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07NICOSIA804 2007-10-03 12:02 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Nicosia
VZCZCXRO5304
RR RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHNC #0804/01 2761202
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 031202Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY NICOSIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8216
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0963
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 NICOSIA 000804 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/ERA, IO/UNP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/26/2017 
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
SUBJECT: DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER? 
 
REF: A. NICOSIA - EUR/SE EMAIL 09/22/07 AND OTHERS 
 
     B. UNGA/EUR - EMBASSY EMAIL (09/26/07) 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald L. Schlicher, Reasons 1.4 (b), (d) 
 
1.  (C) SUMMARY:  Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our 
concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's 
continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of 
the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in 
northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy 
call on new Cyprus Question Division Chief Minas 
Hadjimichael.  Well-briefed despite just two weeks on the 
job, Hadjimichael sought a bilateral Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU), similar to that covering 
UNDP-administered USG assistance, for the T/C aid package as 
well, a definite non-starter for us (Ref A).  U.S.-Cyprus 
relations had improved recently, he ventured, but might 
deepen even further if both sides could identify "commonality 
of interests;" as the RoC's ambassador to France, he had 
orchestrated a similar campaign and thought certain tactics 
might apply to our bilateral dealings as well.  Turning to 
the Cyprus Problem, Hadjimichael voiced the RoC's fear that 
the then-imminent "gathering of like-minded nations" on the 
UNGA margins seemed almost conspiratorial, since it excluded 
Cyprus and UNSC allies Russia and France (Ref B).  The MFA 
diplomat, despite evincing great charm throughout the call, 
nonetheless appeared to have adopted all his predecessors' 
CyProb-related hard lines and undoubtedly will prove a 
challenging interlocutor.  Biographical information begins in 
Paragraph 10.  END SUMMARY. 
 
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One of Their Finest for a High-Profile Slot 
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2.  (SBU) The Cyprus Problem Division Director ranks Number 3 
on the MFA's organizational chart, below only the Foreign 
Minister and Permanent Secretary and parallel to the 
Political Director (P-equivalent).  Vacant since July, the 
position has proven a springboard to greater things: 
President Tassos Papadopoulos promoted former Director Erato 
Marcoullis to run the MFA in July, and current RoC chief 
negotiator and Presidential Diplomatic Coordinator Tasos 
Tzionis held the job during the prior presidential 
administration.  Minas Hadjimichael's nomination therefore 
portends a promising future for the experienced but 
youthful-looking diplomat, lately the RoC's ambassador in 
Paris.  Accompanied by PolChief, the DCM September 25 paid a 
courtesy call on the still-unpacking and reading-in 
Hadjimichael. 
 
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And Not Averse to Tackling the Tough Ones 
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3.  (C) After exchanging pleasantries and praising the sound 
relationship the Embassy and Ministry currently enjoyed, 
Hadjimichael dove directly into substance and proved himself 
both well-connected and a quick read.  A recent Embassy 
headache and bilateral dispute -- a hold on USG assistance to 
the T/C community by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) -- 
looked to be resolved, he understood, the result of a recent 
meeting between the Senator and EUR Assistant Secretary 
Daniel Fried. 
 
4.  (C) Not exactly, replied the DCM.  Menendez's hold 
remained in effect for over $1 million in FY06 supplemental 
monies destined for the Embassy's Cyprus Program for Economic 
Growth (CyPEG), an initiative aimed at improving the Turkish 
Cypriots' economic lot in order to facilitate a smoother 
reunification of the island.  Despite its T/C focus, however, 
CyPEG greatly benefited the Greek Cypriot (G/C) community, 
she continued.  Cultural preservation efforts in the 
T/C-administered areas targeted prominent Orthodox sites like 
St. Mamas Church, for example, while CyPEG efforts to assist 
Turkish Cypriot farmers aimed to protect agricultural land, 
some G/C-owned, from commercial development. 
 
5.  (C) With CyPEG and the bi-communal aid programs, the 
Embassy hoped to break down barriers to the island's eventual 
reunification, the DCM continued.  Yet our efforts were 
hampered by continued Republic of Cyprus attempts to exert 
control over American assistance.  The MOU the UN Development 
Program had signed with the Foreign Ministry, governing 
implementation of our Action for Cooperation and Trust (ACT) 
initiative, had proven especially problematic for the 
Embassy.  As proof, the DCM cited the RoC's refusal to engage 
Turkish Cypriot NGOs solely because "North" or "Northern 
Cyprus" figured in their formal names.  Realizing the 
 
NICOSIA 00000804  002 OF 003 
 
 
imperative of close coordination with the Ministry, however, 
the Embassy regularly had offered consultations and briefings 
to Marcoullis in her former guise as Cyprus Problem director. 
 She had turned down most. 
 
6.  (C) Perhaps Marcoullis believed the Embassy presentations 
did not constitute consultations on program/project 
direction, but faits accomplis, Hadjimichael surmised.  Would 
the Embassy have honored her objections?  If not, the 
then-Director had reason to boycott future sessions as 
unproductive, he asserted.  And contrary to our perception, 
the ACT MOU was functioning satisfactorily, according to his 
MFA colleagues.  In response, the DCM offered to bring the 
USAID director for a follow-up "briefing" with Hadjimichael 
if that would help ease his concerns about consultations. 
 
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Bettering a Good Relation 
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7.  (C) Sensing the conversation could turn tense, the 
butter-smooth Hadjimichael returned to the overall improving 
U.S.-Cyprus relationship.  He saw room for further growth, 
however, and emphasized his desire to find "commonality of 
interests;" his tenure in France could hold the key.  Upon 
arrival in Paris, Hadjimichael claimed, the French considered 
Cyprus little more than a Mediterranean rock whose political 
impasse would bring the European Union only problems.  Partly 
the result of his "common interests" campaign, however, Paris 
had learned that France and Cyprus often saw eye-to-eye, and 
had come to view Cyprus for the assistance it could deliver: 
in many EU fora, its vote counted the same as France or 
Germany's.  While the RoC could not engage in similar 
back-scratching with the United States, Hadjimichael still 
believed the nations enjoyed numerous shared values and aims, 
and thought tactics he had implemented with Paris might work 
with Washington as well. 
 
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Latest Scandinavian Initiative in Bad Faith 
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8.  (C) Hadjimichael next raised the ongoing Cyprus Problem 
negotiations.  The government saw little positive emerging 
from Sweden's September 26 effort, on the margins of the UN 
General Assembly, to gather "like-minded nations" for a 
Cyprus brainstorming session.  "Why exclude us?" he 
questioned "and where are France and Russia?"  The effort 
seemed a personal crusade of Swedish Foreign Minister Carl 
Bildt, a "friend of Turkey" and strident supporter of 
Ankara's EU accession.  Swathed in secrecy and anything but 
transparent, this latest "Scandinavian Plan" troubled the 
government and President Papadopoulos in particular, he 
concluded.  In response, the DCM clarified the U.S. would 
attend in listening mode and had no new initiative to 
introduce in that forum. 
 
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Comment:  A Product of the System? 
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9.  (C) Long-serving Mission staff remember Hadjimichael as a 
close contact during his tenure as FM Kasoulides's chef du 
cabinet.  A regular attendee at Embassy dinners and 
receptions hosted by then-U.S. Ambassador Bandler 
(1999-2002), Hadjimichael espoused the progressive, 
pro-solution opinions then commonplace.  His comments and 
tone September 26 showed a man in the midst of a ideological 
U-turn, however.  Was he cloaking his natural hard-line 
tendencies a half-decade ago to serve his Minister and 
advance his career?  Or is he now grudgingly adopting the 
Turk-baiting tactics of the current administration in order 
to do the same?  We might ask the same questions of FM 
Marcoullis, frankly, whose son reportedly constructed and 
operated a pro-Annan Plan website during his mother's period 
as ambassador in Washington.  Regardless of which direction 
Hadjimichael truly tilts, the position of Cyprus Problem 
Director demands its incumbent defend Republic of Cyprus 
(read, Greek Cypriot) interests at all costs.  We therefore 
expect to enjoy plenty of time on Hadjimichael's carpet, 
justifying U.S. policies and programs.  End Comment. 
 
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Biographical Snapshot 
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10. (U) Minas Hadjimichael, the MFA's Cyprus Problem Division 
director, was born in Famagusta in 1956.  After studying law 
at the University of Athens, Hadjimichael continued his 
 
NICOSIA 00000804  003.2 OF 003 
 
 
postgraduate studies in the United States, receiving an M.A. 
in Science and International Relations from Georgia Southern 
University.  He entered the Republic of Cyprus Foreign 
Service in 1984, commencing work in the Cyprus Problem 
Division.  Rising quickly through the ranks, he became 
Minister-Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the RoC 
embassy in Athens in 1995.  In 1998, he returned home to 
serve as director of the Foreign Minister's office under 
then-FM (and current presidential candidate) Ioannis 
Kasoulides.  He subsequently participated in the 
inter-communal, UN-brokered Cyprus Problem negotiations.  By 
2002 he had earned an ambassadorial rank, and later that year 
won a dream posting as Cypriot ambassador to France. 
 
11. (C) In addition to his U.S. graduate school education, 
Hadjimichael in 1999 participated in a USIA-sponsored 
visitor's program titled "The U.S. Federal System.8  During 
his tenure as Kasoulides's office director, he proved a 
regular and close Embassy contact.  His posting to Paris may 
not have been simply reward for great performance as chef du 
cabinet.  Scuttlebutt here says the (still) married 
Hadjimichael was caught en flagrante with his Minister's 
secretary, hastening his transfer to the overseas position. 
 
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