US embassy cable - 04KATHMANDU683

S E C R E T KATHMANDU 000683 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SA/INS 
LONDON FOR POL - GURNEY 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/08/2014 
TAGS: PGOV, PREL, NP, Political Parties 
SUBJECT: NEPAL:  PARTY LEADERS SAY THEY WILL MEET PALACE 
ENVOY 
 
REF: KATHMANDU 651 
 
Classified By: AMB. MICHAEL E. MALINOWSKI.  REASON:  1.5 (B,D). 
 
1.  (S) During an April 8 dinner in honor of Codel Dreier, 
senior leaders of the four largest political parties told the 
Ambassador that they were prepared to discuss with a Palace 
envoy a resolution to the current political impasse.  Madhav 
Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - 
United Marxist Leninist (UML); Sher Bahadur Deuba, President 
of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party; Pashupati SJB 
Rana, President of the National Democratic Party; and Dr. Ram 
Sharan Mahat, Central Committee member of the Nepali 
Congress, each affirmed willingness to work with the King's 
appointed representative to defuse the crisis.  The talks 
would be conducted in secret.  All concurred that the 
agitating parties' demands could be met if the King should 
nominate an all-party government, although opinions differed 
over who should be named to head the government. 
Nonetheless, all four politicians seemed confident that a 
consensus could be reached. 
 
2.  (C)  Chairman of the House Rules Committee Representative 
David Dreier (R-CA) expressed a desire to speak with the King 
upon his return to the capital late April 9.  The political 
leaders welcomed this initiative.  The Ambassador undertook 
to ask the Palace if this were possible.  (Note:  The call 
may be difficult to arrange, as we learned that the King is 
not expected to return to Kathmandu until April 11.  End 
note.) 
 
3.  (C)  The meeting with the four principal parties 
constitutes the first step in an initiative that the 
Ambassador has agreed to pursue in coordination with the 
Indian and British Ambassadors (Reftel) to redouble efforts 
to encourage accommodation between the Palace and the 
parties.  The Ambassador will brief his two colleagues on the 
April 8 accord and plan further steps in parallel, including 
pressing the King to meet with the party leaders 
collectively. 
MALINOWSKI