Ramesh Nath Pandey told Ambassador James Moriarty the US were not being supportive enough of then King Gyanendra <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/47745>, and that this might indirectly lead to Maoist rebels taking over the country, a secret cable from December 2005 alleges.[break]
According to the 2005 cable, Pandey felt the aggressive way the US manifested its support for Nepalese democracy would make Gyanendra less likely to relinquish power and that this in turn would indirectly help Maoist insurgents.
According to the cable, Pandey said "the US had taken the wrong line in using pressure to try to force the King to take the right steps on multi-party democracy. Instead of using tactics that ´could result in Nepal becoming another Burma,´ the US should encourage the King to move to multi-party democracy. Pandey suggested that if the King knew he could depend on the US, ´things would be completely different´."
In response, Moriarty argued the US had been interested in "a relationship based on trust", but said "the King had shattered that trust and needed to restore it by moving in the right direction." As such, Moriarty suggested "the King should declare a cease-fire with international monitoring and reach out to the political parties in a real way."
Pandey countered that the leaders of the Nepalese political parties would not be amenable to such a gesture, and instead suggested encouraging middle-ranking political figures to take more of a leadership role.
In turn, Moriarty "noted that Pandey´s proposal would essentially involve decapitating the Parties and was unacceptable. He warned the FM that attempting to manipulate the internal workings of the political parties would not prove a successful strategy".
(Courtesy: guardian.co.uk)
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