Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

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

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
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 05KINSHASA1365, CONGO/B: CHINESE PRESENCE IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE

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. #05KINSHASA1365.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05KINSHASA1365 2005-08-24 13:07 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001365 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR AF, AF/C, AF/RSA, EB, AND EAP 
PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER 
 
FROM BRAZZAVILLE EMBASSY OFFICE 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: AF CH ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ENRG ETTC PHUM PREL ETRD SENV CF ENIV
SUBJECT:  CONGO/B:  CHINESE PRESENCE IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE 
 
REFS:  A) STATE 153199   B) KINSHASA 001345 
 
1.  (U) SUMMARY:  As was stated in Ref B, Chinese presence 
in the Republic of Congo (ROC) is on the rise.  One 
corporation is constructing a hydroelectric dam, another is 
building low-income housing, another is bringing drinking 
water to low-income communities, and yet another is 
expanding television and radio broadcasting facilities. 
Since the distribution of Ref B did not reach the audience 
Ref A intended, the relevant portion of Ref B is repeated 
below.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (U)  China has assumed a leading role in the area of 
economic development in the ROC.  The China Machinery 
Equipment Corporation (CMEC) entered into a contract with 
the Congolese Government on March 25, 2003, to construct a 
dam on the Lefini River at Imboulou located about 125 miles 
north of Brazzaville.  Construction started in April of this 
year and is expected to be completed in 2009 at a cost of 
some $250 million.  Most of the material for the project 
will be imported from China.  About 500 workers are 
currently employed by the project: 115 Chinese technicians 
and 385 Congolese.  This appears to be China's largest 
projects in Congo. 
 
3.   (U) Another Chinese company called WIETC has a joint 
venture agreement with a construction company called SOPROGI 
to build housing projects.  In the first phase of 
construction, 103 houses will be built in Oyo, a city 
located 187 miles north of Brazzaville in the Pool Region of 
Congo.  This is the region that experienced periodic 
insurgent activity until a peace accord was signed between 
the government and the so- called Ninja rebels in March 
2003.  This project is employing 70 Congolese workers and 12 
Chinese engineers.  On July 15, 2005, this company also 
began construction of low-income housing in Bacongo, a 
district of Brazzaville heavily populated by supporters of 
Pastor Ntumi, the leader of the Ninja rebels.  Housing is a 
major social issue for low-income Congolese, and completion 
of this project will be highly valued by all Congolese, 
including Pastor Ntumi.  The location of these development 
projects in the areas heavily populated by Ninja supporters 
is viewed as an overture by the government to build 
confidence and trust among the people in those areas. 
 
4.   (U) During a recent visit to Brazzaville, the Chinese 
Minister of Communications, Tian Jin, told journalists that 
China is ready to help Congo in the field of television and 
radio broadcasting.  Recalling that China had already built 
the Broadcasting House in Brazzaville where radio and 
television stations are based, one journalist asked the 
Minister how did China intend to become even more involved 
in the sector.  The Minister reportedly replied that China 
attaches great importance to African television.   He said 
China has to maintain good relations with African television 
to establish deeper relations of friendship.  In Congo, he 
said the strategy is to first study the possibility of 
training Congolese in the television industry, because if 
they have the necessary equipment but not sufficient 
training they will not advance.  Then, he said, China would 
assess the equipment needs of the existing channels.  That 
will make easier twinning between Chinese and Congolese 
channels.  He expressed the view that the field of 
collaboration is vast and open and that a lot could be 
accomplished by working together. 
 
5.  (U) On Monday, August 1, 2005, the entire diplomatic 
corps was invited to Bikaroua, a low-income suburb of 
Brazzaville, to witness the opening of the Bikaroua water 
project. With the Chinese ambassador to Congo seated on the 
dais beside President Sassou, this project was hailed as a 
model of Sino-Congolese collaboration.  The speaker said 
that after many calls for offers of assistance, it was the 
Chinese firm China Beijing Residential Development and 
Construction Group Corporation that saw fit to undertake the 
heavy burden of this accomplishment.  The cost of the 
project was placed in excess of 3.9 billion francs CFA, all 
taxes included. 
6.  (U) The construction of the project at Bikaroua is part 
of a government program to provide to all Congolese access 
to drinking water.   The national plan is to provide 
drinking water to at least twelve urban and suburban 
communities throughout the country.   Numerous borings were 
done in Pointe Noire and were highlighted during the 44th 
Independence Day celebration in Pointe Noire last year.  The 
next boring to be inaugurqated is at Sibiti, with Impfondo 
and Mossaka to follow soon thereafter.   For Brazzaville 
proper, the Bikaroua project is a link in a chain.  Drinking 
water will not only be supplied to the peripheral Kombo 
neighborhood, but will be extended to the quarters of 
Massengo and Moukondo as well.   The long-term goal is to 
supply drinking water to the entire 10, 000 residents of the 
city of Brazzaville.   The quality of the water is said to 
meet WHO standards for potability. 
 
 7.  (SBU)  COMMENT:  As the Chinese presence in Congo 
increases, naturally some criticisms of that increased 
presence also begin to surface.  Several Congolese 
professionals reported that airport customs inspectors 
discovered that some of the duty-free shipments of supplies 
and equipment were not at all related to the construction 
projects.  Instead, they found furniture, clothing, and 
other commodities intended for sale on the local market. 
Such consumer goods are not allowed duty-free entry under 
the agreements negotiated.  As the number of Chinese stores 
and restaurants increase, local Lebanese businessmen are 
said to be unhappy with the competition for market share. 
For the poor working class people, however, especially the 
women and children who do most of the work of carrying water 
cans long distances from an impure source to their homes, 
these projects represent relief from the burden of numerous 
chores and the possibility of a better life.  END COMMENT. 
 
8.  Brazzaville Embassy Office - Anderson 
 
MEECE