Cable Viewer

Currently released so far... 6296 / 251,287

### Articles

Brazil Sri Lanka United Kingdom Sweden Editorial United States Latin America Egypt Yemen Jordan

### Browse latest releases

2010/11 2010/12 2011/01 2011/02 2011/03
2010/11/28 2010/11/29 2010/11/30
2010/12/01 2010/12/02 2010/12/03 2010/12/04 2010/12/05 2010/12/06 2010/12/07 2010/12/08 2010/12/09 2010/12/10 2010/12/11 2010/12/12 2010/12/13 2010/12/14 2010/12/15 2010/12/16 2010/12/17 2010/12/18 2010/12/19 2010/12/20 2010/12/21 2010/12/22 2010/12/23 2010/12/24 2010/12/25 2010/12/26 2010/12/27 2010/12/28 2010/12/29 2010/12/30
2011/01/01 2011/01/02 2011/01/04 2011/01/05 2011/01/07 2011/01/09 2011/01/10 2011/01/11 2011/01/12 2011/01/13 2011/01/14 2011/01/15 2011/01/16 2011/01/17 2011/01/18 2011/01/19 2011/01/20 2011/01/21 2011/01/22 2011/01/23 2011/01/24 2011/01/25 2011/01/26 2011/01/27 2011/01/28 2011/01/29 2011/01/30 2011/01/31
2011/02/01 2011/02/02 2011/02/03 2011/02/04 2011/02/05 2011/02/06 2011/02/07 2011/02/08 2011/02/09 2011/02/10 2011/02/11 2011/02/12 2011/02/13 2011/02/14 2011/02/15 2011/02/16 2011/02/17 2011/02/18 2011/02/19 2011/02/20 2011/02/21 2011/02/22 2011/02/23 2011/02/24 2011/02/25 2011/02/26 2011/02/27 2011/02/28
2011/03/01 2011/03/02 2011/03/03 2011/03/04 2011/03/05 2011/03/06 2011/03/07 2011/03/08 2011/03/09 2011/03/10 2011/03/11 2011/03/13 2011/03/14 2011/03/15 2011/03/16 2011/03/17 2011/03/18 2011/03/19 2011/03/20 2011/03/21 2011/03/22 2011/03/23

### Browse by creation date

66 72 73 75 79 85 86 88 89 90 96 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
1966/12
1972/02 1972/08
1973/04
1975/03
1979/08
1985/03
1986/05
1988/01
1989/12
1990/01 1990/07 1990/08 1990/10
1996/11
2000/06 2000/09 2000/11
2001/02 2001/03 2001/07 2001/10 2001/11
2002/02 2002/03 2002/04 2002/07 2002/11
2003/02 2003/03 2003/04 2003/05 2003/06 2003/07 2003/08 2003/09 2003/10 2003/11 2003/12
2004/01 2004/02 2004/03 2004/04 2004/05 2004/06 2004/07 2004/08 2004/09 2004/10 2004/11 2004/12
2005/01 2005/02 2005/03 2005/04 2005/05 2005/06 2005/07 2005/08 2005/09 2005/10 2005/11 2005/12
2006/01 2006/02 2006/03 2006/04 2006/05 2006/06 2006/07 2006/08 2006/09 2006/10 2006/11 2006/12
2007/01 2007/02 2007/03 2007/04 2007/05 2007/06 2007/07 2007/08 2007/09 2007/10 2007/11 2007/12
2008/01 2008/02 2008/03 2008/04 2008/05 2008/06 2008/07 2008/08 2008/09 2008/10 2008/11 2008/12
2009/01 2009/02 2009/03 2009/04 2009/05 2009/06 2009/07 2009/08 2009/09 2009/10 2009/11 2009/12
2010/01 2010/02

### Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Embassy Athens Embassy Asuncion Embassy Astana Embassy Asmara Embassy Ashgabat Embassy Ankara Embassy Amman Embassy Algiers Embassy Addis Ababa Embassy Accra Embassy Abuja Embassy Abu Dhabi Embassy Abidjan Consulate Amsterdam American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Embassy Bujumbura Embassy Buenos Aires Embassy Budapest Embassy Bucharest Embassy Brussels Embassy Bridgetown Embassy Bratislava Embassy Brasilia Embassy Bogota Embassy Bishkek Embassy Bern Embassy Berlin Embassy Belgrade Embassy Beirut Embassy Beijing Embassy Banjul Embassy Bangkok Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy Bamako Embassy Baku Embassy Baghdad Consulate Barcelona
Embassy Copenhagen Embassy Conakry Embassy Colombo Embassy Chisinau Embassy Caracas Embassy Canberra Embassy Cairo Consulate Curacao Consulate Ciudad Juarez Consulate Chennai Consulate Casablanca Consulate Cape Town
Embassy Dushanbe Embassy Dublin Embassy Doha Embassy Djibouti Embassy Dhaka Embassy Dar Es Salaam Embassy Damascus Embassy Dakar Consulate Dubai
Embassy Freetown
Embassy Guatemala Embassy Gaborone Consulate Guadalajara
Embassy Helsinki Embassy Harare Embassy Hanoi Consulate Hermosillo Consulate Hamburg
Iran RPO Dubai Embassy Islamabad Consulate Istanbul
Embassy Jakarta Consulate Jerusalem Consulate Jeddah
Embassy Kyiv Embassy Kuwait Embassy Kuala Lumpur Embassy Kinshasa Embassy Kigali Embassy Khartoum Embassy Kathmandu Embassy Kampala Embassy Kabul Consulate Kolkata
Embassy Luxembourg Embassy Luanda Embassy London Embassy Ljubljana Embassy Lisbon Embassy Lima Embassy Lilongwe Embassy La Paz Consulate Lahore Consulate Lagos
Mission USNATO Embassy Muscat Embassy Moscow Embassy Montevideo Embassy Monrovia Embassy Minsk Embassy Mexico Embassy Mbabane Embassy Maputo Embassy Manama Embassy Managua Embassy Malabo Embassy Madrid Consulate Munich Consulate Mumbai Consulate Montreal Consulate Monterrey Consulate Milan
Embassy New Delhi Embassy Nassau Embassy Nairobi Consulate Naples
Embassy Ouagadougou Embassy Ottawa Embassy Oslo
Embassy Pristina Embassy Pretoria Embassy Prague Embassy Port Au Prince Embassy Phnom Penh Embassy Paris Embassy Paramaribo Embassy Panama Consulate Peshawar
Embassy Quito
REO Basrah Embassy Rome Embassy Riyadh Embassy Riga Embassy Reykjavik Embassy Rangoon Embassy Rabat Consulate Rio De Janeiro Consulate Recife
Secretary of State Embassy Stockholm Embassy Sofia Embassy Skopje Embassy Singapore Embassy Seoul Embassy Sarajevo Embassy Santo Domingo Embassy Santiago Embassy Sanaa Embassy San Salvador Embassy San Jose Consulate Strasbourg Consulate Shenyang Consulate Shanghai Consulate Sao Paulo
Embassy Tunis Embassy Tripoli Embassy Tokyo Embassy The Hague Embassy Tel Aviv Embassy Tehran Embassy Tegucigalpa Embassy Tbilisi Embassy Tashkent Embassy Tallinn Consulate Tijuana
USUN New York USEU Brussels US Mission Geneva US Interests Section Havana US Delegation, Secretary UNVIE Embassy Ulaanbaatar
Embassy Vilnius Embassy Vienna Embassy Vatican Consulate Vladivostok
Embassy Windhoek Embassy Wellington Embassy Warsaw
Embassy Yerevan Embassy Yaounde
Embassy Zagreb

### Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ASEC AF AMGT AORC AE AR ASIG ABLD AFFAIRS AG APECO AO AL AJ AM AU AEMR APER AFIN AS AID ACOA AX AA AMED AROC ATFN ASEAN AFGHANISTAN ADCO AFU AER ALOW AODE ABUD ATRN ASUP AC AZ AVERY APCS ASECKFRDCVISKIRFPHUMSMIGEG AGMT
BRUSSELS BR BA BEXP BTIO BF BY BM BU BO BL BE BH BG BIDEN BK BX BBSR BC BT BB BILAT BMGT BTIU
CU CVIS CMGT CS CBW CO CI CH COUNTERTERRORISM CA CASC CG COUNTER CY CE CDG CACM CDB CD CV CJAN CIA CAN CN COE CM COUNTRY CLEARANCE CPAS CACS CWC CF CONDOLEEZZA CT CARSON CL CR CIS CLINTON CODEL CTM CB COM CKGR CONS CJUS
DOD DR DA DEAX DJ DOE DISENGAGEMENT DEA DK DHS DTRA DS DOMESTIC
ECON EUN ETTC ENRG ETRD EFIN EG ELAB EINV EINVEFIN ES EU EAID EAGR ECUN EAIR EC EXTERNAL ECIN EMIN EPET EWWT ELTN ELECTIONS ECPS EIND ER ENVR EZ EN EINDETRD ENVI EI EINT EREL EUR ET EK ECIP ENNP EUC EFINECONCS ENIV ECINECONCS ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EFIS ECA ENERG ENGY ETRO ELN EFTA ECONCS ECONOMICS ECONEFIN EINVETC EINN ENGR ESA ETC ETRDEINVTINTCS ESENV ETRDECONWTOCS EUNCH EINVECONSENVCSJA
FR FARC FMLN FREEDOM FBI FAO FTAA FI FJ FINR
GM GG GOI GZ GT GTMO GV GTIP GA GH GANGS GR GE GAZA GCC GOV GY
HO HURI HA HU HR HUMAN HILLARY HK HSTC HYMPSK
IR IN IZ IS IT INTERPOL IMO IC ISRAELI ICJ ITALY ITALIAN IRAQI IAEA IO IV ICTY IPR ICRC IACI ID INRB ICAO IQ ITRA ITPHUM IWC IIP IL IA INR ITPGOV IZPREL ILC IRC INRA INRO IRAJ IEFIN IF INTELSAT ILO IBRD IMF
JO JA JM JAMES JUS JOSEPH JP JOHNNIE
KSPR KSUM KCRM KJUS KTFN KNNP KWBG KDEM KRFD KZ KPAL KISL KPAO KSEP KCOR KIRF KIPR KVPR KU KWMN KTIA KE KR KSCA KAWK KV KPRP KPKO KGHG KBIO KHLS KMDR KN KPWR KCIP KWAC KMIG KAWC KG KOLY KGIC KOMC KS KNPP KFLU KWMM KSTH KDRG KFIN KUNR KPIN KHIV KERG KNEI KIFR KTIP KFRD KPLS KCRS KDEMAF KICC KFLO KSAF KSEC KBCT KIRC KTLA KO KTDB KGCC KCFE KFSC KX KMCA KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KACT KRAD KGIT KSTC KBTS KPRV KBTR KRVC KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNSD KMPI KVIR KNUP KTER KDDG KHSA KMRS KHDP KPAK KNAR KREL KPAI KTEX KCOM KNNPMNUC KPOA KLIG KOCI KHUM KDEV KNUC KCFC KREC KOMS KWWMN KTBT KIDE KWMNCS
LE LY LG LH LAB LU LI LOG LO LT LTTE
MARR MCAP MOPS MASS MIL MX MNUC MTCRE MY MO MR MAR MPOS MEPP MA ML MD MRCRE MZ MOPPS MAPP MU MV MASC MP MT MERCOSUR MK MDC MI MAPS MCC MASSMNUC MQADHAFI MUCN MTCR MG MC MTRE MEPI
NATO NL NATIONAL NI NU NP NSF NG NO NIPP NPT NS NA NGO NSG NZ NRR NAR NE NASA NK NPG NT
OAS OTRA OVIP OPDC OREP OPRC OSCI OEXC OVP ODIP OFDP OSAC OTR OIIP OPIC OSCE OECD OPCW OIC OFFICIALS OIE
PREL PGOV PK PTER PINR PHUM PARM POL PINS PEPR PINT PBTS PHSA PSOE POLITICAL PARTIES PSI PALESTINIAN PREF PM PA PE PROP POLITICS PO PBIO PECON PL PU PAK POGOV PRGOV PG PKFK PINL POV PLN PMIL PY PFOR PHALANAGE PARTY PRAM PAO PMAR PGOVLO PUNE PORG PHUMPREL PF POLINT PHUS PGOC PNR PGGV PNAT PGOVE PRL PROV PTERE PGOF PHUMBA PARMS PINF PEL
QA
RS RW RU RO RIGHTS RF RICE ROBERT RFE REGION RP
SP SI SA SNAR SCUL SOCI SENV SY SU SMIG STEINBERG SN SR SZ SO SW SF SG SL SYR SIPRS SH SNARCS SOFA SANC SHUM SK ST SC SAN SEVN
TU TBIO TSPA TW TRGY TS TX TERRORISM TPHY TI TIP TC TP TH TSPL TZ TO TK TNGD TINT TRSY TR TFIN TD TT TURKEY
USEU UZ UNGA UK UN UY UNESCO UP UG UNMIK US UNO UNSC USTR UV UNAUS UNHRC UNEP UNDP UNCHS UNVIE UNCHC UE UNDESCO USAID UNHCR UNDC USUN UAE
VE VT VZ VTPREL VN VM
WTRO WI WHO WTO WTRQ WWARD WB WHA WBG WMO WEU WZ WA
XR XW XM XF XY XK XA XG XL XS XT XH XZ XC XE XD
YM YI YE YMCS
ZF ZU ZR ZI ZB ZP ZO ZANU ZA ZOELLICK ZK ZJ

### Browse by classification

CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN SECRET SECRET//NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

### Community resources

Follow us on Twitter Check our Reddit Twitter this Digg this page Contact us on IRC

courage is contagious

### Viewing cable 09BUENOSAIRES118, ARGENTINA: SPANISH AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS CFK'S

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs
Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:

- The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
- The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
- The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.

To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.
Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #09BUENOSAIRES118.

Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
09BUENOSAIRES118 | 2009-02-04 14:02 | 2011-03-14 07:07 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Buenos Aires
Appears in these articles: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1357238-evaluaron-echar-a-la-argentina-del-g-20 http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1357239-gestiones-ante-el-gobierno-para-pedir-un-cambio

`

    VZCZCXYZ0001
    RR RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHBU #0118/01 0351439
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    R 041439Z FEB 09
    FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2967
    INFO RUCNMER/MERCOSUR COLLECTIVE
    RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON 0051
    RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 2197
    RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
    RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
    RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
    RHMFISS/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
    RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC

` `

    C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000118

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/04/2019
    TAGS: PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SP AR
    SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: SPANISH AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS CFK'S
    PROBLEMATIC VISIT TO MADRID

    REF: MADRID 0084

    Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).

    ¶1.  (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Ambassador Rafael
    Estrella February 2 to discuss the February 9-11 visit of
    Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) to
    Madrid.  Estrella, a well-connected former politician,
    offered the following thoughts on the visit.

    ¶2.  (C) Efforts to Postpone:  Estrella confided that CFK and
    her advisors, notably husband Nestor Kirchner, are very
    worried about the February visit going awry given the
    commercial tensions in the relationship.  Twice in recent
    weeks, the Spanish Ambassador had to weigh in with Cabinet
    Minister Massa to keep the visit, already rescheduled several
    times (most recently in October), from being postponed once
    again.  First, when CFK fell ill and postponed her January
    11-16 trip to Cuba and Venezuela to January 18-23, the
    Argentines tried to postpone the trip to Spain, pointing to
    the President's need not to get too tired.  Then, after her
    trip to Cuba, the Spanish Ambassador heard from his Argentine
    counterpart that CFK was going to postpone to March or later,
    expressing worry about the negative reception CFK would
    receive because of outstanding commercial disputes.  In both
    cases, Estrella weighed in with Massa to argue that
    postponing would have more negative effects than going and
    would send the wrong signals to friends of Argentina in the
    government of Spain.  He said he believes his Argentine
    counterpart also weighed in the second time, and the trip was
    salvaged.  (CFK did cancel, however, another major trip also
    contemplated for February -- to India and South Korea, the
    former because of the PM's surgery.)

    ¶3.  (C) Spanish Business and Press Hostile: Still, Estrella
    said, CFK is worried about her reception by Spanish business
    and in the press.  This worry is well-founded.  Spanish
    business and financial organizations in Spain are very upset
    with the GOA (he noted the tremendous fall in the Madrid
    stock market when the GOA announced the nationalization of
    private pension funds).  The Spanish media is disillusioned.
    CFK's pre-election visit had raised hopes about better
    Spanish-Argentine relations, but her presidency has fallen
    far short of those expectations. Views within the Spanish
    Government, he added, are divided.  The economic side of the
    house is very upset with the GoA, while the more political
    side sees the value in maintaining dialogue and trying to
    elicit coordination with the GoA.  (Note:  CFK made headlines
    here in August when she acidly criticized the Spanish Central
    Bank for rating Argentina as a country of ""elevated risk"" for
    investment.)

    ¶4.  (C) Limiting Exposure: To limit contact with those
    critical of CFK, her staff will allow only private meetings
    with the heads of major Spanish companies invested in
    Argentina and remarks in a carefully controlled context.  One
    of the company CEOs to meet with CFK will be Repsol, whose
    leader plans to go over the economic hardships currently
    confronting the company.

    ¶5.  (C) Big Work Agenda: the Nationalization of Spanish-owned
    Aerolineas Argentinas and of the private pension funds
    (including the fund operated by Spanish Bank BBVA Banco
    Frances), the plight of other Spanish companies, including a
    local energy generation and distribution company and
    Telefonica, developments in the region, the G-20 process, and
    on the more positive side improved anti-narcotics cooperation
    are among the items on the agenda.

    ¶6.  (C) Trade: The Spanish plan to explore restarting the
    Mercosur-EU trade liberalization process.  Apparently, the
    Argentine MFA would like to see this process restart, in part
    to offset the very negative stance Argentina took in the Doha
    WTO talks.

    ¶7.  (C) Airlines: Aerolineas Argentinas compensation talks
    between the GoA Transportation Secretariat and Spanish
    company Marsans, which used to own the airlines, continue,
    but it is not clear when they might come to conclusion.

    ¶8.  (C) Pension Funds: AFJP Nationalization left the Spanish
    investor BBVA/Banco Frances without compensation for the
    expropriation of its pension fund, ""Consolidar.""  There has
    been no progress to date in discussions with the GoA.  BBVA

    remains most concerned about the status of Consolidar's 3,000
    odd employees.  It seeks to ensure that most of them are
    hired by the Argentine Social Security Agency (ANSES).

    ¶9.  (C) Energy: In addition to Repsol, which had felt
    squeezed by GoA policies for some time, Spanish-owned ENDESA
    controls three important power generators in Argentina, as
    well as the EDESUR electricity distribution company for the
    southern part of Buenos Aires city and province.  The GoA has
    been putting great pressure on EDESUR to increase production
    and investment, but so far its pressure has been low-key
    (probably because of the very public dispute over Aerolineas
    Argentina).

    ¶10.  (C) Toll Roads: Two Spanish companies hold toll road
    concessions around Buenos Aires.  One has received a needed
    toll rate increase, and the other has not, pending a 10%
    purchase by local investors.

    ¶11.  (C) Telephones:  Spanish telephone giant Telefonica
    faces concerns from Argentina's anti-trust authorities about
    its new ownership stakes in Italy's Telecom, which is also
    present in the country.  GoA authorities are blocking Telecom
    from acting on this option to buy out some Argentine
    investors in the local Telecom operation (Madrid 84).  So
    far, the Argentine investors (the Wertheim family) seem to
    have maneuvered to retain and perhaps expand their control in
    the local Telecom operation.

    ¶12.  (C) Fighting Drugs: On the positive side, narcotics
    cooperation has significantly improved since the countries
    signed an MOU in 2007.  Much more intelligence is being
    shared and arrests have moved from individual smugglers to
    taking down smuggling networks.

    ¶13.  (C) G-20: On the G-20 process, the Spanish Ambassador
    said he was hopeful that the UK would find a way to have
    Spain present at the April summit and that the Spanish
    President would likely discuss the topic with CFK.  He noted,
    however, that her presentation at the first G-20 meeting in
    November had not been very effective, and he wondered if she
    would again use the opportunity to tout the ""Argentina model""
    rather that helping leaders find solutions.

    ¶14.  (C) Traveling Party:  There are rumors that Nestor
    Kirchner might accompany CFK on this trip.  Also, the press
    is reporting that the head of the powerful CGT union
    confederation and the chief of the Argentine Industry
    Federation (UIA) might accompany CFK.
    WAYNE

`