UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION SS-00 INFO BEIJIN 09524 01 OF 03 PTQ1678 181028Z AIT-03 INL-00 EUR-00 H-01 VCE-00 OIC-02 AMAD-00 C-00 EXIM-01 TEDE-00 AC-01 OMB-01 ACE-00 P-00 T-00 PME-00 018W USIB-00 DSCC-00 LOG-00 CIAE-00 DS-00 FBIE-00 ITC-01 NRRC-00 NP-00 COME-00 EAP-00 VC-00 LA33-01 NSAE-00 AID-00 CTME-00 EB-00 FRB-00 L-00 OES-01 PM-00 PRS-00 STR-00 NISC-00 NFAT-00 TRSE-00 SSD-00 SAS-00 ------------------20D2AC ACQ-00 DOEE-00 OIGO-00 INR-00 NEA-00 OPIC-01 CEA-01 SRPP-00 E-00 I0-00 DCP-01 PA-00 SP-00 IRM-00 SSO-00 SA-00 PRM-01 BBG-00 DRL-02 SNIS-00 G-00 181028Z 38 FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0868 INFO AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI AMEMBASSY SEOUL AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY CANBERRA MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE AIT TAIPEI 8393 NSC WASHDC SECDEF WASHDC USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI JICPAC HONOLULU HI CONFIDENTIAL 09524 01 OF 03 7 RELEASED IN PART 1 4 D B l 1 4 % 1 4 D 136136 P 1807352 SEP 01 PAGE 02 BEIJIN AMCONSUL SHANGHAI AMCONSUL SHENYANG AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU AMCONSUL HONG KONG ZEN AMCONSUL CHENGDU E1 1810282 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 BEIJING 009524 E O 12958 DECL 08 01 11 TAGS PREL PARM ETRD PHUM RS CH SUBJECT TFUS01 ON THE TALIBAN CHINF T e 6TV TAT T T% I7TT'ATlr MVnnnnTOM UIVIT STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY SHARON E AETAAD CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON IA B IA D DECLASSIFY AFTER 7 MAY 2021 DATEXASE ID 18 OCT 2007 200701989 B1 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07110 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No 017542682 Date 07 10 2014 U CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JON ALOISI REASONS 1 5 B D SUMMARY 1 1 C IN A MEETING WITH POLOFFS SEPTEMBER 17 AMBASSADOR TO CHINA 1 PREDICTED THAT CHINA WOULD SUPPORT THE U S IN A WAR ON TERRORISM HE ALSO ARGUED HOWEVER THAT THERE WAS SUBSTANCE TO REPORTS OF GROWING LINKS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE TALIBAN URGED THE U S TO FACTOR RUSSIAN CONCERNS IN CENTRAL ASIA INTO ANY RETALIATION PLAN AND ADVOCATED THE U S PURSUE DIALOGUE WITH THE TALIBAN HEDGED POSITION ON ANY U S MILITARY ACTION BUT I CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 BEIJIN 09524 01 OF 03 181028Z IN A CONDOLENCE LETTER TO THE AMBASSADOR SAID F-HE URGED CAUTION IN DEALING WITH PAKISTAN SAYING PAKISTAN'S INFLUENCE ON THE TALIBAN WAS LIMITED END SUMMARY C POLOFFS MET SEPTEMBER 18 WITH GAVE POLOFFS A ONE-HOUR BRIEF ON HIS TAKE ON RECENT EVENTS CHINA THE WAR ON TERRORISM AND THE TALIBAN -------------------------------------------3 C SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT CHINA'S EXPRESSIONS OF REGRET OVER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK WASHINGTON D C AND PENNSYLVANIA WERE SINCERE HE PREDICTED THAT CHINA WOULD LIKELY JOIN THE UNITED STATES IN FIGHTING TERRORISM AND THUS BACK UP ITS WORDS WITH CONCRETE ACTION 4 C SAID HE HAD SEEN RECENT REPORTS IN THE U S PRESS ABOUT CHINA GETTING CLOSER TO THE TALIBAN THESE REPORTS WERE NOT GROUNDLESS CHINA HAD PURSUED ITS OWN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN AFGHANISTAN IN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014 PARTICULAR CHINA HAD A STRONG INTEREST IN CONVINCING THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 BEIJIN 09524 01 OF 03 181028Z TALIBAN NOT TO SUPPLY ARMS AND TRAINING TO SEPARATISTS IN XINJIANG AND CHINA BELIEVED PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION MIGHT BE ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE 5 C ASKED ABOUT PRESS REPORTS ABOUT CHINESE ARMS FROM PAKISTAN NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE TALIBAN SAID CHINA HAD EVERY REASON TO BE CONCERNED HE HAD SEEN SUCH ARMS UNSPECIFIED HIMSELF WHEN TRAVELING IN AFGHANISTAN RUSSIAN ROLE KEY IN CENTRAL ASIA 6 C URGED THE U S PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO RUSSIA IN FORMULATING ITS MILITARY OPTIONS MOSCOW WAS IN LARGE PART TO BLAME FOR THE CURRENT MESS IN AFGHANISTAN AND RUSSIA SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE LONGSUFFERING AFGHAN PEOPLE FOR WHAT THE 1979 INVASION DID TO THE COUNTRY NEVERTHELESS RUSSIANS ROLE IN THE REGION REMAINED PARAMOUNT CENTRAL ASIAN STATES STILL COULD NOT MAKE A MOVE WITHOUT RUSSIA HE STATED U S CENTRAL ASIAN POLICY NOT OBJECTIVE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION SS-00 BEIJIN INFO NP-00 COME-00 EAP-00 FRB-00 L-00 OES-01 ACE-00 T-00 PMB-00 018W LOG-00 CIAE-00 DS-00 VC-00 LAB-01 NSAE-00 PRS-00 TRSE-00 SSD-00 SAS-00 09524 02 OF 03 AID-00 CTME-00 EB-00 H-01 VCE-00 OIC-02 P-00 USIE-00 DSCC-00 PTQ1679 1 8 1029Z AIT-03 INL-00 EUR-00 TEDE-00 AC-01 OMB-01 SP-00 SA-00 PRM-01 ------------------20D2B4 AMAD-00 C-00 EXIM-01 INR-00 NEA-00 OPIC-01 IRM-00 EPAE-00 DRL-02 ACQ -00 DOEE -00 'E-00 I0-0 0 DCP- 01 PA-0 0 SSO- 00 SNIS -00 G-00 CEA-01 SRPP-00 FBIE-00 ITC-01 NRRC-00 PM-00 STR-00 NISC-00 NFAT-00 181029Z 38 P 180735Z SEP 01 FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 1012014 TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0869 INFO AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI AMEMBASSY SEOUL AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY CANBERRA MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE AIT TAIPEI 8394 NSC WASHDC SECDEF WASHDC USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI JICPAC HONOLULU HI CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 BEIJIN 09524 02 OF 03 181029Z AMCONSUL SHANGHAI AMCONSUL SHENYANG AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU AMCONSUL HONG KONG ZEN AMCONSUL CHENGDU C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 03 BEIJING 009524 E O 12958 DECL 08 01 11 TAGS PREL PARM ETRD PHUM RS CH AMBASSADOR ON THE TALIBAN SUBJECT TFUS01 CHINA'S ROLE IN FIGHTING TERRORISM 7 C I STATING IT WAS NOT REVISIT ITS POLICY KARIMOV REGIME IN ALSO PREVENTED HIS REFUGEES CONTINUED U S ICRITICIZED U S POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA OBJECTIVE HE URGED THAT THE U S TOWARDS UZBEKISTAN SAYING THAT THE ADDITION TO INFRINGING ON HUMAN RIGHTS PEOPLE FROM LIVING A NORMAL LIFE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY SHOULD ENGAGE TALIBAN BE WARY OF PAKISTAN 8 C IF THE U S WAS WILLING TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH KARIMOV WHY NOT ENGAGE THE TALIBAN AS WELL ASKED DIALOGUE WITH THE TALIBAN WAS ALL THT MORE IMPORTANT GIVEN THAT THE TALIBAN WERE GENERALLY HONEST IN THE TALIBAN DID NOT SUPPORT TERRORISM AND NEGOTIATIONS 99 PERCENT OF THE AFGHAN POPULATION DID NOT KNOW WHO OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS HE ARGUED THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT HOWEVER WAS DUPLICITOUS AND COULD NOT BE TRUSTED CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014 02 OF 03 1810292 PAGE 03 BEIJIN 09524 ISLAMABAD'S ON THE TALIBAN WAS LIMITED MOREOVER INFLUENCE AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM C 9 ON IN THE REGION SAID THE NOT RECEIVED ANY INSTRUCTIONS POSITION IN THE EVENT OF MILITARY ACTION CONDOLENCE LETTER 11 U B6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No 017542682 Date 07110 2014 66 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ1680 CONFIDENTIAL BEIJIN PAGE 01 09524 03 OF 03 181029Z ACTION SS-00 INFO LOG-00 CIAE-00 NP-00 COME-00 AID-00 CTME-00 AIT-03 INL-00 AMAD-00 C-00 ACQ-00 DOEE-00 CEA-01 SRPP-00 DS-00 EAP-00 EB-00 EUR-00 EXIM-01 E-00 FBIE-00 H-01 VCE-00 OIC-02 P-00 USIE-00 PRM-01 TEDE-00 AC-01 OMB-01 SP-00 SA-00 DRL-02 INR-00 NEA-00 OPIC-01 IRM-00 SNIS-00 G-00 I0-00 DCP-01 PA-00 SSO-00 NISC-00 NFAT-00 ITC-01 NRRC-00 PM-00 STR-00 SSD-00 SAS-00 VC-00 LAB-01 NSAE-00 PRS-00 TRSE-00 PMB-00 FRB-00 L-00 OES-01 ACE-00 T-00 DSCC-00 018W ------------------20D2B6 181029Z 38 P 180735Z SEP 01 FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0870 AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI AMEMBASSY SEOUL AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY CANBERRA MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE AIT TAIPEI 8395 NSC WASHDC SECDEF WASHDC USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI JICPAC HONOLULU HI CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 BEIJIN 09524 03 OF 03 181029Z AMCONSUL SHANGHAI AMCONSUL SHENYANG UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No 017542682 Date 07 10 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No 017542682 Date 07 1012014 AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU AMCONSUL HONG KONG ZEN AMCONSUL CHENGDU C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 03 BEIJING 009524 E O 12958 DECL 08 01 11 TAGS PREL PARM ETRD PHUM RS CH AMBASSADOR SUBJECT TFUS01 CHINA'S ROLE IN FIGHTING TERRORISM 131 ON THE TALIBAN END TEXT COMMENT RANDT CONFIDENTIAL END OF DOCUMENT UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2007-01989 Doc No C17542682 Date 07 10 2014