US embassy cable - 05KATHMANDU1413

S E C R E T KATHMANDU 001413 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO DS/IP/SA AND DS/IP/ITA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/30/2025 
TAGS: ASEC, NP 
SUBJECT:  NEPAL: UN COMMITS TO ALERT USG TO SPECIFIC THREATS 
 
REF: KATHMANDU 1096 
 
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty for reasons 1.4 (b&d) 
 
1. (S) On May 25, Post convened an EAC to discuss a specific 
Maoist threat against U.S. or U.S. supported activities in 
the Bara/Parsa districts of Nepal.  A Maoist commander had 
voiced the threat to a UNDP Field Security Advisor.  The UN 
did not/not officially share the threat with Post. 
 
2. (S) CDA met with UN Resident Coordinator Matthew Kahane 
(who had been out of Nepal for much of the interim period) on 
June 24 to express deep concern that the UN had failed to 
promptly and directly share with the Embassy specific threat 
information against Americans or activities supported by the 
U.S.  Kahane initially pushed back, noting that the Maoists' 
distaste for the U.S. and suspicion of USG-funded development 
activities was common knowledge.  He did not, however, 
dispute that the Bara/Parsa threat was very specific and 
included terms such as "attack" and "targeting."   At the 
conclusion of the meeting, Kahane expressed his apology for 
the failure to convey the threat and assured CDA that, in the 
future, any such threat information will promptly and 
directly be conveyed to the Embassy. 
MORIARTY