAID/Nigeria ha prepared a scope of work for an overall assessment of the environment in Nigeria. The [...]	2001-09-25 15:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID NI
01ABUJA2511	OBASANJO TO RELEASE 1.2 BILLION EXCESS CRUDE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 26 Council of State meeting, President Obasanjo and state governors resolved their highly publicized squabble over the fate of excess oil revenues. In exchange for the governors accepting a partial allocation of 1.2 billion USD, Obasanjo agreed to eliminate t [...]	2001-10-03 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN
01ABUJA2515	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS ON AFRICAN [...] SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni, guest lecturer at the Nigerian National War College on September 17, was billed to speak to the filled hall about regional integration. His well-received speech focused largely on globalization as the driving force for integration. Museveni argued that st [...]	2001-10-03 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECIN MARR UG NI
01ABUJA2518	NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PROSPECTS FOR A RENEWED [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In an October 2 telcon with Debt Management Office Director-General Akin Arikawe, EconOff learned that, from recent meetings with the IMF and USG officials in Washington, the GON is cautiously optimistic of a [...]	2001-10-03 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA2568	NIGERIA: OBASANJO BELIEVES NIGERIA WILL REMAIN [...] (S) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 9 MEETING, PRESIDENT OBASANJO, JOINED BY SPECIAL ADVISOR ADOBE OBE, EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT NIGERIA WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATIONS AS A RESULT OF COALITION STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. HOWEVER, HE ADMITTED THAT NIGERIA HAD ISLAMIC RADICALS WHO BE [...]	2001-10-11 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL NI
01ABUJA2606	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-12 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2645	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR EAGER TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USG ON ALL ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met the President's Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol October 11 to discuss a range of bilateral economic issues, including the structure of the successor to the Joint Economic Partnership Committee (JEPC) and possible actions for Nigeria to crack-down on the [...]	2001-10-16 10:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PTER NI
01ABUJA2653	TFUS01: NIGERIA: DANJUMA'S CONDOLENCES, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by DATT, PolMilOff and DOD Colonel Terry Tidler called on Defense Minister Danjuma October 10 (COL I.D. Pennap, Personal Staff Officer to the Minister, also attended). Offering his condolences on September 11, Danjuma revealed that he had instructed [...]	2001-10-17 17:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR CG BY NI
01ABUJA2667	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...]	2001-10-18 20:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI
01ABUJA2668	NIGERIA: MPRI IPR - WILL THE PROGRAM CONTINUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A mostly positive In-Progress-Review of the MPRI program was followed by a discussion of MPRI funding issues for 2002. Claiming the GON was unaware that the program required an annual commitment of $3.5m, Defense Minister Danjuma suggested a new arrangement with a significantly s [...]	2001-10-18 20:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR NI
01ABUJA2669	NIGERIA: IMF PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO KEEP GON IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja supports continued IMF engagement with Nigeria despite the GON's failure to complete the current Stand-by Arrangement. We believe extending the current SBA through December followed by a new SBA is the best option. The extended program could emphasize restraints [...]	2001-10-18 20:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI
01ABUJA2684	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) On October 18, Ambassador Jeter met briefly with President Obasanjo and NSA Mohammed to discuss Obasanjo's upcoming "working visit" to the United States. Obasanjo said the trip would have to be short -- he could not arrive any earlier than the morning of November 2 and had to return to N [...]	2001-10-20 08:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL 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
01ABUJA2797	NIGERIA'S RISKS IN SUPPORTING US ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Since September 11, the Obasanjo Administration has lent unequivocal diplomatic support to USG anti-terrorists efforts, including coalition military operations against Al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts. This unambiguous support was not a given. Nigeria, home to Sub-Saharan Africa largest M [...]	2001-11-02 07:33:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER ETTC SOCI PINS PREL NI
01ABUJA2859	PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S DRAFT 2002 BUDGET SHOWS [...] Summary. The draft 2002 budget presented by President Obasanjo November 7 signals his attempt to restrain spending despite upcoming elections. Proposed spending levels total N841 billion (USD 7.5 billion),a seven percent reduction from the adjusted 2001 budget. Thirty-five percent of the b [...]	2001-11-09 17:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2938	NIGERIA: TRYING TIMES [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has entered a period of unease. During the past several months, the country's political elite has been more attentive to political intrigue than the demands of responsible governance. As a result, civilian government faces multiple challenges. Communal clashes have engende [...]	2001-11-21 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM NI
01ABUJA2989	NIGERDOCK: STORY OF A PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The case history of Niger Dock, the first such privatization to feature an American firm, highlights the internal GON rivalries and other obstacles that privatization faces in Nigeria. Just when the issue seemed settled, and J. Raymond McDermott, Inc. (JRM),had won the Nig [...]	2001-11-27 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD NI
01ABUJA3022	NIGERIA: GON SEEKS MEETING WITH PARIS CLUB [...] This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. EconOff spoke November 28 with Debt Management Office (DMO) Director-General Akin S. Arikawe. Arikawe expressed concern over FY2002 Paris Club payments. Specifically, he said the FY2002 proposed budget allocates N187 billion (USD 1.55 [...]	2001-11-30 05:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA3128	NIGERIA: DONORS DISCUSS 2002 BUDGET, PRSP AND [...] Summary. A donors meeting in Brussels November 19-20 focused on Nigeria's macroeconomic situation, the 2002 budget and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. Although GON economic progress for most of the year has been languid, donors agreed that the GON showed fourth quarter improvem [...]	2001-12-07 09:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA3162	NIGERIA: ESF PROPOSALS FOR FY 2002 [...] The following is Embassy Abuja's ESF funding proposals for FY 2002 FY 2002 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS U.S. Mission Nigeria Proposals Program Overview Nigeria has significant strategic value to the United States. The world's eighth largest oil producer, Nigeria ranks as the fifth la [...]	2001-12-11 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL NI
01ABUJA3201	NIGERIA: ENDGAME ON GAS FLARING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido has enlisted the World Bank, the Government of Norway and environmentalists from around the world to support his position over the issue of gas flaring in Nigeria. Okopido,s personal crusade is to advance the deadline to end gas f [...]	2001-12-13 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET SENV PGOV NI
01ABUJA3227	NIGERIA: U.S.-U.K. TEAM RAISES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY WITH OIL COMPANIES AND GON [...] (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
01ABUJA3232	NIGERIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2001 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in reftel: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasan [...]	2001-12-19 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NI
01ABUJA871	AMBASSADOR VISITS KADUNA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid his first official visit to Kaduna State on March 27 and 28. He met with Kaduna Governor Ahmed Makarfi, the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, former Military Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, Northern kingmaker Dr. Liman Ciroma and leaders in Musli [...]	2001-04-25 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV NI PINR ECON EAGR EMIN LY
01ABUJA997	Revenue Sharing and Resource Control [...] (U) In the interests of de-mystifying what is for everyone, Nigerians included, an extremely convoluted federal revenue-sharing system, Embassy offers the following summary explanation to help define the issues at stake in the resource control lawsuit being heard in the Nigerian Supreme Court. [...]	2001-05-04 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EPET PGOV PINS NI
01ASHGABAT1049	BERDIEV SACKED; MEREDOV NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OPENED THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE MEJLIS (PARLIAMENT) JULY 7 WITH A SPEECH IN WHICH HE HARSHLY CRITICIZED AND THEN DISMISSED FOREIGN MINISTER BATYR BERDIEV. NIYAZOV ACCUSED BERDIEV OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING, AND SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF BERDIEV'S PERSONAL FAILINGS HE HAD BEE [...]	2001-07-09 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
01DAKAR2990	PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...]	2001-09-07 16:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SG
01HANOI2817	VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...]	2001-10-29 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY
01HANOI3124	SLOW BUT STEADY ARGENTINA-VIETNAM RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A RECENT VISIT BY ARGENTINA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE LIMITED ARGENTINA-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. THE VISIT FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND TRADE ISSUES AND ALSO INCLUDED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENE [...]	2001-11-28 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG VM AR CTERR
01HANOI3186	PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...]	2001-12-04 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR
01HANOI686	VIETNAM COMPLETES PRIOR ACTIONS FOR IMF/WORLD BANK STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WORLD BANK AND IMF REPRESENTATIVES IN HANOI CONFIRM VIETNAM HAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED PRIOR ACTIONS/CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE FUND'S PROPOSED POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRDF) AND THE BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) FOR VIETNAM TO BE SUBMITT [...]	2001-03-23 10:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE
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
01HARARE3158	MEDIA REPORT STRIKE AGAINST TERROR OPINION PIECES; [...] THE OCTOBER 21 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED TWO OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S.-LED STRIKE AGAINST TERROR IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. UNDER HEADLINE "WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND," THE [...]	2001-10-23 07:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE644	ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HOUNDS SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (U) JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 2 THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY. SHORTLY AFTER MEETING WITH GUBBAY IN HIS SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS, CHINAMASA ISSUED A STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD TAKE FOUR MONTHS OF LEAVE BEGINNING ON MA [...]	2001-02-05 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01LIBREVILLE603	OMAR BONGO AND THE GABONESE POLITICAL SCENE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AFTER NEARLY 34 YEARS IN OFFICE, GABONESE PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO IS A WILY POLITICIAN WHO STILL HAS A FIRM GRIP ON POWER. HE IS UNQUESTIONABLY "THE BOSS" AND MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE CIRCLE OF FAITHFUL AND PANDERING ALLIES. MANY [...]	2001-04-23 15:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GB
01RIYADH1771	THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY [...] (C) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REGIME CRITICS HAVE BEEN EXILED OR MARGINALIZED ABROAD AND CO-OPTED OR MUZZLED AT HOME, AND A LARGELY APOLITICAL CITIZENRY SHOWS NO INCLINATION TO DEMAND GREATER [...]	2001-06-27 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI SA
01STATE157224	TF UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER ATTACK SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 2300 EDT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 [...] No summary [...]	2001-09-12 10:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC
01VATICAN6604	SPECIAL ENVOY DANFORTH DISCUSSES BACK- [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/E DANFORTH AND DELEGATION DISCUSSED STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD SUDAN PEACE PROCESS 12/20 WITH SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY AFRICA SPECIALISTS FABIO RICCARDI AND DON MATTEO ZUPPI. RICCARDI PROPOSED CONFIDENTIAL TALKS BETWEEN TRUSTED SENIOR GOS AND SPLM REPRESENTATIVES AT A LOCATIO [...]	2001-12-27 16:05:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU VT VTPREL
02ABUJA1091	NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WARM TO MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: During a late night April 3 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo gave a Janus- faced performance. Affable and engaging at the onset, he commended POTUS for quickly approving UXO assistance to help with the Ikeja cantonment explosion. Obasanjo, asserting the military a [...]	2002-04-08 16:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EFIN NI
02ABUJA1135	NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP March 25-April 5 [...] (SBU) On March 26, the National Assembly approved the 2002 budget of N1.06 trillion (USD 8.7 billion),a 20 percent increase over the President's N841 billion (USD 7.25 billion) proposal. In a radio call-in program later that week, President Obasanjo signaled his intention to veto the measure [...]	2002-04-10 15:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA1162	NIGERIA: STATES'S INABILITY TO PAY WAGES RAISES [...] (C) Summary. State governments are sounding the alarm that they can no longer pay civil service salaries and retiree pensions. When oil prices and revenues were high in May 2000, civil servant wages were more than doubled. However, federal revenues allocated to the States have dropped in tan [...]	2002-04-12 12:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EFIN PINS NI
02ABUJA1184	NIGERIA 2003: OO BOOSTERS TRY TO PRE-EMPT [...] (C) Summary: From the perspective of recent history, the processions of sycophantic visitors and Obasanjo's own words strongly suggest Nigeria's President will seek a second term. At a minimum, Obasanjo boosters seek to pre-empt anyone else contemplating a run -- the better to assure continue [...]	2002-04-15 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI
02ABUJA1194	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION [...] Summary and Introduction: The April 5 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that offshore resources belong to the Federal Government not the coastal states, also removed external debt and oil cash calls from "first line payments." Rather than pay Nigeria,s external debt solely from national gov [...]	2002-04-16 16:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1214	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2002 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Overview: Nigeria is yet to generate any significant new export activity under AGOA. Main reasons for this lack of progress appear to be Nigeria's unfavorable exchange rate and investment climate. Moreover, the Government of Nigeria and USG have been unable to finalize the visa regime that w [...]	2002-04-17 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PREL NI AGOA
02ABUJA1347	NIGERIA: FPOTUS CARTER AND BILL GATES, SR. VISIT [...] FPOTUS Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates, Sr. and staff from The Carter Center and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation paid a very successful, well-publicized March 8-10 visit to Nigeria. The purpose of the visit was to galvanize greater domestic support for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, [...]	2002-05-02 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TBIO SOCI KWMN NI HIV AIDS
02ABUJA1594	NIGERIA: OBASANJO SAYS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: During a late evening May 18 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, an animated President Obasanjo claimed the bilateral relationship was too one-sided. While we dun him with multiple demands to reform at home and hew our line on foreign policy issues abroad (Zimbabwe and Cuba),we w [...]	2002-05-23 19:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1597	NIGERIA: A SLIDE IN THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: The return of democratic government in Nigeria brought relief and great expectations in both Abuja and Washington. Visions of a strategic partnership between the world's preeminent republic and Africa's largest democracy tantalized policymakers in both capitals. Committing to sign [...]	2002-05-23 19:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1636	NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers expect a ruling before the Court's summer recess begins in July. The Nigerian public is not ready to hear that Bakassi belongs to Cameroon. Elections loom. S [...]	2002-05-31 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ
02ABUJA1807	NIGERIA: 2002 BUDGET DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and background. The Financial Year 2002 Budget entered the political spotlight last week as President Obasanjo met legislators and the Nigerian Federal Executive Council debated the subject. Obasanjo's original budget for USD $7.10 billion (848 billion Naira) went to the legislatu [...]	2002-06-18 14:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV NI
02ABUJA1811	NIGERIA: POST PERSPECTIVE ON JUNE 24 TIFA COUNCIL [...] Classified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Nigerian delegation to the June 24 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council in Washington will be headed by Minister of Commerce Engineer Mustafa Bello. The annual Council meeting provides an opportunity for senior [...]	2002-06-19 05:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON 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
02ABUJA2262	NIGERIA: LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO NEEDS A [...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu stated that President Obasanjo was in deep trouble politically. Reelection hinged on a deal with Tinubu's Alliance for Democracy (AD). However, Tinubu claimed Obasanjo was still trying to assert PDP su [...]	2002-07-30 18:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2267	NIGERIA: METHODIST ARCHBISHOP TOUTS OBASANJO -- [...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Methodist Archbishop Sunday Mbang felt Obasanjo was performing well and would win reelection. One of Nigeria's most influential clerics, Mbang attributed much of the criticism levied at the President to Obasanjo's clamping down on cor [...]	2002-08-01 15:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2326	NIGERIA: LETTER FROM CHEVRON NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS [...] Ambassador Jeter received the following letter from Chevron Nigeria Limited, signifying the end of the occupation of Chevron's Escravos storage facility by Ugborodo women in Delta State: Begin Text END OF OCCUPATION OF ESCRAVOS TANK FARM BY UGBORODO WOMEN =Salutations We are [...]	2002-08-05 19:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PGOV EPET SOCI NI
02ABUJA2411	NIGERIA: A/S KANSTEINER MEETS NEXT GENERATION OF [...] Summary: At a 25 dinner hosted by Ambassador Jeter, Assistant Secretary Kansteiner met with a group of Nigeria's "best and brightest," young but influential advisors in the Obasanjo Administration today, to discuss Nigeria's economic and political challenges. The participants outlined the d [...]	2002-08-15 11:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2438	TOP OIL ADVISORS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ENERGY FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25 Assistant Secretary Kansteiner and Ambassador Jeter discussed oil and gas issues with Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Petroleum and Energy, and the current President of OPEC. Lukman denied rumors that Nigeria will leave OPEC under alleged U.S. pres [...]	2002-08-21 17:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL NI
02ABUJA2652	CODEL DASCHLE -- BREAKFAST MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a breakfast meeting for Codel Daschle on August 31 at the Presidential Villa. In attendance were key Executive Council members and members of the Codel accompanied by Ambassador Jeter and Poloff. Obasanjo began by giving the Codel a brief hi [...]	2002-09-12 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI
02ABUJA2665	NIGERIA: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES TELL SENATOR BINGAMAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, Senator Bingaman (D-New Mexico) met representatives of the three largest Nigerian-based U.S. oil companies (ChevronTexaco, Conoco, and ExxonMobile) to discuss natural gas flaring in Nigeria. The oil executives stated that efforts to halt gas flaring have been hamst [...]	2002-09-13 09:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP EPET SENV ECON PGOV NI
02ABUJA2707	NIGERIA: THE PRESS GETS IT WRONG: NO DEBT PAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports have incoreectly claimed Nigeria had stopped foreign debt payments. Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Joseph Sanusi, whose August 27 press statement was cited as the basis of the report, as well as other government sources, confirm that Sanusi was the victim o [...]	2002-09-19 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA2729	NIGERIAN LEGISLATORS HOST CODEL DASCHLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 31, CODEL Daschle met Senate President Anyim, Deputy House Speaker Nwuche, and other members of the National Assembly Leadership. Discussions touched on democracy and rule of law in Nigeria, trade relations and expanding Nigeria's economy, natural gas production issue [...]	2002-09-24 08:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI
02ABUJA2736	NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S IMPEACHMENT DRAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once dismissed as another hollow threat by a feckless National Assembly, the ongoing impeachment drama is now the central political issue in Nigeria, eclipsing even voter registration. Obasanjo's removal from office remains unlikely however the odds against him are stronger than l [...]	2002-09-24 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2738	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS' STRIKE CAUSES SHORT-LIVED [...] PENGASSAN, Nigeria's white collar oil and gas union, in cooperation with the blue collar Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG),held a one day "warning strike" on September 23 to protest the planned privatization of certain downstream operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum [...]	2002-09-25 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELAB EPET NI
02ABUJA2744	NIGERIA: IS NEXT JANUARY'S 12.5% WAGE [...] (U) During his opening address before his National Executive Committee on September 12, National Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced he had won from the Obasanjo administration a 12.5 per cent across-the-board wage increase. The increase would be enacted January 1, 2003 [...]	2002-09-25 23:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN NI
02ABUJA2768	NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agreement -- President Sponsors Bill to Give States Offshore Oil Revenue -- Supplemental Budget Bill Has Little Chance of Passage -- NITEL to Face Competition in Telec [...]	2002-09-27 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI
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
02ABUJA2788	NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S THREATENED IMPEACHMENT -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to impeach Obasanjo seem to be losing steam, but the ultimate outcome still remains uncertain. Many protagonists may not want to remove Nigeria's President from office, but rather to weaken him politically to the point that he fails to get the PDP President nomination or v [...]	2002-10-03 19:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2800	NIGERIA -- DEFENSE MINISTER DANJUMA TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 23-24 Invitational Visit to EUCOM headquarters, Nigerian Defense Minister T.Y. Danjuma castigated the French for allegedly supporting Cameroon in the Bakassi dispute. A close confidante of President Obasanjo, Danjuma implied that Nigeria might nationalize Fre [...]	2002-10-04 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PNAT MOPS NI CM PTBS
02ABUJA2803	NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, the following is an update of the information provided previously in Nigeria's AGOA eligibility (Ref B.) PROGRESS TOWARD A MARKET ECONOMY --------------------------------------------- --------- Item 4.1.1A: The GON continues to make incremental progress toward es [...]	2002-10-07 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV NI AGOA
02ABUJA2838	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: -- Voter Registration -- Political Assassinations -- Electoral Bill Override -- Grand Summit of Politicians -- Miss World Postponed -- House At [...]	2002-10-15 09:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2884	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic economic report includes: --Dutch Auction Holds Naira Steady --Supplemental Budget Withdrawn --IMF and GON begin Article IV Consultations --Hotels' Privatization in Jeopardy --Business Opportunities for U.S. Firms in Lagos State --Nigeria to sign Paris Club Debt Agreement with U [...]	2002-10-22 08:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI
02ABUJA2934	NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI RULING [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's Cabinet states its objections to the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, suggests implementation will not begin soon, and calls for more bilateral talks. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are simultaneously on high alert and a huge shopping spree. We view GON words and actions as effort [...]	2002-10-24 02:34:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA2961	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP OCTOBER 30 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA --GON Re-Thinks Nigeria Airways Deal --GON to Set Domestic Content Requirement for JV Oil Contracts --Local Concerns Over Niger Delta Dredging U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA ------ [...]	2002-10-30 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV EAIR NI
02ABUJA2980	THE AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [...] Summary: The 9th annual conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria convened in Calabar, July 9-12, 2002. "American Studies" specialists from Nigerian federal, state, and private universities compared U.S. and Nigerian laws pertaining to ethnicity, citizenship, and democracy. [...]	2002-11-01 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP NI
02ABUJA3029	NIGERIA: PDP CHAIRMAN SAYS OBASANJO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 31 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, PDP National Chairman Audu Ogbeh correctly predicted the impeachment threat against President Obasanjo would soon be resolved. Nevertheless, the dispute had exacerbated North-South tensions. Despite the President's lack of a po [...]	2002-11-05 16:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI

02ABUJA3101	NIGERIA: "VOLUNTARY" CAP ON INTEREST RATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Most bankers see the October Bankers Committee "voluntary" agreement to cap interest rates at 22.5 percent as neither sustainable nor truly voluntary. Some industry insiders view the move as politically motivated. The Central Bank and the Bankers Committee endorsed the ceilin [...]	2002-11-14 07:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA3105	NIGERIA: "PATRIOTS" ASK OBASANJO TO [...] ( C) Summary: Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, prominent Lagos attorney and charter member of the "Patriots", a group of prominent Southern and Middle Belt figures, told Ambassador Jeter on October 21 that the "Patriots" had issued a public statement urging President Obasanjo not to seek re- [...]	2002-11-14 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
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
02ABUJA3297	NIGERIA: ENGAGING THE AMERICAN PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY: On October 21, Ambassador Jeter, assisted by USAID Mission Director Liberi, National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) Chairperson Osotimehin, Lagos Consul General, Mission Officers, and Percy Wilson, an AFR/SD HIV/AIDS Consultant, hosted a highly successful luncheon for 20 prominent [...]	2002-12-12 13:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI ECON NI
02ABUJA3312	NIGERIA: SOME ISLAMIC CLERICS OBJECT TO [...] "Daily Trust," a Northern-oriented independent newspaper based in Abuja, December 11 published a page four article reporting the call by some Muslim clerics in far-northern Katsina that the Government of Nigeria cancel President Bush's visit if reports of an upcoming visit are true. 2. [...]	2002-12-13 16:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PROP PINS NI BUSH GEORGE
02ABUJA3341	YEAR-END ECONOMIC POTPOURRI [...] This cable covers: -- Ambassador's Meets with World Bank and IMF prior to Article Four Consultation Meetings in Washington -- Central Bank is Optimistic about Near Term -- CBN and IMF Statistics on GDP Differ -- GON Not Worried About Drop in FOREX Reserves -- CBN Claims States Continue to [...]	2002-12-19 14:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA387	NIGERIA: PROPOSED POST-JEPC BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] This cable contains an action request in para 14. 2. During extensive discussions with GON officials late last year and throughout this month, including the President's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA),we have reached general agreement on a way forward on a post-JEPC arrangement. This new a [...]	2002-02-06 09:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV NI
02ABUJA461	NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR INDICATORS [...] Market statistics: By most accounts, Nigeria's telecom sector witnessed significant growth in 2001, but accurate statistics are difficult to obtain. Although information regarding telecom companies and government agencies participating in the sector is current, data on growth trends is availab [...]	2002-02-08 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD NI
02ABUJA630	NIGERIA: GUM ARABIC SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and AUSTR Whitaker visited Jigawa and Kano states on January 28 and 29 respectively. Two years of negotiations, involving the U.S. private sector, Nigerian State and Federal Governments, USTR and the U.S. Embassy resulted in the January 28 launching of the Gum Arabi [...]	2002-02-26 15:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI
02ABUJA724	ECONOMICS AND TRADE LEAD PLACEMENTS IN FIRST [...] PAS Abuja and Lagos had 35 placements/coverages in Nigerian media the first two weeks of February, continuing a recent trend toward more placements and more diversification by subject matter. The war on terror was not the leading category for a change. Economics and trade took the honors, th [...]	2002-03-06 13:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP NI OPRC
02ABUJA829	NIGERIA: RECENT EVENTS TEST NIGERIA'S RESILIENCE [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has seen its share of calamity and contention in recent months. The Ikeja cantonment explosion, abortive police and general strikes, and an electoral law enmeshed by controversy have decreased public confidence in the Government's competence and have added to a general s [...]	2002-03-13 16:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR NI
02ABUJA852	A SNAPSHOT OF OBASANJO'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Three years ago, Obasanjo rode into office on a wave of optimism: Gone was the military; democratic rule had returned. Now, with a year until the elections, Obasanjo's prospects are uncertain. His abrupt manner, callous public remarks, and unwillingness to listen have alienated [...]	2002-03-15 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA979	NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 18-22 [...] (SBU) Because of shrunken government revenues due to lower world oil prices, most State governments have become cash strapped. Some have not paid civil servants since January. Wage costs grew exponentially in May 2000 when the minimum civil servant wage was increased from N3,500 to N7,500/month [...]	2002-03-27 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PHUM NI
02ADANA391	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 13, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-11-21 08:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA422	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 13, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-23 15:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA423	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 20, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-23 15:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA437	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 30, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-31 08:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA439	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 31, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-31 11:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
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
02AMMAN2423	SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING [...] (S) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout) shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a just-completed three-week tour of Iraq. The images he conveyed -- full flights into and out of Baghdad, markets better stocked with products than before, huge, recently-completed ornat [...]	2002-05-16 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ
02AMMAN2720	IRAQ/GRL: PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1409 CAUSES BARELY A [...] (C) Since UNSCR 1409's passage two weeks ago, there has been surprisingly little reaction from either the GOJ or Jordan's business community on the new international rules governing Iraq trade. Those who follow the issue have greeted 1409 with caution, unsure whether or not Jordan will benefi [...]	2002-05-28 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3044	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES [...] (c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform elements in Jordan's business community are trying to re-establish themselves in the kingdom's economic decision-making arena. These recidivist groups have been encouraged by an increase in anti-American, and hence anti-globalization, feelin [...]	2002-06-10 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3174	JORDAN AND IRAQI OIL [...] (S) During the executive session of the U.S.-Jordan Joint Military Commission (JMC) in Amman on May 28, DOD U/S for Policy Douglas Feith, drawing on guidance prepared for his trip, told the Jordanians that the U.S. would "work to fill any gaps" should Jordan's oil supply from Iraq be cut. 2 [...]	2002-06-13 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL JO IZ
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
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
02AMMAN3804	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB CONSULTATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
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
02AMMAN3978	FORMER JORDANIAN PM TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging tour-d'horizon with the Ambassador, former PM and FM Abdulkarim Kabariti candidly weighed in on a variety of issues, foreign and domestic. Kabariti is known for his strong views on domestic politics and the GOJ's relationship with Iraq. Kabariti's comments n [...]	2002-07-18 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS ETRD EFIN JO
02AMMAN4145	IRAQ AND THE JORDANIAN POPULACE'S MOOD DOMINATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-28 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN4304	JORDAN TRADE MINISTER'S IRAQ TRIP "ONLY FOR APPEARANCES" [...] (C) According to the number two Ministry official, Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir's July 19-23 visit to Baghdad was primarily for show, and added little to the bilateral economic relationship. He noted that some adjustments had been proposed to the bilateral oil and trade protocols to offse [...]	2002-08-04 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4401	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-07 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4499	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-12 10:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4589	FORMER IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS SADDAM IS VULNERABLE [...] (C) Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi told visiting SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar August 12 that Saddam's hold is fragile, that most Iraqis believe the U.S. is serious about regime change "this time," and that they "want to see Saddam gone, preferably while they are asleep." Saddam will use [...]	2002-08-15 05:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ JO
02AMMAN5071	SENATOR CORZINE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND THE MEPP WITH [...] (C) Senator Jon Corzine traveled to Jordan August 28-30. On August 29, the Senator met with Foreign Minister Muasher, Prime Minister Abul Ragheb, Minister of National Economy Halaiqa, Minister of Finance Marto, private sector leaders, the Trade and Planning Ministers, and a number of media per [...]	2002-09-05 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN5238	DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-12 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL OPRC
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
02AMMAN5355	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-18 11:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5737	BIOS ON NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah and Prime Minister Abul Ragheb reshuffled the Cabinet on September 26 adding 4 new members to the Cabinet, and reassigning one Cabinet member to a new portfolio. Para 2 contains biographical data on the new ministers. 2. (U) New members of the Cabinet are: A. (U) Mini [...]	2002-10-03 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02AMMAN5843	PM SAYS JORDAN IS NOW STOCKPILING OIL ON TANKER IN [...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb, in answer to a question from the Ambassador during an October 5 conversation (septels on other topics),said that Jordan now has a large oil tanker (290,000 metric tons capacity) in the port of Aqaba that it will use to add to its limited strategic reserve [...]	2002-10-08 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN5912	DEFUSING JORDAN'S GROWING FEAR OF TRANSFER [...] (C) Over the past few weeks, many Jordanians of all political stripes have become deeply afraid that Israel -- and specifically PM Sharon personally -- will exploit a U.S. attack on Iraq to forcibly transfer large numbers of Palestinians from the West Bank to Jordan. Senior officials, media [...]	2002-10-10 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
02AMMAN5967	MEDIA REACTION ON CONGRESS' DECISION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-15 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN6507	JORDAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS ON WASHINGTON [...] (c) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on November 4 and on Finance Minister Michel Marto on November 5 to review their recent meetings in Washington on supplemental economic assistance for Jordan. Confirming the informal readouts the embassy has received by email, both [...]	2002-11-05 16:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN6515	JORDAN IMF TEAM REVIEWS IRAQ SCENARIOS [...] (C) According to an IMF team visiting Amman this week to discuss the Fund's program for 2003, economic disruptions from military operations against Iraq could increase Jordan's external financing need by $1.2 billion in 2003. Substantial external assistance could over time, however, help smoo [...]	2002-11-06 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL IZ JO
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
02AMMAN6722	JORDAN: DAS SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES PROPOSED [...] (c) Summary. In meetings with the Jordanian Prime Minister and Finance Minister, DAS Satterfield was told that answers to the U.S. questions regarding possible supplemental economic assistance for Jordan would be ready within the coming week. The ministers agreed that additional U.S. assist [...]	2002-11-18 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
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
02AMMAN7328	JORDAN: CAPITALIZING ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (u) Jordan's government and business community are hailing the first annual U.S.-Jordan Joint Economic Committee meeting held in Washington December 11, and the private-sector trade events that surrounded it, as unqualified successes. Jordanian participants were impressed by and appreciativ [...]	2002-12-18 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV SENV BEXP JO
02ANKARA7763	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON POST-ELECTION TASKS, INCLUDING KEEPING THE CARETAKER GOT HONEST [...] (SBU) Summary: In a October 30 meeting, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told us he and Treasury U/S Oztrak have prepared a document to give to the election winners which explains in non-technical terms the GOT's commitments to the IMF and why they should be honored. The length of the educa [...]	2002-11-01 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8110	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]	2002-11-08 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA8230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-14 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8379	INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip Erdogan on November 16, reflect AK's efforts to balance its desire to boost the "real economy" and help the poor with its need to reassure markets and maintain fiscal discipline. [...]	2002-11-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU
02ANKARA8440	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-19 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8798	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-03 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9058	WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-20 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU
02ANKARA9109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-24 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-26 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
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
02DAMASCUS625	ASAD WARNS THAT STRIKING IRAQ WOULD CREATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, BASHAR AL-ASAD WARNED THAT A STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ WOULD DESTABILIZE THE REGION. HE ALSO DENIED THAT SYRIAN OIL IMPORTS OF IRAQI OIL VIOLATED UNSCRS; REPEATED SYRIA'S COMMITMENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE; SAID THE [...]	2002-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS SY
02HANOI1279	BURMA AND VIETNAM: TRYING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE VISIT BY PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG TO BURMA UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE MODEST TIES BETWEEN THESE TWO FELLOW ASEAN STATES. A MAJOR FOCUS WAS ON THE STILL LIMITED ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP; BILATERAL TRADE IS ONLY ABOUT USD 10 MILLION ANNUALLY. NARCOTICS [...]	2002-05-20 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV ETRD BM VM ASEAN CTERR
02HANOI2709	VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...]	2002-11-08 04:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM
02HANOI3098	VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT 2003 [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR VIETNAM. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03098 01 OF 08 301021Z VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY THE LANDMARK US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT THAT SEEKS [...]	2002-12-30 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC VM FINREF BTA IPROP
02HARARE1664	ZIMBABWE FINANCE MINISTER PROVIDES STARK ECONOMIC [...] (C) In a June 25 letter to the Cabinet's economic and finance committe, Finance Minister Simba Makoni provided a stark picture of Zimbabwe's economic crisis. According to Makoni, Zimbabwe has no foreign exchange reserves, which has prevented the Government from procuring even those products [...]	2002-07-19 08:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD ZI
02HARARE1775	STEALTH DEVALUATION: "THROUGH THE BACKDOOR" [...] (C) Summary. Despite President Mugabe's vigorous insistence that "devaluation is dead" (see reftel),the GOZ has tacitly conceded -- within a matter of days -- that devaluation is in fact very much alive. On July 25, Finance Minister Simba Makoni (who was obliquely castigated by Mugabe in th [...]	2002-08-05 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1863	BREDENKAMP CONSULTANT DISCUSSES HIS PROMINENT [...] (C) On August 15, Laboff met with a local economist and John Hollaway (protect),a Zimbabwean mining consultant, to discuss potential economic lifelines available to the GOZ through development of platinum resources. As expected, Hollaway believes that any sizable expansion of the platinum mi [...]	2002-08-16 05:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PINR ZI
02HARARE2102	FUEL SHORTAGE OR PANIC BUYING? -- FUEL QUEUES [...] Summary. Various sources suggest that a nation-wide fuel shortage is likely sooner rather than later (reftel). Even with continued financial support from Libya regarding the fuel itself, widely reported in recent press accounts, the GOZ is facing huge pressures to produce forex to get the fue [...]	2002-09-17 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV ZI
02HARARE2133	MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ; HARARE [...] U.S. policy toward Iraq was the favored topic of Zimbabwean op-ed writers over the Sept 21-22 weekend. While none of the writers defended Saddam Hussein, they were unanimously opposed to U.S. unilateral action in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush, [...]	2002-09-23 12:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2246	ZIMBABWE'S FOREX/FUEL QUANDARY [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel shortage has worsened. Each new Libyan demand for foreign exchange sets off an eleventh hour crisis, as the GoZ seeks to wean hard currency from a rapidly shrinking economy. End Summary. Scapegoating Suppliers ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In a new twist sin [...]	2002-10-09 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2339	ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY: PATIENT IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Sullivan and the economic/commercial section hosted a group of American-connected businessmen for lunch on October 23 as a first step towards resurrecting an American Business Association. Although the mission expected to hear the usual commentary about an economy in [...]	2002-10-25 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ZI
02HARARE2544	U.S. OIL FIRMS COULD GET SQUEEZED [...] (C) Summary: Indigenous firms are pressing the GoZ to let them take over business from foreign oil firms, according to Mobil officials. However, the company reps were subsequently encouraged by subsequent GoZ assurances on Tuesday that multinational investment should be protected. End Summary. [...]	2002-11-18 06:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ZI
02HARARE2809	Almost No Fuel [...] (U) Summary: Short of foreign exchange and shunned by Libya, this country is virtually running on empty. Doggedly patient Zimbabweans wait days in mile-long fuel lines that meander over and around city blocks. The roads have lost 75 percent of normal traffic, as the Government cannot muster [...]	2002-12-17 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI
02HARARE2876	GOZ adds more price controls [...] Summary: The macroeconomically-challenged GOZ expanded its price freeze list on December 28. New controls will lead to further shortages and a burgeoning black market. End Summary. 2. Over the past months, the GOZ has rapidly expanded its price freeze. The latest list includes school unifo [...]	2002-12-30 14:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI
02KUWAIT5179	(SBU) BANKRUPT BY 2026: KUWAIT'S LOOMING SOCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Important enough to disrupt the opening of the National Assembly, a draft amendment to the Social Securities law is the subject of hot debate between Government ministers and MPs. Kuwait's liberal retirement policies have created a sense of entitlement which may soon be betrayed [...]	2002-12-01 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON KU
02KUWAIT5241	(U) CODEL ISSA MEETS KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Issa met with the Speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly, Mr. Jassem Al-Khorafi, and other MP's on November 25, 2002. Among the topics discussed were Kuwait's concerns over the U.S.-Saudi relationship, a post-Saddam Iraq and the impact of U.S. policies in Israel and the terri [...]	2002-12-04 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU OREP PGOV PREL US
02KUWAIT5296	QATAR GAS TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-10 06:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KU SA
02KUWAIT5415	KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT, [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-17 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV
02KUWAIT5464	KUWAIT: SENIOR ADVISOR ON STATUS OF PROJECT KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-22 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV KU
02LAGOS146	SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]	2002-12-07 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI
02LAGOS76	SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]	2002-12-07 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02RANGOON1233	PREMIER DIVESTS, PETRONAS DIGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Premier Oil's decision to pull up stakes here seems based more on financial necessity than the pressure of boycotts. Petronas, Premier's partial owner and business partner in Burma, agreed to sell back its shares in Premier in exchange for the British firm's position in the Yetagu [...]	2002-09-25 05:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV BM
02RANGOON1468	BURMESE ECONOMY: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS...OR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regime's continued mismanagement of the Burmese economy has given another push to its downward slide in recent months. The government's increasing reliance on trade restrictions, rather than fiscal and monetary policy measures, has slashed imports and halted temporarily the [...]	2002-11-14 08:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BM
02RANGOON1517	BURMA AND IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: An official Burmese delegation headed by the Minister of Forestry traveled to Baghdad in March and concluded agreements to cooperate with the Government of Iraq on trade, banking and finance, oil and gas, scientific research and technical issues, and in other areas. The agreed [...]	2002-11-25 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL ETRD BM IZ
02RANGOON1616	WAR AND PEACE IN KAREN STATE [...] (U) Summary: In a recent visit to the small border town of Myawaddy in eastern Karen State, Poloff found some residual conflict between regime forces and Karen National Union (KNU) forces. Although the KNU appears to have been reduced to hit and run, guerilla-type attacks, the rugged mounta [...]	2002-12-17 07:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM
02ROME1511	ITALY ON ZIMBABWE: PEER PRESSURE BEST HOPE FOR [...] (C) MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS REPLIED TO OUR RECENT DEMARCHE AND LETTER ON ZIMBABWE. THE GOI SHARES THE EU POINT OF VIEW THAT CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS ARE NECESSARY. HOWEVER, MARINI BELIEVES THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY PROVE INSUFFICIENT TO FORCE CHANGE. THE ROLE [...]	2002-03-25 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC OPDC SA ZI IT SADC
02ROME2257	ITALY SAYS IRAN MAY REALLY NEED SPEED BOATS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY. ITALY WILL INVESTIGATE REFTEL POTENTIAL SALE OF HIGH-SPEED BOATS TO IRAN BUT, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, DOES NOT NECESSARILY AGREE THAT THE SALES WOULD EITHER VIOLATE ITALIAN LAW OR WOULD COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WASSENAAR'S MUNITIONS LIST. MFA'S NONPROLIFERAT [...]	2002-05-09 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC IR IT UN EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME2340	NORTH AFRICA: OUTLOOK FOR DEMOCRACY SUBJECT OF [...] SUMMARY: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA PRESENTED A CONFERENCE MAY 3-4 ON STRATEGIES FOR A PLURALISTIC FUTURE IN NORTH AFRICA. ACADEMICIANS AND PRACTITIONERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, AND NORTH AFRICA PRESENTED THE HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY CONTEXT IN WHICH DEM [...]	2002-05-14 09:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EAID XI IT UN
02ROME2958	ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JUNE [...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN ECONOMY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT WEAK OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO BE AN ANEMIC 1.3 PERCENT IN 2002. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO DAMPEN ITALIAN EXPORTS, AND HEIGHTEN CONSUMER UNCERTAINTY. THE CONVERSION TO THE EURO HAS PUSHED UP [...]	2002-06-18 11:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
02ROME3641	NE ITALY'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE: [...] SUMMARY: THE NORTHEASTERN ITALIAN TRANSPORTATION CENTERS IN VENICE AND TRIESTE HAVE RELIED PRIMARILY ON INCREASED INTERMODALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE PORT OF TRIESTE, IN PARTICULAR, HAS STRONG LINKS TO THE ITALIAN RAILWAYS AND IS AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING INTERNATI [...]	2002-07-24 05:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KCIP EAIR ELTN EWWT IT
02ROME3755	OLD AND NEW STYLE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS IN SICILY [...] SUMMARY. ON 24 AUGUST A/ECMIN VISITED THE PRIOLO INDUSTRIAL AREA IN SOUTHERN SICILY TO MEET WITH DOW ITALIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03755 01 OF 02 011426Z AND POLIMERI EUROPA, TOUR THEIR FACILITIES, AND ACQUIRE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPANIES TO PAVE THE [...]	2002-07-31 14:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY ETRD SENV IT
02ROME3855	U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES WITH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON DISCUSSED HIS RECENT MOSCOW VISIT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS COUNTROL ISSUES, MISSILE DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (REF A) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH [...]	2002-08-06 11:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR IT
02ROME67	THERE HE GOES AGAIN: WHITHER RUGGIERO, II? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTER HAS AGAIN GENERATED TURMOIL BY PUBLICLY CHASTISING HIS FELLOW CABINET PAGE 02 ROME 00067 070638Z MEMBERS -- AND SOME SUGGEST EVEN HIS PRIME MINISTER -- FOR FAILING TO BE SUFFICIENTLY VOCAL IN THEIR SUPPORT OF THE LAUNCH OF THE EURO. IS RUGG [...]	2002-01-07 06:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02STATE193342	SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT [...] (U) OCTOBER 1, 2002, 1100-1130, SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: SECRETARY POWELL SPOKESMAN RICHARD BOUCHER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES SHARI VILLAROSA EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MATTHEW DALEY S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER EXECUTIVE ASSIST [...]	2002-10-03 00:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG EAID ID TT
02STATE250963	DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]	2002-12-07 02:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
02TEGUCIGALPA2534	A/S REICH MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO; DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON BORDER/TARIFF DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-10 17:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD ECON KJUS HO UNGA
02TEGUCIGALPA2991	FTAA: HONDURAS' EXPORT PRIORITY INFORMATION [...] As solicited in reftel, Post identifies the following export priorities for the Honduran government and private sector. The cable includes both non-agricultural products (mentioned in reftel) and agricultural goods. 2. According to its recently published economic plan, the Maduro adminis [...]	2002-10-30 15:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR ELAB PREL KTEX HO FCS
02TEGUCIGALPA3004	GOH Faces Unpalatable Choices on Increasing [...] (SBU) A new IDB-sponsored diagnosis of structural problems in Honduras's tax policy documents the failure of the GOH to raise sufficient revenues to fund vital state functions, resulting in steady growth in the central government's fiscal deficit. The authors recommend an immediate repeal of [...]	2002-10-31 16:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3184	AES AND ELECTRICITY TENDER: GOH AWARDS TO LUFUSSA [...] (C) The Honduran state-owned electricity company ENEE announced that Honduran company Lufussa was the winner of the 210MW electricity tender, ignoring Lufussa's failure to comply with bid requirements and serious allegations of impropriety. ENEE's decision represents a heavy blow for U.S. com [...]	2002-11-21 15:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3492	HONDURAS' PETROLEUM MARKET STABLE FOR NOW, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Econoff approached Texaco Caribbean General Manager Richard Ritter (please protect) on December 30 to discuss the effect of the oil strike in Venezuela on Honduras' petroleum and energy needs. Honduras, which is party to an agreement signed between Venezuela and other countries in the r [...]	2002-12-31 18:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG HO VE
03ABUDHABI1027	UAE PASSES SAUDI ARABIA TO BECOME JAPAN'S TOP OIL [...] (U) According to official figures, UAE oil exports to Japan increased 20.6% in January 2003 from December 2002. The Emirates thus officially became the top oil exporter to Japan, shipping 1.05 million barrels per day (bpd),slightly larger than the 1.02 million bpd sent from Saudi Arabia. Almo [...]	2003-03-02 13:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD JA TC
03ABUDHABI1086	(C) ABU DHABI OVERPRODUCING QUOTA BY 200,000 B/PD, [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) A western oil executive in an excellent position to know told Econchief March 5 that he believes that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is overproducing the UAE's 2.14 million barrel per day (bpd) OPE [...]	2003-03-05 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON TC

03ABUDHABI1088	UAE OIL OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON IRAQ AND THE OIL [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) Deputy CEO, Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi does not believe that the oil market would collapse following a military conflict with Iraq and removal of Saddam Hussein fro [...]	2003-03-05 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI112	MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY AND THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL LIFE WERE THE DOMINANT ISSUES IN THE UAE MEDIA. WHILE NOTING THE UAE PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND INTERESTED IN DEMOCRACY, UAE COLUMINST MOHAMMED AL HAMADI ARGUED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT THERE IS A NEED TO LEARN DEMOCRACY BEFORE PRA [...]	2003-01-08 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1138	ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC): TOUGH NUT [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2.(C) Summary and comment: Aspiring participants in the UAE oil market -- including American oil companies -- continue to find it difficult to get a foot in the door at ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. ADNOC of [...]	2003-03-10 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1229	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS ON THE [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MARCH 14 REMARKS ON THE ROADMAP FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. "AL-ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE REMARKS AS A RENEWAL OF HOPE FOR ENDING THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. CONVERSELY, AN "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL BELIEVES [...]	2003-03-15 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1285	PEACEFUL MARCHES IN PROTEST OF THE IMPENDING [...] (U) The local press reported that students at the UAE University in Al-Ain participated in a peaceful anti-war demonstration on March 15. (Note: The UAE University, with some 14,000 students, is the largest in the UAE. End note.) The march was organized by the Emirates National Students' Unio [...]	2003-03-17 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1292	(C) ABU DHABI'S OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY (C- [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Summary and comment: In separate meetings with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) CEO Yousef bin Omeir and Deputy CEO Abdulla Nasser Al-Suweidi on March 17, Econchief was provided an unprecedented l [...]	2003-03-17 14:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PINR ENRG EINV EPET ETRD
03ABUDHABI1337	(C) WESTERN OIL EXEC CLARIFIES COMMENTS REGARDING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) A western oil executive previously commented to Econchief that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is producing about 10 percent or 200,000 barrels per day (b/d) over its current OPEC quota of 2. [...]	2003-03-19 12:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1384	(S) JORDANIAN OIL NEEDS: UAE READY TO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) IN THE COURSE OF A MEETING ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/23, MFA MINSTATE SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYID STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN CALLED BY JORDANIAN FM MUASHER THE PREVIOUS EVENING, WHO HAD TOLD HIM THAT IRAQ HAD CUT ITS OIL P [...]	2003-03-23 13:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO SA KU TC
03ABUDHABI1431	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ POWS ABU DHABI TV [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, THE U.S. BOMBING OF THE AL AATHAMIA AREA OF BAGHDAD, AND UAE HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UNDER THE HEADLINE, "A CONVENTION FOR ALL," A "GULF NEWS" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED U.S. TREATMENT OF POWS. AN "AL KHA [...]	2003-03-25 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1479	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, AND HUMANITARIAN AID DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE PRINT DAILIES ALSO COVERED ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN DUBAI, VARIOUS ARAB CAPITALS, AND AROUND THE WORLD. AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ARABS TO REALIZE THE CONS [...]	2003-03-29 10:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1513	(C) DOLPHIN GAS PROJECT: STILL NO GAS SALES AGREEMENTS AS UAE SHAYKHS WRANGLE OVER PRICING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Almost one year after the selection of U.S. firm Occidental Petroleum to assume a 24.5 percent stake in the Dolphin project to pump natural gas from Qatar to the UAE, actual gas pu [...]	2003-03-30 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EPET PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IR TC
03ABUDHABI1580	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALS CRITICIZED AMERICAN AND BRITISH TROOPS TREATMENT OF CIVILIANS IN IRAQ. IN AN "AL ITTIHAD" OP-ED, ABDULLAH RASHEED LAMBASTED ARAB SATEL [...]	2003-04-02 09:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1603	TFIZ01: SOME GOOD EFFECTS, SOME BAD, BUT MOSTLY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Continued high oil prices have largely immunized the UAE economy from any major fall-out from the ongoing Iraq war. On a micro level, Kuwaiti traders are said to be placing large orders fo [...]	2003-04-02 14:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1615	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE CAPTURE AND RENAMING OF THE SADDAM HUSSEIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY COALITION FORCES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AS A "HUMAN CATASTROPHE" AND CRITICIZED ARABS FOR THEIR F [...]	2003-04-05 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1656	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT ONLY THE U.S. AND NONE OF ITS ALLIES WILL CONTROL POST-WAR IRAQ. ANOTHER UAE COLUMNIST, DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA POINTED OUT [...]	2003-04-07 10:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1663	ADGAS ADMITS QATAR UNDERCUTTING LNG MARKET; PLANS [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ABU DHABI CONCEDES LNG MARKET TO QATAR -------------------------------------- 2. (C) The managing director of the Abu Dhabi Gas Liquification Company (ADGAS),Hassan Al-Marzooki, told Econchief April 2 that his fir [...]	2003-04-07 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1750	IRAQI EXPATS IN UAE CONVEY MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Polchief -- after securing agreement from the organizers that she would be in listening mode only -- accepted an invitation t [...]	2003-04-12 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAO KDEM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1758	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 17, APRIL 13 [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 0915 local time, 4/13. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of th [...]	2003-04-13 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1783	MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF TIKRIT SYRIA IS NEXT U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE FALL OF TIKRIT TO COALITION FORCES, THE IN IRAQI CITIES, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGED THAT IRAQ WAS FIRST BUT SYRIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NEXT. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SADDAM'S TORTURE CHAMBERS BUT [...]	2003-04-14 11:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1811	MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...]	2003-04-15 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1830	TFIZ01: UAEG CONSIDERS REQUEST TO DONATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In delivering the Secretary's oral message (refs A and B),Ambassador previewed ref C talking points with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on 4/13. The Ambassado [...]	2003-04-15 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1937	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ISRAEL PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: GEN. JAY GARNER'S ARRIVAL IN BAGHDAD TO BEGIN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE STRUGGLE TO FORM A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE CIVILAIN CASUALTIES IN PALESTINE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE "WAR" BETWEEN PRESIDENT ARAFAT AND ABU MAZE [...]	2003-04-22 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1939	TFIZ01: UAEG CONSIDERS REQUEST TO DONATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Ambassador delivered 4/18 DoD Undersecretary Dov Zakheim's letter to UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, requesting the UAEG to donate petroleum products to Iraq. [...]	2003-04-22 14:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1992	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECRETARIAL VISIT EXPLOSIONS IN [...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, CIVILIAN DEATHS DUE TO AN ARMS DUMP EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD, AND ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN "AL BAYAN," UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN CRITICIZED ANY 'EXCUSES' GIVEN FOR T [...]	2003-04-28 08:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2132	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK REQUEST FOR D307110 [...] REFTEL REQUESTED POST CONDUCT A PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON SAFEWATER CHEMICALS FOR THE EXPORT OF ELEVEN NICKEL-LINED PUMPS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS USED IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. 2. ON APRIL 29, 2003, COMMERCIAL OFFICER MARY O'BRIEN MET WITH MARK CONNER OF AL JABER ENERGY SE [...]	2003-05-03 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC TC
03ABUDHABI221	GCC CUSTOMS UNION MAKING IT TOUGHER TO DO BUSINESS [...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Although it may be business-as-usual in some parts of the Gulf (ref A),the launch of the GCC Customs Union on January 1 is actually raising barriers to trade in the UAE. The emirate of Abu Dhabi, in [...]	2003-01-14 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2256	UAEG LAYS OUT SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: UAE Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani laid out for Econchief 5/6 the UAEG's priorities for Iraq reconstruction. A memo he [...]	2003-05-10 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI2299	ABU DHABI'S EXPORTS REMAIN A ONE-TRICK PONY [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-11 14:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2345	ABU DHABI: A RENTIER STATE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Local press reported that commercial and residential rents in Abu Dhabi jumped between twenty and thirty percent in the last year as the UAE capital maintained its status as one of the world's most [...]	2003-05-14 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2381	UAEG SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S MINISTRIES [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to the Office of MFA Assistant Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami, who is heading a delegation to Washington this week to discuss Iraq reconstruction oppor [...]	2003-05-18 09:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2451	UAE: A MODEL FOR IRAQ? [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAE is eager to see the swift reintegration of Iraq into the international trade and investment system, and the emergence of Baghdad as an economic counterweight to Riyad [...]	2003-05-25 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI2641	UAE TO SUPPORT JORDAN OIL NEEDS FOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid contacted the Ambassador on June 2 to convey information about the UAEG's ongoing assistance to Jordan and Morocco. With regard to Jordan, Hamdan reported that the UAE has agreed to co [...]	2003-06-03 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO MO SA KU TC
03ABUDHABI2733	SYRIA'S BASHAR URGED TO WORK WITH THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Former UAE Oil Minister and Zayid confidant Mana'a Saeed Al-Otaiba requested a meeting with the Ambassador on June 7 to brief her on the outcome of his late May one-on-one in Damascus with Syrian P [...]	2003-06-08 11:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC KPAL SY IS TC
03ABUDHABI2744	UAE REACTION TO AQABA AND SHARM [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: UAE reaction to last week's summits in Sharm El-Sheikh and Aqaba has been a mixture of appreciation for the President's personal engagement, skepticism about Sharon's ultimate commitment to a peacefu [...]	2003-06-09 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI2761	UAEG PREDICTS NO MAJOR MOVEMENT AT THE JUNE [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director of Economic Affairs and OPEC delegate Hamdan Al-Akbari told Acting DCM June 9 that he believes oil market supply and demand are balanced, current pricing is "adequate," [...]	2003-06-09 11:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI2796	MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS WMD [...] SUMMARY: THE SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS, THE US "FAILURE" TO FIND WMD IN IRAQ, AND ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON HAMAS LEADERS GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S "ANNOYANCE" AT THE ASSASSINATION AT [...]	2003-06-11 10:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2861	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Secretary Bolton: Your visit to the UAE will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss our concerns about Iran with the UAEG. We have secured a meeting with de facto Foreign Minister, Shaykh Hamdan bin Z [...]	2003-06-14 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR TC
03ABUDHABI2985	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE BURNISHES [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (C) Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince (and de facto Ruler),Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, made unusually high-profile visits to the U.K. and France earlier this month in a [...]	2003-06-23 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3069	PROSPECTS FOR GREATER POLITICAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The collapse of Saddam's regime and an avowed U.S. policy of encouraging greater political participation and economic reform across the region in the post 9/11 environment have increased expectation [...]	2003-06-29 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TC
03ABUDHABI3164	UAE: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
03ABUDHABI3208	ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) This is the second cable in a series that focuses on the informal, and less visible, power structure of Abu Dhabi emirate and -- through the power of the purse st [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3247	USGS MISSION IN UAE IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Drilling Company (NDC) hasrequested that the Ground Water Research Project (GWRP) -- the UAE entity with which the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is affiliated -- stop drilling new water wells, downsize its staff and end its research projects in the UAE. NDC would l [...]	2003-07-13 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON TC
03ABUDHABI3265	SHAYKH AL-KUBAYSI "MODERATES" TONE WITH LOCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ON JULY 3-4, ABU DHABI'S ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY "AL ITTIHAD" PUBLISHED A TWO-PART INTERVIEW WITH ISLAMIC MUFTI DR. AHMAD AL-KUBAYSI. PER REFTELS, AL-KUBAYSI HAD CRITICIZED THE U.S.-LED WAR AND AUTHORITY IN IRAQ SEVERELY DURING PREVIOUS PUBLIC APPEARANCES. MOST NOTABLE W [...]	2003-07-15 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3506	UAE OIL MINISTER SAYS OPEC QUOTAS WILL REMAIN [...] (U) UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL-NASIRI TOLD LOCAL REPORTERS ON JULY 27 THAT HE EXPECTS OPEC'S PRODUCTION QUOTAS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED AT THE CARTEL'S JULY 31 MEETING IN VIENNA. HE SAID THAT OPEC COULD NOT JUSTIFY A PRODUCTION INCREASE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OIL PRICES ARE WITHIN A RA [...]	2003-07-28 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EPET TC
03ABUDHABI3721	UAE MAY CUT OIL PRODUCTION LATER THIS YEAR [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) acknowledged publicly on August 10 that it will cut oil production in the last quarter of 2003 to undertake major repair work in the Lower Zakum a [...]	2003-08-12 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4202	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW AND THE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Secretary Snow: I would like to welcome you to the UAE as you prepare for the 2003 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in Dubai. Dubai's leadership has investe [...]	2003-09-15 13:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4361	UAE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO OPEC "SURPRISED" BY [...] (U) Classified by Economic Section Chief Oliver B. John, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a 9/28 meeting with Econ Chief, UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director of Economic Affairs and OPEC delegate Hamdan Al-Akbari said he was "a little bit surprised" by the organization's decision las [...]	2003-09-28 09:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4371	NAVCENT COMMANDER'S FAREWELL CALL IN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: USNAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Timothy J. Keating made a visit to the UAE on September 13-14. In Abu Dhabi, he called on UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (M [...]	2003-09-29 10:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4372	IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION: POST ASSESSMENT [...] Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b and d). 2. (SBU) Summary: Post believes that the UAEG will make a contribution to Iraqi reconstruction at the October donors' conference. We believe that the UAEG's preference, however, will be to provide "in-kind" contributions [...]	2003-09-29 10:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PREL TC
03ABUDHABI4408	UAE STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS LOW BUT HOPE ABOUNDS [...] SUMMARY: UAE NATIONALS CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR STUDENT VISAS IN LOW NUMBERS, ATTRIBUTED MOSTLY TO VISA REQUIREMENTS, SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS WITH THE TIMING OF FINAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADES, AND PARENTS' MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT US DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS AND ARABS. DESPITE THIS, POSITIVE SIGNS [...]	2003-10-01 06:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI4748	UAE AND OPIC -- PERFECT TOGETHER [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Post believes the time is ripe for a dialogue between the UAEG and OPIC about reinstating OPIC programs in the UAE. The suspension of OPIC coverage has become an irritant in the UAE-U.S. Strategic Partnersh [...]	2003-10-26 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
03ABUDHABI4764	UAE, OMAN FORMALIZE BORDER PACT [...] (U) Summary: The historical dispute between the UAE and Oman over their common international border appears to be over. On October 11, the two neighbors exchanged authenticated documents on the agreement reached on the common border from east of Al Aqeedat to Al Daar in the north on the Arabi [...]	2003-10-27 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR QA SA IR MU TC
03ABUDHABI4805	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOTH THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" COMMENTED ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S STATEMENT REGARDING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ THAT WEAPONS ON THEIR OWN WILL NOT DEFEAT TERRORISM. UAE POLITI [...]	2003-10-29 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5031	ADNOC EXECUTIVES AND STUDENTS ALLEGE MISTREATMENT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT VISITED THE ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC) SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE. DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED VISA PROCESSING DELAYS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) PROCEDURES AT US PORTS OF ENTRY [...]	2003-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO CVIS CMGT ECON EPET BEXP TC
03ABUDHABI5076	UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is the first in a series of "Talk About Town" cables that the U.S. Mission in Abu Dhabi and Dubai hopes to provide on a periodic basis. These cables will report on local business atmospheric [...]	2003-11-23 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC
03ABUDHABI526	SHOW ME THE MONEY: INSIGHTS INTO THE UAE BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-02 05:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI725	MEDIA REACTION: MORE ON POWELL'S UNSC SPEECH AND MEPI [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CONTINUED TO REPORT EXTENSIVELY ON SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH AT THE UNSC. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC SIPDIS DAILIES NOTE THAT THE U.S. IS PLANNING TO ATTACK IRAQ IN ORDER TO CONTROL ARAB AND IRAQI RESOURCES, MAINLY OIL. THE EDITORIALS ALSO CLAIM THAT THE ATTACK WO [...]	2003-02-09 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI772	AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI AND AMCONSUL DUBAI FACILITATE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Comment and summary. The U.S. Mission to the UAE has facilitated a number of high-profile business deals in the UAE during the last year. Family connections and political influence remain key to doing bus [...]	2003-02-17 14:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI773	(S) UAEG FINANCIALLY OVEREXTENDED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (S/NF) Senior UAEG officials have told the Ambassador on several occasions recently that the UAE is facing serious cash-flow problems. The basic problem is that the UAE has [...]	2003-02-17 14:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN MARR MOPS PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI889	UAE REITERATES A COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING OIL [...] (U) UAE Oil Minister Obaid bin Saif al-Nasseri publicly declared on 2/22, following a meeting with Russian Oil Minister Igor Yusufov, that OPEC is prepared to act decisively to ensure no disruption of oil supplies to world markets. In remarks widely covered by the local and international pres [...]	2003-02-24 05:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG TC
03ABUDHABI896	MEDIA REACTION: RICHARD PERLE, IRAQ, AND UAE UNSC [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUE TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. DUBAI-BASED ENGLISH DAILY "GULF NEWS" CARRIED A 2/23 INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD PERLE WHO SAID THAT "NO ONE HAS HARMED ARAB INTERESTS AS MUCH AS HE" (IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN). EDITORIALS PRAISED [...]	2003-02-24 10:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI946	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POSTURING AT THE UN SECURITY [...] SUMMARY: COVERAGE RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. UAE DAILIES LARGELY COVERED UAE'S PARTICIPATION AT THE NAM CONFERENCE AND ITS CALL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL UNSC RESOLUTIONS REGARDING IRAQ AND PALESTINE. EDITORIALS CONTINUED TO LAUD THE FRE [...]	2003-02-26 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUJA104	NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]	2003-01-16 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1061	NIGERIA: US-DONATED BOATS HELP STEM OIL LOSSES [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-13 17:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PINS ASEC NI
03ABUJA1135	NIGERIA: FUEL STRIKE SLOWS COUNTRY [...] (U) Summary: The promised nation-wide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over fuel price increases began June 30. While the strike did not completely shut down the country or any of its major cities, streets throughout Nigeria were less busy than normal, as many workers stayed home. A [...]	2003-06-30 19:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PINS EPET ENRG ASEC CASC PGOV NI
03ABUJA1138	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES COURT DELTA MILITANTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA1157	NIGERIA: GON AND LABOR REMAIN AT LOGGERHEADS AS [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria has entered the third day of a national strike, with no agreement in sight between the National Labour Congress (NLC) and the Obasanjo Administration over fuel prices. Tensions in Abuja rose today as police clashed with NLC leaders and demonstrators. Street clashes conti [...]	2003-07-02 17:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1162	NIGERIA: STRIKE CONTINUES TO HOLD FOR FOURTH DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: July 3 was relatively quiet in Abuja. Vehicular traffic was light, gas lines were growing and most offices and businesses had skeletal staffing. Indicating that the political opposition may be looking for ways to exploit the strike, the Embassy experienced a peaceful demonstratio [...]	2003-07-03 18:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA123	NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]	2003-01-21 16:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1272	NIGERIA:-TWO BATTALIONS CAN DEPLOY QUICKLY TO [...] (C) Summary. During a late evening July 19 discussion with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo decided Nigeria would deploy two OFR-trained battalions to Liberia. Obasanjo gave the green light to deploying one of the battalions currently in Sierra Leone and also a battalion currently in Nig [...]	2003-07-25 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM NI LI
03ABUJA1286	NIGERIA: CLOSER DIALOGUE WITH THE OIL COMPANIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PHUM PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA1314	NIGERIA: AID ASST. ADMINISTRATOR'S DELTA VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PINS EPET PREL PHUM NI
03ABUJA1325	KIDNAPPING OF NIGERIAN CHEVRON WORKER [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-01 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1328	RENEWED WARRI VIOLENCE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PINS ASEC PREL PGOV NI
03ABUJA1330	NIGERIA "ENGAGING ISLAM IN NIGERIA: THE TWO - DAY KANO CONFERENCE" - - AN ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In late January an unprecedented forum initiated by the Emir of Kano brought together Embassy officials, American scholars, and Moslem leaders from northern Nigeria to explore perceptions of the US and Islam, U.S. Middle East Policy, the Global War on Terrorism, and economic dev [...]	2003-08-05 13:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL SCUL OIIP NI
03ABUJA1331	NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 6 [...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA INCLUDES: --Obasanjo Chooses Special Advisors --Obasanjo Submits List of Ministers --Electoral Conference ) INEC Admits Problems --Opposition Book Launch --Court Case on the Presidential Election --Probe of Inspector General of Polic [...]	2003-08-06 13:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1333	OBASANJO TALKS TOUGH ON OIL THEFT AND WARRI CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 16:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS PGOV ASEC NI
03ABUJA1338	NIGERIA: RESTARTING OIL PRODUCTION IN WARRI [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 18:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS ASEC PGOV NI
03ABUJA1354	ANTICIPATED MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE DELTA [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-08 17:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS PGOV ASEC NI
03ABUJA1359	PRIVATIZATION OF GON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS [...] Action request, para 8. 2. Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) wants to privatize the approximately forty percent minority share it holds in foreign oil service companies (OSCs) operating in Nigeria; e.g., in Halliburton Nigeria. The GON wants to divest itself by way of private pl [...]	2003-08-08 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV BTIO KIDE NI
03ABUJA1367	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 07:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI
03ABUJA1372	ADVANCING THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES IN NIGERIA: USE [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 14:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET KCRM PHUM SNAR NI
03ABUJA1408	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 18AUG03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 16:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA1430	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 21AUG03 [...] (U) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) Warri remained calm overnight August 20-21 and through the day August 21 with a large Nigerian Army force observed throughout the town, according to a Warri-based worker for U.S. NGO "IFESH." Local press and [...]	2003-08-21 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM NI
03ABUJA1473	FOLLOW-UP ON APRIL 2003 TRANSOCEAN HOSTAGE TAKING [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-27 15:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ASEC PGOV NI PLAB
03ABUJA15	NIGERIAN RULING PARTY CONVENTION SURPRISE [...] (C ) Summary: President Obasanjo's renomination is highly probable but not certain. The 3,349 delegates to the ruling PDP's national convention began voting around sundown, but the process could drag into Monday morning. On convention eve, the President's renomination seemed assured (Ref A) [...]	2003-01-06 07:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA1529	NIGERIA SUFFERING CONTINUED BUDGET SHORTFALLS [...] (U) Nigeria continues to suffer from budgetary shortfalls to fund current expenditures, severely limiting government operations. According to the Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, the GON had only Naira 145.9 billion available for its August obligations totaling Naira 183.1 billi [...]	2003-09-05 10:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1635	OBASANJO VISITS WARRI; HOLDS MEETING WITH WARRING [...] (SBU) According to press reports and Warri contacts, President Obasanjo traveled to Warri the morning of September 19 for an aerial tour of the violence-affected areas in the Warri creeks and a meeting with elders and youth leaders of the three ethnic groups in the area. 2. (SBU) Corporat [...]	2003-09-19 17:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PINS NI
03ABUJA1638	A VIEW TO A SPILL: SHELL IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (SBU) During an early August visit to Port Harcourt, CRO met with the Center for Social and Corporate Responsibility (CSCR),a Port Harcourt-based NGO operating on a grant from Catholic Relief Services, to discuss CSCR's investigation into the major October 2002 oil spill at a Shell trunk line [...]	2003-09-19 17:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV EWWT PHUM PGOV NI
03ABUJA1700	NIGERIA: FUEL PRICES HIKED BY FIAT [...] (C) This morning Nigerians returned to work after yesterday's public holiday and learned from the media that the GON had deregulated the downstream oil sector. According to a fuel marketer, the notification came in a letter on September 29 which said that the GON would not subsidize fuel af [...]	2003-10-02 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1731	GAS STRIKE: HEARTBURN TO BEGIN OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) It seems certain that a strike and/or demonstrations will start in at least some parts of Nigeria October 9, led by a coalition of unions and NGOs protesting President Obasanjo's September 30 deregulation of gasoline prices. Violence could easily erupt, although the Nigeria Labor Congres [...]	2003-10-08 17:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1735	OBASANJO CRITICIZES NLC IN NATIONAL SPEECH JUST [...] (U) On the evening of October 8 President Obasanjo delivered a nationally televised speech sharply criticizing the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Obasanjo bitterly denounced the NLC's strike threat, but also called on the NLC to reach an agreement with the oil marketers (including the GON-ow [...]	2003-10-09 16:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1737	STRIKE IS OFF, DEREGULATION MAY STILL BE ON [...] (U) After a "Stakeholders' Forum" October 8, mediating Governor Bola Tinubu announced a four-point agreement between them on behalf of the GON's oil company, oil marketers and the unions: -- The GON-owned NigeriaN National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will maintain the present price on gas [...]	2003-10-09 17:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1762	GAS PRICES THE MORNING AFTER [...] (SBU) Touring Abuja city, the Abuja Federal Capital Territory, and neighboring state Niger on October 10, it is clear the end of the proposed October 9 strike had an effect on the gasoline retail market, but not what was agreed (Refs A and B). Virtually all Abuja city gasoline stations were o [...]	2003-10-10 16:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET PINS ELAB NI
03ABUJA1787	NIGERIA: POLICE ARREST LABOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Police arrested six Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leaders Monday in an apparent move by the GON to hinder Labor's efforts to monitor a 34 naira per liter cap on fuel prices and blunt a possible NLC nationwide strike. Abuja's Magistrate Court refused bail yesterday for the [...]	2003-10-15 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA1853	FINANCE MINISTER ON REFORM: EITI ONLY A FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA met October 24 with Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to discuss the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and her upcoming trip to the U.S. Okonjo-Iweala stressed that the GON sees EITI as just one step of many that must be taken to bring about full GO [...]	2003-10-27 05:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KPRV NI
03ABUJA1908	OIL COMPANIES DIFFER ON RESTARTING WARRI [...] (C/NF) Summary: Shell's October resumption of oil production in Warri has highlighted a widening split between the Anglo-Dutch oil firm and Chevron on how to manage relations with local Ijaw and Itsekiri communities, and how to maintain security. Shell put its money into increasing the Niger [...]	2003-11-03 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EPET PINS NI
03ABUJA1909	NIGERIA: NO POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN WARRI YET [...] (C) Summary: While sporadic fighting among the Ijaw, Uhrobo and Itsekiri continues in the creeks of Warri, the debate is intensifying among Nigerians over how to resolve political grievances underlying the Warri crisis. Ijaw and Itsekiri leaders -- each backing rival policies -- are putting [...]	2003-11-03 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA1972	TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS: AGOA WILL NOT SAVE US [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigerian textile manufacturers are uniformly bleak about the prospects that AGOA alone will bring about a substantial increase in their apparel or textile trade. Nigeria's industry is not competitive, and it is in decline. Various industry representatives told Lagos and Abuja [...]	2003-11-19 10:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN NI
03ABUJA2029	ANPP CHAIRMAN ETIEBET ON THE PAST ELECTION, [...] (C) Don Etiebet, Chairman of Nigeria's main opposition party, the ANPP, met with PolOff on the margins of a hearing at the election tribunal of ANPP presidential candidate Buhari's appeal against the April 2003 elections. Etiebet commented that the case was going well but that he remained con [...]	2003-11-26 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI OVIP

03ABUJA2085	WARRI FORUM ON PEACE PROJECT [...] The Warri Forum on Peace, Security and Human Rights is an important project of our Mission in Nigeria, and it has already achieved some successes. One month later than the original approved proposal, and reported in several e-mails to DRL, the Field Research and Writing of the Working Paper [...]	2003-12-09 11:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA2161	NIGERIA: WHITE ELEPHANT STEEL COMPLEX TO GULP MORE [...] (C) Summary: In June 2003, the GON awarded SOLGAS (a U.S.-based energy company) sole rights to refurbish the yet to operate Ajaokuta Steel Complex, to sell energy to the national grid from the Complex's electric plant, and to operate a yet to be built LNG-fired electric plant. Despite claims [...]	2003-12-17 05:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINT EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD NI
03ABUJA2184	IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR AMERICAN INVESTMENT [...] The Embassy, including FCS, proposes that the Department of Commerce consider Instituting a program to improve the climate for American private investment in Nigerian industries that would export to the U.S. under AGOA. Such a program would seek to create partnerships between individual Niger [...]	2003-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EINV NI AGOA
03ABUJA2207	Success Stories Take Media Beyond Visas [...] Summary. Dozens of PAS success story placements over the last six months broadened Nigerians' perception of USG involvement in southern Nigeria. Beyond the routinely negative visas stories, audiences now see, and want more, stories on the positive USG programs in agriculture, health and edu [...]	2003-12-24 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS KPAO NI OEXC OIIP OPRC
03ABUJA221	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP JANUARY 31 [...] (U) This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Dutch Firm Wins BPE Management Contract for NITEL --Think Tank Offers Economic Rebuilding Plan --Nigeria Airways in Trouble Again --Political Conventions Delay 2003 Budget Dutch Firm Wins BPE Management Contract for NITEL [...]	2003-01-31 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ECPS EFIN NI
03ABUJA2216	NIGERIA: CHRISTMAS EVE ECONOMIC ROUND-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: We report another telecommunications victory for a United States company and another GON milestone in transparency as CODEM systems won a USD 28 million telecommunications contract after months of wrangling over alleged corruption by GON officials and European companies. U.S. ai [...]	2003-12-26 07:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD KISL PTER NI
03ABUJA276	NIGERIA: FRIENDS OF NIGERIA MEETING ON ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Friends of Nigeria January 14. The British High Commissioner, Canadian High Commissioner and German Ambassador attended. The discussion focused on the presidential conventions of the major political parties, the second round of voter regist [...]	2003-02-07 09:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA280	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR TINUBU RECAPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador accompanied by Consul General and Staff Assistant (note-taker) met a politically confident and relaxed Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on January 24. Despite the allegations being tossed at him, Tinubu appeared self-assured and convinced of his political lo [...]	2003-02-07 12:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA284	NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION A SUCCESS [...] Summary: While there is still a long way to go to bridge the telecommunications divide between Nigeria and the developed world -- or even between Nigeria and the rest of Africa -- the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made a promising start. Quiet support from USAID/Nigeria, the L [...]	2003-02-10 09:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS ECON PGOV NI
03ABUJA344	NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON IRAQ, TERRORISM AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo February 13 publicly called for Iraq to disarm peacefully, noting that the US could not be expected to stand down its forces otherwise. Recalling South Africa's decision to give up WMD programs, Obasanjo repeated these points during a private meeting with Amba [...]	2003-02-14 17:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EPET NI IZ
03ABUJA367	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 20 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Canned Beer and Soda Coming Soon to Nigeria --Nigeria's Juice Ban Squeezes Out U.S. Exports --Trucks Roll Only at Night in Port Harcourt Canned Beer and Soda Coming Soon to Nigeria ------------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-20 14:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR ELTN EPET EIND EINV NI
03ABUJA380	NIGERIA COMPLETES FINANCING PACT FOR BILLION [...] (U) On January 23, Nigeria LNG (NLNG) held a signing ceremony for the six Nigerian banks providing $160 million of the $1.06 billion financing for Nigeria's fourth and fifth liquefied natural gas production trains. State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) holds 49 percent of [...]	2003-02-21 13:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV OPEC
03ABUJA385	NIGERIA PROPOSES NEW OPEC QUOTA SCHEME [...] (C) Summary: Special Assistant on Petroleum Issues Kupolokun told the Ambassador on February 14 that Nigeria had made a thinly-veiled threat to withdraw from OPEC while proposing to other members a new quota allocation scheme based on production capacity and socioeconomic indicators rather tha [...]	2003-02-21 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL NI OPEC
03ABUJA39	NIGERIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2002 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanj [...]	2003-01-08 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NI
03ABUJA401	NIGERIA: DID VP ATIKU OUTFOX BABANGIDA AND [...] (C) Summary: During a late January conversation with Ambassador Jeter and PolCouns, Lagos-based businessman Leno Adesanya contended that VP Atiku finessed both President Obasanjo and former Head of State Ibrahim Babangida during the PDP convention in early January. Prior to the convention, Ati [...]	2003-02-25 12:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR NI
03ABUJA472	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NNPC MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] Summary: On January 31, Ambassador Jeter and Econoff met with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki, and NNPC Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate, Mansur Ahmed. Gaius-Obaseki told the Ambassador that the NNP [...]	2003-03-11 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PREL NI OIL
03ABUJA495	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MARCH 13 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Bans Import of Toothpicks, Water, Biscuits, Spaghetti, and Noodles --Obasanjo Sacks Author of Controversial Audit Report --Central Bank Warns of Excess Liquidity --Nigerian Customs Posts Banner Year --GON to Sell Steel Rollin [...]	2003-03-13 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD KPRV ECON NI
03ABUJA496	NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL BUSINESS FORUM ON HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: On Saturday morning February 15, 2003, President Olusegun Obasanjo invited approximately 50 managing directors of Nigeria's most influential national and international companies to the Presidential Villa to discuss the creation of a Nigerian Business Coalition Against HIV/AIDS. By t [...]	2003-03-13 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	NI
03ABUJA554	NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN ESCRAVOS [...] (U) Proprietary information in paragraphs 3-4. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Escalating violence between Ijaws and Itsekiris have combined with security inadequacies to force ChevronTexaco and Shell to halt some operations, reducing Nigeria's crude production by 350,00 [...]	2003-03-22 19:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA555	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ijaw militants in the Delta who instigated this latest round of communal violence are surprisingly well armed, according to President Obasanjo. In order to avoid a potentially bloody confrontation, Obasanjo has opted for a strategy of attrition and containment instead of direc [...]	2003-03-22 19:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC CASC PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA558	TFIZ01: NIGERIAN CRUDE PRODUCTION DROPS ABOUT 33% [...] (SBU) Summary: Ongoing ethnic strife may cut Nigeria's crude production by 33% and its exports by 43% -- larger cuts than most media are reporting. The evacuation of Escravos, hub for 440,000 of ChevronTexaco's 510,000 bpd, is expected to conclude March 24. ChevronTexaco seeks U.S. imagery [...]	2003-03-24 13:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET CASC AINR ASEC PINS ELAB PREF NI IZ
03ABUJA594	NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES 2003 BUDGET [...] Summary. On March 5, Nigeria's National Assembly passed the fiscal year 2003 budget, after increasing allocations by 28 percent with respect to the initial estimates submitted by President Obasanjo. The legislators proposed larger capital expenditures and more funding for the forthcoming elect [...]	2003-03-31 14:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
03ABUJA629	NIGERIA: CONCERN FOR CRISIS IN THE DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 26 evening meeting, President Obasanjo, Ambassador Jeter and British High Commissioner Philip Thomas discussed the ongoing crisis in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Jeter and Thomas expressed concern about the implications of a continuing crisis on stability and on [...]	2003-04-03 18:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL MOPS PHUM NI
03ABUJA630	IALOGUE BETWEEN U.S. AND NORTHERN [...] Summary: Hosted by the Emir of Kano, a two day dialogue to discuss perceptions about U.S. Middle East Policy, the U.S. and Islam, the Global War on Terror and Poverty Alleviation in Northern Nigeria took place in the ancient Northern Nigerian city of Kano on January 27-28. The conference, t [...]	2003-04-04 11:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL PREL OIIP NI
03ABUJA659	NIGERIA: NAVY MINISTER SAYS MILITARY MUST TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 27 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Navy) Chris Agbobu discussed the recent violence in Delta State. He attributed the fighting to political power struggles between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups, Ijaw dissatisfaction with Delta S [...]	2003-04-09 18:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS EPET ASEC CASC PINS NI
03ABUJA666	RIVERS STATE VIOLENCE COULD IMPACT OIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 18:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EPET NI
03ABUJA670	EMBASSY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NIGERIAN MEDIA [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and Mission PAS staff have worked assiduously to ensure broad coverage within the Nigerian media of USG policy positions on Iraq. Our media strategy has included placement of an op-ed that addressed many Nigerian misperceptions regarding U.S. military intervention [...]	2003-04-11 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA682	NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S SUCCESS MARKS MAJOR [...] (C) On March 31, the GON awarded Motorola a $49.9 million contract to expand Nigerian Telecommunications' (NITEL) cellular telephone network. This award is a major advocacy victory for the Mission as well as an important landmark on Nigeria's road to greater transparency. It is the most sign [...]	2003-04-14 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EINV ECPS ETRD ECON PGOV NI
03ABUJA683	NIGERIA: CONDUCT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POLLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This preliminary report on Nigeria's April 12 National Assembly elections provides an overview of Nigeria on election day. More detailed observations and analysis will be provided septel. The elections held in a relatively calm atmosphere. Turnout was fair in most of the area [...]	2003-04-14 18:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA716	NIGERIA -- SSS DIRECTOR PREDICTS ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 11 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Director General of the State Security Service, Kayode Are, (SSS) predicted a post- election "enforcement action" against Ijaw militants in the Warri area. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Are contended there was more to the current [...]	2003-04-17 20:42:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV EPET MOPS NI
03ABUJA718	NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS COMING TO A HEAD [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 22:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EPET NI
03ABUJA753	NIGERIA: GON SAYS OPEC UNLIKELY TO CUT [...] (S) On April 22, Ambassador Jeter delivered reftel demarche to President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Petroleum Affairs and Energy Rilwanu Lukman. Lukman, who is leading Nigeria's delegation to the April 24 OPEC meeting in Vienna and was OPEC General Secretary for ten years, said the normal [...]	2003-04-25 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL ECON EPET NI IZ
03ABUJA810	NIGERIA: NO MILITARY ACTION YET ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...] (C) GON National Security Agency Military Assistant Colonel Idris and State Security Service Director General Kayode Are both told the Ambassador on May 2 that Nigerian naval vessels near the four Transocean Sedco Forex rigs have not yet taken any action. He indicated that a contingency plan w [...]	2003-05-02 12:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA813	NIGERIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...] National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) local and national leadership on May 3 agreed unconditionally that all 273 hostages and 99 striking workers on board the four Transocean Forex Sedco rigs near Port Harcourt would be allowed to disembark. The Settlement was negotiated [...]	2003-05-02 17:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA816	NIGERIA: WARRI IJAWS THREATEN RENEWED VIOLENCE; [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-02 19:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EPET ENRG NI
03ABUJA824	NIGERIA: SHELL'S "SEA EAGLE" ENDANGERED [...] April 29 local newspapers reported that Shell's newly deployed Floating Production and Storage and Offloading Platform (FPSO),the "Sea Eagle," had been threatened by unidentified criminal elements in the Delta. Shell's Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC [...]	2003-05-06 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV EPET NI
03ABUJA826	NIGERIA: OIL RIG HOSTAGES SAFELY ON SHORE [...] Transocean Sedco Forex Managing Director Ian Clark told Econoff May 5 that all hostages and striking oil workers had been safely removed from the company's four rigs off Port Harcourt. He said the rigs are not yet back in operation but have been fully staffed by a new group of workers. 2 [...]	2003-05-06 16:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA942	NIGERIA: SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Although Abuja is the capital city, Nigeria's OSAC Country Council is located in Lagos, the country's main commercial center. Therefore, RSO Lagos will convene the requisite meeting and report results septel. However, due to significant private sector participation in the week-long event [...]	2003-05-23 17:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC KSAC PTER NI
03ABUJA945	Evaluating the Terrorist Threat to U.S. Oil [...] (SBU) The Mission understands that consideration is being given to issuing a revised travel warning for Nigeria to make specific mention of a possible terrorist threat to U.S. oil facilities in Nigeria. Given the dated and speculative nature of the possible threat, the Mission strongly urges [...]	2003-05-27 13:39:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	CASC ASEC PREL PTER EPET NI
03ABUJA984	NIGERIA: OIL REVENUE ALLOCATION ISSUE UNRESOLVED [...] Summary. This cable provides an update on the ongoing disagreement between the Presidency and National Assembly over the politically sensitive oil revenue allocation issue. This matter is important not just because of the money at stake and the potential impact on the financial well-being of t [...]	2003-06-05 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PBTS EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA990	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANY SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, Consul General and CG Lagos staff met EXXON/MOBIL, Halliburton and ChevronTexaco Managing Directors on May 27 to encourage more timely notification of the Mission in the event of hostage-takings, occupation of facilities, or interruption of oil company operati [...]	2003-06-05 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ASEC CASC ECON EINV NI
03ABUJA997	UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]	2003-06-05 19:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MASS LI NI
03ABUJA999	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES POLITICAL ELITES IN [...] (U) Summary: On May 19-20, Ambassador Jeter traveled to the North,s largest city, Kano, for meetings with prominent community leaders and key political players. Four themes dominated the discussions: 1) electoral irregularities; 2) potential for violence after the elections; 3) the independen [...]	2003-06-06 09:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 14, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel/Bolge: Th [...]	2003-04-14 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA108	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milli Gazete/Bolge [...]	2003-04-15 14:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA110	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 16, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman/Turkiye/E [...]	2003-04-16 17:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA114	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge: A visible d [...]	2003-04-21 16:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA137	SE TURKEY HOPES FOR ECONOMIC TURNAROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent Adana and Mersin businessmen are optimistic for increased economic opportunities relating to the Coalition victory in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They also are hoping to take advantage of the SARS outbreak to export more textiles to Europe. While they believe there may [...]	2003-05-16 11:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA153	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 06, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: Egitim- [...]	2003-06-06 13:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 14-15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports ofteb contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2003-06-17 15:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA2	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 3, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]	2003-01-03 13:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA208	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 01, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet / For th [...]	2003-08-07 13:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA25	THE VIEW FROM SIRNAK PROVINCE: [...] (SBU) Summary: In southeastern Turkey's Sirnak province, one of two bordering Iraq, the preoccupation of government officials, NGOs, and businessmen is less about war than about war's aftermath. The populace is desperate to revive border trade and commerce. Kurdish interlocutors worry that [...]	2003-01-28 17:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU SY IZ ADANA
03ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 4-5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA4	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 6-7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA46	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 18, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-20 08:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-24 09:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 25, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-28 13:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA7	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 9, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]	2003-01-13 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA80	POPULATION MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to contacts in southeastern Turkey, population movements in northern Iraq in anticipation of war are not toward the Turkish border. Rather, those on the move are generally seeking to leave cities for the perceived safety of villages higher up in the hills. The Ha [...]	2003-03-19 14:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA81	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 18, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. FIRST IMMIGRANT WAVE TO TURKISH BORDER (Sabah/Hurriyet/Mil [...]	2003-03-19 16:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 11-12, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]	2003-01-14 09:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA91	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 31, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. Hurriyet/Tercuman/Radikal/Dunya/Milliyet/ Evrensel/Bolge: [...]	2003-03-31 17:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA92	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 1, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. Radikal/Cumhuriyet: In northern Iraq, where 1,200 US soldi [...]	2003-04-01 11:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1053	JORDANIANS TAKE PART IN SIZABLE BUT SOGGY ANTI-WAR [...] (SBU) On Saturday, February 15, thousands of demonstrators participated in a 2 kilometer anti-war march through the Shmeisani district of Amman ending at the UN Headquarters there. The demonstration, organized by the Higher Coordination Committee for Opposition Parties, was approved by th [...]	2003-02-18 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1157	JORDAN STALLS ON BIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Muasher told the Ambassador that he wants a three month delay in the Exchange of Instruments of Ratification that would bring the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) into force in order to allow the government time to assess the Treaty's impact on a pending investment dispute [...]	2003-02-23 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV JO
03AMMAN1234	DCM'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER BATAYNEH [...] (u) Following are info items from the DCM's February 24 meeting with Energy Minister Mohammed Batayneh: 2. (c) Gasoil shortage: Due to unseasonably cold weather, local consumption of gasoil and fuel oil has risen higher than expected. Normally, Jordan stockpiles gasoil and fuel oil re [...]	2003-03-03 06:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EAIR ETTC JO
03AMMAN1252	BIDDER ON JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE SEEKS USG [...] (sbu) We were recently contacted by Brock Tuppeny, Business Development Manager for Petrofac, a UK-registered company with extensive operations in Texas and partial U.S. ownership. According to Tuppeny, Petrofac is involved in, inter alia, construction of the Georgian portion of the Baku-Ce [...]	2003-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN1253	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1433	LOOKING AHEAD: JORDANIAN ELECTIONS AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (C) We believe it is essential that we start to think seriously about Jordan's position in a post-Iraq war environment: what the GOJ will expect us to do, and how Jordan can contribute to achieving our longer term regional goals. Assuming that a military campaign is of limited duration and fu [...]	2003-03-11 09:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN1517	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1653	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-19 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1702	TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 4 (3/21 0800 LOCAL) [...] (C) UNHCR contacts report that oil tanker trucks coming in from Iraq to Jordan have stopped entirely as of 2130 local time March 20. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new developments since previous sitrep. ---------------------- GOJ Actions/Statements ---- [...]	2003-03-21 05:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1704	TFIZ01: JORDANIAN MARKETS REACT CALMLY TO START OF [...] (sbu) We have been in touch with the finance ministry, central bank, and local bankers, and have reported in our sitreps and other messages that Jordanian financial markets have been calm, with no exceptional demand for dollars or withdrawal of deposits. There has been no pressure on foreig [...]	2003-03-21 11:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC ECON JO
03AMMAN1705	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1708	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 6 (3/22 0930 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy Amman will remain on "standfast" through March 22. 2. (C) Finance Minister Marto told us privately that plans were in the works to raise domestic gasoline and fuel oil prices. The increase was included in the 2003 budget and an initial gasoline price increase of 25 fils/lite [...]	2003-03-22 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1735	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-23 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1744	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 8 (3/23 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) The GOJ this afternoon publicly announced (confirmed by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador) the expulsion of five Iraqi diplomats "for security reasons and for performing actions that contradict the nature of their work as diplomats". The Minister said they would be asked to leave th [...]	2003-03-23 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO
03AMMAN1789	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1805	TFIZO1: JORDANIANS' RAGE AT US FOR IRAQ WAR DRIVEN [...] (C) Summary: A survey of Embassy contacts shows an increasing use of words like outrage, hostility, rage, dismay, disillusion and impotence to describe the war in Iraq. Most Jordanians, across all age groups and social classes, believe the Bush administration failed to provide legitimate just [...]	2003-03-26 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR JO
03AMMAN1832	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-26 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1835	TFIZ01: JORDAN'S EXPULSION OF IRAQI DIPLOMATS: GOJ [...] (C) Naji Sabri's publicly released March 25 letter denouncing the GOJ's decision to expel five Iraqi diplomats (ref A),and Taha Yasin Ramadan's subsequent outburst against Jordan during a March 25 press conference (ref b),have left GOJ officials in a state of acute public discomfort as they [...]	2003-03-26 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN1849	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1881	TFIZ01: MUASHER SAYS STORY ON RESUMPTION OF OIL [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 29 local press reports that as many as thirty Jordanian oil tanker trucks have returned to Iraq to restart the delivery of Iraqi crude to Jordan. The Ambassador said he found the reports beyond comprehension. In response t [...]	2003-03-29 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS EPET IZ JO
03AMMAN1885	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-30 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1898	TFIZ01: INFOMIN: SEVEN OIL TRUCKS GO TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Information Minister Mohammad Adwan told the Ambassador March 30 that, contrary to information reported in ref conversation with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, the GOJ had in fact sent seven oil tanker trucks to al-Qaem in Iraq (near H-1) to take delivery of some Iraqi oil. The trucks [...]	2003-03-30 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1910	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 10:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1929	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 22 (4/01 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 1. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Cons [...]	2003-04-01 07:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2132	IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...]	2003-04-08 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03AMMAN2208	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 34 (4/11 1630 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman was closed for the first day of the local weekend on April 11, and will be closed for the second day of the weekend on April 12. American staff movements remain restricted. 2. (SBU) Absent any significant events, Embassy Amman will take Saturday, April 12 off. Our next [...]	2003-04-12 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2233	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 35 (4/13 1745 LOCAL) [...] (C) Amman was calm throughout the weekend. We did not hear reports of significant demonstrations or protests anywhere in the country. 2. (SBU) The Embassy opened April 13 for normal business. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace Corps offices remain suspended. Movement [...]	2003-04-13 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2240	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2259	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 36 (4/14 1700 LOCAL) [...] (C) Amman and the rest of Jordan is calm. No reports of any demonstrations anywhere in the Kingdom April 14. Embassy operated on a normal business schedule today. Movements of American personnel remain restricted. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps offices remain su [...]	2003-04-14 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2363	TFIZ01: DISBURSAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AID TO JORDAN [...] (s) Summary. With preliminary assessment of the political and economic impact of the war in Iraq revealing substantially greater costs than foreseen last year, senior leadership of the Jordanian government, including King Abdullah himself, have urged prompt disbursal of the recently appropr [...]	2003-04-18 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2367	TFIZ01: JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON OIL SITUATION, [...] (c) Summary: Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh told us April 17 that after a slow start, Gulf oil was now flowing into Jordan to replace Iraqi crude. Jordanian reserves had dipped initially when Iraqi oil stopped flowing, but had since stabilized and were expected to replenish soo [...]	2003-04-20 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN2528	IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING [...] (S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast with his statements that U.S. forces in Jordan performed merely a defensive role -- has led to a good bit of anti-government grumbling and, during the war, some open criticism [...]	2003-04-29 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2569	JORDAN OFFICIALS REITERATE COMMITMENT ON OIL PRICES [...] (c) In public and private statements, senior Jordanian officials continue to reaffirm their commitment to eliminate subsidies and move to a market-based system for distributing petroleum products. In remarks to Jordanian newspaper editors published in each of the three Arabic dailies on Apr [...]	2003-05-01 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2752	SUPPLEMENTAL ESF FOR JORDAN [...] (c) On May 6, Embassy shared with Ministers Marto and Awadallah drafts sent from Washington of the bilateral transfer agreement that would govern the $700 million FY03 emergency supplmental ESF transfer. The most recent draft includes among the policy measures that the GOJ must execute prio [...]	2003-05-08 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2775	IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION UNDER JORDANIAN LAW [...] (c) Embassy has consulted with Trade Ministry and Foreign Ministry officials to obtain answers to reftel questions regarding sanctions implementation. Answers keyed to reftel questions: -- UNSCR 661 was implemented in Jordan by Prime Ministerial decree. Within the context of the sanctio [...]	2003-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN2998	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS IRAQ SUPPORT EFFORTS [...] (u) The Jordan-American Business Association is putting together a program to support efforts by Jordanian companies to assist in Iraq reconstruction efforts. The centerpiece of the plan, which envisions a host of activities both to get Jordanian companies into Iraq and to sell Jordan as a [...]	2003-05-21 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID JO IZ

03AMMAN3047	SCENESETTER FOR CDR, CENTCOM GENERAL FRANKS' MAY [...] (C) GENERAL FRANKS: WELCOME BACK TO JORDAN. YOUR VISIT PROVIDES AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF JORDAN FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND THEIR CONTINUED EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, CONGRATULATE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS ON HIS RECENT PROMOTION TO GENERAL, [...]	2003-05-22 09:18:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM MASS JO
03AMMAN3050	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 10:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3461	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3512	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS CONTINUATION OF [...] (sbu) Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammed Batayneh confirmed on June 12 press reports that the GOJ had reached agreement with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE on a 3-month extension to the deal reached prior to the war to supply Jordan with concessional oil. Batayneh said the [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD PREL KU SA JO TC
03AMMAN3904	IRAQI MFA INSPECTION TEAM TO RECOMMEND REOPENING [...] (S) PolCouns met June 26 with the members of the Iraqi MFA's inspection team, Amb. Zaid Noori and Abdul Baqi Ismail Ali (ref). Noori said that they had no trouble getting into the Iraqi Embassy in Amman on June 25 and had found the morale of the Iraqi staff quite high, "since all the intell [...]	2003-06-30 10:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN3931	OIL AND JOBS FOR JORDAN: AMERICAN FIRM HAS BIG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington Group International (WGI) executives updated post on lurching, but continuing, progress on the commissioning of a magnesium oxide plant for the Arab Potash Company (APC) and shared ideas on proposed energy synergies that could result in significant cost savings and j [...]	2003-06-30 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ENRG JO
03AMMAN4098	JORDANIAN ACTION ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] Summary. According to a senior Jordanian finance ministry official, the GOJ -- using an April 24 law under which the GOJ took ownership of $463 million in funds frozen in Iraqi bank accounts -- is working hard to reimburse private Jordanians who have submitted claims for unpaid deliveries of [...]	2003-07-07 07:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN4233	JORDANIANS FEELING UPBEAT, FOR A CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. Jordan is currently on a high: the war in Iraq is over, parliamentary elections succeeded, the World Economic Forum was a shot in the arm, there is movement on the roadmap, the stock market is up, foreign debt is down, and Jordan's credit rating was just upgraded. The private [...]	2003-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4247	JORDAN SEEKS TO SECURE SUPPLY OF IRAQI OIL [...] (C) During a 9 July meeting, Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher raised with Ambassador the status of a proposed trip to Baghdad by a Jordanian interministerial team. The purpose of the visit would be to follow-up at a technical level on a conversation Industry & Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir had wi [...]	2003-07-10 18:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4256	BILATERAL TRADE AGENDA WITH JORDAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gnehm called on Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir July 1 to keep up the momentum on bilateral trade issues discussed with AUSTR Cathy Novelli during the recent World Economic Forum meetings in Jordan (ref). Bashir also mentioned follow-up on Jordan-Israel- Palestine and Jordan [...]	2003-07-13 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP JO IZ
03AMMAN4534	GOJ APPROACHES CITIGROUP RE TRADE FACILITATION [...] (sbu) During a July 22 courtesy call, Planning Minister Awadallah passed Charge a copy of a letter from the GOJ to Citibank Jordan GM Suhair al Ali proposing the establishment of a trade facilitation mechanism that would protect L/C's written for Jordan-Iraq commercial trade. Awadallah said [...]	2003-07-23 06:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4650	GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery officials, traveled to Baghdad July 24 to open discussions with Iraqi counterparts concerning resumption of crude exports from Iraq to Jordan. The two sides held exploratory discussio [...]	2003-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4725	JORDAN ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: ASSET FREEZES [...] (u) As noted SEPTEL, Jordan has been extremely forthcoming with material assistance for aid and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. SEPTEL outlines Jordanian assistance in this regard, as requested ref (a). Ref (a) also requested information regarding frozen Iraqi assets. Unfortunately, the ne [...]	2003-07-29 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4831	CPA SENIOR HEALTH ADVISOR HAVEMAN'S VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (sbu) Summary: CPA Senior Health Sector Advisor Jim Haveman and a team of CPA staff visited Amman July 28-29 on a fact-finding and appeal tour. During meetings with an array of local and international groups, Haveman described current conditions in the Iraqi health sector, elicited outside [...]	2003-08-03 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5186	JORDAN'S OIL SUPPLY NEEDS [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Oil Ministry believes that Kuwait has agreed to continue supplying Jordan with 25,000 barrels of crude oil per day through September, with Kuwait refining the crude on behalf of Jordan. Along with the 50,000 bpd Saudi oil grant -- which the Jordanians expect to c [...]	2003-08-14 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN5257	JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS IRAQI GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Governing Council (GC) member Dr. Mowaffak Al Rubaie met with Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb on August 19 in Amman to discuss bilateral issues. Dr. Al Rubaie characterized their talks as "very positive" and said that Abul Ragheb promised that the GOJ would continue to receiv [...]	2003-08-19 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5329	GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS, [...] (U) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil al-Sharif, released a statement condemning the "criminal and cowardly act" and expressing hope that it would not delay achieving the goals of security and stability in Iraq. The stat [...]	2003-08-21 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5497	JORDAN TO WORK WITH, BUT NOT "RECOGNIZE," IRAQI [...] (C) Speaking to a visiting delegation of Iraqi Governing Council members August 25, PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher pledged to work with the GC, but said formal recognition would be premature. Both urged the GC to work to expand ties with Iraq's neighbors, and said they hoped the GC was th [...]	2003-08-28 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN6064	GOJ MAY REQUIRE PRE-APPROVAL FOR ENTRY OF IRAQIS [...] (S/NF) The visiting Jordanian Charge in Baghdad told PolCouns that, because of security agencies' concerns about export of terrorism from Iraq to Jordan, the GOJ is considering declaring Iraqis a "restricted" nationality. Iraqi travelers to Jordan would require pre-approval from security age [...]	2003-09-21 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN6220	Jordan and Israel Seeking EU "QIZ" Arrangement [...] (sbu) Summary. Jordan and Israel are working together to ask the EU for a special "QIZ-like" arrangement that will allow duty-free access to the European market for goods produced in Jordan with Israeli content. This effort, which the Jordanians say has high- level European and Israeli pol [...]	2003-09-29 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD JO IS EU
03AMMAN6233	FOLLOW-UP ON IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (S) In a September 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Marto confirmed that he was ready to chair the meeting on assets and bilateral financial issues agreed to during Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb's September 16 meeting in Washington with State and Treasury officals (ref). Ma [...]	2003-09-29 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN JO IZ
03AMMAN6580	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6621	OIL, GAS, AND ELECTRICITY FOR IRAQ: ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian Minister of Energy Mohammed Bataineh told DCM on October 14 that little progress beyond statements of principle has been made in talks on the provision of Iraqi oil to Jordan. He expressed pride at the completion of the first phase of the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and [...]	2003-10-16 16:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN6962	JORDAN: NEW GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO FISCAL [...] (C) Summary. While the new Jordanian government is led by economic and political reformers, changes in the cabinet and leadership give rise to questions about its commitment to fiscal discipline, particularly given the weariness of the political leadership following several years of tax hike [...]	2003-10-28 17:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL JO
03AMMAN7276	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7296	JORDAN: IMF MISSION REVIEWS OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team visiting Amman sees no economic need for additional cash assistance to Jordan before December 31, given that the country's finances are currently in good shape -- although there is potential crunch next year as the level of foreign grants falls and oil import costs [...]	2003-11-06 16:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL JO
03AMMAN7299	NEW ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES OIL SUPPLY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Energy Azmi Khreisat told the Ambassador on November 5 that Jordan has agreed to purchase three million barrels of Iraqi oil before the end of the year. He expressed optimism about the six-nation power grid initiative and the Egyptian gas pip [...]	2003-11-06 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL JO IZ
03AMMAN737	GOJ SPOKESMAN PUBLICLY DENIES PRESS REPORTS ON [...] (U) A GOJ spokesman January 30 strenuously and publicly denied recent press reports asserting that Jordan had agreed to allow U.S. troops to be stationed in the Kingdom and to allow overflights of U.S. military aircraft in the event of war with Iraq. Minister of Information and government spo [...]	2003-02-03 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS JO IZ
03AMMAN7449	NEW ROYAL COURT MINISTER ON KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, [...] (C) New Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai told the Ambassador that, on his recent trip to the Gulf, the King had thanked the Kuwaitis for providing Jordan with free oil and had expressed the hope that it continue for a while longer, but neither sought nor received a commitment. PM Fayez will [...]	2003-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN7691	JORDAN: NOVEMBER 17 MEETINGS ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (S) Summary. In several hours of meetings November 17, Jordanian financial officials and a U.S. Treasury/Iraqi finance ministry team were unable to agree on a plan for the GOJ to transfer all of the remaining Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq. The Jordanians too [...]	2003-11-24 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7906	MAP-JORDAN REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE FUNDING TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 17:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MAP
03AMMAN8050	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POLICE TRAINING IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-10 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8162	JORDAN: FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister told a visiting CPA official that Jordan would accelerate transfer of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq and agreed on a mechanism for joint Jordanian-Iraqi assessment of commercial claims against those assets. However, th [...]	2003-12-15 08:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8175	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-15 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8205	JORDAN: TRANSFER OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: During multiple conversations on December 15, I obtained renewed assurances from the Prime Minister (and affirmed by the Finance Minister) that no further payments would be made against claims for a finite period of time. The PM also affirmed that all Jordanian claim files wou [...]	2003-12-16 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8450	GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE [...] (C) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discussion covered the Aqaba "workshop," Abu Ala'a and the peace process, Iraq and Syria, Article 98 negotiations, and Jordan-Israel relations. End Summary. AQA [...]	2003-12-24 09:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO
03AMMAN861	SAUDIS TELL KING ABDULLAH THEY WILL JOIN OIL DEAL; [...] (S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador and PolCouns February 5 that Saudi CP Abdullah confirmed to him during his February 4 visit to Saudi Arabia that the Saudis are prepared to provide Jordan with oil in the event of a cutoff in supplies from Iraq. The King said the oil would come through [...]	2003-02-06 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EPET MARR IZ EAID SA KU JO UA
03AMMAN940	IRAQ PD: DVC WITH JAMES PLACKE, OIL ANALYST [...] IN A FEBRUARY 4 DVC HOSTED BY PAS AMMAN, OIL ANALYST (AND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DAS) JAMES PLACKE REFUTED EFFECTIVELY ALLEGATIONS THAT "CONTROL" OF OIL RESERVES -- AND NOT DISARMAMENT -- IS AT THE CENTER OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. ROUGHLY 20 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FILLED THE ONE HOUR PROGR [...]	2003-02-10 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP IZ JO
03ANKARA1007	U/S TAYLOR'S TALKS ON THE GRANT/LOAN FACILITY, [...] (C) On February 6-7, Treasury U/S Taylor and his delegation met with a GOT delegation, led by Minister of State in charge of Treasury Ali Babacan, which included Treasury, Central Bank, and State Planning officials, and Babacan's academic economist advisor. Minister of Finance Kemal Unakitan [...]	2003-02-09 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EAID ETRD TU
03ANKARA1074	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-18 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1091	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA1092	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1126	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-20 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1132	TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]	2003-02-20 20:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Karpaz will remain part of Turkish Cypriot territory and the Greek Cypriots in the region will be allowed to set up their autonomous administration. In exchange for Karpaz, Turkish side will give territory from the Guzelyurt region, to Greek side 2. Greek Cypriots who migrate from south to n [...]	2003-02-24 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1214	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT's ambitious $4 billion privatization plan for 2003 is moving forward, with some positive and negative developments. On the positive side, three large state companies (TEKEL, PETKIM, TUPRAS) are slated for sale in the first half of 2003: PETKIM's tender is already out [...]	2003-02-25 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1232	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-26 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1448	BTC, SHAH DENIZ, TURKEY-GREECE INTERCONNECT: ON [...] (C) Summary: BP and BOTAS General Manager Bildaci are still concerned that BOTAS does not have sufficient authority to meet its obligations under the BTC turnkey contract. BP has sent a letter to Energy Minister Guler requesting his personal intervention on this issue; Bildaci is raising it [...]	2003-03-06 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1477	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA152	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1702	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1724	CBED AMBASSADOR MANN'S MARCH 12 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: During CBED Ambassador Mann,s March 12 visit to Ankara, MFA and Ministry of Energy officials requested his intervention with the World Bank on the negative pledge clause issue (reftel) and with Greece on the Interconnector Turkey-Greece (ITG). MFA Deputy U/S Kilic also pressed f [...]	2003-03-19 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1967	IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON BTC PIPELINE, TPAO [...] (C) BOTAS General Manager Gokhan Bildaci and BP's local BTC Co. President Yasar Latifov told us March 25-26 the Iraq Operation thus far had not had a serious impact on BTC; however, both said they were very concerned that the extra burden the war had placed on Turkey's infrastructure and const [...]	2003-03-26 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA1974	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1990	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2130	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]	2003-04-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-09 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2233	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April 7-8. Treasury's target is to raise a total of $3 billion ahead of $3.2 billion in debt service payments on April 9. Today's auction results came in at market expectations; the m [...]	2003-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2269	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-08 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2323	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO. [...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]	2003-04-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2376	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2432	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2445	KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: TANKS FULL, NO NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) BOTAS Deputy General Manager Fuat Celepci told econoff April 15 that the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline had stopped completely on April 9, and that no tankers had transported crude from Ceyhan since March 20. Celepc [...]	2003-04-15 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA2457	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2459	BTC OPERATIONAL ISSUES: PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has made progress on outstanding BTC operational issues since BTC Co sent a "material breach" letter to Energy Minister Guler on April 7. Guler has named a new manager for the BTC Directorate, and has committed to increasing the project manager's authority. These develo [...]	2003-04-15 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA2507	TURKEY: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador called on MFA Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Ali Tuygan April 17 to deliver reftel message to the GOT regarding the April 18 meeting on Iraq in Riyadh, noting our concern that Syria may try to hijack the proceedings. Tuygan said Turkey would work for moderation. They also disc [...]	2003-04-17 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2552	KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Reftel reported that BOTAS executives had informed Embassy that the storage tanks at Ceyhan were full with about 6.5 million barrels of oil from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline. Based on questions from Washington, Embassy double-checked the figures today. BOTAS Deputy General Ma [...]	2003-04-18 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA2700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-25 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2712	TURKISH ENVIRONMENT NGOS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT [...] Summary. Many of the 30 Turkish NGOs and other organizations participating in a recent UNDP meeting in Ankara expressed concern over the Black Sea coastal environment, their limited participation in environmental management, and several proposed environmental laws and regulations. They expr [...]	2003-04-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TBIO TU
03ANKARA2862	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Iraq Reconstruction Okcun told EconCouns April 29 that Turkey would pursue an aggressive private/public sector approach to winning reconstruction contracts in Iraq. He asked if the U.S. could help by dispelling the notion that Turkish firms were at a disadvantag [...]	2003-05-02 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2975	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA298	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA301	EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]	2003-01-13 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3011	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3036	MFA INQUIRY ON KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General For Energy Hakki Akil called in Acting DCM May 8 to raise two issues of GOT concern related to the stoppage of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. First, Akil said, Turkey's Kirikkale Refine [...]	2003-05-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA31	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-02 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3157	USG CONTRACTOR BEGINS TO EXPORT TURKISH LPG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. military contractor Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) has successfully delivered its first shipment of Turkish Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and gasoline from Turkey to Iraq, which will be donated as humanitarian assistance to Iraqi civilians. The U.S. military has contracted K [...]	2003-05-14 04:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3190	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC construction on time in Turkey, and thanked Ambassador for his reassurance that U.S. support for BTC had not decreased with the change in Iraq. Ambassador requested GOT support for th [...]	2003-05-15 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ
03ANKARA3265	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: SOME POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The rapid end of the Iraq war, prospect of U.S. and IMF money, and a global emerging market rally have combined to boost the Turkish currency and reduce interest rates substantially in recent weeks. Meanwhile, exports and industrial production continue to rise, while inflatio [...]	2003-05-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3268	MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic and Director General For Energy Hakki Akil told Econ Couns May 15 that, as the MFA had told us previously (reftel),the lack of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipel [...]	2003-05-17 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3287	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3399	TURKEY RESPONDES TO RUSSIAN IMO PAPER ON TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Erciyes told econoff May 22 that the paper Russia had submitted to the IMO, which claims that Turkey has implemented new, costly restrictions on passage through the Turkish Straits, was factually incorrect. Erciyes maintained that the guidelines i [...]	2003-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT TU
03ANKARA343	GOT ANNOUNCES 2003 PRIVATIZATION [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SENER ANNOUNCED JANUARY 13 THE 2003 PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM, ADOPTED EARLIER BY THE HIGHER PRIVATIZATION COUNCIL. IT SETS AN AMBITIOUS TARGET OF $4 BILLION IN PRIVATIZATION REVENUE. IT INCLUDES FOUR MAJOR STATE ENTERPRISES - PETKIM (PETROCHEMICALS),TEKEL (TOBAC [...]	2003-01-15 04:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA3480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3506	DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...]	2003-05-29 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS
03ANKARA3537	DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]	2003-05-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA3694	DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the same time to warn ruling AK party against perceived anti-secular trends has achieved neither goal. While tensions between the military and AK, and within each, will continue, we [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA3731	FACILITATING TURKEY-IRAQ FUEL OIL FOR GASOLINE/LPG [...] (C) In separate June 9 meetings, Ambassador and EconCouns urged MFA U/S Ziyal and Foreign Trade U/S Kayalar, respectively, to facilitate GOT approval of the pending SOMO-Delta Petroleum barter deal (reftel),under which SOMO would export fuel oil to Turkey in return for benzine (gasoline) and [...]	2003-06-09 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ETRD IZ TU
03ANKARA3827	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3830	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3848	TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC RELATIONS; UPDATE ON BARTER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Unakitan told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister had instructed an interagency group to resolve the problems holding up trade at the Habur Gate, including those involved in the Delta Petroleum products ba [...]	2003-06-13 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3937	TURKEY'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS NEEDS TO BE [...] Summary. Even though Turkey's environmental laws are written to produce environmentally sound economic development, regulations fall short of providing the uniform standards and technical criteria for preparing environmental impact assessments (EIAs). The government's technical staff is insuf [...]	2003-06-19 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TU

03ANKARA400	TURKISH OFFICIALS QUESTION IRAQ IMPACT ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials have begun to ask about the potential impact of an Iraq operation on Turkish energy interests, raising with us the possible effect on BTC, Shah Deniz, the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, and Turkey's oil supply. BOTAS is worried about the potential impact on Iskenderun [...]	2003-01-16 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IZ AJ GG KZ TU UNSC
03ANKARA4019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-23 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA404	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]	2003-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4070	IRAQI SOMO-DELTA PETROLEUM BARTER DEAL UNDERWAY [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Delta Petroleum and the MFA confirmed to us that the GOT had given final approval for the pending SOMO-Delta barter deal (reftels),under which SOMO will export fuel oil to Turkey in return for Turkish benzine (gasoline) and LPG. Delta Petroleum o [...]	2003-06-25 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4105	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA416	THE AK GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC ENERGY STRATEGY: [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two months into its administration, the AK Government has not yet clearly defined its domestic energy strategy, except to announce general support for liberalization and its desire to decrease electricity prices. Although the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) [...]	2003-01-16 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA4224	BOTAS READY TO RESUME PIPELINE OPERATIONS; WAITING [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told econoff July 3 that the storage tanks at Ceyhan, which store Iraqi crude from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik line, were nearly empty. The only remaining oil in the storage tanks was bound for Turkey's Kirakkale refi [...]	2003-07-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA467	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA4912	BOTAS ON IRAQI OIL AND GAZPROM [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary. BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told us August 1 that a 10-person BOTAS technical team was in Iraq with Iraqi officials to inspect the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline and help get the oil flowing again as soon as possible. Bilgic asked abo [...]	2003-08-05 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5227	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-22 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5269	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-19 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5313	CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19 that Turkey was one of the USG's best allies and that we were looking to Turkey to contribute to reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. Gonul and Ozkok said Turkey shared o [...]	2003-08-20 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5436	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...]	2003-08-26 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ
03ANKARA548	SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24 [...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]	2003-01-23 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5701	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-09 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6002	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6048	Turkish Official on Rail Link with Iraq, Syria [...] (SBU) Summary: A Turkish railway official told us that rail has moved relatively little cargo, including humanitarian aid, to Iraq in recent months, but that there are plans to begin moving some fuel by rail. Our interlocutor contended that steep Syrian transit fees were a serious obstacle t [...]	2003-09-25 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD TU IZ
03ANKARA6058	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Edelman,s first meeting with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler focused on Turkey,s efforts to reduce the high prices it pays for natural gas imports, principally from Russia, and Guler,s desire to help U.S. efforts in Iraq. Guler said his Ministry wa [...]	2003-09-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6215	GOT Extends Rice Import Moratorium [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Turkey (GOT) extended its moratorium on rice import licenses for another six months till March 2004. The Turkish Press is suggesting that importers requested the ban in order to force domestic prices higher and earn windfall profits. More likely, with upco [...]	2003-10-03 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TU USTR
03ANKARA6230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6291	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6302	TURKEY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT STALLED OIL EXPORTS [...] (U) Baghdad Minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish officials are concerned by recent press reports that Iraq has decided to suspend oil exports through Ceyhan, diverting the Kirkuk crude through pipelines to the south. MFA Director General for Energy and Water Hakki Akil told EconCouns th [...]	2003-10-07 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6345	TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH DECISION TO REVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy DG for Energy and Water Haki Akil told EconCouns that Turkey was opposed to the recently announced agreement to reverse the Odessa-Brody pipeline. Akil said the agreement would mean more oil through the Turkish Straits and undermine U.S.-Turkish goals for the East-Wes [...]	2003-10-09 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL RS TU UK
03ANKARA649	IRAQ: TGS REQUESTS ANSWERS TO PHASE IV QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided visiting CENTCOM/EUCOM planners January 23 questions (see para 4) concerning Phase IV operations in Iraq. TGS requested that appropriate USG authorities respond to th [...]	2003-01-27 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6780	THE LIRA'S OCTOBER DECLINE [...] (Sbu) Summary: After a long rally, Turkish markets have turned down over the past two weeks, although there has been little in the way of high-profile, market-jolting bad news. Instead, the markets, especially the foreign exchange market, have turned around due to a combination of seasonal fac [...]	2003-10-30 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA694	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7000	KBR PERSPECTIVE ON HABUR GATE [...] (SBU-BUS SENS) A senior Kellogg, Brown and Root-Turkey (KBR-T) manager met with PO on Oct. 31 to update the state of current challenges to orderly flow in Turkey along the Iraq ground line of communication (GLOC) as well as transit bottlenecks at the Habur Gate. The KBR-T official noted tha [...]	2003-11-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA7019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7051	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: UPDATE: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has canceled the privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations, because bids submitted were far lower than expected. Though the cancellation is a blow to the privatization program, the government did accept the high bid for the smaller alcohol side of Tekel [...]	2003-11-13 06:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA7113	GOT CLAIMS VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM NOT FULLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat officials told us that the testing phase of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Istanbul area would have to be extended beyond the end-October deadline due to technical problems. Turkish Coastal Safety and Ship Rescue Management Director G [...]	2003-11-14 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7271	ENERGY DISCUSSION AT TURKEY-U.S. EPC [...] (C) Action Request: Post urges Washington to reconsider the decision to drop energy as a separate topic on the EPC agenda. This is not just to mollify the Turks; we have real, substantive energy issues to discuss. We consider energy to be a critical building block of our economic and politi [...]	2003-11-20 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA7300	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Jalal Talabani and his delegation to Turkey met Ambassador, DCM and A/PolMilCouns Nov. 21, providing a readout of their Nov. 19-20 meetings with Turkish officials and businessmen, including PM Erdogan, Acting FM/Trade Minister Tuzmen, MFA U/S Ziyal, [...]	2003-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7311	SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: A successful EPC will help our efforts to strengthen a bilateral relationship that has been through difficult times this year. Two developments -- the still-fragile recovery of the Turkish economy, and the development of economic opportunities in Iraq -- should create opportuni [...]	2003-11-24 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV TU
03ANKARA7329	TRADE U/S ON TRADE PROTOCOL WITH IRAQ, DISCUSSIONS WITH TALABANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us November 20 that the pre-war Turkey-Iraq trade protocol was a swap arrangement, under which Iraq shipped crude oil to Turkey in return for Turkish goods. Kayalar confirmed that Iraqi authorities had transferred oil to Turkey before Op [...]	2003-11-28 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ENRG TU IZ
03ANKARA7360	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7442	ENERGY REGULATOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. EconCouns met with Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) President Yusuf Gunay for an update on energy issues, including the pending Petroleum Law, electricity market reform, gas market reform, and Build-Operate-Transfer disputes. Gunay had mixed feelings about the Petrole [...]	2003-12-04 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-08 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA752	GOVERNMENT RELEASES SOME 2003 BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM ABDULLATIF SENER ANNOUNCED JANUARY 28 THE MACRO-ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE 2003 BUDGET, AND SOME OF THE BUDGET AGGREGATES, BUT NOT THE FISCAL SAVING MEASURES THAT RESULT IN THE HEADLINE 6.5 PERCENT OF GNP PRIMARY SURPLUS. THOSE MEASURES ARE BEING DEBATED O [...]	2003-01-29 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA7610	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7611	DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM [...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]	2003-12-11 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7757	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7933	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-24 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7972	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA8014	TURKISH MARKETS END YEAR ON BULLISH NOTE [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite news that would normally buffet the market--in both directions--Turkish debt and foreign exchange markets have been notably calm, with a positive trend in recent weeks. In thin trading close to the year-end balance sheet date, interest rates on GOT debt have gradually [...]	2003-12-31 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA819	MINISTER BABACAN TELLS AMBASSADOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of January 30, the Ambassador pressed Minister Babacan hard on economic reform, underlining our conclusion that the government is off track and stressing that strong economic reform policy implementation as well as full military cooperation were conditions for any p [...]	2003-01-31 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA830	TURKEY: ANTI-AMERICAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND ITS [...] (C) Summary: Amid an edgy public mood over Iraq, a strident anti-American propaganda campaign is underway in Turkey, encouraged by various political and Turkish State actors. According to our contacts, such rhetoric is resonating with the man on the street, who is (1) convinced that an operat [...]	2003-02-03 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA87	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-04 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA886	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY U/S TAYLOR'S VISIT TO [...] (C) You will arrive one day ahead of the Turkish Parliament's debate over deployment of a number of U.S. troops for site preparation, and less than two weeks before Parliament's expected debate on deployment of U.S. combat troops. Your visit can help us achieve the best possible outcome in P [...]	2003-02-04 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA935	TURKISH PETROLEUM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSINESS IN A [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Petroleum Agency (TPAO) is optimistic about business opportunities in a post-sanctions Iraq. TPAO Vice President Bakiler believes TPAO will be well-placed to sign exploration and production agreements that the company has been negotiating for years with Iraq, and to [...]	2003-02-06 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03BOGOTA11615	COLOMBIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Colombia continues its struggle against the country's three main terrorist organizations ) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) -- all of which have been designated by the U.S. as Foreign Terr [...]	2003-12-12 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER
03BOGOTA342	FARC KIDNAPS CIVILIANS FOR CAR BOMB ATTACKS [...] (U) IN ITS LATEST WAVE OF CAR BOMB ATTACKS IN ARAUCA, THE FARC REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN KIDNAPPING CIVILIANS AND USING THEM AS UNWITTING SUICIDE DRIVERS OF CARS LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES. ONCE THE CARS REACH THEIR TARGET, THE EXPLOSIVES ARE DETONATED VIA REMOTE CONTROL. SINCE JANUARY 8, THERE HAVE BE [...]	2003-01-15 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
03COLOMBO1053	Tensions notch up over sinking of Tamil Tiger [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two violent incidents on June 14 have sparked an increase in tension between the Tigers and the GSL. In the first, a Tiger ship exploded off the northeast coast after being intercepted by the navy. It is unclear whether the crew detonated the ship or whether it was destroyed b [...]	2003-06-16 10:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1061	GSL tries to calm situation after sinking of [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the June 14 sinking of a Tiger ship, the GSL is trying to calm the situation, assuring the Tigers that it is looking into ways to devolve power to the north/east. Minister Moragoda, a key adviser to the PM, has expressed deep concerns to us about the navy's [...]	2003-06-17 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1078	In positive news for peace process, Norwegian [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a brief hiatus in contacts, Norwegian facilitators met with the Tamil Tigers on June 18. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told us the Tigers complained about the June 14 sinking of one of their ships and denied culpability for a wave of recent assassinations. The group als [...]	2003-06-19 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1261	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT'S EXPRESSIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-18 06:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1365	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT'S EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-05 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1517	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA ACCUSE U.S. of [...] In a 9/1 editorial, "Self-inflicted wounds," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily),launched one of the most vigorous criticisms of U.S. policy seen in Sri Lanka's mainline press since the occupation of Iraq. "Self- inflicted wounds" accuses the U.S. of searching for "a new bogeyman" [...]	2003-09-02 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO2023	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 d and e. 2. (SBU) Summary: During his initial courtesy call with Central Bank Governor Jayawardena on November 20, the Ambassador discussed the current political situation, regional economies, US Treasury Department assistance an [...]	2003-11-24 03:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO2027	Guns to Butter (and Pay Hikes, and Roads, and...): [...] (U) This telegram is Sensitive but Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Choksy presented the 2004 GSL budget to the Parliament on November 19. The GSL sees the budget as the culmination of two years' work and a chance to relieve belt-tightening measur [...]	2003-11-24 08:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO205	Low key reaction to Secretary's UN Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction to the Secretary's speech to the UN Security Council has been low key in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Press coverage was limited to wire- service reports. Neither the GSL nor GoRM have issued public statements as of yet. With the speech wrapping up very late February [...]	2003-02-06 06:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO2199	IMI: OIL EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITY IN SRI [...] Summary: Hoping to begin off-shore oil prospecting soon, the Sri Lanka Government intends to announce its plans to international oil companies at a workshop in early 2004. End Summary. 2. The Government plans to open areas in the Mannar Basin off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka for [...]	2003-12-31 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EPET ENRG BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO396	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English weekly lay out "repercussions to the economies in this and many other parts of the world" On 3/9 an editorial in the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekly),"Gulf War and US," described the negative effects of another Gulf war on the Sri Lankan economy. The editorial [...]	2003-03-10 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO458	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily says that the "ides of Bush" indicate "the creation of a new god who demands that all other nations must worship him and subscribe to his policies...." Under the headline "`The hour has come!' the ides of Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwid [...]	2003-03-19 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC OIIP CE
03COLOMBO460	TFIZ01: PM negative on possible UNGA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The PM told the Ambassador that he agreed that there was no need for UNGA involvement re Iraq. He said he would look into possibly issuing a "constructive" statement re the overall situation. Mission has reviewed Department's points re Iraqi intel officers, but does not think f [...]	2003-03-19 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO495	SRI LANKA: ECONOMIC GULF BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The economic gulf between northern and southern Sri Lanka, formed over two decades of conflict, is poised to widen in the coming years. Sri Lanka, though nominally a united nation, is in fact divided on multiple fronts - political, military, social and economic. Since the form [...]	2003-03-25 09:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER EINV CE LTTE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO508	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] As reported in reftel (b),Colombo's weekenders (3/22- 23) widely criticized what is usually described as an "American war" in Iraq. At mid-week, however, interest is subdued. 2. True, the war dominates Wednesday's (3/26) front-page, above the fold headlines. "Six Iraqi war tanks destroye [...]	2003-03-26 07:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO519	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] In reftel we noted that as of mid-week (3/26) the war in Iraq was receiving substantial front-page treatment but limited editorial coverage. The trend continued into Thursday (3/27): the war dominates this morning's front- page above-the-fold headlines. Again, however, only one of Sri Lanka [...]	2003-03-27 04:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO629	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lankan front-page readers woke up to headlines describing the Iraqi regime's collapse and to photographs of coalition forces and Iraqi civilians enjoying each other's company. English front pages ran headlines such as "Saddam's rule collapses in chaos," "Saddam's rule crumbles," and "U.S. [...]	2003-04-10 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03FRANKFURT10314	ECB on the Stability and Growth Pact: Results or [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank (ECB) was exceptionally, sternly and publicly critical of Ecofin's decision on Germany and France under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP),but has been careful neither to trash the SGP nor the process. Rather, their message is that the SGP lives a [...]	2003-12-18 13:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT10320	ECB Staff Projections: Growth to Pick Up in 2004 - [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB's) December staff projections suggest real Euro area annual average growth of 0.4% in 2003 rising to 1.6% in 2004 and 2.4% in 2005. The basic story is that exports will help lift growth in the near term followed by a strengthening of domestic [...]	2003-12-18 13:15:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT5670	Economic Forecast for Germany: Slow Growth and [...] (SBU) Summary: Our forecast for Germany for this year and next is for continued slow growth with a modest pick up in 2004 driven by net exports. While 1.3% real growth in 2004 might be deemed a "recovery" after 0.1% growth in 2003 it is mostly closing a part of the output gap that has opened [...]	2003-07-10 14:38:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8257	Economic Forecast for Germany: Waiting for a [...] (SBU) Summary: The German economy is expected, at best, to stagnate in 2003. Since GDP declined by -0.3% in the first half of the year compared to the previous half- year, positive GDP growth in 2003 is no longer achievable. Driven by improving net exports, German economy [...]	2003-10-06 05:48:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9685	BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG BLOCKS WINDMILLS, PROPOSES [...] SUMMARY: The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) has blocked a windmill park near Freiburg and proposed extending the life of nuclear reactors, fueling a political battle with broader implications. The CDU-FDP (Christian Democrat / Free Democrat) B-W government favors reopening debate on the [...]	2003-11-24 13:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM
03GUATEMALA537	TEACHERS STRIKE DEEPENS, TESTING GOG [...] (SBU) Summary: February 26, Day 38 of the national teachers strike affecting 80,000 public schoolteachers and over 2 million students, saw blockades of major airports, ports, border crossings, and oil refineries, and the indefinite suspension of Congress due to the protests. After receiving [...]	2003-02-27 18:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC GT
03GUATEMALA678	GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO 59TH UNHRC DEMARCHE: [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel points, MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Castillo told us Guatemalan positions at the UNHRC this year might differ from previous years. On Cuba, Castillo repeated that President Portillo would ultimately decide how the GOG will vote, but said the decision [...]	2003-03-14 17:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GT UNHRC
03HALIFAX356	NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION: TORY SWEEP ENDS [...] SUMMARY: There could be a new round of political wrangling between the federal government and the newly elected Progressive Conservative Party in Newfoundland-Labrador. In an October 21 provincial election campaign, the Tories led by the charismatic business leader Danny Williams, solidly to [...]	2003-10-23 11:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EPET CA
03HALIFAX394	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS PRODUCE NEW LINEUP OF ENERGY MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada's four Atlantic Provinces have all held provincial elections this year: Newfoundland-Labrador (October 21),Prince Edward Island (September 29),Nova Scotia (August 5),and New Brunswick (June 9). With the exception of Newfoundland-Labrador, the incumbent governments we [...]	2003-11-21 11:39:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PGOV CA
03HANOI223	TAIWAN ECONOMICS MINISTER VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan Economics Minister Lin Yi-fu visited Vietnam January 23 - 27 as the head of a trade mission. While his official host was the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lin held meetings with GVN officials, including his counterparts at the Ministry of Trade as well as t [...]	2003-01-29 03:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD TW CH VM
03HANOI261	REACTION TO SECRETARY'S UNSC PRESENTATION [...] (U) In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on February 6, Charge delivered a copy of Secretary Powell's presentation to the February 5 open meeting of the UNSC and reinforced it with the points provided in para 2 of ref B. Hung said that the GVN was "still studying" the [...]	2003-02-06 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ VM
03HANOI2630	VIETNAM -- CANDIDATE FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] SUMMARY: Post nominates Vietnam as a candidate country for the water initiative of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (see reftel). Vietnam has an incredibly diverse geography with accompanying water issues. Vietnam has a national water plan, and on-going research projects with a wid [...]	2003-10-15 10:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR KSCA SENV TSPL VM
03HANOI3243	VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] The following is the text of the draft National Trade Estimate report for Vietnam. 2. Begin Text of Report: TRADE SUMMARY The landmark U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement that seeks to normalize trade relations between the two countries came into effect on December 10, 2001, and [...]	2003-12-16 03:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN VM ASEAN BTA FINREF IPROP
03HANOI702	TFIZ01: VIETNAM UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] (U) Vietnamese television, radio, and newspapers on March 20 and March 21 highlighted international protests against military action in Iraq, including another slew of mass pro-peace "meetings" throughout Vietnam that were described as involving at least tens of thousands of Vietnamese citiz [...]	2003-03-21 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS CASC IZ VM
03HANOI975	NONG DUC MANH'S "WORKING VISIT" TO THE PRC: -- THE VIEW FROM VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nong Duc Manh, Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary (GS),visited the PRC April 7 - 11. This was his second visit to the PRC since assuming these responsibilities in April 2001. GS Manh was apparently the first foreign leader to meet with the PRC's new leadersh [...]	2003-04-18 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR
03HARARE1156	Deregulation Deal Could End Dry Spell for Fuel [...] (SBU) Summary: Fuel continues to be very scarce throughout the country. There are widespread rumors that multinationals will soon be allowed to import fuel and sell at a market price, but no formal approval has yet materialized. This would eliminate the GOZ's fuel subsidy, currently over 6 [...]	2003-06-06 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EPET ZI
03HARARE1317	MEDIA REACTION POWELL ON ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] The op-ed column by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell in the "New York Times" has made front-page headlines in the mainstream print media. While the independent newspapers welcomed Secretary Powell's commentary and recommendations, the state-controll [...]	2003-06-27 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1321	Fuel Strategies Amidst The Downward Spiral [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted reftel, multinational oil companies remain in limbo as to whether they will be allowed to sell fuel imported with forex at a viable pump price. Industry sources report that the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM) will continue to bring in heavily subsidized fuel [...]	2003-06-27 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EPET ZI
03HARARE1371	MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An avalanche of news articles and opinion pieces focusing on the decisive African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Zimbabwe and Eritrea, especially in the government-controlled print and electronic media, failed to eclipse critical articles against Pr [...]	2003-07-08 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1409	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush putting up a faade" the July 10 edition of the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" carried the following opinion piece by Taungana Ndoro under his regular column "Inside Politics" on page 13, in which he bemoans the exclusion of Zimbabwe from President Bush's itine [...]	2003-07-10 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1448	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Liars like Bush annihilate themselves" the ruling ZANU-PF weekly mouthpiece "The People's Voice" dedicated its July 13 editorial to criticizing the United States policy towards Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Since when (has) Britain and the U. S. starte [...]	2003-07-17 09:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI

03HARARE1463	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains a core issue for discussion in op-ed and opinion pieces being carried in some of the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "U. S. seeks to strengthen its position in Africa" the go [...]	2003-07-18 09:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1506	PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA HOLDS FEW SUPRISES - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Fourth Session of Parliament promises to be much the same with the GOZ intent on legislation that further stifles dissent, free speech, NGOs, and private sector initiatives. President Mugabe's economic agenda, which he presented during the July 22 Parliamentary opening day [...]	2003-07-25 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE152	ExxonMobil tells GOZ to cut fuel subsidy [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting ExxonMobil delegation recently urged the GOZ to stop subsidizing fuel consumption, which has completely overburdened the country's foreign exchange assets. The delegation suggested a more targeted support mechanism for public transport and critical services that wou [...]	2003-01-22 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ZI
03HARARE1578	Zimdollar Tumbles Further [...] Summary: The Zimdollar has fallen another 25 percent from Z$3350 to 4200:US$1. End Summary. 2. In early May, the Zimdollar still traded at Z$1450:US$1, so the three month devaluation stands at around two-thirds. While a number of factors are weakening the Zimdollar, oil parastatal NOCZIM [...]	2003-08-06 11:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE16	Update on Expropriation of U.S. Assets [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, the GOZ has seized land owned by American citizens without compensation or due process. In addition, both U.S. oil companies operating in Zimbabwe have voiced concerns to us that the GOZ could at some point in the future nationalize or force sale of their asse [...]	2003-01-06 11:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELAB ZI
03HARARE1677	Businessmen foresee recovery (somehow) [...] (U) Summary: Local businessmen assured a visiting congressional staffer that the Zimbabwean economy can regain past prowess. While despairing of the present economic climate, the businessmen's medium-term hopefulness stunned our visitor, a seasoned Zimbabwe- watcher. Although we share our i [...]	2003-08-26 06:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1710	GOZ triples fuel price - again [...] Summary: The GOZ has raised the controlled price of leaded fuel from Z$ 450 to 1,170/liter. Not enough to reawaken Zimbabwe's somnolent gas stations, but it does partly formalize GOZ recognition of the falling Zimdollar. End Summary. A 17-fold increase since February --------------------- [...]	2003-08-28 14:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV ZI
03HARARE1842	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The United States-led mission in Iraq, including a U. S. proposal for a new United Nations resolution to attract more money and troops for Iraq, have again come under fire in articles published in the government-controlled mainstream newspapers. Article excerpt [...]	2003-09-15 05:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1949	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. soldier serving in Iraq calls for end to occupation based on lies: We're facing death for no reason" the government-controlled daily published the following hypercritical op-ed by Tim Predmore, a United States soldier on active duty with the 101st [...]	2003-09-25 13:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2006	Zimbabwe Economic Crises Update [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2091	GOZ has no money for fuel [...] Summary: Oil parastatal NOCZIM has been unable to import fuel for GOZ purposes over the past week. End summary. 2. The fuel shortage is affecting Zimbabweans in a variety of ways: - The National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ),a critical cog in the country's economic infrastructure, has can [...]	2003-10-20 13:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2149	GOZ Still Scapegoats Exporters [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ continues to blame export firms for its foreign exchange shortage. If today's lead story in the official press is a curtain-raiser for the November 20 budget speech, the Mugabe administration may kill what's left of Zimbabwe's once hearty export sector. End summary. [...]	2003-10-29 13:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2184	Mugabe to Restructure Economic Team [...] (SBU) Summary: In a clear indication that hardliners are winning out over Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank (RBZ) moderates (refs a/b),President Mugabe has announced his intent to shake up his economic team. It also suggests the November 20 budget speech will offer Zimbabwe's beleaguered pr [...]	2003-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2284	2004 budget was nonevent [...] Summary: Consider two dissonant facets of last Thursday's budget announcement- a) The Robert Mugabe government projected this year's economic growth at minus-13.2 percent, ensuring Zimbabwe remains the planet's worst performing peacetime economy. b) It proposed no significant new initiativ [...]	2003-11-24 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE326	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush abusing his office" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its February 18 editorial to declaring that the current standoff between the United States and Iraq is about the control of Iraqi oil. "(President George W.) Bush and [...]	2003-02-18 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE409	Modest Hike in Fuel Prices [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ has nearly doubled the price of fuel, the first increase since June 2001. The higher pump price still reflects a heavy and unsustainable subsidy, meaning the country's fuel shortage will continue. Nonetheless, this is a small step toward market- determined pricing. End [...]	2003-02-26 12:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD ZI
03HARARE451	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] In an opinion piece carried in the March 2 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail," Dr. Tafataona Mahoso criticized the United States and Britain for appearing to be "arm-twisting" the United Nations to sanction the war against Iraq. Under headli [...]	2003-03-04 06:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE452	MEDIA REACTION NAM/IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "New challenges for NAM" the pro-government weekly the "Sunday Mirror" dedicated its March 2 editorial to calling on the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) to transform into "a reasonable, balanced and objective counter-force" in international issues. "I [...]	2003-03-04 06:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE494	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The standoff with Iraq remains fodder for opinion articles being carried in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Imminent war against Iraq: The ironies and contradictions" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" (03/09) dedicated [...]	2003-03-10 11:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE588	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush, Blair must learn from history" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its March 21 editorial to declaring that the war against Iraq is uncalled for and is bound to fail, adding, "America must not be allowed to bully the world [...]	2003-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE599	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "What will this war achieve?" the pro-government "Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 24 editorial to denouncing the war against Iraq, saying, "Instead of freeing the Iraqis, he (President George W. Bush) is ensnaring them into deeper poverty and di [...]	2003-03-24 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR IZ ZI
03HARARE622	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Economic effect of war devastating" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its March 27 editorial to denouncing the war to disarm Iraq, saying the invasion could sap the strength of the global economy for years to come. "Tougher t [...]	2003-03-27 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE633	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Opinion articles carried in the March 28 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the March 27 edition of the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" focus on the ongoing United Stated- led military campaign to disarm Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under h [...]	2003-03-28 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE950	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Washington and London acting irresponsibly" the pro-government weekly the "Sunday Mirror" dedicated its May 18 editorial to calling on the United States and Britain "to move out of Iraq and let the Iraqis to handle their own affairs." Excerpts f [...]	2003-05-19 08:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1020	VIETNAM'S FIRST OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE - NO NUDE BEACHES YET [...] In another example of the GVN channeling resources to the relatively poor central coast of the country, Vietnam's first "Open Economic Zone" has opened for business. More a vision than a reality, the zone is different from the many industrial parks and export processing zones scattered throug [...]	2003-10-21 11:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR VM ETRD
03HOCHIMINHCITY1141	CA MAU PROVINCE: AT THE END OF THE LINE, BUT BLESSED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lying at the southern tip of Vietnam, Ca Mau is one of the country's more isolated provinces. Heavily dependent upon aquaculture, especially shrimp, the province has enjoyed strong recent economic growth. While the province actively touts its natural resources and advantages, [...]	2003-11-21 11:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON SOCI PGOV PREL EFIS VM HUMANR RELFREE
03ISTANBUL1596	SECURING UNDELIVERED IRAQI MEDIA EQUIPMENT: UPDATE [...] P/E Chief met on Monday, October 27 with al-Huda San Company General Manager Mutasem Mujahed and his new parter Ibrahim Kahraman of the Kaptan Foreign Trade Company to review the status of the equipment order cited in Ref a. The two confirmed that all links between Sega Dis Ticaret and al-Hu [...]	2003-10-28 11:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IZ KPAO TU
03ISTANBUL280	MARKET PLAYERS FACE THE NEW REALITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are grappling with the new political landscape following Saturday's parliamentary vote against permitting U.S. troops. The development was a shock: despite difficulties in negotiations, the market had long assumed (and priced in) a positive outcome. [...]	2003-03-04 10:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL467	ISTANBUL WORRIES ABOUT WAR, U.S.-TURKEY TIES, [...] (U) Summary: With apparently over ninety percent of the local population opposed to the war in Iraq, anti-war sentiment in Istanbul continues to harden as reports and images of civilian casualties stream in over the sympathetic news networks. Among Istanbul's academic and business elite, howe [...]	2003-04-07 12:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON TK
03KATHMANDU1614	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the ongoing talks would cease automatically if the latter declined to come up with its revised agenda by Tuesday and accept the Maoist condition for unconditional constituent [...]	2003-08-26 05:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU549	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT RAISES PETROL PRICES [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) raised prices on all petroleum products to prevent further losses by state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). The price increase should substantially reduce the corporation's monthly losses, but will not produce a profit. Prior to the increase, rumo [...]	2003-03-26 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PGOV NP GON
03KUWAIT1002	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 19, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-20 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1010	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 20, 2003 [...] (C) A full breakdown of KPC production was not available today, but a senior KPC official reported total output was 2.45 million barrels for the period 0500 3/19/03 to 0500 3/20/03. 2.(C) Following several missile attacks aimed at Kuwait, a senior KPC official contacted EconChief to ascertai [...]	2003-03-20 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1013	SITREP NO. 4 [...] SITREP NO. 4 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- Classified Kuwait 1012 reported multiple missile launches. Watchstanders and others put on gas masks and went to safehaven until all clear announced. No chemical/bi [...]	2003-03-20 21:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1020	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 21, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed breakdown of Kuwaiti oil production is not available today. A senior KPC official told EconChief today that production in the previous 24 hours reached 2.5 million barrels. He said that loading operations were proceeding as normal, although there had been some movements of tanker [...]	2003-03-21 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1021	TFIZ01: OIL SMOKE CLOUDS OVER KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: People in Kuwait awoke March 21, 2003, to a dark sky north of the city. Post confirmed through US military sources that the smoke clouds were caused from multiple oil well fires burning in Iraq and started by the Iraqis. Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) said the sky looke [...]	2003-03-21 12:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU
03KUWAIT1023	SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-21 21:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1036	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 22, 2003 [...] (C) A senior KPC official told EconChief that the Kuwait Oil Company Firefighting team has been dispatched to Northern Kuwait to assess the situation and prepare to assist in fighting fires in Iraq's Rumaila field. Embassy understands that KOC Chairman Ahmad Al-Arbeed acted on instructions fro [...]	2003-03-22 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1046	TFIZ01:SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-23 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1049	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 23, 2003 [...] (C) A Senior KOC official tells the Embassy that the KOC firefighting team is now on site at the Ratqa Field camp in Northern Kuwait. They visited the site of burning oil wells in the Rumaila field in Southern Iraq yesterday, and intend to enter Iraq again tomorrow to begin the work of exting [...]	2003-03-23 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1063	KUWAIT REQUESTS IMMEDIATE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 24, the GOK requested immediate USG assistance in facilitating an oil swap with Saudi Arabia, thereby providing Jordan with badly needed crude oil. End Summary. 3. (C) During their March 24 meeting, Kuwaiti MinS [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EPET KU SA JO
03KUWAIT1064	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 24, 2003 [...] (C) A detailed breakdown of Kuwait's oil production is not yet available for today, but Embassy is told output from 0500 03/23/03 to 0500 03/24/03 reached 2.42 million barrels. 2. (C) Kuwaiti firefighters apparently put out one of the fires burning in Iraq's Rumaila oilfield today, and they [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1074	TFIZ01: THE WORD ON KUWAIT'S ENVIRONMENT [...] SUMMARY: As US-led military action against Iraq moved into its sixth day, Kuwait stepped up measures to protect the environment from Iraqi retaliatory strikes. Particular focus has been placed on monitoring the air and sea, as dark clouds from Iraqi oil fires continue to drift across the borde [...]	2003-03-25 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU
03KUWAIT1078	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 25, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1101	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 26, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports on 3/26 noted the visit of the acting Minister of Oil, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Sabah to the Ratqa oil field where he met with the Kuwait oil firefighting team. The press report notes the cooperation of the Kuwaiti team with an American team could result in all the fire [...]	2003-03-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1105	(C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This message looks at the closely-related topic of the political effects the war could have on Kuwait itself. In both cases, the answer is highly scenario-dependent. [...]	2003-03-26 18:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU
03KUWAIT1112	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 27, 2003 [...] (U) Press reports on 3/27/03 confirm that efforts to extinguish fires burning in the Rumaila field in southern Iraq were abandoned on Tuesday, March 25, due to poor weather conditions, and added that joint efforts of the Kuwaiti Oil Company (KOC) firefighting team and U.S. contractor Boots and [...]	2003-03-27 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1119	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 28, 2003 [...] (C) Embassy notes that that KOC reported production from its northern fields has risen 7.1% from 400,265 barrels on March 26 to 428,689 barrels on March 28. This increase is expected to continue as KOC officials open more shut-in well heads in the Ratqa and, eventually, the Abdali fields. How [...]	2003-03-28 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1147	PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR IN KUWAIT'S STATE MEDIA [...] After months of public hedging and equivocation for the benefit of the media and the Arab League, the GOK has come out in strong support for the war on Iraq, and Kuwaiti public opinion is following its lead. Embassy has received hundreds of calls expressing support from ordinary Kuwaitis, many [...]	2003-03-29 16:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03KUWAIT1148	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 29, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-29 16:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1153	TFIZ01 - KUWAITI OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (S) Ambassador spoke with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah afternoon of Thursday, March 27 on the status of Kuwait's agreement to provide Jordan with 25,000 barrels of oil per day (BPD) in light of the loss of Iraqi oil supplies. Ambassador [...]	2003-03-30 07:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET EAID PREL KU SA JO
03KUWAIT1162	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed Kuwaiti production figures are unavailable today, but total production is understood to remain above 2.4 million barrels per day. 2. (C) A senior KPC official confirmed today that all three refineries of the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (Mina Al-Ahmadi, Mina Al-Abdulla [...]	2003-03-30 15:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1176	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 31, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1195	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 1, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1217	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 02, 2003 [...] (S/NF) Post has investigated rumors of an explosion and fire at the Rawdatain oil field in northern Kuwait, and found them to be untrue. KPC and U.S. military sources confirm that an apparent Iraqi missile did recently land in an unpopulated area south of the Rawdatain and west of the Sabriy [...]	2003-04-02 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1227	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 03, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1232	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 04, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1273	FOLLOW-UP ON JANUARY 21 TERROR ATTACK IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) The following is an update on judicial actions taken against those involved in the January 21 terrorist attack on U.S. citizens near Camp Doha. The GOK moved quickly to apprehend the gunman and other suspects, however two accessories remain at large and the Kuwaitis have had little succ [...]	2003-04-06 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL CASC KU
03KUWAIT1274	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 05, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed oil production for Kuwait Oil Company was not available today, but production likely remains just under 2.4 million barrels. 2. (C) EconChief had a chance to visit the two wells in the Rumeila field of Southern Iraq that continue burning. One well is burning crude oil, emittin [...]	2003-04-06 14:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1280	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 06, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 05:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1283	(C) SCENESETTER FOR GOK MINSTATE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Finance and Planning, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, leaves Kuwait April 6 on a whirlwind tour to Beijing, Moscow, Paris, London, Washington, and New York. To governments that opposed Operation Iraqi [...]	2003-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1306	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 08, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports today quote Kuwait Undersecretary for Oil Issa Al-Aoun as saying that Kuwait will continue to produce 2.44 million barrels of oil a day until further notice to meet shortages in the international oil market. He also told reporters that Kuwait will start supplying 25,000 [...]	2003-04-08 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1454	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 14, 2003 [...] (C) For the period beginning 0500 April 10 and ending 0500 April 14, total Kuwait daily crude oil production averaged 2,405,280 barrels per day. Average production from Northern Kuwaiti fields averaged 421,907 barrels per day for the period. 2. (C) The average stock level for Kuwait Export [...]	2003-04-16 07:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1825	TFIZ01: FUEL SITUATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...]	2003-05-04 12:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1850	TFIZ01: FUEL SITUTATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...]	2003-05-05 15:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2008	DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] Embassy Kuwait requests an NEA Democracy Small Grant of $25,000 to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society. ----------- THE PROBLEM ----------- 2. Women, who do not have the right to vote, have little opportunity to influence policy in Kuwait, [...]	2003-05-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KU
03KUWAIT2163	KUWAIT STRONGLY PROTESTS NEW LANGUAGE ON [...] (C) MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Ambassador Abd al-Hamid al-Awadi, called the Ambassador at home late in the evening of May 20. Al-Awadi explained that he had been instructed to contact the Ambassador at this late hour by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Mini [...]	2003-05-21 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KU UN
03KUWAIT2293	(C) GOK PUSH TO AMEND PRESS LAW: CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is making a strong push to gain passage of a new press law before the National Assembly session ends June 10. The bill contains a number of provisions that would restrict current press freedoms. Ruling-family politics appear to be a factor in this latest push to amend [...]	2003-05-28 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT2449	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] News stories: On May 31, Al-Qabas reported on its front page that Kuwaiti political circles were "astonished" that Kuwait was left out of the President's regional tour. On June 1, all newspapers report Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed's announcement that President Bush has "dela [...]	2003-06-04 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2500	KUWAIT'S NEW CABINET, PENDING ELECTIONS [...] In order to run in the National Assembly elections scheduled for July 5, four members of the Cabinet have resigned, as required by the Constitution: Talal al-Ayyar (Electricity and Water, Social Affairs and Labor),Fahd Dhaisan al-Mai al-Azmi (Public Works, Housing),Ahmed Baqer (Justice, Awq [...]	2003-06-08 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT2543	(C) KUWAIT SEEKS US SUPPORT AGAINST NEW PROPOSAL [...] (C) At a luncheon in honor of visiting US Ambassador to Jordan Edward Gnehm on June 7, Kuwaiti UN Permanent Representative Ambassador Mohamed Abulhassan buttonholed Ambassador Jones regarding recent developments in the UN Compensation Commission in Geneva. According to Abulhassan, the French [...]	2003-06-10 11:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ UN
03KUWAIT2847	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 21-25: US-KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: In widely reported remarks, an Islamist MP lashes out at former Kuwait oil minister Sheikh Saud Al- Sabah for the latter's establishment of a committee to collect donations for the families of coalition soldiers killed in Iraq. MP Busairi goes on to denounce normalization of relations [...]	2003-06-26 19:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2908	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 28-30: PROSPECTS FOR [...] SUMMARY: A top Kuwaiti official said Kuwait welcomes the ceasefire by three Palestinian factions saying, "Hamas' position has changed, and we welcome this positive change." One commentator writes that Israel bears most of the responsibility for whether the ceasefire will lead to a lasting se [...]	2003-06-30 16:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2949	(U) MEPI 03-04: COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the opportunity to present this MEPI country strategy for Kuwait. As we consider how best to engage on these issues, particularly on sensitive issues such as political reform and education (where the U.S. has already been unjustly accused of inappropriate interference),[...]	2003-07-03 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD KPAO KU PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI
03KUWAIT2957	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 1-2: PARLIAMENTARY [...] SUMMARY: The parliamentary elections to be held on July 5 dominate the news pages. One candidate believes that "embassies buy individuals and have pushed them to run in the election to serve their interests," while an Islamist candidate rails against "secularists trying to tamper with our ed [...]	2003-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3043	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 8-9: NATIONAL [...] News Stories: All newspapers continue to analyze and interpret the election results. Defeated incumbent and liberal Ahmed Al-Rubie refutes claims that the new assembly is an "Islamic parliament," while defeated incumbent and Islamist, Mubarak Al-Duwaila, denies that the new assembly is pro- [...]	2003-07-09 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3141	FIRST REACTION: SHAYKH SABAH APPOINTS NEW CABINET [...] (C) MFA U/S Ahmed Al-Jarallah shared the names of newly appointed Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah's cabinet with the Ambassador on July 14. U/S Jarallah said the names would be formally announced later the same day. Following is a list of the new cabinet and initial reactions, i [...]	2003-07-14 16:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
03KUWAIT3186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 12-16: FORMATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY: The composition of the new Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has generated considerable criticism. Despite a reported seven new ministers, the government is seen by a substantial cross section of opinion (ranging from liberals to the Islamist Salafi Movement) as mediocre, with o [...]	2003-07-16 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3213	SHAYKH SABAH OPENS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; GOK FOCUSED [...] (U) In a brief July 19 speech on behalf of the Amir opening the inaugural session of the tenth National Assembly, newly appointed Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah offered an olive branch to the new parliament and laid out his government's priorities. He began by stressing [...]	2003-07-19 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KU
03KUWAIT3358	KUWAIT AND THE UNITED STATES: AN AGENDA FOR FUTURE [...] (C) Kuwait and the United States have been full partners in the defense of Kuwait since the 1990-91 Gulf War. Beginning with the liberation of Kuwait, the fruits of this partnership have included the decade long successful containment of Saddam Hussein's quest for weapons of mass destruction [...]	2003-07-27 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL IZ IR KU
03KUWAIT3589	(C) GOK CLAIMS TURKS BUYING IRAQI OIL, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) During their July 27 meeting, MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that Turkish tanker trucks carrying mogas into Iraq for the CPA under a Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) contract were returning to Turkey laden with Iraqi oi [...]	2003-08-06 03:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD KU IZ TU
03KUWAIT3623	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...]	2003-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP
03KUWAIT3703	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...]	2003-08-12 11:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU JO IS KPAL KDMR
03KUWAIT3826	(C) KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, [...] (C) Kuwait Prime Ministerial Counselor Shaykh Fawaz Saud Nasser Al-Sabah told Charge August 20 that the GoK has just now begun to nail down details on the visit of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Washington. Delegation will likely consist of the following: Prime Mi [...]	2003-08-20 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KU
03KUWAIT3831	FINAL CABINET LISTING [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-20 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT3950	(U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who number in the tens of thousands. This appears to be an attempt by the so-called Scientific Salafis to portray themselves as principled, compassionate defender [...]	2003-08-26 12:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU
03KUWAIT408	POW FAMILIES APPEAL TO POTUS [...] The Ambassador met January 28 with a group of family-members of Kuwaiti POWs/missing persons, who handed him a letter in Arabic addressed to POTUS appealing that consideration be given to protecting Kuwaiti detainees in Iraq during a confrontation The Ambassador assured the group that the U. [...]	2003-02-02 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PHUM PREL MARR KU
03KUWAIT4433	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4451	(U) COMPENSATION REMARKS PROVOKE FIRESTORM, [...] (U) NIACT Immediate due to need for earliest possible Washington action. See para 7 for action request. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP's have over-reacted predictably to Ambassador Bremer's September 26 remarks suggesting Kuwait and Saudi Arabia give up compensation claims against Iraq. This i [...]	2003-09-28 15:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ KU
03KUWAIT4613	(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]	2003-10-08 05:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU
03KUWAIT4661	(C) AMBASSADOR TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador used his October 8 introductory call on the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor to make him aware of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR) and Trafficking In Persons Report (TIPR). Minister Feisal al-Hajji personally arranged for a poc in his Ministry for us to f [...]	2003-10-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETTC ELAB PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT4710	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 8-15: ISRAELI RAID [...] SUMMARY: The somewhat delayed diatribes against Israel for its October 5 attack on Syria have a tired and formulaic quality in Kuwait's Arabic press. Two editorialists denounce Sharon's villainy but note that Syria must institute democratic reforms and stop its support for terrorist groups [...]	2003-10-16 05:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT486	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, 30 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY: [...] Summary: For the second time this week, Kuwaiti Islamic activist Mohamed al-Mulaifi has offered a carefully worded apologia for al-Qaeda's terrorist operations based on his exegesis of Quranic texts. Asserting that the Prophet Mohammed abided by a truce with the city of Mecca while continuing [...]	2003-02-06 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5080	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 1-3: WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: A prominent liberal commentator states that the government refuses to admit that "Al-Qaeda exists in Kuwait" so as to not irritate Kuwait's Islamist groups in parliament. Another states that the only way for liberals to confront "extremist religious interpretations" is with a "moderni [...]	2003-11-05 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5342	(C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel),Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...]	2003-11-22 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY
03KUWAIT5343	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. Amongst other topics (septel),Bishara described an ambitious agenda Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed hopes to implement in the near-term. End Summary. 2 [...]	2003-11-22 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PHUM KWMN KU
03KUWAIT5454	(U) IRAQ: KUWAIT WANTS TO INCREASE "HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Altanmia, the Kuwaiti consortium transporting humanitarian fuel to Iraq under contract to KBR, have told CPA and KBR representatives that they are willing and able to deliver more fuel to Iraq, and that the GOK considers this a high priority. Increases in most fu [...]	2003-12-03 09:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID EPET PREL PGOV MOPS KU IZ
03KUWAIT5735	REVISED DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] This is a revised request of Reftel B from Embassy Kuwait for an NEA Democracy Small Grant to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society (KES). The revised funding request for this grant is $34,350.00 (see para 9). The KES has requested a specific outside [...]	2003-12-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KU
03KUWAIT614	(C) OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (C) MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that he had recently informed Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan al-Muasher that Kuwait is prepared to provide Jordan up to 20,000 bpd of oil in the event that war cuts off Iraqi oil to Jordan. He understands the UAE will provi [...]	2003-02-19 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID IZ JO KU
03KUWAIT651	KUWAIT,S ISLAMISTS: THEY NEED US BUT THEY DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs have met with a number of influential Kuwaiti Islamists to discuss their views of the U.S. presence in Kuwait and the region. Almost all of them defined the U.S. role in the world as that of the current imperial power and predicted the eventual downfall of the U.S. "empi [...]	2003-02-23 11:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PGOV PINR KU

03KUWAIT753	KUWAIT WANTS TO PLAY ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT858	(C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...]	2003-03-11 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU
03KUWAIT861	(C) ICJ OIL PLATFORMS CASE [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA has faxed us a dipnote that we are forwarding by fax to NEA/ARP, which states officially that Kuwait was a neutral during the Iran-Iraq war. MFA has also identified a point of contact, former legal adviser and current MFA official with rank of Ambassador, Dr. T [...]	2003-03-11 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU ICJ
03KUWAIT918	KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/13/03 [...] (C) A Senior KPC official informed Embassy late afternoon of March 12 that Kuwaiti production reached 2.4 mmbd. The source noted that Embassy should watch the newspapers on 3/13 for further details. 2. (U) Local press reports on March 13 quoted Nader Al-Sultan, CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corp [...]	2003-03-16 04:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT965	KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/17/03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 07:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT978	KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/18/03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03LAGOS103	ELECTIONS 2003: THE PROSPECTIVE ECONOMY AND THE [...] Summary. On November 19 some forty corporate executives representing a broad cross-section of the non-oil sector met at the Lagos Business School to discuss the potential economic impact of the 2003 general elections. During the session led by Professor Pat Utomi, many executives expressed co [...]	2003-01-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI
03LAGOS1088	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE IN RESPONSE [...] Peter Akpatason, president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG),has threatened to call "a national strike wherein the entire oil industry will be shut down" unless Houston-based Transocean Inc. rescinds the dismissal of 116 Nigerian workers who parti [...]	2003-05-23 10:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV
03LAGOS123	NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SEEKS USAID PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) seeks USAID assistance to expand its services. The NSE plans to attract more Nigerians and foreign investors to the equities market through greater accessibility and new investment vehicles in derivative markets. The NSE raised the is [...]	2003-01-16 06:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EAID NI
03LAGOS147	The Economy in 2003: Triumph of Politics [...] Summary. The economic outlook for the New Year is cloudy. Academic experts and business leaders fear that Nigeria will experience little if any real per capita growth in 2003. They bemoan Nigeria's OPEC oil production quota of 1.9 million barrels per day, which limits the country's potential [...]	2003-01-17 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD BEXP PGOV NI
03LAGOS148	NIGERIA: NOT ONLY GAS FLARES IN NIGERIA, ITS' [...] (C) Summary: Arson is strongly suspected in the December 24 fire that destroyed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters and records. The fire followed by barely a week a newspaper article asserting that there is solid, extensive and documented proof that GON official [...]	2003-01-17 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EPET EINV DS DSS ITA IP AF OSAC
03LAGOS1535	NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...] Summary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) was kidnapped outside his home on July 25 by a rogue group of armed Ijaw youths. The kidnapping is the latest in a [...]	2003-07-31 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY
03LAGOS1833	NIGERIAN EDITOR BECOMES UNABASHED BUSH SISTER [...] Summary: Special Project participant Nkechinyere Nwosu returned to Nigeria excited about her program. She informed Post that she had a good experience and that the program helped change the misconceptions she had about the U.S., including the U.S. policies on Iraq and Africa. She said she lear [...]	2003-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM OEXC SCUL NI
03LAGOS1870	NIGERIA: USITC STUDY ON U.S. - SUB-SAHARAN [...] (U) U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following information in response to reftel. -------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC, TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In August 2003, the GON un [...]	2003-09-05 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN NI XA
03LAGOS1899	NIGERIA: UNIONS MAY EXPAND WORK ACTIONS OVER FEAR [...] Leaders from the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are meeting in Benin City to discuss cooperative action amid reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),ChevronTexaco, [...]	2003-09-10 11:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
03LAGOS1930	ABIA STATE GOVERNOR ORJI KALU'S VISIT [...] (U) This is Post's response to Department's request for information on Abia State Governor Orji Kalu who is to meet with A/S Walter Kansteiner September,2003. 2. (U) Orji Uzor Kalu is 44 years old. Both he and his wife hold "green cards" and their two daughters are AmCits. Kalu and his [...]	2003-09-15 12:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OVIP PINR NI
03LAGOS1937	SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 [...] (U) Almost exactly one year after the prominent husband and wife team of lawyers, Barnabas Chidi and Amaka Blessing Igwe, was hacked to death in the streets of Onitsha, a bail hearing was held in the Onitsha High Court for one of the prime suspects in the case. In an unusual move to get action [...]	2003-09-16 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EPET SENV NI
03LAGOS1940	NIGERIA: MILITARY BUILD-UP KEEPS WARRI QUIET [...] (SBU) The town of Warri has remained mostly calm over the last two weeks as the Nigerian military and mobile police (known as MOPOL) continue to build a presence in the area. Over the weekend of September 6th, oil service contractors in Warri and a Shell spokesperson told Econoff that in reacti [...]	2003-09-16 12:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03LAGOS1966	NIGERIA: THE TENTH ECONOMIC SUMMIT: NEW PLANS, [...] (U) Summary. The Nigerian Economic Summit Group's tenth annual summit ended on September 12 on a cautiously optimistic note. Delegates from business, academia and the public sector recognized the need for far-reaching economic reforms and seemed optimistic that they might be implemented under [...]	2003-09-18 10:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
03LAGOS2043	NIGERIA: NLC MEETS TO PLAN MASS ACTION IN RESPONSE [...] The battle lines now appeared to be drawn between government and labor over possible fuel price increases. Long queues at gas stations throughout the country reflect speculation that the GON might announce further increases in fuel prices as early as October 1. 2. The Central Working Co [...]	2003-10-02 10:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS2061	BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL: THE PROPOSED [...] (SBU) The likely wage increases looming over the Nigerial fiscal landscape will affect the already difficult situation of both the federal and state governments. The federal government has (apparently) committed itself to a 12.5 percent increase in workers' salaries, at least at the lowest l [...]	2003-10-03 18:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB NI
03LAGOS2078	CHEVRON'S VIEW ON THE DYNAMICS BEHIND THE FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chevron management some two weeks ago President Obasanjo ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to cancel all outstanding orders for refined petroleum products, thus committing the country to an abrupt course of petroleum market reform and libe [...]	2003-10-08 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ECON NI
03LAGOS2090	STRIKE SUSPENDED: LABOR AND OIL COMPANY VIEWS [...] (U) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced October 8 at approximately 2300 that labor had suspended its planned October 9 strike after the NLC, governors, National Assembly legislators, and oil marketers reached an agreement. A hastily organized group, known as the [...]	2003-10-09 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET NI
03LAGOS2144	NIGERIAN BANKS: LARGELY HEALTHY BUT HARDLY [...] (U) Summary: Rumors of distress have whispered through Nigeria's financial sector since mid-August, fueled in part by the suspension of two banks from the industry's clearinghouse and in part by investigations of ten or twelve others said to be facing temporary liquidity problems. Some banks [...]	2003-10-17 13:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI
03LAGOS2193	NIGERIA: WARRI UPDATE 10/24/03 - ITSEKIRI WANT TO [...] (C) Summary. After more than a month of peace, clashes between ethnic groups in the Niger Delta appear on the rise, although less deadly than generally reported in the media. We have received reports of attacks and counter-attacks at multiple locations since Sunday, October 19. Chevron securit [...]	2003-10-24 09:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PINS PHUM ASEC NI
03LAGOS2200	NIGERIA: TALK OF "MASS PROTESTS" ON FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 16:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2283	EBONYI STATE: FIELD OF DREAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Making something out of Ebonyi state will be a challenge. It's in the middle of nowhere, and with Nigerian agriculture in the doldrums the state's prospects seem modest. It's a new state, though, and to beat the odds its leadership has seized on careful fiscal policy, low ov [...]	2003-11-03 17:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI NI
03LAGOS2287	PRESIDENT SHUFFLES THE DECK WITH NEW OIL ADVISOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Monday, November 3, the GON announced the removal of Jackson Gaius-Obaseki as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Funsho Kupolokun, former Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum Matters, was appointed new GMD, effect [...]	2003-11-04 17:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL EINV NI
03LAGOS2330	OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2371	BAKASSI: THE VIEW FROM CROSS RIVER STATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 15:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PREL NI
03LAGOS2387	FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of interest to be core investors (51 percent) in the country's four refineries. Major U.S. oil companies tell us they are not interested. Labor is taking a cautiona [...]	2003-11-20 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI
03LAGOS2399	NATIONS WITHIN A NATION: A VISIT TO EDO AND ONDO [...] (U) Summary. The impact of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's close to 400 distinct ethnic groups on the country's politics and developing democracy was made clearer in a recent visit to Edo and Ondo States. Ondo State, is older by decades than its neighbor Edo and has regional governing expe [...]	2003-11-21 16:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03LAGOS2422	NIGERIA'S TRANSITION TO A DEREGULATED DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the monthly Businessman's Lunch held at the American Guest Quarters pub in Lagos on November 6, executives of two major fuel marketing companies confirmed that the sector is essentially deregulated, and that there is no significant threat of mass action by organized labor (ref [...]	2003-11-26 10:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS2434	EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...] (SBU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. No American citizens appear to be involved. 2. (CO) The seven expatriate employees of the Canadian pipe-coating company Bredero Shaw were kidnapped off [...]	2003-11-28 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI
03LAGOS2467	FUTURE OF NIGERIAN OIL & GAS [...] Cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2.(SBU) Summary: On July 11 and 12, Econoffs met with a variety of oil producing and servicing companies to gain insight into the current state of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and assess the country's potential contri [...]	2003-12-05 19:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NI ECON EINV EPET ENRG
03LAGOS2480	THE LAGOS PORT COMPLEX: FAR FROM SECURE [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Customs officials report marked gaps in security at the Lagos port complex. Access to the port is only nominally controlled, and electronic surveillance and tracking systems are non-existent. Goods are statutorily subject to Nigeria's 100 perce [...]	2003-12-08 17:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EWWT ASEC NI
03LAGOS2493	ETHNIC CLASHES ON THE BENIN RIVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Friday, December 5, Itsekiri militants attacked Ijaws in boats and in villages on the Benin River, north of Warri. There are reports of houses burned and 19 persons killed. Nigerian military forces reacted quickly, and although some related skirmishes were reported on Satur [...]	2003-12-09 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PHUM PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS2535	A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...]	2003-12-16 10:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI
03LAGOS2574	PRICE CAPS AND STRIKES CAUSE NIGERIA'S DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely 60 days after President Obasanjo declared Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector officially and completely deregulated, and 30 days after he replaced the head of the powerful national petroleum corporation, a GON regulatory agency shut down fuel stations of a US-based compan [...]	2003-12-18 05:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV NI
03LAGOS2579	BIO ON WARRI NAVAL COMMANDER CAPTAIN O.B. OGUNJIMI [...] (S N/F) On November 19, Poloff and Econoff met Captain Olufemi B. Ogunjimi, Commanding Officer (CO) of Nigerian Naval Station Delta (NNS Delta),headquartered in Warri, Delta State, at a forum discussing peace and security in the Niger Delta. 2. (S N/F) Septel provides further context and b [...]	2003-12-18 15:36:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EPET NI
03LAGOS309	NIGERIA: A VISIT TO FOUR SOUTHERN STATES: PART 2 - [...] (U) Summary. Once almost guaranteed re-election to the governorship of oil producing Bayelsa State, the incumbent, DSP Alamieyesiegha, is facing serious charges of corruption that have the possibility of disqualifying him. In the four years of his administration, the governor has had some v [...]	2003-02-10 09:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS332	NIGERIA: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REGULATORY BODY [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-14 13:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS344	NIGERIA: DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] On Saturday, February 15, employees from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) went on strike to contest unpaid salaries and benefits and protest the GON's refusal to grant DPR autonomy. DPR is the agency that supervises tanker loadings and authorizes movement of crude oil at Nigeria's [...]	2003-02-18 16:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS351	LOST RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL [...] (S) Summary: CG, LEGATT, and RSO met with Johan Bakker, Vice President of Haliburton Nigeria on 02/18/03. Mr. Bakker advised the CG that a radioactive source used in logging operations was missing. Mr. Bakker advised that the material was approximately 18.5 curries in strength and had been [...]	2003-02-19 20:34:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	ASEC PTER PINS PARM NI
03LAGOS363	NIGERIA: NUPENG JOINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM [...] (U) As part of a solidarity agreement between the two major oil workers' unions, members of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) joined a strike organized by DPR members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior S [...]	2003-02-21 06:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV NI
03LAGOS384	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...] (U) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland --Local Content Rule Gives U.S. Firms Opportunity and Risk --Gas Developments, and --Almost Never Ever Power Anywhere -------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS499	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 28 [...] This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Long Lines - Short on Answers; Fuel Crisis Continues --Obasanjo Offers Onshore/Offshore Compromise --Exxon-Mobil Produces Early from Yoho Fields, and --Marginal Oil Fields Awarded --------------------------------------------- ------- [...]	2003-03-07 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS504	NIGERIA: WHO WAS MARSHALL HARRY? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. Harry engendered bitter rivalries as a notorious power-player and strategist who aimed to shift power to South-south minorities, including Rivers S [...]	2003-03-07 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI
03LAGOS563	NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...]	2003-03-17 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS568	NIGERIAN LOCAL VIOLENCE CAUSES MINIMAL IMPACT [...] Summary. A violent clash between local activists and police left seven dead in Delta state late last week. While Shell Oil moved non-essential staff from pockets of disturbance, there appears to be no disruption in oil production at this time. End Summary. 2. A simmering dispute betwee [...]	2003-03-17 23:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS575	OIL EXEC SAYS NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION AT FULL [...] (C) Summary. A senior industry source reports that Nigerian crude oil production is currently at full capacity. He states that Nigeria is likely producing just over 2.2 million barrels of crude per day. Ongoing communal violence in the Delta region is beginning to affect Shell Oil's product [...]	2003-03-18 18:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON ASEC PINS NI
03LAGOS624	NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS UPDATE - CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) Proprietary information please hold closely. 2. (SBU) Summary. The situation at ChevronTexaco's Escravos compound has deteriorated markedly since the March 20 arrival of government troops to quell the confrontation between Ijaw and Itsikiri villagers over local political pow [...]	2003-03-24 06:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV PHUM NI
03LAGOS630	NIGERIA: ETHNIC POLITICS AND NIGER DELTA CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The violent Ijaw confrontations of the Itsekiri in the oil-rich Escravos area result from their fierce political competition to control the South-west Warri Local Government. The chairmanship of this local government is seen as a lynchpin to the Ijaw's economic survival. If [...]	2003-03-24 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EPET ENRG PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS631	NIGERIA: TOTALFINAELF SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT FOUR [...] (C) Summary. TotalFinaElf (TFE) has become the latest victim of the strife between the Ijaws and Itsekiris in the Niger Delta. TFE has withdrawn its employees from four fields and ceased production there. The Ijaws, in an effort to ensure that their complaints are heard, now threaten to destr [...]	2003-03-24 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI
03LAGOS637	NIGERIA: A CONVERSATION WITH ONE IJAW [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 18:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PARM PHUM NI
03LAGOS707	TFIZ01: WAITING FOR A SIGN: NIGERIA OIL EXECS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the informal setting of a monthly luncheon, oil company executives today talked about the crisis in the Niger River delta (refs A and B),and indicated the industry is in no hurry to return evacuated employees to the swamps. They consider the loss of revenue from the closed [...]	2003-04-04 06:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS713	NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: MIXED [...] Summary: The Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) was established in 2001 to ensure sustainable development of Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region. Events of the last month in the Delta region suggest that the NDDC has failed to meet the test. Since 2001, the NDDC has received about [...]	2003-04-04 11:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS731	TFIZ01: BACK IN BUSINESS - CHEVRON NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent news reports and statements by oil executives that companies are not ready to resume operations in the delta region anytime soon, Chevron confirmed today that it had been returning workers to its transfer station and tank farm at Escravos this week. As of Apr [...]	2003-04-04 17:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS739	NIGERIA: AN IJAW'S VIEW OF THE IJAW-ITSEKIRI [...] Summary: On April 6, EconOff heard the Ijaws' side of the story regarding their longstanding conflict with the Itsekiris, the subject of reftel. The Ijaws argue that they have a legitimate claim to the land in and about Warri. Our Ijaw interlocutor, who acted as if he spoke for the Ijaws co [...]	2003-04-07 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PARM PHUM PREF SMIG NI
03LAGOS827	NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, April 22 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Slowly but Surely: Delta Oil Operations Ramp Up -- Between the Lines: Fuel Shortages Continue During Elections -- Fits and Starts: NEPA Privatization Continues while Power Capacity Expands Amidst Crises and Outages --------------------------------- [...]	2003-04-23 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS85	NIGERIA: BARKING DOWN A DRY WELL - FEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria should endure no economic losses due to the decision of the ICJ awarding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Despite speculation of vast crude reserves offshore, several existing oil wells in the waters impacted by the decision appear to be non-producing and there is li [...]	2003-01-12 09:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS ENRG EFIS PGOV NI CM
03LAGOS87	AGOA AND NIGERIA: CAN ITS TEXTILE FIRMS STILL [...] Summary. Textile provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) encourage millions of dollars in foreign investment, create thousands of new jobs and boost exports across Africa, except in Nigeria. Sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy has not taken advantage of AGOA's dut [...]	2003-01-13 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KTEX NI
03LAGOS886	NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reelection confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the April 19 election. The degree of election tampering varied starkly across [...]	2003-04-28 12:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI
03LAGOS99	Nigeria: Biweekly Energy Report No. 1 [...] Summary. In late December, the Government of Nigeria (GON) released 24 billion Naira to its international oil joint venture partners in payment of arrears outstanding since the last era of military rule (l994-99). The deferral of payments had slowed investment by Nigeria's joint partners in [...]	2003-01-14 08:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON PINS NI
03MAPUTO1007	AMBASSADOR'S END-OF-TOUR REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Bilateral political and economic relations between the U.S. and Mozambique have improved and deepened. At a political level, bilateral cooperation is excellent, with Washington acknowledging the impressive transition to democracy and the GRM willing to cooperate with the U.S., for [...]	2003-07-21 08:58:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
03NASSAU2089	THREE MAJOR SEIZURES FOR OPBAT THIS WEEK [...] (U) In a particularly successful week's work, the Royal Bahamian Police Force and Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) scored three significant successes during October 10-14, arresting 13 individuals and seizing over $10 million dollars worth of cocaine, marijuana and hasish oil in addi [...]	2003-10-17 14:01:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF SNAR OPBAT
03OTTAWA1014	CANADA-IRAQ: PUBLIC OPINION MORE FAVORABLE; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first comprehensive statement on Canada's Iraq policy, and an effort to make amends with the U.S., Prime Minister Chretien urged the House of Commons April 8 to vote for a resolution supporting "our friends in battle" and hoping "for a quick victory with minimum casualti [...]	2003-04-08 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1057	THE WORLD'S TOP TRADING PARTNERSHIP [...] U.S. and world trade have declined significantly in the past two years from their peaks in 2000. This decline is an unusual event which is partly explained by the technology/telecoms crash. The world's largest bilateral trading relationship has been affected, with the value of trade decli [...]	2003-04-11 20:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN CA
03OTTAWA1149	ALBERTA ENERGY LEADERS ON GOOD NEWS, WORRIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ALBERTA ENERGY SECTOR LEADERS SUPPORT U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, ARE VERY PLEASED THE U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) HAS BEGUN TO TREAT OIL SANDS AS PROVEN RESERVES AND ARE CONCERNED THAT NORTH AMERICA IS BECOMING OVERLY RELIANT ON NATURAL GAS FOR ELECT [...]	2003-04-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON SENV CA
03OTTAWA1265	CANADIAN ECONOMIC UPDATE: NORTHERN TIGER BEING [...] Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The tiger's roar is beginning to weaken. In spite of a strong energy sector, respectable domestic demand and sound provincial finances, forecasters, including the Bank of [...]	2003-05-05 19:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA160	CANADIAN ECONOMIC FORECAST: NORTHERN TIGER [...] Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Canada's economy is like the "Energizer Bunny" - it just keeps going and going. Canada should post a solid 3.3 percent annual increase in real GDP in 2002, which is more t [...]	2003-01-15 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1862	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA BIN AL-ATTIYAH, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Abdulla bin al-Attiyah, Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terror [...]	2003-06-30 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR QA XF
03OTTAWA1924	SCENE-SETTER FOR TRI- AND BILATERAL ENERGY MEETINGS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. In preparation for the forthcoming meetings of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) and U.S.- Canada Energy Consultative Mechanism (ECM) in Ottawa July 15-17, post provides the following u [...]	2003-07-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2002	2003 CANADIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude ---------------- 2. With few exceptions, Canada offers foreign investors full national treatment within the context of a [...]	2003-07-15 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTDB KSPR CA OPIC
03OTTAWA2007	FY 2003 IV MRP "MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY" EVALUATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2104	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; ICC [...] "Fallout from Iraq" The centrist Winnipeg Free Press observed (7/8): "...Mr. Bush's reasons for going to war may be questioned more and more sharply, as next year's presidential election approaches, if popular support for the Iraq invasion ebbs and poor performance of the U.S. economy saps [...]	2003-07-23 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2129	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST [...] "Bush's 16 words" The conservative National Post opined (7/22): "...As things stand, the pro-and anti-Bush camps sit at a sort of stalemate, both sides waiting for the leak that will definitively vindicate their version of events. But it is more likely the brouhaha will end with an inconclu [...]	2003-07-25 14:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2221	NATURAL GAS VS. NUCLEAR: CANADIANS STUDY FEASIBILITY [...] SUMMARY: THE CANADIAN ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CERI) SAYS THAT, AT NATURAL GAS PRICES OF USD 3.50 / MCF OR MORE, NUCLEAR REACTORS WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY SUPERIOR TO NATURAL GAS IN SUPPLYING THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF STEAM REQUIRED TO EXTRACT CRUDE OIL FROM CANADA'S VAST OILSAND RESOURCES. IF T [...]	2003-08-06 13:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2235	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; [...] "Stumbling block on road to peace" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/5): "...Bush has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to divert the path of the barrier so it consumes less West Bank territory. But Sharon last week dismissed Bush's request to dismantle or move the fence.... [...]	2003-08-07 18:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA2389	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; LIBYA; MIDDLE [...] "Going the distance" Under the sub-heading, "Acts of sabotage must not disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq," the nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (8/19): "...Unquestionably, the escalating attacks against coalition soldiers, embassies and, most recently, utilities - a pipeline supplying Baghd [...]	2003-08-21 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2429	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...]	2003-08-26 12:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA334	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message was prepared with assistance from Amconsul Calgary. 3. (U) Critical infrastructure protection is among the areas listed for bilateral action in the Ridge-Manley Smart Border plan. Canada is [...]	2003-02-03 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA503	NATURAL GAS IN NORTH AMERICA: [...] (U) Although Canada's energy exports to the United States have grown at impressive rates in recent decades, making Canada our largest total energy supplier, Canada's conventional natural gas resources are maturing and production from current areas could peak within a decade. GOC forecasters ex [...]	2003-02-21 16:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD CA
03OTTAWA566	ENERGY FROM CANADA: PRELIMINARY 2002 DATA [...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The dominant position of Canadian energy production and trade for the United States is reinforced by preliminary 2002 data. The statistics from Canada's National Energy Board, Natural Resources Canada, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration show: . -- Canada [...]	2003-02-28 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD CA
03OTTAWA595	GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 19:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA680	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Victory? Not yet" The conservative National Post opined (3/11): "...The truth is that nothing has yet been 'won' in Iraq - notwithstanding the wishful thinking we hear from Mr. Chretien, French President Jacques Chirac and the other world leaders whose desperation to avoid war is blurring [...]	2003-03-11 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA709	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SERBIA [...] "Diplomacy's last days" The conservative National Post opined (3/14): "...Barring some blockbuster discovery by the inspectors, or an over-the-top sabre-rattling gesture from Saddam, the United States and Britain have little chance of convincing their opponents on the Security Council to ex [...]	2003-03-14 19:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03PRETORIA2471	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN SADC. [...] THESE TWO REVIEWS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT PRESENT SOME NEW OR DIFFERENT INFORMATION ON THE PICTURE. THE STUDY ON EUROPEAN INVESTMENT INTO SOUTHERN AFRICA EMPHASIZED THAT ALL THE FIRMS SELL LOCALLY, BUT ONLY 14% OF THE FOREIGN OWNED FIRMS EXPORT FROM THE REGION. THEIR MAIN REASON FOR BEING IN SA [...]	2003-05-12 14:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ECON SF
03RANGOON1197	NO JOY FOR BURMA'S TRADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: After claiming with much fanfare to have had a USD 700 million trade surplus last year (a claim doubted by most not dressed in a uniform),the Burmese government will not likely repeat the farce this year. Admittedly making an accurate assessment of Burma's trade balance is a f [...]	2003-09-24 08:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EPET PGOV BM
03RANGOON1529	BURMA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Letters below correspond to questions in ref A, para 2. A. Burma's solid position against international terrorism continued in 2003. Burma has ratified, acceded to, or signed six of the twelve international counter-terrorism conventions and indicated it is considering fast action on [...]	2003-11-25 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER BM
03RANGOON178	BURMA'S ENERGY POLICY: BETTER LUCKY THAN GOOD [...] (C) Summary: Burma may have found a patch for its energy problems in 2003. A slower decline at the aging A'Pyauk gas fields (about 50 miles north northwest of Rangoon),unexpectedly large finds of gas in the recently developed Nyaungdon field (about 20 miles northwest of the capital),and bet [...]	2003-02-10 02:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV BM
03RANGOON832	U.S. INVESTOR, GARMENT WORKERS FEAR NEW BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The input on pending U.S. sanctions on Burma continues to roll in. In the last several days we've heard the fears and concerns of the largest U.S. investor in Burma, Unocal, and also from 28,000 garment workers. End summary. Unocal Sees Unintended Consequences 2. (SBU) T [...]	2003-07-09 08:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EPET BM
03RANGOON910	BURMA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Â [...]	2003-07-31 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC
03RANGOON994	BURMA SANCTIONS: GOVERNMENT STUMBLES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Hints of two informal trade policy changes (an attempted shift from the dollar to the euro and unofficial liberalization of border trade) may steer the post-sanctions environment in a clearer direction. Border trade will boom, especially if the regime is serious about reforms on [...]	2003-08-16 03:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PGOV BM
03ROME160	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL NO. 01, 01/14/02 [...] (C) DURING MY COURTESY CALLS YESTERDAY ON THE MFA DG AND U/S FOR ASIA (GUIDO MARTINI AND MARGHERITA BONIVER, RESPECTIVELY),THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SHIP "HUMANITARIAN" FUEL OIL TO NORTH KOREA AROSE. OUR IMPRESSION WAS THAT THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE OF THE DG WHILE THE U/S WAS ON HOLIDAY LEAVE. BONI [...]	2003-01-14 17:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT IT UN
03ROME1735	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER KENNETH STEIN IN [...] U.S. SPEAKER KENNETH STEIN (EMORY UNIVERSITY) ADDRESSED KEY ITALIAN AUDIENCES IN MILAN, FLORENCE, ROME, NAPLES, PALERMO, CATANIA, AND MESSINA ON THE TOPIC "U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE 9/11," MARCH 4-15, 2003. DR. STEIN, PROFESSOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY AND ISRAELI STUDIES [...]	2003-04-24 09:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PRC
03ROME2193	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: TRANSPORT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ELIMINATING NATIONAL BARRIERS AND CUTTING THROUGH BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE TO ALLOW THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PEOPLE WITHIN THE EU IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ITALY'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY DURING THE UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY. THE TRANSPORTATION MINISTER'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TOLD US [...]	2003-05-16 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EAIR EWWT IT EUN ITELTN
03ROME2260	REACHING AN OVERWHELMED BECHTEL: ONE ITALIAN [...] ON THE EVE OF THE LONDON CONFERENCE ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION, AND WITH FRONT PAGE COVERAGE IN THE MAY 21 ISSUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE OF HOW BECHTEL IS BEING OVERWHELMED WITH INQUIRIES FROM COMPANIES TRYING TO REGISTER AS POTENTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS, WE OFFER HERE THE PERSPECTIVE [...]	2003-05-21 19:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAID IZ IT
03ROME2299	PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]	2003-05-23 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME244	ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...]	2003-01-21 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT

03ROME2598	ENI UPDATE: ITALY'S ENERGY GIANT LOOKING BOTH [...] (SBU) Summary: ENI, Italy's dominant energy conglomerate, is expanding into foreign markets, while consolidating its position at home. Its significant presence in the Middle East and Central Asia increasingly is complemented by expansion within Europe, including recent acquisitions in Spain a [...]	2003-06-10 17:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IT
03ROME26	NORTH KOREA: ITALY FLOATS IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: ITALIAN MFA EMPHASIZED IT SHARES OUR VIEWS ON THE SITUATION IN NORTH KOREA AND THE NEED TO BE FIRM WITH PYONGYANG. THE MFA'S DG FOR ASIAN AFFAIRS, WHILE UNDERSTANDING THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE USG'S REJECTION OF REWARDING THE DPRK WITH A DIRECT DIALOGUE, STRESSED [...]	2003-01-03 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KN IT PARM PREL EAID ENRG UN
03ROME2853	ITALIAN EXPORTERS FACE DIFFICULTY WITH STRONGER [...] (U) Summary: Italian exports, traditionally vulnerable to exchange rate fluctuations, are being hit by the Euro's appreciation versus the dollar. Exports to Italy's third most important market, the United States, are down eight percent on a 12-month year to year basis. In addition to the Euro [...]	2003-06-24 10:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IT UN
03ROME4135	WFP EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR CAR REFUGEES IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 06:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF EU UN
03ROME4724	IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: ROME A POSITIVE STOPOVER FOR [...] THE FIVE-MEMBER OFFICIAL DELEGATION FROM IRAQ, HEADED BY AMBASSADOR MAREK BELKA, STOPPED IN ROME OCTOBER 9 FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS. THE DELEGATION FIRST MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE RICARDO SESSA ALONE, THEN WITH THE TASK FORCE -- WHICH INCLUDES INTERAGENCY AND PRIVATE SECT [...]	2003-10-15 17:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ IT
03ROME4957	IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Special Envoy to Iraq, Ambassador Antonio Armellini, met with EmbOffs on October 27 to discuss the reconstruction process to date and Italy's pledge of Euro 200 million at the Madrid Donors Conference. Armell [...]	2003-10-31 07:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON PREL IZ IT EUN
03ROME619	TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - PART I [...] (SBU) FM FRATTINI WILL CALL THE SECRETARY EARLY AFTERNOON EDT FEB. 14 TO DEBRIEF THE SECRETARY ON FRATTINI'S MEETING WITH TAREQ AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14 (REF A). THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF AZIZ'S TRIP/STATEMENTS IN ROME SO FAR. --------------- AZIZ STATEMENTS --------------- 2. (U) EMBAS [...]	2003-02-14 14:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03SANAA1136	SANAA EAC MEETING MAY 18 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 18 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. Drawing upon lessons learned in Riyadh and Casablanca, post is expanding the ongoing security review, and is working closely with ROYG t [...]	2003-05-20 08:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1150	YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: NEW BLOOD, MODEST REFORM, [...] (C): Begin Summary: ROYG Prime Minister Ba Jammal's new Cabinet (complete list para 12) introduces several fresh faces, but incumbents retain the major ministries and all Ministers are members of the General People's Congress (GPC). At a glance: - By relative population, the South (10 Ministe [...]	2003-05-21 04:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1190	IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO [...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...]	2003-05-28 15:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE
03SANAA1193	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SOFAN: ECONOMIC ISSUES AND [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan outlined the new government's priorities to Ambassador in a courtesy call on May 26. Sofan also said that he expects the long-delayed gun-control legislation to pass Parliament [...]	2003-05-29 09:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID YM ECON COM
03SANAA1202	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE: YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: The ROYG will respond very positively to the Middle East Trade Initiative. Yemen should accede to the World Trade Organization in five years and that process should help reinvigorate efforts to conclude a Bilateral Investment Treaty. Sub regional FTAs could have wide benefits fo [...]	2003-05-31 08:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV YM COM
03SANAA1377	RECENT REPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES UNSUBSTANTIATED [...] (C) AP reported on 6/13 that Yemeni police defused a time bomb outside the Hadda Hotel late on Thursday, June 12. The hotel is located about 150 yards from a residential compound housing many foreigners, including Embassy staff. Foreign Minister Qirbi, the Ministry of Interior (MOI),and the [...]	2003-06-16 12:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1589	RUMORED OIL FIND NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ROYG ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Rumors are circulating in Sanaa that an oil discovery by Canadian Nexen could contain over a billion barrels of oil. Earlier, Ministry of Oil officials expressed optimism that new oil finds in Yemen could maintain current production levels indefinitely, in spite of their own Mini [...]	2003-07-02 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON YM ENERGY COM
03SANAA1690	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF [...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]	2003-07-13 07:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA1814	YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH VISITS ETHIOPIA; MOVE TO INCREASE TRILATERAL COOPERATION AMONG YEMEN-ETHIOPIA-SUDAN [...] (c) In a July 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Qirbi said Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh,s recent visit to Ethiopia paved the way for increasing regional cooperation. FM Qirbi deemed President Ali Abdullah Saleh,s three day trip successful in terms of strengthening Yemen [...]	2003-07-28 14:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD EIND ECON YM ET COUNTER TERRORISM COM
03SANAA2203	HADRAMAUT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARITIME SECURITY [...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 trip to the Hadramaut, Embassy officials met with Governor Hilal, Deputy Governor Ulufi, political figures, and members of the Civil Democratic Forum -- a Yemeni NGO -- to discuss the region's future. In Mukalla, Governor Hilal and members of Yemen's [...]	2003-09-03 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ECON EFIN EINV PINR YM COM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA2204	CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND [...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's Central Pumping Facility (CPF) and Export Terminal. Nexen said it has good relations with its neighbors and there have been no threats to the pipeline, but no [...]	2003-09-03 12:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY
03SANAA2251	YEMEN OFFICIALS: AL-AHMAR AND SALIM SALIH MUHAMMAD [...] (s) Answers are keyed to reftel questions. See reftel b for more information on prominent exiles returning to Yemen. 2. (s) Salim Salih Muhammad: A. (s/nf) Why did President Saleh appoint Muhammad as his special advisor when he was Saleh's former political rival? President Saleh has [...]	2003-09-10 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2336	TRIBAL ATTACK ON U.S. OIL PIPELINE LIKELY [...] (s/nf) Summary: On September 12, tribal elements succeeded in damaging U.S.-based Yemen Hunt Oil Company's pipeline approximately 60 kilometers from the Marib production facility. A single explosion from an IED of unknown specifications made three or four holes in the pipeline. No personnel [...]	2003-09-17 13:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS ENERGY
03SANAA2338	ATTACK ON HUNT PIPELINE: FURTHER [...] (C) Hunt Oil director Karim Abuhamad provided Ambassador September 15 further information and his assessment of recent attack on Hunt Oil pipeline (reftel). Abuhamad who has long experience in Yemen and with the pipeline, noted the attack was extremely sophisticated in that the saboteurs picke [...]	2003-09-17 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM ENERGY DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2463	NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...]	2003-10-08 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
03SANAA2795	YEMEN SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (sbu) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes you and your team to Sanaa, Yemen, December 7-8. You will be the first visitor from the Department of Commerce since Deputy Assistant Secretary Molly Williamson in May 2001. Your visit will SIPDIS afford an opportunity for follow-on talks with the Yemeni [...]	2003-11-30 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON YM IMF COM
03SANAA359	MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS: YEMEN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Yemen has taken significant steps to restrict the number of Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) available to civilians. The ROYG has invested an estimated $30 million in a weapons buy-back program designed to remove MANPADS, RPGs, and other weapons from the civilian [...]	2003-02-24 07:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PARM ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA444	IRAQ: YEMENI ATTITUDES REMAIN OPPOSED TO WAR; [...] (C) Summary: ROYG public and private statements continue voicing opposition to a possible war in Iraq (reftel). The government staged peaceful demonstrations coinciding with the Arab Summit. Some American contacts are reporting an increased sense of animosity from random Yemenis on the st [...]	2003-03-06 13:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA492	AMBASSADOR HULL'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-AYYAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-13 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL PGOV IZ YM
03SANAA511	YEMEN: FOUR HUNT OIL EMPLOYEES SHOT, THREE FATALLY [...] (C) Four Hunt Oil employees working at a Hunt rig in Marib were shot by a Yemeni employee shortly before 1215 hours local March 18. Ron Horsch, an American citizen, was killed, as was William Seville, a Canadian, and Anam Al-Qubati, a Yemeni. Another Canadian, Mark Edwards, has two gunshot [...]	2003-03-18 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC YM
03SANAA516	SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 18; UPDATE ON MARIB [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 18 to assess threat information in light of the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (ref a) and the Iraq contingency. An uncorroborated source from an accounting firm that wor [...]	2003-03-18 17:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA520	YEMEN: HUNT OIL SHOOTINGS - MARCH 19 UPDATE [...] (C) Following the March 18 shooting in Marib of four Hunt Oil employees (reftel),our consular section has been in touch with the family of deceased Amcit Ron Horsch in the U.S. and is assisting in arrangements for shipment of remains from Yemen tonight via Frankfurt. Mark Edwards, the Canadia [...]	2003-03-19 15:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC YM
03SANAA521	(TFI201) SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 19 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 19 to assess threat information in light of further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel) and the Iraq contingency. Because the investi [...]	2003-03-19 15:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA567	SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 20 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 20 to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel). E [...]	2003-03-20 14:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA571	YEMEN: HUNT OIL SHOOTINGS - MARCH 21 UPDATE [...] (C) The U.S. investigative team from Embassy Sanaa is continuing to collect evidence regarding the March 18 shootings of Hunt Oil employees in Marib (reftel and previous). Security circumstances permitting, the team is planning an additional visit to Marib in the near future to collect addi [...]	2003-03-21 11:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC YM
03SANAA595	YEMEN'S ECONOMY AS SEEN BY WORLD BANK ECONOMISTS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, please protect. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two World Bank economists in Sanaa are complimentary about the ROYG's fiscal policy and commitment to reforms. In a March 17 discussion with Emboffs, the bank economists gave positive assessments of Yemeni fiscal discipline, cur [...]	2003-03-25 11:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID PINR YM WTRO COM
03SANAA606	TFIZ01: YEMEN - ROYG WALKING A TIGHTROPE [...] (C) Summary: ROYG is determined to stay ahead of regional and Yemeni opinion and maintain its bilateral relations with the U.S. Yemeni leadership continues to oscillate between condemnation of the U.S. for the war in Iraq and its stated commitment to protect foreigners, particularly Americ [...]	2003-03-28 12:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA646	YEMEN'S ECONOMY: THINKING BEYOND OIL [...] (C) Summary: A forthcoming World Bank sectoral analysis of fish, transportation, tourism and labor markets is a potential road map for donor projects and steps that the ROYG must take in order to diversify and strengthen Yemen's economy. The Diagnostic Trade Integration Study examines four po [...]	2003-04-02 13:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ELAB YM COM
03SANAA677	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW SIGNED, ENFORCEMENT [...] Summary: President Saleh signed the ROYG's anti-money laundering legislation into law on April 5. The law was written in consultation with the World Bank. While not specifically mentioning terrorism, the law criminalizes money laundering for the first time and requires banks to verify names of [...]	2003-04-07 13:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PTER YM TERFIN ECON COM
03SANTODOMINGO5135	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS: LEONEL FERNANDEZ ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Former president and presidential pre-candidate Leonel Fernandez (PLD) emphasized to the Ambassador September 9 the importance of the Dominican Republic's relations with the United States, commented on the Dominican Republic's bumpy relations with Venezuela and the recent interr [...]	2003-09-23 16:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL VE
03SANTODOMINGO5157	DOMINICANS PUZZLED BY CHAVEZ'S ACCUSATIONS AND [...] (U) Summary. Relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have been strained since July 27, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused ex-Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez of conspiring to assassinate him and criticized the Dominican government for allowing this to take pl [...]	2003-09-23 23:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL DR VE
03SANTODOMINGO5390	VICE PRESIDENT FAULTS PRESIDENT MEJIA, ADDRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Vice President and candidate for president Milagros Ortiz-Bosch told DCM Kubiske September 26 that President Mejia cannot win re-election next May because of his unpopularity and voter opposition to a second consecutive term. She agreed with Mejia's vision and policies [...]	2003-10-02 20:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EAID PGOV PINR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5992	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]	2003-10-24 19:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO6075	AMBASSADOR AND EXIM BANK METTINGS WITH PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Ex-Im Bank officials had a series of meetings October 20-21, with President Mejia, members of his economic cabinet and International Monetary Fund Representatives. Mejia expressed frustration about delays in disbursement of loans from the IMF and the multilater [...]	2003-10-29 11:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ECIN ENRG EINV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6124	EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF DOMINICAN ECONOMIC SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. The Dominican Republic is moving into very dangerous and uncharted waters. Facing an unstable financial situation with the prospect of a downward economic spiral, President Mejia and his senior advisors have publicly stressed the need to meet IMF standby conditions. They moved [...]	2003-10-30 11:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6705	DOMINICAN INSIDER VIEW OF FINANCIAL ISSUES, IMF [...] (U) On November 20 Technical Secretary of the Dominican Presidency Carlos Despradel called on DCM to outline state of play with the IMF. He provided current copies of the worksheets elaborated with IMF help. (See separate pages.) Following is his presentation (i.e., his views). 2. (SBU) [...]	2003-11-20 21:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7346	DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES REQUEST USG BRIDGE LOAN FOR [...] Following is the unofficial Embassy translation of the text of a letter from the Dominican authorities to Treasury Under Secretary Taylor dated December 5, requested a bridge loan of USDOLS 60 million for the energy sector. Copy was faxed to Treasury on December 5; original follows by pouch. [...]	2003-12-15 17:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ENRG
03STATE72951	TFIZ01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0530 EST [...] (U) SADDAM APPEARANCE ON IRAQI TV: APPEARING ON STATE TV THREE HOURS AFTER THE START OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, SADDAM TERMED THE U.S. STRIKES "SHAMEFUL CRIMES AGAINST IRAQ AND HUMANITY" AND CALLED FOR RESISTANCE. IT WAS NOT CLEAR IF THE BROADCAST WAS LIVE. (CNN) 2. (C) REPORTS OF IRAQI MISS [...]	2003-03-20 11:12:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC IZ
03STATE73981	TFIZ01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 005 AS OF 1530 EST [...] (S) A TOTAL OF FOUR IRAQI MISSILES HAVE HIT KUWAIT SINCE THE START OF MILITARY ACTION. THERE WAS ALSO AN UNIDENTIFIED EXPLOSION NEAR CAMP COMMANDO. NO CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THESE INCIDENTS, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE THUS FAR OF CBW. (IRAQ TF-EMBASSY KUWAIT E- MAILS AND TEL [...]	2003-03-20 22:44:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC IZ
03STATE9334	NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM: [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]	2003-01-11 02:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY
03TEGUCIGALPA1548	LABOR/MANAGEMENT RELATIONS EXCELLENT AT STANDARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Standard Fruit (Dole) and its union maintain good relations, with both sides saying that the two have worked closely together since Hurricane Mitch in 1998. In fact, Dole has announced an expansion of its investment in Honduras. While the union has declined in numbers and stre [...]	2003-07-01 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAGR EINV ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1645	AES Attempts to Salvage 200MW Energy Contract and [...] (SBU) AES Honduras' efforts to salvage its 200MW energy contract, awarded and signed Christmas day, 2002 (ref g) despite having overcome an unfair government procurement process and political influence, may be reaching the end of the road this month. Apparently, due to financial and managemen [...]	2003-07-11 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2385	Honduran Gasoline Pricing: Tempest in a Teapot [...] (SBU) Summary. In September, former Industry and Trade Minister for President Maduro Juliet Handal began a public campaign to criticize the Honduran government's method of establishing maximum gasoline prices. Handal has argued in press conferences and appearances in front of the Honduran Na [...]	2003-10-09 15:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON PGOV PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2467	SCENESETTER FOR SECREATRY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearly half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces an uphill battle in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His administration, having never been quite able to muster the polit [...]	2003-10-22 00:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA622	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2003 [...] As part of the GOH efforts to reach an agreement with the IMF, an executive decree was issued by President Maduro to reduce public expenditure in salaries to the equivalent of 10.1 percent of the GDP. The measures include: freezing public sector employee wages for all of 2003, e [...]	2003-03-07 22:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EAGR EINV ELAB PGOV SENV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA748	HONDURAN ATMOSPHERICS - IRAQ [...] Moderate Daily El Heraldo 3/22 - Article on a forum for students on the conflict in Iraq sponsored by the youth of the Democratic Unification Party (a leftist party made up of the remnants of the Socialists and Communist parties of the 1980s). Among the speakers was Carlos Reyes of the Bloque [...]	2003-03-25 18:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO PA
03TEGUCIGALPA825	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 2, 2003 [...] Regular columnist Wilmer Perez Regalado in liberal party San Pedro Sula-based daily "La Prensa," 4/2 - "Madness - War machine of war:" "In the war of George Bush against Saddam Hussein, for both "axes of evil".. apparently the God they implore and at times manipulate to do what they want is a [...]	2003-04-02 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA896	C-AL3-00272: IMPORT DUTIES HAVE DECLINING [...] (SBU) Summary. Honduran trade liberalization over the past 13 years has resulted in a declining dependence on import duties and other taxes on international trade. In 2002, revenue from import duties had dropped to only 2.2 percent of GDP and an estimated 12.2 percent of total tax revenue (e [...]	2003-04-11 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB HO
03THEHAGUE1722	ILSA - READOUT FROM AMBASSADOR'S JULY 2 MEETING [...] (C) On July 2 the Ambassador met with Jeroen van der Veer, President of the Dutch side of Royal Dutch Shell, to deliver demarche ref A regarding the Azadegan oil fields in Iran. Van der Veer was accompanied by Senior Regional Adviser Dr. Gavin Graham, who recently met with EB/ESC officials i [...]	2003-07-07 05:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC IR JA NL PREL
03THEHAGUE1837	ICC: PROSECUTOR FOCUSES ON CONGO, DISCLAIMS ANY [...] (U) Summary: On July 16, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Luis Moreno-Ocampo, held a press conference in The Hague to discuss information his office has received from around the world about possible areas for ICC inquiry. During the ICC's first year, the Office [...]	2003-07-18 13:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC
03THEHAGUE2072	RESTRAINED DUTCH REACTION TO LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] Summary: Dutch government and party spokesmen are clearly unhappy with the appointment of inexperienced Mirna Godett as the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, as well as with the criticism and inflammatory statements directed against the Netherlands by her brother, political stron [...]	2003-08-18 15:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NA NL
03THEHAGUE2290	ILSA: IRAN-AZADEGAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYAL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Shell Advisor Gavin Graham confirmed that Shell has no plans to make a proposal or tender for the Azadegan oil field independent of the Japanese. Shell does not feel the time is right to make deals in Iran, and is wary of undermining its relationship with the Japanese [...]	2003-09-11 17:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC IR JA NL UK
03THEHAGUE2422	INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM: MAY 22-24 MEETING IN [...] As current chairman of the IEF, the Netherlands has announced the following preliminary program for the 2004 IEF that will take place May 22-24, 2004 at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam. The Dutch have also noted the launch of the IEF website at www.iefs.net Begin Text of Preliminary Program [...]	2003-09-25 05:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG NL
03THEHAGUE2867	ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...]	2003-11-14 16:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2959	VISIT OF EUR PDAS CHARLIE RIES TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) During meetings in The Hague November 19-20 in advance of the Dutch EU presidency (July - December 2004),EUR PDAS Ries stressed the importance of early and close U.S.-Dutch consultations to avoid surprises and needless conflicts. On specific areas of potential cooperation, Ries pushed fo [...]	2003-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON PTER NL
03VATICAN929	ROME PUK REP SEEKS VATICAN ACCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROME PUK REPRESENTATIVE BAKER FATTAH MET WITH POLOFF FEBRUARY 25 TO DISCUSS PUK EFFORTS TO GAIN VATICAN ATTENTION FOR THE KURDISH CAUSE. FATTAH TOLD POLOFF THAT THE PUK HAD BEEN TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE HOLY SEE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 0 [...]	2003-03-06 15:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT VTPREL
03YEREVAN2975	TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]	2003-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
03ZAGREB2186	GOC TO WATCH POTENTIAL LIBYA CONTRACTS CLOSELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS AVISOR IVICA MASTRUKO ON OCTOBER 6 AND TO MFA ASSTANT MINISTER FOR NON-EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DRAZEN MARGETA ON OCTOBER 7. THE GOC INTERLOCUTORS SAID THAT WHILE CROATIA HAD A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN SECURING PURELY CIVILIAN WORK I [...]	2003-10-10 09:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP LY HR
03ZAGREB2446	CROATIAN VOTERS RELUCTANT TO GIVE CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Going into the elections this weekend, the current coalition government has a good story to tell -- healthy GDP growth, declining unemployment, progress on its Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU, new roads, and constructive relationships with the IMF and World Bank. Eve [...]	2003-11-20 06:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HR
03ZAGREB491	CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION HITS ROADBLOCK; [...] (SBU) THE POLITICAL CONFLICT OVER THE ABORTED PRIVATIZATION OF THE SUNCANI HVAR HOTEL GROUP, REPORTED REFS A AND B, IS HAMPERING PROGRESS ON THE REST OF THE PORTFOLIO OF THE CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION FUND (CPF) AND MORE GENERALLY ON CROATIA'S WHOLE ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM. THE ANIMUS TOWARD PRI [...]	2003-03-07 09:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EAGR HR
03ZAGREB579	IMPLICATIONS FOR CROATIA'S ECONOMY OF WAR WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) THERE IS NO REAL CONSENSUS ON HOW HOSTILITIES IN IRAQ COULD HURT THE CROATIAN ECONOMY. THE LOCAL MEDIA IS FULL OF SPECULATION, HOWEVER, AND THE COMMENTARY AND "ANALYIS" OFTEN BETRAY FAMILIAR -- ANTI-WAR -- BIASES. TOURISM IS THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURCE OF FOREIGN REVENUE FOR CROATIA, AND [...]	2003-03-14 17:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR HR IZ
03ZAGREB679	TFIZ01: UNCHR/CROATIA: CROATIA WILL OPPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOC WILL VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL FOR A SPECIAL SITTING ON THE IRAQ CONFLICT, "AS IT IS CURRENTLY FRAMED AND GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE COMMISSION." HOWEVER, DEPUTY FM SIMONOVIC TOLD AMBASSADOR IN CONVEYING THIS POSITION THAT THE SITUATION AT THE UNCHR IS "FLUID" AND TH [...]	2003-03-25 17:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL HR IZ UNCHR
03ZAGREB799	DRUZHBADRIA AND CPOT PIPELINES -- CROATIA MOVING [...] (SBU) THE DRUZHBADRIA PIPELINE PROJECT IS ONE POSSIBLE ROUTE TO BRING RUSSIAN OIL TO WESTERN MARKETS, SOMETHING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY BY INCREASING DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL SUPPLIES. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS SOUGHT TO PORTRAY CROATIA AS A NEW PLAYER IN WORLD OIL POLITICS. H [...]	2003-04-11 08:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET SENV HR
03ZAGREB82	CHR 59 -- CROATIA WAIVERS ON LIBYAN CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) CHARGE DELIVERED CHR DEMARCHE (REF A) ON JANUARY 10 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00082 131714Z ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER MARIO NOBILO. NOBILIO, WHO WAS ALREADY AWARE OF OUR EFFORTS ON THE ISSUE, STATED THAT THE GOC HAS NOT TAKEN A FINAL DECISION, BUT F [...]	2003-01-13 17:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR LY UNHRC LZ
04ABUDHABI1022	PRIMER ON UAEG AGENCY/SPONSORSHIP REGULATIONS [...] Summary: The UAE maintains non-tariff barriers to investment in the form of restrictive agency, sponsorship, and distributorship requirements. In order to do business in the UAE outside one of the free zones, a foreign business in most cases must have a UAE national sponsor, agent or distrib [...]	2004-04-06 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI1114	UAE Environmental Efforts [...] The UAE, led by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has taken a number of steps to protect the environment and to increase environmental awareness in the UAE. The Federal Environmental Agency (FEA),established in 1993, is the federal agency charged with drafting UAE environmental laws and regulations. [...]	2004-04-12 15:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV ETRD ECON EPET TC
04ABUDHABI1197	UAE CABINET CHANGES COMING [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's Cabinet of Ministers, unchanged in seven years, is due for a shake-up, and some weaker ministries may be abolished, according to our contacts. Changes are coming to the senior ranks of the military as well, and the Government may form a new ministry for women's affairs. [...]	2004-04-19 07:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TC
04ABUDHABI1289	UAE LABOR CONDITIONS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Following is an update of UAE labor issues in March and early April. Topics include: an update of the proposed labor law; discussions of working conditions for domestic servants; an inter-ministry proposal to create a nation-wide labor court system; employer/employee disputes reporte [...]	2004-04-25 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI1290	UAEG INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref information April 24 to UAE Federal Customs Authority Deputy Director General Saeed Al- Marri, who undertook to forward the International Ship And Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code to the customs authorities in each of the UAE's seven emirates. He reminded Econof [...]	2004-04-25 12:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI1439	UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINSTATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's (HbZ) official travel to South Korea, Japan, China and Germany from April 10-29 was designed to cement political and economic ties with the UAE's key trading partners. He met w [...]	2004-05-05 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI1465	UAE OIL MINISTER calls for OPEC to take steps to [...] (U) ON THE MARGINS OF AN ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI ON MAY 8, UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL- NASIRI CALLED FOR OPEC TO "DO SOMETHING" ABOUT HIGH OIL PRICES AND RAISE THE CARTEL'S OFFICIAL PRODUCTION QUOTA. HE NOTED THAT OPEC MEMBERS ALREADY ARE OVERPRODUCING THE CURRENT Q [...]	2004-05-09 11:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EPET TC
04ABUDHABI1701	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ILSA [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised ref A talking points May 23 with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and expressed USG concern about re [...]	2004-05-24 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI1781	UAE - Reactions to POTUS War College Speech, [...] (C) Summary: The President's War College speech has elicited no public reaction from the UAE leadership, and only a tepid response from lower-level government interlocutors. For Iraqi expatriates, however, it is a different story. They are still dissecting the War College speech a week after [...]	2004-05-31 12:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TC
04ABUDHABI1881	UAE DETAINS IRANIAN FISHING VESSEL [...] (C) The UAE Coast Guard has seized an Iranian fishing boat that had entered UAE territorial waters, according to reports in the local press and confirmed by Embassy government contacts on June 7. The incident, which took place on June 2, made the front page of the English language Gulf News a [...]	2004-06-07 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IR TC
04ABUDHABI1927	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ABU DHABI CROWN [...] (C) Summary: During her farewell call on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on June 8, the Ambassador and the heir apparent to President Shaykh Zayed reviewed the accomplishments in the bilateral relationship over the past three years. They also discussed Iraq, the Pales [...]	2004-06-09 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1939	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ABU DHABI CROWN [...] (C) Summary: During her farewell call on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on June 8, the Ambassador and the heir apparent to President Shaykh Zayed reviewed the accomplishments in the bilateral relationship over the past three years. They also discussed Iraq, the Pales [...]	2004-06-13 12:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1942	UAE PRODUCTION IN THE WAKE OF THE JUNE OPEC QUOTA [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by EconChief paid her farewell call to ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair bin Yousef and Deputy CEO Abdullah Nasser Al-Suwaidi on June 6, 2004. The Ambassador thanked Yousef for the UAE and OPEC's welcome action and asked about the UAE's announcement that it would produce an e [...]	2004-06-13 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI195	UPPER ZAKUM FIELD UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). This cable contains business proprietary information. Please protect. 2. (C) In late December, Ambassador and Econchief met with Exxon Mobil (Al-Khalij) President Frank Kemnetz, who provided an update on the st [...]	2004-01-20 05:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI1987	UAE downplays recent fishing boat seizures [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) downplayed the significance of recent seizures of Iranian and UAE fishing boats by each of their coast guard forces. Seizures of fishing and smuggling boats by both sides are relative [...]	2004-06-16 11:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IR TC
04ABUDHABI1989	UAE HAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS OVER ITS BORDER [...] (S) Summary: Thirty years after signing an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over their common border, the UAE Government still views three issues as unsettled and needing discussion: exploitation of the Zarrarah/Shaybah oil field; the maritime border between Saudi Arabia and the UAE [...]	2004-06-16 11:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL SA TC
04ABUDHABI1992	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER, GEN ABIZAID, [...] (U) GENERAL ABIZAID: WELCOME BACK TO THE UAE. WE HAVE REQUESTED MEETINGS FOR YOU WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SHAYKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, AS WELL AS WITH ABU DHABI DEPUTY CROWN PRINCE AND UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF LT GEN SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN (MBZ). BOTH SHAYKHS WI [...]	2004-06-16 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2028	UAE: BOGUS REPORT CLAIMS EXXONMOBIL WINS BID TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) A Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) article this week, citing "sources close to the Supreme Petroleum Council" (SPC),claimed that the SPC had selected U.S. firm ExxonMobil to develop the m [...]	2004-06-21 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI2074	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGES THAT U.S. PRACTI OF USING IRAQI OIL REVENUES TO FINANCE ITS OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS NOT SOMETHING NEW. THE STRONGLY WORDED EDITORIAL ASSERTS THAT U.S.OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS CONDUCTED TO CONTROL IRAQ'S RESOURCE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING IRAQ AS A LAUNC [...]	2004-06-23 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI2202	THE SLOW RISE IN TRAVEL OF UAE NATIONALS TO THE [...] FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11, THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES IS STARTING TO RISE. HOWEVER, THIS IS FROM A SHARPLY DIMINISHED BASE - THE ROAD BACK TO PRE-9/11 LEVELS FOR UAE NATIONALS WILL TAKE TIME. THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES HAS FA [...]	2004-07-04 12:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KPAO SCUL BMGT ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2203	PRIMER ON UAE INSURANCE MARKET [...] The UAE insurance sector is a small contributor to the federation's economy, but enjoys significant levels of protection from foreign competition. Most recent data available shows that the insurance sector contributed $630 million to the UAE economy in 2002 -- less than 1 percent of the UAE' [...]	2004-07-04 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ECIN TC
04ABUDHABI2205	UAE PREPARES FOR TERMINATION OF TEXTILE QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reftel letter was delivered July 4 to UAE Ministry of Economy Undersecretary Mohammed Jassim Al-Mizzaki, whose staff has queried Post numerous times about the elimination in 2005 of the UAE's textile quota to the United States. Textiles are the UAE's single largest [...]	2004-07-04 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX TC
04ABUDHABI2206	UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO),all of the UAE's major seaports and oil and gas terminal operators were ISPS certified by the July 1 deadline. The following UAE seaports received ISPS certification: Dubai Dry Dock (Dubai) Jebel Ali Port (Dubai) Port Rashid (Dub [...]	2004-07-04 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV
04ABUDHABI2254	UAE: MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE SUPREME PETROLEUM [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: In a surprise move, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan overhauled the membership of the secretive Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) on June 29. [...]	2004-07-06 14:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2263	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge delivered ref A talking points to MFA Assistant Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi July 6, and expressed our concerns about Abu Dhabi's potential project to import gas from Iran. Al [...]	2004-07-07 11:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2371	LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. JOHN SNOW SECRETARY OF TREASURY SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...]	2004-07-14 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2372	LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. COLIN POWELL SECRETARY OF STATE SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...]	2004-07-14 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2437	UAE NEARING MAXIMUM OIL PRODUCTION LIMITS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary: During a July 20 meeting with Charge and Econoff, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Deputy CEO and new member of the Supreme Petroleum Council (see ref C) Abdullah Nasser Al [...]	2004-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI2508	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 09:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC

04ABUDHABI2520	DEPUTY COMMANDER URGES AL-ARABIYA MANAGEMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a visit to Dubai's Media City on July 19, General Lance Smith, Deputy Commander CENTCOM, told the new management team at Al Arabiya that the Arab satellite station put too much emphasis on violence and that he would like to see more even coverage on the situation in Iraq. Rep [...]	2004-07-28 12:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV OIIP PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2566	Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi Visits UAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 29-31 visit to Abu Dhabi, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq with Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ),Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Allawi discussed police training and mili [...]	2004-08-02 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC PTER
04ABUDHABI2930	SECURITY DOMINATES THE UAE FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Funding for security (including defense) is the single largest portion of the 2004 federal budget and makes up a full 43 percent of budgeted expenditures. This figure does not include an unknown amount of other defense spending that is directly paid by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. [...]	2004-08-30 12:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON MARR TC
04ABUDHABI2972	UAE BORDER SECURITY TAKES ANOTHER STEP AHEAD [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-31 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD ECON TC
04ABUDHABI3079	THE UAE: A GOOD PARTNER LOOKING FOR AN FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S. have deepened and expanded in the military, counter-terror, and nonproliferation arenas. Senior UAEG officials want our economic links to become as close as our other ties and argue that a Free Trade Agreement woul [...]	2004-09-08 13:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TC
04ABUDHABI3095	OPEC TO RAISE PRODUCTON QUOTA? [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum advisor Dr. Ibrahim Ismail (protect) told EconChief that he thought that OPEC Ministers would raise the production quota by 1-1.5 mb/d to reflect at least some of OPEC's current overproduction and to help calm the markets. He also said that the ministers w [...]	2004-09-13 13:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI3380	INFORMING UAE OFFICIALS REGARDING USE OF SPR [...] (U) On September 24, Ambassador telephoned MFA Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi and reviewed with him Ref B talking points regarding the need for the U.S. Department of Energy to enter into negotiations to make available a limited quantity of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve [...]	2004-09-27 11:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET OPEC ECON PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3410	UAE Succession Update: The Post-Zayed Scenario [...] (S) Summary: The UAE will likely experience a smooth transition of power once the elderly President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan leaves the scene. Day-to-day governance of the UAE is now firmly in the grasp of the post-Zayed generation. Sheikh Zayed's decree appointing his son Mohammed [...]	2004-09-28 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PINR PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI3427	BASELINE UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL STATISTICS [...] (U) Summary and comment: Baseline statistics are provided regarding the UAE textile and apparel industry in response to ref A. In advance of the elimination of the worldwide textiles and apparel quotas in January 2005, UAE officials are very concerned that an absence of quotas on China will [...]	2004-09-29 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX TC
04ABUDHABI3526	SCENESETTER FOR USTR ZOELLICK'S TRAVEL TO THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Ambassador Zoellick: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S [...]	2004-10-06 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP TC ETRD ECON EINV PREL
04ABUDHABI3834	UAEG GIVES USTR ZOELLICK HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UAEG leaders assured USTR Ambassador Zoellick that the UAE remained interested in negotiating an FTA with the U.S. They also assured him that the UAEG was taking steps to end implementation of the secondary and tertiary aspects of the Arab League boycott and would ensure that [...]	2004-10-26 13:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC
04ABUDHABI3955	Cabinet reshuffle enhances stability ahead of [...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late the evening November 1. The reshuffle further solidified the Al Nahyan control and rejuvenated the Cabinet with several younger technocrats, while retaining Dubai's Al Maktoum hierarchy in their titular federal roles. UAE [...]	2004-11-02 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4188	UAE: Biographies of New Cabinet Members [...] (U) The November 2 cabinet reshuffle merged six ministries into three, created a new ministry, shifted portfolios and elevated seven new people to ministerial rank. As part of our analysis of the new cabinet, we have prepared biographies of its members. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed swore in his n [...]	2004-11-22 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON TC
04ABUDHABI4215	SUDANESE OPPOSITION FIGURE DEPORTED [...] (U) On November 23, the UAE deported Sudanese opposition figure Abdul Aziz Khalid Osman on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice from Sudan. Osman is wanted by Sudan for alleged sabotage against Sudanese oil installations in 1999. Osman is the former head of the Sudanese Alliance Forces, one of [...]	2004-11-23 12:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC SU TC
04ABUDHABI4261	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON UAE INTERIOR MINISTER SHEIKH [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy law enforcement team (RSO, LEGAT, DHS/ICE) called on new Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al Nahyan on November 24. Ambassador emphasized that cooperation through USG law enforcement training and exchange programs would remain a high prior [...]	2004-11-28 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC TC
04ABUDHABI4400	NEW UAE OIL MINISTER CONFIRMS MODERATE STANCE [...] (C) Summary: New UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili told Ambassador on December 5 that the UAE was committed to meeting market needs. He also underlined the UAE's interest in market stability and moderate prices that support global growth. The Minister stressed that OPEC was doing all it could to [...]	2004-12-05 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI4468	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SUPPORTS MODERATE OIL PRICES, [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor and Supreme Petroleum Council Member Al-Suwaidi told Ambassador December 8 that the UAE supports a stable oil price that was fair to both producers and consumers. He said that overly high prices were not in the UAE's long-term interest and added that the UAE [...]	2004-12-08 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI4502	NEW UAE MINISTER OF LABOR ON DRAFT LEGISLATION [...] (C) On December 11, Ambassador paid her initial courtesy call on Dr. Ali Al Kaabi, the new UAE Minister of Labor. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and Dubai Pol/Econoff accompanied. Ambassador asked Al Kaabi about the status of the draft UAE labor and trade union legislation. Al Kaabi replied that the M [...]	2004-12-13 07:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI4504	UAEG STRESSES COMMITMENT TO FTA [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG officials reiterated their commitment to negotiating an FTA with the U.S. in the wake of Saudi criticism of Bahrain for signing a FTA with the U.S. On December 11, UAE Minister of Information and MFA U/S both discussed the Saudi actions at the December 7 GCC ministeri [...]	2004-12-13 08:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL GCC TC
04ABUDHABI4586	ABU DHABI EMIRATE RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, UAE President Khalifa, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, reorganized some local departments in the emirate, pared the membership on the Abu Dhabi Executive Council from 14 to 9 members, and appointed a presidential advisor with the rank of minister. President [...]	2004-12-15 10:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR TC
04ABUDHABI4655	UAEG WILL PURSUE FTA WITH THE USG: DISAGREES WITH [...] (C) On December 18, Charge and MFA Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi discussed Saudi pressure on Bahrain to back away from its FTA with the U.S. and the possible impact on the GCC summit. Al-Noaimi reiterated UAE commitment to negotiating an FTA with the U.S. He said that he did not u [...]	2004-12-20 10:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PINR GCC TC
04ABUDHABI503	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WAYNE VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Wayne: We look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your February 28- 29 visit. In addition to the donor's conference, we have scheduled bilateral meetings for you with Minister of State for Finance and Industry, Dr. Mohamed Khalfan bin Khirbash, MFA Assistan [...]	2004-02-26 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC
04ABUDHABI643	MEDIA REACTION: GREATER MIDDLE EAST/IRAQ/HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: THE NEW U.S. "GREATER MIDDLE EAST" INITIATIVE AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE ARAB ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE AMERICAN PROJECT WAS "DIVIDED, AS USUAL." ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" POINTED OU [...]	2004-03-09 03:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI652	UAE OIL MINISTER: "OPEC MAY REVIEW PRODUCTION [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) UAE Oil Minister Obaid Al-Nasseri told reporters last week that OPEC would stand by the April 1 production cuts, but review its policy at the OPEC meeting at the end of March. Indeed, the [...]	2004-03-09 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI735	UAE: SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON UPPER ZAKUM [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: Almost two years after international oil companies submitted bids, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on January 27 presented its recommendation for the award of a 28 percen [...]	2004-03-16 06:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI790	FORMER UAE OIL MINISTER SHARES "SECRET" DOCUMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Special Adviser to the President and the UAE's first Oil Minister Man'a Al-Otaiba recently passed the Ambassador a document on Abu Dhabi oil production marked "secret," and dated February 16, 2003. Al-O [...]	2004-03-21 05:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI814	TRIP READOUT - G/TIP VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From February 11 to 15, G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor and NEA/RA Desk Officer Nahide Bayrasli visited the UAE to update information for the 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report. The meetings were very informative, and the team stated on several occasions that [...]	2004-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI824	MEDIA REACTION: ASSASINATION OF SHEIKH AHMAD YASSIN [...] SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF SHEIKH AHMAD YASSIN, THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF HAMAS, YESTERDAY AT DAWN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN ALL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT ALL ARABS ARE THREATENED AND NOT ONLY PALESTINIANS. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL POINTED OUT THAT SHARON I [...]	2004-03-23 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI932	OPIC VISIT READOUT [...] SUMMARY: A delegation from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited the UAE February 27 to 29 to assess progress on labor rights issues. They met with representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Industry, Labor, Foreign Affairs, and the Central Bank, as well as U.S. ba [...]	2004-03-31 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
04ABUJA1007	U/S TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] Summary: In a meeting with Treasury U/S Taylor, Nigerian Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala said the Ministry will carry out an audit of petroleum revenues to make sure the GON is getting its fair share, and the results will be reported to the public. The GON is sidelining its windfall cash from [...]	2004-06-08 07:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINT EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC NI
04ABUJA1012	NLC PLANS GENERAL STRIKE TO BEGIN JUNE 9 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced a 21-day general strike to begin June 9 against the latest increase in the price of gasoline. Less than twelve hours until its deadline, numerous organizations are supporting the strike even as efforts are under way to resolve t [...]	2004-06-08 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ELAB NI
04ABUJA1048	FUEL SUBSIDIES IN NIGERIA: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Up until April or May, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) received an allocation of petroleum from the GON at below-market rates, sold part of it on world markets, and used the rest to subsidize gasoline prices domestically, all outside the government's formal budget [...]	2004-06-11 13:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA1070	STRIKE WAS MINOR SETBACK FOR GASOLINE [...] (C) Summary: The strike and rollback of prices are a temporary setback for gasoline deregulation, similar to the other rollbacks on price and the fuel tax over the past year. The GON likely will regroup and raise the basic pump price again in a few months, as it has done over the past year fro [...]	2004-06-16 13:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON EFIN NI
04ABUJA1099	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT O. OBASANJO TO PRESIDENT [...] Following is the text of a letter from President Olusegun Obasanjo to President George W. Bush. Original will be sent by pouch. 2. Begin text. PRES/15 His Excellency, President George W. Bush, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20502, USA. Dear President R [...]	2004-06-22 04:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AMED NI
04ABUJA111	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT UNVEILS 2004 BUDGET [...] President Obasanjo presented the GON's 2004 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly in late December 2003. Total budgetary expenditures were estimated at USD 8.74 billion (naira 1.189 trillion). Total budgetary expenditures comprised, personnel and administrative charges (USD 3.4 b [...]	2004-01-21 14:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV NI
04ABUJA1141	NIGERIA: U.S. AMBASSADOR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John Campbell. Reason(s): 1.5 (b),(d 2. (C) Summary: In a conversation following my June 25 presentation of five years, Nigeria in on "the right track." He said that debt forgive expressed satisfaction with the current U.S. stance. He referred at le their d [...]	2004-06-25 13:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI US
04ABUJA1260	NIGERIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) 19 July, Embassy received a faxed copy of a letter dated 14 July from Chief of Army Staff LTG Martin-Luther Agwai requesting U.S. assistance for Nigeria's deployment of a company-sized unit to Darfur to act as a protection force for international monitors. 2. (C) The 170-man company i [...]	2004-07-19 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1319	KADUNA ROUNDTABLE: GRIM ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND LACK [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador recently traveled to Kaduna, the political nerve center of the North, where he met political and religious leaders. All agreed that Nigeria's situation was difficult, with less money in circulation in spite of outsized oil revenues over the last few years and Pre [...]	2004-07-29 12:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON NI
04ABUJA1394	GENERAL FOGLESONG'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy hosted 8-10 August a visit to Abuja by General Robert H. Foglesong, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). His purpose in his first-ever trip to Nigeria was to establish personal contact with senior Nigerian military officials and set the stage for greater security assista [...]	2004-08-16 09:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NI
04ABUJA1472	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO MEETS WITH SENATOR [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, President Olusegun Obasanjo described a regional security initiative, the Gulf of Guinea Commission. Obasanjo also described negotiations with the Cameroonian President over the Bakassi peninsula without mentioning a previous c [...]	2004-08-27 12:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PINR NI
04ABUJA1486	NIGERIA'S DELTA SNAKEPIT: WILL WE AND NIGERIA BE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Delta is the fifth largest supplier of oil to the U.S. and also supplies some 80 percent of the Nigerian Government's revenues. It is not under GON control, however, and is awash with well-armed and well-funded private militias, environmental catastrophes, oil theft [...]	2004-08-30 14:40:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE
04ABUJA1504	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S DELTA STRATEGY? [...] (S) Summary: Judith B. Asuni, the head of the NGO Academic Associates PeaceWorks and close to Obasanjo and Stephen L. Davis, a consultant working for Shell, debriefed me on what they say is Obasanjo's current thinking on the Delta and foreshadowed a request for assistance from the U.S., UK an [...]	2004-09-01 13:57:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PINR NI
04ABUJA1506	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKING WAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigerian legislators are suddenly making news. The House of Representatives was applauded for passing the Freedom of Information Bill, making government information open to the public and protecting whistle blowers. The Senate yesterday unanimously demanded that President Ob [...]	2004-09-01 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NI
04ABUJA1555	RECOMMEND POTUS MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) U.S. Mission recommends POTUS, or the Secretary, meet with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo during his September 21-24 trip to the United States, to thank and encourage Obasanjo on Darfur, Liberia and Nigeria's domestic reforms, and to raise the level of our bilateral dialogue on oil a [...]	2004-09-08 12:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
04ABUJA1584	INTERNAL SQUABBLES THREATEN NIGERIA'S MAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ANPP, Nigeria's leading opposition party, issued a series of competing suspensions of senior leaders from the party last week in an replay of a theme all to common in Nigerian politics. For now, however, the suspensions have been lifted by the competing factions pending reco [...]	2004-09-15 13:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
04ABUJA1598	U.S./NIGERIA BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: OBASANJO LAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a public speech given at a Nigeria-U.S. investment conference sponsored by the Corporate Council on Africa/The Nigerian Economic Summit Group on September 16, President Obasanjo departed from his previously prepared text to lay down markers on the U.S./Nigeria bilateral relat [...]	2004-09-17 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EFIN KDEM NI
04ABUJA1653	NIGERIA, CORRUPTION, AND US [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption is a serious problem for Nigeria, and harms U.S. interests. President Bush took up the issue in the G8 transparency/anti-corruption Compact with Nigeria at Sea Island, and the next important U.S. effort will be at the Nigeria-G8 meeting in Washington October 4. Post [...]	2004-09-24 07:58:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KCOR EPET EAID NI
04ABUJA1655	(U) DEMARCHE ON RELEASE OF CRUDE FROM [...] (U) At about noon September 24, Econ Counselor called on President Obasanjo's Special Advisor for Petroleum and Energy Edmund Daukoru and made the demarche requested via email. Daukoru, who co-chairs the national oil company, is de facto minister of energy, since the President has not filled [...]	2004-09-24 10:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PREL NI OIL
04ABUJA1656	RIVERS STATE FLARES UP AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Delta continues as a flashpoint of communal/political problems in Nigeria. The political and economic environment there has given rise to competing gangs of criminals, militias and political opportunists (Ref A). President Obasanjo has spoken of a desire for a peaceful solut [...]	2004-09-24 12:25:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI ASEC DELTAVIOLENCE
04ABUJA1663	(U) GON DIRECTIVE COULD COMPEL HALLIBURTON TO [...] (C) Summary: Recent GON decisions banning Halliburton from receiving new government contracts and requiring it to export all of its radioactive resources from Nigeria threaten Halliburton's continued operations in the country. Halliburton is doing all it can to reverse these decisions and ha [...]	2004-09-28 08:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD ECON PREL NI OIL
04ABUJA1666	NLC GASOLINE STRIKE ULTIMATIM -- GON OVER A BARREL? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) issued an ultimatum September 27 that GON had two weeks to roll back gasoline price increases, and if this were not done, the NLC would organize a nationwide "sit at home" work stoppage. Retail gasoline prices have gone up over 20 percent since t [...]	2004-09-28 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EPET PINS NI OIL
04ABUJA167	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: NIGERIA [...] The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 2003-4 edition of the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record. Begin text. Nigeria held multiparty general elections in 2003, the second since the end of military rule in 1998, returning President Obasanjo to another four- [...]	2004-02-03 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI
04ABUJA1673	DELTA VIOLENCE: KEEPING OUR POWDER DRY [...] (S) Summary: Although the military situation has been relatively quiet the past few days, there is much political movement among the major players. A senior Defense Ministry source confirmed press reports that militia leader Asari, whom GON forces were trying to kill last week, is in Abuja t [...]	2004-09-29 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV EPET PINS CASC ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
04ABUJA1675	DELTA MILITIA LEADER MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Dokubo Asari, the leader of a militia recently fighting government forces in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, met September 29 with GON officials in the capital Abuja. Asari claims he met with President Obasanjo. GON Information Minister Chikelu told the press Asari only met with GON secur [...]	2004-09-30 08:57:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV MOPS EPET CASC PREL PINS ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
04ABUJA1715	DELTA QUIET (FOR NOW) [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since last week's negotiations in Abuja (Ref A),no major violence has been reported from Rivers state or the Delta region. While one group reportedly "disarmed," another was a no-show. With more talks scheduled to begin October 8, militia leader Asari remains wary of the [...]	2004-10-08 10:01:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NI
04ABUJA1727	PARTIAL COMPLIANCE AS NATIONWIDE STRIKE ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationwide sit-at-home strike called by the leadership of the NLC entered its second day October 12. In Abuja, most streets and markets were active, but the doors of most commercial banks and filling stations were closed to customers. In Lagos, the stock exchange and Cent [...]	2004-10-12 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI
04ABUJA1807	MIXED COMMISSION PUNTS BAKASSI TO PRESIDENTS, UNSYG [...] (C/NF) The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission met October 21-22 in Abuja, and after deliberation on Bakassi "decided to refer the matter to the Heads of State of Cameroon and Nigeria and the Secretary-General of the United Nations." The Mixed Commission had scheduled this session to last only t [...]	2004-10-25 07:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS CM NI
04ABUJA1820	NIGERIA'S BUDGET FOR 2005 [...] (U) Summary: President Obasanjo delivered a speech on his USD 12.2 billion (Naira 1.618 trillion) Budget proposal for 2005 to a joint session of the National Assembly on October 12. The 2005 budget, the second under Nigeria's economic reform program NEEDS (National Economic Empowerment and [...]	2004-10-28 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EAIR EINV NI
04ABUJA1837	NIGERIA STRIKE TO RESUME NOVEMBER 16, INCLUDE OIL [...] This is a joint Embassy Abuja - Consulate Lagos Report. 2. The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civil society organizations met October 31 in Lagos, announcing that the NLC would resume on November 16 its nationwide strike against gasoline price increases, and threatening that this [...]	2004-11-01 11:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EPET ELAB PINS NI
04ABUJA192	GOMBE STATE: A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gombe State calls itself "the jewel of the Savannah" and was well known as a commercial and agricultural center before it was made a state in 1996 by the Abacha regime. It is quickly becoming a real success story for development. Agricultural output is growing, especially in com [...]	2004-02-06 11:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KDEM NI
04ABUJA1998	EMBASSY OFFICER BARRED FROM "PUBLIC" COURT MARTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The court martial continues of three Nigerian Rear Admirals allegedly involved in the disappearance from naval custody of the tanker MT African Pride, which had been seized with a cargo of stolen crude oil. The GON has said the court martial proceeding is open to the public, bu [...]	2004-12-03 08:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP KCOR NI
04ABUJA2040	NOVEMBER TIFA TALKS IN ABUJA UNDERSCORE GON [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant USTR for Africa Liser held talks in Abuja on November 11 with Nigerian economic officials in the context of the annual meeting of the U.S.-- Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council. The discussions included a trade capacity building seminar on [...]	2004-12-10 05:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EIND NI
04ABUJA2047	NIGERIA'S SEA ISLAND COMPACT ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: The GON's Senior Special Adviser to the President, Oby Ezekwesili, invited Poloff to her office on December 10 to receive the updated Nigeria-G8 action plan. She instead also invited World Bank Senior Advisor Charles McPherson and, with McPherson as audience, used the meeting to le [...]	2004-12-13 03:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR EAID NI
04ABUJA2106	ENGAGING NIGERIA: SUPPORT FOR REFORMS [...] (S) The grip of the interlocked coteries that have ruled Nigeria since the civil war (ref A) continues to be the driving force in Nigerian politics. In order for Nigeria to move ahead, this grip must be loosened. Until Nigerians gain a real stake in their own society, they cannot begin to ca [...]	2004-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID KCOR NI
04ABUJA2114	UPDATE ON NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] Summary. Minister of Finance briefed officials of the donor and diplomatic communities December 16 on the progress of policy reforms in Nigeria. She explained why Nigeria's economy is in bad shape, mentioned the remedies she has prescribed, and pointed to the improvement to date. The minis [...]	2004-12-22 03:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD NI
04ABUJA2128	NIGERIAN CONSULTANT EXPLAINS GON THINKING ON [...] (SBU) Begin summary. On December 6, Embassy Economic Officer and Consulate Economic Specialist met in Lagos with Bismarck Rewane, the financial adviser to Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Aviation in attracting investors for a new national air carrier, the planned Virgin Nigeria Airways. Rewan [...]	2004-12-23 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
04ABUJA2131	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On December 10, 2004 Ambassador Campbell received a letter from the President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, dated December 9, 2004 to be transmitted to U.S. President George W. Bush. Original is being sent via unclassified pouch. Begin Text: His Excellency Mr. George W. Bush Presiden [...]	2004-12-23 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON NI EFIN
04ABUJA275	REP. JEFFERSON'S MEETING WITH NNPC MANAGING [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Managing Director Funsho Kupolokun said February 16 that he has given cautious encouragement to two petroleum sector projects that could be potentially profitable for U.S. investors: a joint oil delivery system for marginal oil fie [...]	2004-02-19 12:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET NI
04ABUJA290	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2004 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] (U) Per ref A, Post provides the following update to the 2003 President's Report on AGOA. ------------------------- AGOA Trade and Investment ------------------------- 2. (U) Nigeria has not capitalized on African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits to a discernible degree. Niger [...]	2004-02-23 05:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL NI AGOA USTR
04ABUJA328	BUDGET DEBATE MOVING AHEAD, GON PUBLISHES REVENUES [...] (U) Summary. The GON's budget was not passed within the ten days Finance Minister Ngozi expected (reftel),as the Senate and House both took unexpected vacations while requesting additional figures from the Presidency, but National Assembly (NA) members expect to pass it in March. The GON al [...]	2004-02-26 11:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ABUJA350	EITI: PUBLIC SHOW WORKSHOP; PROGRESS BEING MADE [...] Summary: Nigeria's February 19-20 EITI Petroleum Revenue Management Workshop was not as happy a step forward on transparency and corruption as the enactment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Act (reftel) on February 23, but it was useful nevertheless. The two days of speakers - attended b [...]	2004-02-27 13:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR EPET NI
04ABUJA537	NIGERIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES 2004 BUDGET [...] Summary: On March 23, the National Assembly passed the 2004 budget. The National Assembly's House and Senate agreed in conference to increase the budget by USD 735 million (Naira 100 billion) to a total of USD 9.6 billion (Naira 1.302 trillion). According to press reports, President Obasanj [...]	2004-03-26 11:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN NI
04ABUJA582	THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While security in general is at its lowest point in recent memory, many of the recent wave of killings (septel) are attributable to two political trends, one local and one national. The majority of national politics incidents appear to stem from internal disputes in Obasanjo's [...]	2004-04-05 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI
04ABUJA678	NIGERIA'S BUDGET BATTLE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S [...] Summary: On April 15, Nigeria's National Assembly (NA) made a key concession to President Obasanjo in the 2004 budget battle. Obasanjo had requested in late March that the National Assembly amend several clauses they had inserted into the 2004 appropriation bill as a condition for his signi [...]	2004-04-19 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON NI
04ABUJA721	OBASANJO RAISES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ALLOCATION, [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, President Obasanjo ended a two-month battle over the 2004 budget bill by signing it into law after the National Assembly (NA) dropped its requirement from the bill that oil revenues in excess of the budget's USD 25 per barrel target price be held in an account at the [...]	2004-04-23 06:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN NI
04ABUJA961	NIGERIA'S LIKELY REACTIONS TO EXPIRATION OF AGOA [...] (SBU) In response to the Department's request concerning a failure to extend the AGOA third-country fabric provision (Ref A),post believes there could be important political effects on both the bilateral and multilateral fronts, although the economic effect would be slight. ---------------- [...]	2004-06-01 11:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL WTRO ECON NI
04ABUJA972	VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA -- POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON [...] (U) Summary: Serious ethnic violence has continued for some time in various parts of Nigeria, most prominently in the Delta, Plateau State and Benue State. Various armed militias competing for resources and manipulated by politicians continue to fight there and elsewhere, while mobs have chan [...]	2004-06-02 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC ASEC KDEM NI
04ACCRA1203	TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY TAYLOR AND GHANA TRADE [...] (SBU) Treasury Under Secretary John Taylor met May 31 with Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen, who had just returned from the African Union trade ministers' meeting in Kigali. Responding to recent U.S. and EU WTO proposals, the ministers drafted an African strategy for WTO negotiations. It calls [...]	2004-06-08 08:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD GH
04ACCRA1281	PRESIDENT KUFUOR HOSTS GHANA INVESTOR ADVISORY [...] On June 4, President Kufuor presided over the fifth Ghana Investors Advisory Council (GIAC) meeting. He highlighted recent, positive accomplishments, including MCA eligibility, and reassured the private sector that the GoG is committed to sound fiscal management during the 2004 election year. [...]	2004-06-17 15:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EFIN GH
04ACCRA1283	GHANA COMPLETES IMF LETTER OF INTENT, PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) The GoG submitted its Letter of Intent (LOI) to the IMF on June 8, in time for IMF Executive Board meeting to go forward as planned on June 30. The GoG is working to fulfill prior actions: 1) impose a 2.5 percent VAT increase; 2) adjust water and electricity prices; and 3) complete wage [...]	2004-06-18 08:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN GH
04ACCRA1447	STATUS OF THE WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE -- THE [...] (SBU) The parties involved in the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) are working to keep it on schedule and avoid escalating costs. It appears unlikely they will meet the July 31 deadline for "Final Investment Decision" (FID),but mid-September may be possible. The "TO DO" list is daunting: 1) [...]	2004-07-09 11:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ECON EAID GH
04ACCRA1837	GHANA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW UPDATE [...] PER REFTEL, POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING UPDATE ON GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: 2. BEGIN TEXT, TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2004 COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS STATE SUBMISSION Country: GHANA Current AGOA Status: Eligible State recommends continued AGOA eligibility fo [...]	2004-09-13 15:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL GH AGOA
04ACCRA2205	KAISER COMPLETES SALE OF VALCO TO THE GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Kaiser Aluminum has sold its 90-percent stake in the Volta River Aluminum Company (Valco) to the Government of Ghana (GoG)for USD 18.5 million. After Parliament ratified the sale agreement on October 28 (septel),GoG and Kaiser officials met in London on October 29 to complete the officia [...]	2004-11-08 17:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG GH EXIM OPIC
04ACCRA2251	SENATOR INHOFE MEETS WITH GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) During a brief overnight visit to Accra on November 11, U.S. Senator James Inhofe met with Ghanaian President John Kufuor and held a private evening meeting. Embassy officers met the Senator at the airport and made transportation, hotel and scheduling arrangements. 2. (C) The Amba [...]	2004-11-16 18:46:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET GH MARR PGOV PTER
04ACCRA2384	GHANA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2004 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for November 2004. The issues covered are: -- Ambassador Hosts AmCham Breakfast -- Fitch and Standard and Poor's Reaffirm Ghana Ratings -- World Bank Approves West Africa Gas Pipeline Project -- President Kufuor Opens Co [...]	2004-12-07 15:08:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN GH OPIC
04ADANA110	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 21-23, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA134	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 2-4, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 02-04, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. MILLIYET/ULKEDE OZ [...]	2004-10-05 11:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA164	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA171	TURKISH TRUCKER STRIKE AGAINST SOMO IN STALEMATE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 15:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ELAB ELTN IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA176	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 22, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM [...]	2004-12-28 07:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA177	TURKISH TRUCKER STRIKE AGAINST SOMO CRUMBLES [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-28 14:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD MARR IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN10012	TRUCKERS' DISRUPTION HAVING MINIMAL IMPACT ON [...] (SBU) Jordanian officials say the Aqaba port is running smoothly, despite a 18-day-old truckers' work disruption capturing local newspaper headlines. According to Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Commissioner of Revenue and Customs Shadi Majali, about 1,000 to 1,500 truckers are target [...]	2004-12-20 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN EPET JO
04AMMAN10173	Finance Minister Presents Budget to Parliament [...] SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour presented the 2005 Budget to parliament December 22. The budget projects expenditures at USD 4.7 billion, foreign aid at USD 1.5 billion, and a deficit of USD 234 million. The budget estimates real growth next year at 5 percent and inflation [...]	2004-12-24 10:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JO
04AMMAN1270	JORDAN REACTION TO AL HURRA LAUNCH [...] EARLY REACTION TO THE LAUNCHING OF AL HURRA IN JORDAN IS PREDICTABLY NEGATIVE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL PUNDIT CLASS, BUT MORE NUANCED AMONG OTHER - PARTICULARLY YOUNGER - CONTACTS OF PAS AMMAN. THE HARSHEST CRITICISM HERE AIMS AT THE VERY PRESENCE OF THE CHANNEL, NOT ITS CONTENT, THOUGH THERE I [...]	2004-02-19 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAO TSPA OIIP
04AMMAN1280	JORDANIAN MPS ADDRESS IRAQI OIL BRIBES & PUBLIC [...] (C) The Jordanian Parliament grappled in recent weeks with a variety of political topics. In addition to debating the government's proposed budget and controversial price hikes (reported septel),the Parliament addressed allegations of Iraqi oil "bribes" under Saddam Hussein, approved a cont [...]	2004-02-19 17:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IS IZ JO
04AMMAN1451	JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...] (U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelected current Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour for another two-year tenure. In the IAF's 12-member Executive Committee, the Council replaced only four members w [...]	2004-02-25 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO
04AMMAN1452	JORDANIAN MPS APPROVE GOVERNMENT BUDGET, BUT WARY [...] (C) Following a lengthy debate, 77 out of 97 deputies present in the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament voted February 19 to approve the government's budget for 2004 as proposed. Prior to the vote, the government made a concerted effort to engage MPs and public opinion makers on the need [...]	2004-02-25 16:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JO
04AMMAN1539	U/S LARSON MEETINGS IN AMMAN, FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson used February 24 meetings with senior Jordanian officials to reinforce their commitment to fiscal discipline and growth-oriented economic policies, urge a quick return to Iraq of the full amount of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan, and seek input and feedback [...]	2004-03-01 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON JO
04AMMAN1784	IMPENDING PRICE AND TAX HIKES THREATEN PUBLIC [...] (C) The GOJ has publicly confirmed that it will raise the general sales tax rate and the prices of oil derivatives as early as April. Despite the GOJ's efforts to prepare the country for these increases, Jordanian public opinion remains overwhelmingly opposed to price hikes. Prime Minister Fa [...]	2004-03-09 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON JO
04AMMAN2553	AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE MAKES STRIDES, BUT [...] (SBU) The three-year-old Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) has made significant progress in promoting Aqaba's tandem appeal as a tourism destination and a well-equipped industrial hub friendly to foreign investors and the environment. ASEZA is based on King Abdullah's vision for [...]	2004-04-01 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KWMN PGOV

04AMMAN2579	JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ON WANING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister revealed that although Saudi Arabia had ended its oil donations to Jordan as of April 1, Jordan had received and expected to continue to receive further financial support from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 [...]	2004-04-04 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET JO PREL

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