Author: UWB
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American Diplomatic Cable: A Meeting with Nepal Army Chief Pyar Jung Thapa
C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 001504 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/12/2016 TAGS: PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP SUBJECT: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF ON HUMAN RIGHTS; MAOISTS REF: KATHMANDU 1376 Classified By: Charge d’Affaires Larry Schwartz, Reasons, 1.4 (b/d). Charge Presses On Human Rights Improvements ——————————————– ¶1.…
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American Diplomatic Cable: Moriarty Meets Girija Prasad Koirala, Complains Against Home Minister Sitaula
2006-06-05 12:02 S E C R E T KATHMANDU 001432 SIPDIS NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/05/2016 TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER IN NP SUBJECT: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON UPCOMING NEW DELHI VISIT Classified By: AMBASSADOR JAMES F. MORIARTY, REASONS 1.4 (B/D). Summary ——- ¶1. (S/NF) Ambassador Moriarty, accompanied by A/DCM Schwartz met June 5…
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American Diplomatic Cable: On General Rukmangat Katawal
2006-01-26 10:11 VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEBDE RUEHKT #0255/01 0261011 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 261011Z JAN 06 FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0054 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 3857 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 3524 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 9096 RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY C…
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American Diplomatic Cable: Girija Prasad Koirala and American Ambassador Moriarty
2006-05-09 C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 001195 SIPDIS NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/10/2016 TAGS: PGOV PTER PREL MASS PINR IN NP SUBJECT: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA ON THE WAY AHEAD REF: A. KATHMANDU 1191 ¶B. NEW DELHI 3048 Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty, Reasons, 1.4 (b/d).…
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US Diplomatic Cable: Nepal Army Chiefs Discuss Role of the Army and Countering the Insurgency
Created: 2002-03-11 13:23 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 KATHMANDU 000510 SIPDIS STATE FOR SA/INS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/10/2012 TAGS: MCAP NP PGOV MASS SUBJECT: NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND COUNTERING THE INSURGENCY REF: KATHMANDU 379 Classified By: A/DCM HOZA. REASON:…
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Nepal Army Senior Officers Corrupt: Indian Ambassador to American Officials
In a meeting with American officials on 11 March, 2006 in Kathmandu the then Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee had asserted that corruption in the then Royal Nepal Army (now Nepal Army) was high and the senior commanders were “content to acquire arms on the black or gray market” because that was profitable…
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Foreigner’s Eye: Viewing the East Through Western Lens
[पूर्व हेर्ने पश्चिमी नजर- नेपालीमा तल छ] By Neil Horning [विदेशी आँखा- bideshi ankha- Foreigner’s Eye] A few days ago a some friends and I were on a bike ride in Bardiya. As we waited alone on the river bank for the ferry to take us across, over 20 other riders arrived, and it was…
