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00THEHAGUE1794	CHILD LABOR STUDY: REPORT ON THE NETHERLANDS [...] CHILD LABOR IS ILLEGAL IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE COUNTRY HAS COMPREHENSIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK. THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT TAKES A LEADING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD LABOR. IN MAY 2000, THE GON SENT A DRAFT LAW TO THE SECOND CHAMBER OF [...]	2000-06-16 13:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND PHUM ETRD SOCI NL

01HANOI1629	HANOI UPDATE #13 [...] (U) FLOODING IN NORTHERN VIETNAM: RAINY SEASON IS UPON US. TYPHOON NO. 2 (DURIAN) WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF NORTHERN VIETNAM JULY 2-4 CAUSING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES, KILLING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE AND DAMAGING NEARLY OVER 30,000 HOMES [...]	2001-07-09 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG ETMIN
01HANOI2946	VIETNAM RATES ASEAN MEETINGS "FULLY SUCCESSFUL" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM WAS FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02946 130325Z RESULTS OF THE ASEAN SUMMIT, ASEAN+3, AND ASEAN+1 MEETINGS IN BRUNEI NOVEMBER 5-6. MFA OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT PM PHAN VAN KHAI TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN GETTING THE ST [...]	2001-11-13 03:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM ASEAN CTERR
01HANOI2987	PUBLIC SECURITY PUBLISHES BOOK AGAINST BIN LADEN [...] (U) EMBASSY HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF A BOOK PUBLISHED (IN VIETNAMESE) BY THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SECURITY PRESS SOMETIME SINCE SEPTEMBER 11 ENTITLED "THE LIFE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN (MANY SECRET THINGS)." IT INCLUDES PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS CONNECTED WITH THE SE [...]	2001-11-15 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
01HANOI3186	PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...]	2001-12-04 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR
01HANOI989	STAFFDEL ATKINS VISIT TO HANOI APRIL 15-18; BTA ON THEIR MINDS [...] SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF VIETNAM'S NINTH PARTY CONGRESS, THE GVN HOSTED A LARGE DELEGATION OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS AND AN ACCOMPANYING U.S. BUSINESS GROUP. THE U.S. VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL UNDERWROTE THE EVENT. DESPITE SENIORMOST GVN LEADERSHIP BEING TIED UP IN PRE-PARTY CONGRESS PLENUMS, [...]	2001-04-26 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELAB PREL VM BTA LABOR
01HOCHIMINHCITY197	IMI: HOTEL OCCUPANCY REBOUNDS, TOURISM CAMPAIGN LIMPS [...] HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC) RECEIVED 1.1 MILLION INTERNATIONAL VISITORS IN 2000, OF WHICH 793,000 WERE TOURISTS. 307,000 OF THE 1.1 MILLION TOURISTS WERE PEOPLE OF VIETNAMESE ORIGIN RESIDING OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM. HOTEL ROOM OCCUPANCY RATES IN HCMC AVERAGED 42 PERCENT, UP TWO PERCENT OVER 1999, WIT [...]	2001-02-28 05:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTDB VM
01KUALALUMPUR2464	MALAYSIA PROBES MISUARI TIES TO ABU SAYYAF GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONCERNED THAT ANY CHARGES FILED AGAINST NUR MISUARI HERE WOULD PROVOKE A DOMESTIC BACKLASH, MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INSIST THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEPORT THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF) LEADER TO THE PHILIPPINES. NEVERTHELESS, MALAYSIA'A SECURITY APPARATUS IS INCR [...]	2001-11-28 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS MY RP
01MANILA6761	MISUARI TO USG "I'M NO TERRORIST" [...] (C) SUMMARY: NUR MISUARI HAS DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO HIS ARMED SEPARATIST WAYS, BUT HAS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES CLAIMING THAT HE WILL NEVER BE A TERRORIST AND HAS NOT ALLIED HIS FORCES WITH THOSE OF THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG). A MISUARI EMISSARY HAS TOLD EMBASSY MANILA HE I [...]	2001-11-21 11:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MOPS PREL KISL PGOV RP
01VATICAN2213	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE APRIL 13 - 20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 02213 212018Z CONTENTS: - POPE SPEAKS OUT ON MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - EASTERN FOCUS AT POPE'S EASTER MASS - POST-EASTER REST FOR POPE CUT SHORT - NEW VATICAN AMBA [...]	2001-04-20 11:31:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR IS VT MEPP
01VATICAN3507	THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]	2001-07-03 12:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL
02ANKARA9052	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 12:09:00	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
02HANOI1382	CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA: [...] (SBU) AT A WORKING LUNCH ON MAY 30, MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI TOLD POL/C AND POLOFFS THAT HE RATED AGREEMENT AMONG ASEAN MEMBERS ON THE FINAL LANGUAGE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN TIME FOR THE ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN JULY AS NO BETTER THAN "50-50." (SEPTEL W [...]	2002-05-30 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PINR VM ASEAN CVR
02HANOI140	ASEAN-US DIALOGUE RELATIONS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. PHAM HUU CHI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S ASEAN DEPARTMENT, ON JANUARY 18 SENT POL/C A SUMMARY OF THE ASEAN STANDING COMMITTEE VIEWS REGARDING ASEAN-US DIALOGUE RELATIONS. PLEASE NOTE REQUESTS FOR FOLLOW UP FROM USDA ON TWO PROPOSED PROGRAMS (ITEM A [...]	2002-01-22 08:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EAGR EAID TSPL VM ASEAN
02HANOI1990	GVN VIEWS 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING AS "VERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE SIGNING OF A JOINT DECLARATION ON COUNTER TERRORISM BETWEEN ASEAN AND THE U.S., A POSITIVE MEETING BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DY [...]	2002-08-09 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PINR PTER VM ARF ASEAN CTERR
02HANOI2028	NGHE AN: DEVELOPING, BUT A LONG WAY TO GO [...] (U) SUMMARY. NGHE AN PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT A STRATEGIC LOCATION AND IMPROVING (THOUGH STILL WEAK) INFRASTRUCTURE WILL IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROVINCE'S ROLE AS AN OUTLET TO THE SEA FOR LAOS AND NORTHEASTERN THAILAND. THE GVN IS MOVING AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR A NEW NATIONA [...]	2002-08-16 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM VM
02HANOI2975	WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE ETHNICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM'S MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY REMAINS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02975 01 OF 04 160035Z HEAVILY DOMINATED BY THE MAJORITY ETHNIC KINH. ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE OFTEN LOCATED IN ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL PARTS OF VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINOU [...]	2002-12-15 23:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PINS PGOV VM ETMIN
02HANOI3018	VIETNAM: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LEGAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT A NATIONAL SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),GVN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS CONCLUDED THAT TIP IN VIETNAM AND THE REGION APPEARS ON THE INCREASE, ALTHOUGH LITTLE RELIABLE DATA IS AVAILABLE. SRV LAW GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE UN PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SU [...]	2002-12-19 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL PREF EAID ELAB SMIG SOCI VM TIP
02HARARE292	MEDIA REPORT "WEST BIASED AGAINST ZIMBABWE"; [...] UNDER HEADLINE "WEST BIASED AGAINST ZIMBABWE: SOME LOCAL SCRIBES HAVE BECOME MASCOTS OF NEO-COLONIALISM," THE JANUARY 31 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" CARRIED AN OPINION PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA THAT IS CRITICAL OF THE U. S. FOREIGN POLICY. ARTICLE EXCE [...]	2002-02-01 07:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02LONDON8320	UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...]	2002-11-25 10:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK
02RANGOON1355	BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) Summary: Burma has responded well to the criteria outlined in our certification demarche. It has continued to enforce its counternarcotics laws, increased pressure on cease-fire groups such as the United Wa State Army, and sharply reduced the production of opium and heroin within its terr [...]	2002-10-18 10:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
02RANGOON1609	2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-16 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
02ROME1544	REPORT ON IDLI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES [...] SUMMARY: THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01544 01 OF 02 270916Z (IDLI) ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES MET IN ROME MARCH 20, 2002 TO APPROVE IDLI'S WORK PLAN, ENDORSE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND APPROVE CHANGES TO IDLI'S BASIC TEXT [...]	2002-03-27 08:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KDEM IDLI
02ROME3594	FAO INVOKES HELMS-BIDEN IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] SUMMARY. THE FAO'S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM BUDGET AND EVALUATION RESPONDED AT LENGTH IN WRITING TO THE U.S. DEMARCHE (REFTEL B) ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS HIS COMMENT: "I DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S. SHOULD REQUEST AN E [...]	2002-07-22 12:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR ECON FAO WHO
02ROME3648	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH [...] SUMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND OTHERS) PARTICIPATING IN A JUNE 24-27 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE U.N.'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGA [...]	2002-07-24 09:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO
02ROME5595	IMMIGRATION: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN INTERIOR [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2.(U) INTERIOR MINISTERS FOR THE "ADRIATIC-IONIAN" REGION ANNOUNCED A NEW ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT CLANDESTINE IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE END OF A ONE-DAY MINISTERIAL IN LECCE NOVEMBER 13. THE ACTION PLAN WAS SIGNED BY MINISTERS FROM ITALY, ALBANIA [...]	2002-11-18 14:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG ELAB PGOV IT
02VATICAN1922	VATICAN: MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT MARCH 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH 2002 (NOTE: THIS PERIOD COINCIDED WITH EASTER WEEK CELEBRATIONS AT THE VATICAN, WHICH EMBASSY STAFF ATTEND AS PART OF OUR REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES.). IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURIN [...]	2002-04-18 05:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN EAGR EAID VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2268	AG-BIOTECH: GETTING THE VATICAN TO "YES." [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BECAUSE OF THE VATICAN'S MORAL AUTHORITY, IT CAN INFLUENCE GOVERNMENTS' SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL POLICIES. PERSUADING THE VATICAN TO COME OUT MORE FORTHRIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF GMOS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02268 01 OF 03 10 [...]	2002-05-10 05:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO VT VTPREL
02VATICAN3492	VATICAN CONCERNED BY DRAFT RUSSIAN VISA RULES [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE TOLD DCM JULY 12 THAT A NEW RUSSIAN DRAFT LAW ON RELIGIOUS WORKER VISAS COULD HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE CHURCH'S ABILITY TO OPERATE IN RUSSIA. FOR EXAMPLE, MIGLIORE INDICATED THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S OPERATIONS IN IRKUTSK WOULD [...]	2002-07-15 12:48:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM VT RU
02VATICAN4241	VATICAN ON CLONING CONVENTION: DON'T MAKE THE IDEAL THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VATICAN DFM MIGLIORE TOLD DCM AUGUST 30 THAT THE HOLY SEE SHARED U.S. GOALS ON THE CLONING CONVENTION AND SUPPORTED USG EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A UN CONVENTION TO BAN ALL FORMS OF HUMAN CLONING. HOWEVER, THE VATICAN FEARED THAT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VA [...]	2002-09-03 05:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA PREL AORC TBIO TPHY VT UNGA
02VATICAN4909	HOLY SEE: FM TAURAN REPLY TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON [...] (SBU) IN HIS REPLY TO SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER REQUESTING A STRONG HOLY SEE STATEMENT REGARDING THE SAFETY OF U.S. BIOTECH FOOD ASSISTANCE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (REF B),HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER EQUIVALENT ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THE HOLY SEE WOULD OFFER A STRONG [...]	2002-10-08 14:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL
02VATICAN5640	VATICAN AND QATAR ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS [...] THE HOLY SEE ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 18 THAT IT HAS ESTABLISHED FORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH QATAR. THE HOLY SEE WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE LEVEL OF NUNCIO AND QATAR BY AN AMBASSADOR. THE HOLY SEE HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MOST MOSLEM STATES WITH THE GLARING EXCEPTION OF SAUDI ARABIA, OM [...]	2002-11-20 09:09:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL QA VT
03ABUDHABI1414	UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...]	2003-03-24 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
03ABUDHABI1634	UAE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL WORKERS FAILS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG's much-hyped amnesty program has thus far not been as successful as government officials had predicted. The amnesty, which began on January 1, 2003, and will terminate on April 30, 2003, will exempt workers from payment of fines or other legal liabilities related to the [...]	2003-04-06 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1754	LABOR ATTACHES PAINT A RELATIVELY ROSY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In conversations with the Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Filipino Labor Attaches, Econoff was repeatedly told that the vast majority of labor disputes in the UAE between foreign nationals and Emirati businesses and institutions are generally handled on an inform [...]	2003-04-13 10:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI194	UPDATE ON DETENTION OF FILIPINO PASTOR IN DUBAI [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This cable has been coordinated with Congen Dubai. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Post is actively engaged in this matter and will provide updates on future case developments as they occur. Arrested on 12 November f [...]	2003-01-13 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF TC
03ABUDHABI3113	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-BAYAN" STRONGLY CRITICIZED AN ALLEGED STATEMENT BY SENATOR GAY GLODIS (SIC) IN WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY CALLED FOR BURYING MUSLIMS WITH THE INTESTINES OF PIGS. THE EDITORIAL URGED ARAB AND MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE RETALIATORY MEASURES AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS TO FORCE W [...]	2003-07-01 13:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI496	G/TIP VISIT A SUCCESS: UAEG STRESSES COMMITMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (U) This message contains an action recommendation: See paragraph 9. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Sally Neumann and NEA/RA Barbara Keary visited the UAE (both Abu Dhabi and Dubai) from 22-26 January to engage wi [...]	2003-01-29 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TC
03AMMAN7292	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE - BUFFETED BUT UNBOWED, THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hit hard by unpredictable delays in delivery of fabric inputs through congested Aqaba port and even less-predictable Israeli port and customs bottlenecks, Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) nonetheless continue to outperform last year's record export volumes. Governm [...]	2003-11-06 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO
03AMMAN7340	SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS HELP FOREIGN DOMESTIC [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for G/TIP, see para 20. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) UN, diplomatic and other sources indicate that the GOJ has made significant strides in 2003 to secure and protect the rights of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Jordan. In January, [...]	2003-11-10 13:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN741	FOUR NEW TITLES FROM THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM [...] THE AMMAN BOOK PROGRAM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE FOUR NEW TITLES: "WATER FOR THE FUTURE: THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP, ISRAEL AND JORDAN" BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, "ISLAM, GENDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE" BY YVONNE YAZBEK HADDAD AND JOHN ESPOSITO (EDS),"CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT: CAUSES, CONS [...]	2003-02-03 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO IIP
03ANKARA2811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-30 13:25:00	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
03ANKARA3842	ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS IT SUPPORTS AGREEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials told a visiting State and Defense Article 98 delegation June 10 that the GOT in principle favors reaching an Article 98 agreement with the US, but cannot do so at this time because of intense EU pressure. The officials noted that Turkey is not a signatory to the Int [...]	2003-06-13 10:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03BRASILIA3905	G-20 MEET IN BRASILIA [...] (U) Summary. The G-20 meeting taking place in Brasilia December 11-12 is designed to lend political weight to the group prior to the December 15 meeting in Geneva in which countries will consider restarting WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations after the failed Cancun Ministerial. [...]	2003-12-12 15:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BR WTRO
03COLOMBO2171	Colombo Plan: Drug Awareness Program [...] On December 21, DCM and poloff attended a dinner commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Colombo Plan's Drug Awareness Program (DAP). Since its inception in 1973, the DAP has been a significant force throughout the Asia/Pacific region in demand reduction and drug awareness efforts, includi [...]	2003-12-23 10:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR CE
03COLOMBO740	FY-2003 VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN [...] PAS COLOMBO REQUESTS FOR A FUNDED VOLVIS (TWO INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING TOGETHER - ITT) PROGRAM ON CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS. POST NOMINATES MR. NAUFEL ABDUL- RAHMAN, SECRETARY TO THE LEADER OF THE PARLIAMENT, AND MR. N.V. KEERTHIRATNE KARUNASENA WERAGODA, SECRETARY TO THE CABINET OF MINISTERS, FOR P [...]	2003-05-05 02:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03HANOI1510	ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new Prime Ministerial degree in March 2003 reaffirmed the MFA's main diplomatic functions as the GVN's main foreign affairs agency and also confirmed its leadership over Vietnam's Border Commission and increasingly active Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. The new decree is u [...]	2003-06-18 03:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL VM
03HANOI1556	TRAINING CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. Hanoi's Catholic seminary offers training to over 200 would-be priests over a seven year period. Local Committees on Religious Affairs screen out some candidates, allegedly on grounds of "personal conduct." Virtually all graduates become priests; a small percentage is able to c [...]	2003-06-20 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI1808	VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 02:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN
03HANOI2413	UPDATE ON ALLEGED ANTI-SRV "TERRORIST" IN U.S. [...] (U) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Pham Van Que presented to A/DCM on September 19 a non-paper on alleged "terrorist" Nguyen Huu Chanh, who has been the subject of an earlier diplomatic note (reftel) and other communications. Que made no formal request and there was no diplomatic n [...]	2003-09-24 01:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
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
03HANOI3350	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
03HANOI381	POSITIVE ON ASEAN COUNTERTERRORISM INITIATIVES [...] (U) According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs ASEAN Department (MFA/ASEAN) expert Nguyen Thanh Huy, the GVN "is fully committed" to the international struggle against terrorism and will accede to ASEAN's "Agreement on Information Exchange and Establishment of Communication Procedures" signed [...]	2003-02-18 08:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM ARF ASEAN CNARC
03HANOI688	Vietnam: Second Annual BTA Joint Committee [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DUSTR Jon Huntsman led the U.S. delegation and Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu headed the GVN side at the plenary session of the second annual meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) [...]	2003-03-21 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR KTEX PREL VM
03HANOI821	COUNTERTERRORISM: VIETNAM COMMITTED TO WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GVN views ASEAN as an important framework for regional counterterrorism (CT) efforts and has consistently voiced support for regional and multilateral approaches. From Vietnam's perspective, the recently concluded ASEAN Regional Forum intersessional meeting on counterter [...]	2003-04-02 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL VM ASEAN ARF CTERR
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
03JAKARTA13041	INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...]	2003-11-28 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID
03KATHMANDU1391	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 19-25 [...] Maoist leaders responded to the Government of Nepal's (GON) invitation to sit for a third round of talks by issuing more demands as a prerequisite to dialogue (Reftel). The GON maintains that the peace process is not in jeopardy, but senior Maoist leaders increasingly talk of notably absent [...]	2003-07-25 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2323	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 22-28 [...] Forty Maoists, one Royal Nepal Army soldier and twelve police died in clashes this week, while twelve security personnel were injured. Maoists reportedly killed three civilians and abducted five. Three children died after bombs left by the insurgents exploded. Police seized a large cache o [...]	2003-11-28 06:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KUWAIT5561	(C) MAID IN KUWAIT: DOMESTIC SERVANTS FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The estimated half-million or so domestic servants in Kuwait lack a well-developed system to protect their rights, monitor working conditions, and resolve labor disputes. Source country embassies have filled the void and assist runaway domestics on an ad hoc basis, navigating thr [...]	2003-12-09 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI KU
03OTTAWA577	CANADA - 2002 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
03RANGOON1313	BURMA HOSTS "ACCORD" REGIONAL DRUG TASKFORCE; [...] (C) Summary: On Oct. 16 Burma hosted the law enforcement taskforce of the ASEAN region's cooperative counterdrug entity, ACCORD. Members agreed that amphetamines pose the biggest drug threat to the region, lauded UNODC computer-based training for law enforcement, and demonstrated varying degr [...]	2003-10-20 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PGOV EFIN BM
03RANGOON1623	BURMA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Burma is the world's second largest producer of illicit opium and the second largest cultivator of opium poppy. The gap between Burma and the number one producer of illicit opium and number one cultivator of poppy, Afghanistan, increased considerably in 2003. Burma remains the primary sourc [...]	2003-12-22 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER BM TAGS
03RANGOON517	EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...]	2003-04-30 00:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK
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
03RANGOON978	BURMESE DEPUTY FM: "U.S-BURMA RELATIONS AT ROCK [...] (C) Summary: Burma's Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) told us on August 12 that the country's ruling generals are deeply upset with new U.S. sanctions and concerned about their impact on the Burmese economy, but feel confident they can mitigate any negative consequences. He said that the 2003 B [...]	2003-08-13 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL BM
03ROME1032	FAO TERM LIMITS: OPTIONS [...] (C) THERE IS SHARP DIVISION IN THE OECD GROUP OVER TRANSITION MEASURES ON THE APPLICABILITY OF TERM LIMITS FOR THE CURRENT FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL (DG). THE EU IS READY TO ALLOW THE DG AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM (NON-RENEWABLE) IN 2005 AS PART OF A PACKAGE WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A [...]	2003-03-13 05:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC FAO
03ROME1380	FAO RIGHT TO FOOD WORKING GROUP: REPORT OF FIRST [...] SUMMARY: THE FIRST SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01380 01 OF 03 011149Z WORKING GROUP FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FO [...]	2003-04-01 11:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME1706	PREVIEW OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) WILL MEET MAY 12-16 IN ITS FIRST SESSION AFTER THE "WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER" RECONFIRMED ITS MANDATE TO MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARDS REACHING THE GOAL OF HALVING WORLD HUNGER BY 2015. THE CFS [...]	2003-04-23 08:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR FAO
03ROME1890	FAO RIGHT TO FOOD WORKING GROUP: INTERSESSIONAL [...] SUMMARY: THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET APRIL 28, 2003. THE BUREAU PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO THE SECRETARIAT ON [...]	2003-05-05 05:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME2716	WFP REVIEW OF 2002 GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS [...] WFP has just released a report on Global Food Aid deliveries in 2002 entitled "2002 Food Aid Flows, May 2003." The trends by geographic region are highlighted below. The data clearly reveals that the United States, which provided 64 percent of all global food aid and 50 percent of all emergenc [...]	2003-06-16 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME3195	E/VP 2004-0023 U.S. PERSPECTIVES ON MULTILATERAL [...] NOMINATION FOR THE U.S. MISSION TO THE UN CANDIDATE, MR. ROSELEY BIN KHALID FOLLOWS. NOMINATION IN EVDP FORMAT WILL FOLLOW BY SEPTEL. 2. BEGIN KHALID NOMINATION FORM: 1)FULL NAME OF VISITOR: ROSELEY BIN KHALID 2) CURRENT PROFESSIONAL TITLE OF VISITOR: AGRICULTURAL ATTACHE, EMBASSY [...]	2003-07-14 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO
03ROME4443	RIGHT TO FOOD: BUREAU MEETING TO PREPARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 15-19, THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED AS THE NORTH AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONA [...]	2003-09-29 06:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR PHUM EAID FAO
03ROME5747	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF SECOND SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome October 27-29. Delegations gave their initia [...]	2003-12-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
03ROME702	U.S. MISSION ROME AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN 2002 [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES IN ROME PROVIDES A VERY GOOD PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO A DIVERSE AND INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCE FROM DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A LOOK BACK AT THE MI [...]	2003-02-21 06:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP
03STATE23994	TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]	2003-01-28 02:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03TEGUCIGALPA1863	REPLACING PEREZ-CADALSO: HONDURAS SEEKS NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guillermo Perez-Cadalso Arias, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, is being sworn in this week as the president of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). In order to make himself eligible for the position, Perez-Cadalso officially resigned as Foreign Minister on J [...]	2003-08-07 14:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON HO
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE2298	RESPONSE TO SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TURKS (300,000),MOROCCANS (280,000),IRAQIS (33,000),SOMALIS (29,000) [...]	2003-09-12 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
03THEHAGUE2340	NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON [...] (C) Press reports (cited in reftels) have pointed to preparations for September 20-21 exploratory peace talks between the New People's Army and Government of the Philippines in Oslo. The Dutch government told us that NPA leader Sison has applied for permission to leave the Netherlands to att [...]	2003-09-17 13:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC RP NO EUN
03VATICAN3497	TAKING THE VATICAN TO TASK ON CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] (C) Following a post-Iraq war interview in which the Vatican's senior official for inter-religious dialogue had suggested the Administration's language during the Iraq war could have created a conviction in the Muslim world that the war was a war of religion, the Ambassador challenged the offi [...]	2003-08-01 15:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN4751	JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEAR CHAMPION OF HUMAN DIGNITY [...] (U) Pope John Paul II marked the 25th anniversary of his Pontificate October 16 with over 70,000 well-wishers in St. Peter's square. The Pope is one of the most compelling public figures of the 20th Century, and continues to garner international attention even as he struggles with physical li [...]	2003-10-17 11:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SOCI VT
03VATICAN4859	HOLY SEE GEARING UP FOR NOVEMBER BIOTECH CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Archbishop Renato Martino told visiting EB Biotech negotiator Peter Chase October 10 that the Holy See is in the final stages of planning for its November 10-11 conference on biotech foods. Although the Council for Justice and Pea [...]	2003-10-23 10:12:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PREL VT
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
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
04AMMAN1601	EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Following is Embassy Amman,s response to the Department,s action request in State 7869. The headings and lettering system are based on this request. --------- CHECKLIST --------- 2. A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked me [...]	2004-03-02 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB JO
04AMMAN4250	QIZ LABOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Employing more than 30,000 workers, more than half of whom are Jordanians, Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),are an important part of the Jordanian economy, especially the textile and apparel sector. Though working conditions are generally good, including for foreign workers, [...]	2004-05-27 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB JO
04AMMAN4855	JORDAN TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING OF [...] (C) King Abdullah and senior GOJ officials have strongly condemned the possible trafficking of third country nationals (TCNs) into Iraq from Jordan. The Minister of Interior promised the Ambassador that he would take firm action against unscrupulous labor recruiting agents and others complic [...]	2004-06-15 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP
04BRASILIA1005	ENERGY SECRETARY ABRAHAM MEETS BRAZILIAN MINISTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham traveled to Brasilia April 19 to meet with Brazil's Science and Technology Minister Campos, Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff, and Foreign Relations Minister Amorim, as a follow- up to the June 2004 Presidential Summit between President Bush and [...]	2004-04-28 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OVIP EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04COLOMBO1268	COLOMBO PLAN: REQUEST DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- please see Para Three. 2. (C) Mission has received Colombo Plan instructions in Ref (A) and will present points on August 4 in the Colombo Plan Council meeting. Prior to the Council meeting, we intend to query local representatives (Ambassadors) of other C [...]	2004-07-30 05:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR AORC IR CE
04COLOMBO1422	COLOMBO PLAN: DRAFT AMENDMENT FOR DRUG ADVISORY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Mission verifies that it is prepared to amend the existing Colombo Plan Letter of Agreement (LOA) to accept funding of 330,000 USD for the two projects: The Third Asian Youth Congr [...]	2004-08-26 09:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT PREL SNAR CE
04COLOMBO950	SOURCE REPORT ON MUSLIM MILITANCY IN SRI LANKA [...] (C/NF) On 6/01/04, RSO and RSO/FSNI interviewed former Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DII) desk officer M.I. CADER (Source) at Embassy Colombo (cell phone 0777-598768, email - iqbalcader@yahoo.co.in). Source was a former police academy classmate of the RSO/FSNI, is recently retired and [...]	2004-06-09 06:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
04FRANKFURT2923	Leading Frankfurt Prosecutor says Germany has a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutor Wolfgang Schaupensteiner -- Germany's leading expert on corruption -- says Germany needs stricter anti-corruption laws and a public awareness campaign to help overcome complacency. Authorities in Germany have fewer and less effective tools to fight corruptio [...]	2004-04-07 05:21:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM
04HANOI1837	Vietnam - DCM Meeting with Consular Department [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC KOCI PREL PTER VM CTERR HUMANR
04HANOI1993	EIGHTH WORKING PARTY ON VIETNAM'S WTO ACCESSION [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Eighth Working Party on the Accession of Vietnam to the World Trade Organization met June 15 in Geneva to continue its review of Vietnam's trade regime and plans to bring it into compliance with WTO standards. Vietnam's presentation reported progress especially in [...]	2004-07-16 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTRO WTO
04HANOI2107	ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...]	2004-07-29 09:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP

04HANOI2434	GVN EXPLAINS NEW ORDINANCE ON RELIGION [...] (U) Summary: According to Nguyen Thanh Xuan, Deputy Chairman of the GVN's Committee for Religious Affairs, Vietnam's Ordinance on Religion (reftels) - which will take effect on November 15 - was modeled on precedents from within Vietnam as well as on similar laws from other countries, includin [...]	2004-09-03 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI2745	VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...]	2004-10-06 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR
04HANOI2795	BURMA ADDRESSED IN LOW-SUBSTANCE ASEM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Predictions that ASEM-5 would be a talk shop lacking in substance proved for the most part accurate, but the Europeans successfully insisted on raising the Burma issue and including a reference to the political situation there in the Chairman's Statement. The event [...]	2004-10-13 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU PHUM BM VM ARF
04HANOI2857	PRC PM WEN'S VISIT TO HANOI: TRADE TAKES THE FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official visit to Vietnam yielded a number of agreements in the trade and development areas and a renewed commitment to make progress in demarcating the two countries' land border. Considerable daylight still remains between the two sides on t [...]	2004-10-21 06:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CH VM CVR WTO
04HANOI3092	VIETNAM'S AVIATION INDUSTRY TAKES OFF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnam's aviation industry is seeking to catch up with those of other countries in the region. The government has dramatically changed its approach to the industry by allowing foreign carriers to increase their share of the market, but the change is unlikely to harm its domestic [...]	2004-11-17 03:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
04HANOI330	TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...]	2004-02-06 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI535	YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...]	2004-02-25 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC
04HANOI582	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #14 [...] U) The WHO investigative team continues to report 23 confirmed human cases of H5N1, of which 15 have died. While the confirmed case count is unchanged, suspect cases are daily identified, many of which are ruled out. One new case occurred in a district of a province that had not reported case [...]	2004-02-27 07:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI998	LETTERS FROM FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (U) During the January visit of Senator Brownback, Father Nguyen Van Ly provided his staff with copies of letters -- written while in prison, in Vietnamese -- that he had written to Parliamentary audiences in Europe and the U.S. and to the Catholic hierarchy in Vietnam. (Reftel provides tr [...]	2004-04-09 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1302	VIETNAM: WAITING FOR A BIOTECH POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam may be close to adopting a policy that would allow it to use biotechnology to increase agricultural output and to improve the health of its citizens. Vietnam's position at a biotech crossroads was highlighted during the recent visit of plant biotechnology expert Dr. C.S [...]	2004-10-18 10:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY505	PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM: HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held technical talks in Hanoi with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) program, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting certain category eligibility under the orderly departure [...]	2004-04-22 12:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY782	HCMC TOURISM SEMINAR DRAWS LARGE CROWD, BUT CAN VIETNAM? [...] Despite recent setbacks from SARS and the avian flu, the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam has been growing steadily over the past decade. Provincial and local governments, as well as the central government, have been pushing to make Vietnam a top tourist and leisure destination. Yet the [...]	2004-06-09 05:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ETRD CASC VM
04JAKARTA12319	INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...]	2004-12-14 11:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID
04KUWAIT1258	(C) TIP: DISCUSSION WITH NUNCIO [...] (U) A/DCM met April 13 with Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, and Qatar and Apostolic Delegate for the Arabian Peninsula, who is resident in Kuwait and has served here over four years. 2. (C) The purpose of the meeting was to brief the Nuncio on th [...]	2004-04-17 10:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN PGOV KCRM SMIG KU
04KUWAIT1699	(C) CATHOLIC CHURCH OPERATES FREELY, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-30 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SOCI PREL KU
04KUWAIT2272	Kuwait Investment Climate Statement [...] Kuwait - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement a) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Kuwait. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Department of Comme [...]	2004-07-21 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KU OPIC
04KUWAIT2287	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 17-21: ICJ RULING, ARAFAT, [...] SUMMARY: Familiar criticism of U.S. policy in Israel, now relating to the ICJ ruling on the Israeli Wall, is being drowned out by harsh criticism of Palestinian Authority corruption and Arafat's leadership. Dr. Ayed Al-Mana' wrote in independent Al- Watan (7/19): "...Israeli aggression is not [...]	2004-07-21 15:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2425	(U) INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES IMPOSE BAN ON [...] (U) Action request at para 11. 2. (C) Summary. MFA reports that the Embassies of the Philippines and India, responding to a deteriorating security situation, requested GOK assistance on 3 August in banning travel of their nationals to Iraq. MFA, reportedly in order to provide USG an opp [...]	2004-08-04 03:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ETRD EAID PREL PHUM IN IZ KU
04KUWAIT2496	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: US MILITARY PRESSES INDIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted an August 5 meeting between representatives of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and representatives from the Indian and Phillipines Embassies concerning the travel ban that both India and the Philippines have imposed, prohibiting their natio [...]	2004-08-07 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP
04KUWAIT2542	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: IMPACT ON US MILITARY CONTRACTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff spoke on August 10 with the two major US military contractors transporting supplies for US operations in Iraq, to see how the travel ban preventing Indian and Filipino workers from entering Iraq is affecting their operations. Altanmia, which holds the Defense Energy Sup [...]	2004-08-10 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP
04KUWAIT3033	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: NEPAL ENFORCES BAN ON ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the murder of 12 Nepali workers in Iraq, Nepal is enforcing a travel ban to prevent its nationals from entering Iraq. US military officials and emboffs briefed Nepalese Charge Lok Bahadur Thapa on security and welfare provisions for Nepalis traveling in US military c [...]	2004-09-09 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ
04KUWAIT3683	US MILITARY, EMBASSY MEET WITH PAKISTANIS ON DRIVER BAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELAB ETRD IZ KU MOPS PHUM PK PREL
04KUWAIT3684	PHILIPPINES REQUESTS KUWAIT RECONSIDER DECISION TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ RP
04MADRID1619	SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...]	2004-05-07 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID2416	SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...]	2004-06-25 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN
04MADRID2963	SPAIN ENCOURAGES EU ACTION ON MAOIST VIOLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTDB NP SP EUN
04MADRID2964	SPAIN UNDETERRED BY FAHIM'S REMOVAL FROM VICE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 06:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SP
04MADRID3163	SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS [...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...]	2004-08-20 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON SP
04MANAMA1175	BAHRAIN - JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV BA OPIC
04MANAMA1891	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Hill said that Australia is staying in the Iraq coalition and is looking at how its forces can be more useful. DNSA [...]	2004-12-15 12:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AU IZ BA
04MANAMA339	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: [...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]	2004-03-11 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA431	BAHRAINI VIEWS ON IRAQ: WONDERING ABOUT IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad remains concerned about the extent of Shia and Iranian influence in Iraq but is strongly supportive of our efforts there. His son the Crown Prince urged us to take care with the de-Baathification process to avoid alienating Iraqi Sunnis. The King and Crown [...]	2004-03-29 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL IZ BA
04MAPUTO776	ECONOMIC ACTIVITIY INCREASES IN A REMOTE PROVINCE: CABO [...] (U) SUMMARY. More foreign operators are moving in to take advantage of resource-rich opportunities in the poor province of Cabo Delgado. Operators of Middle-Eastern, South Asian, and European descent, are bringing employment and increased production to the community, although the lack of infras [...]	2004-06-15 08:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ EAGR EFIS
04MUSCAT2053	OMAN LOBBIES FOR UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request for IO/T and NEA/APRI - please see para 4. 2. (U) As reported ref A, Oman is lobbying for its Permanent Representative at UNESCO, Dr. Musa bin Jaffar bin Hassan, to be elected to the presidency of the 33rd session of the UNESCO General Conference in 2005. To t [...]	2004-11-28 12:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MU
04PANAMA540	LA PRENSA FOUNDER ROBERTO EISENMANN SLAMS PANAMA'S [...] (C) Roberto Eisenmann, Jr., founder of Panama's anti-dictatorship daily newspaper La Prensa, since 1990 turned political maverick and op-ed gadfly, recently shared with POL Counselor some caustic commentary on what he called the "outrageous" attitude of Panama's political class and its corrup [...]	2004-03-04 19:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PM POL CHIEF
04RANGOON249	FILIPINO ENVOY MAKES LOW-KEY VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Filipino Foreign Secretary Albert made her debut visit to Burma February 18-19 to get to know her Burmese counterpart and to resurrect a moribund Burma-Philippines Joint Commission. Her public remarks were laudatory of regime road map efforts. However, she did not meet with the [...]	2004-02-25 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM RP
04ROME2331	2003 GLOBAL FOOD AID: BARELY COPING WITH [...] WFP has released its annual Global Food Aid report entitled "2003 Food Aid Flows," which highlights, despite a year of extraordinary emergencies, the steady downward trend in total food aid tonnages, particularly since 1999. For 2004, international prices for food aid commodities continue the [...]	2004-06-17 12:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04TAIPEI3845	TAIWAN DREAMS OF AN INDIAN CARD [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan dreams of parlaying closer economic, political, and educational ties with India into an economic and even strategic counterweight to China's regional dominance. India seeks Taiwan investment along with manufacturing and commercial expertise but rejects the idea of forming [...]	2004-12-06 05:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL TW IN
04TEGUCIGALPA654	APPREHENSION OF US FUGITIVES TEDDY LEE FRENCH AND CHRISTOPHER FRENCH; GFTI-04-9154; HONDURAS CCX: FRENCH, TEDDY, KY-04-0004/WGA2L [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, U.S. Fugitives Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were apprehended by the Honduran National Police and Frontier Police at the San Pedro Sula International Airport. Both Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were placed into the custody of Deputy U.S Marshals an [...]	2004-03-18 14:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HO NOTAG
04THEHAGUE1558	HCOPIL - SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION [...] SUMMARY: The second meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCOPIL) on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance took place June 7-June 18, 2004. Building on the work of the first meeting of the Special C [...]	2004-06-23 09:07:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KOCI HCOPIL CASC CJAN
04THEHAGUE174	RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: Legislation: --New TIP Bill Submitted to Lower House (Paras 2-4) Protection: --Parliament Discusses National TIP Report (5-10) --Dutch Government Sets Up Shelter in Angola (11- [...]	2004-01-26 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1791	UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff follow up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of th EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on reprodu [...]	2004-07-16 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1799	UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...]	2004-07-16 15:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1817	UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...]	2004-07-20 05:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04VATICAN3810	MOVING THE VATICAN ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: EMBASSY [...] (U) To build support within the Holy See and overcome opposition within the Catholic Church, Embassy brought together scientists, ethicists, and developing nation farmers to address a one-day conference on the moral imperative of using biotechnology to feed the world's hungry. Scientists from [...]	2004-10-01 15:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
04VATICAN4838	EMBASSY CONFERENCE PROMOTES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 15:29:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF VT
04WELLINGTON669	AMBASSADOR PRESSES PM CLARK ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Swindells met with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on August 3 to touch base on a number of issues. DCM accompanied as notetaker. The PM was backed by acting Senior Policy Advisor Brook Barrington and Americas Division Director (A/S equivalent) Roy Ferguson. 2. ( [...]	2004-08-05 05:06:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NZ
05ABUDHABI3074	TIP ACTION UPDATE: LABOR [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has taken a number of proactive steps since June 1 in response to the TIP Mini-Action Plan (reftel) that requires the UAE to establish shelters for trafficking victims, articulate how the UAEG will extend formal protection to domestic workers and other l [...]	2005-07-12 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC
05ABUJA1121	ALLEGED AL-QA'IDA THREAT PARALYZES ACTIVITIES IN [...] Fear and anxiety gripped the citizens of crisis-ridden Plateau State in Nigeria's Middle Belt following an alleged plan by the Al-Qa'ida terrorist group to unleash terror attacks on some parts of the state. Trepidation over the possibility of another religious conflict also became rife follo [...]	2005-06-23 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINR PTER KDEM KIRF NI MILITANTS
05ABUJA118	TRADE AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 10:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NI
05ALMATY4276	KAZAKHSTAN: AI-RELATED IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON [...] Summary: This cable responds to Reftel. Kazakhstan has placed import restrictions on poultry from countries where avian influenza has been detected. Additionally, some restrictions are in place on poultry from safe origin countries that transited a country covered by the import ban. Post is [...]	2005-12-02 08:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PGOV KZ USTR
05AMMAN8170	TREASURY ACTING A/S GLASER DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Acting A/S Daniel Glaser met with Finance Ministry and Central Bank of Jordan officials to discuss terrorism finance issues, including the status of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law and Arab Bank's follow-up to U.S. regulatory actions against it. He also explored Jor [...]	2005-10-14 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN JO
05AMMAN8521	FM RENEWS REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION IN CHALABI [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Kasrawi convoked Charge October 26 to renew the GoJ's request that the Department submit a statement of interest in the lawsuit that Iraqi Deputy PM Ahmed Chalabi is currently pursuing against the GoJ in a U.S. federal court. 2. (C) Kasrawi said that even tho [...]	2005-10-30 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
05ANKARA1878	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...]	2005-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA322	Suggested Services Market Access Priorities [...] As requested reftel, Embassy has ranked market access priorities for Turkey's services sectors. We have also consulted with the local American business chamber on these priorities. Rank 1 are the highest priorities and 5 are the lowest. In addition, market openness is rated as high, medium [...]	2005-01-18 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05BANGKOK1321	THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS/LABOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary. Senior Royal Thai police (RTP),accompanied by a post NGO anti-trafficking partner, traveled to Malaysia to enhance cooperation in countering the increasing cross-border trafficking of women and children. A low-ranking Thai policeman was convicted for trafficking a 14-year old g [...]	2005-02-23 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH TIP
05BANGKOK1578	ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY BURMA CAUCUS VISITS [...] (U) Summary. Several members of the informal Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus visited Thailand this week, hosted by Senator Kraisak Choonhavan, Chairman of the Thai Senate Foreign Relations committee. In a March 2 press conference, the Caucus called [...]	2005-03-03 11:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA ASEAN
05BANGKOK2838	THAILAND: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, on behalf of the entire Embassy community, I welcome you to Bangkok. You are visiting at an opportune point in our negotiations with the Thai on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra no longer distracted by elections and firmly back [...]	2005-04-26 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL PTER TH OVIP
05BANGKOK3283	THAILAND: DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 4, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, 2005 Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with Thai Foreign Minister Kanthati Suphamongkhon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In an 80-minute exchange, they covered key areas for inclusion in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, Thai endorsement of the Proli [...]	2005-05-18 04:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MARR TH
05BANGKOK3945	WORKING WITH THAILAND TO ENGAGE OTHER MILITARIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Thailand affords the United States a unique platform in Asia to work jointly with other Asian military forces, including those from Japan and Indonesia, and to conduct multinational peacekeeping, disaster relief and other exercises. Our largest exercise, Cobra Gold, is America [...]	2005-06-15 09:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK4238	THAILAND: CENSURE OF TRANSPORT MINISTER ENDS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Thai Parliament voted overwhelmingly and along party lines not to censure Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit for irregularities related to bribes reportedly paid by InVision Corporation to win a procurement contract for airport scanners at Bangkok's new international [...]	2005-06-29 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK5791	PM THAKSIN'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: PM Thaksin Shinawatra's September 19 meeting with the President presents an opportunity to underscore our deep and warm relations with Thailand and to build upon that relationship to strengthen our links to the rest of Southeast Asia. Thaksin is the strongest Prime Minister in Th [...]	2005-09-09 04:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP TH
05BANGKOK6094	THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objectives. The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to improve the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively its peacekeepin [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6511	DEMARCHE: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC - THAI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 12:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH UNSC UNGA BURMA
05BANGKOK6909	BANGKOK FY06 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB WORKPLAN [...] Summary: In FY06, the Regional Environmental Office (REO) based in Bangkok will continue its broad range of activities in 25 countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Three priority topics, however, will likely dominate the attention of this hub - avian influenza, efforts to combat illegal [...]	2005-11-04 01:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON TBIO TPHY TH
05BANGKOK7030	U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]	2005-11-10 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7045	A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETINGS AT THE ARF SEMINAR FOR [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. delegation at the ARF CBM Seminar on Missile Defense, held in Bangkok October 6 and 7, was led by Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker. In the plenary session and side meetings with numerous participants, Rademaker stressed three ke [...]	2005-11-10 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH ARF
05BANGKOK7458	THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: Recent activities have focused on child trafficking and child sex tourism in Thailand. A child sex tourism seminar was held in Bangkok under the auspices of the USG-supported Bali Process, with DHS/ICE representing the USG and providing a case study. The NGO IJM reports progres [...]	2005-12-02 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PREL SMIG PHUM EAID TH
05BANGKOK7573	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LABELING THE MILITANTS "BRN-C" [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Thai officials and foreign observers have struggled to identify the militant movement responsible for the resurgent violence in far southern Thailand that has claimed over 1,000 lives since January 2004. The initial government response -- to blame criminals or local po [...]	2005-12-09 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK7599	IMET IN THAILAND -- KEY TOOL FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] The International Military Education and Training Program (IMET) has been a vital tool for almost 30 years to improve the Thai military's ability to develop core skills and competence. In addition to providing world-class training through a wide range of courses, IMET has helped us create a [...]	2005-12-13 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MASS TH IMET
05BANGKOK918	POST REQUESTS TIMETABLE FOR PSYOP ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (SBU) On December 9, 2004, the 5th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion Commander, 4th Psyop Group, briefed the DCM on the Rewards for Information/Military Support to Public Diplomacy Programs. These programs have been successfully used by AmEmbassy Manila to assist the Philippines Go [...]	2005-02-04 01:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL
05BRUSSELS2202	MAY 22 COASI WORKING DINNER ON SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, EAP A/S Chris Hill participated in a COASI working dinner on Southeast Asia with EU representatives from the Luxembourg European Presidency, the European Commission, the European Council, and the incoming UK EU Presidency. The participants discussed North Korea, in add [...]	2005-06-08 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1123	BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...]	2005-05-12 13:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO
05CANBERRA1461	AUSTRALIA-PHILIPPINES MINISTERIAL FURTHERS CT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The inaugural Australia-Philippines Ministerial Meeting (APMM),held in Canberra August 11-12, focused on security issues, in particular strengthening joint efforts by Australia and the Philippines to combat the terrorist threat in the region. The two governments agreed to star [...]	2005-08-30 06:41:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AS RP
05CANBERRA1471	SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DEPTH [...] (C) Summary: Australian and Singaporean foreign, defense, and trade ministers exchanged views on security issues, counterterrorism, East Asian regional architecture, defense cooperation, and economic integration during the fifth biennial Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC [...]	2005-08-31 08:25:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD EINV EAIR MARR MOPS ECPS AS SN
05CANBERRA341	NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS CONSULTS ON NPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 10 consultations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra on preparations for the May 2005 Review Conference (RevCon) on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of th [...]	2005-02-22 08:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA386	AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...]	2005-03-02 01:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS
05CANBERRA884	GOA COUNTERTERRORISM UPDATE: RELEASE OF CT BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia augmented its counterterrorism efforts in the Asia-Pacific region with its recent announcement of a four-year, A$40.3 million (USD$30.6 million) regional counterterrorism package and with progress on a counterterrorism memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan. [...]	2005-05-24 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK AS XC
05COLOMBO510	MALDIVES INVITES U.S. TO PARTICIPATE [...] On March 9, 2005, Post received a Diplomatic Note from the Republic of Maldives regarding the Maldive's participation in the March 17, 2005 ADB- sponsored Donors' Conference to be held in Manila, Philippines. The following is the text of the Dipnote. Begin text: Reference: (F2) CIR/200 [...]	2005-03-10 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON MV
05DOHA1132	ASIAN LABOR DEMOGRAPHICS AND EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Summary. Poloff hosted a group of Asian labor attaches for lunch on May 17. Labor attaches from Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka attended. Poloff also met individually with attaches from Bangladesh, China and India. For the most part, the attaches openly expressed [...]	2005-06-21 08:41:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM QA
05DOHA910	GOVERNMENT OF QATAR AGREES TO LEASE PROPERTY FOR [...] On 10 May, representatives of Christian churches in Qatar signed an agreement at the Foreign Ministry for a 50-year lease on a large piece of property in Doha on which they will erect six churches at their own expense. The churches will pay nominal leases of only a few hundred dollars a year, [...]	2005-05-22 11:58:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL QA
05DUBLIN1264	IRISH/IRAQI SHI'A MUSLIMS WELCOME AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. On October 8, the Ambassador and two emboffs received a warm welcome at an Iftar celebration at the local Shi'a mosque in Dublin. Dr. Ali A. A. Al-Saleh, the Imam of the predominantly Iraqi Mosque, spoke out publicly in strong support of USG policy, stating that U.S. intervention [...]	2005-10-14 11:12:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAO
05GENEVA1211	MEETING OF THE WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON- [...] SUMMARY. The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva on April 25-29, 2005 to continue discussions on tariff formula options, treatment of unbound tariffs, sector tariff liberalization, issues of concern to developing countries, and non-tariff barriers. The meeting moved [...]	2005-05-17 13:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1227	MEETINGS OF THE WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE [...] Summary/Overview: The WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation met for the third time this year on May 2-3 for a two-day highly substantive and constructive session. It was characterized by the predominance of papers sponsored by developing countries, the presence of unusual alliances for [...]	2005-05-19 12:22:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1238	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - FEBRUARY 7-25, 2005 [...] (U) Summary: The WTO services three week "mega cluster" took place in Geneva, February 7- 25, 2005. The meetings focused on preparations for revised offers indicatively due May 2005 with many "friends" groups presenting sector-specific proposals aimed at eliciting market access commitments [...]	2005-05-20 10:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTO
05GENEVA1320	MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MAY 26, 2005 [...] Begin Summary. The meeting of the WTO General Council on May 26, 2005 was punctuated by two significant decisions - 1) a decision to create a working party on the accession of Iran to the WTO, and 2) formal approval of Pascal Lamy to be the next WTO Director-General. Lamy's term will [...]	2005-05-31 12:52:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2370	REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]	2005-10-03 09:08:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2412	REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]	2005-10-06 12:08:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2505	OCTOBER 13, 2005 - MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE [...] The meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on October 13, 2005 featured a more upbeat atmosphere evident since the lift given to the process by the new U.S. agriculture proposal. Director-General Lamy and many other speakers observed a new impetus in the negotiations, while man [...]	2005-10-17 08:58:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2593	Meeting of the WTO General Council - October 19, 2005 [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. The General Council meeting on October 19, 2005 was shorter than usual in light of other DDA-related developments taking place simultaneously. Director-General Lamy began by recapping his comments at recent meetings of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and added that he wo [...]	2005-10-25 11:50:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2629	WTO REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: ENABLING CLAUSE [...] On October 3, 2005, the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules held an informal meeting devoted to discussing to the extent to which new transparency procedures being considered in the Doha Round for regional trade agreements (RTAs) should also cover RTAs entered into between developing countries unde [...]	2005-10-31 08:01:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD USTR WTRO
05GENEVA2668	REPORT ON NON-ARGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from October 10-14, 2005, to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]	2005-11-02 10:54:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2767	DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The effort grew out of concern th [...]	2005-11-10 11:38:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF
05GENEVA2781	WTO HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING - NOVEMBER 10, 2005 [...] Begin Summary. Following a report by Director-General Lamy on the lack of movement in recent informal consultations, WTO heads of delegation decided on November 10, 2005 to "recalibrate" their expectations for the upcoming Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China. At the same time, they als [...]	2005-11-16 03:15:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2798	WTO TRIPS COUNCIL October 25-26 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday October 25-26, 2005. Mr. CHOI Hyuck of Korea chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held in the morning of October 25, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon and conti [...]	2005-11-16 09:17:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA836	WTO TRIPS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION, MARCH 11, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council Special Session met on Friday, March 11, 2005. The Special Session is charged with negotiating a system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GI's) for wines and spirits eligible for protection in those WTO Members participating in the syst [...]	2005-04-01 13:15:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA837	WTO TRIPS COUNCIL, MARCH 8-9, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9, 2005. Mr. Tony Miller of Hong Kong, China chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held on the morning of March 8, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon of the fir [...]	2005-04-01 13:16:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA844	MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MARCH 31, 2005 [...] The General Council agreed on March 31, 2005 to extend by three months (until July 30, 2005) the time period for Members to negotiate compensation or withdraw concessions of their own in response to the EC's withdrawal of concessions as a result of EU enlargement to its new membership of 25. [...]	2005-04-04 07:29:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05HANOI1105	PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION IN THE NW HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Protestantism continues to grow rapidly in Vietnam's Northwest Highlands. Practitioners report few difficulties in Ha Giang and Lai Chau Provinces, but the situation in Dien Bien Province is more difficult. The introduction of Vietnam's new legal framework governing religion h [...]	2005-05-12 07:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE

05HANOI1143	VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMING AROUND WARILY [...] (C) Summary: After a rocky six months (ref A),China and Vietnam are knitting relations back together. An exchange of leader visits is in the works, the GVN is looking forward to a China-hosted conference on the Mekong and the Chinese Minister of State Security recently visited Vietnam for tal [...]	2005-05-17 08:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MOPS PGOV PREL SENV TW VM CVR
05HANOI1176	ITALIAN UNSC ENLARGEMENT PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ambassador to Vietnam called together diplomats from 20 other countries to describe the two plans for United Nations Security Council (UNSC) enlargement espoused by the "Coffee Club." He also noted that Italy had p [...]	2005-05-19 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT VM UNSC
05HANOI1301	VIETNAM: STOPPING SATELLITE SIGNAL PIRACY BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Industry representatives have now confirmed the long held suspicion that unauthorized television signals from major foreign right holders are being distributed in Vietnam and identified several of the culprits. Vietnam Electronic & Informational Corporation, apparently a state [...]	2005-06-03 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV VM IPROP SOE
05HANOI1682	ASEAN, ARF, and the EAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is actively preparing for the July ASEAN ministerial in Vientiane, where ASEAN will adopt a formal position on the East Asia Summit (EAS). There is momentum in favor of the decision to invite India to participate in the EAS, but Australia's participation is still not a [...]	2005-06-27 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM ARF ASEAN
05HANOI1782	VIETNAM APPROVES OF U.S.-SINGAPORE STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points July 11 to Hoang Xuan Hai, Section Chief in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Asia II Department. Defense Attache delivered the same points July 12 to Senior Colonel Nguyen Quang Bieu, Section Chief in the External Relations Department of the Minist [...]	2005-07-13 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL SN VN
05HANOI2164	VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...]	2005-08-22 04:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO
05HANOI246	ASIA-PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thirteenth Annual Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) was held in Ha Long January 10 to 13. The U.S. Congressional was headed by Senator Daniel Akaka and included Representative Darrell Issa. The Forum expressed sympathy for tsunami victims and passed 22 non- binding [...]	2005-01-28 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
05HANOI247	(C) CHINESE MISSTEPS IN VIETNAM ARE A U.S. [...] (C) Summary: A series of low-grade conflicts in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Spratly Islands since the summer of 2004 that have received significant media attention in Vietnam has corroded Vietnam-China relations. In all of these incidents, Vietnamese press reports have depicted China as a "bull [...]	2005-01-28 10:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG VM CVR
05HANOI2515	EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Assistant Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, the Ambassador and EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on September 27. After praising the momentum and goodwill that the Vietnamese Prime [...]	2005-09-29 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP AMGT ABLD VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP APEC ASEAN WTO
05HANOI3099	VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...]	2005-11-23 07:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR VM CTERR
05HANOI3240	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since the confirmed October 29 death of a Hanoi man. The total number of active AI-affected provinces and cities decreased to 15 out of Vietnam's 64 provinces and cities, but localized poultry outbreaks have spread. Th [...]	2005-12-09 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI3256	Codel Chris Smith Discusses Human Rights, TIP with [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman (and vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with two of Vietnam's most seasoned America experts, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblywoman Madame Ton Nhu Thi Ninh in separate meetings. C [...]	2005-12-13 03:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP VM TIP HUMANR RELFREE APEC ASEAN
05HANOI3385	VIETNAM'S FISCAL POLICY: STILL MUCH ROOM FOR [...] (U) Summary: After two years of implementation, it id clear that the 2002 "Law on State Budget," which came into effect on January 1, 2005, has significantly improved Vietnam's budgetary fiscal transparency. Other new laws and regulations have helped modernize Vietnam's revenue collection and [...]	2005-12-29 23:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM FINREF SOE
05HANOI366	NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China [...] (SBU) Summary: The complicated Vietnam-China relationship is at a relatively weak point, with the traditional friendship of the two ruling Communist Parties tested by bilateral incidents and rising distrust of China's motives in Asia, according to Vietnamese think tank and foreign policy offic [...]	2005-02-16 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN
05HANOI468	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO
05HANOI575	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 04:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN
05HOCHIMINHCITY1118	CENTRAL VIETNAM'S CHU LAI OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE: STILL [...] (SBU): Quang Nam province in central Vietnam is preparing to develop as central Vietnam's industrial hub with a massive open economic zone (OEZ) in Chu Lai. The Chu Lai zone covers 30,000 hectares and includes a seaport, airport, tourism areas and an industrial zone. Quang Nam provincial lea [...]	2005-10-27 10:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD EAIR EWWT VM
05KATHMANDU1303	INDIAN DCM HINTS MAOIST LEADERS DETAINED IN INDIA [...] (S/NF) Indian DCM V.P. Haran met with CDA at his request on June 13. He requested information about the mid-May trip to Afghanistan by Embassy Kathmandu's DATT and USAID Director along with the Vice Chairman of Nepal's Planning Commission and an RNA officer. CDA explained that the purpose [...]	2005-06-15 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID IN NP
05KUWAIT113	KUWAIT 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, included below is the full text of Embassy Kuwait's 2005 Investment Climate Statement. 2. ---------------------------- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approv [...]	2005-01-09 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05KUWAIT1711	EMBASSY KUWAIT VALIDATION STUDY ON DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kuwait has completed a nonimmigrant visa validation study on domestic employee B1 visa recipients. The purpose of this study was to measure the overstay and non-return rates for B1 visa holders with Kuwaiti sponsors, as well as the B1 sponsors' compliance with U.S. labo [...]	2005-04-26 16:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD PHUM KU
05KUWAIT2229	KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...]	2005-05-24 16:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT263	KUWAIT'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING PUBLIC AWARENESS ESF [...] Post requests ESF funding for an anti-trafficking in persons campaign targeted primarily at East and South Asian workers, the most vulnerable labor communities in Kuwait. Project FALCON (Fostering Awareness about Labor CONditions) would increase public awareness of trafficking in Kuwait, a des [...]	2005-01-17 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC KU
05KUWAIT3412	TIP UPDATE: GOK BRIEFS VISITORS ON ACTIONS TO [...] (U) Summary: G/TIP Ambassador John Miller and Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited Kuwait July 26-27 to assess GOK progress to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June 3 release of the 2005 TIP Report, which ranked Kuwait at Tier 3. The 60-day grace period for Kuwait to demonstrate [...]	2005-08-02 08:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU
05KUWAIT3775	PM URGES ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN, SYRIA; CALLS FOR [...] (S) Summary: During Ambassador's 30-minute conversation with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Sief Palace August 23, the PM urged the U.S. to heed his advice and engage Iran and Syria. He provided updates on GOK progress in counterterrorism and human traffickin [...]	2005-08-23 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KU
05KUWAIT4914	MINISTER AL-HAJJI DISCUSSES COMBATTING TIP, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji briefed Ambassador November 28 on GOK discussions to establish a shelter for domestic workers as part of efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). He highlighted other GOK measures including proposed revisions to the curren [...]	2005-11-28 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB PTER KU
05LIMA2027	USTR DISCUSSES MOBILE TERMINATION RATES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the ninth round of U.S.-Andean Free Trade negotiations, USTR lead telecommunications negotiator Ken Shagrin met with both the Ministry of Communications (MTC) and Osiptel (Peru's telecommunications regulator) to discuss the lack of competition in the telecommunications [...]	2005-05-03 17:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD EINV PE
05MADRID100	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March, 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish l [...]	2005-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB SP OPIC USTR
05MANAMA103	BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]	2005-01-25 04:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA339	BAHRAIN: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that in January 2005, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) was divided into two separate ministries, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. As the Ministry of [...]	2005-03-08 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA
05MANILA1056	FURTHER PROGRESS IN COUNTERTERRORISM SCENARIO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The second in a series of USG-GRP staff talks on the development of counterterrorism cooperation scenarios produced progress, with a notable "climate change" on the RP side in the wake of the February 14 terrorist bombings in Manila and Mindanao. The two sides reached consensus [...]	2005-03-07 06:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1059	DEFENSE SECRETARY FOCUSED ON PDR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz has made Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) the centerpiece of his tenure, and is also focused on ending the country's multiple insurgencies within the first six years of the 18-year PDR program. His new approaches include the "500 barangay" program, which wi [...]	2005-03-07 08:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER AS NZ JA RP
05MANILA106	MADRASAH TEACHER TRAINING PROJECT UNDERWAY IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A $400,000 DRL-sponsored "Madrasah Teacher Training Project" is now underway in the Philippines to train 28 madrasah educators in U.S. educational practices and values. Upon their return to the Philippines, they are expected to share what they learned via specified local proj [...]	2005-01-10 06:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI RP
05MANILA1061	RECRUITMENT COMPANIES AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recruiting Filipinos to work abroad is an important national industry in the Philippines. The GRP regulates and licenses recruitment companies through the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency [...]	2005-03-07 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PHUM KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON RP
05MANILA1098	MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH [...] (U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, the only such city in the Philippines. The city of 125,000 is 96-percent Muslim. The main campus of Mindanao State University, located in Marawi, is a nonethe [...]	2005-03-09 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP
05MANILA1257	ROMULO'S CHINA TRIP FIXES DATES FOR PRESIDENT HU [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs China Director Maria Theresa Almojuela, the main purpose of Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo,s February 28-March 2 visit to SIPDIS China was to fix the timing for President Hu Jintao,s state visit to the Philippines, which is now set for April [...]	2005-03-17 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS CH RP
05MANILA1258	RP-JAPAN POLITICAL SECURITY TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever Philippine-Japanese political security talks allowed both sides to exchange views on China, North Korea, terrorism, and other issues. While few concrete results emerged from the one-day discussions, they did establish the framework for a continuing and developing [...]	2005-03-17 08:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS JA RP
05MANILA1348	THIRD COUNTERTERRORISM STAFF TALKS SET STAGE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The third in a series of counterterrorism scenario staff talks clarified the parameters of possible enhanced US-Philippine cooperation, setting the stage for a tentatively scheduled flag officer-level seminar in May that will examine the key issues for key decision makers, especi [...]	2005-03-23 07:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PTER RP
05MANILA1350	PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCES ARREST OF INDONESIAN JI [...] (SBU) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced at a March 22 press conference its units had captured Rohmat (aka Zaki aka Zaky aka Hamdan aka Akil aka Jeji),an Indonesian suspected of serving as a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) liaison to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). According to the AFP, [...]	2005-03-23 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MANILA1401	LEFTISTS CLAIM SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN TO KILL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen have already killed up to eighteen members of leftist front groups including Bayan Muna -- a political party closely associated with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) -- since the beginning of 2005. Leftist leaders have claimed that there [...]	2005-03-29 08:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP
05MANILA1451	TERRORIST NPA STEPS UP ANTI US THREATS ON ITS 36TH [...] (C) Summary. The Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA),designated by the US as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2002, has increased its level of rhetoric against the USG and the GRP. While the themes of the CPP/NPA's public statements remain focused against US m [...]	2005-03-30 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS RP
05MANILA1456	GRP GEARS UP FOR MILF TALKS, POSSIBLE DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. The next GRP/MILF talks will take place in Kuala Lumpur April 16-18. The GRP remains optimistic about a peace accord "this year," in part based on a recent friendly meeting in Maguindanao between the head of the GRP panel and MILF Chairman Murad that the Malaysians set up. Coo [...]	2005-03-31 00:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PREL RP PGOV
05MANILA1506	LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extortion in training; 2) ineffectual and politically manipulated Internal Affairs; 3) financial mismanagement; and, 4) procurement and resource mismanagement. PNP [...]	2005-04-01 06:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP
05MANILA1507	CAPTURE OF ARAB TERRORIST [...] (U) In a March 31 press conference at Edwin Andrews Air Base in the southern Mindanao city of Zamboanga, Philippine security officials presented to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) and the media a captured terrorist suspect, Kuwait-born Fawaz Zaki Ajjur, who had traveled on a Palestin [...]	2005-04-01 06:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC PINS UP MY RP
05MANILA1529	Preparations for August 8 ARMM elections [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 1.1 million people are registered for the August 8 election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Election officials hope for the first time to use automated counting machines, originally purchased for the May 2004 nationwide elections but subsequently impou [...]	2005-04-04 00:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI RP
05MANILA1543	Strong reaction to death of Pope John Paul II [...] (U) Summary: The Philippines has reacted with deep sorrow to news of the death of Pope John Paul II. President Arroyo announced an official mourning period that will last until the Pope's funeral, which she plans to attend. The Catholic Church will hold a requiem mass in honor of Pope John [...]	2005-04-04 05:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI RP VT
05MANILA1549	EMBASSY SPEAKERS' PROGRAM A BIG HIT WITH MINDANAO STATE [...] Summary. As part of the Embassy Speakers' Program, Assistant Information Officer Ruth Urry delivered two speeches to students at Mindanao State University and the Zaid Bin Thabit Qur'anic Center on March 17 in Marawi City, part of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). AIO Urry spok [...]	2005-04-04 08:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KIRC OPRC PHUM KWMN OIIP KISL PGOV RP
05MANILA1594	ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo told Admiral Fallon during his March 28-30 visit she intends to move Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters to Pagadian in order to take the fight closer to Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists. National Defense Secretary Cruz's focus on [...]	2005-04-06 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PTER PINS PREL RP
05MANILA1595	LATEST KILLING OF JOURNALIST SPARKS OUTRAGE [...] (U) Summary: The shooting of a well-known journalist in Mindanao on March 24 marked what media organizations say is the fourth of a journalist this year and has sparked new public outrage. The House of Representatives plans a hearing and the Catholic Church has condemned the attack. The Ph [...]	2005-04-06 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA1597	REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST SUPPORT FOR DEA TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Action request -- DEA Manila Country Office, with support of the Mission's Law Enforcement Working Group, requests $5,000 in funding assistance from Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JIATF-W) to meet P [...]	2005-04-06 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM MARR MASS PGOV RP
05MANILA1614	FIGHTING THE GWOT IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (S) Summary. Terrorism is a disturbingly ordinary, ongoing reality here. The southern Philippines lies along a strategic fault line in the global campaign against terrorism, with its porous borders, weak rule of law, long-standing and unaddressed grievances of Muslim minorities, and high [...]	2005-04-07 07:26:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL RP
05MANILA1618	TIP UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Mission has underscored to the GRP the possibility that the U.S. might place the Philippines on the TIP Tier 3 list due to lack of convictions and allegations of official corruption, among other reasons. We have repeatedly requested comprehensive statistics about prosecutions an [...]	2005-04-07 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB KCOR RP JA
05MANILA1641	CORRUPTION UPDATE: PLUNDER CHARGES (AT LAST) [...] (C) Summary: The Ombudsman filed plunder charges on April 6 against Major General Carlos Garcia and his immediate family members, while his court martial continues. Neither case is expected to conclude soon, however. The GRP has also filed new charges against 21 officials in the Department [...]	2005-04-08 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON RP
05MANILA1716	BUILDING A BRIDGE ON TAWI-TAWI [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy believes the number one USPACOM FY05/FY06 humanitarian assistance objective in the Philippines should be the Tawi-Tawi bridge project. The project will have a strategic impact on the "rat-line" terrorists use to enter and leave the Philippines. Although much smaller in [...]	2005-04-14 05:49:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS EAID RP
05MANILA1773	AFP NARROWLY MISSES JI/ASG TERRORIST TARGETS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Light reaction companies of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) narrowly missed capturing the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist Dulmatin and senior Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders Khaddafy Janjalani and Abu Solaiman during a tightly compartmented April 15-16 raid on the terrori [...]	2005-04-18 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	MOPS PTER MASS PREL PINS RP
05MANILA1774	LATEST VIGILANTE KILLINGS IN CEBU - NO END IN SIGHT [...] (U) Summary: Summary executions of suspected criminals by "death squads" in Cebu are continuing at an alarming rate. According to media reports, suspected vigilantes have killed at least 41 people since December 2004. Civil society groups have condemned the extrajudicial killings, but much [...]	2005-04-18 23:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA1792	STREAMLINING TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS IN THE [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paras 7-8. 2. (SBU) Summary. One of the key tasks facing the Philippines (GRP) in its struggle against terrorism is streamlining the currently excessive length and unwieldy number of defendants in terrorism trials. The Mission's Law Enforcemen [...]	2005-04-19 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC RP
05MANILA1799	POSSIBLE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we would warmly welcome your visit in May and hope that you can make it. Your visit would be timely. The GRP may be even less stable than it appears -- yet paradoxically, far more capable of deliberate, positive redirection and reform than is now obvious. The Philippines [...]	2005-04-20 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PTER RP
05MANILA1808	The "Masa" as a Political Force [...] (SBU) Summary: The underprivileged and impoverished "masa" remains a potentially significant but largely unorganized political force. The once-influential Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) party of former President Estrada has claimed success in renewing the party's membership and effectivenes [...]	2005-04-20 08:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI RP
05MANILA1817	GRP'S NSC GROPES FOR ANSWERS TO "ISLAMIST [...] (C). Summary and Comment: National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales provided Ambassador with a copy of a report he presented to the Philippine National Security Council on March 29 regarding Islamist extremism in the Philippines. Gonzales has asked us to treat it with due discretion but ha [...]	2005-04-21 03:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1839	VAT PROPOSALS THREATHEN POWER SECTOR REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Value Added Tax (VAT) proposals filed in both Houses of Congress contain provisions detrimental to the government's efforts to strengthen and restructure the power sector. In particular, replacing the current "zero rating" for power generating firms with a value added tax (VAT [...]	2005-04-22 01:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV EAID RP
05MANILA1840	Senate Passes Value Added Tax Bill [...] (U) Summary: The Philippine Senate approved on April 13 proposed amendments to the value-added tax law. Bicameral conference committee hearings are deliberating over the House and Senate proposals, with a reconciled bill targeted for signing by President Macapagal-Arroyo on April 30. The ex [...]	2005-04-22 02:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA1847	BUILDING MOMENTUM BEHIND REWARDS FOR JUSTICE [...] (U) Action request: To build momentum behind the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in the Philippines (as recommended in ref a),we urge the inter-agency committee led by DS to publicize specific payout amounts and to adopt an expedited rewards approval process for the capture of the followin [...]	2005-04-22 06:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID RP
05MANILA1853	INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT CAPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf's state visit produced a new counterterrorism cooperation agreement that will regularize and expand intelligence exchanges between Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Musharraf [...]	2005-04-22 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL PK IN RP
05MANILA1857	LATEST GRP/MILF TALKS STEP UP MOMENTUM TOWARD PEACE [...] (C) Summary. The GRP is pleased by the April 18-20 GRP-MILF talks and views a peace accord as do-able by the end of 2005. The latest talks seemed to lead to a meeting of minds on how to define ancestral domain and set up a mechanism for delineating territory. The GRP believes that existin [...]	2005-04-22 09:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS RP MY
05MANILA1889	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK [...] (U) Manila is our fourth largest post, with about 265 American employees and 1000 locally engaged staff. Our aim is to be the United States' best. The mission of our team of 26 USG agencies is to revitalize and carry to maturity the US-Philippine partnership and alliance by strengthening ou [...]	2005-04-26 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PTER EAID ECON MARR RP
05MANILA1897	COMBATING CHILD LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Two DOL-funded programs in the Philippines (as well as elsewhere in the region) are now focused on combating child labor. According to the GRP, over four million children are currently forced to work full time. Of these, 2.4 million are working in hazardous jobs such as mining, deep-sea [...]	2005-04-27 01:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM ECON RP
05MANILA1909	PROPOSED MOU FOR THE "MAPP" [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (U) Noting that the Philippine National Police (PNP) -- at the instigation of Philippine Ambassador to Washington Del Rosario -- was now interested in pursuing a "Management Assessment of the Philippine Police" with the USG that would parall [...]	2005-04-27 08:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM SOCI KCOR PTER PGOV PINS ASEC RP
05MANILA1954	CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO VISITS MANILA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao focused primarily on economic and trade issues, with apparently no discussion of improving military-to-military ties. Although Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Xiong Guang Kai plans a trip Manila in May, observers do not e [...]	2005-04-29 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR CH RP
05MANILA1955	JOLO LOCALS WELCOME US ATTENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador's April 22 visit to Jolo Town, the capital of Sulu Province, centered on handover ceremonies for several USAID-funded assistance programs including road projects, village electrification, and Internet-linked computers for an elementary school. USAID Manila Mission [...]	2005-04-29 08:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA1960	PDR SHIFTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the personal direction of Defense Secretary Cruz, Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) is moving to SIPDIS the implementation phase. The GRP has requested three additional US experts to complement the nine already in place to carry out an ambitious, but well thought through [...]	2005-04-29 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP
05MANILA1961	COTABATO MAYOR PROTESTS USAID PROJECT SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema has attempted to instigate a local media and public outcry against the US, and specifically USAID activities in his municipality. His agitation is in response to a letter from USAID Mission Director Yates, at the direction of Ambassador, informing the [...]	2005-04-29 10:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAID KISL PINS ASEC CASC RP
05MANILA1987	EMBRACING THE DRAGON: THE PHILIPPINES DEEPENS [...] (SBU) With the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Philippines has taken stock of its expanding economic relationship with China and deepened its relationship with its dominant neighbor with respect to investment, trade and economic assistance. The glow of bilateral friendship encourage [...]	2005-05-02 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR PREL RP
05MANILA1988	MALACANANG DOWNPLAYS LATEST DESTABILIZATION PLOT [...] (C) Summary. Former Defense Secretary Fortunato Abat and other retired officials stirred fresh coup plot jitters on April 30 when they publicly called for a "revolutionary transition government" to replace the current administration. Malacanang downplayed the move, while the GRP continues to [...]	2005-05-02 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PINR ELAB RP
05MANILA2014	PHILIPPINES EXPECT BURMA TO RELINQUISH ASEAN CHAIR [...] (C) In meeting with Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on May 2, Ambassador urged the GRP -- and Romulo, personally -- to continue to work within ASEAN to push Burma toward democratic change and release of Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as other key roadmap goals, as Romulo had done at the ASEAN Fo [...]	2005-05-03 06:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM RP ASEAN
05MANILA2016	ENGAGING THE SAUDIS ON GWOT EFFORTS IN THE [...] (S/NF) In a meeting on May 2, Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Romulo of our concern about the role Saudi-based SIPDIS financiers appear to be playing in Mindanao by channeling money to terrorists linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). He noted that there has [...]	2005-05-03 06:58:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PREL SA RP XC XF
05MANILA2042	DEPORTATION OF SAUDI TERROR SUSPECT AT BEHEST OF [...] (S/NF) Summary. A new case of Saudi diplomatic interference, protection, and deportation of a suspected terrorist financier underscores the ambiguous role of official and unofficial Saudi nationals here in the Philippines. While the most recent case could serve as an opportunity for coopera [...]	2005-05-04 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PREL SA RP XC XF
05MANILA2142	BISHOPS LASH OUT AT PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: In a recent press conference, three left-leaning Catholic bishops accused President Arroyo of not doing enough to help the poor, and said they would participate in a "national day of mourning and protest" on June 12. Separately, in public testimony in the House on May 3, Archbi [...]	2005-05-11 21:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KCOR PHUM SOCI RP
05MANILA2167	Bill Gives President VAT Increase Authority [...] (U) Summary: Congress ratified final language this week that keeps the value added tax (VAT) rate at 10% but mandates the President to raise the VAT rate to 12% in 2006. President Arroyo will sign the legislation next week and promised to approve the VAT hike in January. The bill eliminat [...]	2005-05-12 05:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA2172	ENLISTED OAKWOOD MUTINEERS COP A PLEA [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) military tribunal accepted a plea bargain for about 190 enlisted men who participated in the failed July 2003 "Oakwood" mutiny. They will return to active duty status but with demotions and loss of pay. They will likely be [...]	2005-05-12 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AADP ASEC MOPS PGOV PINR PREL RP PINS PTER
05MANILA2174	MORE ON HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, PRC President Hu Jintao's state visit was a "normal" component of Beijing's outreach to the region. Visits by the PRC Vice Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army are on the agenda as part of the war [...]	2005-05-12 23:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EPET ECON CH RP
05MANILA2200	NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN COMBATING [...] (U) Summary: The Philippines has many top quality NGOs focused on trafficking in persons (TIP) and they enjoy a close working relationship with the Philippine government. Key NGOs making contributions in prosecution (a unique feature of Philippine law permits NGOs to press forward cases as p [...]	2005-05-13 05:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN ELAB RP
05MANILA2241	MORE JOURNALISTS SLAIN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two more journalists have been slain in the Philippines in the past two weeks. This brings to five the number of killings of journalists this year, according to most sources. Police appear t [...]	2005-05-16 07:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA2277	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secretary on May 5 that she considered the U.S. to be the SIPDIS Philippines' closest partner in dealing with security, economic and other issues. She confirmed that her go [...]	2005-05-18 06:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID
05MANILA2278	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-terrorism legislation will be on top of the Arroyo Administration's agenda once the Philippine Congress passes a value added tax. GRP officials told Deputy Secretary Zoellick they hope to rally support around an [...]	2005-05-18 06:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP ECON ETRD EFIN KISL
05MANILA2335	DEFENSE SECRETARY MAKES STRONG PUBLIC CASE FOR PDR [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech at the prestigious Manila Overseas Press Club, Secretary of National Defense Cruz made a strong public pitch for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR),saying it would allow the Philippines to defeat the multiple insurgencies and terrorist threats facing the country. [...]	2005-05-20 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PINS PTER CH RP
05MANILA2356	ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate in the Philippines but under increasing scrutiny. Police and immigration authorities have lamented the lack of resources and enforcement mechanisms to keep [...]	2005-05-23 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP
05MANILA2406	POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary: Party organizations are relatively weak in the Philippines and are overshadowed by the influence of personalities. Parties tend to coalesce around popular political leaders during electoral campaigns due to the desire for patronage, but otherwise are underfunded, without clear [...]	2005-05-26 05:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA249	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) North Koreans have access to the same international protection offered other refugee groups in the Philippines. The Philippines is the only country in Southeast Asia to have signed the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees and to have an institutionalized regime of refugee protection. The Depar [...]	2005-01-14 08:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KN KS RP
05MANILA2555	CHILD PRISONERS HELD IN ADULT FACILITIES IN THE [...] (U) Summary: According to official and NGO sources, approximately 1,500 children are currently incarcerated among the adult inmate population in the Philippines. NGOs strongly advocate that the GRP work to segregate children from the general prison population. The GRP says it is trying to d [...]	2005-06-01 06:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KOCI SOCI ELAB RP
05MANILA2559	MILF CONSULTATION: A FRESH MANDATE AND OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) held a three-day public consultation on the outskirts of Cotabato City May 29-31 to renew its negotiating mandate before heading into the next round of peace talks with the GRP. GRP officials describe the event as "the largest show of mass appro [...]	2005-06-01 07:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PREL MOPS MY LY RP
05MANILA2578	CORRUPTION UPDATE: "JUETENG"; GARCIA; ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Amid a recent swirl of allegations involving the first family, a witness at a May 30 Senate investigation of "jueteng" (illegal lottery games) accused the President's son, Congressman "Mikey" Arroyo, of receiving profits from the game. President Arroyo dismissed the accusations [...]	2005-06-02 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA2590	STAYING ENGAGED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. US counterterrorism assistance, ranging from operations/intelligence fusion support for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to RMAS' involvement with the Philippine National Police (PNP),has helped the Philippines register some counterterrorism successes in 2004 and 2005. [...]	2005-06-03 04:24:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINS ASEC MOPS PINR RP
05MANILA2599	TIP: PHILIPPINES BRIEFED ON 2005 REPORT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Acting Polcouns on June 3 reviewed the Philippine portion of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with Ruth Morales Prado, Executive Director of the Office of American Affairs at the Department o [...]	2005-06-03 05:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC KPAO KWMN RP
05MANILA2626	PALACE ASSERTS THAT OPPOSITION IS TRYING TO USE [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye publicly stated June 5 that Malacanang was worried that the opposition was trying to use an alleged tape of presidential conversations as part of a destabilization plot. Bunye also stated that the opposition claimed that the tape had come fr [...]	2005-06-06 06:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PINR RP
05MANILA2660	TIP: GRP BEGINNING TO FOCUS ON CYBERSEX DANGERS [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government is slowly beginning to react to reports that cybersex is an increasing contributor to the trafficking in persons (TIP) problem in the Philippines. Most cybersex dens op [...]	2005-06-08 08:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB KOCI TINT RP
05MANILA2670	PHILIPPINES CORRUPTION: BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (C) Influential members of the Manila business community increasingly express concerns about how corruption is undermining the RP's economic outlook. According to long-time Embassy contact Washington Sycip, who is widely respected as among the top economic observers in the country, corruption [...]	2005-06-09 05:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP
05MANILA2675	MILF VALIDATING WANTED TERRORIST LIST FROM GRP [...] (SBU) Below is a list of 53 suspected militants provided to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (a copy has been faxed to EAP/PMBS). MILF officials have publicly stated they are in the process of "validating" the list, and the names will form [...]	2005-06-09 06:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP
05MANILA2691	DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLING TO TACKLE TOUGH POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary of National Defense Cruz appears ready to explore three key policy questions in the US-RP defense relationship: combined rules of engagement; a legal framework for counterterrorism cooperation; and cooperative security locations. In doing so, his emphasis seems to be o [...]	2005-06-10 04:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PTER RP
05MANILA271	FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA RETURNS TO THE [...] (C) Summary: Former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada returned to Manila on January 15 after undergoing knee surgery in Hong Kong. Despite concerns that there could be a confrontation between his supporters and authorities, Estrada's return was uneventful, with police whisking him off via hel [...]	2005-01-18 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON PINR RP
05MANILA2712	SETBACK IN GARCIA GRAFT CASE [...] (C) Summary: The recent ruling in the corruption trial of former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Garcia that his wife cannot be charged as a co-conspirator poses a serious threat to the prosecution's case. Though the prosecutors intend to appeal the ruling, [...]	2005-06-14 03:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP

05MANILA2730	FIRMS PERCEIVE PERVASIVE [...] Summary: A recently released "Social Weather Station" survey indicated that Filipino business executives perceive a "very high" and "steady" level of corruption in public agencies and a "serious" level of corruption in the private sector. The survey will probably erode confidence among po [...]	2005-06-14 07:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP
05MANILA2731	PHILIPPINE POLITICS: ONE WEEKEND AT A TIME... [...] (C) Summary: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo survived the Independence Day weekend despite protests and calls for her ouster by members of the opposition. Privately, high-level Administration officials thanked the Charge for the USG's role in calming the waters; Charge reiterated that our [...]	2005-06-14 08:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PINR MOPS RP
05MANILA2749	SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER TO VISIT MANILA; [...] (S/NF) Saudi Ambassador Wali has returned to Manila from what he characterized a "family" visit back to Riyadh (he said he escorted his mother and daughter here to Manila) and feigned surprise that our Embassy in Riyadh was engaged in a direct dialogue with his government about terrorist finan [...]	2005-06-15 23:43:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PREL KTFN RP SA
05MANILA2757	TIP: PHILIPPINE REACTION TO THE RELEASE OF THE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Local reaction to the Philippine narrative of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has been mixed, though basically positive. The media response -- aided by Mission's extensive outreach [...]	2005-06-16 06:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN ELAB PHUM RP
05MANILA2777	ARROYO UNDER PRESSURE TO EXPLAIN TAPES [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Congress is planning inquiries into an audiotape that the opposition says implicates President Arroyo in electoral fraud. Arroyo -- defending herself -- has condemned "irresponsible detractors" and her press secretary has announced that she has no plans to appear [...]	2005-06-17 06:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP
05MANILA281	GRP AND MILF EXPECT TALKS SOON, WILL COOPERATE ON [...] (C) GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sources confirmed both sides are ready for another round of talks tentatively slated for the first week of February. The sides are prepared to discuss the nettlesome ancestral domain issue. The cease-fire remains strong despite the January 9 [...]	2005-01-19 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PREL MOPS MY RP
05MANILA2815	CARDINAL SIN DIES AT AGE 76 [...] (U) Retired Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin died of multiple organ failure at a hospital in greater Manila at 6:15 AM on June 21. Cardinal Sin, 76, had been in poor health for the past several years and had been in intensive care for the past two days due to an infection related to a lon [...]	2005-06-21 04:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS KPAO SOCI PINR RP VT
05MANILA2821	EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS -- LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Mission has stepped up law enforcement anti-corruption efforts. Mission played a key role in major anti-corruption cases, particularly the case against former Comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Carlos Garcia. We are now activ [...]	2005-06-21 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR CVIS ECON RP
05MANILA2840	LEFTISTS JOIN OPPOSITION MOVES AGAINST ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: Leftist groups, most of which are aligned with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA),appear to be lining up with mainstream opposition elements in efforts to unseat President Arroyo. Leftist groups, which have the ability to turn out protesters, are [...]	2005-06-22 05:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA2846	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM CONTINUES FOLLOWING LATEST [...] (SBU) A GRP-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Joint Statement heralded as a success the eighth round of "exploratory talks" on June 21 between their respective peace panels under Malaysian facilitation in Kuala Lumpur (ref A). The talks were "marked with a high level of mutual trust and c [...]	2005-06-22 23:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PREL MY RP
05MANILA286	AFP/DND TALKS PRODUCE PROGRESS ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. USPACOM's January 12-14 working level meetings with Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts succeeded in developing a range of enhanced US-GRP counterterrorism scenarios that should set the stage for further in-depth discussion [...]	2005-01-19 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA2887	CONTINUED POLITICAL WOES FOR PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: An anti-GMA protest march on June 24 failed to gather significant momentum, but police blocked access to downtown Manila City. As of COB, the crowds had yet to disperse entirely, however. President Arroyo delayed the retirement of Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff [...]	2005-06-24 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON ASEC RP
05MANILA2888	PGMA AND INDONESIA'S YUDHOYONO REAFFIRM [...] (SBU) Summary. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) and her Indonesian counterpart President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) discussed bolstering counterterrorism cooperation, law enforcement, and border control -- issues already covered under a 2001 information exchange agreement -- duri [...]	2005-06-24 07:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS ID RP
05MANILA2970	ARROYO SAYS "I AM SORRY" [...] (C) Summary: In a brief national address on June 27, a subdued President Arroyo admitted that a taped telephone conversation with an election official last year was "a lapse in judgment" and said "I am sorry." Asked subsequently for media comment, Charge underscored that the USG supports tr [...]	2005-06-28 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KPAO RP
05MANILA2991	DESIGNATION OF THE RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT AS A [...] (S) Summary and Action Request. The Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) has emerged as one of the most dangerous terrorist groups in the Philippines. Its members have been involved in the 2004 Superferry 14 bombing, the synchronized 2005 "Valentine's Day" attacks in Manila, General Santos, and Da [...]	2005-06-29 07:53:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC EFIN PINR PREL RP
05MANILA2993	ARROYO CLEANING HOUSE AS OPPONENTS STILL DENOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: According to President Arroyo, husband Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo has now "volunteered to go abroad." Susan Roces, the widow of former presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr., called for Arroyo's immediate resignation, while privately indicating through an intermediary that she d [...]	2005-06-29 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA3045	LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPACT SO FAR FROM ARROYO'S WOES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peso broke the PhP56/$1 mark on June 29, but has marginally recovered. The stock market continued to slide lower on concerns about the President's future, but most local analysts said that the situation remains manageable. The Philippine business community appears to be [...]	2005-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3046	ARROYO STEADYING THE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: The political scene in Manila continues to be lively but not truly turbulent. During a day trip outside of Manila, President Arroyo vowed to bring the country out of "political and economic deterioration." According to her son, the president's mood was good and she was confiden [...]	2005-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR KPAO ASEC RP
05MANILA3061	ARROYO CELEBRATES JULY 4TH, BUT SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo attended Mission's July 4 celebration and also hosted an anti-trafficking event at Malacanang attended by Charge on July 2. At the July 4 event, Charge publicly hailed close U.S.-Philippine ties and underscored the importance of strengthening democratic institu [...]	2005-07-05 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL ECON PINR KPAO RP
05MANILA3095	MUSLIM VIEWS ON MANILA'S POLITICAL CIRCUS [...] (C) Summary. Some moderate Muslims are looking beyond PGMA to a possible De Castro era. The ongoing circus has sparked renewed interest in a look at an independent Mindanao as part of a federal system. Muslim clerics may issue veiled attacks against PGMA on July 8. End Summary. 2. (C) [...]	2005-07-07 06:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR RP
05MANILA3115	A GMA INSIDER GETS OUT [...] (S) Summary. The defection from GMA ranks of Congressman Golez is a blow to Arroyo. He believes she has lost the "moral high ground" and civil society support. There are no signs yet of other significant political defections or military unrest, but the situation remains highly fluid. End [...]	2005-07-07 07:09:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP
05MANILA3116	ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: The campaign for the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) began on June 28. Despite earlier promises, Malacanang has endorsed a candidate for governor: Zaldy Ampatuan, a mayor and scion of a well-known political clan. Ampatuan is now favored t [...]	2005-07-07 07:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ASEC PTER RP
05MANILA3133	ARROYO DEMANDS FULL CABINET SUBMIT RESIGNATIONS [...] (S) Summary. In an apparent pre-emptive move against threatened resignations by some key Cabinet members, President Arroyo announced to the nation on July 7 that she had asked for the resignation of her entire Cabinet and would focus her own efforts in the future on political reform. Former [...]	2005-07-07 14:05:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PGOV EAID RP
05MANILA3154	"MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE" [...] (C) Summary: The chorus has grown for President Arroyo to step down. Former president Corazon Aquino held a press conference late July 8 and called on President Arroyo "to make the supreme sacrifice" and resign. Several members of her former cabinet also called for her resignation on July 8 [...]	2005-07-08 09:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL KPAO MOPS RP
05MANILA3163	BUSINESS GROUPS JOIN CALLS FOR ARROYO'S RESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Business leaders in Manila continue to call for a Constitutionally consistent resolution to the current political situation, but now have added their voices to the chorus calling for Arroyo to leave office. On July 8, three key business groups, including the highly influential M [...]	2005-07-08 12:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ECON RP
05MANILA3167	CATHOLIC BISHOPS SIDESTEP ISSUE OF WHETHER ARROYO [...] (U) Summary: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) sidestepped the issue of whether President Arroyo should resign in their statement on the political situation on July 10. On one hand, the group stated that it did not demand her resignation, while on the other hand it [...]	2005-07-10 11:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP
05MANILA3187	CATHOLIC BISHOPS' STATEMENT BUYS ARROYO MORE TIME [...] (C) Summary: According to political contacts, the July 10 statement by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has bought President Arroyo more time by not explicitly calling for her resignation. In a brief radio address on July 10, Arroyo welcomed the statement and said she pla [...]	2005-07-11 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP
05MANILA3188	MARKETS CAUTIOUS AS TRADING WEEK OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets opened the trading week on July 11 shaky on resurgent fears of protracted political controversies and escalating concern that the political turmoil will distract and/or paralyze President Arroyo's ability to move her Administration's reform agenda forward. Recent reac [...]	2005-07-11 09:32:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3202	VATICAN HAND IN CATHOLIC BISHOPS' STATEMENT? [...] (C) Summary: Several local press reports have claimed that the Papal Nuncio "scolded" the Catholic bishops during their recent conference, demanding that they not involve themselves in politics by explicitly calling for President Arroyo's resignation. As reported, after much discussion, the [...]	2005-07-12 07:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RP VT
05MANILA3278	PONDERING A "TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL" PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Some politicians have begun to look at a possible "transitional council" for the Philippines, notably Senator Ramon Magsaysay and Renato De Villa, then-President Ramos' Defense Secretary. Under this scheme, President Arroyo and Vice President De Castro would resign and let a ca [...]	2005-07-15 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP
05MANILA3282	ARROYO REBUILDING ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the exodus of key economic advisors, President Arroyo began reconstruction of her economic team on July 12 with the appointment of Margarito Teves as Secretary of Finance. On July 14, she announced other key appointments, including Peter Tavilia as Secretary of Tr [...]	2005-07-15 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TBIO RP
05MANILA3290	PRO-ARROYO SUPPORTERS HOLD LARGE RALLY [...] (C) Summary: Media and police estimate that roughly 100,000 people attended a pro-President Arroyo rally on July 16 in Manila. Most rally participants appeared to be provincial- or local-level government workers and their families bused to the rally. In other news related to the ongoing po [...]	2005-07-18 07:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC RP
05MANILA3370	CALMER WEEK ON POLITICAL FRONT PROVIDES RESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: A relatively calmer week on the political front and positive fiscal news gave currency, stock, and bond markets some breathing space to partially recoup lost gains. The peso traded above the 56 pesos/$1 level throughout the July 18-22 trading week, but ended the week down sl [...]	2005-07-22 09:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3373	EXTRADITION OF CPP LEADER SISON FROM THE [...] (S) According to National Security Adviser Bert Gonzales, the GRP has now agreed to the final Dutch condition on the extradition of Communist Party of the Philippines leader Jose Maria "Joma" Sison, who has long been resident in but not able to win formal political asylum from the Netherland [...]	2005-07-24 23:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS RP NL
05MANILA3397	ARROYO GIVES STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS, WHILE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo gave her State of the Nation Address (SONA) late July 25. In a short speech, she claimed that her government had made great strides in strengthening the economy and she promise [...]	2005-07-25 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON ASEC RP
05MANILA3435	GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS POSTPONED; LATEST NEWS [...] (S) Summary: The latest round of exploratory talks between the GRP and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been postponed. The talks -- which are being facilitated by the Malaysian government -- were scheduled to be held on July 25 in Kuala Lumpur and appear to have been postponed [...]	2005-07-27 06:48:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER PINR KISL MY RP
05MANILA3477	ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: The election campaign in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is heating up. The governor's race appears to have come down to a showdown between Zaldy Ampatuan and Ibrahim "Toto" Paglas, two well-known regional figures. Ampatuan, who is running as the candidate of L [...]	2005-07-29 07:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ASEC RP
05MANILA3500	TIP Update; Latest on Prosecutions; Municipalities [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Justice Mission (IJM) reports that it continues to press forward with 15 Trafficking in Persons (TIP)-related prosecutions. We have asked the Department of Justice (DoJ) to conf [...]	2005-08-01 08:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP
05MANILA3611	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO POSTPONE ELECTION IN [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Supreme Court has declined a request that it postpone the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). At this point, it looks like the elections will be held on schedule. Preparations for the elections proceed apace, including in the se [...]	2005-08-04 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PTER KISL ASEC RP
05MANILA3632	TENSIONS SPIKE BETWEEN GRP AND EXTREME LEFT [...] (C) Summary: The GRP announced on August 2 that it was suspending the immunity from arrest for National Democratic Front (NDF) officials, who had been participating in the negotiation track. The NDF sharply criticized the government's move. A congressman with close links to Malacanang told [...]	2005-08-05 06:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PINR RP NO NL
05MANILA3655	ELECTIONS IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION PROCEED IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have proceeded in largely an orderly fashion as of the close of polls at 1500 hrs local. Mission observers on the groun [...]	2005-08-08 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC EAID RP
05MANILA3677	COUNTING OF VOTES CONTINUES IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Officials continue to count votes cast in the August 8 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections. Results are due to be released within the next 24 hours. Only minor problems have [...]	2005-08-09 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC KPAO RP
05MANILA3697	CONTINUED BICKERING IN HOUSE OVER IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: There has been continued bickering in the House over the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. Formal hearings in the Justice Committee began on August 10, with pro-Arroyo members immediately raising procedural questions about the nature of the complaint, [...]	2005-08-10 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SOCI RP VA
05MANILA3708	NO FATALITIES, 26 INJURED IN TWIN ZAMBOANGA BLASTS [...] (C) Two explosions rocked central Zamboanga City the evening of August 10, leaving an estimated 26 injured with no deaths. There are no claims of responsibility, and local civilian and security authorities say there are no definite leads so far in the investigation. Philippine counterterror [...]	2005-08-11 06:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PREL PINS RP
05MANILA3709	GRP BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON REVOCATION OF NDF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an effort to rally international backing, senior officials briefed representatives of the Manila diplomatic corps on the GRP's decision to suspend the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG),which provided Communist peace negotiators immunity from arrest an [...]	2005-08-11 07:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PINR PREL NO NL RP
05MANILA3710	OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM ARMM ELECTIONS DELAYED; MORE [...] (C) Summary: Final results from the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been delayed due to poor weather and other reasons. Unofficial results indicate that Zaldy Ampatuan, the favored candidate for governor, and running-mate Ansarrudin Adiong, the favo [...]	2005-08-11 07:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL EAID ASEC RP
05MANILA3726	AMPATUAN WINS GOVERNOR'S RACE IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...] (C) Summary: Official results have been released for the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Zaldy Ampatuan, the favored candidate, won the governor's race in a landslide, as did Ansaruddin Adiong in the vice-governor's race. They will be sworn in on Sept [...]	2005-08-12 07:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON PINR RP
05MANILA3754	UPTICK IN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN DAVAO AND CEBU [...] (SBU) Summary: Extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao and Cebu are on the increase. So far, 137 have been slain this year in Davao and 77 in Cebu. No arrests have been made. The killings appear to have spread to other localities: there have been several recent slayings [...]	2005-08-15 07:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RP
05MANILA3760	LOOMING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STRIKE POSES RISKS FOR [...] (C) The Air Transportation Office (ATO) and the Philippine Air Traffic Controllers Association (PATCA) appear locked in an on-going dispute about overtime pay that erupted into several recent work slowdowns last week and the imminent threat of a strike. If the accusations of undermanned con [...]	2005-08-15 08:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL RP
05MANILA3771	AFP RECOVERS/SEEKS TO IDENTIFY TERRORIST REMAINS [...] (S/NF) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units recovered on August 11 in the vicinity of Datu Odin, Sinsuat in the Mindanao province of Maguindanao the remains of a terrorist killed in an engagement a month earlier with AFP troops tracking Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Khadaffy Janjalani. [...]	2005-08-16 06:09:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS PINR ID RP
05MANILA3778	BANKS FACE LITTLE REPRIEVE ON OVERDUE TAX ISSUE [...] (C) The Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) cannot fend off the tax assessments on its 1998-2004 foreign currency deposits much longer. Neither the Administration nor Congress will forego revenue earnings stipulated clearly by Philippine law. The new Commissioner of Internal Revenu [...]	2005-08-16 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RP
05MANILA3788	STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE PHILIPPINES: STILL A [...] (C) Summary: Student activism in the Philippines has long been a political force and it remains one. This is particularly the case at state-funded universities, where many students are involved in politics, including the effort to oust President Arroyo. Private university students play les [...]	2005-08-17 07:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KISL SOCI RP
05MANILA3790	GENERAL GENEROSA SENGA ASSUMES COMMAND OF ARMED [...] (SBU) Summary. Lieutenant General Generosa Senga assumed command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from retiring General Efren Abu in an August 15 change of command ceremony. Senga has a reputation as a combat commander. A classmate of Abu's, he is expected to continue many of his pred [...]	2005-08-17 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PINR PTER RP
05MANILA3811	USGS DISCUSSES JOINT MINERAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) In meetings in Manila with senior GRP officials, USGS Acting Director Leahy confirmed the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) intentions to develop a work plan with the GRP to conduct the first phase of a mineral resources assessment of the Philippines. Department of Environment and Natura [...]	2005-08-18 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP
05MANILA3830	PHILIPPINES: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005 [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: This message provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor (ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2004 (per ref C) regarding child labo [...]	2005-08-19 07:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB EAID RP ILO
05MANILA3838	AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SHORTAGE RAISES SAFETY [...] (C) Civil aviation officials admitted a 44% deficiency in air traffic controllers nationwide and blamed government restrictions on hiring new personnel and adjusting salary levels for the recent work slowdowns and threatened strike. Despite resource constraints and lack of autonomy, civair o [...]	2005-08-19 08:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR RP
05MANILA3846	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DETAILS PLANS TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary. Defense Secretary Cruz's multi-faceted reform agenda includes establishing new budget and procurement procedures, buying counterinsurgency equipment, revamping training, and restructuring Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) intelligence services. The GRP hopes an eventual pe [...]	2005-08-19 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA3862	CABINET SECRETARY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Michael Defensor, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, has confirmed that he has been engaged in talks with supporters of former president Estrada. The exact scope of the talks is unclear, but Defensor, claiming that he is acting on his own volition, says the talks su [...]	2005-08-21 09:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SOCI KCOR RP
05MANILA3946	CATHOLIC CHURCH CHANGES TACK AND TAKES MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is changing tack in regard to its political role. Under the leadership of the now-deceased Cardinal Sin, the Church assumed an activist posture, pressing for the ouster of two presidents, and at times indicating preferences for or ag [...]	2005-08-25 07:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA3955	NEW TERMINAL FACES LEGAL AND FINANCIAL HURDLES TO [...] (SBU) Eight months after government took possession, the new airport terminal in Manila continues to languish unopened. A temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court at the GRP's request continues to block a lower court order on the GRP to begin paying "just compensation" to the [...]	2005-08-25 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON RP
05MANILA3956	POST-QUOTA ADAPTION OF GARMENT AND TEXTILE [...] Summary: The Philippine garment and textile industry has thus far withstood the end of the MFA quota regime, largely thanks to U.S. safeguards imposed on Chinese goods. Exports during the first half of 2005 are stable, though production is shifting toward higher-value products and natural fi [...]	2005-08-25 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX EINV PREL ECON RP
05MANILA3963	APPROXIMATELY 30 INJURED IN BASILAN FERRY BLAST [...] (C) Summary. An apparent improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on a ferry docked in Lamitan Town, Basilan Province, at approximately 7:00 a.m. August 28. The blast injured about 30 people, although no deaths were reported. The low-tech nature of the device and lack of shrapnel evidence [...]	2005-08-28 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PREL PGOV CASC ASEC RP
05MANILA410	THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR [...] (C) Summary: While the Philippines has a good record of promoting and protecting worker rights, the labor movement is no longer a potent political force. Union membership is in sharp decline, with labor market penetration falling from roughly 25 percent of salaried workers in 1986 to 9.7 per [...]	2005-01-26 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI PINS ECON RP
05MANILA4109	CHARGE CALLS ON KEY GRP FINANCIAL OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with the Charge, both Central Bank Governor Tetangco and the Finance Secretary Teves described what they see as good prospects for steady economic growth, financial stability, and continued progress on fiscal reforms. Tetangco, in particular, downplayed recent "po [...]	2005-09-01 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EINV RP
05MANILA4111	TRADE SECRETARY FAVILA SUPPORTS MORE CONSISTENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by Charge, Secretary of Trade and Industry Peter Favila expressed SIPDIS support for more consistent and transparent policies to promote trade and investment. The Charge raised questions regarding inconsistent customs and tax policies as well as court [...]	2005-09-01 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP RP WTRO JP
05MANILA4112	Supreme Court Upholds Expanded VAT Law [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, the Philippine Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law but has yet to lift the temporary restraining order. The TRO that the Court issued on July 1 will remain in place for at least another fifteen days. During that interv [...]	2005-09-01 09:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4137	COMMUNISTS COMMIT TO FORMAL TALKS BUT BREAKTHROUGH [...] (C) Summary. After painting themselves in a corner, the National Democratic Front (NDF) -- the negotiating arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing the New People's Army (NPA) -- has agreed to resume formal talks, though an exact date is yet to be determined. Th [...]	2005-09-05 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP NL NO
05MANILA4199	NUMBER OF FILIPINO "ENTERTAINERS" GOING TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of Filipino "entertainers" traveling to Japan has fallen sharply as a result of tighter Japanese visa regulations. This trend is expected to accelerate as applications filed under the older, more lenient rules phase out and all applications become subject to the ne [...]	2005-09-06 09:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB RP JA
05MANILA4223	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary. According to President Arroyo, the GRP would still like to help with Hurricane Katrina and views our bilateral relationship as strong. GRP positions on UN reform are almost identical with the US. The GRP will continue cooperation with the US on terrorism, including terrorist [...]	2005-09-07 09:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID ECON RP UNSC
05MANILA4224	INCOMING ARMM GOVERNOR EAGER FOR CONTINUED US [...] (C) Summary. Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor-elect Zaldy Ampatuan has promised to embrace a transparent and consultative leadership platform that would focus on the Mindanao peace process, local education needs, health care, and agriculture. Mission will work to establis [...]	2005-09-07 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON RP
05MANILA4225	ESG-1 INTERVENTION ON TAWI TAWI: A TEMPLATE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The August 9-10 intervention by Expeditionary Strike Group-1 (ESG-1) on Tawi Tawi represents the type of targeted, innovative civil affairs effort needed in the Philippines. We urge US Pacific Command to make these operations a regular part of future ESG and other naval deploym [...]	2005-09-07 10:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MOPS MCAP PTER PINS PREL EAID RP
05MANILA4271	ARCHBISHOP ROSALES ENCOURAGES CHURCH TO STAY OUT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Charge, Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Rosales identified economic and moral poverty as the greatest problems in the Philippines today and criticized the current political leadership as corrupt and ineffective in improving the lives of the people. [...]	2005-09-11 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4278	AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: GAPS IN PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: Although there have been no reported cases of avian influenza (H5N1) in the Philippines, the GRP's capacity to respond to a potential outbreak is limited by lack of resources in many areas. The GRP lacks funds for materials such as protective gear and stockpiles of Tamiflu. K [...]	2005-09-11 10:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA4322	CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE URGES FILIPINOS TO [...] (C) On September 13 the Permanent Council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a sequel to its pastoral statement of July 2005, calling on Filipinos to move beyond the current political turmoil and to "address the more important and urgent problem of grinding po [...]	2005-09-13 08:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4338	GROWING FRENZY TO MITIGATE RISING OIL PRICE [...] (SBU) In its latest scramble to temper the impact of escalating oil prices (reftel),the Philippine Government has stepped up its campaign to conserve energy, promote bioethanol as a gasoline additive, and push passage of a renewable energy bill to reduce the country's dependence on imported [...]	2005-09-14 09:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON RP
05MANILA4395	IPR ROUNDTABLE 2: IMPROVED PROSECUTION OF IPR CASES [...] (U) Summary: On September 13, Embassy conducted its second IPR roundtable to review IPR issues with US company reps and GRP officials. Roundtable participants praised the government for recent initiatives, notably its crackdown on pirated optical media goods, but stressed the need to prosecu [...]	2005-09-19 00:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL BEXP RP
05MANILA4417	FILIPINO REACTION TO ESPIONAGE CASE AGAINST FBI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The announcement of the arrest of a former Philippine police official and an FBI employee on espionage charges in the U.S. has generated mixed reaction in the Philippines. Several national poli [...]	2005-09-19 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS RP
05MANILA4421	Aviation Safety Raised with Transport Secretary [...] (SBU) During the Charge's call, Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mendoza addressed concerns on aviation safety, pledged continued support for transportation security initiatives, and expressed commitment to infrastructure construction. Mendoza admitted that t [...]	2005-09-20 01:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV EINV RP
05MANILA4464	MALACANANG TAKES FLAK OVER HIRING OF U.S. LOBBYING [...] (C) Summary: Malacanang has recently taken a great deal of criticism for the hiring of Venable LLP, a U.S.-based law firm, to do lobbying. Opposition and even some pro-administration lawmakers have asserted that the contract was too expensive and complained that it was non-transparent. Mat [...]	2005-09-21 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ECON RP
05MANILA4488	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES: A SNAPSHOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The approximately six million plus indigenous persons in the Philippines are marginalized and lag far behind the general population in most social and economic indicators. They also suffer dis [...]	2005-09-22 07:49:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON EAID PINR PINS PREF RP
05MANILA4491	MORE COVERAGE IN PHILIPPINE PRESS OF ALLEGED [...] Anti-government, pro-opposition daily "The Philippine Daily Inquirer" printed another in a series of daily articles summarizing and analyzing purported classified US Embassy reports on the front page in its edition of September 23. Following is the full text of the article. BEGIN TEXT " [...]	2005-09-22 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA4503	PHILIPPINES: SLOW PACE OF ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine government and private sector leaders told U.S. Senior Official for APEC Michael Michalak that the Philippines continues to face problems with inefficient courts and corruption in general. Poor implementation and unpredictable enforcement of laws remain disincentive [...]	2005-09-22 09:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KIPR TBIO TSPL RP APEC WTRO
05MANILA4528	Proposed 2006 Budget: A Taxing Proposition [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo's proposed 2006 budget call for a 30 percent increase in funds for infrastructure, health, and education while continuing to reduce the budget deficit for a fourth consecutive year. The 1.05-trillion peso ($18.8 billion) budget proposal represents 7.5% year-on [...]	2005-09-25 09:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4545	MALACANANG REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING PARDON OF [...] (C) Summary: The Palace is reportedly considering pardoning former Congressman Romeo Jalosjos, who has been in jail since 1997 for raping an 11 year old girl. According to opponents of the possible move, the Palace is considering the matter as a reward to the Jalosjos clan, which is politica [...]	2005-09-26 07:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4600	SLUGGISH GROWTH IN ELECTRONICS HIGHLIGHTS POWER AND [...] Philippine semiconductor and electronics exports, 70% of total exports, are growing slightly in 2005 despite the closure of a major Toshiba laptop factory in late 2004. Growth in semiconductor exports offset a decline in other electronics categories caused by Toshiba's departure. The industry [...]	2005-09-27 06:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV PREL ECON RP
05MANILA463	MASSIVE STRIKES AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORISTS IN [...] (C) Summary. A January 27 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) massive aerial and artillery attack against several high value terrorist suspects (including ASG leader Janjalani and key JI operatives linked to the Bali bombing) killed as many as five terrorists and wounded three. Confirmatio [...]	2005-01-28 07:07:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PINS PREL MOPS MY RP
05MANILA4631	PHILIPPINE MARINES CAPTURE SEVEN ASG TERRORISTS ON [...] (U) In a September 21 early morning raid on a safe house in Panjogan village near Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Marines captured Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) commander Jundan Jamalu, a.k.a. Jundan Jain a.k.a. "Black Killer," and six other ASG terrorists. Jamalu had been wanted by Philippine author [...]	2005-09-28 06:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MOPS PINS ID MY RP
05MANILA4637	PHILIPPINE MILITARY OFFICERS DISCIPLINED AFTER [...] (U) Summary. Two high-ranking Philippine military officers have been relieved of their posts after claiming at a Senate hearing to know of vote fraud committed on behalf of Philippine President Arroyo in the 2004 election. End Summary. 2. (U) On September 28, 2005, two high-ranking offic [...]	2005-09-28 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL MCAP RP
05MANILA4639	Prospering from the Remittance Gusher [...] Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) remittances grew by 22% for the first seven months of 2005, and should approach $10 billion for the year, equal to 10% of GDP. Two-thirds of remitters from the U.S. use the banking system while others go through informal channels. Surveys show recipients apply m [...]	2005-09-28 08:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4662	DEBATE OVER POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: The perennial debate over possible changes to the Philippine Constitution of 1987 is steadily heating up. Jose De Venecia, the Speaker of the House, is pressing the matter forward in Congress, urging that the current bicameral, executive presidential system be changed into a pa [...]	2005-09-29 05:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA4669	PHILIPPINES: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEAVE LIMBO AT [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The final group of refugees who fled Vietnam for the Philippines 15-30 years ago began resettling in the U.S. this week. A projected 1600 refugees will ultimately be resettled; the fate of 400 [...]	2005-09-29 07:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF VM RP IOM
05MANILA4693	KEY FIGURE IN GRP FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On September 30, GRP Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo announced that he would resign effective November 30 due to health reasons. Marcelo is widely respected as a highly effective anti-corruption crus [...]	2005-10-02 07:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA4750	PHILIPPINES TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER BALI BOMBINGS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the October 1 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed her condolences to the victims' families, tightened security measures, and [...]	2005-10-04 08:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP
05MANILA4776	NEW GOVERNOR IN MUSLIM REGION IN MINDANAO SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary. Newly elected Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan was sworn into office on September 30 by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita. Conspicuously absent from the inaugural ceremony were outgoing ARMM Governor Dr. Parouk Hussin, and Cotabato City Mayor M [...]	2005-10-05 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS KISL PINR ECON RP
05MANILA4785	PHILIPPINE REACTION TO LATEST REVELATIONS ABOUT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Philippine media is covering in an extensive fashion an October 5 report by ABC News that recently-arrested FBI analyst Leandro Aragoncillo may have stolen classified US documents from the office of th [...]	2005-10-06 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA4809	MORE PHILIPPINE REACTION TO UNFOLDING U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The indictment of Philippine national Michael Ray Aquino on charges of conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign agent has elicited a range of reactions in the Philippines, including comments from President Arroyo and the Secretary of Justice. Key Opposition politicians, [...]	2005-10-10 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA4810	PHILIPPINES: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message is in response to the action request contained in "Democracy Promotion Strategies for EAP Focus Countries" (ref a). Responses are keyed to specific informational requests contained in ref a, p [...]	2005-10-10 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS ECON KDEM RP
05MANILA4814	Air Traffic Controller Staffing "Not Unsafe" [...] (SBU) Summary. Our most recent discussions and observations indicated no aviation safety threat at this time due to air traffic controller (ATC) staffing. In a meeting October 6 with DCM, econoffs, and a senior U.S. FAA rep, GRP officials acknowledged a staffing deficit but provided credibl [...]	2005-10-11 01:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV EINV RP
05MANILA4831	MISSION PRESSES GRP FOR EXPEDITIOUS PROGRESS ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission recently held several meetings with high-level GRP officials working to combat human trafficking to discuss problem areas identified in the 2004 TIP Report. We stressed the seriousness [...]	2005-10-11 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON SMIG RP
05MANILA4901	EMBASSY MANILA HOSTS SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Manila hosted the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference, October 13-14. Thirty-eight participants from Missions in Southeast Asia and other posts in EAP, as well as from the Department and Pentagon, participated in the two-day event. A full list of participants is inc [...]	2005-10-16 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ECON PHUM SOCI XB XC RP

05MANILA4905	SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Manila's comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- are deliberately integrated to meet the ever-present terrorism threat in the Philippines. You will see all major players during your visit: Executive Secr [...]	2005-10-16 10:11:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP
05MANILA4929	GRP TAKES STEP TO REDISTRIBUTE LARGE ESTATE OWNED [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Taking steps to resolve a long-standing labor dispute, the Philippine government has ordered that the large "Hacienda Luisita" estate owned in part by former president Corazon Aquino be redistri [...]	2005-10-17 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA4934	DISPERSAL OF OPPOSITION RALLY SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The October 14 dispersal of a small Opposition rally has sparked a sharp debate over the GRP's tactics. The Opposition and many in the media have criticized the police, asserting that the use of water cannons was not appropriate, for example. Malacanang -- while not endorsing [...]	2005-10-18 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4935	Supreme Court Clears Expanded VAT Law [...] (SBU) The Philippine Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law, the key element in President Arroyo's revenue-enhancement agenda, boosting the credibility of her economic reform efforts. This measure could reduce debt accumulation and fund increases in soc [...]	2005-10-18 10:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4971	ANTI-ARROYO RALLY SPONSORED BY LEFT DRAWS 10,000 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: About 10,000 leftist anti-President Arroyo protesters convened at a site near Malacanang Palace on October 21. In scuffles with police, several people were injured. This latest rally is part o [...]	2005-10-20 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4984	TIP: USG-FUNDED TRAINING AIMS TO ASSIST HUMAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: GRP prosecutors and NGO lawyers continue to make limited headway in prosecuting traffickers under anti-trafficking laws. The slow pace of progress is due in part to inadequate training of loca [...]	2005-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP
05MANILA499	INTERNATIONAL TEAM INVESTIGATES SLAYINGS OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A fact-finding team organized by the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) January 24-31 investigated recen [...]	2005-02-01 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP
05MANILA5019	GRP-MILF PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK BUT POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators made a breakthrough on ancestral domain during their 9th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur, September 15-16. Though both sides agreed to keep details of the talks confidential, a leak to the Philippine press disclosed an [...]	2005-10-25 08:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP
05MANILA5023	INDICATIONS OF COUP PLOTTING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. There are disturbing indications that recidivist coup plotter "Gringo" Honasan and opposition Senator "Ping" Lacson may be at the very least associated with plots against President Arroyo in conjunction with the Young Officers Union (YOU),a shadowy cabal of junior and mid-gr [...]	2005-10-25 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA5059	AVIAN INFLUENZA - LIMITED SURVEILLANCE AND [...] (U) This is the third of a series of reports on the Philippines' preparedness to avert a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak (Refs C and D). This report focuses on stages 1 and 2 of the Philippines' Avian Influenza Protection Program: HPAI prevention and the establishment of co [...]	2005-10-27 02:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA5067	USTR, DOC VISIT ILLUSTRATES TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR, Department of Commerce (DOC) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials, accompanied by econoffs, met with congressional leaders, GRP officials and U.S. business leaders to discuss general economic issues including the upcoming WTO meeting, ASEAN, IPR protec [...]	2005-10-27 07:17:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR RP
05MANILA5068	USTR VISIT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR JANUARY SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR, Department of Commerce (DOC) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials, accompanied by econoffs, met with congressional leaders and GRP officials to discuss IPR protection and the upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle review (OCR). The GRP is keen to get off t [...]	2005-10-27 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR RP
05MANILA5097	MANILA BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PHILIPPINE [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Death sentences were handed down in a Philippine trial court on October 28 to three extremists for their role in the February 14, 2005, bombing of a passenger bus in Manila. Key to the prosecutors' [...]	2005-11-01 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS RP
05MANILA5098	DFA ON MEDIA REPORTS RE US-RP RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Acting Foreign Secretary Edsel Custodio called in Charge d'Affaires Jones to DFA on November 2 to receive an aide memoire (full text in para 6) regarding recent media reports purportedly based on alleged US Embassy documents that the GRP believes are "aggravating political tensions and d [...]	2005-11-01 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS RP
05MANILA5126	S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S TALKS WITH GRP OFFICIALS [...] (S/REL AUSTRALIA) SUMMARY. Philippine Foreign Secretary Romulo and Executive Secretary Ermita told visiting S/CT Ambassador Crumpton they are optimistic about peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),believing MILF Chairman Murad has the ability to sell an agreement to his [...]	2005-11-02 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS RP
05MANILA5130	THE INC AND EL SHADDAI: TWO PHILIPPINE RELIGIOUS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) and the charismatic El Shaddai Catholic group are politically active and their leaders retain significant influence on national politics. This influence was highli [...]	2005-11-02 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS SOCI KDEM RP
05MANILA5133	Clark Firms Mull Closure with Huge Tax Burden [...] (SBU) Businesses in the Clark Special Economic Zone face huge new financial liabilities after a recent Supreme Court decision nullified their tax incentives. U.S. company executives complain that the ruling replaces their 5% gross income tax with the standard 32% corporate income tax and ot [...]	2005-11-02 09:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV EFIN RP
05MANILA5137	SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructively not only bilaterally but in a variety of regional and international fora as well. We have a comprehensive program of engagement with the GRP -- ranging from [...]	2005-11-02 12:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP
05MANILA5138	MANAGING THE IMPACT OF THE ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...] (SBU) Embassy's proactive consultations with Department of Foreign Affairs officials, briefing of political leaders, and interactions with media appear to have focused political and media attention constructively on cooperation between U.S. and Filipino authorities, according to the Visiting [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PHUM RP
05MANILA5166	ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Philippines' once again turbulent political environment has sparked new waves of rumors that the President or her advisers are considering emergency rule or martial law, and that elements within the military are seeking to stage a coup. We assess that neither scenario yet [...]	2005-11-06 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS MOPS ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA5231	LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Secretary Seguis delivered to Embassy on November 8 formal subpoenas for six US Marines allegedly involved in the rape of a Filipina in Olongapo City on November 1 (see text of Dip Note and DFA press release in [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS RP
05MANILA5261	CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with President Arroyo on November 7, USAID Assistant Administrator for the Asia Near East Bureau (AA/ANE) James R. Kunder and US Embassy Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Paul W. Jones highlighted how the USG's development assistance program carried out by USAID supports Phi [...]	2005-11-08 05:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA EFIN EINV PREL PHUM RP
05MANILA5276	Philippine Airlines Eyes Boeing Purchase [...] (SBU) Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to re-fleet to remain competitive and fulfill expansion plans. PAL is now considering the purchase of up to twelve wide-body Boeing 777s. The sticking point appears to be a $114 million deposit on aircraft that PAL forfeited when it canceled a Boeing p [...]	2005-11-08 09:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP EINV EAIR ECON RP
05MANILA5287	PHILIPPINES TAKES REACTIVE STANCE TOWARD APEC [...] (SBU) Summary. The GRP views the APEC agenda positively. The GRP's overarching approach to the upcoming APEC meetings is to wait and see what other members put on the table and then react according to RP interests. With respect to WTO Doha Round issues, senior officials express hope for bal [...]	2005-11-09 07:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET EAGR PREL RP APEC WTO
05MANILA5300	UPDATE ON ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING US MARINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amid continued heightened press coverage of the alleged rape case involving six US Marines, Visiting Forces Agreement Commission (VFACOM) Executive Director Paredes visited the Embassy November 10 to verify that the individuals remained in US custody. In a private meeting with [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP
05MANILA5316	AFP ENGAGES ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS ON JOLO [...] (C) In a significant combat operation, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units engaged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on the island of Jolo over the weekend of November 12-13. The AFP initiated the operation, which involved Task Force Comet and elements of the 104th Brigade, 3d Marine [...]	2005-11-13 11:31:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP
05MANILA5317	PRESIDENT ARROYO AND FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo expressed appreciation to visiting EAP DAS Eric John and Charge Jones for USG cooperation in the investigation of six US Marines allegedly involved in the November 1 alleged rape of a Filipina in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA),but warned of a polit [...]	2005-11-13 12:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP
05MANILA5326	PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment on the Special Watch List countries due in Congress no later than February 1. The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) has trebled the number of prosecutors at the national [...]	2005-11-14 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN KCRM RP JA
05MANILA5328	GRP CONTINUES TO CONSIDER EMERGENCY RULE [...] (S) Summary/Comment: EAP DAS John underscored the USG's firm opposition to the imposition of emergency rule or any other similar measures during separate meetings with President Arroyo, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, and defense officials on November 11. Both Arroyo and Romulo indicated [...]	2005-11-14 09:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA5329	GRP OFFICIALS REVIEW PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with EAP DAS John and Charge, Department of National Defense (DND) Undersecretary Carolina reviewed the Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) process. Carolina asserted that PDR was "embedded" in the system now and did not rely on current Defense Secretary Av [...]	2005-11-14 10:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS EAID RP
05MANILA5331	EAP DAS JOHN'S NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge met November 11 with President Arroyo. Arroyo underscored her government's support for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) and continued counterterrorism cooperation. She expressed interest in the U.S. and the GRP agreeing to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA),sa [...]	2005-11-15 02:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR PTER PHUM ETRD RP BM UNSC
05MANILA5344	MINDANAO TUNA INDUSTRY AT RISK [...] The tuna industry, which generates $400 million in annual revenues in Mindanao, faces a potential reduction in access to the EU market and restrictions in traditional fishing grounds. Indonesia is reluctant to extend a crucial bilateral fishing agreement beyond December 3. Tuna producers ar [...]	2005-11-15 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO
05MANILA5346	AMID CONTINUED NPA ATTACKS, KILLINGS OF LEFTIST [...] (C) Summary: About 40 leftist activists have been killed in the Philippines so far in 2005. These killings, a jump from the number recorded in 2004, come amid a flurry of attacks by the New People's Army (NPA),which have killed and injured many. "Legal" left politicians and activists have [...]	2005-11-15 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5348	ALLEGED RAPE CASE: GRP REQUEST FOR CUSTODY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In apparent response to a November 17 hearing called by the Congressional Oversight Committee for the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA),Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials called in Charge on November 16 to present diplomatic notes asserting GRP positions and i [...]	2005-11-15 23:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM RP
05MANILA5357	EAP DAS JOHN LEADS NOVEMBER 11 BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge held extensive discussions on bilateral issues with DFA A/S for American Affairs Abadilla and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Del Rosario on November 11. DAS John underscored that the primary purpose of his visit to the Philippines was to focus on subst [...]	2005-11-16 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON EAID RP UNSC APEC
05MANILA5364	A VIEW FROM MANILA'S STREETS: GENERAL PESSIMISM [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Pol FSN visited a poor neighborhood in Manila on November 14 to canvass views about residents' lives, politics and the U.S. Filipinos on the streets were generally pessimistic abou [...]	2005-11-16 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM SOCI PREL KPAO RP
05MANILA5372	MEETING WITH MILF CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders received a strong message on November 15 from emboffs that the MILF must permanently cut all contacts with terrorist organizations. MILF Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar claimed the MILF remained fully committed [...]	2005-11-16 10:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP
05MANILA5373	TRAINING PHILIPPINE POLICE ON TIP [...] (U) Summary. In a Mission-sponsored workshop on Trafficking in Persons (TIP),participants from the Philippine National Police's (PNP) Women and Children's Concern Division (WCCD) learned about the seriousness of the global issue as well as application of key Philippine TIP legislation. Loc [...]	2005-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC KCRM RP
05MANILA5382	Manila Port Readies for Nuclear Detection [...] (SBU) Port operators and government officials implementing the USDOE Megaports Initiative are eager to see the program operational by mid-2006. Megaports is designed to place equipment at major international ports to scan all incoming containers for the detection of radioactive materials and [...]	2005-11-17 04:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER RP
05MANILA5393	TEXT MESSAGE RUMORS SHOW RISING PUBLIC CONCERN [...] This is an information message. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. The Philippines remains free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI),but recent text message rumors of HPAI cases in the Philippines show rising public awareness and concern over avian flu. The GRP faces increasing chall [...]	2005-11-17 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA5433	NSC CHIEF ON EMERGENCY RULE, NPA, AND TERRORISTS [...] (S) Summary and comment: In a one-on-one meeting with Charge 11/21, National Security chief Bert Gonzales said he has recommended to President Arroyo that she invoke a Constitutional provision "as soon as possible" that would allow her to order the military and police to arrest leftist poli [...]	2005-11-21 08:46:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PREL RP
05MANILA5447	PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROTECTION ON THE CHOPPING [...] (SBU) Senator Manuel Roxas, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on Trade and Commerce, introduced a bill last month proposing amendments to the RP's Intellectual Property Code (IP) that could significantly weaken intellectual property rights protection for [...]	2005-11-22 03:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP
05MANILA5457	USGS PREPARES WORK PLAN FOR SURVEY OF MINERALS [...] In meetings in Manila with the GRP's senior geologists, a team of experts from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) drafted a work plan for the first phase of a mineral resources assessment of the Philippines. Phase one involves gathering existing data in digital format for release to the publi [...]	2005-11-22 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP
05MANILA5458	AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] This cable responds to questions in Ref A. Post previously reported on avian influenza preparedness (ref E),the GRP's limited surveillance capacity (ref D),the appointment of an Anti-Avian Flu Czar (ref C) and rising public concern in the Philippines over Avian Flu (ref B). --------- SUM [...]	2005-11-22 09:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL RP
05MANILA5459	UNEVENTFUL PRELIMINARY HEARING IN SUBIC RAPE CASE [...] (SBU) This is an action request by OOB November 25 -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. The preliminary hearing in the case of six Marines allegedly involved in the rape of a 22-year old Filipina at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) began November 23 at the Olongapo City Prosecuto [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5482	GARCI'S RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES: WILL IT BRING [...] (C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano's reappearance in the Philippines after almost four months overseas has sent ripples through political circles and led to speculation and rumors about the timing and purpose of his return. Both the pro-Ar [...]	2005-11-24 07:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP
05MANILA5483	CASH COURIERS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) Embassy appreciates efforts to coordinate and address the issue of cash couriers as a critical element in thwarting money laundering and potential terrorist financing. We agree with the strategic picture presented in reftel and concur that it contains the major elements of a draft str [...]	2005-11-24 08:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER RP
05MANILA5505	FINANCE SECRETARY NONCOMMITAL ON DOHA ROUND; [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Teves acknowledged to Charge that the GRP needs to do more to address public skepticism over the benefits of lower tariffs and progress in the WTO Doha Round. Teves was grateful for U.S. assistance and advice on improving the efficiency of revenue collection, a key are [...]	2005-11-28 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EINV RP
05MANILA5506	PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNIST THREAT IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Asia's longest surviving Communist insurgency remains entrenched in the social and political landscape of the Philippines. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is currently attempting to exploit domestic political tensions to force the Arroyo Administration from power, b [...]	2005-11-28 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP NL NO
05MANILA5510	SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, former President Ramos, Executive Secretary Ermita, [...]	2005-11-28 11:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5519	Turning Bad Loans into Good Assets [...] (SBU) The Philippine Central Bank (BSP) has cleaned up 19% of the non-performing assets (NPAs) in the banking system through the Special Purposes Vehicle (SPV) law. Although the BSP target was 50%, it reduced the amount of NPAs to 9% of total bank assets. By forming an SPV, companies can bu [...]	2005-11-30 07:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV RP
05MANILA5521	EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN DAVAO AND CEBU HIT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Justice Secretary Gonzalez has issued the first public statement by a high-ranking Philippine administration official on the extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao and Cebu, which continue to increase. This year, at least 147 have been killed in Davao and 104 [...]	2005-11-30 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RP
05MANILA5604	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) This message is in response to reftel requesting descriptions of any planned Human Rights Day (December 10) activities by local individuals and groups or embassy personnel. 2. (U) Post is commemorating Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week (December 4-10) with a number of human righ [...]	2005-12-01 10:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO
05MANILA5606	SCENESETTER FOR G/TIP DIRECTOR AMBASSADOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we generally work together constructively on global issues, including Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The GRP publicly condemns trafficking and has enacted strong laws to combat it. However, the a [...]	2005-12-01 10:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM KPAO RP HK
05MANILA5619	SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER BOND [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, National Security Advisor Gonzales, National Intell [...]	2005-12-02 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5633	GRP CONVICTS FIRST TRAFFICKERS UNDER ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A court in Batangas City, Luzon recently convicted the first three individuals under a 2003 anti- trafficking law. The defendants, facing a serious charge with the potential for a long jail te [...]	2005-12-02 08:46:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
05MANILA5637	MILF REPRESENTATIVES UNVEIL ISLAMIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Three executives from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF's) development arm -- the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) -- represented MILF Vice-Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar during a November 23 special closed door session of the Philippine Business Leader [...]	2005-12-02 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP
05MANILA5647	COURT-MARTIAL FINDS GENERAL GARCIA GUILTY [...] (U) On the afternoon of December 2, a general court martial board sentenced retired Major General Carlos Garcia to dishonorable dismissal, forfeiture of military retirement benefits, and two years of hard labor at a military prison. The military court found Garcia, a former military comptroll [...]	2005-12-02 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA5688	PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW OMBUDSMAN TO LEAD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo has named her Chief Legal Counsel, Maria Merceditas "Mercy" Gutierrez, as the new Ombudsman for the Philippines. Gutierrez, a 1995 participant in the State Department's Intern [...]	2005-12-06 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KWMN ECON EAID PINR RP
05MANILA5709	FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON PROPOSED TRILATERAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Japanese are now seeking to shift the dates of the proposed Trilateral Terrorism Cooperation Conference in Manila from mid-January to early February 2006. The primary focus of the meeting would be on maritime security, with help for Philippine National Police (PNP) refor [...]	2005-12-07 08:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC AS JA RP
05MANILA5710	TIP: TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On December 5, a regional court in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, sentenced two members of a trafficking syndicate to life imprisonment for recruiting a victim and selling her to a brothel in Malaysia [...]	2005-12-07 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY
05MANILA5734	TESTIMONY OF FORMER ELECTORAL OFFICIAL BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) official Virgilio Garcillano's House testimony on December 7 did not bring closure to the "Hello Garci" audiotape controversy involving President Arroyo. Garcillano refused to comment directly on the audiotapes, but firmly denied rigging [...]	2005-12-08 07:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PINS PINR EAID RP
05MANILA5749	CONVICTION IN MEDIA KILLING, BUT SLAYINGS CONTINUE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Philippine court has sentenced a former policeman to life imprisonment for murdering a journalist, the first such conviction since 2000. The Philippines, however, remains a very dangerous pl [...]	2005-12-09 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA5781	G/TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S DECEMBER 3-6 VISIT: [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: G/TIP Director Ambassador John Miller visited the Philippines December 3-6 to evaluate GRP progress in addressing serious problems that resulted in its Tier Two Watch List rating in 2004 and 2005 [...]	2005-12-12 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY JP
05MANILA5790	GRP WILL SUPPORT U.S. AT MONTREAL PROTOCOL MEETING [...] (SBU) Charge met with Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Defensor on December 7 and delivered points in ref A. Defensor said he would instruct the GRP's delegation to support approval of a critical use exemption for the United States (26.4 percent) in accordance [...]	2005-12-13 04:17:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL PINS EMIN RP
05MANILA5794	EMBASSY MANILA MARKS HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK WITH ONLINE [...] (U) Summary: On December 12, Mission hosted an online discussion to mark Human Rights Week, with participation from the GRP's Commission on Human Rights and a local human rights NGO. Participants in the chat reviewed U.S. advocacy of human rights and democracy, and the human rights situation [...]	2005-12-13 06:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO RP
05MANILA5799	SENATOR BOND'S DECEMBER 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Senator Christopher S. Bond, accompanied by CDA Paul W. Jones, met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on December 9. President Arroyo pledged support for U.S. trade liberalization proposals at the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong and for the U.S. efforts to encoura [...]	2005-12-13 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD EINV RP BM CH KS
05MANILA5800	MIXED SIGNALS FROM MANILA ON WTO DOHA ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo expressed unequivocal support December 9 for the US position at this week's WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kon (septel),but other senior GRP officials have told us that the Philippines will "wait and see" before taking a position. We would welcome feedback o [...]	2005-12-13 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON RP WTRO
05MANILA5806	SEARCH FOR NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE NARROWS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council has submitted to President Arroyo its "short list" -- consisting of the three most senior associate justices -- to succeed current Supreme Court Chief Justice [...]	2005-12-14 03:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP
05MANILA5838	RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE PHILIPPINES FROM SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends removing the Philippines from USTR's Special 301 Priority Watch List and placing it on the Watch List. The GRP has responded to the Special 301 out-of-cycle review by stepping up IPR protection. While there is still much to be done, it is important that th [...]	2005-12-15 07:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR RP
05MANILA5839	POWERFUL LOBBY AND QUESTIONABLE LOBBY BACK [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor met with Department of Health Undersecretary Padilla on December 12 to urge GRP to consult fully with industry representatives before signing the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs) of the Philippines "Milk Code" into law. Padilla provided a copy of the lat [...]	2005-12-15 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON RP
05MANILA5847	SENATOR BOND MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS, U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Senator Christopher S. Bond visited the Philippines December 7-10, meeting with Philippine government and military officials and local American business leaders. Senator Bond spoke with President Arroyo the possibility of developing regional structures along the lines of the Org [...]	2005-12-15 10:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ASEC EINV MOPS RP APEC
05MANILA5861	HUMAN RIGHTS/LABOR: USG-FUNDED ANTI-CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: Focusing on key human rights and labor items, poloff and pol LES visited Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental Province in the Central Philippines, December 13-14. A USDOL-funded anti-child labor project in the area is proceeding well. Conditions at a local shelter run by the GRP [...]	2005-12-16 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO RP
05MANILA5864	Avian Flu-Related Trade Restrictions on Poultry [...] This cable confirms delivery of ref A talking points to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). It also provides information requested in ref A on poultry market trends and GRP import restrictions. The GRP appears to follow guidelines of the World O [...]	2005-12-16 07:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA587	POLICE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING STRING OF [...] (C) Summary: Cebu city remains abuzz about a recent string of extrajudicial killings that has taken upwards of 25 lives. Philippine National Police (PNP) officials confirmed that PNP is actively investigating the slayings, which have divided the city, with the Cardinal and some key local po [...]	2005-02-07 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP
05MANILA5877	FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY RELEASED AFTER BEING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former defense secretary Fortunado Abat and three members of his self-proclaimed "Revolutionary Transition Government" were released on December 16 -- a day after police detained them for quest [...]	2005-12-19 09:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5914	PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 20, President Arroyo appointed Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, 69, as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Panganiban is a well-respected, articulate jurist and is expected to continue the judicial reforms begun by his predecess [...]	2005-12-21 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP
05MANILA5922	NEW FORD ENGINE PLANT TO FUEL EXPORT MARKET [...] (SBU) Ford announced plans to invest USD 30 million in the Philippines to build a flexible fuel engine plant during a meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila, and the Charge on December 20,. The plant will make the Philippines Ford's third l [...]	2005-12-22 03:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON KIPR RP WTRO
05MANILA5924	KRAFT SOUR OVER TANG TARIFF DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Kraft Foods Philippines Inc. (KFPI) is frustrated by a 2004 tariff reclassification that effectively raised the tariff rate on imported powdered beverage products Tang and Kool-Aid from three percent to 48 percent. The ruling is currently being contested in the courts, but if upheld, [...]	2005-12-22 03:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP RP
05MANILA5927	PHILIPPINES 2005 INSCR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] (U) The following text is the proposed International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, for the Philippines for 2005- 2006. Post used the questions in reftel as the basis for collecting information and assessing the current situation for the [...]	2005-12-22 04:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER SNAR KCRM KSEP RP
05MANILA5929	INDONESIA ALLOWS ONE-YEAR TRANSITION TO REFLAG [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 07:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO
05MANILA5950	PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]	2005-12-23 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA5951	Banking System More Stable But Still Vulnerable [...] (SBU) The Philippine Government is working to overcome the reputation of the banking sector as weak and inefficient with insufficient oversight. Although it remains fragmented, the central bank has successfully encouraged consolidation and has introduced many reforms to strengthen banks and [...]	2005-12-23 08:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV RP
05MANILA5964	MAKING THE MOST OUT OF THE "MERCY" [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit by the USNS Mercy to the Philippines could contribute significantly to our program of civil-military operations (CMO) in the Sulu Archipelago and have a positive impact our counterterrorism efforts there. Some additional support, e.g., medium-lift helicopters, may be n [...]	2005-12-27 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PHUM RP
05MANILA5966	PROSECUTOR FILES CHARGES AGAINST FOUR MARINES IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Olongapo City Prosecutor filed charges on December 27 against four of the six Marines under investigation for the alleged rape of a Filipina. In comments to the media, the prosecutor said he intended to seek custody of the four Marines once the court had issued arrest war [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5983	TELECOM UPDATE: GRP ENCOURAGES INTERNET TELEPHONY [...] The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued recent rulings lowering entry barriers to encourage the development of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. The decisions should reduce international rates but will have less impact on lucrative cellular services, which have ecl [...]	2005-12-28 08:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV ETRD ECIN RP APEC
05MANILA5987	TWO MARINES EXIT THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) Corporal Corey Burris and Lance Corporal Albert Lara departed the Philippines via US military aircraft at 4:40 p.m. local time on December 28, following the dismissal by the Olongapo City prosecutor the previous day of the complaint against them in the case of the alleged November 1 rap [...]	2005-12-28 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5988	GRP ORDERS LARGE SUGAR PLANTATION TO DISTRIBUTE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP has upheld a recommendation by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to expropriate the "Hacienda Luisita" sugar plantation located in Tarlac, north of Manila, and distribute it to farm [...]	2005-12-28 09:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA6039	TIP: TWO MORE TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) Summary: On December 27, a court in Metro Manila sentenced a husband and wife to life imprisonment for peddling victims -- including some minors -- into sexual servitude. A top GRP prosecutor (and former IVP grantee) spearheaded the government's legal team that netted the convictions. [...]	2005-12-29 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
05MANILA630	CORRECTED COPY: JOLO FIGHTING LEAVES OVER 50 DEAD [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Manila 621. The Summary reported incorrectly that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was involved in the recent clashes. The Summary should read that the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) was involved, as is indicated below. The body of Manila 621 [...]	2005-02-09 23:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA655	MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 9, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reiterated the GRP's commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons while working with Japan on implementation of new regulations on entertainers, confirmed that the de-listing as a terrorist organizat [...]	2005-02-10 08:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWMN PHUM PTER BM IZ SU JA RP
05MANILA682	MILF DISTANCES SELF FROM JOLO FIGHTING AS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has clearly distanced itself from the ongoing fighting in Sulu Province and has now offered to broker a cease-fire. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leadership has also called for restraint, as fighting stretched into the fifth [...]	2005-02-11 08:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA683	ADMIRAL FARGO'S TALKS WITH SECRETARY OF NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary of Defense Cruz presented to Admiral Fargo in February 9 discussions a new framework for US-RP counterterrorism cooperation. "Kapit Bisig" would encompass humanitarian/civil affairs, exercises, and operations. Cruz expressed confidence that such a framework, which inc [...]	2005-02-11 08:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS RP
05MANILA705	SITREP Ol: NEAR SIMULTANEOUS BOMBS ROCK THREE [...] (SBU) Three near simultaneous explosions rocked Manila and two cities in the southern Philippines around 7:OO pm local time February 14. Dozens of casualties are reported but no firm figurcs are yet available. No Amcits are reported injured or killed. Media reports link the Abu Sayyaf Grou [...]	2005-02-14 13:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MANILA724	GRP PREPARES FOR AUGUST ELECTIONS IN MINDANAO AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Executive branch and Commission on Elections (COMELEC) sources confirm that regional assembly (ARMM) elections in Mindanao are on track to take place in August 2005. Nationwide neighborhood (b [...]	2005-02-15 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR EAID SOCI RP
05MANILA727	ASG (IN CONCERT WITH JI) LEADING SUSPECTS IN [...] (C) The terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) heads the list of prime suspects in the February 14 series of three bombings in Manila and Mindanao that, according to media reports, left at least 11 Filipinos dead and 136 injured. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has publicly condemned the bombings [...]	2005-02-15 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MANILA729	CPP/NPA DENOUNCES BALIKATAN EXERCISE [...] (SBU) On February 11, Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, the spokesman for the Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples Army (CPP/NPA),denounced the upcoming annual Balikatan exercise as "a blatant mockery of Philippine sovereignty." Rosal claimed US troops intended to "interfere" in the armed [...]	2005-02-15 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PINS RP
05MANILA835	SULU UPDATE: MAJOR FIGHTING GIVES WAY TO GUERRILLA [...] (C) Summary. Fighting has subsided on Jolo Island but intermittent skirmishes continue. The military continues pursuit operations against enemy forces now employing guerrilla tactics by squad-sized units. The fighting has so far displaced over 32,000 people. Often impassable roads -- susc [...]	2005-02-23 08:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS PREF RP
05MANILA84	LATEST PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's new anti-corruption czar has requested Embassy's cooperation, which Embassy officers will provide in addition to ongoing coordination with the Office of the Ombudsman. The GRP is making progress on some new high profile corruption cases, most recently charging an [...]	2005-01-06 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP
05MANILA887	CATHOLIC CHURCH MEDIATING VOLATILE LABOR DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is actively attempting to mediate a complex labor dispute at Hacienda Luisita, a large sugar plantation located north of Manila owned by the Cory Aquino/Cojuangco family. The GRP's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) [...]	2005-02-28 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PINS RP

05MANILA9	PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (SBU) Dep Pol/C and poloff reviewed the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Interim Assessment Report (ref a) for the Philippines in a meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Americas Division Director Marc De Borja on January 3. Dep Pol/C noted that the report had flagged areas of progres [...]	2005-01-03 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG RP JA
05MANILA971	PHILIPPINES: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission,s fifth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from March 2004 through March 2005. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer David C. Maness, ManessDC@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x5165, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2005-03-01 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RP
05MAPUTO603	POTENTIAL AGOA SUCCESS FOR MOZAMBIQUE: 1200 TONS [...] SUMMARY. Indian Ocean Aquaculture (IOA),a multinational-owned and managed shrimp aquaculture firm in Mozambique, estimates that it will export up to 1200 tons of frozen shrimp to the U.S. in 2005. U.S. buyers of Mozambican shrimp include retail chains Tasty Choice and Wal-Mart. With U.S. seaf [...]	2005-05-12 12:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIS MZ AGOA
05MUSCAT298	BECHTEL SNAGS BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IN OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Bechtel's Regional Manager has informed the Ambassador that Bechtel won the construction contract for a large aluminum smelter in the city of Sohar. This $1.3 billion project, scheduled to be completed by 2008, will eventually employ around 2000 people and marks another milesto [...]	2005-02-22 02:46:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV EIND EMIN ELAB MU
05MUSCAT541	OMANIZATION: JOB CREATION, NOT REPLACEMENT [...] (SBU) During labor consultations with Deputy Under Secretary for Labor Arnold Levine, the Ministry of Manpower SIPDIS (MOM) reaffirmed its position that Omanization will not come at the expense of performance and productivity. In clarifying the practical aspects of Omanization, MOM officia [...]	2005-04-03 04:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PREL MU
05MUSCAT670	EXBS: PORT SALALAH RIPE TARGET FOR PROGRAMMING [...] (C) With over 30,000 containers on site at any given time and scant screening capabilities, Port Salalah could conceivably be a vulnerable spot in weapons of mass destruction (WMD) import/export or transshipment. Including the port in the Container Security Initiative and expanding our EXBS p [...]	2005-04-24 12:36:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PARM ETRD PREL PTER ASEC MU
05NEWDELHI5108	SEEKING ELECTORAL GAINS LEFT PARTIES COME DOWN [...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have severely criticized the "New Framework for the US-India Defense Relationship" signed by SecDef Rumsfeld and DefMin Mukherjee on June 28, despite initial positive reviews from most Indian media and strategic commentators, and will hold street demonstrations [...]	2005-07-05 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL IN US
05NICOSIA1566	EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS: (MOSTLY) "NO PROBLEM" [...] (S) This message is in reply to ref a tasking. The 31-year division of Cyprus has produced two separate, and quite distinct, populations and governing systems on the island. While the USG and the international community recognize the Republic of Cyprus as the sole sovereign government on the [...]	2005-09-28 04:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SOCI TU CY
05OTTAWA2700	CANADA'S GLOBAL SAFEGUARD INQUIRY INTO BICYCLES [...] The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has published its final report determining that imports of bicycles are a principal cause of "serious injury" to Canadian bicycle manufacturers. CITT has recommended a surtax on assembled or unassembled bicycles with a wheel diameter greater t [...]	2005-09-08 20:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
05OTTAWA2833	DEMARCHE TO CANADA ON SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE [...] On September 20, Econoffs met with officials of International Trade Canada's (ITCan) Intellectual Property Division to discuss the plan of action for Canada's upcoming Special 301 out-of-cycle review (reftel). After reciting their usual criticism of the Special 301 process in general, the Ca [...]	2005-09-21 16:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA KIPR ETRD ECON
05PANAMA1591	PANAMA'S COLON: FLINT MICHIGAN ON THE CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) When the USG began to draw down military forces from its bases in the Panama Canal Zone in the 1970s, the port city of Colon, on the Canal's northern terminus, was hit hard, experiencing the same rapid decline that made one-time car manufacturing center Flint, Michigan infamous. By the [...]	2005-07-28 20:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PARIS349	FRANCE 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2005-01-19 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
05PARIS5140	UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL [...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...]	2005-07-26 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO
05PARIS6908	FRENCH ON BURMA/UNSC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to MFA Burma desk officer Franck Vermeulen and UN/IO desk officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee offered as a "first response" (noting that the French mission to the UN was presenting the same response in New York) that the French are completely open t [...]	2005-10-07 09:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS7230	USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]	2005-10-21 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7328	LUNG DISEASE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL EFFORTS [...] Summary: From October 18-22 in Paris, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) held its 36th World Conference on Lung Health, the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts from the perspective of low-income, high disease-burdened countr [...]	2005-10-26 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO FR
05PARIS7472	UNESCO and WSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...]	2005-11-02 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PRETORIA3001	SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH TELECOM PRICES, LITTLE RELIEF [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki condemned South Africa's high fixed telephone line prices in his February 2005 State of the Nation address by stating that they cost ten times more than in developed countries. Mbeki's assertion was mainly directed at Telkom, the de facto monopoly for fixed line [...]	2005-07-28 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT ECPS EINV PREL XA SF
05QUITO1507	ROADBLOCKS MANY TO GUTIERREZ RETURN [...] SUMMARY. Former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez has announced his intention to return to Ecuador to confront those who deposed him. An imminent Gutierrez return appears unlikely, however, owing to the myriad of charges, criminal and otherwise, filed against him. The ex-president's politic [...]	2005-06-24 20:06:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR PREL PHUM EC
05RANGOON1053	BURMA: ASEAN PERSPECTIVES - PART I [...] (C) Summary: Charge's courtesy calls on four ASEAN Ambassadors revealed differing, but in the end negative, views on Burma's future. While the departing Malaysian and Bruneian ambassadors were blunt in their negative assessments of the current conditions, the relatively new Singaporean ambass [...]	2005-09-14 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV BM RP SN MY BX
05RANGOON1265	LEAVING ON A JET PLANE: GOB BEGINS CAPITAL MOVE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB announced on November 7 that it had commenced an operation to move its "seat of administration" to the remote rural town of Pyinmana in central Burma, 243 miles north of Rangoon. Civil servants from at least nine of the GOB's 30 ministries began moving on November 6, unde [...]	2005-11-07 11:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON1412	BURMA: 2005 INCSR PART II [...] Following is the 2005-2006 revision of the International Narcotics Strategy Report, Part II: Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Burma. 2. Burma, a major drug producing and trafficking country, has a mixed economy with substantial state-controlled companies, mainly in energy and heavy [...]	2005-12-19 10:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER ECON KTFN BM
05RANGOON1439	BURMA: 2005 INCSR PART I - DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-23 05:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON266	BURMA: PM SOE WIN GETS BLUNT ADVICE FROM FILIPINO [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's new Prime Minister, Soe Win, recently visited Manila and, as we've heard it, received a friendly though fairly blunt message from President Arroyo: the international community expects a timetable for the regime's road map; the process will not be accepted wit [...]	2005-03-02 06:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM RP
05RANGOON296	BURMA: ASEAN AMBASSADORS RESPOND TO RAZALI CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) met separately with the Singaporean, Indonesian, and Malaysian ambassadors in Rangoon to hear their views on Burma's ASEAN chairmanship in 2006. They dismissed the idea that their governments were prepared to be more activist on the issue of the Burmese [...]	2005-03-08 10:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM
05RANGOON353	NLD VIEWS SPDC AS "UNFIT" TO CHAIR ASEAN [...] (S) Summary: Two of the National League for Democracy's (NLD) top leaders tell us that: "the SPDC is unfit and unsuitable" to take over the ASEAN chair in 2006; the National Convention will recess o/a April 5; the NLD will host a low-key commemoration of Resistance Day (aka Armed Forces Day) [...]	2005-03-23 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
05RANGOON400	SINGAPORE PM LEE'S BURMA VISIT: BEATING AROUND THE [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Prime Minister Lee visited Burma on March 30 and, contrary to international press reports and a preview by his foreign minister of an anticipated tough approach (ref A),he apparently did not directly urge Burma to give up its turn to chair ASEAN in 2006. However, we're [...]	2005-04-04 10:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BM SN
05RANGOON43	BURMA 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requirements and Incentives Right to Private Ownership and Establishment Protect [...]	2005-01-11 04:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC USTR
05RANGOON573	BOMBINGS: REGIME REACTION SURREAL BUT PREDICTABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime is treating the shocking May 7 triple bombings as a non-event; there are few signs of enhanced security and control of information has been heavy-handed. Over 90 wounded victims remain hospitalized and the death toll has reportedly approached 30 persons, altho [...]	2005-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC ECON BM
05RANGOON825	BURMA HOLDS IT CARDS ON ASEAN CHAIR ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: According to senior GOB officials, Burma will not announce a decision on the 2006 ASEAN chair issue in Vientiane and will approach the annual ASEAN meetings with an "ambiguous" position, apparently intent to keep open its options and kick the can further down the road until at lea [...]	2005-07-13 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BM
05RANGOON871	SPDC SILENT ON ASEAN CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement in Vientiane that Burma would relinquish its rotation to the ASEAN chair apparently came as a complete surprise to many GOB officials and diplomats in Rangoon. Official state media has thus far ignored the development entirely and GOB officials refuse to comment [...]	2005-07-27 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON873	NLD PURSUES PARLIAMENTARY LETTER CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Burma's leading pro-democracy party, the National League for Democracy (NLD),as part of a petition campaign launched on May 27 (ref C),provided Emboffs on July 27 with a list of foreign embassies to which it has delivered copies of its declaration, signed by 114 Members-elect of Parliame [...]	2005-07-28 10:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM NLD
05RIYADH9488	FORMER ARAMCO EXECUTIVE OFFERS HIS VIEWS ON OIL [...] (C) Over lunch at the CG's residence on December 21, 2005, Sadad Al-Husseini, who retired from Aramco in 2004 after serving twelve years as Executive President for Exploration & Producing, shared his views on global oil supply and demand with CG, EconOff, and PAO. Al-Husseini, who is now a c [...]	2005-12-26 06:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL SA OIL
05ROME1142	FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...]	2005-04-05 08:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO
05ROME4027	REPORT OF THE 33ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the meetings of the Conference and Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),held in Rome from 16 to 28 November 2005, member governments discussed international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues, and the key institutional questions of the organization [...]	2005-12-09 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO WFP
05ROME459	FAO UPDATE ON TSUNAMI DISASTER RESPONSE [...] Summary: At a briefing on 9 February for representatives of affected states and donor countries, FAO officials provided a progress report on the agency's response to the Asian tsunami disaster. FAO has received over $30 million in donor contributions and pledges. This exceeds the organizati [...]	2005-02-11 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIS PREF EAGR SENV AORC XO FAO
05SANJOSE488	COSTA RICA'S 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Following is Embassy San Jose's submission for the 2004 annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to sections outlined in reftel, with the first paragraph beginning at 18A. Post's POC for the report is Political Officer Janae Cooley. Telephone number: (506) 5 [...]	2005-02-28 18:38:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV SMIG KWMN KFRD KCRM PREL ELAB ASEC CS
05SANTIAGO1543	MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM: [...] On July 18, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ. 20,000) carried a signed article by international analyst Libardo Buitrago entitled, "Chronogram of Terror." Quote: "New York; Bali, Indonesia; Casablanca; Istanbul; Madrid; Baghdad; and London are part of the chronogram [...]	2005-07-18 20:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI TERRORISM
05SINGAPORE2971	SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Singapore from October 19-20. This will be an excellent opportunity to thank Singapore for its close counterterrorism cooperation and identify ways in which we can expand the relationship. Sense of Vulnerability ---------------------- 2. (C) Singapor [...]	2005-10-07 07:08:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN ETTC ECON SN
05SINGAPORE312	MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 1 OF 2 [...] (C) Summary: Concerned about preventing racial and religious conflict in Singapore, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) actively co-opts talented Muslims, especially potential critics. In addition to holding a modest number of senior positions in the government, representatives from Singap [...]	2005-02-03 01:09:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SN SOCI
05SINGAPORE3160	U.S.-SINGAPORE PROLIFERATION TALKS IDENTIFY FUTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On October 17-18, the U.S. held productive talks with Singapore on a broad range of nonproliferation and counterproliferation issues. The U.S. delegation, co-led by ISN/MTR Director Van Diepen and OSD/ISP/NPP Director David Cooper, was impressed by the level of preparedness and [...]	2005-10-28 10:00:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC SN
05SINGAPORE3352	ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon, accompanied by Charge Fergin, met separately on November 14 with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to discuss bilateral security cooperation and regional issues, most prominently, China. In open and relaxed discussions, both leaders [...]	2005-11-23 07:22:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP
05SINGAPORE3509	SINGAPORE 2006 INCSR SUBMISSION PART II - MONEY [...] Per reftel instructions, Post hereby submits the draft of Part II of the 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We have also emailed the text of the draft report, in MS Word format and showing changes from last year's version, to INL. Re [...]	2005-12-15 06:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER ETTC KTFN EFIN ECON SNAR SN
05SINGAPORE740	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is first of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. The Embassy point of contact for this report is Colin Willett: phone (65) 6476-9492, fax (65) 6476-9389, email willettc@state.gov. Due to the length of our submission, we have split it into four cables. P [...]	2005-03-14 08:29:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
05SINGAPORE742	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is the second of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. Para 2 covers the questions on investigations and prosecutions, and para 3 answers the questions on protection and victim assistance. Investigations and Prosecutions ------------------------------- [...]	2005-03-14 08:35:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
05SINGAPORE743	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is the third of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. It details all the sources Emboffs used in compiling the submission. -------------------------- Diplomatic Representatives -------------------------- 2. (SBU/NF) Embassy maintains contact with con [...]	2005-03-14 08:42:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
05SINGAPORE820	SINGAPORE TIP UPDATE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (C) On March 16, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs provided us with full-year 2004 numbers on detentions, arrests, and prosecutions for offenses related to sex-trafficking, as well as additional information on Singapore's law enforcement efforts. Please note that the MHA provided this in [...]	2005-03-17 09:08:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
05TAIPEI153	Taiwan: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2004, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct [...]	2005-01-14 06:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
05TAIPEI2061	NSC WARNS OF ENHANCED PRC INTEL COLLECTION IN THE [...] (S) National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General Henry Ko told AIT that Philippine intelligence officials recently warned their Taiwan counterparts that Beijing has formally requested the establishment of two new consulates, one in Davao, Mindanao and the other in Loag, on the nort [...]	2005-05-06 07:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PREL PINR RP CH TW
05TAIPEI2655	PRATAS ISLAND: TAIWAN'S STRATEGIC WEAKEST LINK? [...] (C) Summary: The May 27 confrontation between Taiwan Coast Guard vessels and a suspected PRC research ship off the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island has focused minds in the Taiwan government on the strategic risks associated with the disputed South China Sea island. Given its location between [...]	2005-06-16 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI268	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FOURTH QUARTER [...] Taiwan chipmakers PowerChip and ProMos submitted applications to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commission for permission to build semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the PRC. If approved these two plants together with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s ( [...]	2005-01-21 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW
05TAIPEI3288	INSIGHT INTO EAST ASIA MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (S) Summary. A Hong Kong private investigator discussed with AIT Econ on July 14 his ongoing investigation into three unlicensed Taiwan money brokers that have been sending U.S. dollar bank and travelers' checks to his client, a Hong Kong bank. The investigator had come to Taiwan to determin [...]	2005-08-08 18:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECON PINR KCRM KTFN RP TW
05TAIPEI3666	Indigenous Dengue Fever Cases Reported In [...] Summary. On August 19, 2005, the Taiwan CDC announced the island's first cases of indigenous Serotype III dengue fever. The outbreak occurred in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. Between the date of the first reported case and August 30th, there have been a total of four confirmed cases [...]	2005-09-06 02:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TW ESTH
05TAIPEI373	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET ACCESS [...] AIT has reviewed the reftel list of service sectors and submits provides the following rankings in terms of: A) U.S. market access priorities (1 being the highest, 5 the lowest); and B) Taiwan's current level of market openness for each sector (high, medium, low). [...]	2005-01-29 06:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TW ETRD
05TAIPEI3766	TAIWAN MONEY BROKER BLUES [...] (SBU) Hong Kong professional money laundering investigator Peter Gallo (reftel) has written a letter to warn AIT about possible negative consequences of USG efforts to crack-down on unlicensed money brokers. AIT/Econ thought the letter contained some interesting points and that it might also [...]	2005-09-12 06:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK
05TAIPEI4060	TAIWAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings on September 28-30, AIT briefed senior Taiwan officials from the National Security Council (NSC),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Department of Health (DOH) on the U.S. initiative to establish the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Inf [...]	2005-10-03 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL TW KSTH WHO
05TAIPEI4205	TAIWAN ADDRESSES FOREIGN WORKER ABUSE [...] Summary: The Thai labor riots (ref A, B and C) have highlighted the need for changes in Taiwan's treatment of foreign workers. NGOs report that Taiwan employers are able to mistreat foreign workers because of inadequate laws. Mistreatment includes high broker fees, labor trafficking, and arbi [...]	2005-10-17 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL
05TAIPEI4206	Taiwan Bans Vietnam Workers Due To High Runaway [...] Summary: Taiwan has banned foreign workers from Vietnam since January 2005. The official reason is the high percentage of Vietnamese workers that run away from their employers once they enter Taiwan. NGOs claim that, many workers flee as a means to escape abuse because the Vietnamese trade o [...]	2005-10-17 08:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL
05TAIPEI4764	TAIWAN ISSUES TAMIFLU COMPULSORY LICENSE, BUT DOES [...] Summary: Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) Deputy Director General Jack Lu announced late November 25 that Taiwan would grant the Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) a restricted license to produce Tamiflu, despite the fact that negotiations between DOH and patent-holder Roche were on- [...]	2005-11-30 22:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR TW ESTH IPR
05TAIPEI4938	CROSS-STRAIT BANKING - RESTRICTING COMPETITVENESS [...] (C) The Taiwan government continues to maintain restrictions that prevent Taiwan banks from expanding their operations in the PRC and forbid PRC banks from establishing any presence in Taiwan. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) stands ready to implement liberalization measures, b [...]	2005-12-22 01:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI4941	TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY CAPACITY BUILDING: A FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is increasingly active in providing humanitarian assistance through government and NGO institutions to countries around the world. In addition, Taiwan is trying to convert its own recent democratization achievements to assist other countries with democracy building, part [...]	2005-12-22 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID TW
05TAIPEI860	TAIWAN REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE ON WHO, OTHER [...] (C) Summary. MOFA International Organizations Director-General John Chen expressed appreciation to the Director February 24 for U.S. assistance on Taiwan participation in WHO International Health Regulations (IHR). Chen, however, requested further U.S. help to modify the terms of the PRC-WHO [...]	2005-03-02 06:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KIPR KDEM TW IPR
05TAIPEI866	2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN [...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2004-05 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) report. The report is according to reftel sections, beginning with 18 A. -------- Overview -------- 18 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or children? [...]	2005-03-02 22:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TW TIP
05TELAVIV1336	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...]	2005-03-07 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3399	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Russia: Yukos Verdict ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that the planned meeting between PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas was fina [...]	2005-06-02 12:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6124	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas is expected to demand U.S. intervention in halting Israeli construction and dismantling illegal outposts in the West [...]	2005-10-19 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05VATICAN453	VATICAN SUPPORTS AND WILL ADVOCATE FOR U.S. AMENDMENT TO CSW [...] (C) Per reftel, Charge met March 2 with Holy See Undersecretary for Relations with States Monsignor Pietro Parolin to urge the Vatican to lobby key countries in favor of the U.S. amendment to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Declaration prior to the March 4 vote in New York. 2. ( [...]	2005-03-03 12:05:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VT
05VATICAN465	TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART II: CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH [...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal Electors come together in the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a new Pope, they will vote to elect the individual they believe is best suited to lead the Catholic Church at this moment in history. Who that person is will depend in part on what the Cardinal electors be [...]	2005-04-15 14:07:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN466	TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART III: THE CANDIDATES [...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, there will be no clear favorite. Despite intensive media speculation and a series of media bubbles for various candidates, heading into the conclave no candidate appears to have an i [...]	2005-04-18 16:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR VT
05VATICAN500	VATICAN CONFIRMS IT PRESSURED FILIPINO BISHOPS [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for the Philippines Monsignor Luis Montemayor confirmed July 14 that the Vatican pressured the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) not to support protests calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Montemayor noted that t [...]	2005-07-15 16:28:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP VT
05VATICAN514	VATICAN: LOOKING AHEAD ON BIOTECH [...] (C) Recent conversations between Holy See officials and USAID and EB representatives visiting the Vatican confirmed the cautious acceptance of biotech food by the Holy See. Vatican officials asserted that the safety and science of genetically modified foods would eventually be non-issues at the [...]	2005-08-26 07:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
05VIENNA138	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]	2005-01-14 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VILNIUS1100	LITHUANIA'S NEWEST IMMIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY: Immigration to Lithuania is increasing, with foreign workers filling gaps in the local economy as Lithuanians continue to emigrate in large numbers. Countries of the former Soviet Union, notably Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, are the primary source of Lithuania's immigrants. With some [...]	2005-10-14 11:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG ELAB ECON PGOV LH
05WELLINGTON957	NEW ZEALAND: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Embassy Wellington's submission for the 2005 Country Terrorism Report on New Zealand: New Zealand New Zealand has a strong capacity to develop and implement counter-terrorism policies, and further strengthened its role in the global war on terror in 2005 through domestic [...]	2005-12-13 00:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
06ABIDJAN226	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...]	2006-03-01 16:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV
06ABUDHABI1122	UAEG REPORTS ADDITIONAL TRAFFICKING PROSECUTIONS, [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided the following trafficking-related statistics as was mentioned reftel. Post is awaiting additional prosecutions statistics from the Emirate of Dubai where the majority of sex trafficking prosecutions take place. ------------- Camel Jockeys - [...]	2006-03-22 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AE TAGS
06ABUDHABI1340	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES THE UAE'S TREATMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 30, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report urging the UAEG to take immediate steps to end abusive labor practices. The report focuses heavily on the plight of foreign construction workers who often end up in &debt bondage.8 HRW also urged the UAEG to expand its staff [...]	2006-04-05 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI2133	PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW [...] (C) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the vessel M/T Lin 1 and its crew of 20 Filipinos seized by Somali pirates on March 29. Cabactulan said that his government wanted to know if the U.S. Navy was co [...]	2006-05-23 11:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI2809	RE: TIP/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, PolOff delivered the trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan (ref A) to the head of the UAE National Anti-Trafficking Committee, Sultan bin Saeed Al-Badi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice. Al-Badi acknowledged UAE trafficking problems but was concerned about [...]	2006-07-09 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI3101	CONCLUSION TO PIRATED VESSEL EPISODE [...] (C) Reftel noted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE's concerns about the safety of the 20-member Filipino crew of a UAE-based vessel, the M/T Lin 1, which was at the time in the hands of Somali pirates. We now understand, from Philippines Ambassador Libran Cabactulan and media reports that [...]	2006-07-31 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI3204	UAE CENSUS RESULTS FINALLY RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, the UAEG finally released results of a census conducted months earlier. Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi reported that as of December 6, 2005 the UAE's population was 4.1 million, up from 2.4 million in 1995. UAE nationals account for just over 20 percent [...]	2006-08-08 11:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI4321	TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL WATCHLIST-UAE [...] (U) Summary: Since the release of the June 2006 TIP Report, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking in the UAE, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and laborers working in servitude. The answers in paragraphs 2-7 below are keyed to the six questi [...]	2006-11-21 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
06ABUDHABI4322	TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since the release of the June 2006 TIP Report, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking in the UAE, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and laborers working in servitude. The answers in paragraphs 2-7 below are keyed to the six questi [...]	2006-11-21 12:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
06ABUDHABI528	UAE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ADDRESSING DOMESTIC WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: Various government authorities continue to make progress in addressing the issues of trafficking in persons and domestic worker abuse. The Dubai Police Human Rights Department is working to improve services to trafficking victims, concentrating its efforts on sex-trafficking. [...]	2006-02-15 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI789	UAE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...]	2006-03-04 03:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
06ABUDHABI813	UAE AVIATION UPDATES [...] (SBU) Summary. The UAE,s aviation sector is rapidly growing in both the private and public sectors. During a recently held aviation conference in Abu Dhabi, the Directors General of Arab Civil Aviation Authorities formed an aviation security panel. In addition, commercial aviation services i [...]	2006-03-04 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AE EAIR ECON PREL
06ABUJA2791	NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP FOR THIRD QUARTER OF [...] SUMMARY. To augment the required annual reporting, Embassy Abuja will be sending regular round-up cables detailing human rights incidents in Nigeria. This cable mimics the format of the Annual Report on Human Rights and a section at the end will discuss issues to which we will be paying par [...]	2006-10-25 06:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV NI
06AITTAIPEI1140	AIT DIRECTOR CALLS ON TAIWAN ECONOMIC PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Dr. Hu Sheng-cheng painted a rosy picture of Taiwan's economy for AIT Director Young in a March 29 courtesy call. Concerns about hollowing out or becoming uncompetitive are unfounded, according to Hu. Taiw [...]	2006-03-31 11:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD EINV TW
06AITTAIPEI1528	TAIWAN CONSIDERS ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CHINESE [...] Summary: Taiwan is simultaneously pursuing anti-dumping and safeguard investigations on towel imports from China. The Ministry of Finance must announce its decision on preliminary anti-dumping measures by May 29. Taiwan's ITC has recommended a 65% tariff on Chinese towel imports, the Minister [...]	2006-05-03 10:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TW
06AITTAIPEI2110	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, RECALL OF [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage June 20 on President Chen Shui-bian's decision to deliver a televised speech Tuesday evening in response to the recall motion; the pan-Blue camp's moves to bring Chen down; further investigations into the alleged role of F [...]	2006-06-20 07:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3871	MEDIA REACTION: APEC [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI774	AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF TAIWAN'S FUTURE, U.S. INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Minister-without-portfolio Ho Mei-yueh emphasized that Taiwan considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States to be its top economic and political priority in a February 23 meeting with the AIT Acting Director. Ho also briefly discussed Taiwan's new cabinet [...]	2006-03-09 22:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IO PREL TW
06AMMAN1691	JORDAN'S SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Jonathan Peccia (grade 4),phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing the report. Pol FSN spent 16 hours preparing the report. [...]	2006-03-07 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
06AMMAN6838	MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 09:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06ANKARA3894	US ASSISTANCE CRITICAL TO STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey plays a strategic role in US policy. A long-time US Ally, the second largest NATO member, an EU candidate, and a Western-oriented country that borders an area of US concern, Turkey is providing critical assistance to US efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is pressing Iran [...]	2006-07-03 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PTER TU
06ATHENS369	CORRUPTION IN GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 11:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR
06BAKU836	AZERBAIJAN HOPES TO STRENGTHEN OIC'S INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Vagif Sadiqov told Charge June 5 that the GOAJ planned to use its chairmanship of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to expand the OIC's cooperation with regional bodies such as the OSCE, ASEAN and other organizations, on ter [...]	2006-06-07 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL AJ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN499	REQUEST FOR SUGGESTION OF HEAD OF STATE IMMUNITY [...] (C) As instructed, Ambassador shared with Foreign Minister II Lim Jock Seng the points in para 8 of ref B regarding the case of Gligorov et al v.s. Sultan of Brunei et al. After considering those points and consulting with the U.S. law firm retained by the Sultan and Crown Prince (Cravath, Sw [...]	2006-09-28 09:11:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN555	OCTOBER MEETING OF CTAG CHIEFS OF MISSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Missions from G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) member countries resident in Brunei plus Australia discussed following topics at their October meeting: -- CTAG members continue to rate the threat of domestic terrorism in Brunei as low, but remain concerned ab [...]	2006-11-01 06:31:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	SECRET	PINR PTER BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN572	BRUNEI'S HARI RAYA: OPEN TALK AT OPEN HOUSES [...] (C) At this year's Hari Raya open houses -- a custom that distinguishes Brunei's celebration of the post-Ramadan month -- Ambassador and DCM heard unusually candid views from senior GoB officials on issues ranging from royal succession, bilateral security cooperation, and the status of major [...]	2006-11-08 03:39:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ECON SOCI CVIS MARR PTER PHUM

06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN580	BRUNEI RESPONSE TO APEC FARMER AGRICULTURAL [...] Embassy delivered reftel request to the Agricultural Department on October 26 with a courtesy copy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2. On November 11, Embassy received response from Mrs. Hajah Aidah Mohd Hanifah of the Agriculture Department informing us that they are not able [...]	2006-11-14 04:15:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN609	ASEAN SUMMIT PREPARATION: ASEAN CHARTER [...] (U) The ASEAN Eminent Persons Group (EPG) completed its report on recommendations for an ASEAN Charter during its November 28-29 meeting in Brunei. The report will be presented to ASEAN leaders at their December 11 summit in Cebu (reftel),in the expectation that they will appoint a drafting [...]	2006-12-01 07:39:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ASEAN XE BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN629	BRUNEI MONITORS JAMA'AT AL-TABLIGH [...] (S) French Ambassador to Brunei told Ambassador that the Government of Brunei's Internal Security Division (ISD) informed the French external intelligence service that it is actively monitoring approximately 400 Bruneian residents who are members of the Islamic missionary organization Jama'at [...]	2006-12-14 07:15:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BX PINR PTER
06BANGKOK2135	BURMA: DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING IN [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA's East Asian Affairs Director for Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Brunei Mr. Damrong Kriakruan on April 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and asked for RTG views. Damrong noted that ASEAN's credibility is on the line, but the RTG still believes that e [...]	2006-04-12 05:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH ASEAN BURMA
06BANGKOK2270	MOVING FORWARD ON AN SEA CT STRATEGY [...] (S/REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: On March 6, Embassy Bangkok and S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton hosted regional Chiefs of Mission and participants from other U.S. agencies to follow up on the January CT consultations in Jakarta (REFTELS). Chiefs of Mission (COMs) continued to develop a framework to [...]	2006-04-19 23:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ASEC PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL TH
06BANGKOK2624	THAILAND: THE ANDAMAN SEA MARITIME SECURITY [...] (C) Post has proposed and the Royal Thai Supreme Command and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) have endorsed a U.S. funded initiative to secure Thai territorial waters in the Andaman Sea which would also provide radar coverage of the northern entrance to the Strait of Malacca. The proposed initiative w [...]	2006-05-04 07:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK2887	HCOC: THAILAND NOT READY TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director Charn Jullamon and Nichamon Agrasuta of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division. MFA officers said Thailand was considering subscription to the HCOC and had submitted the text to the MFA legal department. T [...]	2006-05-16 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA TH MTCRE
06BANGKOK2890	A LONG-TERM THAI EFFORT TO DEAL WITH SOUTHERN [...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: As we continue to develop a framework to assist the Thai deal with the situation in far southern Thailand, we should be realistic about the limitations of our aid and the length of time it will take for the Thai to make significant progress in the South. Expanded t [...]	2006-05-16 23:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3354	DELAY IN FTA TALKS LIKELY TO HIT US EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary. There is a growing possibility that US-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations will be indefinitely postponed. The sizable opportunity costs for US commerce of the FTA's failure have been documented in several econometric studies of the FTA's likely effects: foregone U [...]	2006-06-05 00:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON TH
06BANGKOK3396	ASEAN-U.S. DIALOGUE HELD IN BANGKOK MAY 23 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the May 23 ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue, ASEAN members and the United States expressed confidence that a joint Plan of Action to implement the ASEAN-U.S. Enhanced Partnership would be ready for the Secretary and Foreign Ministers to approve during the ASEAN Ministers meeting in [...]	2006-06-06 07:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK350	BRIGADIER GENERAL ALLEN'S MEETING WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: During a January 16 call at Royal Thai Supreme Command (RTSC) Headquarters, Department of Defense Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs for International Security Affairs Brigadier General John Allen expressed his appreciation to RTSC Chief of Joint Staff General Ler [...]	2006-01-19 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK353	BGEN ALLEN'S MEETINGS WITH THAI MOD DEPUTY PERMSEC [...] (C) Summary. Thai Ministry of Defense (MOD) Deputy Permanent Secretary Apichart Penkitti told OSD/ISA Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs BGen John Allen on January 16 that the RTG remains interested in sending a team to the Philippines to learn about the Defense Resources Manag [...]	2006-01-19 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK355	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Bilateral relations with Thailand have been generally excellent. Thailand is a security treaty ally and has been firmly supportive of the Global War on Terror. American businesses have over $20 billion in direct investment in Thailand, the second largest investor after Japan. Thailand a [...]	2006-01-19 10:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TH PSI BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK5100	THAILAND APEC PRIORITIES [...] On August 9, Econoff met with Mr. Winachai Chaemchaeng, Deputy Director General of the Department of Trade Negotiations, and presented talking points per reftel. Winachai said the USG's priority on trade facilitation tracked most closely with RTG priorities. Thailand was working closely with [...]	2006-08-21 23:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON APECO TH
06BANGKOK5148	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE USS KITTY HAWK [...] (C) Summary. Admiral McClain and the men and women of the USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, your trip to Bangkok is a terrific opportunity to demonstrate America's commitment to regional security and meshes with a series of initiatives the United States has with Thailand. Thailand affords t [...]	2006-08-23 05:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5268	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM DEPUTY J2 TOM MCNAMARA [...] (C) Summary. Mr. McNamara, your trip to Bangkok will allow you to observe the difficulties the Thai military face in sharing intelligence and information. A lack of basic analytical skills coupled with information firewalls between the services and with other agencies hampers the Thai militar [...]	2006-08-29 04:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL MARR PGOV TH
06BANGKOK6203	NEW INTERIM CABINET AND SELECT BIOS [...] (U) Interim PM Surayud Chulanont announced his cabinet over the weekend and received the King's royal endorsement on October 9. Dubbed the "cabinet of old men," the 26-member interim cabinet have been tasked to improve Thailand's image abroad. They are as follows: Deputy PM and Finance Mi [...]	2006-10-10 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TH
06BANGKOK7331	THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW INTERIOR [...] (C) Interior Minister Ari Wong-Araya outlined to the Ambassador on December 7 the Surayud government's approach to the conflict in the South, which focuses on building understanding through peaceful means, including the restoration of the old Southern Border Provinces Administration Center. A [...]	2006-12-08 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR TH
06BANGKOK926	U.S.-THAI MILITARY COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF [...] (S) Eric and Peter: My country team continues to explore ways to improve our military cooperation with Thailand in order to address the violence in the South here. I know these are issues that are important to you. I'd like to share my views with you and suggest ways we can help the Thai. [...]	2006-02-16 02:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL TH POL MIL
06BEIJING10779	PRC/SINGAPORE: LEE KUAN YEW DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew used his May 10-17 isit to China to urge Chinese cunterparts including Premier Wen Jiabao to develop a bilateral relationship that reflects the increased role of energy security in world affairs, according to Chinese MFA Deputy Director He Wei. The t [...]	2006-06-01 04:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SN TW
06BEIJING22628	ASEAN-CHINA MEETING HOPES TO CHART COURSE TO FTA, [...] (C) Summary: The October 30-31 ASEAN-China Prime Ministers' meeting in Guangxi Province will celebrate 15 years of China's special dialogue partnership with ASEAN and chart the course for the next 15 years, including implementation of an ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement. MFA officials plannin [...]	2006-10-25 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ASEAN CH
06BEIJING23354	PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN MEETS BUSINESS CRONIES AND [...] (C) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has met with business partners and the Thai Ambassador to China since he arrived in Beijing on November 1. MFA officials said Thaksin's visit was a private one and a Thai Embassy official in Beijing confirmed that Thaksin has not met Chinese G [...]	2006-11-02 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR XC TH CH
06BEIJING23631	ASEAN-CHINA SUMMIT MEMORIALIZES COOPERATION; TEES [...] (C) Heads of state from all ten ASEAN member countries attended the largely ceremonial October 30-31 ASEAN-China 15-year anniversary Summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao in China's Guangxi Province. The leaders signed a joint statement pledging to enhance strategic cooperation, to support a nu [...]	2006-11-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EAIR EAID KWMN CH
06BEIJING23938	CHINA/ENERGY: SENIOR DIRECTOR HUNTER, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) NSC Senior Director Roszell Hunter and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang met to discuss energy and environmental issues relating to the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on November 16, 2006. Senior Director Hunter stated Washington wants cr [...]	2006-11-20 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING24200	NOVEMBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 30 MFA Press Conference were: -- Meetings between the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK were helpful. No date for the talks has been set. -- The United States-China Strategic Economic Dialogue co-chaired by Trea [...]	2006-11-30 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
06BEIJING24231	PRC-THAILAND: WEN JIABAO POSTPONES BANGKOK VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao has canceled a planned trip to Bangkok that would have been the highest-level PRC visit since the coup. The trip, which Wen had promised to make during an October bilateral meeting with General Surayud at the China-ASEAN Summit, will be rescheduled because of W [...]	2006-12-01 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER TH CH
06BEIJING24302	SCO CHIEF DISCUSSES IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has "no current plans" for expansion or to allow observers, including Iran, to become full members, SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang told the Ambassador December 4. Zhang denied reports that the SCO and some non-SCO former Soviet repu [...]	2006-12-05 07:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ZK IR CH RS
06BEIJING24310	DECEMBER 5 MFA BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] Key Points at the December 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for the early resumption of the Six-Party Talks, but this requires the consensus of all parties. No date has been set. Luxury goods prohibited for import to the DPRK have not been defined. -- China is closely followin [...]	2006-12-05 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM RP JA KS TC CH
06BEIJING24344	MFA BRIEFING ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT, CHINA-ASEAN [...] On December 6, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special press briefing outlining Premier Wen Jiabao?s upcoming planned state visit to the Philippines and Chinese participation in ASEAN- related events in Cebu from December 11-15. Wen will attend the East Asia Summit, China-ASEAN [...]	2006-12-06 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CH RP JA KS KN
06BEIJING24377	DECEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR, SIX- PARTY [...] Key Points at the December 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue needs more time and space. -- The DPRK nuclear issue will likely be discussed during upcoming ASEAN meetings. -- It is "inappropriate" for UNHCR to call DPRK refugees in China [...]	2006-12-07 15:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG ECON KN IR CH
06BEIJING24470	DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...]	2006-12-12 11:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH
06BEIJING24597	MFA, SCHOLARS ON POSTPONED ASEAN-RELATED MEETINGS [...] (C) China is amenable to rescheduling the postponed ASEAN-related meetings in Cebu in mid-January, but if the dates slip further it could be difficult for Beijing, MFA officials and scholars told us in separate meetings. Japan and China had planned to announce at an Abe-Wen meeting in Cebu a [...]	2006-12-15 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN CH JA
06BEIJING24643	DECEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- With resumption of Six-Party Talks and bilateral talks between the United States and DPRK, all parties maintain hope that the Talks can press ahead toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. "Visible and sharp" differences w [...]	2006-12-19 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS IN JA CH
06BEIJING24852	DECEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SCO SYG ZHANG [...] Key Points at the December 28 MFA Press Conference were: --Outgoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General (SYG) Zhang Deguang was pragmatic and helped launch the organization and raise its international profile. China expects similar pragmatism from Zhang's successor, Bol [...]	2006-12-28 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KN KS IS JA CH
06BEIJING4216	PRC/BURMA: MORE ON SOE WIN VISIT AND BEIJING'S [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao told Burmese PM Soe Win that China hopes Burma will move forward with national, political and ethnic reconciliation, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos Chen Dehai. Chen first denied that this was a new [...]	2006-03-07 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
06BEIJING8117	PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]	2006-04-29 02:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIJING8801	DDG QIU ON JAPAN-CHINA DIALOGUE [...] (C) China and Japan agreed to hold the fifth round of talks on the East China Sea dispute next week and to discuss dates and venues for a possible Foreign Minister-level meeting, according to MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong. During the May 7-9 Japan-China Comprehensive [...]	2006-05-11 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING8803	ARF INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING ON COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 26-28 ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-sessional Meeting on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime focused on discussing "root causes" of terrorism but also gave participants an opportunity to exchange views on recent developments and national experiences in combating t [...]	2006-05-11 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ARR ARF CH
06BEIJING9501	CHINA'S AMBITIOUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Minister Bo Xilai announced in early 2006 an ambitious plan for nine free trade agreements (FTAs) covering twenty-seven countries, according to MOFCOM officials. These twenty- seven countries represent 18 percent of China's imports and 11 [...]	2006-05-18 06:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH AS NZ SA
06BERLIN2676	S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...]	2006-09-13 07:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU
06BOGOTA4754	COLOMBIA: LOCAL READ OUT ON A/S SHANNON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Representatives from the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean Embassies in Colombia said Assistant Secretary Shannon's visit to Asia to discuss Latin America was a success. All indicated their governments' willingness to continue the dialogue and look forward to future meetings. The Chin [...]	2006-05-30 19:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL ETRD ECON CO
06BRUSSELS4113	MANDELSON PUSHES EU'S LABOR AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY. EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson keeps pushing for the inclusion and development of a social dimension in trade policy instruments and policies. Speaking at a Brussels conference last week, Mandelson pressed the EU Council to adopt the withdrawal of GSP benefits from Belarus. He al [...]	2006-12-13 15:55:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD ILO PREL PGOV BM IN BO EUN
06BUENOSAIRES1548	MUMBAI BLITZ; GUANTANAMO 07/12/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the bomb blitz in Mumbai killing more than 160 in India's worst terrorist attack since 1993; and the USG's alleged announcement that the Geneva Convention will apply to the Guantanamo prison. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES [...]	2006-07-12 18:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES291	VISIT OF DASD PARDO-MAURER TO ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Rogelio Pardo-Maurer visited Argentina January 26-28. During his visit, Pardo-Maurer met with Argentine Minister of Defense Nilda Garre and other senior ministry officials. During his meetings, Pardo-Mau [...]	2006-02-08 12:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AR
06CAIRO562	FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary. Post proposes a two-fold program that targets both regulators and the Egyptian public to build on past and current public outreach programs and focus on breaking the regulatory logjam that currently impedes the introduction of biotech products in Egypt. End Summary. 2. (S [...]	2006-01-30 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
06CAIRO5872	REPORT ON BIOSAFETY WORKSHOP IN EGYPT [...] SUMMARY: The Office of Agricultural Affairs hosted a ?Best International Practices for Developing Biosafety Regulatory Systems? workshop in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from September 5-6, 2006. Local and international biosafety experts made presentations on the benefits of agriculture biotechnolo [...]	2006-09-19 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD BEXP USTR TBIO TSPL EG
06CANBERRA1804	PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]	2006-11-09 22:20:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CANBERRA849	EAST TIMOR: UPDATE ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AND [...] (C/NF) The GOA confirmed that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could include U.S. Embassy in Dili in its patrolling arrangements and could mount a rapid reaction capability to respond to a security threat at the U.S. Embassy, if needed. The GOA planned to double the number of police currently [...]	2006-06-08 07:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR AORC PREL KDEM AS PO TT
06CARACAS2063	CARACAS' VIEW OF SMARTMATIC AND ITS VOTING MACHINES [...] (C) The Venezuelan-owned Smartmatic Corporation is a riddle both in ownership and operation, complicated by the fact that its machines have overseen several landslide (and contested) victories by President Hugo Chavez and his supporters. The electronic voting company went from a small technol [...]	2006-07-10 18:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06COLOMBO1610	SRI LANKA: MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT EXERCISE TO [...] (C) A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Exercise is scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka October 22 to November 2. Embassy has requested that it include a significant human rights training component. We believe the exercise represents a valuable exercise opportunity for our forces and a chanc [...]	2006-10-03 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO2104	SRI LANKA: TOURISM INDUSTRY DECIMATED BY CONFLICT [...] Summary. Sri Lanka's tourism industry has suffered dramatically in recent months as incidents of terrorism have increased and western countries have ramped up their travel warnings for Sri Lanka. Hotel companies are responding to the drop in business by implementing severe cost cutting measur [...]	2006-12-20 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
06DHAKA2746	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO BANGLADESH OF TREASURY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 03:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EFIN BG
06DHAKA630	SOLICITATION FOR INCLE FUNDS [...] Per 2005 STATE 221416, post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted by The Asia Foundation (TAF). Given the limited resources available through INCLE this year, we do not feel this is this is a strong proposal. The problems addressed in this proposal are either adequately address [...]	2006-02-08 01:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
06DILI239	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 17, 2006 [...] (U) Commercial, transportation, and civic activity in the city are normal. A few roadblocks have been established around the area where the Fretilin Party Congress is taking place. There were 76 seats open on outbound flights. The Australian, British Irish, Korean, New Zealand, Philippines, [...]	2006-05-17 16:03:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT PGOV KDEM TT
06DILI263	DILI UPDATE: FIGHTING IN DILI INCREASES, PRESIDENT ASSUMES [...] (U) Summary: -- President Assumes Control of the Military (on Paper) -- FDTL Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Police and UN Personnel -- Violence in the Capital Worsens -- Casualty Information -- Military Reportedly Arming Civilians -- Status of Amcits -- Special Police Unit Requests Embassy Assistanc [...]	2006-05-25 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DOHA303	QATAR: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified--entire report. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact is Political Officer, Farah Chery-Medor. Tel. 974-488-4101 ext. 6453. Fax 974 488-4163. One FS-04 officer spent 34 hours in the preparation of this report cable. 3. (U) Following is post's sixth annual Anti- [...]	2006-02-27 12:58:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB QA
06DOHA793	AL JAZEERA ACCORDING TO WADAH KHANFAR [...] Summary: (U) On May 21, a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) delegation met with Wadah Khanfar, Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN) and Managing Director of the Arabic Al Jazeera TV channel. Khanfar told the delegation that Al Jazeera, reflecting regional developments, has ent [...]	2006-05-24 12:58:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DUBAI2762	ETHIOPIAN DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE UAE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 11:02:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM SOCI KCRM ET AE SY
06DUBAI3374	KHOR FAKKAN PORT - A TRANSHIPPMENT HUB [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:02:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ELAB AE IZ IR
06GENEVA1456	JUNE 13 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS [...] Discussion during the June 13 informal consultations focused on the second, more substantive week of the June 19-30 Human Rights Council inaugural session. President-designate Luis Alfonso de Alba provided attendees with a draft program of work (e-mailed to IO-RHS and DRL-MLA-DL),which drew [...]	2006-06-14 14:42:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1637	RESOLUTIONS ON ALL FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] The Human Rights Council (HRC) passed resolutions on all five inter-governmental working groups during the June 29-30 conclusions and recommendations portion of the inaugural session. Discussion on the working group resolutions took place June 26-27, at which time the United States delivered [...]	2006-07-03 14:48:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1954	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT [...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]	2006-08-12 11:46:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2030	INSIDE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) The newly established Human Rights Council (HRC) \ within the space of two months held an inaugural session \ (June 19-30) and two special sessions (July 5-6 and August \ 11) both focused on condemning Israel. As the U.S. \ Government debates whether or not to seek election to the \ Council n [...]	2006-08-23 05:21:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL
06GENEVA2628	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AMBASSADORS REGROUP [...] (U) Ambassador Tichenor hosted Community of Democracies Convening Group (CD/CG) ambassadors Oct. 13 to discuss the second Human Rights Council (HRC) session and ways for the CD to play a more meaningful - and visible - role in Geneva by taking common positions on issues, making joint statements [...]	2006-10-17 14:35:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2657	WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PREPARES FOR THIRD [...] (SBU) The Western Human Rights Group (WHRG) met October 18 to strategize how best to prioritize its efforts to ensure better results for the November 27-December 8 Council session. The WHRG's efficacy risks being undermined by divisions between the EU- and non-EU members of the group, with T [...]	2006-10-19 16:43:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2913	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE [...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]	2006-11-15 19:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
06GUANGZHOU15429	Typhoon Chanchu Blows into South China Causing [...] (U) Summary: Typhoon Chanchu, following its strike on the Philippines, headed toward eastern Guangdong Province late last week with landfall on Thursday, May 18. Preparing for the typhoon's landfall, over 600,000 persons were evacuated, with numbers reaching more than one million by the time [...]	2006-05-25 06:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU30511	Xiamen Mayor on Progress, Future Expansion [...] (U) Summary: Xiamen mayor Zhang Changping told the Consul General September 10 that the city's continuing development was dependent on the expansion of its infrastructure, especially its cargo transport system. In addition, he acknowledged the importance of further developing Xiamen's economic [...]	2006-09-21 09:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TW CH
06GUANGZHOU32090	FREE TRAVEL TO HAINAN - ALMOST [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to officials from the Sanya Foreign Affairs Office and Tourism Bureau, Hainan's landing visa and visa waiver programs are intended to increase tourism to Hainan, particularly from East Asia. Americans are permitted to travel to Hainan without a visa if they are part of a [...]	2006-11-02 09:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ECON CH
06HANOI1897	(SBU) MFA CONFIRMS DISSIDENT'S RELEASE UNDER CONSIDERATION; [...] (SBU) On July 25, the MFA confirmed to the Ambassador that prominent dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son will (likely) be released September 2, but requested we keep this information close-hold within the USG until the GVN makes their final decision in August. The GVN has not decided if it will release [...]	2006-07-26 07:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI243	VIETNAM: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S CALL ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On January 13, Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan. The Deputy Prime Minister laid out a roadmap of five steps to prepare for the visit of President Bush in November: work to close bilateral WTO market access negoti [...]	2006-02-06 06:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV WTRO PREL PGOV TBIO VM
06HANOI2435	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH VFM LE VAN BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 20, the Ambassador met with VFM Le Van Bang to review a range of bilateral issues in the run-up to the President's visit. Presenting a list of potential deliverables and next steps, the Ambassador described our hopes for progress in each. On the issue of establish [...]	2006-09-21 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2512	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 29 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) There have been no reported human AI cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. 2. (U) On September 29, state-owned media reported that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has vaccinated 28.6 million poultry in 27 provinces and cities since the national va [...]	2006-09-29 11:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2607	CODEL HAGEL CALLS ON MINISTER OF DEFENSE, COLONEL GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 6, Senator Hagel called on Vietnam's new Minister of Defense, Colonel General Phung Quang Thanh. During this meeting, Colonel General Thanh reviewed the positive trend in bilateral military relations, and noted several key areas where the U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship coul [...]	2006-10-12 03:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MARR VM
06HANOI2822	VIETNAM'S FIRST HIV/AIDS LAW: TRANSFORMING NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, 2006, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. The legislation, the first on this subject, goes into effect on January 1, 2007. While details are still under discussion, this bold and comprehensive new Law demonstrates Vie [...]	2006-11-08 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR PROP SOCI TBIO KHIV VM
06HANOI3007	VIETNAM SEEKS TO BOLSTER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam recently co-hosted East Asia's first-ever conference on International Humanitarian Law, during which it pledged to take steps to strengthen its commitment to humanitarian law. Significantly, Vietnam's decision to host the conference is part and parcel of its [...]	2006-12-13 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI3019	VIETNAM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW LABOR LAWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly passed two important pieces of labor legislation in its fall session, one governing labor disputes and another regulating the country's burgeoning export labor industry. Labor experts note that the new strikes law could help open the door to greater freedom [...]	2006-12-15 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI421	TAIWANESE ASK FOR HELP WITH DISCRIMINATION IN APEC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Hanoi (TECOH) representatives expressed concern over inequitable treatment they claim they are experiencing in both the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the World Health Organization (WHO),a result, they sa [...]	2006-02-22 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	APEC ECON IO PREL TW VM
06HANOI670	AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS WTO, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador focused on Vietnam's WTO entry, practical developments in our human rights discussions, possible Congressional visits and developments in the bilateral relationship over the next six months during a March 21 lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang. VFM Bang [...]	2006-03-22 23:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD APEC PHUM AMGT OVIP CVIS CASC VM
06HANOI683	VIETNAM FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS ON CHINA, THE UNITED [...] (SBU) Summary: During a frank discussion with visiting Deputy NIO Terrence Markin and Poloff, senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Institute for International Relations (IIR) encouraged the United States to stay closely engaged in Southeast Asia, but avoid making Southeast Asia [...]	2006-03-24 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL APEC ASEAN CH VM
06HELSINKI1176	FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LRIT AT IMO,S [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the International Maritime Organization,s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC) to Captain Paavo Wihuri, Director of Maritime Safety at the Finnish Maritime Administration. Captain Wihuri will also be leading the eight person Finnish delegatio [...]	2006-11-22 14:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KTIA AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EUN FI
06HOCHIMINHCITY1392	U.S. GARMENT INDUSTRY LEAVING VIETNAM [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. garment retailers, the largest indirect employers in Vietnam?s apparel industry, are cutting Vietnam orders as a result of the USG special textile monitoring mechanisms. Well over one hundred thousand w [...]	2006-12-13 11:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1399	GARMENT AND APPARAL EXPORT ISSUES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. garment retailers, the largest indirect employers in Vietnam's apparel industry, are cutting Vietnam orders as a result of the USG special textile monitoring mechanisms. Well over one hundred thousand w [...]	2006-12-14 10:23:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY925	(C) DISSIDENTS AND POLICE STEP UP ACTIVITIES IN HCMC [...] (C) Summary: Two new political activist networks are emerging in the HCMC consular district working alongside more established dissidents. The new groups - the 8406 Bloc (named for their April 8, 2006 manifesto) and the Bach Dang Giang Foundation -- are more activist and daring than the more c [...]	2006-08-18 09:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF VM
06HONGKONG1362	CARDINAL ZEN OPTIMISTIC ON SINO-VATICAN RELATIONS; [...] (C) Summary: On March 30, newly appointed Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said he was optimistic about the restoration of ties between the Holy See and Beijing. According to Zen, the Pope had made clear that he wanted to visit the mainland. During a special Vatican ceremony for the new cardinals o [...]	2006-03-31 10:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG1468	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong Chief Executive SIPDIS (CE) Donald Tsang. They discussed how to improve port security without impeding the flow of commerce. Tsang assessed both Hong Kong and mainland China's preparedness [...]	2006-04-08 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG2091	IPR ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP - "CREATING A STRONGER [...] (SBU) Summary: Post hosted a successful intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement workshop titled, "Creating A Stronger Deterrent," on May 15-16, 2006. Participants were particularly interested in the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) experiences in combating online piracy and in the discuss [...]	2006-05-19 09:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON CH HK
06HONGKONG2373	MEGAPORTS - BILATERAL MEETING ADVANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 28-29, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Assistant Deputy Administrator David Huizenga led an inter-agency delegation (Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, and State) to Hong Kong to discuss next steps in the USG's proposed implementation of the Megaport [...]	2006-06-08 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG3067	USCC MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A JUNE 26 MEETING WITH A VISITING DELEGATION FROM THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC),THREE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR THE BETTERMENT AND PROGRESS OF HONG KONG (DAB) EXPLAINED WHY THEIR [...]	2006-07-30 04:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG4755	U.S.-MACAU INTERACTIONS EXPANDING, OPPORTUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. U.S.-Macau interactions are and will continue expanding rapidly as U.S. investment pours into Macau -- US$2.5 billion in 2006, much of it in the sensitive gaming and entertainment industries. Increasing interactions between the United States and Macau will generat [...]	2006-12-15 10:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS EFIN PREL MC
06JAKARTA10053	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on August 2 a slowing year-on-year (YoY) inflation in July 2006 of 15.15 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered interest rates on August 8 by 50 basis points (bps) to 11.75 percent. On July 26 Standard & Poor's Rating Services raised I [...]	2006-08-10 06:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA10926	MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS [...] (S) Summary: Post strongly supports S/CT's proposal for a border control technical needs assessment for the triborder area and will welcome the assessment team to Indonesia, with the below recommendations for S/CT and DS/ATA's further consideration. Post has received encouragement from various [...]	2006-09-01 11:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA11214	KEITH LUSE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN MOD DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Senate SFRC Senior Professional Staff Member Keith Luse met with Indonesian Defense Ministry Director General for Defense Strategy Major General Dadi Susanto on August 28 in Jakarta. Susanto characterized U.S.-Indonesian relations and military cooperation as positive. Susanto w [...]	2006-09-11 10:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA11475	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INDONESIA [...] (U) The Fourth Regional Meeting of CWC States Parties in Asia met in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5-7, 2006. The meeting was attended by 24 States Parties from the Asian Group: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, N [...]	2006-09-15 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PTER PHUM AMGT ASEC CWC SA AF MV
06JAKARTA12555	US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...]	2006-10-16 05:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12602	CT UPDATE: FOUR YEARS AFTER FIRST BALI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. In the four years since terrorist attacks first rocked Bali on October 12, 2002, foreign police assistance programs have markedly improved Indonesia's CT capacity. The Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, however, remains a serious threat to Western and secular interests in I [...]	2006-10-16 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS
06JAKARTA13181	NEW ZEALAND DCM CALLS ON JI'S POLITICAL WING [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand's Deputy Head of Mission briefed us about his meeting with Irfan Awwas, the leader of Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI),Jemaah Islamiyah's political wing (his reporting cable has been sent by classified email to EAP/MTS and INR/EAP). Awwas spoke about MMI's goal of p [...]	2006-11-13 07:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KISL SOCI ID
06JAKARTA13308	GPOI FUNDING: INDONESIAN PLANS FOR A TRAINING [...] (C) Poloff and ODC Chief met with Department of Foreign Affairs officer for International Security and Disarmament Yonatri Rilmania on November 14 to learn more about a planned Indonesian center for peacekeeping training and to explain U.S. funding possibilities for this and other potential ne [...]	2006-11-27 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MASS PREL ID
06JAKARTA13316	USTR AND ASEAN SECRETARIAT DISCUSS TIFA AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel and Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs David Katz met on November 6 with Anna Robeniol, head of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) Section of the Bureau of Economic [...]	2006-11-28 05:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ASEAN ID
06JAKARTA13329	INTER-EMBASSY POLITICAL ISLAM CONTACT GROUP'S [...] (C) Summary. On November 9, representatives from the British, Canadian, Japanese, New Zealand, Dutch, Singaporean and U.S. embassies in Jakarta met to establish a political Islam contact group; representatives from the Australian and German embassies will participate in future meetings. Most [...]	2006-11-28 23:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL ID

06JAKARTA13475	UK CHARITY COMMISSION'S GRIM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The UK Charity Commission's Southeast Asia and Pacific representative provided us with his assessment of Indonesia's charities sector on December 5. Indonesia falls far short on legislation governing charities, governmental regulation, and NGO self-regulation. Relations between [...]	2006-12-14 07:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ETTC KISL PTER SOCI ID UK
06JAKARTA13509	INDONESIA'S TOP THREE WANTED TERRORISTS AND A [...] (S) Summary: Despite hundreds of terrorists arrested by Indonesian authorities in the past several years, three top operatives linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) remain on Indonesia's "Most Wanted" list. Of these, Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top is well known; the other two, Indonesians Abu Duja [...]	2006-12-18 07:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KVPR CVIS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA13581	IMPLICATIONS OF THE BA'ASYIR DECISION [...] (C) Summary. The decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has a number of potential legal and political implications for the GOI's counterterrorism efforts. While the legal basis behind Ba'asyir's 2005 convi [...]	2006-12-22 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
06JAKARTA1453	INDONESIAN PROSECUTORS TACKLE 12 NEW TERROR CASES [...] (C) Indonesian prosecutors have brought twelve new terrorism trials to the South Jakarta District Court with the case against Abdullah Sunata headlining this latest tranche (ref A). In Sunata's indictment, prosecutors accuse him of financing terrorism as well as providing assistance to Jemaah [...]	2006-02-03 12:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA1818	INDONESIA: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary John Hillen February 1 described to Indonesian Defense Minister the "great anticipation" in the U.S. regarding Indonesia and the U.S. desired a robust relationship with Indonesia. Juwono told A/S Hillen he would do whatever necessary to strengthen this relat [...]	2006-02-10 11:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1819	INDONESIA-U.S. POLITICA-MILITARY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held a day of political-military talks February 1 to explore expanded bilateral cooperation following the U.S. decision in November to end restrictions on military-to-military relations. The U.S. delegation, led by Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secre [...]	2006-02-10 12:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2490	CODEL KOLBE CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) On February 21, President Yudhoyono presented the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) delegation headed by Representative Jim Kolbe with a lengthy description of his priorities including reform, continued democratization, increased economic prosperity, Aceh and Papua. He raised [...]	2006-02-23 12:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KISL MARR OVIP ID IR
06JAKARTA2819	ADMIRAL FALLON CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon called on President Yudhoyono (SBY) Feb. 23. SBY emphasized the importance of bilateral cooperation in multiple areas. He spoke of the progress in implementing peace in Aceh, and judged that in his view the situation will be fully settled within [...]	2006-03-02 13:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER KN BM ID MASS PGOV
06JAKARTA2820	ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER WIDODO [...] (C) Summary. Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, met with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Widodo A.S. on February 23. He emphasized the importance to the United States of restored mil-mil relations with Indonesia. Both le [...]	2006-03-03 02:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ID
06JAKARTA2914	INDONESIA: ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH NEW TNI [...] (C) Summary: Air Chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto was upbeat in his assessment of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relations with PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon February 23. Suyanto described the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) internal reforms as &ongoing8 but cautioned that changing TNI,s cul [...]	2006-03-06 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA2917	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: MOVING OUR RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your March 14-15 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) Su [...]	2006-03-06 13:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA3344	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono March 3 described to EAP Assistant Secretary Chris Hill his plans to press the Burmese junta to reform. During his visit to Rangoon March 2, the President said he had urged General Than Shwe to make progress on the national constitution, national [...]	2006-03-15 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA3483	INDONESIA: CODEL FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Defense Minister told visiting Senator Russell Feingold that progress in the counterterrorism fight by Indonesian law enforcement authorities had disrupted terrorist groups in the country. Terror groups had financial difficulties, were less able to mount attacks and [...]	2006-03-17 12:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA3680	TIP UPDATE: POLICE RAIDS FREE CHILD PROSTITUTES [...] (SBU) The new head of Indonesia's national police anti-trafficking unit (Unit III) has targeted removal of children from prostitution as his first operational priority. Unit III's chief reports that police units in Surabaya, Batam and Jakarta have freed some 37 child victims in these locatio [...]	2006-03-21 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA3898	MEETINGS WITH EAST KALIMANTAN SECURITY OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Our March 1-5 visit to East Kalimantan province found security officials aware of the terrorist transit threat along the Sabah border, but meager resources prevented officials from implementing effective security measures. Lack of GOI investment in securing this area -- despite [...]	2006-03-24 15:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ID
06JAKARTA5237	NO SURPRISES AT UBUD ASEAN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Based on readouts from Indonesian Foreign Ministry and Jakarta-based diplomatic contacts, the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Retreat held in Ubud, Bali on April 19 - 20 seems to have been a routine affair. Some ministers expressed disappointment with Burma, but it was hardly a full-c [...]	2006-04-26 11:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN PHUM BM ID
06JAKARTA5778	TERRORISM FINANCE: MA'ARIF EDUCATION FOUNDATION [...] (S) The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) education office tells us that the Sidoarjo-based Yayasan Pendidikan Ma'arif (the Ma'arif Educational Foundation) has no links to the al Ma'arif Education Foundation in the Philippines (reftel). "Ma'arif" means "learning" or "knowledge" in Arabic, and thousands of [...]	2006-05-08 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ID
06JAKARTA59	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: LAUNCHING A RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your January 8-10 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) [...]	2006-01-03 11:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL ID
06JAKARTA616	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) told the Ambassador, January 16, of an increased need for regional counterterrorism cooperation, notably in the region of Sabah/East Kalimantan, and that he would welcome U.S. assistance to this end. He asked the Ambassador to work with the Defense Minister and [...]	2006-01-17 13:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EPET PGOV PTER PHUM
06JAKARTA6648	INDONESIA COPES WITH HIGH OIL PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) October 2005 decision to slash fuel subsidies has better positioned Indonesia's economy to withstand the macroeconomic pressures from sustained high global fuel prices. Domestic fuel consumption, and very likely illegal smuggling of subsidize [...]	2006-05-26 08:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
06JAKARTA6658	INDONESIA: MAY 29 EARTHQUAKE SITREP [...] (U) Summary: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck early May 27 south of the central Java town of Yogyakarta, causing widespread destruction and high fatalities. The current death toll has reached 5,010 with an additional 14,000 injured in the earthquake, with 8,000 requiring surgery (hospital c [...]	2006-05-29 11:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC SOCI PREF PGOV SENV ID
06JAKARTA6910	INDONESIA: JUNE 1 EARTHQUAKE SITREP [...] (U) The GOI has raised its count of victims from the May 27 earthquake to 6,234 dead and 46,148 injured. No Americans appear among the dead or wounded. Experts report that basic medical supplies remain in need. USAID partners have surveyed water systems and sanitation conditions in afflicted [...]	2006-06-01 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON EAID PREF PREL PGOV SENV
06JAKARTA7216	INDONESIA RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO TIP DEMARCHE, [...] (SBU) We delivered the Indonesia TIP report demarche (ref D) to relevant senior GOI officials. Based on the existing strong partnership with the U.S. Mission, the officials responded constructively with a litany of recent and near-term actions. The outlook for passage this year of the anti- [...]	2006-06-07 11:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA7378	PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER CONTROL NEEDS [...] (U) This is an action request:see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Jakarta strongly supports S/CT's Ref A interest in a border control needs assessment for the Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia triborder area. Post agrees that host nation support is essential and will discuss the po [...]	2006-06-12 07:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7397	REMOVING FORMER JI-LEADER NASIR ABAS FROM [...] (C) Summary. We believe the time has come for former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network leader Nasir Abas to be removed from the U.S. and UN terrorist finance lists. We believe that it is critical to respond to the requests to do so by our closest national security contacts. Now conside [...]	2006-06-12 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7561	INDONESIA: SIX MONTHS OF NORMALIZED MIL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: A bit over six months after the Administration moved to normalize military relations with Indonesia the U.S. has gained traction on a broad range of issues in ways we previously found impossible. No aspect of our bilateral relationship has experienced more pronounced change tha [...]	2006-06-15 04:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA8088	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF IIRO [...] (S) As requested in reftel, we met with Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Fajar Wirawan Harijo on June 27 to pre-notify him of the USG,s intention to request on July 20 UN 1267 designation of the Philippines and Indonesia branches of the Inter [...]	2006-06-28 05:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	EFIN KTFN KISL PTER PREL ETTC ID
06JAKARTA8506	YUDHOYONO AND HOWARD BURY THE HATCHET IN BATAM [...] (C) Summary. After a three-month chill in bilateral ties following Australia's decision to grant temporary asylum to 42 Papuan asylum seekers, Prime Minister John Howard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sealed the two governments' reconciliation with a lightweight, feel-good [...]	2006-07-06 10:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER AS ID
06JAKARTA9045	NASIR ABAS DISCUSSES HIS APPEAL FOR UN DELISTING [...] (S) Summary. Per REFTEL, former terrorist Nasir Abas, now a key CT asset of the Indonesian National Police (INP),met with Embassy officers in Jakarta on June 4 and discussed his request to be removed from the U.S. and U.N. lists of designated terrorists. The following additional details of [...]	2006-07-19 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO KVPR CVIS KISL
06JAKARTA9156	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3--PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECKS ON [...] Summary: PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) verified on July 21 that it ordered the CN235 components from Summit Aviation in October 21, 2005 (see reftel). The transaction is related to a sales contract from 1996 between DI and Indonesia's Department of Defense to build CN235 aircraft for the Ind [...]	2006-07-21 08:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC ECON ID
06JAKARTA9160	GOI EFFORTS STOKE OPTIMISM FOR POSO PEACE [...] (C) Summary. GOI initiatives spearheaded by the Indonesian National Police (INP) are moving conflict-ridden Central Sulawesi toward peace, according to top INP investigators focused on the area. The arrest of the terrorists behind many of the violent attacks since the 2001 Malino peace agreem [...]	2006-07-21 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
06JAKARTA9575	INDONESIAN POLICE CHIEF SUTANTO PRESSES REFORMS [...] (C) Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief General Sutanto told the Ambassador July 25 that U.S. assistance was helping to keep the INP out front in Indonesia's democratization process. In a lunch meeting at the Residence, Sutanto said his top priority was creating a high quality, moral police [...]	2006-07-28 10:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EFIN ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PINS KJUS
06JEDDAH237	SAUDI ARABIA: GULF BUSINESSMAN SECRETLY MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A prominent businessman working for a major Gulf corporation recently confided to the Consul General that he is an ordained minister, who secretly counsels fellow Christians within Saudi Arabia. During a dinner at another Western Consul General's residence, the gentleman detailed [...]	2006-03-26 12:41:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI SA
06JEDDAH328	RECENT POLICE ROUND-UPS HEIGHTEN ANXIETY AMONG [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anxiety is growing in Jeddah's large Filipino population following the round-up, arrest, and interrogation this month of hundreds of Filipinos in Jeddah in connection with a serious of high-profile crimes, including the discovery of human remains in a dumpster in Jeddah and th [...]	2006-04-30 11:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM SA SOCI
06JEDDAH352	PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ARROYO'S VISIT TO KINGDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi government marked the state visit of Philippine President Arroyo by pardoning more than 500 Filipinos; many more than had been specifically requested by Arroyo. ConGen contacted a source in the Jeddawi Filipino community to determine if religious detainees had been i [...]	2006-05-14 07:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM RP SA SOCI
06JEDDAH496	A GLIMPSE INTO JEDDAH'S FOREIGN WORKER POPULATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with the labor offices of Saudi Arabia's major labor source Consulates, EconOff discussed the issues facing foreign worker populations and what the representative Consulates General do to help their citizens. The labor officers all say salary payment and [...]	2006-07-25 05:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PHUM PINR SA
06KINGSTON1645	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: July 25 - August 21, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit -- Jamaican Delegation in Venezuela -- National Elections in 2006 Unlikely -- Telecom Company Cuts Staff -- Prices Inching Up -- Bankers Submit Credit Bureau Proposal -- Several Apply for Commercial Bank Licenses -- Jamaica Files Debt Shelf with US Sec [...]	2006-08-22 11:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KUALALUMPUR1096	PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia and looks forward to working with the Department in arranging this visit. 2. (S) Post agrees with Embassies Jakarta and Manila with r [...]	2006-06-15 02:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1259	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...]	2006-07-07 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1525	MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman Abdul Razak told the Ambassador August 9 that he anticipated that the parties would sign an interim agreement late this year, with conclusion of a "comprehensi [...]	2006-08-14 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1812	MALAYSIA SEES "DEADLOCK" IN GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak, facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process, told Polcouns September 26 that the talks had "deadlocked." The previous round in early September had gone nowhere because GRP negotiators had failed to dem [...]	2006-09-27 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1834	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...]	2006-09-30 00:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1835	HEART OF BORNEO: PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OLDEST [...] (U) Portions of this message are sensitive but unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (U) Summary: Malaysian support for the Heart of Borneo (HOB) conservation initiative is solidifying at all levels. WWF, which is actively promoting the initiative, expects the leaders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...]	2006-09-30 01:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO MY BX ID
06KUALALUMPUR1862	Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) Initial Team [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. team held initial consultations on September 21 with nine Malaysian government maritime security agencies as a first step in the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) in Malaysia. The GOM representatives provided broad overviews of their activities, including in t [...]	2006-10-04 07:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MARR MY
06KUALALUMPUR1874	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Malaysia hosted the second International Maritime Organization (IMO)-sponsored meeting on "The Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Enhancing Safety, Security and Environmental Protection," held September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Delegations from the three littoral States (Indonesia, Malays [...]	2006-10-06 06:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1884	MALAYSIA "DEPLORES" NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST, [...] (S) Malaysian Foreign Minister Hamid reacted initially to the October 9 North Korean nuclear test announcement by calling for North Korea to halt its tests and return to the Six-Party Talks. Kuala Lumpur toughened its rhetoric somewhat on October 10 with the release of a Foreign Ministry sta [...]	2006-10-10 09:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP KN MY
06KUALALUMPUR1948	SABAH: POROUS BORDERS; PROBLEMS WITH FOREIGNERS; UNHAPPY UMNO COALITION PARTNER [...] (C) The police, political leaders, a human rights official in the East Malaysia state of Sabah recently expressed their concerns to us about rising crime and the security impact from the high number of foreigners - both legal and illegal - residing in the state. Sabah's Acting Police Commissio [...]	2006-10-17 05:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SMIG ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR1977	MALAYSIA RELEASES 11 DETAINEES WITH PAST TERRORIST [...] (S/NF) Malaysia unexpectedly released 11 people, originally held for terrorist links, from ISA (Internal Security Act) detention on October 18. The eleven represent Malaysian citizens previously tied to the Malaysia Militant Group (KMM) or the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group. Local med [...]	2006-10-19 10:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR1996	MALAYSIA RELEASES SIX MORE ISA DETAINEES LINKED TO [...] (SBU) Following the unexpected October 18 release of 11 prisoners from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention (reftel),late on October 19 Malaysia freed an additional six detainees who had been held for suspected links to terrorism. The six men are all Malaysian citizens originally arrested [...]	2006-10-20 08:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2035	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JOHN MILLER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Miller, we welcome your visit to Kuala Lumpur and hope that your presence in Malaysia will assist us in encouraging the GOM to take substantive and positive measures as outlined in the Malaysia TIP Action Plan (ref A). Your schedule will allow you to engage with a range of g [...]	2006-11-01 07:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2041	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...]	2006-11-01 08:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2089	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...]	2006-11-08 08:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2119	PM A/S HILLEN URGES GREATER SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen encouraged greater bilateral and regional security during November 8 meetings with senior Malaysian officials in the Foreign Affairs and Defense ministries. He acknowledged Malaysia's strong support for UNSCR 1718 and discussed non-proliferation conc [...]	2006-11-16 02:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PGOV MY
06KUALALUMPUR2140	MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested ref A. Shelter for Trafficking Victims ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The [...]	2006-11-20 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2159	MALAYSIA MFA ON MILF TALKS, THAI UNREST [...] (C) A senior Malaysian Foreign Ministry official charged with Southeast Asia told us November 21 that the next round of GRP-MILF talks would take place in December with Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak remaining the facilitator. The GRP reportedly had readied a partial compromise on territorial [...]	2006-11-22 09:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP TH MY
06KUALALUMPUR2160	G/TIP DIRECTOR MILLER URGES MALAYSIA TO PROTECT [...] (SBU) G/TIP Director John Miller's November 8-11 visit to Malaysia focused on urging the GOM to pass comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, fund and establish victims' shelters, and properly identify trafficking victims. While the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP),Ministry of Women, Family [...]	2006-11-22 09:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2199	2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: A MALAY/MUSLIM [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah's keynote address to the 2006 UMNO General Assembly described a "fiercely independent" foreign policy focused on the Muslim world, and practical rather than confrontational in tactics. Before the Malay-Muslim party members, Abdullah focused exclusively on the conc [...]	2006-11-30 09:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR2235	DAS JOHN FINDS MALAYSIAN BROKER OPTIMISTIC ON MILF [...] (S) Visiting EAP DAS Eric John on December 6 found Malaysian facilitator Othman Abdul Razak "more optimistic" following the latest informal talks between the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In meetings held in Kuala Lumpur the week of November 27, GRP clari [...]	2006-12-08 10:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR332	MINISTER SHAFIE ON EAST SABAH SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Domestic Trade Shafie Apdal and Ambassador LaFleur discussed IPR enforcement, planned new regulations on distributive trade, and the security situation in eastern Sabah state. Economic issues will be reported septel. Shafie said he receives special intelligence repo [...]	2006-02-28 00:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MY
06KUALALUMPUR372	MALAYSIA SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are trafficked to [...]	2006-03-03 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY
06KUALALUMPUR419	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA OF USTR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; the March 8 rollout of the FTA added momentum to the upward trend. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and is a reliable, if quiet, partner in the fight against terrorism. While [...]	2006-03-10 09:34:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV MY
06KUALALUMPUR705	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DR. RONALD SEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military cooper [...]	2006-04-18 08:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PTER ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR794	U.S.-MALAYSIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] The U.S. and Malaysia held a long-anticipated IPR Roundtable on April 20 in Kuala Lumpur. Approximately seventy participants from the Malaysian and U.S. governments, as well as industry and civil society, gathered to discuss IPR enforcement efforts, industry views on combating piracy, IPR pr [...]	2006-05-02 04:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR MY
06KUALALUMPUR832	SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...]	2006-05-08 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY
06KUWAIT1041	KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR ADMINISTRATION TAKES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. PolOff and PolAssistant visited the Domestic Worker Administration (DWA) on March 18, and PolOff followed up with an unannounced visit to the DWA on March 22 to see how the GOK deals with domestic workers who have complaints. The DWA's role, as reported to Emboffs [...]	2006-03-25 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT1095	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary and comment: While much work remains to be done, Post believes that the GOK is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve the working conditions and status of the large expatriate labor community. In the 2006 TIP report, we recommend that Kuwait be li [...]	2006-03-29 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2024	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/INTERIOR MINISTER WELCOMES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, who holds the Defense and Interior portfolios as well, on May 31 to discuss TIP issues. (The meeting had been scheduled before the change in release dates, so the Ambassador spoke about TIP issues in ge [...]	2006-05-31 17:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT223	PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN AMBASSADORS COMMENT ON LABOR [...] Pakistani Ambassador Mohammad Aslam called on the Ambassador on January 22 to discuss the ongoing succession process in Kuwait (septels) and bilateral issues between Pakistan and Kuwait. He also reported that the Pakistani labor community in Kuwait is faring well in general. He said that durin [...]	2006-01-24 08:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PK AF KU
06KUWAIT2235	(C) LABOR MINISTRY GIVES APPROVAL FOR UN-SPONSORED [...] (C) Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, informed the labor-sending countries' labor officers in a June 10 meeting that the GOK has provided written approval of an international labor conference to be sponsored by the UN and held in Kuwait at the end of 2006. (Note: Post in [...]	2006-06-12 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB XD XF
06KUWAIT262	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY INITIATES KUWAIT [...] Post organized and hosted on January 24th a meeting of labor officials from source countries for expatriate labor in Kuwait to engage on how to better work together to improve the status of Kuwait's large expatriate labor force. Representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Paki [...]	2006-01-25 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB CE BG ID RP PK IN KU
06KUWAIT3741	KUWAIT TAKES ACTION ON KEY TIP ACTION PLAN ITEMS: [...] (C/NF) Summary. The GOK has made progress on a number of key items on the Kuwait TIP Tier 2 Watchlist Action Plan. The Ministry of Interior announced the implementation of a standardized domestic worker contract beginning October 1. Post will monitor implementation closely. GOK contacts hav [...]	2006-09-18 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT3747	POST MARKS LAUNCH OF 2006 TIP ESF PROJECT FOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador hosted a reception on September 12 to mark the launch of Project FALCON (Fostering Awareness of Labor Conditions) (ref E). The project is funded through G/TIP ESF funds and is designed to raise awareness among foreign workers of their rights and responsibilities while w [...]	2006-09-19 06:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT42	KUWAITI SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC LABORERS ALMOST OPEN [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti Union for Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) Director General Hashim Maged Sayyid Mohammad told us January 3 that he is waiting for final Interior Ministry approval in order to open a 50-bed shelter for domestic workers. The KUDLO-funded and run shelter will also offer legal [...]	2006-01-05 07:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KU
06KUWAIT4649	FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends to increase the monthly minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers from USD 200 to USD 400. De Jesus verified that all domestic workers leaving the Philippine [...]	2006-12-13 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06LAGOS905	PHILIPPINE HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) On June 25, Philippine Vice-Consul Arquiza informed us about the release of the two Philippine oil workers (reftel) who were kidnapped on June 20. The Philippine hostages were released into the custody of Vice- Consul Arquiza at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Aft [...]	2006-06-26 16:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PETER CASC NI
06LIMA3396	BIO FOR GOP SPECIAL TRADE ENVOY HERNANDO DE SOTO... [...] (U) Following is biographic information for Hernando de Soto, whom President Garcia on August 17 named as his "personal representative" to obtain the U.S. Congress' ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),as per REF A. De Soto is also charged with developing the necess [...]	2006-08-28 13:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ETRD ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA3489	APEC: PERU SUPPORTS CTTF EXTENSION, OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: The GOP supports an extension of APEC's Counter-Terrorism Task Force, and suggests Thailand as a possible new chair. The GOP generally agrees with the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, with one notable exception: the GOP strongly opposes the creation of a professional Executive D [...]	2006-09-01 22:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON APECO ETRD PTER PE
06LONDON7916	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee held its 92nd session in Paris, France at UNESCO, October 16-20 (LEG 92),under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic Of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, the Draft Wreck Removal Co [...]	2006-11-13 11:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO EWWT AORC ASEC UK PTER
06LONDON8438	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...]	2006-12-21 08:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA
06MADRID1564	SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]	2006-06-16 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID3093	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...]	2006-12-27 14:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL
06MADRID41	Investment Climate Statement, Spain [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]	2006-01-10 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MAILA1222	DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S EETINGS IN MANILA: [...] (BU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambasado Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teveshighlighted fiscal reform measures such as the expnded value added tax and increased tax revenue collection. Teves, noting that the Philippines's GDP growth rate is lower than other countries in the [...]	2006-03-17 10:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ETT EINV KIPR RP
06MANAMA389	BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...]	2006-03-14 04:35:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA568	BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-08 12:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
06MANILA1	MOVING FORWARD ON USG PRIORITIES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While still facing serious political obstacles, President Arroyo has recovered some of her equilibrium after surviving impeachment charges and severe domestic turbulence in 2005. The relative pause in the political wars provides an opening for the USG to move forward with key b [...]	2006-01-03 01:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS PHUM RP
06MANILA1040	EAP DAS JOHN MEETINGS EXPLORE EMERGENCY RULE, FREE [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 2, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed President Arroyo's declaration SIPDIS of a State of Emergency with Ricardo Saludo, Secretary of the Cabinet and member of the Presidential Management Staff. They also discussed the Arroyo administration's strateg [...]	2006-03-07 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ASEC PREL KPAO RP
06MANILA1047	SENATE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSURE FROM WITHIN HIS [...] (C) Summary: Opponents of Senate President Drilon took action on March 2 to strip him of his leadership position in the Liberal Party (LP). Drilon is contesting the move. Contacts are also reporting that Drilon is under pressure in the Senate from elements who want to see him removed from hi [...]	2006-03-07 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1074	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) On February 27, 2006, representatives of USAID and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),a USAID/Philippines grantee, met with former Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. to discuss opportunities to collaborate on electoral reforms. President A [...]	2006-03-08 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL RP
06MANILA1075	"NO CNN CAMERA CREWS!" -- CHILD PRISONERS IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: A recent visit by emboffs to a jail in a town near Manila highlighted in a microcosm the problem of incarcerated children in the Philippines. On the national level, the GRP is trying to address [...]	2006-03-08 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI SOCI OPRC RP
06MANILA1110	PHILIPPINE OPPOSITION: BITTER TOWARD PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, Opposition politicians told poloffs that they will continue to denounce President Arroyo for her recent imposition (since rescinded) of a State of National Emergency, asserting that it was poorly calibrated to meet the nature of any threat posed at the time. [...]	2006-03-10 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP
06MANILA1135	PAL intends to lease a few Boeing planes [...] (SBU) Philippine Airlines (PAL) CEO Lucio Tan recently told the Charge that he intends to lease two or three wide body Boeing planes. He said that he wants to test them out before making a decision on re-fleeting for his North American routes, citing reservations over the safety of the twin [...]	2006-03-13 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD BEXP RP
06MANILA1178	ASEAN: LOOKING AHEAD AS THE PHILIPPINES PREPARES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines will assume the rotating Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 2006. The GRP plans to use its chairmanship to focus ASEAN on maritime security and counterterrorism issues, as well as regional anti-trafficking efforts, alter [...]	2006-03-15 09:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EWWT RP BM
06MANILA1179	"CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER": THE GRP PRESENTS ITS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 9 diplomatic corps briefing, senior GRP officials laid out the case in support of the February 24 declaration of a State of National Emergency through Proclamation 1017. The GRP maintains that an "unholy alliance" of three groups -- Communist rebels and political [...]	2006-03-15 10:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS MOPS RP
06MANILA1213	DAVAO EAGER FOR INVESTMENT, CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The economy is growing in Davao City according to local business contacts and the City Mayor's office, despite the claimed dampening effect of the State Department's travel advisory on the overall business climate. Although the banana industry suffered setbacks in 2005 (sept [...]	2006-03-17 08:22:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD CASC RP
06MANILA1220	APEC Amb Michalak Meeting with Energy Secretary [...] (SBU) Energy Secretary Lotilla told Ambassador Michalak on March 15 that the privatization of National Power Corporation (NPC) generating plants will move forward when the Manila Electric Company signs a contract soon to purchase NPC's electricity. The Philippines mandated ethanol and coco [...]	2006-03-17 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA1221	DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETINGS IN MANILA: TRADE [...] (SBU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila expressed appreciation for USTR's recognition of GRP progress on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and the February announcement to move the Philippines from the Special 301 Priori [...]	2006-03-17 10:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA1222	DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETINGS IN MANILA: [...] (SBU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambassador Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teves highlighted fiscal reform measures such as the expanded value added tax and increased tax revenue collection. Teves, noting that the Philippines's GDP growth rate is lower than other countries [...]	2006-03-17 10:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA1230	POSITIVE REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON [...] (U) Summary: Mission's efforts to alert the Philippine public of the Country Reports on Human Rights 2005, including a chat on the Virtual Consulate Davao website, paid off with generally positive and constructive responses from the media and from key contacts. Mission will continue to devel [...]	2006-03-20 06:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI RP
06MANILA1236	MINDANAO BANANA PROFITS SLIP [...] U.S. banana growers in Davao City reported that profits fell by as much as 40 percent in 2005. They attribute the decline to overproduction, along with increasing operation costs. The Philippines supplies over 95 percent of the total Asian banana market, with exports going primarily to Japa [...]	2006-03-20 08:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EINV RP

06MANILA1259	LOCAL ISSUES -- NOT MANILA POLITICS -- DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary: Based on emboffs March 16-17 visit, recent political turbulence in Manila appears to have garnered little attention in Isabela Province in northeastern Luzon. Governor Grace Padaca, the 2006 Ninoy Aquino Award for Public Service winner, remains popular, but faces entrenched oppo [...]	2006-03-21 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON PREL PINR SOCI RP
06MANILA1275	PRESIDENT ARROYO WORKS TO SHORE UP SUPPORT IN [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent political turbulence, President Arroyo has been reaching out to high-level members of the Catholic clergy in an effort to shore up support. Arroyo has also taken care not to cross the Church on two key issues: mining and population policy. Arroyo's efforts a [...]	2006-03-22 05:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI PINS EMIN RP
06MANILA1342	FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA HEATEDLY DENIES CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Former president Joseph Estrada testified for the first time in his almost five-year old trial on serious corruption charges on March 22. As expected, Estrada vehemently denied all charges. The government has sent conflicting signals as to whether it wants to continue to try t [...]	2006-03-23 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PINS RP
06MANILA1367	UNPRECEDENTED CUSTOMS RAID HAS SMUGGLERS SCRAMBLING [...] (SBU) Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales launched an unprecedented, 500-agent raid on March 16 against a Manila mall notorious for hosting hundreds of sellers of pirated and counterfeit goods. Closely guarded plans and a professional approach caught stall owners by surprise. Rather than [...]	2006-03-24 07:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP
06MANILA1376	VOLCANIC ERUPTION POSES NO THREAT [...] On March 21, Mount Bulusan, 370 miles southeast of Manila, experienced a moderate eruption. The area around the volcano is uninhabited, and the situation appears to pose no immediate danger to life or property. Sorsogon Province is mainly agricultural and rural with a population of 650,000. [...]	2006-03-24 08:48:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CACS EAGR SENV RP
06MANILA1452	LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS REMAIN A TARGET IN THE [...] Summary: Since Mission's last message dated November 15, 2005, attacks on left-wing activists have continued unabated, with seventeen killed and one wounded. Some observers allege the Arroyo Administration, Philippine National Police, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines are behind the ki [...]	2006-03-30 10:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP
06MANILA1539	PHILIPPINES: CONTRIBUTING FORCES TO UN [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Gary Domingo, the Philippines would in principle be favorably disposed to a request to provide troops to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. He pledged to engage in init [...]	2006-04-05 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS SU RP
06MANILA1567	CRITICAL LACK OF RESOURCES FOR AI PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) The Philippines continues to maintain its official status as free of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). However the country is regarded as being at "high risk" considering the epidemic in the region and migratory birds, which transit the Philippines to and from affected countries. Post is con [...]	2006-04-07 03:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA1569	LITTLE CHANCE ARROYO WILL FOLLOW THE THAKSIN ROUTE [...] (SBU) The Philippine public -- or at least the political elites in Manila, opposition groups, and the media -- have followed with great interest the recent political developments in Thailand that led to snap elections and the decision by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to resign. The oppo [...]	2006-04-07 04:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV TH RP
06MANILA1576	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SENATE PRESIDENT DRILON [...] (U) Ambassador Kenney, accompanied by Pol/C, called on Senate President Franklin Drilon on April 6. The meeting received prominent coverage in the media on April 7. 2. (C) Counterterrorism legislation: Drilon admitted that passage of proposed CT legislation by the Senate had become "m [...]	2006-04-07 06:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER RP
06MANILA1595	NEW LEGISLATION ON CHILD PRISONERS [...] (U) Summary: Both houses of Congress have now approved the "Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006," aimed at curbing the problem of child prisoners by moving minors out of the adult criminal justice system and building more youth detention facilities. President Arroyo is slated to sign t [...]	2006-04-10 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI EAID RP
06MANILA1638	KEY GROUPS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The powerful Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the influential Makati Business Club (MBC) have issued statements asserting that the GRP and its allies are moving forward too quickly with plans for Constitutional change. Neither statement specifically co [...]	2006-04-12 05:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON RP
06MANILA1647	UPDATE ON IPR PROTECTION: KEY RESIGNATION AND [...] (C) The Executive Director of the Optical Media Board (OMB),Marivic Benedicto, will resign effective April 14 due to what she describes as a "personality conflict" with OMB Chairman Edu Manzano. OMB has not named her successor. Benedicto was responsible for OMB's day-to-day operations and m [...]	2006-04-12 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP
06MANILA1674	PRESIDENT ARROYO TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES [...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo announced plans to commute all death sentences to life imprisonment. Her action immediately should only affect about 80 inmates, whose sentences the Supreme Court has already confirmed. Another 1,100 cases are still waiting Supreme Court review, as mandated in [...]	2006-04-18 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER RP
06MANILA171	PHILIPPINES: COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Philippines faces multiple terrorist threats. The US Mission in Manila coordinates a robust interagency program of counterterrorism training and technical assistance, and hopes further to expand such efforts in FY 2006-2008, if additional funds are available. As part 1 of a [...]	2006-01-12 10:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON PGOV KCRM KTFN RP
06MANILA1726	MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION CASES MOVE FORWARD, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The criminal trial on corruption charges of former Comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Major General Carlos Garcia will begin on April 25. The court has issued warrants for the arrest of Garcia's wife and three sons, but they remain in hiding. Despite Garcia [...]	2006-04-20 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP
06MANILA1747	MILF WELCOMES REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH US EMBASSY [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a second meeting with poloffs, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar confirmed that MILF-GRP negotiations for a political settlement will begin after both parties sign a written agreement on ancestral domain, and noted that [...]	2006-04-21 06:49:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PTER PREL KISL MY RP
06MANILA1792	REBELLION CHARGES AGAINST SUSPECTED COUP PLOTTERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 10:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER RP
06MANILA1816	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE BAKER PISTON 06-3 [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 6. 2. (U) JIATF West has requested that the Mission conduct human rights vetting for units participating in exercise Baker Piston 06-3, slated to take place 17 July - 11 August, 2006. 3. (U) Post POC is Rachel Wolfe, who can be reached at wolf [...]	2006-04-26 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PINR SNAR RP
06MANILA1830	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) In her first meeting with Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila on April 25, the Ambassador focused SIPDIS discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR),our bilateral trade relationship, and the WTO Doha Round negotiations. Favila and other senior GRP leadership continue to h [...]	2006-04-27 07:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA1841	HANDLING THE MARINE "RAPE" CASE -- NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) With the imminent arraignment (likely on April 28) of four Marines accused in a case of rape of a Filipina in Subic Bay on November 1, 2005, this case and the utility of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) will re-emerge in the spotlight after a relatively quiet four months. An outsta [...]	2006-04-27 10:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RP
06MANILA1845	ARMM LEADERSHIP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan and his senior staff acknowledged the vital importance of combating terrorism but expressed a hope that the GRP would involve Local Government Units more direct [...]	2006-04-27 10:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PTER EAGR RP
06MANILA1853	AMBASSADOR VISIT TO FORD AND PG PLANTS AND BRENT [...] Ambassador and Emboffs visited the Ford Motor Company manufacturing plant, the Procter and Gamble factory, and Brent International School during a trip south of Manila on April 21. Ford Philippines' vehicle exports to Southeast Asia have earned $571 million since 2002, making it the only aut [...]	2006-04-28 03:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD RP
06MANILA1862	GRP ADOPTS CONFLICTED BIOSAFETY FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) Summary. President Arroyo issued an executive order (EO) adopting the National Biosafety Framework (NBF) as a compliance mechanism under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The NBF, a compromise between pro- and anti-biotech policy makers, promulgates conflicting principles in [...]	2006-04-28 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON SENV TBIO TSPL RP
06MANILA1885	ARREST OF ASG OPERATIVE AL-SHARIE AMIRUDDIN A [...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest of Al-Sharie Amiruddin y Mohammad Nur, aka Abu Omar, is a significant catch for the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Although a mid-level operative, Amiruddin was an early Abu Sayyaf Group adherent, and involved in intelligence and recruiting activities in Mal [...]	2006-05-02 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS KPAL BX ID MY RP
06MANILA1886	PEACEFUL MAY DAY RALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Rallies in Manila and elsewhere in the Philippines were moderate in size and largely peaceful on the national labor day holiday of May 1. The largest rallies, which leftist groups organized, took place in Manila, but mainstream opposition parties also put on at least one othe [...]	2006-05-02 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ASEC RP
06MANILA1887	MINDANAO PEACE PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: According to Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari has formed a new council for talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),excluding Sema and other members of the MNLF-Council of 15. Sema commented the c [...]	2006-05-02 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PREL KISL RP
06MANILA1888	PHILIPPINES: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Gary Domingo, the DFA is still awaiting inputs from other Philippine government agencies -- notably, the Departments of Justice and of Transportation and Communications -- on the [...]	2006-05-02 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT RP
06MANILA190	PHILIPPINES: COUNTERTERRORISM ASSISTANCE (PART 2) [...] (C) Summary. The Philippines faces multiple terrorist threats. The US Mission in Manila coordinates a robust interagency program of counterterrorism training and technical assistance, and hopes further to expand such efforts in FY 2006-2008, if additional funds are available. As part 2 of a [...]	2006-01-13 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON PGOV KCRM KTFN RP
06MANILA1903	GMA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MILF PEACE PROSPECTS; [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 28 event with the Ambassador, President Arroyo reiterated optimism about prospects for peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2006. Senior GRP officials commente [...]	2006-05-04 01:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PARM RP
06MANILA1913	SUPREME COURT ISSUES MIXED RULING ON STATE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Court, in a May 3 ruling, upheld the validity of President Arroyo's imposition of a State of National Emergency on February 24. However, the Court also ruled that the curbing of rallies and a police raid on a newspaper were illegal. Both Malacanang and the Opposi [...]	2006-05-04 07:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1920	CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF [...] (U) The GRP has diplomatic relations with Cuba. According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Central America Ariel Penaranda, after a two-year gap, the newly appointed Philippine Ambassador to Cuba arrived in Havana in April 2006. The Cubans currently maintain an Ambassador and a [...]	2006-05-04 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ETTC CU RP
06MANILA1922	AMBASSADOR VISITS JOLO ISLAND [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador's April 26 trip to Jolo successfully highlighted USG efforts -- ranging from JSOTF civil-military operations to USAID computer literacy and infrastructure projects -- to change the dynamic of this long-time Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah safe- haven and recruit [...]	2006-05-05 00:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MCAP KISL EAID KPAO RP
06MANILA1944	JAIL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR ADVANCES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. A week-long S/CT-funded seminar on Advanced Jail Management that concluded on April 28 was a crucial effort in Mission's support of law enforcement reform in the Philippines in general and of the Philippine National Police's ongoing Transformation Project in particular. 2. ( [...]	2006-05-05 06:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM KJUS PREL KCOR PGOV PINS ASEC RP
06MANILA1981	ARAGONCILLO GUILTY PLEA ANNOUNCEMENT NETS BIG [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The May 4 USDOJ announcement that former FBI analyst Leandro Aragoncillo pleaded guilty to espionage and other charges received significant press play in the Philippines. GRP reaction was basi [...]	2006-05-09 07:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC RP
06MANILA1982	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 5 meeting, the Ambassador thanked Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo for the Philippine SIPDIS government's support for efforts to keep Iran off the UNHRC. She urged the GRP to pursue concerns about terrorist financing when President Arroyo visits Saudi Arabia on May [...]	2006-05-09 07:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM PTER RP BM IR SA
06MANILA2013	GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Summary. GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators failed to reach an agreement on ancestral domain during their 12th Round of Exploratory Talks, but were successful in expanding the composition/mandate of the International Monitoring Team, and extending the Ad Hoc Joint A [...]	2006-05-10 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP
06MANILA2060	MAINSTREAM OPPOSITION: DIVIDED AND WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: Mainstream Opposition groups in the Philippines remain seriously divided among factions linked to former president Estrada, former president Aquino, Senator Lacson and others. The Opposition also remains without effective themes with which to counter the Arroyo administration. [...]	2006-05-15 06:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ECON RP
06MANILA2069	TYPHOON CHANCHU HITS THE PHILIPPINES [...] On May 12, tropical storm Chanchu made landfall in the Philippines in Northern Samar southeast of Manila and as of May 15 has gone out to sea west of Luzon. On May 14, Chanchu intensified into a typhoon while crossing east-to- west across the central Philippines leaving in its wake 37 dead, [...]	2006-05-15 09:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EINV CACS EAGR AGMT ABLD SENV RP
06MANILA2096	GRP FORMS TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE KILLINGS OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Eleven more leftist activists have been killed in attacks since late March. President Arroyo has formed a police task force to investigate the killings. Some GRP officials are suggesting that [...]	2006-05-17 06:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PREL RP
06MANILA2104	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINE RED CROSS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador met May 17 with Senator Richard J. Gordon, Chairman and CEO of the Philippine National Red Cross, to discuss the importance of the upcoming meeting of the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and its scheduled vote to establish [...]	2006-05-17 08:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC RP IS
06MANILA2113	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para. 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Affairs Secretary Romulo intends to focus on Burma and regional counterterrorism when the Philippines takes the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and is optimistic about peace prospects with the Moro [...]	2006-05-18 08:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BM RP
06MANILA2136	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S) The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM and Regional Affairs Chief, visited National Security Advisor Norberto "Bert" Gonzales on May 18. Gonzales said he had useful side meetings with his Saudi counterpart during President Arroyo's May 7-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. He asked Saudi National [...]	2006-05-19 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL SA RP
06MANILA2154	THE "LEGAL" LEFT: SMALL, BUT DEDICATED [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "legal" left parties, which include Bayan Muna, Gabriela, the KMU, and Migrante, are an important aspect of the Philippine political scene. Most are linked with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) and, along with the mainstream Oppos [...]	2006-05-23 03:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM RP
06MANILA2160	EMBASSY IPR ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) At an Embassy-sponsored roundtable discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR) on May 11, private sector participants acknowledged a heightened level of engagement by the GRP, but expressed concern over weak enforcement. Many industries are implementing targeted strategies to impr [...]	2006-05-23 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP
06MANILA2162	GRP HOSTS FIRST U.S. BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Philippines, a Chemical Weapon Convention member-state, needs to make more progress in meeting its national implementation obligations under the convention. During an April 3-4 workshop wi [...]	2006-05-23 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETRD ASEC PHUM MY RP
06MANILA2167	GRP DISCUSSES PLANS TO CURB CABLE TV PIRACY [...] (SBU) In an Embassy roundtable discussion on cable piracy issues, Commissioner Solis of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) told private sector participants that he expects to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in June with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) that would clar [...]	2006-05-24 03:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP
06MANILA2172	COURT ACQUITS GENERAL GARCIA OF PERJURY; PLUNDER [...] (U) On May 22, the third division of the Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) acquitted retired Major General Carlos Garcia of one count of perjury. The charges stemmed from Garcia's failure to disclose three motor vehicles on his mandatory Statement of Assets, Liability and Net worth (SALN). D [...]	2006-05-24 06:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP
06MANILA218	SUBIC CASE UPDATE: JANUARY 17 [...] (C) Summary. Local media have begun reporting on the US Embassy's decision to retain custody of the four Marines charged with rape in the Philippines. The Marines' defense attorneys have submitted Motions for Reconsideration of the issuance of any arrest warrants; three Marines have also ap [...]	2006-01-17 09:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2185	ASSISTANT USTR WEISEL'S MEETING WITH SENATOR [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Assistant USTR for Asia Pacific and Pharmaceutical Policy on May 16, Senator Roxas agreed to work with the USG to address specific concerns regarding Senate Bill 2139, which includes provisions to expand parallel importation for pharmaceuticals. On WTO Doha Round nego [...]	2006-05-25 07:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR WTRO RP
06MANILA2193	PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DENOUNCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Commission on Human Rights has announced plans to hold a public hearing to investigate the recent murders of journalists and leftist activists. In response, President Arroyo has called for an end to the killings. Meanwhile, a popular radio commentator was kil [...]	2006-05-26 04:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PREL RP
06MANILA2195	DRUGS, CRIME, AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGE PEACE AND [...] (C) Summary. Widespread methamphetamine trafficking and abuse, organized crime, and endemic corruption are gnawing at the fabric of Muslim society in Mindanao. While Muslim clan leaders and political warlords sustain fiefdoms and private armies through sources of illicit income, the common p [...]	2006-05-26 06:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SNAR KISL KCRM RP
06MANILA2199	FIVE ESTRADA SUPPORTERS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 22, Philippine military and police forces arrested five supporters of former President Joseph Estrada, charging them with rebellion and accusing the group of plotting to assassinate four members of President Arroyo's Cabinet. Due to a lack of evidence, the men were late [...]	2006-05-26 08:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PHUM PTER RP
06MANILA2228	MARINE CASE UPDATE 05/29/06 [...] (U) Summary. Pre-trial hearings have concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina, and the trial is scheduled to begin on June 2. DCM conveyed to DFA officials the USG's position that the one-year period in the Marine case began on December 27, 2005, when the Marin [...]	2006-05-30 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2273	ANATOMY OF AN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING [...] (C) Summary: During POL team's recent visit to Puerto Princesa, the capital of Palawan in the western Philippines, contacts expressed their deep concern about the brazen daytime killing of a well-known radio broadcaster and former politician on May 22. GRP authorities arrested a serving mem [...]	2006-06-01 06:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI RP
06MANILA2302	PALAWAN: CONFIDENCE ABOUT SECURITY FIVE YEARS [...] (C) Summary: During POL team's recent visit to Palawan in the western Philippines, GRP officials expressed confidence about the security situation there five years after the terrorist raid on the Dos Palmas Resort in May 2001. The officials said military assets in the area had been reinfor [...]	2006-06-02 06:29:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER MOPS RP
06MANILA2308	MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in response to reftel's proposed amendment to the 1974 Exchange of Notes governing the 505 Agreement between the United States and Republic of the Philippines. While agreeing to the U.S. proposal, the [...]	2006-06-02 08:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PGOV KTIA RP
06MANILA2350	Cybersex a growing problem in the Philippines [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The cybersex industry continues to grow in the Philippines, spurred on by the increasing availability of broadband Internet connectivity, foreign demand, and difficulty in prosecuting operators. [...]	2006-06-06 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
06MANILA2383	USG STEPS TO COUNTER EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Extra-judicial killings (EJK) in the Philippines -- notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected narcotics traffickers -- remain of high concern to the USG and are increasingly a subject of international media attention. The annual country report on human rights for t [...]	2006-06-08 01:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV RP
06MANILA2389	PHILLIPINES SECOND CITY GREETS AMBASSADOR WITH [...] SUMMARY: Ambassadors May 19 and June 2 visits to Cebu highlighted the broad range of U.S. interests and activities in the area. The Cebu metro area is second only to Manila in the size of its population and economy. Over 100 American businesses operate in Cebu, including Timex, Lexmark Interna [...]	2006-06-08 05:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP
06MANILA241	RESPONSES TO USG RETENTION OF CUSTODY IN SUBIC CASE [...] (U) Summary. Philippine media on January 18 covered extensively the Embassy's public announcement that the U.S. would invoke the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and retain custody of four Marines accused of rape. Several politicians voiced anti-VFA and/or anti-U.S. sentiments. Court officia [...]	2006-01-18 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2418	RECENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS REASSERT INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: In recent decisions, the Philippine Supreme Court has showed a strong independent streak in the face of accusations that it had been too close to President Arroyo. The Court remains committed to its judicial reform program, to which the USG makes substantial contributions. These [...]	2006-06-09 07:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI EAID RP
06MANILA2465	UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA - PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Post's Avian Influenza Task Force met on June 7 to review current initiatives and plans to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Philippines. The Task Force is chaired by USAID and includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Medical Unit, Ma [...]	2006-06-13 09:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP AMGT AMED
06MANILA2520	Visiting EPA team advises GRP on chemical emergency [...] (U) At the request of the GRP and with support from Ambassador Kenney, four US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emergency responders came to Manila to advise on the clean up of the high-profile mercury spill at St. Andrew's School (refs A,B). The team trained GRP personnel and private c [...]	2006-06-16 05:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EMIN ETRD TPHY TSPL RP
06MANILA2523	GRP MULLS AN IMO-BASED MULTILATERAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) On May 22, EAP Security Affairs Officer William Comley met separately with GRP officials and Australian and Japanese emboffs to brief them on recent discussions with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General and continue previous discussions on building a mechanism [...]	2006-06-16 05:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD PBTS PREL PTER PHSA KTIA RP
06MANILA2539	NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: PROCTER [...] Post is pleased to nominate Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines for the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). P&G Philippines has energized its workers with a spirit of social responsibility and philanthropy that makes an excellent representation of American values and character to the l [...]	2006-06-16 09:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RP
06MANILA2554	AMBASSADOR AND ADMIRAL FALLON MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On June 5, the Ambassador and Admiral Fallon met for breakfast with President Arroyo. In a wide-ranging conversation, President Arroyo offered her views on GRP counterterrorism efforts; the peace process in Mindanao; and her upcoming trip to Jolo to visit the USNS Mercy. End S [...]	2006-06-19 08:16:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR PINS RP
06MANILA2570	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN [...] The Ambassador's trip to Cagayan de Oro on June 8 highlighted U.S. business interests and USAID's active engagement in the commercial center of Northern Mindanao. Cagayan de Oro is a gateway and regional market for eight cities representing five provinces in the region. It is a medium-sized [...]	2006-06-20 06:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EAID RP
06MANILA26	IN BLOW TO JUDICIARY, WELL-KNOWN JUDGE SLAIN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A well-known Metro Manila trial judge was murdered in a drive-by shooting on December 31. Police have arrested seven men in connection with the attack. The Supreme Court has demanded that the [...]	2006-01-04 09:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ECON PINR PTER PHUM RP
06MANILA2623	CONTINUED GRP-MILF COMMITMNT TO PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Following a caim by the MILF for an additional 1,000 wards asMuslim-dominated ancestral domain, the Governmen of Malaysia will help to facilitate a joint survey by GRP/MILF census experts, with a goal of compltion by October 2006. The GRP believes that theMILF also remains comm [...]	2006-06-23 02:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MY RP KISL PINS
06MANILA2633	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ENERGY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's initial call, Energy Secretary Lotilla highlighted the need to increase competition and privatization in the electric power sector. Lotilla described promising developments in alternative energy sources throughout the country, including geothermal projects, the expan [...]	2006-06-23 09:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA2634	MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/23/06 [...] (U) Summary. The trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina is proceeding slightly more slowly than anticipated, and may move to a five-day-a-week schedule in July. Developments during the week of June 19 included a concession by prosecutors that physical evidence in the case w [...]	2006-06-23 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2636	GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected criminals. A month-old overall task force incorporates two existing subsidiary task forces within the Ph [...]	2006-06-23 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL RP
06MANILA2680	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 23 courtesy call on the Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General, the Ambassador expressed the U.S. Mission's appreciation for PNP contributions to our security, encouraged good coordination between the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines as they battl [...]	2006-06-27 06:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM RP
06MANILA2697	GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected criminals. A month-old overall task force incorporates two existing subsidiary task forces within the Ph [...]	2006-06-28 00:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL RP
06MANILA2777	GRP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMUNIST INSURGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In In June 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo approved a new strategy for defeating Asia's longest-running communist insurgency by the Communist Party of the Philippines and its New People's Army (CPP/NPA). Under this plan, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),with [...]	2006-06-30 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP
06MANILA2824	PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS CONDEMN NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (U) In a statement issued on July 6, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo commented that "In solidarity with the international community, The Philippines condemns the missile tests of North Korea and urges that nation to refrain from further compromising the peace and security of the region and [...]	2006-07-06 05:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP KN RP
06MANILA283	CONGRESS CALLS FOR TERMINATION/RENEGOTIATION OF [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Congress' Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on January 19 calling for the termination of the VFA within six months and its renegotiation into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Appa [...]	2006-01-19 10:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2831	POSSIBLE COURTS MARTIAL FOR FEBRUARY 24 "COUP [...] (SBU) Summary: A committee investigating an alleged failed February 24 coup d'etat may soon recommend that at least three senior military officers and perhaps dozens of junior officers face military courts on charges ranging from conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman to mutiny and sedi [...]	2006-07-06 08:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV MARR RP
06MANILA2833	MAGUINDANAO CLASHES UNLIKELY TO UPSET PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Armed clashes erupted between GRP security forces and elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on June 28 when police officials attempted to serve arrest warrants on two MILF commanders related to a June 23 bombing in Shariff Aguak that left seven dead. While members [...]	2006-07-06 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP
06MANILA2969	MARINE CASE: ANOTHER DEFENDANT SPEAKS TO MEDIA [...] LCpl Daniel Smith, one of the four marines currently on trial for alleged rape, gave an interview to the Associated Press on Saturday July 15. Local media featured his remarks extensively. He talked about how his "life has come to a screeching halt" due to the alleged incident and trial, and [...]	2006-07-17 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2973	CPP/NPA - THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to a renewed campaign by the Philippine Government (GRP) to defeat Asia's longest-running communist insurgency, the New People's Army (NPA) has continued its low intensity attacks throughout the country. At the same time, the National Democratic Front (NDF) is push [...]	2006-07-17 09:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP
06MANILA2994	UNEASY TRUCE IN MAGUINDANAO [...] (C) Summary. A week-old truce brokered by GRP officials between the Maguindanao Provincial Governor and local commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) appears to be holding, with thousands of displaced persons now returning to their homes. The Malaysian-led International Monit [...]	2006-07-18 07:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP
06MANILA2998	PHILIPPINES: MOUNT MAYON VOLCANIC ACTIVITY [...] Mount Mayon, 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Manila, is experiencing high levels of seismic activity and lava flows reaching 800 meters downwards from the summit. Experts here expect minimal impact on Manila, possibly increased particulates in the air. Residents within the 6-kilometer [...]	2006-07-18 09:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY EINV CASC EAGR PREL EAID RP
06MANILA3064	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chris, the entire US Mission welcomes you back to the Philippines! We have been busy emphasizing our partnership in this historic year; upcoming Codels will be a next stage as will President Arroyo's September trip to Hawaii. Your visit focuses on outreach in two key areas -- [...]	2006-07-21 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ECON PGOV ETRD ECIN EAID RP
06MANILA3066	DEFENSE SECRETARY SEES KAPIT BISIG AS "BIG PLUS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz views the Kapit Bisig framework as a "big plus" for US-RP counterterrorism cooperation, is focused on neutralizing High Value Targets, and believes the Kapit Bisig implementing guidelines are flexible enough to accommodate a variety of circumstances. He tak [...]	2006-07-21 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MCAP MARR PTER PREL RP
06MANILA3068	PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM HELPING TO COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) has produced concrete results and is becoming institutionalized within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). PDR is also helping counteract restiveness among some mid- and junior officers, which contributed to the coup attempt of February 24 [...]	2006-07-24 00:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PINS RP
06MANILA3085	CALLING FOR A BALANCED ASEAN STATEMENT ON MIDDLE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the situation in the Middle East (reftel) with Foreign Secretary Romulo on July 23, emphasizing that the United States was working hard to achieve a durable cessation to the current violence in the Middle East and to ease the plight of innocent people. She urged [...]	2006-07-24 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN LE IS RP
06MANILA3095	ESPERON - THE BATTERING RAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Esperon succeeded General Senga as the 35th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on July 21. He has a reputation as a tough combat soldier, and has pledged both to crush Communist rebels and put down any attempt to unseat the Arroyo governmen [...]	2006-07-24 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINR RP
06MANILA3098	SONA 2006: ARROYO PROJECTS OPTIMISM, WANTS TO SPEND [...] (SBU) Summary. With a buoyant air and an unusual high tech power point presentation, President Arroyo laid out ambitious development goals for four new supra-regions in the Philippines during the remainder of her term, and asked all to achieve together a "prosperous and united" Philippines [...]	2006-07-24 10:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PTER RP
06MANILA3143	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINES-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL [...] Summary: Ambassador Kenney and Emboffs met with members of the Philippines-U.S. Business Council on July 21 to discuss areas of cooperation between the U.S. and the Philippines, including agriculture, tourism, English language proficiency, regional hubs, and trade and investment. The Ambassa [...]	2006-07-26 09:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD RP
06MANILA3176	MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/31/06 [...] The trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued the week of July 24 with medical testimony from toxicologist Dr. Kenneth Go, who testified that the complainant was intoxicated on the night of the alleged incident such that she would not have been able to consent to sexu [...]	2006-07-31 00:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3203	AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary. President Arroyo promised the Ambassador that her Administration would push ahead with counterterrorism efforts, especially against the ASG and JI. She will also push for new counterterrorism legislation with the Senate. She reiterated her opposition to extrajudicial killings. [...]	2006-08-01 05:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PTER PHUM RP
06MANILA3226	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) In a breakfast meeting July 31 with Assistant Secretary Hill and the Ambassador, Philippines Finance Secretary Gary Teves and Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila expressed confidence in the Philippines' strong economic growth, improving fiscal situation, and solid cooperation betwe [...]	2006-08-02 04:17:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3234	EAP A/S HILL VISITS MILITARY ACADEMY AND U.S. [...] SUMMARY: EAP A/S Hill stressed themes of military transformation and cooperation -- especially on natural disasters -- among the U.S., the Philippines, and other ASEAN countries in speech to the cadets at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City on July 30. He participated in a r [...]	2006-08-02 05:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA3247	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW POLICE CHIEF [...] Summary. New Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Calderon assured the Ambassador on July 28 that the PNP is focusing the necessary resources to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the recent killings of leftist activists. The PNP has embarked on a ten-year tra [...]	2006-08-02 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC PHUM RP
06MANILA3248	A/S CHRISTOPHER HILL FOCUSES ON PHILIPPINES GROWTH [...] Summary. During his visit to Manila on July 31, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill gained a firsthand view of advantages and SIPDIS challenges to U.S. business investment in the Philippines by touring two E-services facilities and attending a working lunch with representatives from U [...]	2006-08-02 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR PREL ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3299	INITIAL SUCCESS IN ONGOING OPERATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill senior terrorist leaders on the island of Jolo, which began on August 1, has met with initial success. One mid-level terrorist has been killed and the senior leadership has been driven out of its safe havens. [...]	2006-08-04 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3321	MINDANAO'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OPPOSE BANGSAMORO [...] (C) Summary. Leaders and representatives of indigenous peoples (Lumads) from throughout Mindanao gathered in Bukidnon Province July 24-26 to proclaim strong opposition to the inclusion of their ancestral lands in a Bangsamoro Juridical Entity. This stance will further complicate the already [...]	2006-08-08 01:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS KISL RP
06MANILA3344	MILF SEEKS GREATER US INVOLVEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. During DCM and Poloff's low-key, two-day visit to Muslim Mindanao's political center in Cotabato, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice-Chairman Jafaar sought greater USG involvement in the GRP-MILF Peace Process. Meeting at the MILF's camp in Sultan Kudurat, Maguindanao on [...]	2006-08-09 06:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP

06MANILA3346	CENTRAL LUZON REACTIONS TO EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary. At least some NGO and party activists in Central Luzon are scaling back their rural activities in response to an increased number of extrajudicial killings (EJKs). Some place the blame for the recent rise in EJKs squarely on the 7th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the [...]	2006-08-09 07:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA3356	NPA - TRENDS IN RECENT ATTACKS [...] (U) Summary: The Communist Party of the Philippines-Military Commission (CPP-MC) has directed the New People's Army (NPA) to concentrate on new offensives against the "key loyalist and fascist officials of the Arroyo regime." The number of NPA attacks nationwide appears to have increased sin [...]	2006-08-10 02:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP
06MANILA3369	EXPLOSIONS IN CENTRAL MINDANAO LEAVE TWO DEAD AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) An explosion from a hand grenade occurred at approximately 1:55 p.m. local time at the main gate of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor's Office in Cotabato City, reportedly killing t [...]	2006-08-10 10:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS ASEC PREL KISL MOPS RP
06MANILA3401	AFP ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATIONS ADVANCE ON JOLO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is continuing operations against Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders on the island of Jolo. AFP units now control the high ground around Mt. Tumatangis in western Jolo and have shrunk the no-fire area under the cont [...]	2006-08-14 10:35:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3404	ONGOING GRP EFFORTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] Summary. In response to a deadline from President Arroyo to solve at least ten cases of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) before October 15, Task Force Usig of the Philippine National Police (PNP) held its first monthly "multisectoral meeting" with NGO, media, church, and community leaders on Aug [...]	2006-08-15 03:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PREL RP
06MANILA3412	PHILIPPINE BROADBAND: NARROWING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE [...] Private companies are partnering with Philippine's network of 5,443 public secondary schools to install computer laboratories by 2010. Over 800 schools have been connected to date, and 200 more will enjoy the benefits of these labs by December, 2006. A USAID program has contributed hardware [...]	2006-08-15 08:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID SOCI APEC RP
06MANILA3414	CHARGE' AND PRESIDENT ARROYO INAUGURATE U.S. CALL CENTER; [...] Charge' d'Affaires Paul W. Jones traveled to Pampanga in Central Luzon to join President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in cutting the ribbon for a new U.S. call center in the Clark Special Economic Zone. While in the area, Charge' also visited the Clark Air Base Cemetery and Asian Aerospace Corpora [...]	2006-08-15 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID EAIR SOCI RP
06MANILA3450	SENATOR INOUYE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presented Senator Inouye with the Philippines' highest award, the Order of Lakandula, on August 14 in recognition of his contributions to the U.S.-Philippines partnership. Senator Inouye praised her policy achievements in fiscal reforms, counterterrorism, and [...]	2006-08-17 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS ECON EFIN BM AS BX RP
06MANILA3453	CODEL HYDE: OVERVIEW [...] Summary. Chairman Hyde, Congressmen Rohrabacher, Faleomavaega, Watt (and Mrs. Watt) , and Flake (and Mrs. Flake),and their accompanying staff had a packed, productive August 11-13 trip to the Philippines. Highlights were a well-publicized wreath-laying ceremony at the Manila American Cemet [...]	2006-08-17 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP HYDE ECON RP
06MANILA3464	CHARGE VISITS SUBIC DURING US-PHILIPPINES [...] Following up on the Ambassador's visit to Subic June 15-16 (reftel),Charge d'Affaires visited the Subic Bay region August 15-16 to meet local officials, observe Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2006, and participate in a CARAT community relations event. CARAT is a joint U.S [...]	2006-08-18 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MCAP EWWT ECON RP
06MANILA3472	CODEL HYDE DISCUSSES ECONOMY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. Chairman of the House International Relations Committee Henry Hyde and members of his delegation met with President Arroyo and senior GRP officials over dinner August 12. They discussed the improving economy; a potential U.S.-Philippine FTA; plans for the Philippine chairmanshi [...]	2006-08-18 07:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID PREL SCUL OREP KPAO RP
06MANILA3478	LARGEST OIL SPILL IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY-REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. The tanker "Solar I" sank in Guimaras Strait in the Philippines August 11 and discharged 200,000 liters of its 2.1 million liters of oil. The spill is moving on-shore and threatening fisheries, marine reserves, [...]	2006-08-18 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA3479	SENATOR INOUYE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Inouye stressed publicly and privately his admiration and support for the Philippine-US approach to counterterrorism and defense reform during his August 11-15 visit to the Philippines. Inouye enthused at the "Philippine model," which extends a "hand of friendship" to [...]	2006-08-18 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PTER MCAP MOPS MARR RP
06MANILA3491	SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW [...] Summary. During Senator Daniel K. Inouye's August 11 - 15 visit to the Philippines, he traveled to Zamboanga and dined with President Arroyo (see Reftel); met U.S. business leaders; and, called on the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and Defense Secretary Cruz. Given the Se [...]	2006-08-22 04:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP
06MANILA350	"COUNCIL OF STATE" MEETING: MUCH HYPE, BUT LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: A Malacanang-sponsored Council of State meeting took place on January 24. The meeting brought together some 75 notables to discuss "issues of national interest," though the Opposition largely boycotted the meeting. The group agreed to create a commission to advocate for Consti [...]	2006-01-25 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM SOCI RP
06MANILA3549	USG TEAM ARRIVES TO ASSESS PHILIPPINE OIL SPILL [...] A USG oil spill response team arrived in the Philippines on August 23 to help the government assess the damage from the oil spilled by tanker "Solar I" in the Guimaras Strait and to plan remediation efforts. The team met with the Embassy's ad hoc oil spill working group, the Department of Fore [...]	2006-08-24 11:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA3560	AUGUST 25 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) "Operation Ultimatum," the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) effort to capture or kill senior Abu Sayyaf (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders on the island of Jolo, is now in its 25th day. The AFP remains determined to maintain the pressure on the fugitive terrorists, who appea [...]	2006-08-25 08:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3561	LIFTING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TO RAISE ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] English language proficiency has steadily declined in the Philippines over Qe past 30 years, mostly due to decreased use of English by teachers, the exodus of qualified English teachers to overseas jobs, and the lack of education infrastructure, including classrooms and supplies. The GRP reco [...]	2006-08-25 08:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD PREL SCUL KPAO RP
06MANILA3565	2006 ARROYO IMPEACHMENT DEAD; MOVING FORWARD ON A [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, the House of Representatives voted 173-32 to uphold its own justice committee report recommending the dismissal of this year's impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Most politicians and observers had long viewed the outcome as a forego [...]	2006-08-25 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PHUM RP
06MANILA3574	TIP UPDATE: CORRUPTION IMPEDES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) has made some progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2006. However, there have been no additional convictions under the 2003 Anti-TIP Law since December 2005 (refs C and D),despite dozens of human trafficki [...]	2006-08-28 05:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM PGOV KCOR RP
06MANILA3599	PHILIPPINES REORGANIZES IP TASK FORCE [...] (U) The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) is again reorganizing its Intellectual Property (IP) Task Force to be chaired by Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Pedrito Rances who previously headed the same Task Force in 2005. Rights holders expressed concern over the decision which they say [...]	2006-08-29 08:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA364	DISCREPANCIES IN OFFICIAL CASUALTY FIGURES [...] (S/NF) Summary: A total of 2,838 persons were killed in calendar year 2005 during encounters between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and insurgents/terrorists. The majority (2,268) of these casualties were AFP soldiers (458) and NPA members (1,810),according to AFP statistics rece [...]	2006-01-26 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS PINS PTER PREL PHUM RP
06MANILA3656	NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION EMPHASIZES STRONGER MANAGEMENT [...] Summary. President Arroyo's impressive new Education Secretary outlined his priorities and received a briefing on USG support for education in the Philippines during a call on Charge August 28. Given President Arroyo's strong desire to improve English-language education to enhance Philippine [...]	2006-08-31 09:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP
06MANILA3670	SEPTEMBER 1 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is maintaining the pressure on fugitive Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on Jolo as "Operation Ultimatum" reaches its one-month mark. ASG leaders, Khadaffy Janjalani and Abu Sulaiman, and JI operatives, Umar Patek and D [...]	2006-09-01 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3692	SENIOR IP JUDGE DEMOTED AMID RUMORS OF CORRUPTION [...] (C) The Supreme Court of the Philippines recently demoted Judge Antonio Eugenio, who was the senior executive judge assigned to handle intellectual property rights (IPR) cases. Citing "the interests of the service," the Supreme Court stripped Eugenio of his executive judicial authority and di [...]	2006-09-05 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3718	SENATE PLANS RADICAL REVISIONS TO INVESTOR INCENTIVES [...] (SBU) Following up on President Arroyo's 2004 promise to increase government revenue, the Philippine Congress is poised to reduce and reform investment incentives. The Senate proposal under discussion draws from a USAID-funded study that recommends eliminating income tax holidays as inefficie [...]	2006-09-06 07:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON RP
06MANILA3779	CHARGE UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF EJK RESOLUTION TO [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires Jones reinforced the importance of Philippine Government (GRP) action in solving the recent spate of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) of leftist activists in the Philippines to current and former Filipino leaders, including National Security Advisor Gonzales, Fore [...]	2006-09-08 08:37:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MOPS KCRM PINS RP
06MANILA3784	NAM SUMMIT: PHILIPPINES TO PUSH GUATEMALAN UN [...] (C) Charge discussed reftel points September 5 with Foreign Secretary Romulo. Romulo immediately volunteered to lobby for Guatemala and to coordinate with the Guatemalan delegation to build support for Guatemala's Security Council bid during the September 11-16 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Sum [...]	2006-09-08 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PHUM CU RP
06MANILA3786	CONSULTATIONS ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor met September 7 with Department of Foreign of Affairs Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organization Affairs Aladin Villacorte to underscore U.S. willingness to work closely with the GRP to ensure the full implementation of UN Security Resolution 16 [...]	2006-09-08 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN RP
06MANILA3789	REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING FOR MARITIME POLICE UNIT [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The Philippines faces a serious problem in controlling the transit of narcotics, terrorists, and contraband through its vulnerable western border island of Palawan, the home of the Malampaya gas project and numerous tourist resort [...]	2006-09-08 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL ASEC PBTS SNAR RP
06MANILA3790	SEPTEMBER 8 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to track fleeing Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders in the fifth week of its operation to capture or kill the terrorist leadership on the island of Jolo. Philippine Marines suffered six killed and 20 wounded in an encounter w [...]	2006-09-08 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3793	CHARGE MEETS WITH "MELO" COMMISSION ON [...] (C) Summary. Retired Supreme Court Justice Jose A. Melo and other members of the "Melo" Commission told Charge d'Affairs September 7 that their primary goals are to press for progress on cases of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and to identify overall patterns to these killings. The Commission [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA3803	PHILIPPINES AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] There continues to be no evidence of AI in the Philippines. Post continues to monitor the situation within the country and the region, coordinates with other donors, and provides technical assistance to the GRP in four key areas: a) pandemic preparedness planning, b) mass communication and edu [...]	2006-09-11 01:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA3805	BELEAGUERED OPTICAL MEDIA BOARD CONTINUES TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Optical Media Board (OMB) faces insufficient funding, bureaucratic infighting, and unjustified criticism as it attempts to deal with the difficult piracy problem of the Philippines. Under-funding hampers the agency's ability to effectively enforce the Optical Med [...]	2006-09-11 04:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3817	NUR MISUARI ATTENDS TENTH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Moro National Liberation Front Chairman Nur Misuari criticized the GRP for failing to implement fully the provisions of the 1996 peace agreement during a September 2 commemoration ceremony in Davao to mark the signing of the accord. To "resuscitate" the ten year old agreement, [...]	2006-09-11 09:11:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP
06MANILA3852	SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS DESTRUCTION PROJECT IN [...] (U) In response to reftel, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group-Philippines (JUSMAG) representatives have reached agreement with their Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts that only captured/surrendered weapons will be destroyed under the Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction Pr [...]	2006-09-12 08:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PREL PTER RP
06MANILA3875	MARINE CASE: EMBASSY RECEIVES SUBPOENA [...] (U) On September 13, Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officially conveying the subpoena directing NCIS to "appear and present" the clothes worn by LCpl Smith on November 1, 2005. The subpoena requests NCIS appear on September 11, tho [...]	2006-09-13 10:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3882	AMBASSADOR SIGNS TIP AGREEMENT WITH JUSTICE [...] Ambassador Kenney and Secretary of Justice Raul Gonzalez signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) September 12 to provide USG assistance to support the anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts of the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). With INL and G/TIP funds, Post will provide nea [...]	2006-09-14 05:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIA PHUM RP
06MANILA3899	NAM SUMMIT STANCE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN [...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor raised reftel points September 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organizations Julius Torres, emphasizing the importance of ending violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Torres said he would immediately [...]	2006-09-15 04:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU RP
06MANILA3914	SEPTEMBER 15 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) SUMMARY. The Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) is showing no let-up in its seven-week old effort to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist leadership on the island of Jolo. While the operation is far from over, the Filipino military can point to s [...]	2006-09-15 09:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA3915	AFP OPERATION AGAINST ASG/JI TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Armed Forces of the Philippines operations on Jolo have provided indisputable evidence, including sophisticated improvised explosive devices similar to what U.S. troops have encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan, of the Abu Sayyaf Group's and Jemaah Islamiyah's transnational terror [...]	2006-09-15 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA3935	CHIEF OF STAFF ESPERON OUTLINES HIS VISION FOR THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: General Esperon, the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),laid out his vision for the Philippine military in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club on September 11. He called the entire AFP a "counterterrorism unit," and sa [...]	2006-09-19 05:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA3959	PHILIPPINES WATCHING CLOSELY THE SITUATION IN [...] (C) We are monitoring closely the reaction of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to the coup in Thailand. The Philippines has experienced numerous cases of military unrest, the most recent being the failed coup attempt of February 2006 (ref A). The government is currently preparing courts [...]	2006-09-20 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA3991	EDUCATION ON THE MOVE WITH INCREASED FUNDING AND NEW [...] (U) As interest in education reform and English language training continues to make headlines, the Ambassador called on Secretary of Education Jesli Lapus September 15. The Secretary reported on his ambitious plans to revitalize the deteriorating education system by taking advantage of increas [...]	2006-09-21 06:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP
06MANILA3999	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4000	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4001	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4002	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFP CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Esperon, the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, acknowledged to the Ambassador in a September 18 meeting the damage being done to the reputation of the Philippines by extra-judicial killings, and conceded the possibility that overzealo [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4024	PRESIDENT ARROYO DISCUSSES NAM SUMMIT IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) Summary. During an informal conversation with the Ambassador on September 21, President Arroyo shared her impressions of her recent trip to Europe and Cuba and about the outcome of the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Havana. President Arroyo was "astonished" at the run-down [...]	2006-09-22 07:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PHUM CU RP
06MANILA4031	AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ARROYO INAUGURATE U.S. CALL [...] Summary: The Ambassador joined President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in cutting the ribbon for a new U.S. call center. Call centers infused $1.12 billion into the Philippine economy, and the Philippines has captured 20% of the world call center market. Industry projections foresee dramatic growth [...]	2006-09-22 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD EINV RP
06MANILA4053	AMBASSADOR AND VICE PRESIDENT REAFFIRM USG-GRP [...] (U) Ambassador delivered a strong anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) message on September 20 at the opening ceremony of the first National Conference Against Human Trafficking in the Philippines. While commending the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and local civil society g [...]	2006-09-25 04:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM RP
06MANILA4067	MARINE CASE UPDATE 9/22/06 [...] The trial of four Marines continued the week of September 18 with testimony from forensic obstetrical and gynecologist expert Dr. Teresita Sanchez, who testified that the injuries sustained by the complainant do not suggest rape. SSgt Chad Carpentier followed and testified that his first impr [...]	2006-09-25 08:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA407	CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR "MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY," [...] (C) Summary: At the conclusion of their semi-annual meeting on January 29, the Catholic Bishops' issued a long statement that called for "moral accountability" and recommended that Filipinos "search for truth" through Constitutionally-mandated processes and via non-violence. The Bishops' wen [...]	2006-01-30 09:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS SOCI ECON RP VT
06MANILA4096	RESPONDING TO CUBA AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) Drawing on reftel points, Acting Political Counselor urged Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organization Affairs Aladin Villacorte to instruct the Philippine delegation in Geneva not to allow the Cuban mandate to be discussed outside the general re [...]	2006-09-26 10:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM RP
06MANILA4126	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STABILITY AND ECONOMIC SUCCESSES IN [...] During a visit on September 22, Ambassador gained a firsthand look at the economic successes in General Santos City and the surrounding area. USG investment in the region's infrastructure has transformed the economy. Investments have dramatically increased, particularly in the tuna and agric [...]	2006-09-27 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EAID RP JA
06MANILA4150	REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]	2006-10-01 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4151	REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]	2006-10-01 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4162	RESPONSE TO DEVASTATION OF TYPHOON MILENYO [...] Summary: Manila continues to recover from its worst typhoon in eleven years, while reports of devastation from outlying provinces of Southern Luzon continue to pour in. Four days after the typhoon, electricity and water is off in large parts of Manila, including Mission employee neighborhoods [...]	2006-10-02 10:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI EAGR SENV RP
06MANILA4166	TERRORISM FINANCE: NEXT STEPS ON RSM DESIGNATION [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The GRP is prepared to work closely with the United States on submitting the Rajah Solaiman Movement to the UN 1267 Committee for designation as a terrorist organization. In addition to seeking help in identifying hidden asset [...]	2006-10-02 23:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER RP
06MANILA4174	Ambassador Raises Commercial Issues with Secretary of [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with GRP Secretary of Finance Gary Teves, Ambassador raised protection of private lending for small and medium enterprises, USAID exemption from taxes, progress on the MCA Threshold Program, and investment and trade disputes. Teves made no commitments, but indicated [...]	2006-10-03 02:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KMCA RP
06MANILA4203	AMBASSADOR VISITS MEDCAP/GETS FIRST-HAND LOOK AT [...] (C/REL AUS) Summary. Ambassador had a first-hand update from ground force commanders on the Armed Forces of the Philippines' on-going effort to capture or kill Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leaders during her September 25 day-long visit to Jolo Island. The Armed Forces of the Philip [...]	2006-10-03 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS EAID RP
06MANILA4218	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DISCUSSES STATE OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Secretary of National Defense Cruz in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club stressed the seriousness of the domestic terrorist threat and the importance of Philippine Defense Reform. He said a successful counterterrorism effort had to also incorporate social an [...]	2006-10-04 08:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4221	GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS CONFRONT DIFFICULT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) remain at an impasse over the issue of ancestral domain, the historically Muslim territory claimed by the MILF. The GRP Peace Panel lacks a mandate to expand the existing boundar [...]	2006-10-04 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS KISL RP
06MANILA424	MADRASAH PROJECT: AFTER COMPLETING U.S. TRAINING, [...] (U) This Message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty-eight madrasah educators from Mindanao have completed training courses in the U.S. on American educational practices and values, as part of a USD 400,000 USG-sponsored "Madrasah Teacher Tr [...]	2006-01-31 09:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI KISL RP
06MANILA4260	OCTOBER 6 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) The ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the southern island of Jolo is ending its tenth week. The key terrorist leaders -- Khadaffy Janjalani, Abu Sulaiman, Dulmatin, and Umar Patek -- appear t [...]	2006-10-06 08:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA4261	PRESIDENT ARROYO'S UPCOMING TRAVEL TO CHINA [...] This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) President Arroyo plans to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Commemorative Summit on October 30-31 in Nanning, China. The Summit will celebrate 15 years of association between ASEAN and the People's Republic [...]	2006-10-06 09:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CH KN RP
06MANILA4263	PHILIPPINE STANCE ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) In a discussion with Ambassador on October 6, Foreign Secretary Romulo indicated full support and agreement for the U.S. position on a possible North Korean nuclear test (ref a). Romulo noted that his much publicized comments earlier this week on North Korea fully echoed and supported t [...]	2006-10-06 09:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN RP
06MANILA4277	PHILIPPINES TO ATTEND 2006 PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM [...] (U) Poloff passed to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Pacific Affairs Alan Deniega agenda items and instructions regarding scheduling bilateral meetings contained in reftel on October 10. Deniega confirmed that Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand (with jurisdiction over Tonga, Sa [...]	2006-10-10 04:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV XU XV RP
06MANILA4303	PRESSING FOR CONTINUED PROGRESS IN MILF PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM, and Country Team are pressing government, military and diplomatic leaders on the importance of continued progress in the MILF peace process, despite the recent impasse over land rights. Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process Secretary "Jess" Dureza told the Ambassador [...]	2006-10-11 07:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS KISL PREL PGOV RP
06MANILA4312	PHILIPPINES SEEKING ASEAN STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador and DCM on October 11, Foreign Minister Romulo and National Security Adviser Gonzales reiterated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's strong condemnation of the North Korean nuclear test (ref a). Secretary Romulo noted that, at the President's instruction, he [...]	2006-10-11 08:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN RP
06MANILA4323	SENIOR PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) In an October 11 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Foreign Secretary Romulo and National Security Advisor Gonzales expressed concern over the impact of extrajudicial (or "unexplained") killings both on domestic stability and on the Philippines' international image. They reiterated the go [...]	2006-10-12 06:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RP
06MANILA4325	FOREIGN SECRETARY AND NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Romulo and National Security Advisor Gonzales in an October 11 meeting with Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission expressed cautious optimism about peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Romulo said Malaysia clearly wanted to help and was playing a p [...]	2006-10-12 07:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER MOPS MY RP
06MANILA4338	OCTOBER 13 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) Now nearing the end of its eleventh week, "Operation Ultimatum" -- the ongoing effort by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the island of Jolo -- has succeeded in narrowing the area in which Khaddafy Janjalan [...]	2006-10-13 05:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER MOPS RP
06MANILA4343	GOVERNMENT/MILF PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. DCM and Pol/C encouraged the head of the Philippine Government negotiating panel with the MILF insurgents to try to rejuvenate the peace talks, currently stalled on the issue of land rights. The thoughtful and experienced negotiator, Silvestre Afable, said he was finalizing pl [...]	2006-10-13 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EAID RP
06MANILA4345	SOLID PHILIPPINE SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALAN UNSC [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Romulo reconfirmed to Ambassador and DCM the Philippines' commitment to vote for Guatemala's UNSC candidacy in the first and succeeding votes in the UN General Assembly during a meeting on October 10. Romulo said he had discussed Guatemala's campaign with its Foreign Mi [...]	2006-10-13 08:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA GT RP
06MANILA4346	FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES EAST ASIA ARCHITECTURE [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador and DCM on October 11, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, speaking as a friend and ally, sought to persuade us of the merits of U.S. participation in the East Asia Summit. He described the EAS as an important emerging forum, inclusive of all East Asia, with A [...]	2006-10-13 08:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN XE RP
06MANILA4349	UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Jointly with officers from the New Zealand and Australian Embassies, poloff on October 12 delivered reftel demarche on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Director Noel Servigon. Servigon said [...]	2006-10-13 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN RP
06MANILA4359	ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary. Justice Melo, chairman of the new Presidential commission investigating the recent spate of extrajudicial killings, expressed appreciation for an Embassy offer to provide guidelines toward achieving successful prosecutions of human rights violations involving police and military [...]	2006-10-16 01:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA4377	PRAISE FOR ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM [...] (U) Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, in a ceremony with the Ambassador, members of the Embassy's Law Enforcement Working Group, and senior Philippine law enforcement officers, awarded retiring Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program Director Charles Lutz the Outstanding Achievement Medal o [...]	2006-10-17 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC RP
06MANILA4378	FORWARD DEPLOYING THE FBI: A CONCEPT THAT WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The trial initiative to embed two FBI agents with Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines is nearing the end of its first 90-days. The concept works. We ask the Department to convey our appreciation to the FBI for its support and to urge that the pr [...]	2006-10-17 06:49:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA4388	PUTTING ZULKIFLI ON THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE LIST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Manila requests Diplomatic Security add Zulkifli al Musa Abdul Hir, (aka Zulkifli Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Abdul Hir, aka Musa bin Abdul Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Hir, aka Mussa, aka Musa, aka Marwan),a Malaysian citizen born in 1966 [...]	2006-10-17 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP
06MANILA4389	PUTTING LITO REBIO ON THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE LIST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Manila requests Diplomatic Security add Jemaah Islamiyah operative Lito Rebio (aka Mu'awiyah, aka Nique, aka Muhammad Ali),a Singapore citizen of Indian descent born on January 14, 1965, to the Department of State's Rewards Fo [...]	2006-10-17 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID SN RP
06MANILA4396	BOLSTERING THE CT FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines is the easternmost front line of the Global War on Terrorism. It faces multiple threats, ranging from the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah to the local terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group and Rajah Solaiman Movement. Quick-disbursing 1206, 1207, and 1208 funds that pr [...]	2006-10-18 03:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4430	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS AMERICAN INVESTMENTS AT CHAMBER OF [...] Summary. The Ambassador spoke to approximately 1,000 Philippine Chamber of Commerce members about American investments in the Philippines on October 18. The Ambassador underscored the long history of American investors in the Philippines and urged the business audience to focus on exploiting [...]	2006-10-20 06:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA4439	OCTOBER 20 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) Now in its twelfth week, the ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines operation against the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leadership on the southern Mindanao island of Jolo shows no sign of letting up. ASG leaders Khadaffy Janjalani, Abu Sulaiman, and the JI bom [...]	2006-10-20 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER MOPS RP
06MANILA4481	MANILA EAC SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by the Ambassador, met on October 25, 2006, to determine what, if any, actions needed to be taken in light of the recent steady stream of threat reporting that various sections of the Embassy have been receiving. Although the usual threats [...]	2006-10-26 09:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER CASC RP
06MANILA4500	MARINE CASE UPDATE 10/27/06 [...] (C) A verdict in the case of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is expected November 27. While we cannot predict what the verdict might be, the Embassy's Marine Case Working Group (with input from visiting III MEF officers) is finalizing post-verdict plans that take into acc [...]	2006-10-27 08:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4502	STRIKE ONE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the October 25 Supreme Court ruling against a "people's initiative" to amend the Constitution in order to form a unicameral parliamentary system, supporters of charter change or "cha cha" will next move to form a constituent assembly of the sitting Congress. Given the [...]	2006-10-27 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV RP
06MANILA4508	OCTOBER 27 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) "Operation Ultimatum," the ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) effort to capture or kill the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leadership on the island of Jolo, is ending its 13th week, with no sign of letting up. ASG leaders Khadaffy Janjalani and Abu So [...]	2006-10-27 09:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER MOPS RP
06MANILA4509	ADVOCATING AN ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor joined Australian Charge d'Affaires for an October 27 demarche on Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Executive Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs Charles Jose to request that the Philippines support a statement condemning the North Korean nuclear test at th [...]	2006-10-27 10:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM RP
06MANILA4511	PHILIPPINES ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS BEFORE UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarches on anti-Israel resolutions at the UN General Assembly to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Sales said UNIO has "carefully considered" these resolutions a [...]	2006-10-27 10:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA IS LE
06MANILA4512	PHILIPPINES ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarche requesting an extension of the destruction deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Jesus Domingo and Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Do [...]	2006-10-27 10:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW
06MANILA4522	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) John, a warm welcome to the Philippines! I am looking forward to seeing you. We have a packed program ready for you, including meetings with Foreign Secretary Romulo, Secretary of National Defense Cruz, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Esperon and a trip to Jolo to see first-ha [...]	2006-10-30 06:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL OVIP HILLEN RP
06MANILA4523	U.S. SUPPORT FOR MINDANAO CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE [...] As part of the Embassy's broader Mindanao strategy, the U.S. Commercial Service in Manila hosted a roundtable meeting on October 20 with representatives of twelve Chambers of Commerce from Mindanao. Ambassador Kenney met with the group and exchanged views of prospects for economic growth and [...]	2006-10-30 07:17:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD EINV RP
06MANILA4544	Typhoon Milenyo: Damage and Assistance Update [...] Another powerful typhoon swept across the Philippines October 30, even as the government raised the damage estimate from Typhoon Milenyo to $131 million. End Summary. 2. The Philippine government revised its assessment of the destruction from Typhoon Milenyo, which felled numerous trees, [...]	2006-11-02 04:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI RP
06MANILA4553	AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH TO MUSLIM AUDIENCES IN MARAWI CITY, [...] Summary. During an October 26 visit to "The Islamic City of Marawi," the Ambassador and senior Embassy officials emphasized the U.S.-Philippine partnership in promoting peace and prosperity in Muslim Mindanao in an address to a Muslim Women's conference on the environment, a radio interview, [...]	2006-11-02 09:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP
06MANILA4558	LABOR UNION STRIKES AT CAVITE ECONOMIC ZONE FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Union members at Chong Won Fashion, a clothing manufacturer at the government-owned Cavite Economic Zone, launched a strike September 25. The management of the factory refuses to negotiate with union leaders and initiated legal action against the union. The strike has garnered [...]	2006-11-03 04:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM RP
06MANILA4568	PHILIPPINES 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] The following text is keyed to questions posed in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control (ref). I. SUMMARY 2. Philippine law enforcement authorities continued to focus efforts on disrupting major trafficking organizations and [...]	2006-11-03 08:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV RP
06MANILA4589	UNGA DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) In a meeting on November 6 with Acting Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for United Nations and Other SIPDIS International Organizations Julius D. Torres, Pol/C presented reftels' demarches on country specific human rights resolutions at the UNGA Third Committee and on the Cuba [...]	2006-11-06 07:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA KTIA CU RP
06MANILA4600	DEFENSE REFORM AND C-T OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) In a private meeting with Ambassador on November 6, Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita made clear that the Philippines remained fully committed to comprehensive implementation of the Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) program despite the November 5 resignation of Defense Secret [...]	2006-11-06 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL RP

06MANILA4616	PRESIDENT ARROYO ON REGIONAL STRATEGIC ISSUES [...] (C) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo expressed satisfaction to Ambassador during a private dinner on November 6 that the ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit in Nanning had led to a strong consensus about North Korea, She said that she had insisted to fellow ASEAN members that North Korea was [...]	2006-11-07 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL APEC ASEAN KN BM RP

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