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04MADRID2203	SPANISH POSITION ON RENEWAL OF UNFICYP MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-10 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR KPKO SC TO SP

04MADRID2204	MIXED SIGNALS ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE PLEDGES [...] (C) An article in the June 9 issue of El Pais quotes Foreign Minister Moratinos as saying the GOS is reconsidering its USD 300 million pledge towards Iraq reconstruction. The article suggests the review comes because so little has been used. This statement seems to contradict Foreign Minister [...]	2004-06-10 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2205	SPAIN: POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. VIEWS ON IRAN/IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-13 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP
04MADRID2206	SPAIN AGREES ON U.S VIEWS TO STRENGTHEN IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-13 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP
04MADRID2210	SPANISH EU ELECTIONS: SOUR VICTORY, SWEET DEFEAT [...] (U) The Socialist Party (PSOE) won Spain's EU Parliamentary elections on June 13, but by a smaller margin than expected, 43% to 41%. The two-point difference offers something positive to both major parties, though the Popular Party probably comes away with the moral victory. The Socialists w [...]	2004-06-14 11:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID2215	AZNAR KEPT UNDER WRAPS IN EU PARLIAMENT ELECTION [...] (C) Jose Maria Aznar did not participate in the Popular Party's campaign for the June 13 EU parliamentary election. With the Socialists making the war in Iraq and distancing Spanish foreign policy from the US their central campaign issues, Popular Party leaders decided that Aznar was too radioactiv [...]	2004-06-14 12:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SP
04MADRID2217	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMB THOMAS E. MCNAMARA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Senior Advisor for UN Counter-Terrorism matters, to travel to Madrid June 14-16 for discussions with government officials. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Political Officer Colin Cleary who can be reached at wor [...]	2004-06-14 14:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PTER PREL SP
04MADRID2218	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S SECRETARY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Lincoln Bloomfield, OSD Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Andrew Hoehn, OSD Commander Randall SIPDIS Hendrickson, Nathaniel Heller, EUR to travel to Madrid June 15-16 for discussions with government officials on the U. [...]	2004-06-14 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP MARR SP
04MADRID2230	SPANISH DEPUTY FM CONFIRMS INCREASED AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon apologized to Charge June 14 on behalf of the Spanish government for negative remarks the Spanish first vice president made about Secretary Rumsfeld June 4. Leon also confirmed Spain will increase its participation in Afghanistan [...]	2004-06-14 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ SP UNSC KICC
04MADRID2236	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]	2004-06-15 10:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2247	SPAIN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE OPEN SKIES BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the failure of the European Union Council of Ministers to endorse the proposed US-EU Open Skies agreement, Eugenia Llorens, Deputy Director General of Air Transportation, Ministry of Public Works (protect) told us privately of Spain's interest in negotiating a bilater [...]	2004-06-15 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR SP
04MADRID2248	SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMY: TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 14 meeting with Charge, Spanish Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara said the fight SIPDIS against terrorism finance, including close cooperation with the United States, would continue to be a priority for the Ministry of Economy and Finance. On Iraq reconst [...]	2004-06-15 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PINR SP
04MADRID2250	ECONOMISTS OFFER MIXED OUTLOOK ON GOS ECONOMIC [...] Summary: In a breakfast with the Ambassador, leading Spanish economists offered mixed views on the ability of Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes to hold the line on sound economic policies in a heavily political cabinet. The economists cited as major policy challe [...]	2004-06-16 08:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2257	PRE LICENSE CHECK: GARCIA PANDO,CARLOS.USDOC 02022 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 12:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC ES
04MADRID2259	CLARIFICATION ON NEWS STORY REGARDING SECRET [...] News articles have just been released relating to an incident that occurred in the southern town of Tarifa, Spain, on June 10, at 1630 hours, between several organized crime street criminals and two Secret Service Agents who were working a protective detail on President Bush's daughter Jenna. [...]	2004-06-16 12:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
04MADRID2277	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...]	2004-06-17 06:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2278	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...]	2004-06-17 06:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2279	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO CBP REPORTING, ON MAY 26, 2004, AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ALVARO BORRAS COMPDERA ARRIVED FROM MEXICO CITY, PRESENTED A SPANISH [...]	2004-06-17 06:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2280	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...]	2004-06-17 06:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2281	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...]	2004-06-17 06:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2295	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Claudia Johnson Lewis from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Zaragoza July 2-24 to conduct in field work dealing with geopmorphology and seismic hazards. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]	2004-06-17 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2296	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Joe David Thompson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 8-15 to present a paper and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]	2004-06-17 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2297	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Rolando D. Somma from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Palma de Mallorca June 21-July 1 to visit Universitat de Illes Baleares and continue collaborations in the area of Quantum entanglement and condensed matter systems. 2. [...]	2004-06-17 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2298	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. PETER VARMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation (NSF) official Dr. Peter Varman, Program Director, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations to travel to Barcelona, June 27-30 to present a paper at the 16th ACM Symposium on Parallelism Algorithms and [...]	2004-06-17 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2299	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC JOE T. HOWELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe T. Howell from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to travel to Granada, June 27-July 3 to present papers at the 4th International Conference on Solar Power from Space. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]	2004-06-17 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2300	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOHN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA John NMN Singleton from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 10-16 to give a lecture and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors (SNS 2004). 2. Embassy understands that no a [...]	2004-06-17 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2303	LABOR LEADER SKEPTICAL ON ZAPATERO [...] (C) Pol/Labor officer spoke June 16 with Jose Maria Fidalgo, Secretary General of Spain's largest trade union confederation, CCOO (Comisiones Obreras). Fidalgo expressed a cautious, wait-and-see attitude toward the Zapatero government. He said he was not yet convinced of Zapatero's seriousness. Zap [...]	2004-06-18 09:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SP
04MADRID2313	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, Clinical Trials, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 26-30 to attend the European Neurological Society Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]	2004-06-18 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2314	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Murray Fingeret, Chief Optometry Section, VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, to travel to Barcelona June 28-July 5 to present a research on Perimetry at a major meeting dedicated to Permietry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...]	2004-06-18 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID2316	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL ARTHUR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Arthur Nozik, Senior Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Granada July 16-25 to present an invited lecture at the IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...]	2004-06-18 16:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2317	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARGARET [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Margaret Mooney, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 17-19 to attend the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are [...]	2004-06-18 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2318	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/NHTSA MICHAEL W. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael W. Monk, Director Vehicle Research and Test Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to travel to Madrid, July 10-16 to present a lecture at a Vehicle Safety Seminar at the University of Madrid. 2. Embassy und [...]	2004-06-18 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID2341	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...]	2004-06-21 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2342	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...]	2004-06-21 15:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2343	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...]	2004-06-21 15:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2369	BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION UPDATES SPANISH ON GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy Andrew Hoehn briefed GOS officials June 15 on the latest USG thinking on the global defense posture review (GDPR) and its possible impact on Spai [...]	2004-06-23 10:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2381	ZAPATERO ECONOMIC ADVISOR OFFERS VIEWS ON [...] Summary. Miguel Sebastian, President Zapatero's key economic advisor, recently presented his analysis on Spain's productivity and economic growth to corporate leaders. Sebastian declared that Spain's relatively low labor productivity is the most important issue that may hinder future economic [...]	2004-06-23 15:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2394	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2397	POSITIVE SIGNS ON SPAIN'S IFC AND IRFFI PLEDGES [...] Summary: A call to a key contact on Iraq reconstruction issues adds additional weight to assurances by high level GOS contacts that Spain would honor its Iraq Donors' Conference commitments. Our working level contact predicted the IFC $5 million and half of the IRFFI $20 million would be disbu [...]	2004-06-24 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2398	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNEP'S STRATEGIC [...] We shared reftel points with Ana Paredes, MFA Subdirector General for International Technical Organizations and Amparo Ramblas, Deputy Director for International Relations, Ministry of Environment. 2. Paredes responded that she has not heard of any proposed plan that would require the UNE [...]	2004-06-24 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SENV SP
04MADRID2416	SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...]	2004-06-25 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN
04MADRID2417	SPANISH UNDECIDED ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel points June 24 with Marcos Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of International Disarmament Affairs. Poloff delivered the demarche jointly with Enrico Vencenti, political counselor at the Italian Embassy and Peter Spoor, first secretary political officer at t [...]	2004-06-25 17:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL SP CWC
04MADRID2418	SPAIN'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European researchers have published studies outlining the problem of Spain's underground economy. The most recent study, published by Friedrich Schneider in March 2004, claims that Spain's underground economy is currently equivalent to 22.3% of official GDP. Spain's co [...]	2004-06-28 07:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB KIPR SP
04MADRID2427	Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Junku [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2429	Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Kamal [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2430	Country Clearance granted for EPA Brobst and [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 15:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV SP
04MADRID2440	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call June 24 on Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso. Ambassador thanked Alonso for all the support Embassy has received on various security issues and commented on the outreach already made by Alonso with his U.S. counterpart (Alonso ha [...]	2004-06-29 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
04MADRID2443	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...]	2004-06-29 11:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2449	Country Clearance granted for USGS: Bricker [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-29 13:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP
04MADRID2453	SPAIN INCREASES MINIMUM WAGE MIDYEAR [...] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved June 26 a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage to EUR 490.80 (USD 599.34) from EUR 460.50 (USD 562.40) per month. The new wage will be effective July 1. This increase will affect 600,000 workers. The increase in cost to the Spanish government is predict [...]	2004-06-29 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2477	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...]	2004-07-01 08:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2478	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...]	2004-07-01 08:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2479	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN LATE APRIL 2004 A PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT SERVICE WAS INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUALS SUSPECTED OF POSING A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. THEY HAD DISCOVERED ME [...]	2004-07-01 08:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID2480	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 20, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP),ARRESTED ALGERIAN CITIZEN REDA ZERROUGH, DPOB: DEC. 5, 1967, ALGERIA, AT ALICANTE AIRPOR [...]	2004-07-01 08:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2481	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OBTAINED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPECT TERRORIST RABI' OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, RECENTLY ARRE [...]	2004-07-01 08:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2482	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...]	2004-07-01 08:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2483	SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL [...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...]	2004-07-01 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE
04MADRID2484	OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...]	2004-07-01 09:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY
04MADRID2487	SPAIN AGREES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 10:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL SP CWC
04MADRID2488	SPAIN: STILL REVIEWING PSI INFORMATION SHARING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID2492	SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The previous Spanish government under President Jose Maria Aznar was long in the forefront within the EU and on its own in criticizing Cuban human rights abuses, lack of movement toward democracy and absence of fundamental rights for Cuban citizens. The current government under Sociali [...]	2004-07-01 16:39:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETTC PREL PHUM SP
04MADRID2495	Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA US SP
04MADRID2496	Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2497	Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA US SP
04MADRID2498	Country Clearance granted for NSF: Harper [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2499	Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC - Uzel [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2500	Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC -Gahl [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2501	Country Clearance granted for USNRC James [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID2502	Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2504	FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR
04MADRID2518	HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 11:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL
04MADRID2528	SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW CLARIFICATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID2529	SPAIN: ZAPATERO GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Zapatero government's Council of Ministers approved July 2 a substantial increase in Spain's presence in Afghanistan. Zapatero will put the contribution to a parliamentary vote Tuesday, July 6. We expect parliament to approve the contribution. The GOS has proposed to incr [...]	2004-07-02 16:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
04MADRID2530	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, meeting with the Ambassador June 30, was upbeat about the PP's showing in the June European Parliament elections and in the party's prospects to regain power. Rajoy upbraided the Zapatero government for causing strains with Washington and for [...]	2004-07-02 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2534	TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES - LIST 59 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS
04MADRID2544	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JUNE [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 7 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIFTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING FIFTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FORTY- NIN [...]	2004-07-06 11:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2554	IBERIA PULLING "MINI-HUB" OUT OF MIAMI; SALVADORAN [...] Summary: Today, Iberia Airlines announced plans to fly directly to Guatemala and Panama, avoiding the Miami International Airport for "purely financial" reasons, beginning in October. Nevertheless, an Iberia contact told us that increased layover time due to new security procedures in Miami [...]	2004-07-06 15:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON CVIS SP
04MADRID2558	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, RAY MOHAMED, AKA MOURAD, WAS ARRESTED ON JUNE 8, 2004 BY THE BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE FOR HIS CONTACTS WITH RABI' OSMAN EL-SAYED AHMED, [...]	2004-07-07 06:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2560	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, FOUR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED SUSPECT AL-QAEDA ASSOCIATE KHALAD [...]	2004-07-07 06:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MIAH
04MADRID2564	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECKS [...] (SBU) We contacted Deputy Director General Angel Menendez Nava in the Office of International Relations at the Ministry of Defense to verify the legitimacy of licenses 05-9155569 and 05-9076385 between Eurocopter-France and the Spanish Air Force. In a letter to the Embassy, Menendez confirmed [...]	2004-07-07 10:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC SP
04MADRID2565	SPAIN: UNSATISFIED WITH NPT PREPCOM III [...] (C) Summary: The GOS was dissatisfied that the NPT PrepCom III conference did not focus on broad nonproliferation issues, according to the MFA's non-proliferation office. Our MFA interlocutors believe that unless substantive priorities are identified during follow-up consultations, the 2005 [...]	2004-07-07 10:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM SP
04MADRID2566	Country Clearance granted for NSF SoConner [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 12:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NFSO
04MADRID2567	Country Clearance granted for DVA Arthur Allen [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 12:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID2571	Country Clearance granted for NOAA/NMFS [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 12:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2572	Country Clearance granted for Ellen Dotson, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 12:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2573	Country Clearance granted for DHHS/CDC Zuzana [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 12:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2574	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FIELD SUPPORT [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR FIELD SUPPORT SPECIALIST PORTLAND USEAC ELIZABETH VARGA. MS. VARGA WILL BE SERVING AN ADMINISTRATIVE TDY AND WILL BE WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN MADRID FROM JULY 9 THRU JULY 24, 2004 AND IN BARCELONA FROM JULY 16 THRU 20, 2004. 2. HOTEL RESERVA [...]	2004-07-07 12:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP SP
04MADRID2579	SPANISH PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly approved July 6 President Zapatero's proposal to increase substantially Spain's troop presence in Afghanistan. The vote was 302 in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention. Only the former communist United Left party and several obscure parties [...]	2004-07-08 06:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID2586	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...]	2004-07-08 10:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2587	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN CITIZEN NASREDDINE BOUSBAA ON JULY 1, 2004. HE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMEN [...]	2004-07-08 10:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2602	VP SOLBES SAYS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH U.S. CRUCIAL [...] SUMMARY: AT a June 24 Embassy-hosted lunch, Second Vice President and Minister for Economy and Finance Solbes said the new Spanish Administration wants to foster U.S.-Spanish business relations. He reiterated his intention to retain budget stability and increase productivity while devolving [...]	2004-07-08 14:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL SP
04MADRID2605	SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...]	2004-07-09 08:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP
04MADRID2618	SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON JULY 12-13 EU FMS [...] (C) Summary: Spain sees the EU-ASEM summit in danger over the insistence of Asian nations to include Burma as a full member. The GOS supports the opening of an EC office in Baghdad and stresses the importance of holding at least one of the two planned elections in Afghanistan this Fall. On t [...]	2004-07-09 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID2619	SPANISH RESPONSE: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on July 6 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora was not able to give an immediate reaction, but later spoke to Poloff on July 9. He stated that Spain and the EU share the general concern with the USG rega [...]	2004-07-09 14:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SY SP
04MADRID2625	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES BRITISH AUTHORITIES DETAINED ON JUL 6, 2004, THE FORMER BARCELONA-BASED EXTREMIST FILALI OUALI AKA: ABDORRAHMAN [...]	2004-07-12 11:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL OUALI
04MADRID2626	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF EARLY JULY 2004, MOROCCAN NATIONAL BOUCHRA BEN ABDELLAH WAS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST [...]	2004-07-12 11:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID2627	SPAIN-UK: GIBRALTAR VISIT BY UK NUCLEAR SUB [...] (U) The visit by the British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless to Gibraltar has provoked acute tension within the GOS towards Britain. The HMS Tireless, which arrived the morning of July 9, originally sparked controversy in May 2000 when it docked at Gibraltar for repairs after developing a crac [...]	2004-07-12 13:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2636	SPAIN SUPPORTS EU PRESSURE ON DARFUR, INCREASES AID [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for sub-Saharan Africa Nuria Reigosa and the Spanish Agency for International Development Secretary General,s Head of Cabinet Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio regarding the imminent crisis in Darfur. Reigosa told us that at the July 12 [...]	2004-07-12 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID SP UNSC
04MADRID2642	RESUBMISSION FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-13 12:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR

04MADRID2649	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WESLEY PHILLIPS AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wesley Phillips and Jill Johnson, GAO Officials for travel to Madrid, July 18-20, to conduct a review of government and private sector practice for insuring against natural catastrophes and acts of terrorism. 2. Control Officer at Embassy M [...]	2004-07-13 16:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO OTRA SP
04MADRID2659	SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON [...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...]	2004-07-14 13:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN
04MADRID2660	SPAIN SUPPORTS PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2670	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-APRIL 2004, TWO INDIVIDUALS, REFERRED TO AS AL QAEDA MEMBERS, WERE IN MAICAO, COLOMBIA, TO OBTAIN [...]	2004-07-14 13:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2671	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...]	2004-07-14 13:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2678	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KILMARTIN, AVERILL, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William E. Kilmartin, DOE; William A. Averill, Los Alamos National Laboratory; David L. Carroll, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Mark D. Ladd, Sandia National Laboratories; Richar [...]	2004-07-14 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID2679	IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 15:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID2688	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...]	2004-07-15 07:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2689	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...]	2004-07-15 07:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2692	SPANISH RESPONSE TO CUBAN RESOLUTION IN ECOSOC [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 08:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID2693	SPAIN:ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche to Juan Manuel Linares, MFA Deputy DG for UN Affairs, on July 13 and to Alberto Moreno, MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Affairs, on July 14. Both stated that they could not commit to a position on the proposed UNGA resolution, as the EU had not yet decided on a [...]	2004-07-15 08:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA
04MADRID2700	SPAIN AND CUBAN OUTREACH [...] (C) Ref A sought post's view on the likelihood the GOS or Spanish NGOs would participate in outreach to Cuban civil society to pressure the Castro government to hasten democratic transition on the island. We discussed Cuba with new MFA Director General for Latin America Sandomingo (Ref B). [...]	2004-07-15 15:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
04MADRID2708	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JULY 14, 2004, FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA. THE POLICE GAVE CHASE TO THE SUSPECTS AFTER THEY DROVE TH [...]	2004-07-15 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2712	SPAIN: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Legat and other agencies have met and consulted at length on the release on bail July 13 of Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed. While there is disappointment within the rank and file of the Spanish National Police, they emphasize that it was a provisional release on bail. Prosecutorial Magistrate [...]	2004-07-16 07:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KJUS PGOV SP
04MADRID2724	SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...]	2004-07-16 15:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL HA SP
04MADRID2725	SPAIN: FULFILLS IRAQI DINAR DONATION PLEDGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-16 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2729	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Ph.D., Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to co-chair and give a presentation at the 18th International Federation for Information Processing Working Group, (IFIPWG) 11.3 Conference. 2. [...]	2004-07-19 10:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY SP
04MADRID2730	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BHAVANI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Program Director in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to attend the IFIP Database Security Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessar [...]	2004-07-19 10:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2731	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. RITA RODRIGUEZ [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation's Dr. Rita Rodriguez, Program Manager in the Division of Computer & Network Systems, to travel to Valencia, August 20-30 to attend the European Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Workshop on Spatio Tempora [...]	2004-07-19 10:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2732	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE SUSAN SCHOENUNG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Schoenung, DOE/EE, to travel to Madrid, September 6-8 to attend international collaboration on hydrogen importance to advanced technology development work at Sandia. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. [...]	2004-07-19 10:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2733	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE PAUL C. MILES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul C. Miles, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory, to travel to Valencia, September 5-11, to present a paper at the Thiesel 2004 Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...]	2004-07-19 10:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2735	PRE-LICENSE CHECK, CARLOS GARCIA PANDO [...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF ISCAL AT POETA ANTGEL GONZALEZ, 10 33204 GIJON (ASTURIAS),SPAIN ON JULY 15, 2004. 2. THE CS TEAM MET WITH CARLOS GARCIA PANDO, OWNER OF THE COMPANY, MR. JES [...]	2004-07-19 13:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2745	SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...]	2004-07-19 16:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL HA SP
04MADRID2759	SPAIN: RESPONSE ON MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 9, the Spanish MFA finally responded with a definitive "no" to our 5/14 demarche (reftel) asking Spain to accept Mujahahedin-e Khalq (MEK) detainees. MFA Ambassador Fernandez de la Pena told us that the GOS has reviewed our request on an interagency basis, including MFA, Interio [...]	2004-07-20 12:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PTER SP PREJ IQ
04MADRID2762	SPAIN UNVEILS NATIONAL KYOTO PLAN [...] SUMMARY: In an eleventh hour move to avoid EU penalties, Spain's Ministries of Environment and Industry unveiled the provisional National Allocation Plan (NAP) on 7 July. The NAP is the GOS attempt to bring domestic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in line with the first tranche of the Kyoto [...]	2004-07-20 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET SP
04MADRID2763	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...]	2004-07-20 14:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID2764	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICOLAS W. HENGARTNER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nicolas W. Hengartner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-31 to speak at the 6th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]	2004-07-20 14:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2765	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Santander, July 25-27 to attend the Menendez Pelayo International University Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]	2004-07-20 14:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2766	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminara, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, July 21-27 to give a presentation at the study of familial colorectal cancer in the [...]	2004-07-20 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2784	RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: INST. TECNOLOGICO [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-22 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2790	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDA QUISENBERRY AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Beighley, Forest Manager, USDA, and Michael Quisenberry, Forest Health Protection, USDA, to travel to Seville, July 21-August 6 to accompany Portuguese forestry officials to a meeting with Spanish forestry officials in Seville. 2. Emba [...]	2004-07-22 09:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA SP
04MADRID2794	SPAIN: 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Spain - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement 2. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Spain. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Cou [...]	2004-07-22 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB SP USTR OPIC
04MADRID2795	SPAIN TOYS WITH IDEA OF CULTURAL EXCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spain's new Minister of Culture has vowed to find ways to help the Spanish film industry. The press has seized on her sometimes over the top remarks and is reporting that the GOS is pursuing a policy of cultural exception along the lines of the French model. A high-level Minis [...]	2004-07-22 15:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KPAO SP
04MADRID2800	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MILITARY PROCUREMENT [...] (S) Summary: The Spanish MFA told us it was unaware that Spanish firms have been involved in Iran's attempt to procure military and electronic equipment, according to officials in the Office of International Affairs of Disarmament. Such attempts would put Spanish business interests at odds [...]	2004-07-22 16:28:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IR SP
04MADRID2801	SPAIN'S DELEGATE TO THE 2004 OXFORD TRACKING [...] (U) Mr. Fermin Lopez, chief of staff for the Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade of Defense and Dual Use Goods at Spain's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism told Poloff July 22 that he plans to attend the October 25 Tracker workshop in Oxford, England. 2. (U) Lopez said that Spai [...]	2004-07-22 16:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM SP NTTC
04MADRID2803	TOMAHAWK RELEASABILITY - SPAIN COUNTRY TEAM [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (SBU) The following is Mission Spain Country Team's assessment on releasability of the Tomahawk System to the Spanish Navy. 3. (C) In recent years the Spanish armed forces have significantly contributed to international peace, stability and the Global [...]	2004-07-23 08:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR SP
04MADRID2804	SPAIN: LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 08:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP ODPC
04MADRID2830	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jaime Marquez, Senior Economist, Division of International Finance, Federal Reserve Board, to travel to Madrid, August 25-31 to attend a meeting of the Econometric Society, hosted by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 2. Embassy understa [...]	2004-07-23 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN SP
04MADRID2831	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LONGSWORTH, KILMARTIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul M. Longsworth, DOE; William E. Kilmartin, DOE; and Tracy P. Mustin, DOE, for travel to Madrid, July 29-30 to meet with Embassy and Spanish officials for the signing of a MOU with Spain for the Megaports Initiative. 2. Control Officer a [...]	2004-07-23 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID2844	SPAIN SUPPORTS REVISED DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 13:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2851	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...]	2004-07-27 08:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID2852	SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF CIRA AS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena, Special Ambassador for Counterterrorism, and Juan Antonio Aliaga Mendez, the Ministry of Economy's Deputy Director for Inspection and Control of Capital Movements. In a July 22 meeting, Desk Officer Miguel Garcia- [...]	2004-07-27 08:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSEP KVPR KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS SP EUN
04MADRID2854	DEMARCHE ON NATO TRAINING IN IRAQ [...] CONFIDENTIAL - Entire text. 2. (C) POLCOUNS discussed USG desire for "dual-hatted" command and control for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Reftel) with Spanish MFA Director General for UN, NATO, Counter-terrorism and non-proliferation affairs Arturo Laclaustra. Laclaustra was gratefu [...]	2004-07-27 14:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ SP NATO MAPS
04MADRID2856	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder, DOE, for travel to Seville, September 13-18 to present a talk at the New Horizons in Stochastic Complexity Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of d [...]	2004-07-27 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2871	FINANCE MINISTER SOLBES CLEANS UP BOOKS [...] SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Solbes announced July 16 his intention to add EUR 6.14 billion (USD 7.4 billion),or 0.78% of GDP, of non-performing government investments to the 2004 budget. This is predicted to give Spain its first budget deficit (at 1.2% of GDP),since 1999. These liabil [...]	2004-07-28 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2872	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C) We reviewed the revisions to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with newly-designated Deputy Director General of International Armament Affairs Marcos Rodriguez July 8 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rodriguez told us that officials at Spain's Nat [...]	2004-07-28 10:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID2873	SPAIN'S NOMINATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICERS [...] (U) Madrid nominates Mr. Brian B. Brown, Political Officer, to attend the September 28-29 conference on human rights reporting and advocacy in Washington. The following is Mr. Brown's itinerary: MON 27 SEP Depart Madrid Continental Airlines Flight CO 63 11:25 PM Arrive Newark 1:20 PM Dep [...]	2004-07-28 10:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF ELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID2877	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 11:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2885	CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP AT FSI, (PC- [...] POST WISHES TO NOMINATE ELISA SALVADOR, SENIOR IV FSN, MADRID, SPAIN FOR THE CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP. SHE WAS NOT SELECTED IN 2002 OR 2003. PLEASE SEE INFORMATION REGARDING CANDIATE BELOW; A) Salvador, Elisa B) Grade:08/06 C) Alcy R. Frelick, Counselor for Consular Affairs D [...]	2004-07-28 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AFSI AMGT CMGT CVIS
04MADRID2889	CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP AT FSI, (PC- [...] POST WISHES TO NOMINATE ELISA SALVADOR, SENIOR IV FSN, MADRID, SPAIN FOR THE CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP. SHE WAS NOT SELECTED IN 2002 OR 2003. PLEASE SEE INFORMATION REGARDING CANDIATE BELOW; A) Salvador, Elisa B) Grade:08/06 C) Alcy R. Frelick, Counselor for Consular Affairs D [...]	2004-07-29 06:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AFSI AMGT CMGT CVIS
04MADRID2898	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA'S O'BRIEN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Moron Air Base and Zaragoza Air Base September 11 - 24 to meet with Spanish government officials, participate in training, and site familiariza [...]	2004-07-29 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID2902	TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEWS FROM THE WORKING LEVEL IN [...] (C) Summary. SEPBLAC's (Spain's financial intelligence unit) working level officer responsible for terrorist finance issues, offered his views on legal and organizational issues affecting the fight against terrorist finance in Spain. He predicted that the regulations for Spain's 2003 Terroris [...]	2004-07-29 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN SP
04MADRID2903	ANDALUSIAN FIRES RAVAGE 35,000 ACRES [...] SUMMARY: Since July 27, forest fires have raged out of control and burned more than 35,000 acres in the Andalusian provinces of Huelva and Sevilla. Authorities have evacuated more than 1,160 people from the surrounding areas affected by the flames. The 2004 fire season may be one of the wor [...]	2004-07-29 16:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SENV PGOV EU SP
04MADRID2904	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA THOMAS L. PAGANO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas L. Pagano, ATO-P, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid September 9 - 17 to attend and participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Univ [...]	2004-07-30 08:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID2909	SPAIN: DEFMIN AND HIS DEPUTY ON S-80 SUBS WEAPONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY Ambassador Argyros phoned Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono July 16 to reinforce USG concern that the bidding process for the Spanish S-80 submarine weapons package, in which two U.S. companies are involved, remained open and transparent. Ambassador noted to Bono that the bid [...]	2004-07-30 11:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR SP
04MADRID2911	PRE-LICENSE CHECK, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE [...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CASTILLA Y LEON AT LOPEZ BRAVO, 70, POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL VILLALONQUEJAR, BURGOS, SPAIN ON JULY 29, 2004. EX THERM IS A PORTABLE 50HZ, [...]	2004-07-30 12:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2916	MUSLIM OUTREACH WORLDWIDE [...] Embassy Madrid welcomes this Muslim Outreach initiative and provides the following information about our outreach efforts: 2. Brief Context for Muslim Outreach efforts in Spain: An estimated 500,000 to one million Muslims live in Spain. Almost all are of foreign origin, with only about 3, [...]	2004-07-30 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM OIIP PREL EAID PHUM PGOV EUN OEXC SP
04MADRID2936	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO PSI INFORMATION SHARING REQUEST [...] (C) Spain concurs with the PSI proposal to share information with non-member countries, but Spanish defense officials continue to question its operational aspects and lessons learned. End Summary. 2. (C) Over the past few months, we have met with Marcos Rodriguez in the Office of Interna [...]	2004-08-03 05:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID2937	SPAIN MEGAPORTS MOA SIGNING AWAITING LEGAL COUNSEL [...] (SBU) Summary: We accompanied Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Administrator Paul Longsworth and William Kilmartin of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to meetings with the director of Spanish Customs and the president of the Por [...]	2004-08-03 07:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL SP
04MADRID2955	SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC AND ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General of UN Affairs, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares stated that Spain will wait and see what the General Assembly presents to the Security Council before taking a definitive position, adding that, a [...]	2004-08-03 14:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA
04MADRID2958	USOAS AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: In his July 29 meeting in Madrid with Spanish MFA Director General Sandomingo, USOAS Ambassador Maisto urged Spain to send observers to the Venezuelan referendum and to remain firm on Cuba. Maisto thanked the GOS for its decision to send police/troops to Haiti with a Moroccan [...]	2004-08-03 15:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2961	SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC 1540 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarch to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director Genral of UN Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga, Special Assistant to the Director General of the Coordination Unit for Spain's Participation in the UNSC, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares and Yt [...]	2004-08-03 15:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PK SP UNSC
04MADRID2963	SPAIN ENCOURAGES EU ACTION ON MAOIST VIOLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTDB NP SP EUN
04MADRID2964	SPAIN UNDETERRED BY FAHIM'S REMOVAL FROM VICE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 06:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SP
04MADRID2965	SPAIN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOVING CAVEATS [...] (C) Spain is reviewing restrictions it may have placed on Spanish forces that are participating in KFOR but would prefer to help strengthen Kosovo police forces to improve KFOR's effectiveness, according to Kosovo specialists at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Following the outbreak of violence [...]	2004-08-04 12:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL YI SP NATO
04MADRID2966	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...]	2004-08-04 12:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID2967	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...]	2004-08-04 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2977	SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SPANISH OSCE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche concerning Spain's candidacy for the 2007 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to Maria Victoria Scola Pliego, MFA Special Representative for OSCE issues, on August 4. Scola Pliego was encouraged by the U.S. position [...]	2004-08-05 08:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP OSCE
04MADRID2986	SPAIN: "MIXITY" ISSUE IN GPS AGREEMENT [...] On August 4, we passed reftel points and exchange of letters to Jesus Antonio Perez Blanco, Subdirector General for Airline Navigation Systems and Airports at the Ministry of Public Works. We also shared points with two MFA contacts: Emilio Fernandez-Castano, Director General of Internation [...]	2004-08-05 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EU SP
04MADRID2991	SPAIN ON HOSTAGE TAKING AND MURDER IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ SP
04MADRID2992	SPAIN LOOKS TO SYRIA RELATIONS AND UNSC ROLE TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:28:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SY SP
04MADRID3007	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JULY [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 13 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVENTY-FOUR INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND SEVENTY- [...]	2004-08-06 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3022	CUBAN VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS FROM MADRID [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid wanted to examine overstay rates of applicants issued visas for tourist travel to the United States. Because of the wealth of information available on Cuban applicants, the Cuban community's travel patterns were studied. Post initiated a validation study to det [...]	2004-08-10 13:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CMGT CU SP
04MADRID3023	U.S. NOTE VERBALE AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON [...] (U) We delivered ref A U.S. note verbale and ref B talking points on UN General Assembly Resolution 58/41 regarding improvement of the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First Committee to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affairs, on August 10. Go [...]	2004-08-10 14:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL SP CDG UNGA
04MADRID3034	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN [...]	2004-08-10 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SEMAAN GABY EID
04MADRID3052	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...]	2004-08-10 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3059	SPANISH HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR [...] Housing prices continue to rise in the Spanish real estate market. According to Tinsa (Spanish society of home appraisers) the price of used housing was 16% higher and new dwellings 19% higher midway through the second trimester of 2004 than the same period of 2003. These numbers indicate th [...]	2004-08-10 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ABLD SP
04MADRID3066	SPAIN/EU SUPPORT FOR THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Following up on USOAS Ambassador Maisto's strong pitch to the GOS on the Venezuelan presidential referendum (ref a),Poloff delivered ref b points on August 10 to Javier Ignacio Martinez del Barrio, Technical Advisor to the Deputy Director for Countries within the Andean Community. Martin [...]	2004-08-11 10:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO SP
04MADRID3072	SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Spring 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Political Section, two for the Management Section, two for Public Affa [...]	2004-08-11 14:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID3073	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...]	2004-08-11 14:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP
04MADRID3074	SPAIN: MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-11 15:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD SP
04MADRID3075	SPANISH MFA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] On August 5 we demarched the Spanish Foreign Ministry (MFA) encouraging Spain to make a strong statement condemning hostage taking and murder in Iraq (reftel). Assistant Secretary Burns raised the issue with Foreign Minister SIPDIS Moratinos August 8, and Moratinos requested a copy of Amb [...]	2004-08-11 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER IZ SP KPOA
04MADRID3077	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED ME [...]	2004-08-12 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3079	SPAIN REQUEST FOR USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY TOUR FOR FY- [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST, MADRID WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SPACE FOR TWO SPANISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MULTI-COUNTRY TOURS: - SFOR - ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE - NATO'S OUT-OF-AREA OPERATIONS 2. POST WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC NOMINATIONS SEPTEL, IN EARLY TO [...]	2004-08-12 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SCUL SP NATO
04MADRID3080	SPAIN ENCOURAGED BY US SUPPORT FOR WEOG ROTATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and Secretary of State Colin Powell's letter regarding US support for Western European and Others Group (WEOG) rotation for the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) membership to Gonzalo Alvarez Garrido, Acting MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affa [...]	2004-08-12 11:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3082	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance for the following DHS employees: James Hugh Yeager, Isabel Marie Tumblin, Cecilia Michele Barela, and Sharon Ruth Trodden to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 30 - September 3, 2004. The purpose of the trip is to review TSA's ability to assess securi [...]	2004-08-12 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR
04MADRID3093	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE C.T. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to Barcelona, September 13-22 to participate in Eurostrataform Gulf of Lions research cruise aboard the R/V Oceanus, an American University National Oceanographics Labo [...]	2004-08-13 10:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV SP
04MADRID3094	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE DENNIS L. SIEBERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis L. Siebers, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory to travel to Valencia, September 5-11 to present a paper at Polytechnic University of Valencia. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]	2004-08-13 10:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3095	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE THOMAS SARKUS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Sarkus, Division Director, Advanced Energy Systems Division and Physical Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL),Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy to travel to Madrid, September 16-19 to inspect the Shell [...]	2004-08-13 10:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3096	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA ROBERT HENNES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Hennes, Team Leader, Milk Safety Team, Office of Compliance/Division of Cooperative Programs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS to travel to Ventisilla, August 15-20 to conduct a National Conference on Interstate Mi [...]	2004-08-13 10:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3103	SPAIN: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 12:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3105	EU SANCTION FORCES SPAIN'S SHIPBUILDER INTO [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported late July that the European Commission has ruled that Spain,s Izar Naval Constructions, a quasi-public company, violated the terms of EU aid for the shipbuilding industry and must return EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.35 billion). This payment return threatens the [...]	2004-08-13 14:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ELAB EWWT SP
04MADRID3106	SPAIN REDUCES CIVIL SERVANT WAGE INCREASE [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported in late July that the new Socialist government is proposing a 3.2% increase in civil servant wages, rather than the 3.5% union goal, in the 2005 National Budget. This excludes the 0.3% allocated for the recovery of purchasing power lost in the last eight ye [...]	2004-08-13 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN SP
04MADRID3118	SPAIN: FURTHER REACTION TO GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE [...] (C) Following up on ref A demarche and ref B reporting cable concerning U.S. Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR),we delivered the demarche August 15 to General Felix Sanz, the Spanish Armed Forces' Chief of Defense, and Admiral Francisco Torrente, Secretary General for Defense Policy at the [...]	2004-08-15 17:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3126	SPAIN WILL SEND MORATINOS TO OSCE CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) The Spanish MFA has told us that Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will be leading the Spanish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination in Brussels on September 13-14. Alvaro Rodriguez Alvarez, [...]	2004-08-18 11:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SP OSCE
04MADRID3134	SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SUPPORT OF WADE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-18 15:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SP
04MADRID3151	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GEORGE THOMA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, Chief, Communications Engineering Branch, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Marbella and Alicante September 5-14 to present technical paper, "Baysian Learning of 2D Document Layout Models for Automated Preservatio [...]	2004-08-20 10:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3152	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KALU [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kalu Ogbureke, Research Fellow, Craniofacial and Skeletal Disease Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-11 to attend and collaborate with other oral pathologists at a conference [...]	2004-08-20 10:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3153	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. AURELIO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Aurelio Bonavia, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-10 to attend the European Virology 2004 Meeting and participate in the SARS Workshop [...]	2004-08-20 10:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3154	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. VALERIE GREGG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Valerie Gregg, Program Manager in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF) to travel to Zaragoza, August 27-September 4 to be a plenary speaker at the annual European Union's EGOV04 Research Confe [...]	2004-08-20 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NSFO

04MADRID3155	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALLEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, August 30-September 12 to discuss projects of common interest with Dr. Ge [...]	2004-08-20 10:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3163	SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS [...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...]	2004-08-20 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON SP
04MADRID3210	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 21 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SPANISH SCIENTIFIC POLICE, THE SPANISH N [...]	2004-08-26 13:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3212	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF AUG. 21, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZED THE HANDOVER OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST, KHALID BOULOUDO, A 29 YEAR [...]	2004-08-26 13:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3232	MORATINOS AGREES WITH US POSITION FOR WEOG [...] (C) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos agrees with US efforts to reach a rotation agreement within WEOG to occupy the posts assigned in the Human Rights Commission. Poloff received the text of Moratinos' response to Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter (Ref A) fro [...]	2004-08-27 11:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3246	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Oviedo, September 11-22 to meet with collaborators at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal D,Investigacio Medic [...]	2004-08-27 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3247	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOAN MALING [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation to travel to Barcelona, September 27-October 4 to attend the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 8 Conference. 2. Embassy [...]	2004-08-27 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID3248	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT NEWMAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Newman and Richard Steketee, Medical Officers, DPD, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, September 21-25 to represent CDC as members of the Intermittent Preventative Treatment in Infants (IPTi) Consortium. 2. Embassy understands t [...]	2004-08-27 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SP
04MADRID3249	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS BOND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Bond, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-24 to visit INTA and participate in discussions on water film scaling and refurbishment upgrades. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visit [...]	2004-08-27 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3250	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK POTAPCZUK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Potapczuk, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-23 to meet with INTA on updates on current SLD research activities. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...]	2004-08-27 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3251	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN CADA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Cada, Research Staff Member, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Madrid, September 9-21 to present the latest DOE-sponsored research into biological effects of turbulence to international scientists and engineers. 2 [...]	2004-08-27 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3252	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD E. JENNINGS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard E. Jennings, Aerospace Engineer, Avionics Systems Branch, FAA to travel to Madrid, September 13-18 to attend ICAO ACP, Working Group C, UAT SARPS Meeting at INECO in Madrid. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-08-27 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID3255	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation to Second World Urban Forum including Simmons, Panehal, Carlson, Lord, Freedman and Glenn with USAID; Shea, Sorzano and Lam with HUD; Parcher with the U.S. Geological Survey; Hirsch with the Smithsonian Institute; and Swaney [...]	2004-08-27 15:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SP
04MADRID3262	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOHN CLAY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Clay, Senior Investigator, Ion Channel Biophysics Group, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Palma Majorca, September 11-19 to give a presentation, "Irregular Firing of a Neuron," at the 24th Annua [...]	2004-08-30 10:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3263	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN MCCORMICK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen McCormick, Research Physiologist, U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Castellon, September 3-10 to attend and participate in the 5th International Symposium on fish endocrinology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]	2004-08-30 10:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON TBIO SP
04MADRID3264	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES R. SCHWANK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James R. Schwank, Sandia National Laboratories, NNSA to travel to Madrid, September 19-26 to attend the conference, "Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visito [...]	2004-08-30 10:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3265	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DANA A. BREWER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Dana A. Brewer, NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, September 21-25 to discuss details of NASA,s participation in the Radiation Effects on Components and Systems Conference in 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]	2004-08-30 10:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3273	SPANISH CABINET APPROVES C02 EMISSIONS PLAN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS August 27 issued a Royal Decree-Law that launched a National CO2 Emissions Allocation Plan designed to both: (1) set Spain on course for meeting its CO2 emissions commitments under the Kyoto Protocol; and, (2) comply with the EU Directive intended to launch the EU's CO [...]	2004-08-31 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD ENRG PGOV SP
04MADRID3600	A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...]	2004-09-21 06:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP UNSC UN
04MADRID3603	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH BROOKS, SHANNON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) personnel: Elizabeth Brooks, Shannon Cass-Calay, Joseph Powers, Gerald Scott, Guillermo Diaz, Mauricio Ortiz, Clarence Porch, Craig Brown an [...]	2004-09-21 07:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA EFIS OTRA SP
04MADRID3604	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL RUNDE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Runde, USAID, Global Development Alliance, to travel to Spain from o/a October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference on the importance of bilateral donor agencies and to work closely with donor foundati [...]	2004-09-21 07:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA SP
04MADRID3605	A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...]	2004-09-21 08:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP UNSC
04MADRID3614	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLARA OLAYA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clara Olaya, Health Communication Specialist, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 28-October 4, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present at a workshop entitled, "Narratives for Health," which will reach writers and [...]	2004-09-21 13:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3625	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT POST [...] (SBU) Information provided below is keyed to ref A's para. 5. 2. (SBU) DCM Robert Manzanares serves as Terrorism Finance Coordinator (TFCO). Phone number: 34 - 91 587 2205. E-mail: ManzanaresB@state.gov 3. (SBU) Economic Officer Carl Schonander serves as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coor [...]	2004-09-21 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SP
04MADRID3626	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRY DIAZ [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Diaz, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 20-October 1, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate accomplishments under the NOAA/OGP Project on Historical [...]	2004-09-22 09:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA SENV OTRA SP
04MADRID3631	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE KELLY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Kelly, Director of the National Diabetes Education Program, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 29-October 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak and present a workshop on diabetes and to give a presen [...]	2004-09-22 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3639	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A S [...]	2004-09-23 09:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3643	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MORGAN HALL [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Morgan Hall, Officer-in-Charge of Spain and Malta, EUR/WE, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain from September 26-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate personnel. 2. Control Officer for this [...]	2004-09-23 13:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3644	SPANISH GOVERNMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTS NEW [...] Summary: In a delayed response to ref A demarche, Technical Advisor Manuel Alhama Orenes in the Cabinet of Secretary of State for International Cooperation (aid) Leire SIPDIS Pajin, defined the new position of the GOS on international aid as "anything is possible". Spain is now a major sup [...]	2004-09-23 13:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SP
04MADRID3647	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID W. MCKEE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David W. McKee, Department of State, to travel to Madrid, September 30 - October 2 to assist Embassy with its classified homepage on SIPRNET. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Suzannah Jones. She can be reached at work (34-91-587-238 [...]	2004-09-23 15:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF PGOV PINR SP
04MADRID3649	REQUEST FOR SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION [...] Post requests an advisory opinion in the case of Ryan Air pilots applying for C1/D and B1/B2 visas to work in the United States for a six month period. Over the past year, Madrid has seen several cases of pilots requesting visas for six weeks of training, followed by approximately 5 months of [...]	2004-09-23 15:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS SP
04MADRID3666	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSULAR [...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance and welcomes Harris Orkand information services contractors Timothy Curran, Fernando Canarte, and Nancy Rapin to Barcelona, Spain, from September 28 to October 15, 2004. 2. Your hotel information is: Hotel Princesa Sofia Plaza Pio XII, 4 Barcelon [...]	2004-09-24 08:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KCSY CMGT AADP CASC CPAS SP AMAT CUIS
04MADRID3667	Consular Agent's 2003 Evaluations and Step [...] Post recently realized that, due to an internal processing error, our consular agents' evaluations in the year 2003 were not properly submitted and, consequently, the employees did not receive the step increase they should have earned that year. 2. Our files show that in the year 2003 only [...]	2004-09-24 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT AMGT APER
04MADRID3682	SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF FINAL U.S. CARRIER [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 11:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID3690	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN ALLEGRONE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen Allegrone, Director, EUR/WE to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, September 28 - October 2. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392) on his mobile (34-609-0 [...]	2004-09-24 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3696	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IFC PRIVATE [...] Embassy will continue to engage GOS on supporting the IFC facility. MANZANARES [...]	2004-09-24 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV SP
04MADRID3699	SPANISH OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT BUSH REMARKS [...] (C) Spanish officials have reacted defensively to President Bush's remarks concerning Spain's withdrawal from Iraq, made at his September 23 joint press conference with Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Allawi. During a courtesy call by Charge and Econcouns September 24, the MFA's Director Genera [...]	2004-09-24 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP
04MADRID3700	SPAIN: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 16:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR SP ICAO
04MADRID3701	SPAIN'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary. The GOS has announced a plan to revise its Law on Foreign Aliens (Ley de Extranjeria) to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants who can demonstrate that they have worked a minimum of one year in Spain. The GOS is acting in response to a massive increase in illegal immigrat [...]	2004-09-24 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON SMIG MO SP
04MADRID3715	SPANISH BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS: THE CATALAN POSITION [...] Summary: Budget negotiations between the Catalan regional government and the central government will be a key challenge during the budgeting season which begins in earnest this week. The three parties currently in the Catalan government are unified in seeking increased funding for the regional [...]	2004-09-27 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID3728	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON SEP. 15, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF FORGERY AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. SPANISH POL [...]	2004-09-28 07:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID3732	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY SOMMERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Sommers, Investigator, Detroit District Office, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 8-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance with F [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3733	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEFANO LUCCIOLI AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stefano Luccioli, Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Food Additive Safety, and Kenneth Falci, Director, OSAS, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 2-7, 2004. The purpose of this visi [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3734	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUE ANNE ASSIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sue Anne Assimon, Biologist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a conference on Threshold Levels associated with allergenic foods [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3735	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIEGO F. TORRES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Diego F. Torres, DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 9-November 13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to visit the High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Univer [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3736	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY UYEKI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Uyeki, Medical Epidemiologist, DVRD, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) and to present a l [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3737	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTONIO BOUZA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Antonio Bouza, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, DOE, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain from October 12-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to obtain first hand, technical information in the field of hy [...]	2004-09-28 11:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3741	SPAIN: IRAQ DONOR'S MEETING TOKYO [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-28 13:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP
04MADRID3760	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - SEPTEMBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEP. 27, 2004, AS PART OF THE MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES [...]	2004-09-29 08:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3766	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY O'BRIEN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Zaragoza and Moron, Spain, from October 30-November 19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish government officials, to participate in transo [...]	2004-09-29 12:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3767	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOYCE A. OBER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joyce A. Ober, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 22-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Sulfur 2004 Conference and to visit a sulfur recovery plant and a sulfuric acid plant. [...]	2004-09-29 12:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SP
04MADRID3768	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES MULSHINE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James Mulshine, Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona, Spain from October 5-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation, "Integrated Approach to Population Based Early Lun [...]	2004-09-29 12:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3769	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRIETTA HUBBARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henrietta Hubbard, Supervisory Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Outcomes Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Seville, Spain from November 17-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is [...]	2004-09-29 12:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3773	TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	CVIS EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN SP LVPR
04MADRID3776	SPAIN'S WEOG ROTATION RESPONSE IN AUGUST 27 LETTER [...] (C) To update the record Ref A, Poloff delivered Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter to the MFA SIPDIS and received the text of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos' response to Powell's letter on August 26. Madrid 3232 (Ref B) dated August 27, 2004, contains Moratinos' [...]	2004-09-29 15:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3779	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL Q. WANG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Q. Wang, Vehicle and Fuel Systems Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation of Wells-To-Wheels (WTW) Energy and Emission Effects of [...]	2004-09-30 09:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3780	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE SCHONBERGER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Schonberger, Assistant Director for Public Health, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 21-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve as an official advisor to the EU [...]	2004-09-30 09:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3821	PURCHASE ORDER FOR SPANISH BIOTECHNOLOGY VIDEO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-01 12:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO
04MADRID3829	SPAIN SUPPORTS EU ROAD MAP ON NORMALIZING LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Enrique Mora Benavente, Head of EU Planning at the MFA, on September 29. Mora Benavente told Poloff that Spain favors the four-step European "road map" to normalized relations and economic cooperation with Libya. The four-step process [...]	2004-10-01 15:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV SP EUN
04MADRID3831	PURCHASE ORDER FOR SPANISH BIOTECHNOLOGY VIDEO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 08:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO
04MADRID3833	NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PTER KTFN SP
04MADRID3835	MADRID PUBLIC HEALTH TIDBITS [...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. HIV i [...]	2004-10-04 12:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV SP
04MADRID3836	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORMAN ANTOKOL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Norman Antokol, Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, DOS to travel to Madrid, October 13-17 for orientation, familiarization and Embassy consultations on the political and economic circumstances in Spain. 2. Control Officer a [...]	2004-10-04 13:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3839	SPAIN FAVORS CODE OF CONDUCT WITH THE LIFTING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR/WE Director Kathleen Allegrone, Charge, and Poloff delivered reftel talking points and discussed U.S. human rights concerns at all levels of the Spanish MFA September 28-30. Spain believes that the Code of Conduct is sufficient to monitor arms sales to China of EU states. [...]	2004-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH EUN
04MADRID3840	UNIONS PROTEST GOS PLAN FOR SAVING FAILING [...] (SBU) Summary. Zapatero's Socialist (PSOE) government is facing its first labor crisis since taking office in April, as shipyard workers in five cities stage unruly protests and block traffic to protest GOS backing of a restructuring plan that will lead to significant layoffs. The heart of th [...]	2004-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SP
04MADRID3843	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DEREK LEROITH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Derek LeRoith, Chief, Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct ongoing collaborative research with D [...]	2004-10-05 08:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3844	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SNORRI THORGEIRSSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona and Madrid, Spain from October 7-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Molecular Basis of Hepatocarcinogenesis," at t [...]	2004-10-05 08:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3846	SPAIN CELEBRATES ARREST OF ETA LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. Spanish politicians, police officials, and the media rejoiced after learning of the capture of ETA leader Mikel Albizu Iriarte, his partner Soledad Iparragirre, and 19 other ETA members and supporters in southern France and northern Spain. Police also seized hundreds of pounds of [...]	2004-10-05 08:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
04MADRID3862	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN KEITH COOPER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Keith Cooper, Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 19-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform US Airways outsource and line station inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]	2004-09-24 01:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID3863	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VLADA MATUSOVSKY AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vlada Matusovsky and Yvonne McKnight, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 29-November 5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance [...]	2004-10-05 09:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3864	MADRID ENVIRONMENT TIDBITS [...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. Prest [...]	2004-10-05 11:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SP
04MADRID3887	EMBASSY MADRID STRENGTHENS MUSLIM OUTREACH [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid began its efforts for Muslim outreach in Spain by hosting the visit of Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Program Officer for the Middle East at the National Endowment for Democracy and the Department's first participant in the "Citizen Diplomat" program, September 29 - October [...]	2004-10-05 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KPAO KISL SP
04MADRID3889	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH DAILY NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS IN VIZCAYA AND LEON, SPA [...]	2004-10-05 14:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3892	SPAIN URGES FRANCE TO BUDGE ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) The Spanish Foreign Ministry's chief diplomat for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and African issues told visiting EUR/WE office director Kathy Allegrone October 1 that Spain has edged "closer toward neutrality" on the Western Sahara issue and is urging France to budge from its firm support [...]	2004-10-05 16:39:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL SP UNSC
04MADRID3899	MADRID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TIDBITS [...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. Polic [...]	2004-10-06 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCI SOCI SP
04MADRID3900	SPAIN TO CONTRIBUTE ONE MILLION EUROS TO POLIO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 08:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO XG XT SP WHO OECD
04MADRID3901	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANE VRIGNAUD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephane Vrignaud, NOAA Fisheries Representative to the European Union, United States Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, to travel to Vigo and Madrid, Spain from October 6-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in [...]	2004-10-06 10:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP SP EUN
04MADRID3907	AZNAR DOMINATES POPULAR PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Mariano Rajoy, a long-time Aznar ally and the Popular Party's presidential candidate in the March 14 elections, was elected as the new President of the Popular Party (PP) during the 15th PP Party Congress. The event was dominated by enthusiastic expressions of support for former [...]	2004-10-06 11:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SP
04MADRID3911	DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON IRAQ [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Moreno Humet to advise him of the 10/6 release of DCI Special Advisor Duelfer's report on Iraq WMD. Moreno requested details regarding the nature and scope of the ISG investigation, after whic [...]	2004-10-06 14:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP KPDD
04MADRID3914	CUBA: MFA ON INVITING DISSIDENTS TO SPANISH [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pedro Gomez de Olea on 10/7 to discuss reports that the Spanish Embassy in Havana was planning to break with EU policy by not inviting dissidents to its national day reception on 10/12. Gomez de Olea, wh [...]	2004-10-07 11:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
04MADRID3926	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JEAN CELLI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jean Celli, Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols and Barcelona, Spain from October 16-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a workshop on Frontiers in Cellul [...]	2004-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3927	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. EUN-CHUNG PARK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Eun-Chung Park, Program Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium entitled, "Molecular Aspect [...]	2004-10-07 13:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV OTRA SP
04MADRID3928	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. CAROL KENDALL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carol Kendall, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 28-November 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as thesis examiner at the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Laura V [...]	2004-10-07 13:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID3929	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORDI CLARIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jordi Clarimon, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 16-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Alzheimer and Parkinson: Two Different Entities with Si [...]	2004-10-07 13:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3932	STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY (STOP) [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 14:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO SP WTRO
04MADRID3937	SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 14:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL EU TU CY SP
04MADRID3941	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...]	2004-10-08 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3951	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]	2004-10-08 12:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID3965	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...]	2004-10-08 15:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3969	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]	2004-10-08 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID3979	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Francisca Liem, Chief, Laboratory Data Integrity Branch, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Assurance, EPA, to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain from October 22-29, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate Spain's Good Laboratory [...]	2004-10-13 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID3990	SPAIN:DEMARCHE TO EU ON FREEZING MAOIST ASSETS [...] (U) We delivered ref A points October 6 to Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning. Mora Benavente assured us that Spain considers the Maoist rebels to be terrorists. He does not believe that other EU governments consider the Maoists freedom fighters. Mora Benavente expects that Spain [...]	2004-10-14 07:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN NP SP
04MADRID3991	DEMARCHE ON U.S. ACTIONS TO TERMINATE LARGE [...] (U) We delivered Reftel A demarche to Javier Hergueta Garnica, Deputy Director General of Bilateral International Economic Relations with Europe and the OECD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as well as Sr. Joan Trullen Tomas, Secretary General of Industry and Jesus Candil Gonzalo [...]	2004-10-14 07:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ETRD SP
04MADRID3992	SPAIN: MFA SUPPORTIVE OF SHELL/REPSOL FRAMEWORK [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Repsol YPF's Director General for the Eastern Hemisphere and Orient Mario B. Rosso, as well as to Alberto Moreno Humet, Deputy Director of the Near East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. 2. (SBU) Moreno expressed doubt that this issue would g [...]	2004-10-14 07:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ETTC ENRG EPET SP
04MADRID3993	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN WEBER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jonathan Weber, Assistant to the Director for Antimicrobial Resistance, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd EARSS-ESAC Plenary Meeting. 2. Embassy understand [...]	2004-10-14 08:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3994	EXTRADITION CASE OF GREGG RENE WALTER [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 5626600, from October 18 to [...]	2004-10-14 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CPAS KCRM SP
04MADRID4005	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT A. SCHMIDT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert A. Schmidt, NASA, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain from November 8-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a transoceanic abort landing site emergency services exercise. 2. Embassy understands that no assistanc [...]	2004-10-15 08:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4007	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN H. FRIZELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen H. Frizell, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Water Resources Research Laboratory, Technical Service Center, Bureau of Reclamation, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give two pres [...]	2004-10-15 08:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4015	UNSCR 1559: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff disscussed Ref A points on 4/13 with MFA Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno Humet. He said the GOF had already engaged the Spanish MFA several times on this issue and that the Spain generally accepted French and U.S. thinking on how to proceed. Moreno said he [...]	2004-10-15 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE SP UNSC
04MADRID4020	KYOTO NOW MATTERS TO SPAIN [...] (SBU) During an October 13 courtesy call by newly arrived ESTHOFF, Environment Ministry General Coordinator for Climate Change Teresa Rivera stressed that the Kyoto Protocol enjoyed the strong support of the entire cabinet of the "new" Spanish Government, and that Spain was determined to do its [...]	2004-10-15 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON PGOV SP

04MADRID4039	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS GLYN DAVIES [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, October 19-22. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392),on his mobile [...]	2004-10-18 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID4046	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JACKIE BLACK, FAA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jackie Black, FAA Safety Inspector, AFS-50, FAA, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from October 18-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to ensure that recertification inspection and added (aircraft) ratings are commensurate to the FAA authorizations [...]	2004-10-15 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID4060	ALLEGED MISDEEDS OF U.S. FLAGGED RESEARCH VESSEL [...] (C) The R/V Powell has been on U.S. Embassy Madrid's radar screen since September, when it first contacted us for assistance in processing a request to make a port call in a Spanish harbor. Since our first contact with it, this vessel has demonstrated a consistent pattern of ignoring and at [...]	2004-10-19 14:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL MARR KRVC TPHY SP EWWT
04MADRID4063	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REGRETS UNHELPFUL MOD [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon told DCM Manzanares Oct. 14 that he agreed that DefMin Bono's comments last week about US-Spain relations and the US role in the Spanish National Day Parade were extremely unhelpful. Leon promised there would be no further comments from President Zapatero [...]	2004-10-19 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4073	GOS ARRESTS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS [...] (C) Summary. Spanish National Police arrested eight Maghrebi residents of Spain on charges of planning to bomb Spain's High Court, which takes the lead in GOS terrorism investigations. The detentions were based in part on USG information provided through Legatt channels. According to news r [...]	2004-10-19 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4078	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BARRACK, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. William Barrack, Dr. Richard Davey, Ms. Nikki Gettinger, Ms. Janet Herrera, Dr. H. Clifford Lane, Dr. Sandra Lehrman, Dr. Ana Martinez, Ms. Laura McNay, Dr. Karen Oseekey, Dr. Jorge Tavel, Mr. John Tierney, and Ms. Susan Vogel, employees of [...]	2004-10-20 06:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID4079	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL D. STROTTMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel P. Strottman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),to travel to Valencia, Spain from March 1-May 31, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct collaborations with scientists from the Univ [...]	2004-10-20 08:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4080	SPAIN ON POLISARIO RHETORIC, WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary. Spain will convey a message to the Madrid Polisario representative calling on the Polisario to cease threats to resume armed conflict with Morocco. MFA Maghreb Office Director Carlos Fernandez Arias also shared Spain's views on the state of play in Western Morocco, including GOS [...]	2004-10-20 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MO AG SP
04MADRID4090	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SUSAN MACKEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Mackem, Chief, Developmental Biology Section, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Juan March Workshop on Hedgehog-Gli Signaling and give a p [...]	2004-10-21 07:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4091	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN SHEEHAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Sheehan, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from October 27-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium on the future of the sheep and goat dairy sectors. 2. Embass [...]	2004-10-21 07:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4093	PRESS REPORTS PROGRESS IN BREAKING UP TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 10:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID4109	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 16, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE GERMAN POLICE ARRESTED ON OCT. 15, 2004 IN HAMBURG, THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA MEMBER IN EUROPE MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, [...]	2004-10-22 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4110	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...]	2004-10-22 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4112	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS ZARZECKI [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Zarzecki, Department of State to travel to Madrid, October 24-26 to meet with Spanish officials to discuss conventional weapons procurement issues (per reftels B,C and D). 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political [...]	2004-10-22 13:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL MARR PARM SP
04MADRID4113	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD P. COMPTON, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard P. Compton, Director, Office of Research and Technology, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 9-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the United [...]	2004-10-22 14:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN OTRA SP
04MADRID4114	WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA) MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 15:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SP WTO
04MADRID4115	CUBA: SPAIN CONFIDENT IT CAN OVERTURN EU MEASURES [...] (C) Summary. Spain is determined to roll back key elements of the June 2003 EU "restrictive measures" on Cuba implemented in the wake of Castro's crackdown on the opposition. MFA officials are confident they have sufficient support within the EU to do so. The GOS counts the UK, France, Swed [...]	2004-10-22 15:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP
04MADRID4116	SPANISH ON ITER HOME [...] (U) ESTHOFF made reftel points October 19-22 to: (1) Juan Antonio Rubio, Director General of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Technology Investigation (CIEMAT); (2) Francisco Javier Arana Landa, Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce; ( [...]	2004-10-22 15:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	TRGY TSPL TNGD ENRG SP
04MADRID4119	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA REPORTED ON OCT. 4, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS THAT FRENCH POLICE IN COORDINATION WITH THE SPANISH GUARDIA [...]	2004-10-22 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4128	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEON SAYADIAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leon Sayadian, US Member of WG-67, ATO-P, FAA Headquarters, Architecture and System Eng., ATO-P, NAS Technical Engineering, ATO-P, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with persons in his [...]	2004-10-19 18:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID4147	AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on October 21 to discuss law enforcement issues, including counterterrorism cooperation, trafficking in persons, and Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition treaties (MLAT). The Ambassador stressed the USG's [...]	2004-10-27 13:39:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC SP
04MADRID4154	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PHILIP C. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Philip C. Stepaniak and Dr. Rainer K. Efenhauser, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona and Rota, Spain from November 11-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to instruct Department of Defense personnel on shuttle operations m [...]	2004-10-28 09:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4179	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, NOV 2: IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, Ukraine, Kosovo, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 26 and October 28. Mora Benavente said that EU police training in Iraq would take place after [...]	2004-10-29 11:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4181	ARAFAT'S DETERIORATING HEALTH RESPONSE - AMEMBASSY [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL, the Emergency Action Committee was consulted regarding specific security concerns for possible repercussions from the deteriorating health of Arafat. With many EAC members already committed to outside meetings during the day, but understanding the necessity of a [...]	2004-10-29 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
04MADRID4192	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN FINKBOHNER, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jon Finkbohner and Robert Darius, Investigators, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and Sidney Priesmeyer and Cynthia Jim, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 11-13, 2004. The purpose of [...]	2004-11-02 13:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4195	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID DEMARINI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David DeMarini, EPA Official, Office of Research and Development, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture entitled, "Mutagenicity of Disinfection By-Products Associated with Drinking [...]	2004-11-02 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4196	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ANTONIO FOJO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Fojo, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from November 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Second Spanish Lung Cancer Group Symposium and to give a talk entitl [...]	2004-11-02 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4197	SPAIN: BRIEFING ON IRAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dr. Thomas Zarzecki of INR/SPM, accompanied by poloff, provided an intelligence briefing to an interagency GOS audience on October 25 on arms procurement attempts in European countries by state sponsors of terrorism, especially Iran. The well-received briefing sparked discussion [...]	2004-11-02 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS MOPS PINR IR SP
04MADRID4199	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFERY BROWN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffery Brown, Senior Deputy Comptroller, United States Treasury Department, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 4-7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference entitled, "Prudential Regulation and Banking Supervis [...]	2004-10-26 19:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID4203	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM RUNDELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William Rundell, Division Director for the Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 15-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk on the deve [...]	2004-11-03 09:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4241	FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High oil prices and the ever more apparent economic costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol should guarantee that the possibility of constructing new nuclear power plants in Spain remains the subject of public debate. However, given that the Zapatero Government will not/ [...]	2004-11-03 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SP
04MADRID4243	ILSA RESPONSE FROM REPSOL IS BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (SBU) We spoke with Mario B. Rosso, Director General of the Eastern Hemisphere and Caribbean for REPSOL-YPF (Repsol) about Reftel A and B points. 2. (SBU) Rosso was well-prepared to handle the topic, explaining that the framework agreement noted in Reftel B was only "investigative," and t [...]	2004-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR SP
04MADRID4256	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTIAN C. MAENDER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christian C. Maender and Keith A. Tucker, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Critical D [...]	2004-11-04 11:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4258	EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERARDUCCI [...] Post personally delivered Dip note no. 583 to the Chief of the Unit of Consular Legal Matters at the Foreign Ministry. Spanish official informed post that they would fax copy of Dip Note to the President of the Criminal division of the National Court for any appropriate action 2. Embassy w [...]	2004-11-04 13:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CPAS SNAR KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER
04MADRID4265	JAILED ETA LEADERS CALL FOR END TO ARMED STRUGGLE [...] (U) Summary. Six jailed ETA members signed a letter addressed to the ETA leadership calling for an end to the armed struggle in favor of political action in cooperation with leftist parties. The letter, which was evidently not intended for public release but found its way to a regional newsp [...]	2004-11-04 16:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV SP
04MADRID4266	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAROLD E. BROOKS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold E. Brooks, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),to travel to Madrid and Leon, Spain from November 5-13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the European Conference on Severe Storms. [...]	2004-11-05 08:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4278	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIO MALDONADO, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricio Maldonado, Director of the Americas' Accountability/Anti-Corruption Project of Casals & Associates, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the Americas Accountability and [...]	2004-11-05 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID4279	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. TERRY PHILLIPS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Terry Phillips, Chief, Ultramicro Analytical Immunochemistry Resource, Office of Research Services, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Toledo, Spain from November 6-10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present the keynote lect [...]	2004-11-05 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4281	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL YOUNG [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep Bill Young, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),and delegation members, to travel to Rota from November 9-11, 2004 to review estimates in the field for the Departments of Defense and State. 2. Embassy Point of Contact [...]	2004-11-05 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IT SP
04MADRID4283	SPAIN: ZAPATERO TO RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITH [...] (C) The Government of Spain is aware of all three human rights issues raised in reftel demarche. The Spanish agree that the possible moves by Chavez supporters threaten democracy, human rights and civil rights in Venezuela. The Zapatero government will raise these issues with Venezuelan pre [...]	2004-11-05 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SP
04MADRID4286	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM HALSEY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Halsey, Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a technical expert in OECD/NEA's working group [...]	2004-11-08 09:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID4290	SPANISH GOVERNMENT POLICY ON HIV/AIDS AT HOME AND [...] Secretary of the Spanish National AIDS Plan Lourdes Chamorro Ramos briefed ESTHOFF November 4 on her office's domestic and international activities/priorities. Chamorro Ramos, the highest ranking Spanish Government official focusing solely on HIV/AIDS, indicated that her office has a good ha [...]	2004-11-08 12:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV SP
04MADRID4294	SPAIN SUPPORTS US POSITIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 13:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04MADRID4297	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA CORCORAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrea Corcoran, Director, Office of International Affairs, and Robert Rosenfeld, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an IOSCO Seminar [...]	2004-11-08 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID4299	SPECIAL 301 MID-TERM REVIEW WITH COPYRIGHT [...] This is an action cable. See para. 6.1. 2. Summary: Spanish copyright industry representatives said at a 10/29/04 DCM-hosted lunch that it was too soon to tell where the Zapatero government was going with respect to IP protection. The majority said they had no view at this time whether Sp [...]	2004-11-08 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR SP
04MADRID4313	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DEPUTY SENIOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER NICHOLAS RANDAL KUCHOVA TO TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FROM NOVEMBER 13 - JOHANNESBURG; NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 - CAPE TOWN; AND NOVEMBER 16 UNTIL 20, 2004 - JOHANNESBURG. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT [...]	2004-11-10 16:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP SP
04MADRID4315	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DEPUTY SENIOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER NICHOLAS RANDAL KUCHOVA TO TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FROM NOVEMBER 13 - JOHANNESBURG; NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 - CAPE TOWN; AND NOVEMBER 16 UNTIL 20, 2004 - JOHANNESBURG. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT [...]	2004-11-10 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP SP
04MADRID4316	EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL [...] Christopher Michael Berarducci's surrender is getting strong press coverage in major newspapers in Spain. "El Mundo", one of Spain's leading newspapers states that Spain is going to surrender subject to the US without receiving the requested assurances. The publication quotes Post's dipnotes t [...]	2004-11-10 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CPAS KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER
04MADRID4318	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. STRAHOTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert D. Strahota, Assistant Director, United States Securities and Exchange Commissioner, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...]	2004-11-12 08:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID4319	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH ZAMORA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Zamora, Economist, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 20-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to establish contacts within the agency and make specific [...]	2004-11-12 09:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID4322	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF OCTOBER 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ASSOCIATE OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAW [...]	2004-11-12 12:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4324	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - OCTOBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON OCT. 25, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT P [...]	2004-11-12 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4335	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIA MCILROY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia McIlroy, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an inspection of Advanced Medical Optics in Spain. 2. Embassy understands [...]	2004-11-12 16:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4336	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY S. KARGEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey S. Kargel, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-21, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present an invited seminar at the Astrobiology Institute (INTA) and to participate in field i [...]	2004-11-12 16:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4337	SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: [...] (C) Poloff met on 11/12 with Eva Martinez of the MFA's Directorate General for the Near East to encourage Spanish assistance for the Iraqi Special Tribunal. Martinez said Spain had received no request from the Iraqi Interim Authority (IIG) for assistance in preparing for the Iraqi Special Tri [...]	2004-11-12 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER PREF SP
04MADRID4341	BEST WISHES AND PENDING ISSUE [...] I was saddened to hear of the President' acceptance of your resignation. The Administration is losing one of its most effective leaders. Thank you for your tireless efforts to further the President's Economic Program. 2. Please accept my best wishes as you return to your family in Texas [...]	2004-11-12 16:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC SP SY
04MADRID4350	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ERNEST HAMEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ernest Hamel, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 11-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak in a seminar series sponsored by the Centro De Investigaciones Biologicas, to give a talk [...]	2004-11-15 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4351	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PAUL WADE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Paul Wade, Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 27-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Onc [...]	2004-11-15 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4367	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MAKES FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos November 10 at the Foreign Ministry for a farewell call. Ambassador began by saying it was time to get the U.S.-Spain relationship moving forward. Moratinos agreed and said Spain and the U.S. needed to start working on a positi [...]	2004-11-15 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4373	SPANISH DELEGATION TO THE CWC DISCUSSIONS ON HOST [...] (C) In response to reftel request regarding Spain's participation in host country agreement (HCA) discussions on the margins of the 29 November-3 December session of the 9th Conference of States Parties (CSP),an MFA official told poloff November 10 that the following officials plan to attend [...]	2004-11-15 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID4374	(S) SPAIN: SHIELD S59A-03: EMBASSY MEETING ON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloffs delivered non-paper providing additional information on Telstar on November 10 to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's director general for international economic relations, Javier Hergueta. Hergueta said Telstar is willing to cooper [...]	2004-11-15 17:01:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC SP CBW
04MADRID4376	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES F. REILLY II [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James F. Reilly II, Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Payload Review [...]	2004-11-16 08:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4381	SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Spain supports Turkish EU candidacy, a policy that has remained consistent through both the Popular Party administration of Jose Maria Aznar and the current Socialist administration of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. MFA EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo told Poloff November 15 t [...]	2004-11-16 11:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL EU TU SP
04MADRID4382	INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR YUGOSLAVIA: [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-16 11:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM SP UNGA
04MADRID4385	SPAIN'S 2005 BUDGET TRIES TO BALANCE SOCIALIST [...] SUMMARY: Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes Mira presented the Socialist government's first General State budget to Congress on 30 September. After passing the Chamber of Deputies, the budget has been forwarded to the Senate for debate and approval. It will then be returned [...]	2004-11-16 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV SP
04MADRID4386	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF OCTOBER 19, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO WERE BELIEVE TO BE PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK [...]	2004-11-16 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4387	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...]	2004-11-16 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4388	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...]	2004-11-16 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4389	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SPANISH AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL SAMIR BENBELLIL. SUBJECT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS [...]	2004-11-16 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4405	ANDALUSIA BALANCES BUDGET WITH GOS AND EU HELP [...] Summary: The Andalusian budget which was presented to the regional Parliament the final week of October contains EUR 24.5 billion (USD 31.7 billion) in outlays, an increase of 10% over 2004. Andalusia has already received the funds necessary to pay for its budget expenditures from the central [...]	2004-11-18 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID4414	EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR JOHN MCKENNA AND FRED CARLE FROM THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY TO TRAVEL TO MADRID AND BARCELONA FROM DECEMBER 11 - 18 TO CONDUCT END-USE CHECKS ON COMPANIES IN SPAIN. 2. TRAVELER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SPAIN REQUIRES A VISA FOR OFFICIAL OR DIPLOMAT [...]	2004-11-18 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC OTRA AU BEXP SP
04MADRID4415	TERRORISM FINANCE DISCUSSIONS WITH GOS TREASURY [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER SP
04MADRID4427	SPANISH ON ITER, EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE [...] (U) This is an action request for OES/SAT and OES/STC: see paragraphs 5 and 6 (respectively). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Spanish Science officials continue to believe that France will ultimately cut a deal with Japan that will bring the ITER to the French site along with sufficient guarant [...]	2004-11-19 11:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCI TSPA ENRG TSPL TNGD TRGY SP
04MADRID4428	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANIE PAYNE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephanie Payne Clarke, Department of Energy, Allison Christine Bennett, Sandia National Laboratories, Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Steven Mark Dinehart, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stephanie Deanne Ketring, Sand [...]	2004-11-19 11:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID4429	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ALASDAIR STEVEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alasdair Steven, Chief, Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 1-5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve on [...]	2004-11-19 11:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4430	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, 11/16 to encourage Spain's participation in the second round of presidential election in the Ukraine set for November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictions on Ukrainian officials w [...]	2004-11-19 11:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EU SP
04MADRID4431	SPAIN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT U.S. METHYL BROMIDE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-19 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SP
04MADRID4432	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL LUNCH WITH ECONOMY MINISTER [...] Summary. During a farewell lunch with the Ambassador, Second Vice President and Minister of the Economy Pedro Solbes gave a tour d'horizon of the status of the 2005 budget, current and projected growth rates for the economy, government plans to ease the overheated housing market, and his tak [...]	2004-11-19 12:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID4437	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANIK EDWARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Janik Edward, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Rota, Spain from December 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform a regulatory inspection of medical devices at MQSA, US Naval Hospital. 2. Embas [...]	2004-11-19 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4438	2004 WINTER SESSION OF THE COMMISSIONING AND TENURE [...] POST CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT TO MADRID OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES: -- BRIAN B. BROWN, POLITICAL OFFICER. AN EER WILL BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 23, 2004 - -DAVID J. MCGUIRE, CONSULAR OFFICER. AN EER WILL BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 23, 2004. --JESSIE J. DEBUSSCHERE, ASSISTANT INFORMATION OFFIC [...]	2004-11-19 16:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
04MADRID4439	2004-2005 WINTER SESSION OF THE SPECIALIST TENURING [...] POST CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT TO MADRID OF SUZANNAH M. JONES, AS OMS IN THE POLITICAL SECTION. 2. AN EER FOR SUZANNAH M. JONES WILL BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 17, 2004. ARGYROS [...]	2004-11-19 16:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
04MADRID4443	SPAIN SUPPORTS SUDAN DRAFT RESOLUTION IN UNSC [...] (C) Spain fully agrees with U.S. efforts on the UK-penned draft resolution focusing on the North-South peace process in Sudan. Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the MFA, told Poloff that he hoped that the resolution would be passed by consensus in Na [...]	2004-11-19 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SP UNSC
04MADRID4444	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, November 16 to encourage Spain's participation in election monitoring during the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election on November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictio [...]	2004-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EU SP
04MADRID4445	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...]	2004-11-22 07:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4465	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MCCONNELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert McConnell, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, Department of Energy, to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from December 10-15, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lead the Internationa [...]	2004-11-23 08:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID4474	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOV. 19, 2004 THE DAILY LOCAL NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS", REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING THE DETENTION OF SOME OF THE ALLEGED ETA LEADERSHIP MEMBERS IN FRANCE ON OCT. 3, [...]	2004-11-23 16:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4485	SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 14:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN SP
04MADRID4486	SPAIN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SIX-PARTY ITER FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 14:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	TNGD TRGY TSPL ENRG PREL
04MADRID4488	SPAIN: LATEST ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CH SP EUN
04MADRID4492	MEETING ON WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told Charge that the MOD will take the lead in promoting "excellent" bilateral ties between Spain and the U.S. Regarding the tender for the S-80 submarine weapons system, Pardo indicated a GOS decision would be forthcoming soon. He strongl [...]	2004-11-24 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4499	SPAIN/IRAN-IAEA: RESPONSE TO US REQUEST FOR STRONG [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-26 13:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR SP IAEA
04MADRID4500	MFA CLAIMS SURPRISE AT CUBA'S NORMALIZATION OF TIES [...] (C) Summary. MFA DG for Latin America Sandomingo told Polcouns that the GOS had been surprised by the Cuban Government announcement that it would resume official contacts with the Spanish Embassy in Havana after more than 17 months of having "frozen" such ties. Sandomingo cast the move as a [...]	2004-11-26 16:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
04MADRID4501	SPANISH OFFICIALS CANNOT ATTEND MEETING IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Spanish officials have indicated that they will now be unable to attend discussion on the host country agreement (HCA) on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as previously promised because it conflicts with other arms control meetings that they are scheduled to attend during the [...]	2004-11-26 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID4502	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN RUSSELL COCHRAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Russell Cochran and Ahmed A. Hasan, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Cordoba, Spain from December 8-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit [...]	2004-11-29 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4503	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD HAYES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edward Hayes, Epidemiologist, DVBID, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to teach "Public Health Strategies in the Tropics," at the Masters of International Health and Tropical [...]	2004-11-29 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP CDC
04MADRID4504	SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 10:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN SP
04MADRID4515	REQUEST FOR COLLOCATION WAIVER FOR FAS OFFICES - [...] (SBU) In accordance with guidance provided in reference, Mission Spain RSO submits this formal request for a collocation waiver for the critically needed Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offices. This new lease space is required and has been prompted by RSO concern for the existing buildin [...]	2004-11-29 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
04MADRID4523	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADU [...]	2004-11-30 08:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4524	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS PART OF AN ON-GOING COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION, SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING ALGERIAN NATIONALS: 3. NAME: BOUKHIRI, MOHAMED - G [...]	2004-11-30 08:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4528	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE IMEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to George Imel, Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 8-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a specialists meeting held by CIEMAT concerning the final muse [...]	2004-11-30 11:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA KNNP OTRA SP

04MADRID4543	TRIPWIRES SUBMISSIONS - MISSION SPAIN [...] Per REFTEL, AmEmbassy Madrid takes this opportunity to certify that according to 12 FAH-1, H-024, the Mission Emergency Action Plan has received it's annual review. In fact, the RSO office maintains an on-going update program review of the EAP and when appropriate, forwards any relevent upda [...]	2004-11-30 16:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR KSEP
04MADRID4547	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...]	2004-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID4548	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...]	2004-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID4550	SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...]	2004-12-01 12:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID4552	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - NOVEMBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON NOV. 8 AND ON NOV. 29, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY AL [...]	2004-12-01 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4553	SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...]	2004-12-01 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID4554	SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for [...]	2004-12-01 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID4585	SPAIN/AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN STILL CONSIDERING ISAF [...] (C) Prior to receipt of ref a demarche request, Charge, Polcouns and other embassy officers used previously scheduled meetings and conversatons the week of November 23 and 26 to press the Chief of Defense, Deputy Defense Minister, MOD DG for International Relations and MFA Political Director [...]	2004-12-02 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP NATO
04MADRID4603	VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN [...] (SBU) Summary Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30-December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Davis [...]	2004-12-03 13:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4612	CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...]	2004-12-03 16:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE
04MADRID4613	SPAIN BETS ON WINDPOWER [...] (SBU) Spain's "new" Socialist Party (PSOE) Government, unlike its center-right predecessor, appears be taking quite seriously the commitment, enshrined in domestic law and EU Directive, to derive 12 percent of energy consumption from renewable energy sources by 2010. Renewable energy sources [...]	2004-12-03 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SP
04MADRID4627	WEEKEND BOMBINGS MASK DECLINING ETA CAPABILITIES [...] (C) Summary. ETA terrorists carried out twelve bombings in two sets of coordinated attacks during the December 3-6 holiday weekend in Spain. The bombs consisted of small devices and there were no fatalities, though 10-20 people sustained minor injuries. The first series of bombings took plac [...]	2004-12-09 08:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
04MADRID4637	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LLOYD L. LOOPE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lloyd L. Loope, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate at the convention on Biological Diversity. 2. Embassy u [...]	2004-12-09 10:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KSCA TBIO TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4638	VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN SEVILLE/ANDALUSIA INITIATED [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country on a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30 - December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Da [...]	2004-12-09 10:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL
04MADRID4649	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BEN ABDELLAH, SAMIR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 29, 1967, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004 THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED [...]	2004-12-09 16:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID4657	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Attorney General Ashcroft and his team on December 17 for the signing of the bilateral protocol to the multilateral MLAT (REF A) and a meeting with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar. We have incorporated the new arri [...]	2004-12-10 07:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP CASC KCRM KJUS PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4677	SPAIN: CHARGE MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz December 9. Sanz said he will do all in his power to strengthen U.S./Spain military ties. He agreed it was not useful talk about whether the military relationship between the two countries is "balanced," rather Spain' [...]	2004-12-10 16:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4679	SPANISH RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 11:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AF SP
04MADRID4687	DEPUTY FM LEON ON CUBA, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 15:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SP
04MADRID4708	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF DEC. 10, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE ON DEC. 8, 2004, IN THE SPANISH- [...]	2004-12-14 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL WAKI
04MADRID4709	BIOSAFETY DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Summary: The Zapatero government is changing Spain's previously pro-biotech position to one more opposed to the technology. This is clear from Environment Minister Narbona's statements, Spanish votes on EU Commission biotech proposals, a d [...]	2004-12-15 07:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD SENV SP
04MADRID4713	ALLEGED ISLAMIC TERRORIST PLAN TO LAUNCH [...] (U) The American Embassy Spain Emergency Action Committee met on December 14, 2004, in response to REFTEL in order to assess the current situation and exchange perspectives on the possible threat. 2. (S) The EAC noted that parts of the information were relatively specific such as the para [...]	2004-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER ASEC CASC
04MADRID4728	SPAIN ON EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE [...] ESTHOFF discussed reftel December 15 with Environment Ministry Waste Prevention Deputy Director General Juan Martinez Sanchez, requesting answers to the five specified questions. Martinez Sanchez provided the following responses (keyed to the five questions): -- Until December 8, 2004, Sp [...]	2004-12-16 10:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD SENV SP
04MADRID4734	SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Summer 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - eight - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, two for the Managemen [...]	2004-12-16 12:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID4745	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM KILMARTIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Kilmartin, Department of Energy , National Nuclear Security Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 19-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to support the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Spain to coop [...]	2004-12-17 14:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID4748	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. BETWEEN 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE RE-DETAINED AL-JAZIRAH JOURNALIST TAYSIR ALOUNI KATE AND NINE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SPAIN AS SUSPECTED I [...]	2004-12-17 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4749	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 13, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ON-GOING "OPERACION LAGO". 3. NAME: LEBIK, ABDELKADER [...]	2004-12-17 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEBIK
04MADRID4753	SPANISH BUDGET VETOED IN THE SENATE AS EXPECTED [...] Summary. Spain's Senate vetoed December 13 the Socialist government's 2005 budget. The budget, which already passed the lower house, will now be returned for further consideration. The lower house may pass the budget over the Senate's objections next week by an absolute majority, or by a si [...]	2004-12-17 17:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON SP
04MADRID4768	SPANISH CONGRESS RATIFIES S AND T AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request for OES/STC -- see para 3. 2. Embassy has received Spanish Foreign Ministry Note Verbal 385/2.3, dated December 14, 2004, informing us that the Spanish lower house and Senate had ratified the January 20 and February 2, 2004 exchange of notes extending the validi [...]	2004-12-20 14:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCI PREL SP
04MADRID4774	SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...]	2004-12-20 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4776	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DALY PRESS OF DEC. 18, 2004 REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGES ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EXTREMISTS BASED IN LAN [...]	2004-12-20 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4777	POPULAR PARTY FORESEES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party's Economic Spokesperson in Parliament Miguel Arias Canete predicted 2005 would be a good year for Spain, but that beginning in 2006 Spain's economy would sour and imperil Spain's Socialist government. He declared strong respect for Minister of Economy and F [...]	2004-12-20 17:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD TBIO SP
04MADRID4778	SPAIN: INDECISIVE ON ISAF STAGE TWO ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 20 with Spanish National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana to discuss Spain's role in ISAF stage two. Casajuana was very reluctant to commit the Zapatero government to any role in stage two. Casajuana said it was very unlikely the GOS would announce a decisi [...]	2004-12-21 07:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4787	SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 10:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP
04MADRID4788	ITER: SPAIN DEMARCHED ON ITER FINANCING [...] (C) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points and letter December 20 to Science Ministry Technology Policy Director General Carlos Alejaldre Losilla, reiterating U.S. support for Japan's ITER proposal, noting U.S. concerns regarding lack of clarity in the EU's ITER proposal, and underscoring our commitment [...]	2004-12-21 11:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TRGY SP EUN
04MADRID4793	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4803	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4827	LOCAL NGO PRESSURES SPAIN ON CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. On 12/21, Poloff met with Rafael Rubio, head of the Spanish NGO "Cuba en Transicion" (Cuba in Transition),a human rights organization dedicated to raising public awareness in Spain about human rights abuses in Cuba. Rubio, who generally works with the Popular Party (PP) but has [...]	2004-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
04MADRID4830	VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT FOR MLAT SIGNING [...] (C) Summary. Attorney General John Ashcroft visited Spain on December 17 to sign the bilateral protocols to the U.S.-EU Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) and Extradition Treaty. During his one-day visit, Attorney General Ashcroft also held separate meetings with the Minister of Justice and the M [...]	2004-12-22 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KJUS PREL SP
04MADRID4831	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MARIA CHAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Maria Chan, Team Leader, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, DHHS to travel to Valencia, January 22-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting and be a speaker at the Fundacion Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, 1s [...]	2004-12-22 16:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4832	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Edward Kilmartin from the National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to travel to Madrid, December 19-23 to attend the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spain to coop [...]	2004-12-22 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID484	SPANISH PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) On February 11 we spoke with Roman Escolano, Economic Advisor to Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar to get an update (since reftels A and B) on where Aznar's initiative for barrier-free transatlantic trade is going. Escolano confessed that the GOS is in an anomalous situation -- a month [...]	2004-02-12 12:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4840	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID OFFICIALS ADOLFO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to AID/AA/LAC Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, January 8-12. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Please provide an agenda of the me [...]	2004-12-23 13:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP USAID
04MADRID4850	VALIDITY OF PASSPORTS BEYOND THEIR EXPIRATION [...] (SENSITIVE) SPAIN: MFA confirms that Spanish citizens have the right to enter Spain regardless of the validity (or absence) of passport or other identity documents. Since Spain has been maintaining a database of Spanish nationals, including biometric elements, for over 150 years, the Spanis [...]	2004-12-27 08:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT SP AN
04MADRID4851	GOS PASSES BUDGET OVER SENATE VETO [...] The Spanish parliament passed the 2005 General Budget December 22 with an absolute majority over the Senate's veto. The budget passed with a vote of 180 to 162. The parties voting in favor of the budget were the Socialists, the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),the United Left (IU),the Ca [...]	2004-12-27 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID4887	SHIELD S59A-03: SPAIN INFORMED THAT TELSTAR [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 15:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC SP IR CBW
04MADRID4889	SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF U.S. CARRIER SCHEDULES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID4890	SPAIN: YUKOS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 17:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO RS SP
04MADRID490	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance Dr. Marta Leon-Monzon, Health Science Administrator, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Valencia March 9-13 to participate as a keynote speaker and a round table discussant in the Conference "Aids and Drugs" at the [...]	2004-02-12 16:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID492	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER [...] Embassy Madrid requests country clearance for Economic Officer Marta Youth who has Top Secret Clearance, to travel to Brussels February 17-18 to attend USEU Conference on Commerce. 2. No embassy assistance is requested. MANZANARES [...]	2004-02-13 09:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID495	POINTS DELIVERED: FOREIGN LEADERS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Esther Monterrubio, Director General for Eastern Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Monterrubio said that Spain, as an EU member, is monitoring elections in the Ukraine very carefully. She agreed with our position that the Ukraine's accession t [...]	2004-02-13 10:39:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP SP EUN
04MADRID513	BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL: HIGHLIGHTING SPAIN'S BT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy's Biotechnology Working Group would like to propose creating a video to record and widely disseminate Spain's positive experience with planting and commercializing Bt corn. While local estimates for executing our project proposal are likely too high to be comple [...]	2004-02-13 12:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO TSPL ETRD SENV EAGR KPAL SP
04MADRID516	SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ROOMS IN MADRID, MAY 20 - 23, 2004 [...] THE WEDDING OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE OF ASTURIAS FELIPE DE BORBON AND LETIZIA ORTIZ WILL TAKE PLACE IN MADRID ON MAY 22 POST PREDICTS THIS EVENT WILL AFFECT THE AVAILABILITY OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE WEEKEND OF MAY 20 TO 23, 2004. 2. WE DISCOURAGE ANY OFFICI [...]	2004-02-13 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CASC AMGT OVIP
04MADRID517	SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the appropriate Emergency Action Committee (EAC). 2. (SBU) POLITI [...]	2004-02-13 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER
04MADRID519	SPANISH DELEGATES TO ATTEND MARCH 23 DEFENSE [...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, EMBASSY PROVIDED LETTER ON THE PROPOSED MARCH 23 EXPORT DIALOG TO MR. RAMON MURO MARTINEZ AT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS. MR. MURO INFORMED US THAT HE WILL LEAD A SPANISH DELEGATION OF THREE OFFICIALS. IN ADDITION TO MURO, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WILL BE JOSE L [...]	2004-02-13 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC SP
04MADRID520	ENCOURAGING SPAIN TO PURSUE BUSINESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. With continued "bad press" over the lack of Iraq reconstruction-related contracts for Spanish firms, we met with Ministry of Economy's Director General for Commercial Policy Carlos Jimenez to share lessons learned reftel. Our overtures were welcome, but we also received a clear [...]	2004-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID526	SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID DONORS' CONFERENCE FOR [...] We met February 13 with Ministry of Economy officials Ramon Guzman, Director General for Trade and Investments, and Carlos Jimenez, Director General for Commercial Policy, to discuss reftel. Both participate regularly in the Core Group conference calls. According to Guzman and Jimenez, the GO [...]	2004-02-13 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID527	SPANISH ELECTION OUTLOOK: ONE MONTH OUT, POPULAR [...] (C) Polls one month before the March 14 Spanish general election continue to point to victory for the Popular Party and Aznar's successor as party leader, Mariano Rajoy. The PP hopes not just for a plurality, but for an absolute majority. Were the PP to fall far short of an absolute majority, [...]	2004-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID553	Spanish Film Campaign: Promotion or Protectionism? [...] Spain's film industry has kicked off 2004 with a campaign aimed at promoting Spanish films by belittling those "made in the USA." Despite the campaign's anti-American tone, there's no need for Hollywood to worry yet. GOS policy, as voiced by President Aznar, suggests that the introduction of m [...]	2004-02-18 08:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID561	SPANISH RESPONSE: VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) Per reftel A, we spoke with Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on February 9 to deliver demarche on voluntary contributions to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. De Palacio said he could not give a response at that time, but would pursue the issue within the MFA. On February [...]	2004-02-18 13:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINS SL SP KWCI UNSC
04MADRID564	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAMARRE AND HANSEN, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Andre Lamarre and Dale Hansen FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors, to travel to Madrid, February 23-27 to conduct maintenance on a U.S. registered aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In [...]	2004-02-18 15:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID572	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC SUSAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Goldstein, Epidemiologist, DVH, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Seville, March 10-13 to attend the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board meeting and present a paper "Hepatitis B Vaccine Booster Doses: Current CDC Recommendations." 2. Embass [...]	2004-02-19 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID573	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA ATCHER AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert W. Atcher and Mario Ruben Perez from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona and the islands of Mallorca March 6-21 to conduct site visits with organizations involved in energy production, pollution control, meet with U.S [...]	2004-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID574	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Michael Mustaleski, DPE/NNSA/DPTRAV funded traveler, to travel to Madrid, March 7-11 to give a presentation and discussions on international technical standards at the 15th Technical Sessions on Welding Conference. 2. Embassy underst [...]	2004-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID575	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Cornelia M. Verspoor from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada, March 27-April 1, to make a scientific preentation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In general, Spain is s [...]	2004-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID576	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR POLITICAL OFFICER [...] Country clearance is requested for travel by Political/Labor Officer Colin Cleary to London, England on February 22-24. 2. Purpose of Travel: Colin Cleary will participate in the 2004 European Labor Officer's Conference. 3. Itinerary: DEPART FEB 22 MADRID BARAJAS BA #7060 1550 AR [...]	2004-02-19 12:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SP
04MADRID583	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: SPANISH POLICE SEEK ACCESS [...] (C) The Spanish National Police (SNP) have officially requested via the Embassy that the USG authorize Spanish police access to interview two Guantanamo detainees. SNP seeks to develop information regarding the two detainees' training, recruitment and deployment into Afghanistan. The two detainees [...]	2004-02-20 05:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
04MADRID601	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/OMC COLIN MCIFF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to OES/OMC Colin McIff to travel to Madrid February 22-26 to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-02-20 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV EFIS SP
04MADRID604	SPANISH HOUSING COSTS: A GROWING ECONOMIC AND [...] SUMMARY: Recent public opinion polls show that rising housing prices are a serious concern of the Spanish public. Between 1997 and 2002, housing prices rose 78% in real terms. A hot real estate market based on strong demand and low interest rates has fed the sharp increase. Government regul [...]	2004-02-20 17:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV SP
04MADRID605	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARGARET [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret Villarino, Medical Officer, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona March 7-12 to attend the "Red Espanola de Salud Publica" workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In g [...]	2004-02-20 17:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO SP
04MADRID606	SUCCESS! NIKE WINS IN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than 14 years of court battles, Nike has won a major victory in the Spanish Constitutional Court that once again allows the company to use its trademark (both the name and the swoosh) on apparel sold in Spain. On February 16, in response to Nike's appeal of a negative [...]	2004-02-20 18:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID607	SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON FEBRUARY 23-24 EU [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches on February 20 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. 2. (C) Regarding reftel A topics, Mora stated that the discussion on Afghanistan will include the EU's concern that the references to Islam in the Afghan [...]	2004-02-23 06:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID608	9-11 COMMISSION VISIT: MEETING WITH JUDGE GARZON [...] (SBU) Dieter Snell and Hyon Kim of the 9-11 Commission visited Madrid February 13. At their request, the Embassy arranged a meeting for them with Judge Baltasar Garzon of the National Court. This was the only appointment with Spanish officials that the Commission staff sought. Garzon is [...]	2004-02-23 07:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
04MADRID611	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS ROBIN TUTTLE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USDOC/NOAA/NMFS employee Robin Tuttle, Foreign Affairs Specialist to travel to Madrid February 20-29 to attend the Executive Committee of the International Network for the Cooperation and Coordination of Fish Monitoring. 2. Embassy understa [...]	2004-02-23 09:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID613	THE SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: FREQUENTLY ASKED [...] (U) This cable aims at providing "at a glance" answers to questions we have received from Washington audiences about the upcoming Spanish national elections, including the complexities of Spain's parliamentary system and its regional aspects. 2. (U) WHEN ARE THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS? --- [...]	2004-02-23 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID618	SPAIN: EU TO BACK OAS POSITION ON VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 06:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE SP
04MADRID635	SPAIN: ELBARADEI TELLS PALACIO IAEA SHOULD MOVE [...] (C) Poloff queried Guillermo Kirkpatrick, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Disarmament, about Minister Palacio's February 19 meeting with IAEA Director General ElBaradei in Vienna. Kirkpatrick said ElBaradei told Palacio he was extremely happy with Libya's cooperation with [...]	2004-02-24 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PTER SP
04MADRID639	IPR Crimes: The Impact of Spain's Penal Code Reform [...] Summary. On November 25, 2003, the Government of Spain modified its Penal Code to reinforce intellectual and industrial property protection. The revised Spanish Penal Code increases the punishments for crimes against intellectual property and copyright infringements, especially for repeat of [...]	2004-02-25 07:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID646	SPANISH RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 12:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREF SP
04MADRID647	BLUE LANTERN POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] Poloff coordinated with Mission's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) regarding license 05-878248 for the export of technical data to Izar Construcciones Navales. The ODC confirmed that MOD has approved a program to build a new S-80 class of submarines and is competitively soliciting several [...]	2004-02-25 14:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC SP
04MADRID648	PSI: SPAIN SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENT BUT DISCUSSION [...] Post presented reftel points to Deputy Director General for International Disarmament Affairs, Guillermo Kirkpatrick, at the MFA. Kirkpatrick said the MFA would support the proposal because it strengthened PSI measures to curb WMD proliferation. He added that because the proposal involved i [...]	2004-02-25 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP SP
04MADRID649	SPAIN AGAINST FULL WEOG PARTICIPATION FOR ISRAEL [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on February 24. De Palacio stated that while Spain and the EU would support renewing Israel's WEOG New York membership in May, the EU's common policy is to "gi [...]	2004-02-25 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS EU AORC SP UN
04MADRID650	REQUEST FOR SECURITY SECTOR ASSISTANCE IN LIBERIA: [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 16:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL LI SP
04MADRID651	Spain approves nine new GM corn varieties [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish government approved last week nine new varieties of genetically modified (GM) corn for commercial planting. This reflects a continued openness towards GM cultivation for feed in Spain. In 1998 and 2003, six other GM corn varieties were approved for planting. The new GOS [...]	2004-02-25 16:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SP EUN
04MADRID652	SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF FINAL U.S. CARRIER SUMMER [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 17:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID659	VISAS CONDOR: CUBA(MILA ESPINOSA, JOSE [...] ..CAB: VISAS CONDOR - 00003062 2. ..BOA: ..NAM: MILA ESPINOSA, JOSE NEY ..NAT: CUBA ..DOB: 04MAR1959 ..SEX: M ..VLO: POSITIVE ..CCB: LA HABANA ..COB: CUBA ..OCC: OPERATIVE ..EMP: MIGUEL ALIMENTACION ..PPT: REGULAR ..PPN: C140916 ..PPI: 22NOV2002 ..PPE: 22NOV2008 ..PPC: FRANCE ..PPS: CUBA . [...]	2004-02-26 13:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA
04MADRID660	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOANNE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joanne Fertig, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Treatment and Recovery Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Cordoba March 23-31 to present a paper, "Treatment of Alcohol and Tobacco Depe [...]	2004-02-26 15:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID661	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELIZABETH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elizabeth Fee, Chief, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 14-17 to attend a meeting of the Coordination Working Group of the Joint Learning Initiative. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]	2004-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID662	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALFREDO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alfredo Martinez, Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid March 21-25 to give a presentation on Adrenomedullin and Factor H Knockout Mice at the Cajal Institute of Neurobiology. 2. Embassy understands that n [...]	2004-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID663	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Hallett, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 25-28 to give a lecture, "Brain Plasticity and Recovery from Stroke: General Principles," at the Motor Learning B [...]	2004-02-26 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID667	SPANISH DELEGATES TO ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO [...] We met with Susana Espana, International Relations Advisor for Civil Aviation at the Ministry of Public Works, regarding reftel. She informed us that the following Spanish officials from Civil Aviation, Ministry of Public Works, will attend the ICAO meeting in Cairo: -Manuel Menderoz, Head [...]	2004-02-26 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID670	SPAIN: REQUEST TO SUPPORT JAPAN AS CHAIR OF TRUST [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 17:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID671	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SERGI FERRE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 29-April 8 to conduct collaborative research at the University of Barcelona. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]	2004-02-27 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID672	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC BOND, MILLER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas H. Bond, Dean R. Miller and Mark G. Potapczuk from the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) to travel to Madrid April 1-2 to meet with Alejandro Feo for discussions on Icing Research by Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (INTA). 2 [...]	2004-02-27 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID679	SPANISH ELECTIONS: CONCERNS ABOUT AN ETA ATTACK [...] (C) Spanish police are concerned that ETA may strike in the period before the March 14 national elections. Juan Hidalgo, Senior Advisor to the State Secretary for Security, told us February 26 that ETA's recent announcement of a "cease-fire" in Catalonia meant that it might seek to strike [...]	2004-02-27 13:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
04MADRID683	SPAIN INCLINED TO BE FLEXIBLE ON FSC [...] (SBU) We shared reftel letter and points with GOS contacts in Moncloa (the Spanish equivalent of the White House) and the Ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs. Nicolas Lopez, Spain's 133 Committee titular, told us that while reconsideration of the March 1 retaliation is not possible, Sp [...]	2004-02-27 17:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SP USTR WTRO
04MADRID693	REQUEST FOR DELETION FROM CLASS [...] VISAS CLOK DELETION - 00003077 2. NAME: KREISLER DE AGUILAR, EDUARDO RAFAEL, DATE OF BIRTH: 12AUG1973, GENDER: M, COUNTRY OF BIRTH: SPN, NATIONALITY: SPN, CASE NUMBER: 589- 001/04021. 3. SUBJECT WAS ENTERED IN CLASS UNDER CODE PNC II ON 22 JAN 04 PER FBI HIT. FINGERPRINT RESULTS INDICA [...]	2004-03-01 09:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CLOK
04MADRID694	REQUEST FOR DELETION FROM CLASS [...] VISAS CLOK DELETION - 00003076 2. NAME: MENDIETA ECHEVARRIA, MARIA CRISTINA, DATE OF BIRTH: 01JUL1951, GENDER: F, COUNTRY OF BIRTH: SPN, NATIONALITY: SPN, CASE NUMBER: 143- 001/04033. 3. SUBJECT WAS ENTERED IN CLASS UNDER CODE PNCII ON 02 FEB 04 PER FBI CLASS HIT SIMILARITIES. SUBSEQUE [...]	2004-03-01 09:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CLOK
04MADRID696	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. FINBARR SLOANE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Finbarr Sloane, Program Officer for the Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication from the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to El Escorial February 29-March 4 to participate in a NSF funded Organization for Economic Co [...]	2004-03-01 14:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NSF
04MADRID702	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA KYLE L. OLSEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kyle L. Olsen, Manager, Continued Operational Program, ANM-104, FAA, Renton, Washington to travel to Barcelona March 13-20 to attend Flight Safety Foundation, Aviation Safety Seminar and JAA Joint Safety Team (JSSI) meetings. 2. Embassy und [...]	2004-03-01 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP

04MADRID703	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DAVID J. BRILES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David J. Briles, Safety Information Engineering and Analysis Division, ASY-100, FAA to travel to Barcelona March 16-21 to participate in meetings of the Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) Government Support Team (GST) and the Joint Safe [...]	2004-03-01 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID711	IRAQI ASSETS:RASHEED BANK ACCOUNTS IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-01 16:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID712	SUBJECT: SPANISH ELECTIONS: MAJOR ETA ATTACK ON [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The Guardia Civil arrested two ETA members in the pre-dawn of February 29 on a highway about a hundred miles east of Madrid. One of the ETA operatives was in a van carrying over 500 kg of explosives; the other was in a looko [...]	2004-03-01 21:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV SP
04MADRID718	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CLIFTON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Clifton Bogardus, Chief, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Granada March 2-10 to present a talk, "The Natural Histories of Diabetes and how [...]	2004-03-02 15:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID719	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA AMY RISPIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amy Rispin, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to travel to Madrid, March 22-28 to attend a meeting on the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]	2004-03-02 15:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
04MADRID720	SPAIN - ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
04MADRID723	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. COHEN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Leonardo Cohen, Senior Investigator, Human Cortical Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; and Dr. Okihide Hikosaka, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Instit [...]	2004-03-03 08:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID730	SPANISH RESPONSE TO EU BURMA POLICY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-03 15:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM SP EUN
04MADRID735	URGING HONDURAS TO TABLE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel demarche March 3 with Spanish President Aznar's National Security Advisor Alberto Carnero. Carnero undertook to draw President Aznar's attention immediately to our request that Aznar urge his Honduran counterpart, whom he will meet Friday, March 5 along with other Ce [...]	2004-03-03 17:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SP
04MADRID736	SPECIAL 301: PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION [...] SUMMARY: Despite the strong political will of government officials and the stepped up enforcement efforts of police, piracy continues to be a significant problem in Spain as pirates adapt their way of doing business to avoid police, to take advantage of legislative loopholes, and to better use [...]	2004-03-03 18:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD SP
04MADRID748	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC SYED, PHILIP, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ali Syed, Senior Technical Advisor; Jacob Philip, Geotechnical Engineer; Michael F. Hessheimer and Dan Naus, Engineers of Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid March 13-20 to participate in the CSNI/R [...]	2004-03-04 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH
04MADRID749	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC CINDY DOHERTY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Cindy Doherty, Pharmacist, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona March 7-13 to attend the "Red Espanola de Salud Publica," an infectious disease and immigration workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-03-04 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID750	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES NATO NON-FUNDING OF [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for European and NATO policy Ian Brzezinski met February 26 with Ministry of Defense officials in Madrid to discuss the NATO Security Investment Program,s (NSIP) funding of Spanish air defense systems and Spain's blockage of NATO infrastructure [...]	2004-03-04 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID755	LIBYA/IAEA: CONSULTING WITH BOG MEMBERS ON LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 18:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM LY SP IAEA
04MADRID756	BETTER INFORMING SPANISH ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Following up on our February 12 meeting with Ministry of Economy contacts (ref A),we met March 4 with Enrique Navarro, who is spear-heading Ministry of Defense efforts to help Spanish business get Iraq reconstruction contracts. We shared lessons learned from the January 2004 Cze [...]	2004-03-04 18:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ SP
04MADRID763	OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN'S GROWING ENERGY MARKET [...] SUMMARY: Since joining the EU in 1986, Spain has experienced dramatic industrialization and economic development. Along with development, energy consumption has skyrocketed and shows no sign of abating. These developments bring challenges for a country that is now emitting greenhouse gasse [...]	2004-03-05 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID764	SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: THE KEY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Spanish voters focus on the March 14 nationals elections in earnest, three issues will dominate their thinking: the war against ETA terrorism, unease over growing secessionist tendencies in the Basque and Catalan regions, and the economy. On all three issues, Aznar,s Popular [...]	2004-03-05 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP PREL
04MADRID770	DRAFT REVISION OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR [...] UPDATE OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR SPAIN AND ANDORRA: 2. COUNTRY DESCRIPTIONS: Spain and Andorra are both highly developed and stable democracies with modern economies. Spain is a member of the European Union. Additional information on Spain may be obtained from the Tourist Office [...]	2004-03-05 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID772	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David S. Johnson, Research Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for travel to Madrid March 25-28 to present a paper at a conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. TH [...]	2004-03-05 17:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID773	IRAN/IAEA: REACTION TO DG'S IRAN REPORT [...] (C) We met with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero of the International Disarmament division at MFA on March 3 and conveyed US views on the IAEA Iran Report. Rodriguez told us that Spain shares US concerns about Iranian non-proliferation and the findings contained in the IAEA Iran report. Non-prolifera [...]	2004-03-08 06:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC SP IAEA
04MADRID774	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USSEC RANDALL ROY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC) official Randall Roy, Special Counsel, to travel to Madrid March 4-8 to attend a meeting being hosted by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing [...]	2004-03-08 08:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID776	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE LINDA GUNTER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy official Linda Gunter, Acting Associate Director, Nuclear Cycle Technology, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology to travel to Madrid March 30-April 2 to attend the Nuclear Energy Institute's World Nuclear Fu [...]	2004-03-08 11:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA TRGY KSCA KNNP SP
04MADRID782	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA FRANCIS GUIDRY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Francis Guidry, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, DHHS/FDA to travel to Reus and Toledo March 26-April 2 to conduct an inspection of Taiber in Reus and of Madespa in Toledo. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID789	SPANISH ELECTIONS: LABOR PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) With the economy doing well, unemployment is nonetheless a prominent issue in the campaign for the March 14 general elections, and remains one of the principal concerns of Spaniards. The Popular Party, having halved Spain's unemployment rate from over 22% to 11.2% in eight years, is p [...]	2004-03-08 18:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SP
04MADRID807	BUDGET LIMITS SPAIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-09 15:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC TRGY SP AFIN
04MADRID812	PSOE ECONOMIC ADVISOR: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, [...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's main opposition party, the Socialist Workers' Party of Spain or PSOE, faces the unenviable task of running against what is inarguably an impressive record of economic growth and job creation under the ruling Popular Party (PP). According to Miguel Sebastian, the archit [...]	2004-03-10 11:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID817	SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: VIEWS BEYOND MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Spanish regional leaders in Valencia, Asturias, Andalucia and Extremadura from both the Socialist and Popular Parties believe the Popular Party will gain the most seats in the March 14 national elections. But most of them - except for two Socialist party members in regional Soci [...]	2004-03-10 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID818	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN COUSE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Couse, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH to travel to Mallorca March 29-April 2 to attend a talk at the International Cluster of Research into Endocrine Disruption in Europe Workshop. 2. [...]	2004-03-10 13:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID819	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LUIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Luis M. Rocha from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada March 26-31 to attend the Biocreative Workshop and present a work titled "Fuzzy Consensus for Inter-Agent Negotiation." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]	2004-03-10 13:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID820	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BERNARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bernard Moss, Chief, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid April 22-25 to present a seminar, "Reverse Genetic Approaches to Understanding Poxviruses," at the Second Centr [...]	2004-03-10 13:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID822	SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN [...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...]	2004-03-10 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP UNHRC
04MADRID825	EQUATORIAL GUINEA: SPANISH MFA ON ALLEGED COUP [...] (C) President Obiang has demanded that Spain extradite to Equatorial Guinea a political opponent who resides in Madrid, Severo Moto, accused of sponsoring an alleged coup plot uncovered this week. MFA has received no official request, and would not transfer Moto if one were received. MFA [...]	2004-03-10 16:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP EK
04MADRID826	OFM AND EMBASSY MADRID DISCUSS [...] Summary: DS/OFM DAS lead a negotiating team consisting of Embassy Management Counselor, HRO Senior FSN, and an OFM Program Officer in discussions with Spanish representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. This meeting focused on two issues: (1) the continued practice of [...]	2004-03-10 16:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KREC SP
04MADRID827	SPAIN'S 9-11: ETA MASSACRE IN MADRID THREE DAYS [...] (SBU) ETA terrorists struck March 11 in the center of Madrid, placing bombs on four commuter trains. There were a total of 13 explosions (including three police-controlled explosions to disactivate bombs.) The bombs exploded in the middle of rush hour, from 0835 to 0855 local. Interior Minister Ace [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC SP OSAC
04MADRID828	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV ANDREW [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrew W. Erickson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Barcelona March 11-20 to complete the EMBA Program through UNM in accordance with LANL AM409.08 Policy. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THRE [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID829	SPAIN ON TRADE AND UNCTAD XI [...] We shared reftel talking points with trade officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economy. According to our Spanish contacts, EU member states, including Spain, share our concern and are also committed to preserving the integrity of the Doha Development Agenda. 2. S [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SP
04MADRID830	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA BRIAN MONTAGUE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Brian Montague, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) to travel to Madrid March 23-27 to attend the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
04MADRID831	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL GERARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerard Holzmann, employee from the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona March 30-April 4 to give a presentation at the 11th International Spin Workshop on Model Checking of [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID838	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) - EMBASSY [...] (U) In response to the multiple train bombings in Madrid on the morning of March 11, the Ambassador chaired a full EAC meeting to discuss the impact and implications, if any, on the Embassy personnel and facilities as a result of the bombings. Highlights of some general and operational conti [...]	2004-03-11 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
04MADRID839	SPAIN'S ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Manuel Acerete, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs. Acerete confirmed Spain would attend SHAPE's March 11 Force Generation Conference. He explained that due to its commitments in Ir [...]	2004-03-11 18:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP NATO
04MADRID841	Spanish Customs Administration [...] This cable contains responses to reftel cable re: EU member state customs regimes. Responses are queued to questions listed in reftel para 6. We collected the information during routine visits with Customs and business contacts. A. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES The formal procedure is comprised of t [...]	2004-03-12 09:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SP ETRD EU WTO USTR
04MADRID850	SPAIN'S UNITED LEFT (IU) PARTY: A DECLINING FORCE [...] (SBU) Note: This message was planned prior to the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid as a feature of Embassy's advance reporting on Spain's March 14 elections. It provides a snapshot of the United Left Party, one of Spain's smaller, but still significant political parties. End note. 2. [...]	2004-03-12 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID854	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB ROBERT M. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert M. Macintosh, Jr., Chief Advisor, International Safety Affairs, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB),to travel to Barcelona March 14-18 to participate in the Flight Safety Foundation European Aviation Safety Seminar (EASS). 2 [...]	2004-03-12 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR SP
04MADRID856	IRAQI ASSETS:RASHEED BANK ACCOUNTS IN SPAIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Though we received information from the Ministry of Economy that Rasheed Bank accounts were liquidated by the Banco Arab Espanol (ref b),we were contacted by officials of Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEPBLAC (Executive [...]	2004-03-12 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID859	SPAIN ON OECD DECISION-MAKING REFORM PROPOSAL [...] We raised the USG reform proposal on decision-making with the MFA's Director General for International Economic Relations German Bejarano. He described Spain as strongly in favor of a reform on decision-making in the OECD. Bejarano criticized the lack of leadership evinced by the Secretary [...]	2004-03-12 17:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SP OECD
04MADRID860	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HAROLD R. NEWMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold R. Newman, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Madrid March 26-April 10 to attend the 17th Industrial Minerals International Congress. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT [...]	2004-03-12 17:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP
04MADRID861	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ROBERT A. NESTER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert A. Nester, Aircrew Program Manager, American Trans Air (ATA),Indianapolis Flight Standards District Office, to travel to various places in Spain March 23-26 to perform surveillance activities related to assigned work program consisting [...]	2004-03-12 17:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID862	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDINT/FWS LOUIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to LOuis Ballard, Fish and Wildlife Service Official, Department of Interior to travel to Cordoba April 17-23 to present a paper on Fire Planning and Development Effort to an international conference designed for Fire Planners. 2. Embassy unde [...]	2004-03-12 17:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID864	SPANISH ELECTIONS: SCENARIOS FOR COALITION [...] (C) Before the March 11 terrorist attacks, the conservative Popular Party and its candidate Mariano Rajoy were slated to win the Spanish elections, but few confidently assessed the PP would win an absolute majority in Parliament. As part of Embassy Madrid,s election reporting plan, we have b [...]	2004-03-12 19:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID865	SPAIN: POSSIBLE IMPACT OF TERRORIST ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEFORE THE MARCH 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, THE DRAMA OF THE MARCH 14 SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN CENTERED ON WHETHER PRESIDENT AZNAR'S POPULAR PARTY AND ITS CANDIDATE MARIANO RAJOY, WOULD WIN ENOUGH SEATS IN PARLIAMENT TO GOVERN WITH AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY (REFTEL). O [...]	2004-03-12 19:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID868	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC COMMISSIONER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USNRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrified; Mr. John Thoma, the Commissioner's Technical Assistant for Materials; Mr. William Borchardt, Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; Mr. John Greeves, Director of the Division of Was [...]	2004-03-15 08:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OVIP SP
04MADRID880	SPANISH ELECTIONS: MARCH 11 ATTACKS/ALLEGED [...] (C) The Socialist Party, turning the tables on all pre-March 11 polls, soundly defeated the Popular Party in March 14 national elections. Reaction to the March 11 terror attacks proved to be the decisive factor. Massive but solemn anti-terror marches March 12 saw 11 million Spaniards take [...]	2004-03-15 14:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID881	SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NEW SOCIALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well before the March 14 general elections, Socialist Workers' Party of Spain (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero made clear that if elected he would refocus Spanish foreign policy away from the primacy of the transatlantic link and toward Spain,s traditional EU partners [...]	2004-03-15 14:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID891	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PETER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Peter Silverman, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),NIH, to travel to Cordoba March 20-28 to present a paper: "Treatment of Alcohol and Tobacco Dependence in the United States [...]	2004-03-15 16:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID892	SPAIN: BIODATA ON JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, [...] (SBU) On March 14, the Spanish Workers Socialist Party (PSOE) led by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero defeated the incumbent Popular Party (PP),in Spain's general elections (see reftel for discussion of election results). Zapatero should be in place as President of the government by late April. [...]	2004-03-15 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID893	MADRID MARCH 11 BOMB ATTACKS: STATUS OF [...] (C) The investigation into who perpetrated the March 11 attacks in Madrid continues, with an Al Qaeda link looking increasingly likely. While authorities cannot completely rule out responsibility by the terrorist group ETA, or a possible ETA role in coordination with an Islamic terrorist group, the [...]	2004-03-15 17:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
04MADRID894	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOE HARFORD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Jose Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid March 24-26 to meet with the Ministry of Health to discuss U.S.-Spanish interactions regarding health. 2. Embassy under [...]	2004-03-16 08:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID900	FORMATION OF THE NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary. Spain's parliamentary system is flexible on exact dates for installing governments after a general election, but given historical timeframes, Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero should be invested as President of the Government by the end of April or the beginning of Ma [...]	2004-03-16 13:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID901	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN BAITY AND SHOWELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Director William Baity and Country Desk Officer Jennifer Showell, Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN),to travel to Madrid March 21-24 to attend meetings hosted by Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEP [...]	2004-03-16 15:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL SNAR SP PTER
04MADRID950	SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-18 14:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP KSCA OTRA TRGY
04MADRID952	FALL 2004 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2004 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - six - one for the Political Section, one for the Management Section, two for Public Affairs [...]	2004-03-18 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID958	MADRID BOMB ATTACKS: STATUS OF INVESTIGATION - [...] (C) Information from official sources remains limited due to the secrecy order issued by the judge presiding over the investigation, Judge Juan del Olmo. LegAtt Office will request further information through our mutual legal assistance treaty, but receipt of information as a result of that r [...]	2004-03-18 17:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
04MADRID959	SPANISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON MARCH 22-23 EU FMS [...] (C) Summary. Spain will be putting terrorism at the top of its agenda for the March 22-23 EU FMS meetings and the March 25-26 European Council meetings. Jointly with the Dutch, Spain will be backing the creation of a EU Coordinator for anti-terrorism efforts. The MFA's EU Office also expects [...]	2004-03-18 17:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP EUN
04MADRID960	DEALING WITH ZAPATERO: AN INEXPERIENCED BUT [...] (C) Summary: This message provides initial embassy thinking on how to deal with President-Elect Zapatero in the lead up to his government's formation and the early stages of his administration. Zapatero has no experience in administration or foreign affairs. He is likely to be a difficult but [...]	2004-03-18 18:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID961	WHO ARE THE SPANISH SOCIALISTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE),surprise victor in March 14 elections, is a center-left party in the European social democrat tradition. Since the end of the Franco regime and the beginning of Spain's modern democracy in 1977, PSOE has generally advocated comprehensive soc [...]	2004-03-18 18:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID962	SPANISH ELECTION: POPULAR PARTY STILL IN SHOCK [...] (C) The Popular Party remains in shock over the March 14 election results. The government vehemently rejects charges it withheld information on al Qaeda for election benefit. The PP accepts defeat but members complain the Socialists manipulated the March 11 terror attacks to turn the electora [...]	2004-03-18 19:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP PSOE
04MADRID974	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH POSSIBLE NEW SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Argyros had a cordial discussion March 22 with Miguel Angel Moratinos, reported to be the leading candidate to serve as Foreign Minister under the government of Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Moratinos stressed Zapatero,s appreci [...]	2004-03-22 19:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID981	INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-23 09:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL SENV TSPA EFIS SP
04MADRID986	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA TIMOTHY W. STANTON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Timothy W. Stanton to travel to Madrid March 27-31 to conduct a focused inspection at Transmeridian Airlines D091 substantial maintenance provider, Iberia Lineas Aereas. 2. As requested reftel reservations have been made at the Hotel Me [...]	2004-03-23 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID987	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE MARK DELWICHE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Delwiche, Senior Scientist, and Frederick Colwell, Consulting Scientist with Bechtel B&W Idaho, a contractor to Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, to travel to Barcelona April 15-24 to speak at the Ocean Drilling Program L [...]	2004-03-23 11:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID990	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BASSETT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brant Bassett, Professional Staff Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI),to travel to Spain for the period March 24-26 on matters of concern to the Committee. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is ORA Managem [...]	2004-03-23 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM SP
04MADRID995	TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR [...] (C) Summary. Spain has been a strong ally in the fight against terrorism finance. That said, the GOS has not always been as pro-active as we believe they could and should be in this fight. While Spain passed bold new laws after September 11 providing the government with administrative author [...]	2004-03-24 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER SP
04MADRID998	CHR 60 - DEMARCHE REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) Political Counselor conveyed reftel points March 23 to Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Ramon Gil-Casares, stressing the importance of passage of these resolutions for the USG. We also passed our points to MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations Departments. Juan Manuel Cabre [...]	2004-03-24 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC
04MANAGUA1783	RESPONSE T O ECLAC DEMARCHE: NICARAGUA WILL SUPPORT USG POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche contained reftel to Nicaraguan Minister of Health Jose Antonio Alvarado. After carefully reviewing the materials, Alvarado subsequently informed the Ambassador that he completely agreed with the US position. He noted that though he is not likely to attend the San J [...]	2004-06-17 20:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM SOCI NU ECLAC UN
04MANAGUA1791	CODEL SHELBY VISIT TO NICARAGUA, JULY 1-3 [...] Embassy Managua warmly welcomes the visit of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, and accompanying congressional delegation members to travel to Nicaragua July 1 - 3, 2004. 2. CODEL Control Officer will be acting Economic Counselor Eric Luftman (office phone 011-505-266-6010 x 454 [...]	2004-06-18 12:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NU
04MANAMA1000	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SIX NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 08:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR BA
04MANAMA1020	BAHRAINI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GRATEFUL FOR [...] Twenty Bahraini high school students and their families gathered at the American Cultural and Education Center (ACEC) on June 23 to receive Certificates of Award for the Micro Scholarship for English language study funded by R and administered by the post. Charg d'Affaires Molly Williamson p [...]	2004-06-29 12:07:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1032	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERMINATION OF TEXTILE AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 12:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX BA
04MANAMA1037	BAHRAIN SENDING AMBASSADOR TO BAGHDAD [...] Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Yusif Mahmoud phoned CDA June 30 to inform her that the GOB will announce today that it is upgrading its representation to Iraq to the ambassadorial level. No one has been named to the position yet, but Mahmoud hopes to be able to provide the [...]	2004-06-30 14:13:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ BA OFPD
04MANAMA1047	BAHRAIN CONFIRMS IMPLEMENTATION OF MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-05 08:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG KSTC PARM PTER PHSA PREL BA
04MANAMA1060	THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR LINE ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) CDA Molly Williamson, PMIL and RSO met for 90 minutes with Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid and Brigadier General Zayani Saturday July 3, 2004 at 1100 to discuss cooperation on counter-terrorism and security issues. COMMENT: King Hamad and his advisors have done the calculus on [...]	2004-07-06 05:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ALOW ASEC BA PREL PTER
04MANAMA1064	MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND COMMANDER-IN- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 08:22:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1067	LETTER FROM KING HAMAD TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC AMGT BA
04MANAMA1069	MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1070	ESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1073	MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND COMMANDER-IN- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 13:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1103	MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 10:59:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1113	MFA BRIEFS ON 2003 TIP ACTION PLAN STATUS [...] On July 10, Chairman of the Interministerial Committee on Anti-TIP activities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa briefed P/E Chief and PolOff on the status of the remaining items from the GOB 2003 Action Plan. - VICTIM ABUSE SHELT [...]	2004-07-14 06:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM BA
04MANAMA1115	BAHRAIN WOMEN'S SOCIETY - SUPPORTING WOMEN AND [...] SUMMARY. The Bahrain Women's Society (BWS) has emerged as a leader among Bahrain's NGOs. Through its highly successful outreach programs BWS enables women to assume leading roles in society, and increase social awareness of issues relating to children, education and the environment. This gr [...]	2004-07-14 08:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM KMPI OEXC BA
04MANAMA1118	EMBASSY CONGRATULATES GOB FOR FATF DECISION TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 13:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BA
04MANAMA1120	GOB RE-ARRESTS THE BAHRAINI SIX [...] The GoB re-arrested the "Bahraini Six" yesterday afternoon on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. The six were taken to the Public Prosecutor's Office and were transferred to Galali prison at approximately 2:00 a.m. this morning. Amal Ahmed Abdulla Abdul, Under Secretary of the P [...]	2004-07-15 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA
04MANAMA1121	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USDA AND HHS ANNOUNCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-17 09:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON KPAO BA
04MANAMA1122	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERMINATION OF TEXTILE AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-17 09:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX BA
04MANAMA1123	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-17 10:10:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA ICJ UNGA
04MANAMA1124	AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT CRS PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-18 07:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA BA
04MANAMA1125	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-18 10:48:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC BA UNGA UN
04MANAMA1133	ELBOWS EXTENDED, PARLIAMENT CATCHES EYES DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY. June 9 marked the end of Parliament's second session with well-earned successes in both houses. Hampered by constitutional limitations, the elected Council of Representatives (COR) gravitated away from drafting legislation and exercised its oversight authority to its fullest ext [...]	2004-07-18 12:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
04MANAMA1146	BAHRAINI TERROR SUSPECTS END HUNGER STRIKE [...] The six detainees held by the GOB on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts (see ref) ended their hunger strike after four days. The detainees' lawyer Abdullah Hashim was quoted in the Bahrain Tribune on July 19 that the six agreed to end the hunger strike due to the deteriorating h [...]	2004-07-19 13:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1175	BAHRAIN - JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV BA OPIC
04MANAMA1187	MFA MAKES ASSURANCES OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA officials gave assurances to Charge that the security and stability of Bahrain is the GOB's top priority. As a signal that the GOB is serious about regional security concerns, MFA announced that Bahrain will host the next International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) [...]	2004-07-27 12:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BA KSEC

04MANAMA1200	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH IN BAHRAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahrain is an Islamic state with a population that is 98 percent Muslim. Bahraini contacts have discussed the potential of a possible shift towards conservatism in Bahrain. However, some groups, such as Beit Al Qura,an, the Bahrain Women,s Society, and the Bahrain Youth Forum Soc [...]	2004-07-28 13:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA EAID KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL
04MANAMA1204	NDI SUCCEEDS IN GIVING BAHRAIN'S YOUTH THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) succeeded in promoting political participation by organizing Bahrain's first-ever Youth Forum. Approximately 50 percent of Bahrain's population is under 30 years of age, and as such, Bahrain's democratic reform depends on the in [...]	2004-08-01 13:57:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM KMPI BA
04MANAMA1205	59TH UNGA ATTENDANCE - INTERIM REPORT [...] (U) The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa plans to attend the 59th UNGA Debate. According to MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Dr. Dhafer Al Umran, exact travel dates have yet to be identified. As of July 31, Shaikh Mohammed's wife is not planning to accompany h [...]	2004-08-01 13:57:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
04MANAMA1206	WATER, POWER AND SECURITY: BAHRAIN'S MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: Minister of Electricity and Water Shaikh Abdullah bin Salman Khalid al Khalifa, featured lately in local news reports because of a series of rolling brownouts, welcomed the opportunity to explain on July 27 to newly arrived Chargie how his ministry is meeting its mandate to produce, t [...]	2004-08-01 14:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON BA
04MANAMA1213	JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 2, Minister of Justice Jawad Al Arrayed stressed to Charge that there is strong political will at the highest levels of the GOB to fight terrorism and ensure national security. Minister Al Arrayed told Charge, in confidence, that H.M. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is [...]	2004-08-03 05:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PTER BA KSEC
04MANAMA1214	PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED TO NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and select members of his Cabinet stressed to Charge that security is Bahrain's utmost priority and that consequently Bahrain will remain at a heightened state of vigilance. PM stressed that full cooperation and sharing of informati [...]	2004-08-03 05:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD BA KSEC
04MANAMA1216	(C/NF) BAHRAIN AND TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 05:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1223	IRAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED - CONDEMNING HOSTAGE [...] (U) On August 3, 2004, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Director of Bilateral Relations Dr. Dhafer Al Umran. Shaikh Abdul Aziz told PolOff that the GOB condemns all hostage taking and murde [...]	2004-08-04 05:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM IZ BA
04MANAMA1225	(C/NF) MINISTER OF INDUSTRY TALKS SECURITY AND FTA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 10:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD KTEX ELAB BA KSEC KINR
04MANAMA1227	MINISTER OF INTERIOR: HELP US PUT THESE GUYS AWAY [...] (S/NF) CDA, RSO and POL met with Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa and Under-Secretary for Operations Brigadier General Abdel-Latif Zayani August 3 to discuss the status of the investigation regarding the six Bahraini extremists in custody, security issues and U.S. [...]	2004-08-04 10:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV BA
04MANAMA1228	BAHRAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DOD SCHOOL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa stressed to Charge during an August 4 meeting the need to find a way to work together to keep the most important cultural tie, the Department of Defense Bahrain School, operational. Shaikh Mohammed conveyed GOB's offe [...]	2004-08-04 17:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAIR ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1229	IRAQI AMBASSADOR PROCLAIMS ALLAWI VISIT A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 14:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EINV BA IZ
04MANAMA1235	BAHRAIN AGREES TO CANCEL THIRD SUPPLEMENT OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-08 05:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA BA
04MANAMA1243	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICAO ASSEMBLY - ON KEY U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-08 12:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR XX AORC BA ICAO
04MANAMA126	KING HAMAD WANTS NO ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ [...] (S) KING HAMAD ON JANUARY 26, WARNED THE AMBASSADOR THAT SHIA POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN IRAQ COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC STATE LIKE IRAN. THE KING RECEIVED THE AMBASSADOR IN ADVANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE FOR A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT IN BAGHDAD, AND THE KING USED THE O [...]	2004-01-27 11:50:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PHUM BA
04MANAMA1275	8,000 BAHRAINIS PEACEFULLY PROTEST US OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bahrain's Shi'a leadership organized a march in which 8,000 Bahrainis peacefully protested US military actions in Najaf and other holy cities of Iraq. Representing Parliament, Sunni Council of Representatives (COR) Chairman Ahmed Khalifa Al Dahrani issued a public statement exp [...]	2004-08-15 13:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC ALOW PGOV KDEM KWMN IZ BA
04MANAMA128	DCM RETURNS FROM NAJAF AND ENGAGES BAHRAINI [...] To further post's goal of convincing Bahraini audiences about U.S. goals in Iraq, PAS Manama arranged tailored media events for DCM Ford, who recently returned to Bahrain from a three month rotation as the CPA Governorate Coordinator in Najaf. Bahrain is a small island and many Embassy contac [...]	2004-01-27 13:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KMDR KPAO BA
04MANAMA1283	CROWN PRINCE PROMOTING INTERNAL INTELLIGENCE AND [...] (C) The Charge held her initial meeting with Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to discuss joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation and the status of the DOD Bahrain School. They also covered the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to Iraq and the U.S. global de [...]	2004-08-16 11:49:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PINS BA
04MANAMA1285	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Charge presented Refs A and B talking points on the U.S. global defense posture review to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to [...]	2004-08-16 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL KPAO BA NATO
04MANAMA1290	BAHRAIN SUPPORTS TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQ IN [...] (S) Charge presented Ref A talking points on the U.S. thoughts on the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to Iraq to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the U.S. global defen [...]	2004-08-17 09:49:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL OPDC MOPS MARR BA IZ
04MANAMA1299	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUASHING NAM CRITICISM OF THE [...] (C) On August 18 the Charge delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. She urged the Government of Bahrain to resist any moves within the NAM meeting in Durban to undermine UNSCR 1540. Abdul Ghaffar promised to relay the information to app [...]	2004-08-18 13:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC BA
04MANAMA1302	MINSTATE ABDUL GHAFFAR DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Charge met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar to discuss the status of Bahrain's counter-terrorism law, recent press articles on legal cases concerning detainee [...]	2004-08-20 13:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV BA
04MANAMA1305	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF [...] (U) On August 16, Post delivered reftel note verbale and non-paper to Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Dr. Dhafer Al Umran told PolOFF on August 18 that the GOB would most likely vote in favor of US Resolution 58/41. "Bahrain is for anything to im [...]	2004-08-21 15:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL BA CDG UNGA
04MANAMA1312	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDACY TO THE UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-24 08:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC BA
04MANAMA1314	BAHRAIN PLANNING TO ATTEND G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] (SBU) Charge August 22 delivered reftel talking points, plan for establishing the Forum for the Future, and draft agenda for the Forum for the Future preparatory meetings to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar replied that Foreign Minister Mohammed [...]	2004-08-24 11:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMPI BA UNGA
04MANAMA1319	HOT TIME, SUMMER IN THE CITY: BAHRAIN COPES WITH [...] (C) Bahrain experienced a nationwide blackout that lasted up to 15 hours in some neighborhoods. Minister of Electricity and Water (MEW) Shaikh Abdullah bin Salman Khalid Al Khalifa attributed the blackout to an unexpected massive power surge from the nation's aluminum manufacturer ALBA. Prim [...]	2004-08-24 15:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV ASEC BA
04MANAMA1337	CODEL MILLER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Codel Miller met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa August 22 and discussed the domestic security situation, status of counter-terrorism laws in Bahrain, Iraq, the military confrontation in Najaf, U.S. public outreach efforts in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, A [...]	2004-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1353	INITIATIVE TO FACILITATE BUSINESS TRAVEL [...] Post's Consular Section accepts walk-in applications and issues same day visas. Applicants generally wait less than two hours from the time they walk in to apply for the visa to the time they walk out with their visas in hand. 2. Although Post does not have an appointment system, the Con [...]	2004-08-30 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS BEXP ETRD
04MANAMA1355	BAHRAINI CABINET APPROVES DRAFT FTA [...] (U) On August 29 the Bahraini Cabinet approved the current draft of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Press reports on the Council,s decision followed a familiar refrain, highlighting the FTA's economic benefits, particularly the potential for job creation, as well as dut [...]	2004-08-30 14:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV BA
04MANAMA1357	MINSTATE ABDUL GHAFFAR DISCUSSES SECURITY, [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar August 30 to discuss priority issues in the bilateral relationship. Regarding the security situation in Bahrain, the Ambassador, stating that he had learned that the judge had granted a [...]	2004-08-31 11:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1360	RECEIPT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING VISIT TO [...] (SBU) As mentioned during the Ambassador's August 30 meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar (septel),the Embassy received the following diplomatic note August 30. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of Diplomatic Note MOS-140 Dated August 30, 2004: The Ministry o [...]	2004-08-31 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ASEC PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1365	CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER MUTAWWA DELIVERS DRAFT [...] (S) The Ambassador paid an introductory call September 1 on Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Mutawwa and discussed Bahrain's draft counter-terrorism law, bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation and the six terrorism suspects, U.S. influence in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia, [...]	2004-09-01 16:04:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA1379	SEPARATIST MOVEMENT EMERGES WITHIN BAHRAIN'S [...] (C) Following a period of speculation, Nezar Al Baharna, a prominent Shia businessman and former board member of the largest Shia opposition political society Al Wifaq, confirmed to the press in late August that he planned to establish a new political society called the Society of Justice and [...]	2004-09-07 15:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA
04MANAMA138	PARLIAMENT FLEXES MUSCLE - INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) Summary. Bahrain's first major parliamentary crisis has strengthened the Parliament but impressed only part of the electorate. After a recess the battle may resume. We have pushed for and received assurances that the Parliament will continue. End summary. 2. (U) Parliament's inves [...]	2004-01-28 14:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BA
04MANAMA1383	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) DEMONSTRATIONS A. Yes B. Yes C. Yes D. 500-4,000 E. Yes, anti-American demonstrations are usually triggered by US Military Action or US Foreign Policy. F. In the last 12 months, some demonstrations have at times become violent. Numerous incidents of rock throwing and physical [...]	2004-09-08 11:42:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA1386	MINISTER SAIF READY TO LAUNCH FTA ROAD SHOW [...] (U) The Ambassador met with Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdullah Hassan Saif September 7 to discuss the upcoming signing of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the October 1 meeting of finance ministers on the G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative [...]	2004-09-08 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA1387	MINISTER OF INFORMATION DISCUSSES AL JAZEERA AND IRAQ [...] (C) Al Jazeera Satellite Channel and Iraq dominated the conversation during the Ambassador's Sept. 6 introductory call on Minister of Information Nabeel bin Yaqoob Al Hamer. The Minister said that he had directed Bahrain Satellite Television to stop airing the videotapes on abductions and kid [...]	2004-09-08 14:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO OIIP KMPI BA
04MANAMA1388	BAHRAINI TENDER BOARD BRINGS TRANSPARENCY TO [...] (U) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of State and Chairman of the Tenders Board Abdul Hussein Ali Mirza on September 6, discussed the upcoming Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),and reviewed the recently implemented tender process. The Ambassador noted that the FTA would [...]	2004-09-08 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA1390	CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES PLANNED LABOR REFORM [...] (C) During the Ambassador's September 5 introductory call on Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (septel),the CP said that his office was organizing a national debate on labor law reforms. The initiative stems from Bahrain's desire to move away from an economy based upon a low cost lab [...]	2004-09-08 15:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON BA
04MANAMA1391	BAHRAIN SUPPORTS BMENA INSTITUTE [...] (U) The Ambassador met with Bahraini Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdullah Saif September 7 to discuss the October 1 meeting of finance ministers on the G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative (Ref A),the IFC's Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East a [...]	2004-09-10 12:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA1402	BAHRAIN: ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche on ending state sponsorship of terrorism on September 8 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz listened carefully to the points, particularly those on Iran. He re [...]	2004-09-13 05:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BA
04MANAMA1409	USUN AMBASSADOR SIV VISIT - 59TH UNGA [...] (C) On September 7, US Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and Coordinator of the US delegation to the UN General Assembly Sichan Siv met with GOB officials and parliamentarians to discuss the United States' five UN General Assembly priorities (Reftel). ----------- [...]	2004-09-13 14:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PGOV BA ECOSOC UNGA
04MANAMA1419	LABOR MINISTER WELCOMES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) In an introductory meeting on September 11, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) Majeed bin Mohsin Al Alawi explained to the Ambassador that his portfolio included labor reform, vocational training, unemployment, facilities for the disabled, occupational safety inspections and en [...]	2004-09-14 14:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB PHUM KMPI KCRM KDEM BA
04MANAMA1422	MINISTER OF OIL DISCUSSES PETROLEUM SECTOR WITH [...] (C) Minister of Oil Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa told the Ambassador September 6 that U.S. companies have participated successfully in the development of Bahrain's petroleum and petrochemicals sector, and he looks forward to continued cooperation with the U.S. He stated that his primary concern is [...]	2004-09-15 09:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET BA PROG
04MANAMA1425	GOB ENGAGED IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING MEASURES; WELCOMES [...] (C) G/TIP Senior Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited Bahrain August 20-24 to meet with GOB officials and demarche them on G/TIP's Bahrain-specific Action Plan (Ref A). In response to the demarche, GOB officials outlined what measures they have implemented to combat trafficking and their pl [...]	2004-09-15 12:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB BA
04MANAMA1452	MESSAGES FROM THE CROWN PRINCE TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On September 15, 2004, post received letters of congratulations from Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to President Bush and Vice President Cheney on the signing of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Original documents are being sent by pouch to the desk. 2. (U) Begin text [...]	2004-09-21 11:55:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1453	MESSAGES FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On September 15, 2004, post received letters of congratulations from Prime Minister Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa to President Bush and Vice President Cheney on the signing of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Original documents are being sent by pouch to the desk. 2. (U) Begin t [...]	2004-09-21 11:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1454	MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON FTA [...] (U) On September 15, 2004, post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs covering a telegram from King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa to President Bush on the signing of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Original document is being sent by pouch to the desk. Begin text [...]	2004-09-21 11:58:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1463	NON-FCS COMMERCIAL PLATFORM: MANAMA INPUT [...] Embassy Manama appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Department's efforts to better support non-FCS posts. We believe that non-FCS posts would benefit both from increased access to Commerce information and accounting systems and additional training opportunities. 2. Embassy Manam [...]	2004-09-22 13:08:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ECON AMGT AODE BA
04MANAMA1465	COMMERCE MINISTER CALLS FTA A TURNING POINT [...] The Ambassador met with Minister of Commerce Ali Bin Saleh Al Saleh on September 15 to discuss the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the potential for increased cooperation between U.S. and Bahraini businesses. Al Saleh noted that this year had been a "turning point" in the U.S.-Ba [...]	2004-09-22 15:08:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV ETRD BA
04MANAMA1466	PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING MINISTER: PLATE IS FULL [...] Ambassador met with Minister of Housing and Public Works Fahmi Bin Ali Al Jowder on September 8 to discuss new and ongoing projects, the Ministry,s experience with U.S. business partners and potential opportunities for U.S. business as a result of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). While officia [...]	2004-09-22 15:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BEXP MARR BA
04MANAMA1467	SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL [...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to seeing you in Bahrain. We have asked for calls on the King, Crown Prince, and the Defense Minister apart from your attendance at the Disaster Preparedness Conference. Since your last visit here, the travel warning has been lifted and the DOD Bahrain S [...]	2004-09-22 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV BA
04MANAMA1469	BAHRAIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Minister of Transportation Sheikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa on September 8 to discuss efforts to expand and manage Bahrain,s transportation infrastructure. Al Khalifa,s portfolio also includes civil aviation as well as telecommunications, postal services and pub [...]	2004-09-25 12:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA BEXP EAIR ECON PREL
04MANAMA1472	BAHRAIN: POLIO ERADICATION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief September 21 delivered reftel talking points, non-paper, and OIC resolutions regarding the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al-Umran. Al-Umran understood the connection between the PEI and the Organization of Islamic Confer [...]	2004-09-26 13:13:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA BA ISCON WHO UNICEF
04MANAMA1475	BAHRAIN: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief September 21 delivered reftel demarche regarding the Tokyo donors' meeting for Iraq to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al-Umran. He noted that he had already been approached by both the Japanese and Iraqis concerning Bahraini participation in the meeting. He s [...]	2004-09-26 13:48:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL BA IZ
04MANAMA1476	BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A combatant status review tribunal request for assistance September 22 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that he would initiate action to try to locate the [...]	2004-09-26 13:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1482	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED FOR "INSTIGATING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two controversial speeches delivered at the Al Aruba Club this past weekend created a political storm in Bahrain, resulting in the closure of the club and the arrest of a prominent human rights activist. The first speech was delivered by an Iraqi Baathist who claimed that Kuwa [...]	2004-09-27 16:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS BA
04MANAMA1487	MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER UPDATES ON [...] (U) The Minister of Electricity and Water Shaikh Abdulla bin Salman Al Khalifa discussed with the Ambassador on September 20 Bahrain's water supply and the investigation into the recent national electricity blackout. Shaikh Abdulla stated that Bahrain's aquifer is becoming increasingly salty. [...]	2004-09-28 07:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BA ENGR
04MANAMA1489	CROWN PRINCE LEADS LABOR MARKET REFORM WORKSHOP [...] (U) On September 23, Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) held a widely publicized public workshop on labor reform. A politically potent issue, it was the first time the government openly addressed the employment challenges Bahrain faces. A M [...]	2004-09-28 09:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB BA
04MANAMA1494	BAHRAIN: TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] Expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) will likely have a small negative impact on the Bahraini economy because the textile and apparel sector is a relatively minor contributor to the gross domestic product. However, the potential for layoffs in the textile sector is a [...]	2004-09-29 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB BA
04MANAMA1495	EMBASSY MANAMA - TFCO RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BA ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN
04MANAMA1501	MIXED REACTIONS TO ARREST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja continues to dominate the public's attention in Bahrain. Some oppositionists and NGO representatives who support Al Khawaja have been cautious in their public statements for fear that outspokenness could work ag [...]	2004-09-29 14:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC BA
04MANAMA1503	GOB SHUTS DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER [...] (C) On September 28 at 22:30, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) sent a press release to Bahraini newspapers announcing the closure and dissolution of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) for "actions that contravened the Law of Societies and the Center's own charter." T [...]	2004-09-29 16:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC KMPI KCRM BA
04MANAMA1516	GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH [...] (C) Commander U.S. Central Command General Abizaid met with King Hamad, Crown Prince Salman, and Defense Minister Khalifa on September 27 to discuss Iraq and the upcoming elections there, the need for full Sunni participation in the election, Iranian interference in Iraq, and the situations in [...]	2004-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER BA IZ IR
04MANAMA1524	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome you to Bahrain. While the genesis of your trip is meeting with Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition Ministers of Defense on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, your visit comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship with Bahrain. The mil-mil re [...]	2004-10-04 15:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ECON OVIP BA
04MANAMA1528	BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief October 4 delivered Refs A and B information regarding Guantanamo detainee Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Al Khalifa's request for witness testimony to MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa. He listened carefully to the points and reconfirmed that the United Sta [...]	2004-10-05 10:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1531	BAHRAIN OVERSEAS SCHOOLS - SECURITY LIAISON [...] (SBU) RSO provides security assistance and advice to the Bahrain School (34 USG dependents) and St. Christopher's School (4 USG dependents) in Manama. RSO Manama has established procedures for school administrators to contact MSG Post 1 via landline and/or cell phone in case of emergency. [...]	2004-10-05 11:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER BA
04MANAMA1536	BAHRAIN: DELIVERY OF U.S. DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points and U.S. draft resolution on reforming the UNGA First Committee to the MFA via diplomatic note on October 2. We will follow up after October 11, when Assistant Under Secretary for Political and International Cooperation Affairs Ahmed Al-Haddad returns [...]	2004-10-05 14:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL BA CDG UNGA
04MANAMA1542	BAHRAIN AND NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa October 4 to discuss NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Rizzo's one-day visit to Bahrain SIPDIS and NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). While noting that the GOB had not yet developed a detailed po [...]	2004-10-06 12:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BA MEPP NATO
04MANAMA1546	BAHRAIN: BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE [...] Blue Lantern designated point of contact is Economic/Commercial Officer Aimee Cutrona. She can be reached through the Embassy switchboard at: (973) 1724-2700, at the office: (973) 1724-2986; via fax: (973) 1727-3011; or email: CutronaA@state.gov. 2. To date Embassy Manama has not received [...]	2004-10-10 06:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KSEP BA
04MANAMA1553	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OCTOBER 9, 2004 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: SecDef met with Bahrain King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa on October 09, 2004, in Bahrain. The King made the following points: (1) The ultimate responsibility for the security of Iraq rests with the Iraqis, not the U.S. (2) Reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to support the U.S. both [...]	2004-10-12 12:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV BA SA IZ
04MANAMA1558	KING OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH SHOW OF UNITY [...] (C) King Hamad October 9 opened Parliament's third session since the adoption of the National Charter with a speech focusing on the need for unity, dialogue, and tolerance in the Kingdom. The King warned that in-fighting puts prosperity at risk and people must find a way to express differenc [...]	2004-10-12 15:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL BA
04MANAMA1564	MINISTER OF INTERIOR: FOUR EXTREMISTS TO BE TRIED [...] (S/NF) Minister of the Interior Shaikh Rashid assured the Ambassador October 11, 2004 that the four extremists currently in detention would appear in court shortly, and that he had anticiapted they would be brought to trial. (On October 13, BNSA advised the Embassy that the four will continue [...]	2004-10-13 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BA PINR PREL PTER
04MANAMA1566	CROWN PRINCE TO CNO: BAHRAIN SCHOOL IS ASSET FOR [...] (C) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vernon Clark met with Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Force Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa on October 10 and discussed the status of the Bahrain School, a review of U.S. naval presence in the region, terrorism and the [...]	2004-10-13 16:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1571	BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche concerning the final determination of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) for four Bahraini detainees to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, noting tha [...]	2004-10-17 14:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1572	BAHRAIN: DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S COMPREHENSIVE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the release of the "Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI for Iraq WMD" under cover of diplomatic note number 371 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There was no Bahrain-specific coverage of the issue in the local press. MONROE [...]	2004-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR BA KPDD
04MANAMA1578	BAHRAIN ON TIMING OF FORUM FOR FUTURE, GCC, [...] (C) Ambassador October 16 told Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa that the Forum for the Future (FfF) meetings in Morocco would take place December 10 (sub-ministerial) and 11 (ministerial). He noted that Bahrain would host the GCC summit in December and suggested that t [...]	2004-10-18 11:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BA
04MANAMA1580	BAHRAIN: IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (S) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche concerning Iranian activity in Iraq to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, emphasizing increasing United States concern about Iranian behavior in Iraq. The Minister responded that the GOB shares our concerns and he has [...]	2004-10-18 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER BA IZ IR
04MANAMA1594	BAHRAIN: U.S. NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche October 12 concerning Judge Theodor Meron's nomination for reelection as permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to MFA Director for International Organizations Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho responded tha [...]	2004-10-19 13:00:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM PREL BA UNGA
04MANAMA1595	BAHRAIN: OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche October 12 on opposing Cuba's UN resolution against the embargo to MFA Director for International Organizations Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that Bahrain always votes in favor of the resolution because of Cuba's steadfast support for resolutions o [...]	2004-10-19 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD BA CU UNGA
04MANAMA1603	BMENA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER GETTING OFF THE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified (Deliberative Process); not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On October 12 the Ambassador met with Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdulla Bin Hassan Saif to discuss implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Bahrain's decision to host a [...]	2004-10-20 08:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA1607	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief delivered Ref A designation of Jama'at Al-Tawhid wa'al-Jihad, background paper, and non-paper via diplomatic note number 379 October 18 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz SIPDIS bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Al Khalifa promised to [...]	2004-10-20 12:04:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BA LVPR
04MANAMA1608	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY, [...] (C) Human rights activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja October 16 pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting hatred against the regime and circulating false information about top officials. During the opening session of his trial October 20, Al Khawaja repeated his plea and asserted that at the Sept [...]	2004-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BA
04MANAMA1611	BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per Ref B, Pol/Econ chief discussed with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 18 possible options for Bahraini witnesses to deliver testimony on behalf o [...]	2004-10-23 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA
04MANAMA1612	BAHRAINI SECURITY TEAM DATA FOR GUANTANAMO VISIT [...] (C) This is an action message; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per reftels, the GOB requested approval for a security team to visit Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo. State agreed to process the request pending receipt of bio data for the members of the proposed team. Post received an offi [...]	2004-10-23 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1613	BAHRAIN: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY GRANT [...] (U) Post passed reftel information concerning U.S. legal requirements related to the excess defense articles program to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa under cover of diplomatic note number 373 dated October 12, 2004. Shaik [...]	2004-10-23 14:46:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PGOV KTIA BA
04MANAMA1618	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CROWN PRINCE [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary. The Crown Prince told the Ambassador October 23 that he would make calls to key Congressional leaders to urge early ratification of the FTA. He defended his recent labor reform proposals, which were recently criticized by elements in the business community. He denied that [...]	2004-10-25 10:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1619	SURVEY OF PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS [...] (SBU) The Council of Representatives (COR - lower house of parliament) October 9 opened for its third parliamentary session since the adoption of the 2002 constitution. In the absence of political parties, which are still illegal, the forty members have formed six blocs based upon common int [...]	2004-10-25 11:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR BA
04MANAMA162	ENAGING YOUNGER BAHRAINIS WITH ROCK AND ROLL [...] PAS Manama engaged younger and more diverse Bahraini audiences by programming American rock `n' roll band "Circus Guy" from January 14-18, 2004. Circus Guy's program included performing live on Radio Bahrain's popular weekend music and interview program, an acoustic performance for critically [...]	2004-02-08 07:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1622	BAHRAIN: COSTA RICA CLONING RESOLUTION, UNGA [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief met with MFA Director for International Organizations Ghassan Shaikho October 12 to discuss the Costa Rica resolution on human cloning and Bahrain's bid for the UNGA presidency for the 2006-07 session. Shaikho said that the GOB opposes human cloning, but had requested an [...]	2004-10-25 12:49:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BA UNGA
04MANAMA1643	BAHRAIN'S DRAFT COUNTER-TERRORISM LAW [...] (S) Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Mutawwa gave Ambassador a copy (in Arabic) of the draft counter-terrorism (CT) law and a clarifying memorandum explaining the draft (reftel). Mutawwa stated that the Cabinet had approved the draft and would soon forward the law to parli [...]	2004-10-27 14:14:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV BA
04MANAMA1657	TERRORISM SUSPECTS RELEASED PENDING DECEMBER 6 [...] (C) Minister of Justice Al Arrayid confirmed to the Ambassador that charges had been filed against the four terrorism suspects at a court hearing on November 1, and that they had been released pending their next court date on December 6. He said that the government did not have the legal aut [...]	2004-11-01 14:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER BA
04MANAMA1658	ACTIVISTS SEEK TO LOWER TEMPERATURE FOLLOWING [...] (C) The Committee to support Shia activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja has decided to stop its protest activities following a weekend of demonstrations, violence and arrests. A "car parade" in support of Al Khawaja tied up traffic in Manama for hours October 28 during peak evening hours for visitin [...]	2004-11-01 14:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM BA
04MANAMA1660	The Bahrain Financial Center - If you build it, [...] (U) Summary: On October 17 the Ambassador visited the Bahrain Financial Harbor (BFH),a USD $1.3 billion project to develop a mini-city of luxury offices and apartments targeted at the financial services and insurance sectors. The BFH is seen as a complement to GOB efforts to promote Bahrain [...]	2004-11-02 07:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV BA
04MANAMA1662	BAHRAIN: UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 30 delivered Ref A demarche concerning the state of play on the Costa Rica resolution on cloning to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho was interested to hear that Saudi Arabia will vote in favor of the resolution and comm [...]	2004-11-02 15:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL BA UNGA
04MANAMA1663	BAHRAIN: REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION TO UN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 30 delivered reftel demarche concerning Thomas Repasch's candidacy for re-election to the UN Joint Staff Pension Committee to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho was particularly interested in the geographic distribution of [...]	2004-11-02 15:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL BA UNGA
04MANAMA1664	BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (S) Pol/Econ chief October 31 passed reftel information concerning upcoming Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings for detainees Adil Kamil Al Wadi and Salah Al Balushi to MFA First Secretary Shaikh Turki Al Khalifa. (Note: Shaikh Turki is responsible for the detainees issue in the ab [...]	2004-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KAWC BA PETER
04MANAMA1665	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (S) The Ambassador November 2 delivered Ref A demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdul Ghaffar and Minister of Industry (and confidant of the King) Fakhro. He also spoke with Minister of Justice Al Arrayed and President of the Court of Cassation Shaikh Khalifa Al Khalifa. Abdu [...]	2004-11-02 15:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA1669	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-06 10:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1671	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S) We warmly welcome your visit to Bahrain. Your trip comes at a critical stage. The court's November 1 decision to release the four terrorism suspects sends the wrong signal on the GOB's commitment to fighting the war on terrorism. Your meeting with King Hamad represents the best opportuni [...]	2004-11-06 14:02:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC BA

04MANAMA1676	BAHRAIN: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT CREDIT [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Dr. Khalid Abdulla Ateeq, Executive Director of Banking Supervision at the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA). Bahrain does not have an Export Credit Authority, and therefore could not enter into a framework agreement with the Trade Bank of Iraq. Howe [...]	2004-11-07 13:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ BA
04MANAMA1677	BAHRAIN: STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel talking points and STOP! fact sheet on October 24 to Salma Waheedi, Senior Economist at the Ministry of Finance and National Economy (MOFNE). Ms. Waheedi underscored Bahrain's commitment to ensuring a strong Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime and its rigorou [...]	2004-11-07 13:37:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO BA WTRO
04MANAMA1684	BAHRAIN SCHOOL: PRESERVE THE DOD CONNECTION [...] (C) We now face, as we did last summer, an urgent decision regarding the DODEA-sponsored Bahrain School: should we continue to support it as a DODEA school, or should we begin the process of conversion to a more traditional international school. While the school does indeed fit the profile of [...]	2004-11-08 11:49:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASCH AMGT BA
04MANAMA1689	KING HAMAD VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) In a November 8 discussion following Deputy Secretary Armitage's meeting with King Hamad the night before SIPDIS (septel),Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammad Abdul Ghaffar told the Deputy Secretary the King wanted to meet with President Bush in Washington in the coming [...]	2004-11-09 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL BA
04MANAMA1691	BAHRAINI JOURNALIST DESCRIBES FOREIGN PRESS CENTER [...] Abbas Busafwan, Manama's participant in the Foreign Press Center's reporting tour about Arab American and other ethnic communities (May 16-29, 2004),told the APAO that the program had deepened his understanding about America and broadened his horizons. The reporting tour was his first visit [...]	2004-11-09 11:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KFPC KPAO BA
04MANAMA1692	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 14:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BA
04MANAMA1695	EMBASSY MANAMA'S RAMADAN ACTIVITIES SHOWCASE [...] Embassy Manama's 2004 Ramadan activities follow: -- The Ambassador hosted a lively youth-oriented U.S. Elections Night "majlis" in his Residence on November 2. More than one hundred University of Bahrain students, NGO representatives, journalists, and government officials attended. Eleven [...]	2004-11-10 07:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1697	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION TO BAN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 09:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO BA UNGA KSCI
04MANAMA1698	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (S) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa November 8 for a discussion that included counter-terrorism, Iraq, and human rights. He expressed the USG's deep concern about the judge's release of the four terrorism suspects on November 1 and urged the GOB to use all [...]	2004-11-10 09:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM BA
04MANAMA1699	BAHRAIN TO HOST INAUGURAL MENA FATF MEETING [...] (U) Bahrain will host the inaugural meeting of the Middle East/North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) on November 29-30. The establishment of a FATF-styled regional body in the Middle East and North Africa is, according to the Bahrain Monetary Agency's (BMA) Compliance chief, "a [...]	2004-11-10 11:30:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA
04MANAMA1707	SHOUTING MATCH ERUPTS IN PARLIAMENT OVER FALLUJAH [...] (U) Shia and Sunni deputies in the Council of Representatives (COR) engaged in a heated shouting match November 9 during debate over a statement condemning the U.S. attack in Fallujah. Twenty-four of the 40 COR members forwarded a written request to issue a statement to chairman Khalifa Al D [...]	2004-11-10 15:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA IZ
04MANAMA1708	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH KING HAMAD [...] (S) The Deputy Secretary met with King Hamad November 7 to discuss Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, the situation in Iraq, and Bahrain's relations with its neighbors. The King opened the meeting with a surprise proposal to commit a company of special forces troops to Afghanistan as part o [...]	2004-11-10 15:40:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR ASEC PTER BA IZ
04MANAMA1725	BAHRAIN: FAA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 12:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BH
04MANAMA1726	GOB IN FINAL STAGES OF APPROVING NEW HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) After a four month wait, the Bahraini Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) is expected to approve the establishment of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society within the next ten days. The board of the group, led by Shura Council member Faisal Foulad, includes women, unionists, [...]	2004-11-17 14:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
04MANAMA1727	AMBASSADOR VISITS BAHRAIN INVESTORS CENTER [...] (U) Summary: On October 13 the Ambassador toured the Bahrain Investors Center (BIC),the Ministry of Commerce's newly launched "one-stop shop" for investors. The BIC is the GOB's first e-Commerce and e-Government initiative. It removes much of the red tape that had stalled Bahrain's efforts [...]	2004-11-20 07:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD BA
04MANAMA1737	BAHRAIN: SUPPORTING SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-22 12:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BA IZ
04MANAMA1738	ARTICLE 98: BAHRAIN CONCERNED ABOUT PRESENTING [...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 6. 2. (C) Ambassador, noting that he had been called personally by Under Secretary Bolton on the subject, delivered reftel points on completing Article 98 agreements November 20 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. [...]	2004-11-22 12:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA1741	PROTESTS AGAINST MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH DRAW [...] (U) Organizers had estimated that the two protests against U.S. and Iraqi military action in Fallujah would draw 10,000 people. In the end, only 350 people total took part in the November 19 demonstrations. Though Al Wifaq President and prominent Shia leader Ali Salman was at the front of on [...]	2004-11-22 13:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA IZ
04MANAMA1744	KING ISSUES DECREE ORDERING RELEASE OF HUMAN [...] (SBU) On November 21, activist and former Executive Director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to begin serving the term immediately. He had been charged with violating Article 165 (public incitem [...]	2004-11-22 14:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS BA
04MANAMA1745	SCENESETTER: KING HAMAD'S NOVEMBER 29 VISIT TO [...] (S) King Hamad requested to visit Washington to congratulate the President on his reelection, reaffirm Bahrain's strong support for U.S. Iraq policy and the war on terrorism, and consult with the President on Bahrain's hosting of the December 20 GCC Summit and outcomes the USG would like from [...]	2004-11-22 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC PHUM ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1747	BAHRAIN PARTICIPATION IN G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] (SBU) Ambassador November 20 delivered Ref A and B G8/BMENA talking points and agendas to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdulla Saif would attend the December 11 meetings in Rabat, but it was not [...]	2004-11-23 04:49:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KMPI KDEM BA
04MANAMA1759	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA Minister of State Abdul Ghaffar told Secretary of the Navy England November 22 that the King will SIPDIS use his upcoming visit to Washington to stress to the President that Bahrain is proudly aligned with the U.S., and to remind the people of Bahrain that the people of the [...]	2004-11-24 12:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC BA
04MANAMA1760	MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 12:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1761	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER MARR BA
04MANAMA1762	BAHRAIN OFFERS TO HOST IRAQ FACTIONS MEETING [...] (U) Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed Al Khalifa, speaking at the November 22-23 Sharm El Sheikh conference on Iraq, reported Bahrain's readiness to host a meeting of all factions in Iraq prior to the scheduled January 30 elections in order to encourage broad participation in the vote. [...]	2004-11-24 12:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA1766	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND'S MEETINGS WITH KING [...] (C) Secretary of the Navy Gordon England met with King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman November 23 and discussed the King's November 29 visit to Washington, Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, Iraq, and Iran. The King expressed his appreciation for the invitation to meet with the President an [...]	2004-11-25 14:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC BA IZ
04MANAMA1769	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-28 08:33:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA WTO UNESCO
04MANAMA1781	BAHRAIN: BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE DEMARCHE AND [...] (U) On November 28 Embassy Manama delivered the letter from Secretary Powell regarding the Forum for the Future meeting on December 11 (reftel A) to Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa via diplomatic note. 2. (U) As requested in reftel C, EconOff reviewed the status of t [...]	2004-11-29 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KDEM PREL KMPI BA
04MANAMA1782	BAHRAIN: POST SUPPORT FOR MEPI PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS [...] (U) Post appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback on our experiences working with MEPI implementers. For the most part our experience has been positive, however, we would like to see better coordination on implementer travel including advance notice and contact information for those a [...]	2004-11-29 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI BA
04MANAMA1792	GCC COMPLAINS US-BAHRAIN FTA BREAKS THE RULES [...] (C) Summary: A November 23 Reuters article generated a flurry of responses in the Bahraini press including front-page coverage of comments by the Prime Minister. The article quoted an unnamed Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) official who said GCC member states believed the U.S.-Bahrain Free Tra [...]	2004-12-01 08:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL BA
04MANAMA1808	DRAFT LAW TO REGULATE PUBLIC GATHERINGS DRAWS [...] (SBU) A draft law on the regulation of public gatherings is drawing intense criticism from civil society and members of parliament alike. The proposed legislation establishes new regulations and bureaucratic hurdles for those seeking to organize public gatherings. Opponents of the measure sa [...]	2004-12-05 12:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
04MANAMA181	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-09 11:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG PARM OPDC PREL KNNP KSTC
04MANAMA1814	SAUDI STATEMENT ON GCC BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Saudi FM Prince Saud, speaking at a conference in Bahrain December 5, criticized bilateral security and economic agreements between GCC countries and international powers. Bahrain quickly reacted publicly and privately. Publicly, it issued a statement defending its signing of th [...]	2004-12-06 11:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA GCC
04MANAMA1821	BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL [...] (U) Embassy Manama received the following response from Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifato Secretary Powell's letter on the Broader Middle East and SIPDIS North Africa (BMENA) meeting in Rabat via diplomatic note on December 6. 2. (U) Begin Text November 30 [...]	2004-12-07 12:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMPI KDEM KPAO OPDC BA
04MANAMA1823	CODEL HAGEL MEETS WITH CROWN PRINCE AT GULF [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met with Senators Chuck Hagel, Dianne Feinstein and Lincoln Chafee and their staff on December 4 on the margins of the "Gulf Dialogue," an international conference sponsored by the GOB and organized by the London-based Inte [...]	2004-12-07 14:01:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OTRA BA IZ IS
04MANAMA1824	CROWN PRINCE TO PROPOSE CONTROVERSIAL DRAFT LABOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and Embassy Baghdad Political-Military Counselor and former Ambassador to Bahrain Ronald Neumann, Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa said he would submit a draft labor law to the Cabinet by late January or early February. He hoped the parliament would a [...]	2004-12-07 14:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB BA
04MANAMA1829	GCC CRISIS? MINISTERIAL FOUNDERS ON BAHRAIN FTA [...] (C) The December 7 meeting of GCC Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance, aimed at preparing for the 25th GCC Summit in Manama December 20-21, ended in failure over Saudi insistence that all discussions of FTAs with the United States stop, Deputy Foreign Minister and Minister for Foreign Aff [...]	2004-12-08 13:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BA GCC
04MANAMA1834	TERROR SUSPECT CASE REFERRED TO CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) The High Criminal Court judge hearing the case of four Bahrain terrorist suspects adjourned their criminal trial for two weeks on December 6 to allow defense lawyers to test the constitutionality of the case with the Constitutional Court. The lawyers argued in court that the article under w [...]	2004-12-08 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA1835	MENA FATF ESTABLISHED TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inaugural meeting of the MENA FATF held on November 29 and 30 in Manama, Bahrain was attended by Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors from fourteen countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The ministers selected a President, Vice President and Executive Secre [...]	2004-12-08 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA
04MANAMA1839	BAHRAIN TO PROCEED WITH GCC SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 11:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD BA GCC
04MANAMA1840	US TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES SYRIAN 311 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 14:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA
04MANAMA1849	BAHRAIN: SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-12 07:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BA UNGA
04MANAMA1858	BAHRAIN SETS TIMETABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense al-Khalifa outlined for the Ambassador the timeline for the proposed deployment of Special Forces troops to Afghanistan. Training for the deployment will begin in the UAE in January 2005. Both Bahrain and UAE want the deployment to be low profile. After me [...]	2004-12-13 06:15:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	BA MARR MOPS PREL
04MANAMA1862	ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM DISCUSSES IRAQI FUTURE WITH [...] (C) Summary. SCIRI Chairman Al-Hakim visited Bahrain this week, bringing a positive message of reassurance that Iraqi Shia wished to work with Sunnis to forge a new Iraq. Hegemony of one faction, he insisted, was not a model for Iraq. He said he had talked with many Sunni religious leaders in [...]	2004-12-13 11:49:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BA IZ
04MANAMA1866	LATEST ON SAUDI-BAHRAIN FTA ISSUE [...] (C) Minister of Finance Abdulla Seif, just back from the Forum for the Future meeting in Rabat, was short on details about discussions on the margins of the Forum about the FTA dispute with Saudi Arabia, but expressed confidence that a formula will be found to resolve the issue within the GCC. [...]	2004-12-13 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BA GCC
04MANAMA1867	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. DNSA Hadley praised Bahrain's leadership role in the G8 Broader Middle East reform initiative, and noted the President's desire [...]	2004-12-14 06:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PGOV BA IR
04MANAMA187	BAHRAINI BANKS TRANSFER FUNDS TO DFI [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-09 14:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ BA
04MANAMA1878	BAHRAIN HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SOCIETY LAUNCHED [...] (U) The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) held a press conference December 11 to inaugurate its activities and launch its website: www.bhrws.org. Led by Shura Council member Faisal Foulad, founding members of the NGO called for stronger advocacy of human rights issues and vowed to pl [...]	2004-12-15 08:49:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
04MANAMA1879	BAHRAIN: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FOREIGN [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble delivered reftel message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar December 13. The minister assured DAS Dibble that the MFA would carefully consider all points of the message. 2. (C) PolEcon chief also delivered refte [...]	2004-12-15 12:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC BA
04MANAMA1880	BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR AND FULL [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble delivered reftel message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar December 13. Abdul Ghaffar said the GOB had encouraged Sunnis to participate in Iraqi elections and would continue to do so. 2. (C) PolEcon chief also [...]	2004-12-15 12:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IZ BA
04MANAMA1882	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. DNSA Hadley encouraged Saud to reach out to Iraqi Sunnis to participate in the January 30 elections. The Foreign Mini [...]	2004-12-15 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PGOV SA IR SY IZ
04MANAMA1884	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem Daoud December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Daoud said that Iraq faced a number of crises: obtaining weapons quickly; procuring helicopters and armored veh [...]	2004-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV KDEM IZ IR BA
04MANAMA1885	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (S) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Bin Alawi said that Oman is looking forward to negotiating a free trade agreement with t [...]	2004-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC ETRD ECON MU IR BA
04MANAMA1886	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sabah hailed the strong bilateral relationship and stated that Kuwaitis are [...]	2004-12-15 12:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA
04MANAMA1888	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Abdallah Rashed Al Nuaymi December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Al Nuaymi said that the United Arab Emirates was pleased with progress in the bila [...]	2004-12-15 12:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM IZ IR BA TC
04MANAMA1889	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Yemeni Interior Minister Rashed Mohammed Al Alimi December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Al Alimi thanked the U.S. for its counter terrorism assistance and expressed his desire to increase cooper [...]	2004-12-15 12:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ASEC YM SA BA
04MANAMA1890	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with UK Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Sir Nigel Sheinwald December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Sheinwald said that the UK government had solidified around the January 30 date for Iraq [...]	2004-12-15 12:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR MOPS PTER UK IR IZ BA
04MANAMA1891	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Hill said that Australia is staying in the Iraq coalition and is looking at how its forces can be more useful. DNSA [...]	2004-12-15 12:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AU IZ BA
04MANAMA1892	BAHRAIN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AGREEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MOPS BA
04MANAMA1893	BAHRAIN: 2004-05 INCSR PART II [...] Please see text of updated 2004-05 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, para 2. Post notes that the Bahrain Monetary Agency, on behalf of the GOB, has responded to a separate and independent inquiry from FINCEN to update the report, and will respond directly to FINCEN thr [...]	2004-12-15 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR EFIN BA
04MANAMA1899	NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES FTA, FORUM FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. On a December 12-13 visit to Manama, NEA DAS Dibble paid a call on Bahraini Minister of National Economy (MOFNE) Abdulla Saif. They discussed the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),the recent Forum for the Future meeting in Rabat, and plans for the establishment of the En [...]	2004-12-15 13:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN PREL BA
04MANAMA1909	BAHRAIN: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:00:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO BA
04MANAMA1910	BAHRAIN: PREPARATION FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO BA
04MANAMA1912	GCC MANAMA SUMMIT CONCLUDES UNDER SHADOW OF [...] (C) Saudi Arabia's concern about bilateral free trade agreements with the United States overshadowed the 25th GCC Summit, which took place in Bahrain December 20-21. The last minute downgrading of Saudi's representation from Crown Prince Abdulla to Prince Sultan set the tone at the beginning [...]	2004-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD BA GCC
04MANAMA1914	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ACCEPTS TERROR SUSPECT CASE [...] (C) As expected, Bahrain's Criminal Court decided on December 20 to temporarily suspend its hearing on the case against four terrorist suspects, pending a decision by Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of article 157 of the penal code under which the four are charged. The decision [...]	2004-12-21 15:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA1924	Sports Programming Works [...] (U) The Bahraini reaction to the highly successful visit of former Georgetown University Basketball players Omari Faulkner and Courtland Freeman was summed up by the Bahrain's National Basketball Team coach: "More sports programs are needed to foster greater dialogue." The two Cultural Envoy [...]	2004-12-22 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SOCI OEXC KPAO BA
04MANAMA1925	GCC SUMMIT: BAHRAIN MFA GIVES UPBEAT READOUT [...] (C) Summary. Bahrain MFA Minister of State Abdel Ghaffar termed the 25th GCC Summit a "very good and successful event," citing the conclusion several economic agreements aimed at mobility and integration within the GCC as well as the Summit's success in sidestepping Saudi concerns over FTAs. [...]	2004-12-22 15:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD BA GCC
04MANAMA1927	BAHRAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per reftel, below please find the draft report on Bahrain for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism. 2. Begin text of draft report on Bahrain: Bahrain Bahrain is providing important support to our counterterrorism efforts, particularly efforts to block the financing of terror groups. [...]	2004-12-23 07:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC BA
04MANAMA1938	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON THE 12 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-28 08:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA196	LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT CHILDREN'S ISSUES CASES [...] (SBU) Last week, Emb Manama (with assistance from the Department and CONGEN Dhahran) helped resolve two difficult children's issues (CI) cases involving disputes between Saudi fathers and Amcit mothers, with their dual-national children in between. Both concluded successfully, but one was far [...]	2004-02-11 11:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CMGT BA
04MANAMA197	LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT CHILDREN'S ISSUES CASES [...] (SBU) Last week, Emb Manama (with assistance from the Department and CONGEN Dhahran) helped resolve two difficult children's issues (CI) cases involving disputes between Saudi fathers and Amcit mothers, with their dual-national children in between. Both concluded successfully, but one was far [...]	2004-02-11 12:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CMGT BA
04MANAMA200	GOB'S RESPONSE TO PENSION FUND SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although the GOB responded swiftly to Parliament,s recommendations to rectify pension fund irregularities (see reftel),Parliamentary members still insist the GOB has not done enough and continue to call for legal action against the ministers involved. In addition, labor federat [...]	2004-02-11 13:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB BA
04MANAMA203	ROUSING RECEPTION OF FTA ROUND ONE IN BAHRAIN [...] SUMMARY: The United States and Bahrain held round one of Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Manama, January 26-30. Government of Bahrain (GOB) officials across the board are thrilled with the progress the negotiating teams made during the first round, and this enthusiasm was echoed in the pre [...]	2004-02-11 15:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KPAO KMPI
04MANAMA217	POSSIBLE CHR RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-16 14:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA218	FOLLOW-UP WITH MADRID CONFERENCE DONORS FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-16 14:34:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ BA
04MANAMA224	MESSAGE FROM BAHRAIN'S PRIME MINISTER TO SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-17 11:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT
04MANAMA227	BAHRAINI MFA WITH US ON IRAQ RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] (C) BAHRAINI MFA DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS TOLD POL/ECON CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 17 THAT BAHRAIN AND SEVERAL OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE ALGERIAN RESOLUTION ABOUT IRAQ BEFORE THE UNCHR. (HE CITED KUWAIT AS ANOTHER ARAB COUNTRY TAKING THIS STANCE. [...]	2004-02-17 15:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA IZ PHUM PREL
04MANAMA235	CTAG COUNTRY AMBASSADORS SEE NO IMMEDIATE NEEDS IN [...] (U) CTAG Ambassadors in Bahrain agreed U.S. Embassy-led efforts are meeting key Bahraini needs, but they wondered if the April 2004 Formula One race event's security would be adequate. Over lunch at DCR February 17 with the Ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the Japanese [...]	2004-02-18 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC EFIN ASEC PREL BEXP BA
04MANAMA236	BOYCOTTERS RIG LABOR UNION FEDERATION BOARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bahrain's two leading opposition societies colluded to fix the labor union federation board elections with the plan to use the labor movement as a political platform. By ignoring standard democratic election and bylaw procedures, opposition parties realized their plans but also [...]	2004-02-18 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM BA
04MANAMA237	GOB BARS INTERNATIONAL VISITORS FROM ATTENDING A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB stirred a new debate here this week, which some local observers say leads to questions on how much the government is committed to real political liberalization. The GOB impeded a conference organized by the political opposition on the constitution. The GOB claimed that [...]	2004-02-18 15:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV BA
04MANAMA249	YEAR 2004 SPECIAL 301 INPUT: BAHRAIN'S PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: In 2003, Bahrain sustained a strong anti-piracy policy, seizing nearly 468,000 audiovisual products, mostly DVDs. The GOB legalized its Microsoft software and is now purchasing, rather than illegally copying, additional software products. Bahrain is holding up enactment of eight draft [...]	2004-02-23 07:10:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA251	EMBASSY SEEKS MORE BAHRAINI ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) On February 22, POL/ECON Chief asked MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa if he could provide an update on anti-TIP activities since ref A. Shaikh Abdul Aziz is the overall coordinator of TIP-related work with the USG. P/E [...]	2004-02-23 08:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM ELAB BA
04MANAMA252	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (S/NF) Manama reports no significant changes from the previous SEPQ of September 10, 2003. The threat environment for Bahrain and the region remains a significant concern for the EAC. The movement of terrorists and equipment from Saudi Arabia into Bahrain across the causeway poses the greatest [...]	2004-02-23 08:38:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA264	CONSPIRACY LAW POSSIBILITIES - MEETING WITH MOJ [...] (C) Upon return from his Washington trip, the Crown Prince placed a wake-up call to the Justice Minister to ask about Bahrain's conspiracy law, the Minister told CDA and PolOff on February 22. Minister of Justice Jawad bin Salim Al Arayed asked us what a conspiracy law should do. The CDA e [...]	2004-02-24 16:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC BA
04MANAMA265	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Grossman, the American Embassy in Bahrain looks forward to your visit next week, and we know the Bahrainis will be anxious to talk to you about the Greater Middle East Initiative. Bahrain, a Major Non-NATO Ally, and the United States are long-time friends, and King Hamad is a parti [...]	2004-02-24 17:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD BA
04MANAMA268	JUSTICE MINISTER: MEPI JUDICIAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Minister of Justice has decided that the MEPI-funded ABA judicial reform project should maintain a low profile to avoid criticism or friction from Muslim conservatives. He promised the Charge on February 23 that the ABA representatives would have full freedom to meet and c [...]	2004-02-25 09:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KDEM KJUS PHUM PGOV BA
04MANAMA269	INSURANCE - BAHRAIN'S NEXT FINANCIAL SECTOR GROWTH [...] Bahrain has targeted insurance as its next financial growth market. It is revamping the regulatory regime to facilitate more competition and faster growth. Bahraini sources relate that based on market penetration (two percent of GDP),Bahrain is the Arab World's largest and most sophisticate [...]	2004-02-25 10:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN BA
04MANAMA27	CHAIR OF CHR-60 - BAHRAIN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-07 13:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA
04MANAMA272	GEARING UP FOR FTA ROUND TWO: STICKY ISSUES [...] FTA round one produced remarkable progress. Round two promises to be more difficult because negotiators will have to tackle sticky issues. Eliminating physical presence requirements and disclosure of judicial decisions will likely require extensive revision of local laws. Textiles, technol [...]	2004-02-26 11:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA278	MANAMA'S REQUEST FOR FY04 BFIF FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: Manama requests USD 7000 in funding from the FY04 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to establish and equip a resource center for a new chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain. END SUMMARY. 2. BACKGROUND: In FY03, BFIF supported AmCham Bahrain formation by f [...]	2004-02-28 14:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD BA
04MANAMA28	SCENESETTER FOR USDOC ASSISTANT SECRETARY LASH [...] Our team at Embassy Manama welcomes the upcoming visit of Assistant Secretary Lash to Bahrain. I regret that I will not be here to meet you, but we are arranging an excellent program in my absence. Your visit will further strengthen ties between the Commerce Department and Bahrain, building [...]	2004-01-07 14:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON PREL BA IZ
04MANAMA280	MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISSA AL [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-29 06:42:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT
04MANAMA283	DEMOCRACY IS HARD WORK ... EVEN IN BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-01 11:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA
04MANAMA291	KING HAMAD SUPPORTS REFORM IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 09:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
04MANAMA292	MICRO-SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDY [...] Post welcomes the micro-scholarships for English language study initiative outlined in reftel A. This program will assist post in raising the English language abilities of an important target audience. 2. Post's outline of plans to start up this program in Bahrain follow: -- Progra [...]	2004-03-06 05:02:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO KIRC BA
04MANAMA311	BMA REVIEWING OPENING OF LOCAL INSURANCE MARKET TO [...] Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) insurance regulators are looking carefully at the possibility of opening the local insurance market to U.S. competitors 24-30 months after an FTA entes into force, BMA Governor Shaikh Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Khalifa told Charge on March 8. Small local brokers, he c [...]	2004-03-08 13:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD BA
04MANAMA312	NGO REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS REFORM WITH U/S [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-08 14:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KMPI BA
04MANAMA314	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESIDENT'S GSP PROCLAMATION - [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-09 07:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AC BA BB
04MANAMA319	MALIAT DEMARCHE RECEIVED POSITIVELY IN BAHRAIN [...] ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche and passed e-mailed MALIAT texts and tables March 9 to Bahrain's Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) Director of Air Transport Ahmed Nemat Ali and Air Transport Advisor Kamal Hefny Riyadh. By way of background, Nemat Ali told ECONOFF that Bahrain already has Open Sk [...]	2004-03-10 04:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BA
04MANAMA321	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 06:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL UNDC CDG

04MANAMA322	NO SIGN OF MOVEMENT ON ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION [...] (C) Charge asked Bahraini MFA Minister of State on March 8 and the Foreign Minister on March 9 whether the GoB had determined how it wanted to move forward with implementing our signed Article 98 agreement. The Minister of State said the MFA lawyers still have not determined what legal mean [...]	2004-03-10 07:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KTIA BA KICC
04MANAMA325	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POULTRY BANS DUE TO AVIAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 10:37:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON AMED TBIO
04MANAMA326	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCTAD XI: MANAGING THE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 11:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD UNCTAD WTO
04MANAMA331	INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN --BAHRAIN [...] (C) Charge delivered ref demarche to MFA Minister of State on Monday, March 8. Charge emphasized Afghanistan's major reconstruction needs. The Minister of State was not aware of the conference but understood our request and said he would study it. 2. (C) Comment: Bahrain does not see [...]	2004-03-10 14:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV
04MANAMA335	BAHRAIN'S FTA TA REQUESTS: POST INPUT [...] Drafting of legal texts: Begin across-the-board assistance to review existing legislation and draft legal texts to comply with the requirements of the agreement (as noted on Page 1, item 1). This is necessary to expedite Bahrain's readiness to bring the FTA into force and to implement the agr [...]	2004-03-10 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI ETRD EAID BA
04MANAMA336	ISLAMISTS PULL THE PLUG ON TV SHOW DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the latest in a string of recent victories, Bahraini Islamists earlier this month compelled the Middle East Broadcasting Channel 2 (MBC 2) reality television show "Big Brother" to halt its production in Bahrain. The show's production team left Bahrain despite public support [...]	2004-03-11 07:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL BA
04MANAMA337	BAHRAIN HAILS SIGNING OF IRAQI TEMPORARY [...] ALL LEADING NEWSPAPERS IN BAHRAIN REPORTED ON MARCH 9 THE OFFICIAL BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT STATEMENT PRAISING SIGNING OF THE TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN IRAQ BEGIN TEXT: BAHRAIN YESTERDAY WELCOMED THE SIGNING OF THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION IN IRAQ, SAYING IT WAS A POSITIVE STEP ON THE RIGHT W [...]	2004-03-11 08:30:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA338	IRAQ HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION STILL OFF MESSAGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-11 09:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IZ BA UNHRC
04MANAMA339	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: [...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]	2004-03-11 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA351	BAHRAIN AND THE 6OTH SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-13 13:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA368	BAHRAIN AND ARTICLE 98: SLOW MOTION [...] (C) The Bahraini Government is still pondering what to do about bringing our signed Article 98 agreement into effect. Charge on March 16 again asked the MFA Minister of State whether the Government would agree to a confidential exchange of notes. The Minister, clearly annoyed that Charge w [...]	2004-03-16 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA KICC BA JUS
04MANAMA370	POST RESPONSE: U.S.-BAHRAIN FTA GOVERNMENT [...] Post believes that the following should be ADDED to the list of government entities that conduct procurements that may be of interest to U.S. suppliers: --Royal Court --Prime Minister's Court --Crown Prince's Court The following have independent budgets and so should also be included: - [...]	2004-03-17 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA372	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AWARDS OF IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 13:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO PREL IZ
04MANAMA375	SUPPORT FOR GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE IN [...] (SBU) Following U/S Grossman's visit to Bahrain on 3/3/04, Charg was invited by Al-Wasat Newspaper, to participate in a discussion forum about the Greater Middle East Initiative on 3/14/04. The forum was attended by a cross section of Bahrainis representing academia, business, media, and go [...]	2004-03-17 14:00:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR PGOV KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA376	LABOR MINISTRY ISSUES FINANCIAL REGULATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In early March, Bahrain's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs issued more stringent regulations for charities' financial activities. The rules require charities to maintain accounts and share them with ministry inspectors on a quarterly basis. Charities' accounts must be audite [...]	2004-03-17 14:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN SOCI KISL BA
04MANAMA378	SIX SHARIA COURT JUDGES GET SACKED [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a move that could boost the rule of law and protect women's rights, the Justice Minister summarily sacked six Shari'a court judges. This is unprecedented. Although the press reported the firings, no reasons for the dismissals were provided. The Justice Minister asked our M [...]	2004-03-17 15:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PHUM KWMN KMPI BA
04MANAMA379	IT MUST NOT FAIL -- BAHRAIN'S FORMULA ONE GRAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 03/16/2004, RSO coordinated a meeting with top MOI officials to discuss the GOB's security plans for the upcoming 2-4 April 2004 Bahrain Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix. As the first such motorsport event ever held in the Middle East, the Bahrain Grand Prix has captivated the natio [...]	2004-03-17 15:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER BA
04MANAMA381	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCTAD XI: MANAGING THE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-21 09:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD UNCTAD WTO
04MANAMA386	LESSONS LEARNED - MANAMA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE [...] Post benefited from the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) by applying the skills and experience of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and participants (LES and non-EAC members) with the Emergency Action Plan and Emergency Planning Handbook to manage the scenario. Ruth Abramson and Lawrence Pe [...]	2004-03-22 05:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AFSI ASEC BA CASC KESS OTRA
04MANAMA389	ISLAMIC YOUTHS CONDUCT FIERY RAMPAGE AT A MANAMA [...] (C) Bahrain Police sources advised RSO that an enraged crowd of 50 or more Islamist teenagers ransacked La Terrasse restaurant for serving alcohol and burned the cars of seven customers in Manama on Wednesday March 17. Conservative Muslim youths assembled from five villages (Adari, Jid Hafs, [...]	2004-03-22 07:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BA
04MANAMA39	BAHRAIN MOI'S PLANNING, PREPARATION, AND C2 AVERT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RSO has obtained details from senior GOB Interior Ministry (MOI) officials on how the Ministry planned, prepared for, and executed a major police deployment in Bahrain to prevent a repeat of last year's New Year's eve riots. The MOI's preparations were impressive and demonst [...]	2004-01-11 08:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
04MANAMA399	MEPI'S "MY ARABIC LIBRARY" - BAHRAIN MINISTRY [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/PI; please see para 6. 2. (U) PAO has met twice with senior Ministry of Education officials in Bahrain about the MEPI Arabic language early reading book program (on February 22 and March 16). The Assistant Undersecretary for Curriculum and Trainin [...]	2004-03-23 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA402	BAHRAIN NOT TRANSFERRING OLD IRAQI ACCOUNT FUNDS [...] (C) Bahrain will not promptly transfer approximately USD 47 million in funds from old Iraqi-owned bank deposits to the United Nations Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),Finance Minister Saif told Charge on March 20. Charge had urged Saif that the issue had been outstanding since the summer of [...]	2004-03-24 12:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA EFIN IZ PREL
04MANAMA403	MFA MINSTATE ASKS FOR TIME ON ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 12:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER BA KICC
04MANAMA404	BAHRAINI CROWN PRINCE SAYS SHEIKH YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Bahraini Crown Prince Sheikh Salman told CENTCOM's General Abizaid March 24 that the killing of Sheikh Yassin was a setback to those in the Arab World who want more and faster reforms. Notably, he said the Bahraini Government (still the chair of the Arab League) has heard that the Tunis [...]	2004-03-24 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA KISL PREL
04MANAMA409	VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroying an upscale restaurant known to serve alcohol. Similar to last week's unruly mob that broke into private residences identified as vice dens in two Shi'a nei [...]	2004-03-25 09:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA
04MANAMA410	BAHRAIN TO STUDY CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-25 09:37:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA411	GUANTANAMO AGAIN ON MFA MINSTATE'S AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-25 09:49:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER PREL BA
04MANAMA414	DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BAHRAIN [...] SUMMARY: On 26 March 2004, approximately 400 to 500 individuals staged a demonstration outside of the US Embassy Manama, Bahrain, purportedly to protest the killing of Sheikh Yassin by the Israeli Government. The demonstrators held a short peaceful demonstration in the immediate vicinity of [...]	2004-03-27 12:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW ASEC BA CASC PTER
04MANAMA429	ENCOURAGING CHR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 10:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA430	BAHRAINIS ALSO SURPRISED BY ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (C) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak told the Ambassador on March 29 that the sudden postponement of the Arab League summit was a surprise to him and the other ministers meeting in Tunisia. Describing details very much a [...]	2004-03-29 13:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA PREL
04MANAMA431	BAHRAINI VIEWS ON IRAQ: WONDERING ABOUT IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad remains concerned about the extent of Shia and Iranian influence in Iraq but is strongly supportive of our efforts there. His son the Crown Prince urged us to take care with the de-Baathification process to avoid alienating Iraqi Sunnis. The King and Crown [...]	2004-03-29 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA432	KING ON MARCH 27 ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT TO TAKE [...] (S) Summary: Worried about potential protests on the eve of the April 4 Formula One race event, the King Hamed announced on March 27 that the Government would not tolerate lawbreaking or acts of violence. Many observers and leading businessmen, recalling a recent bank robbery and attacks on [...]	2004-03-29 15:35:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA PINS
04MANAMA444	MEPI FY 2004 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) Post's MEPI working group met on March 23 to review ref A. The following is the Mission's response. CROSS PILLAR 2. (U) Post's MEPI working group is considering four MEPI small grants. Post will advise MEPI of details via email per reftel. ECONOMIC PILLAR 3. (U) In conjunctio [...]	2004-03-31 10:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO BA
04MANAMA448	COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY PROGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 11:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PREL ASEC BA
04MANAMA453	LETTER DELIVERED: MESSAGE TO KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-03 08:48:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA476	BAHRAIN ON SADR: VERBAL SUPPORT FOR US, MAYBE [...] (C) Bahraini Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdelghaffar expressed strong (verbal) support for Coalition operations to contain Muqtada Sadr and the Jaysh al-Mahdi. Charge stressed the challenge Sadr represents in Iraq and the need for a forceful Coalition response. Abdelghaffar agreed [...]	2004-04-05 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA IZ MOPS PREL
04MANAMA484	BAHRAIN'S RESPONSE: FEATURES OF FREE ZONES [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 11:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BA ETDR
04MANAMA485	BAHRAIN NON-COMMITTAL ON CUBA AND CHINA UNCHR [...] (U) Foreign Affairs MinState Muhammad Abdulghaffar responded to Charge's April 3 delivery of reftel demarche with a promise to refer the matter to his staff and Geneva mission for study. On April 6, MFA Director for International Organization Affairs said he had of no new instructions and w [...]	2004-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA486	BAHRAINI GOVERNMENT MULL STATEMENT ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Charge followed up with a top political advisor to Bahrain's King Hamed bin Isa on April 6 to brief on Iraq developments and urge a statement of public support for U.S. efforts in Iraq. The King's advisor said that the King and his kitchen cabinet had discussed Iraq events and our reques [...]	2004-04-06 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA IZ MOPS PREL
04MANAMA496	BAHRAIN SET TO BEGIN UTILITIES PRIVATIZATION [...] SUMMARY: The Government is looking to partial privatization of its power and water sector to meet rising demand when the GoB cannot support the construction of new power plants. Beginning with a new power plant currently under tender, the GoB intends to privatize subsequent power and water pro [...]	2004-04-07 14:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD BEXP BA
04MANAMA498	BAHRAINI SHIA INITIALLY COOL ON MUQTADA AL-SADR [...] (C) Even if Coalition operations to arrest Muqtada Al-Sadr result in his death, Bahraini Shia are unlikely to react violently. On April 7 POL Section polled a wide spectrum of Shia contacts regarding the spike in violence in Iraq. The majority of our Shia contacts doubted that the apprehens [...]	2004-04-08 13:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA499	RIGHTS ACTIVIST'S ARREST - THE GOB BEHAVES POORLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In order to derail an NGO's plan to embarrass the GOB during Bahrain's April 4 Grand Prix race, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) arrested a human rights activist on March 30 for alleged un-Islamic behavior and indecency. In the process the GOB denied the activist his right to leg [...]	2004-04-08 13:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS ELAB KCRM BA
04MANAMA502	BAHRAIN MALIAT DECISION MOVING FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-10 13:13:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON BA
04MANAMA503	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-11 10:24:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM BA
04MANAMA504	SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-11 10:24:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04MANAMA505	DONORS' CONFERENCE FOR CYPRUS SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-11 10:24:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA CY GR TU BA GCC EUN
04MANAMA506	DEMARCHE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-11 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ BA
04MANAMA511	DETRACTIONS FROM COMPETITIVENESS: BAHRAIN ON THE [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Through the TIFA and FTA negotiation processes, Bahrain has been making great strides to improve its business and investment climate, improving regulatory standards in banking and finance and establishing new laws to protect IPR and enhance transparency. Nonetheless, Bahra [...]	2004-04-12 11:49:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA518	GOB TONE ON IZ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET [...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]	2004-04-12 15:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA523	BAHRAINI LEADERS ON IRAQ: FOCUS FIRST ON [...] (C) Summary: The King, Crown Prince and Foreign Minister told visiting American officials on April 13 that the U.S. needs to focus more of its effort on restoring stability in Iraq immediately, and to worry less about building democracy there in any short time frame. The King and Foreign M [...]	2004-04-13 15:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL BA
04MANAMA524	TERRORISM FINANCING - ZINDANI: ENFORCING UN [...] (U) On April 12, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Abdelghaffar requesting that the GOB redouble its efforts to locate and freeze all assets linked to Yemeni cleric Shaikh Zindani. 2. (C) Minister Abdelghaffar seemed somewhat surprised that Zindani [...]	2004-04-14 08:10:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR BA
04MANAMA525	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Congressman Ryan called the Arab League's boycott of Israel a "Free Trade Agreement (FTA) showstopper" in his April 7 meetings with parliamentarians, the Minister of Finance and National Economy and the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs. Although Ryan praised Bahrain for being the lea [...]	2004-04-14 08:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT PREL ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA526	BAHRAINI LEADERS ON IRAQ: FOCUS FIRST ON [...] (C) Summary: The King, Crown Prince and Foreign Minister told visiting American officials on April 13 that the U.S. needs to focus more of its effort on restoring stability in Iraq immediately, and to worry less about building democracy there in any short time frame. The King and Foreign M [...]	2004-04-14 11:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL BA
04MANAMA527	GOB TONE ON IRAQ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET [...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]	2004-04-14 11:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA528	BAHRAINI FM SAYS REFORM IS STILL ON ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak told us on April 13 that the next Arab League summit would issue a statement supporting domestic reforms inside Arab states. The Minister said that during the last Arab League ministerial in Cairo Egypt, Jordan and Yemen had each pre [...]	2004-04-14 12:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA529	SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT [...] (C) Mr. Armitage: We are delighted you are coming to Bahrain, and the Bahraini Government is as well. King Hamad has met Generals Abizaid and Myers during the past two weeks, but as political issues move to the fore in Iraq the King had hoped a senior State Department official would come he [...]	2004-04-14 13:19:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA530	MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTS TO LIBYA DEMARCHE [...] (U) CDA delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdelghaffar on April 13. Minister Abdelghaffar expressed his government's support of the U.S. initiative to limit military equipment exports to Libya. FORD [...]	2004-04-14 13:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC KSTC BA JHR LY OVIP DONALD RUMSFELD
04MANAMA537	SUDAN RESOLUTION AT UNCHR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Embassy A/DCM and PolOff delivered the Department's Sudan UNCHR resolution demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Bilateral Relations, Dr. Dhafer Al-Umran, on April 14. Dr. Dhafer reported that the GOB will very likely support a United Nations Human Rights Commission res [...]	2004-04-15 12:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA
04MANAMA551	BAHRAIN SAYS IT'S AGAINST CUBAN RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Bahraini MFA Minister of State Abdelghaffar told Charge April 18 that Bahrain does not think the Cuban resolution about Guantanamo detainees is helpful, and it asked Cuba to withdraw the resolution. Abdelghaffar said it was obvious the Cubans are trying to score political points with the [...]	2004-04-18 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA PHUM PREL UNHCR
04MANAMA557	NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 10:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL
04MANAMA563	MANAMA'S RESPONSE TO UPDATED GUIDANCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 07:04:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON SENV KREC AFIN
04MANAMA566	MEPI'S "MY ARABIC LIBRARY" GETS A GREEN LIGHT [...] (U) During a third meeting about MEPI's "My Arabic Library" with senior Ministry of Education officials in Bahrain (February 22, March 16, and April 17),the Ministry of Education approved Bahrain's participation in this project. The approval comes after post's efforts to overcome Ministry c [...]	2004-04-21 10:08:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA569	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON- [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 11:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL BA UNSC
04MANAMA570	UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON-PROLIFERATION: [...] (C) The Charge spoke with MFA Assistant Secretary responsible for UN affairs Ahmed Haddad on April 21 and delivered ref demarche and left talking points as a non-paper. Haddad said he did not know if the Bahraini Ambassador would be at the April 22 meeting but said he would share our paper [...]	2004-04-21 12:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL BA UNSC
04MANAMA571	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQI ISSUES: BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 12:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ XF BA OIC
04MANAMA572	FEISTY FOREIGN MINISTER FLAGS NECESSITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 12:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA
04MANAMA592	MEPI INTERNEWS JOURNALISM TRAINING ON TRACK [...] Post arranged a series of meetings on April 19-22 for visiting Internews Network Vice President Jeanne Bourgault and Middle East Regional Director Karim Alrawi to finalize plans for MEPI-funded journalism training in Bahrain. The Minister of Information has approved the training and he has r [...]	2004-04-26 13:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA593	MEPI INTERNEWS JOURNALISM TRAINING ON TRACK [...] Post arranged a series of meetings on April 19-22 for visiting Internews Network Vice President Jeanne Bourgault and Middle East Regional Director Karim Alrawi to finalize plans for MEPI-funded journalism training in Bahrain. The Minister of Information has approved the training and he has r [...]	2004-04-27 05:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA60	HUMAN RIGHTS REVEIW OF D0D-FUNDED TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-14 12:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BA MOPS PHUM
04MANAMA601	ACCEPTANCE OF U.S. COAST GUARD CONSULTATION -- ATA [...] Post has received an acceptance letter from the Government of Bahrain (GOB) in reference to DS/ATA Coast Guard Consultation 4830. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Coast Guard Directorate are enthusiastically anticipating the training cycle, and have agreed to the terms of the consultation. [...]	2004-04-28 06:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC BA PTER
04MANAMA603	LETTER DELIVERED: MESSAGE TO KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 07:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA612	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S APRIL 19-20 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Deputy Secretary Armitage, King Hamad and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman pledged their government's full commitment to its strategic alliance with the US. The King and Crown Prince stressed the need to immediately restore order in Iraq with the selection of a stro [...]	2004-04-28 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL BA
04MANAMA615	PARLIAMENT STANDS FIRM - GOB FAILS TO STOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Our key FTA negotiator, Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdulla Saif, appears likely to survive a parliamentary effort to unseat him. The GOB failed in its last minute attempts to cancel the parliamentary questioning of Finance Minister Abdulla Saif, but managed to resc [...]	2004-04-28 16:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BA
04MANAMA622	BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT [...] Summary: For the past three days, all five Bahraini daily newspapers have run front-page stories with banner headlines, photos of Iraqi POWs being mistreated, and columns about the mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. Writers and opinion leaders have questioned U.S. values of democracy and human rig [...]	2004-05-03 09:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA629	BAHRAINI REACTION TO TREATMENT OF IRAQI POWS AT [...] (C) Embassy contacts expressed their anger and disgust about the media reports on the treatment of Iraqi POWs at Abu Ghraib Prison. After seeing these images on Al-Jazeira television, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab told PolOff on May 3 that the USG expects Arabs [...]	2004-05-03 14:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA638	GOB ARRESTS 14 YOUTHS GATHERING SIGNATURES FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Once again, the GOB appears to have responded to hardline opposition political pressure with its usual heavy-handed measures. In charging the 14 youths with "crimes against the internal security of the state," the GOB has drawn a legal line in the sand on opposition behavior. [...]	2004-05-04 15:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BA
04MANAMA64	FURTHER ACTION ON CHR 60 CHAIR: BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-18 10:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA642	BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT [...] Summary: All six Bahraini daily newspapers continue to run stories about U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. In addition to photos of prisoners, newspapers are running photos of families waiting outside Iraqi prisons to obtain information about their loved ones inside. Letters to the editor p [...]	2004-05-05 09:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA644	ISLAND INSIGHTS: MINI FTA BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) This cable contains company-proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. Not for intrnet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU/NF) We offer in this cable insights into four major remaining FTA issues: insurance, government procurement, car tariffs and textiles. Ind [...]	2004-05-05 11:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA650	DEMARCHE ON AMENDED GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-05 14:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS BA UNGA
04MANAMA676	ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT IN PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-11 05:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA677	ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT IN PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-11 08:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA678	INVITATION TO KING HAMAD TO G-8 SUMMIT IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Bahraini Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar called Charge evening of May 10 to say King Hamad accepts invitation to lunch at G-8 in Georgia June 10 (reftelcon). 2. (C) Please advise logistical details to be passed to the King's office and the Foreign Mi [...]	2004-05-11 08:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL BA
04MANAMA687	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS - A POSSIBLE RESOLUTION IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-11 15:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BA
04MANAMA688	STANDING UP EMBASSY BAGHDAD: BAHRAIN NOT [...] We reviewed ref on May 8 with Bahraini MFA Assistant Undersecretary (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) for Bilateral Affairs and on May 11 with the Bahraini MFA Minister of State. The Bahraini officials reiterated broad Bahraini support for American efforts to stabilize Iraq. Bahrain does not [...]	2004-05-11 15:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BA IZ PREL
04MANAMA694	GLOBE BAHRAIN.DIALOGUE AT A CRITICAL TIME [...] Bahrain GLOBE high school students continue to enthusiastically work together with Americans to save the Earth. To observe Earth Day 2004, PAS coordinated with the Ministry of Education and GLOBE Bahrain students to support activities to increase awareness of environmental issues in Bahrain. [...]	2004-05-12 13:53:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL KGLB OEXC KPAO BA
04MANAMA695	INITIAL BAHRAINI VIEWS ON GME PROGRAM INITIATIVES [...] (U) Mission officers distributed program concept papers to some of our better contacts in Government and civil society and later followed up to gauge reactions. MFA Assistant Under Secretary Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Mubarak told Charge May 12 that he had studied the papers and he found the idea [...]	2004-05-12 14:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BA MEPI
04MANAMA7	NDI TACKLES THE 2002 CONSTITUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite a last minute Al Wifaq political society boycott, 90 Bahraini politicians, including an Al Wifaq elected official, attended an NDI seminar on the legislative authority in the 2002 Constitution. NDI representative Fawzi Guleid argued that the 2002 Constitution provides am [...]	2004-01-04 14:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KMPI BA
04MANAMA714	BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) The Government of Bahrain's (GOB) Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa informed us on 05/15/04 that the ideas in reftel about NATO cooperation with Arab countries offer some real opportunities for Bahrain. He would welcome the opportunity to discuss security cooperation [...]	2004-05-16 05:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL BA MEPP NAVO
04MANAMA720	TORTURE ALLEGATIONS OF BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE - [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Abu Gharieb prison scandal has spurred stories of Bahraini GTMO detainees being tortured. An open letter to President Bush that specified a Bahraini citizen by name has gained credibility with some government and NGO leaders. Sunni Islamist parliamentarian [...]	2004-05-17 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA721	BAHRAINIS TO WATCH ABU GHRAIB TORTURE TRIALS [...] (C) The editor in chief of the Akhbar al-Khaleej newspaper group told CDA and PAO over lunch on May 16 that the U.S. can regain some of its lost credibility with the Bahraini public if the soldiers responsible for torture at Abu Gharieb prison are punished sternly and visibly. He expects th [...]	2004-05-17 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL KPAO BA
04MANAMA722	JAMES ZOGBY ENGAGES BAHRAINIS AND ADDRESSES ABU [...] James Zogby, founder and President of the Arab American Institute and media commentator, visited Bahrain May 10-12, 2004. His speaking tour was co-sponsored by the American Studies Center at the University of Bahrain and the Bahrain Center for Studies and Research, with partial funding from [...]	2004-05-17 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA725	BAHRAIN MAY SIGN BIG IRAN GAS DEAL AT YEAR'S END [...] (C/NF) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamed told CDA on May 15 that Bahrain may conclude a major agreement to buy Iranian gas by the end of CY 2004. Bahraini demand for natural gas is increasing with projects such as the expansion of the aluminum smelter go forward. These projects are vital [...]	2004-05-17 14:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR QA BA
04MANAMA726	PERSPECTIVE OF SOME SHI'A WOMEN APPAREL INDUSTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Bahrain anticipates that the WTO-mandated end of textile quotas at the beginning of 2005 will cause its garment manufacturing sector to contract. The Ministry of Industry estimates that there are 3,600 conservative Bahraini Shi'a women working in this industry. There are few i [...]	2004-05-17 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KTEX KMPI ETRD PREL KWMN BA
04MANAMA732	SPOT REPORT: BAHRAINI WOMEN ON ABU GHRAIB POWS [...] Bahraini women from all walks of life, including Sunni and Shia followers, have been sharing their thoughts and feelings about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse with Emboffs and our Bahraini Foreign Service Nationals. Although the region's reaction has already been heavily reported in the press, [...]	2004-05-18 13:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMPI KDEM KWMN PHUM BA
04MANAMA734	CONFERENCE REINFORCES BAHRAIN INTEREST IN [...] NIST's Stephen Carpenter briefed ECON on May 10 regarding response to his participation at the Second Middle East Measurement and Instrumentation Conference and Exhibition. Carpenter reported that Bahrain is interested in setting up for the Gulf a regional metrology system to complement the ex [...]	2004-05-19 12:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BA WTO
04MANAMA738	BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL BANK (BIB) LIQUIDATION [...] SUMMARY: A May 4 Asset Realization Protocol (ARP) formally launched the liquidation of Bahrain International Bank (BIB) after nearly three years of post-9/11 creditworthiness problems. While poor bank management and strategy caused the failure, the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) should have ac [...]	2004-05-19 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN BA
04MANAMA744	BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL BANK (BIB) LIQUIDATION [...] SUMMARY: A May 4 Asset Realization Protocol (ARP) formally launched the liquidation of Bahrain International Bank (BIB) after nearly three years of post-9/11 creditworthiness problems. While poor bank management and strategy caused the failure, the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) should have ac [...]	2004-05-19 12:55:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN BA
04MANAMA749	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 07:28:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TW BA WHO

04MANAMA756	BAHRAINI SHI'A DEMONSTRATION TURNS VIOLENT -- YET [...] By Wednesday, 05/19/04, Post had anticipated a large demonstration in Bahrain for Friday, 05/21/04. Our projection was based on calls by Hassan Nasrallah and Ayatollah Ali Sistani for Shi'a to rise up and demand the withdraw of U.S. forces from Karbala and Najaf. Multiple Embassy contacts c [...]	2004-05-22 10:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA774	LAWYERS STILL STUDYING ARTICLE 98 OPTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-23 15:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA782	INTRODUCING THE DRAFT TEXT FOR A NEW UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 12:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ BA UNSC
04MANAMA797	BAHRAIN CABINET APPROVES AMCHAM BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-26 14:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD BA
04MANAMA799	SOME BAHRAINIS RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO PLAN FOR [...] SUMMARY. Assistant USTR for Labor WIlliam Clatanoff, who visited Bahrain May 9-13, sounded a clarion call warning to Bahrainis that its textile and garment industry is in danger from the WTO-mandated end to the textile quota system. He made clear that the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) [...]	2004-05-26 14:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KTEX PGOV PREL ETRD KWMN KMPI BA
04MANAMA809	REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE ON ALLEGED ABUSE OF FEMALE IRAQI POWS [...] Embassy Manama requests guidance to respond to press accounts about abuse of female POWs in prisons in Iraq. Several stories ran on the front pages of Bahrain's Arabic and English language dailies on 5/29 (see para three for headlines),quoting sources in Baghdad about the rape of female pris [...]	2004-05-30 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO BA
04MANAMA811	ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT IN PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-31 05:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA831	ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION IN BAHRAIN: WE CAN GET IT [...] (C) King Hamad has promised that he will bring into force the Article 98 exclusion agreement. The foreign minister is struggling to find a way to carry this out without causing a political explosion in Bahrain. I believe the GOB will honor its commitment to us, but I question whether we ar [...]	2004-06-02 08:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA KIIC
04MANAMA838	AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS GOB THREATS TO SHUT DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA ELAB KCRM KMPI PHUM
04MANAMA839	INTERNEWS JOURNALISM TRAINING SHOULD CONTINUE [...] In reftel, para 13 (our response to NEA/PI's request for feedback on MEPI's FY 2004 funding recommendations),post concurred with NEA/PI's decision to evaluate the results of the Internews media training program prior to investing further in this project in FY04. Internews has visited Bahrai [...]	2004-06-05 06:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA845	LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR TO JUSTICE O'CONNOR [...] Following is the text of a letter the Ambassador sent directly to Justice O'Connor. Begin text: June 5, 2004 Dear Justice O,Connor: As I prepare to leave Manama to serve as Counselor for Political-Military Affairs in Baghdad, I wanted to update you on judicial reform in Bahrain. Yo [...]	2004-06-05 15:32:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA MEPI
04MANAMA858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: Biological Weapons Convention: [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 10:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BA PARM PREL CBW
04MANAMA859	REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING OF OPDAT PROGRAM FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 10:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KJUS ASEC KMPI OEXC BA
04MANAMA860	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 11:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA UNSC
04MANAMA863	PART I: PARTING THOUGHTS ON BAHRAIN'S POITCIAL AND [...] (S) Not yet democratic, its stability potentially challenged by a rejectionist Shia opposition, unemployment and cultural backlash, Bahrain has yet managed significant advances in political freedom and economic liberalization in the nearly three years of my tour. Its already complex politica [...]	2004-06-07 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KMPI BA KAPO
04MANAMA864	PART II: PARTING THOUGHTS ON BAHRAIN'S POLITICAL [...] (S) Bahraini politics remain a complicated balancing act in a small polity. By no means is it a full democracy, but it is going in the right direction with parliament making real trouble and forcing real changes. If not always wise in their actions, the deputies can scarcely be discounted as [...]	2004-06-07 15:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO KMPI BA
04MANAMA865	OPPOSITION TO ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS APPEARS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 05:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA867	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 08:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA868	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 08:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA872	GOB'S PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE INTERIM IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: The newly elected Iraqi President received public congratulatory cables from the highest levels of the GOB. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations on June 2 to His Excellency President Ghazi Ajeel Al Yawar to mark his selec [...]	2004-06-09 05:24:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL BA
04MANAMA877	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 07:04:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA878	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 07:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA885	ATA 4830-FUNDING REQUIREMENTS [...] Post has compiled a list of funding requirements for US Coast Guard Consultation ATA-4830, scheduled for July 8-22, 2004. The funding requirement includes all material and support requested from the US Coast Guard and ATA. The funding request is as follows: Translation Services (2 interp [...]	2004-06-09 12:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC BA PTER
04MANAMA930	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF BARAKAT (LIST [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 12:46:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER PREL CVIS LE XM BA ETTD LVPR
04MANAMA939	KING RATIFIES TWO COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS [...] This is an action message, please refer to para 4. 2. On June 3, the English language daily "Bahrain Tribune" published the announcement of King Hamad's ratification of the International Convention For The Suppression Of The Financing Of Terrorism and the International Convention For The S [...]	2004-06-17 09:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL BA
04MANAMA940	TIP REPORT NARRATIVE AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] POL/ECON Chief delivered ref a country narrative and talking points regarding the 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretar Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on June 15, 2004. Shaikh Abdul Aziz, who chairs the GOB interministerial T [...]	2004-06-17 09:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KFRD KMPI KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BA
04MANAMA969	GOB FORGES AHEAD TO HELP FTA DREAM BECOME A [...] SUMMARY: Bahrain's government and business community are actively pursuing ways to make the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States become a powerhouse for the economy, as responsibility begins to shift from the givernment to the private sector. Seeking to strengthen commercial ties [...]	2004-06-21 10:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP ECON BA
04MANAMA975	AMCHAM OFFICIALLY REGISTERED IN BAHRAIN [...] On December 19, Bahrain's Ministry of Commerce officially registered The American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain as a non-profit company. That evening, the Minister announced the registration at an AMCHAM membership dinner sponsored by Microsoft and American Express. Approximately 60 high-lev [...]	2004-06-21 13:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA977	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RE U.S. ICAO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 05:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR XX BA ICAO
04MANAMA980	MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 12:10:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA981	RETURNED IV PARTICIPANT IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] SUMMARY: In the midst of anti-American sentiments in some segments of Bahraini society, Yousif Mohammed Mahmoud, a participant in an April 2004 International Visitor (IV) program, gave the U.S. a much-needed positive press spin this week. Mr. Mahmoud reflected to the local press on his Intern [...]	2004-06-23 05:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA989	PROSECUTION OF SEVEN BAHRAINIS ARRESTED ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 14:23:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL KJUS BA
04MANAMA99	AIG FACING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE BAHRAINI [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-21 13:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV BEXP BA
04MAPUTO1000	THE WEAK STATE OF SMALL PARTIES IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Facing presidential and legislative elections in December of 2004, Mozambique will likely showcase impressive two-party competition between the major political competitors, FRELIMO and RENAMO-UE. Small third party forces are in a weak stage of development and require capacity-buil [...]	2004-07-27 12:29:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PINR MZ
04MAPUTO1001	MOZAMBICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO VISIT UNITED [...] (SBU) The visits to the United States of ruling party FRELIMO presidential candidate Armando Guebuza and opposition party RENAMO Presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama offer an opportunity to learn about the positions of the two main candidates in what should be tightly contested December elec [...]	2004-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV ETRD MZ RENAMO FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1026	MUSLIM OUTREACH IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post is cognizant of the religious diversity in Mozambique and has taken efforts to include representatives from various religious groups, including Muslims, in its outreach efforts. Given the current demographics of Mozambique and recent world events, post is expanding these eff [...]	2004-07-29 13:41:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PGOV OEXC OPRC OIIP MZ KISL
04MAPUTO1040	AMERICAN MISSIONARIES GET TANGLED IN POLITICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 26, 14 Americans were expelled from Montepuez in Cabo Delgado province, where they were setting up an evangelical mission, on the pretenses that they were acting as spies for Renamo, the opposition party. On July 14-16, Conoff visited Cabo Delgado to meet with local offi [...]	2004-08-02 15:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL KIRF KISL KDEM MZ RENAMO
04MAPUTO1053	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX FOR [...] Per reftel, post submits Investment Climate Statement (ICS) appendix below: MOZAMBIQUE: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Mozambique. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim pe [...]	2004-08-04 15:28:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV MZ OPIC
04MAPUTO1081	MOZ GOVT BOTH SUPPORTS AND OPPOSES NEC SITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Tourism Minister Sumbana stated publicly that he opposed any effort by the USG to acquire the Four Seasons site for use as an NEC. He confirmed his opposition in private, but conceded that he could be overruled for reasons of bilateral cooperation. At a subsequent meeting with P [...]	2004-08-10 12:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT MZ NEC
04MAPUTO1091	JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Vodacom, the South African mobile phone operator that began operations in Mozambique in December 2003, now estimates that it has 100,000 subscribers in Mozambique. Mcel, the national operator, estimates that is has 500,000 subscribers. There is clear market growth in this sector and the num [...]	2004-08-13 09:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1114	STATE OF AFFAIRS OF MOZAMBICAN POLICE AND [...] SUMMARY. Over a period of three days, Ambassador and acting RSO met with the commissioner of the Mozambican national police (PRM),Miguel dos Santos, and the spokesperson of the PRM and head of the Community Policing Program, Nataniel Macama. Notable issues discussed included the state of crim [...]	2004-08-18 11:14:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM SNAR KHIV MZ KCRM
04MAPUTO112	IMMIGRATION & VISA FRAUD IN AND OUT OF MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Summary: Visa fraud in Mozambique continues to be less prevalent than the otherwise high level of corruption throughout the country would suggest. New anti-fraud investigation and validation studies at post indicate, however, that attempted non-immigrant visa fraud among third country nati [...]	2004-01-23 08:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD MZ KCOR KCRM
04MAPUTO1152	GRM RESPONSE: ACOTA END-USE, SECURITY AND [...] Post received on August 25 a diplomatic note containing ACOTA end-use, security and retransfer assurances from GRM. Following is the complete texts of diplomatic notes exchanged between Post and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique. 2. Begin text of U.S. [...]	2004-08-26 13:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MASS MARR PREL MZ ACOTA
04MAPUTO1154	CLASHES BETWEEN FRELIMO AND RENAMO HEAT UP IN [...] (U) Reports of friction between the ruling FRELIMO party and the main opposition party, RENAMO, have increased over the past weeks, ahead of Mozambique's December 1- 2 general elections. On August 12, violence broke out between RENAMO armed guards and police in the town of Inhaminga in the cen [...]	2004-08-27 09:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MZ RENAMO FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1174	MOZAMBIQUE: FY05 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE TITLE I-FUNDED FOOD [...] Although it still remains one of the poorest countries in Africa, Mozambique has been successful in its efforts to encourage economic growth, attract foreign investment, and revitalize several industries destroyed by the civil war. Mozambique's agricultural sector has vast potential, yet many f [...]	2004-08-31 13:31:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID MZ
04MAPUTO1183	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AFONSO DHLAKAMA TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition party RENAMO's presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama will visit Washington following his attendance at the Republican National Convention. RENAMO party officials consider Dhlakama's visit to Washington key for both the party's and the candidate's credibility. As in p [...]	2004-09-02 08:21:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV ETRD MZ RENAMO
04MAPUTO1196	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GUEBUZA ON BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-06 09:56:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1211	AUGUST ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------ FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Ministry of Public Works announced the creation of a Zambezi Bridge Project Office, located in the National Road Administration (ANE) [...]	2004-09-10 08:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1213	MOZAMBIQUE REMAINS ELIGIBLE FOR AGOA BENEFITS [...] Mozambique meets the requirements for benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) continues to make progress in establishing a market-based economy, eliminating barriers to US trade and investment, reducing poverty, promoting [...]	2004-09-10 10:50:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM PREL MZ AGOA
04MAPUTO1228	59TH UNGA: REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE HIGH-LEVEL [...] Post has received detail regarding GRM's high-level attendance at the 59th UNGA. Information requested in reftel follows: A. Head of State will attend. Name and Title: His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano, President of The Republic of Mozambique Arrival and Departure Dates: Not yet availa [...]	2004-09-14 15:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP MZ UNGA
04MAPUTO1260	MAPUTO INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PRIORITY LIST FOR FY-05 [...] PAS Maputo hereby submits a prioritized list of FY-05 Internationa Each candidate has full country team approval. The candidates and pr a.Suleimane Esep Amuji, RP Democratic Governance and Civic Partici b.Daniel Herminio Bento, RP Democratic Governance and Civic Partic c.Manuel Jose Dos Santos, [...]	2004-09-16 14:51:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
04MAPUTO1280	RENAMO ELECTION OFFICE HEAD DISMISSED AS PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Eduardo Namburete, director of the election office of Mozambique's main opposition party, RENAMO, was dismissed as head of the press office at Maputo's Eduardo Mondlane University on September 1. He was relieved of his duties shortly after assuming the position within RENAMO. Some RENAMO [...]	2004-09-23 07:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MZ RENAMO
04MAPUTO13	USAID/DCHA/OFDA ASSESSMENT VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-06 05:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR
04MAPUTO1321	STATUS OF MOZAMBIQUE PORT ISPS COMPLIANCE [...] On September 29, econ/poloff delivered reftel letter and Port Security Advisory (PSA) to Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Antonio Cuna. Mr. Cuna responded by saying that the Port of Maputo and the Port of Beira were in compliance with the International Maritime Organ [...]	2004-09-30 13:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT KTIA PBTS PHSA PINS PREL PTER MZ ASEC
04MAPUTO1335	RENAMO CANDIDATE DHALAKAMA ON U.S. TRIP, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 29 meeting with Ambassador La Lime, RENAMO presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama outlined the themes of democracy and the need for transparent elections that he had emphasized in his recent visit to the United States. He was pleased with the visit and said he had f [...]	2004-10-05 14:31:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ DHLAKAMA RENAMO
04MAPUTO1339	2004 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - MAPUTO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 30, 2004, the emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened. The meeting was held to discuss the recent increase of attacks on vehicles traveling the EN4 toll road from Maputo, Mozambique to Nelspruit, South Africa. Attendees included the Ambassador, DCM (Chair),RSO, [...]	2004-10-06 07:39:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC MZ
04MAPUTO1341	MOZAMBIQUE 2004 GENERAL ELECTIONS: END-SEPTEMBER UPDATE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. -------- Contents -------- 2 - Summary 3 - New Electoral Law 4 - Election Statistics 5 - Parliamentary Elections 6 - Presidential Candidates Deliver Nomination Papers 7 - First, Unreliable Presidential P [...]	2004-10-06 09:31:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MZ
04MAPUTO1364	CORRECTED COPY: EMBASSY MAPUTO TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE REFERENCED CABLE. A) EMBASSY MAPUTO'S TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) IS DCM JAMES DUDLEY. CONTACT DETAILS: Phone: 258-1-492-797 Fax: 258-1-490-071 Cell: 258-82-306-645 E-mail:dudleyjl@state.gov TFCO Deputy and [...]	2004-10-13 14:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL MZ
04MAPUTO1366	MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) Mozambique is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions [...]	2004-10-13 16:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID PHUM SOCI ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1376	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF MCC CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH TO [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the Mozambican political environment, government, private sector, civil society, and MCC team and to increase Mozambican understanding of the MCC. You will be here during the c [...]	2004-10-18 15:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD MZ MCC
04MAPUTO1398	SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. -------------- MACROECONOMICS -------------- 2. (U) The GRM reports that the Mozambican economy is in line with the 8% growth rate target for 2004. Economic activity grew by 8.4% in the first six month [...]	2004-10-21 15:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1406	ELECTION OBSERVER ACCESS STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU and the National Elections Commission continue to disagree over the access of observers to provincial and national vote tabulations. The head of the EU's observer mission told a press conference that without access to the tabulations, the EU would not be able to give cred [...]	2004-10-25 06:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ
04MAPUTO1414	MOZAMBIQUE: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] (SBU) 1. Post has received data on U.S.-manufactured landmines found in Mozambique. The information requested in reftel follows: Country: Mozambique U.S. mines present Number: 130 (out of estimated 82,000 mines cleared/destroyed) Percent of Total: 0.16% Description: U.S. manufactured M14 ant [...]	2004-10-26 14:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KHDP MZ
04MAPUTO1416	MAPUTO EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION [...] As requested reftel, following is updated key officer emergency contact information for Maputo. Note that main office phone line (258)(1) 492 797 is only answered during business hours. Post One direct line answered at all times is (258)(1) 49 07 23. Main IVG access number is 887- 0000. Name [...]	2004-10-27 04:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC
04MAPUTO1421	AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM: FINAL [...] SUMMARY: This cable represents the final report for FY02 and the interim report for FY03 Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) in Mozambique. Section one contains the final financial status of all projects from FY02, and section two contains information on the financial status of all pr [...]	2004-10-27 11:09:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MZ SSH
04MAPUTO1427	SCHNEIDMAN CLAIM THAT FRELIMO FOUNDER WAS CIA [...] Independent publications in Mozambique have featured former AF DAS Witney Schneidman's claims that FRELIMO founder Eduardo Mondlane received funds from the CIA. The October 28 edition of the Beira weekly Zambeze led with the back-page headline, "FRELIMO founder financed by CIA" On October 27, [...]	2004-10-28 14:51:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP MZ OPRC FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1430	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND INTERIM REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable represents the interim report for FY03 for the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) in Mozambique. It contains information on the financial status of all projects from FY03 including the amount of money granted, spent, and the balance, as well as an update on the final di [...]	2004-10-29 08:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO1432	MOZAMBIQUE: FY 2004 BFIF COMMERCIAL OUTREACH REPORT [...] SUMMARY. In September-October, econ/poloffs and econ/commercial and political assistants traveled to five Mozambican provinces visiting various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial and investment activities and evaluate the business climat [...]	2004-10-29 10:21:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO1445	MCC CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH'S VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING A FOUR-DAY VISIT, MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH AND HIS TEAM MET WITH PRESIDENT CHISSANO, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS, AND THE PRESS IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH MOZAMBIQUE AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE MILLENNIUM CH [...]	2004-11-02 12:01:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EINV MZ MCC OPIC
04MAPUTO1446	OPIC-SUPPORTED US INVESTOR IN MOZAMBIQUE BACKS INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, American investor David Herbert and his Danish partner Jorgen Nielsen settled a dispute with the Zimbabwean firm Cabo do Mar over rights to the land on which their Nyati Beach Lodge is located. They agreed to pay usd 650,000 to permanently block execution of an Oc [...]	2004-11-02 12:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV MZ OPIC MCC
04MAPUTO1447	MUGABE VISITS MOZAMBIQUE, CLAIMS ZIMBABWE IS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Mugabe visited Mozambique on October 10 - 12, with stops at Cahora Bassa Dam and the resort town of Vilankulos. Mugabe told reporters his country was overcoming its political and economic crisis and announced that Zimbabwe was paying back its USD 8.5 million [...]	2004-11-03 05:30:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ ZM
04MAPUTO1474	PRESIDENT CHISSANO ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Mozambique wants donor involvement and support as it prepares to hold national elections on December 1-2. President Chissano told Maputo's diplomatic corps that the path to democracy in Mozambique has been filled with challenges, but the process has evolved to the point that Moz [...]	2004-11-08 09:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ
04MAPUTO1479	TERRORIST FINANCE/MOZAMBIQUE: LIST 63 - [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 8, Econ/Pol Officer delivered reftel List 63, talking points, and background paper to the Director of Legal Issues and Chief of the Accounts Monitoring department for the Banco de Mocambique. The Bank is the financial regulator [...]	2004-11-10 09:22:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON MZ LVPR
04MAPUTO148	MOZAMBIQUE AS PILOT COUNTRY FOR EVIAN [...] Post welcomes the opportunity for consideration as a candidate pilot country under the Evian Anti-corruption/Transparency initiative and submits results of initial internal discussions below. The GRM has demonstrated a commitment to combating corruption and has worked closely with the IMF and [...]	2004-02-02 09:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO1480	TERRORIST FINANCE/MOZAMBIQUE: LIST 62 - [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 8, Econ/Pol Officer delivered reftel List 62, talking points, and background paper to the Director of Legal Issues and Chief of the Accounts Monitoring department for the Banco de Mocambique. The Bank is the financial regulator [...]	2004-11-10 09:22:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON MZ LVPR
04MAPUTO1491	CORRECTION COPY: MOZAMBIQUE 2004 GENERAL ELECTIONS: OCT [...] (U) Not for internet distribution. -------- Contents -------- 2. Summary and Comment 3. Presidential Candidates: And Then There Were Five... 6. Lists Finalized for Parliamentary Elections 10. Relative Peace on the Campaign Trail 12. Media Coverage More Balanced 14. Comment ----- [...]	2004-11-16 10:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MZ
04MAPUTO1502	MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR TARIFF RATE QUOTA FOR TOBACCO [...] This is an action request for USTR. See para 3. 2. Below is the text of correspondence received October 14 from the International Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in which the GRM requests that it be allowed to export tobacco to the United States under the tariff [...]	2004-11-17 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1507	MOZAMBIQUE - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AMENDS THE 1990 [...] (U) On November 16, by a rare unanimous vote, RENAMO deputies joined their FRELIMO counterparts in approving a long list of amendments to the 1990 constitution. The majority of the changes were clarifications of existing principles and statutes. The significant amendments are as follows. -- T [...]	2004-11-18 12:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ FRELIMO RENAMO
04MAPUTO1519	MOZAMBIQUE - VISITING CORPORATE COUNCIL ON [...] SUMMARY. On November 10-11, a high-level Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) delegation visited Mozambique to learn about possibilities for U.S. investment. The delegation met with a senior GRM official and several local businesspeople to get a flavor for the most promising investment areas. CCA [...]	2004-11-22 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1520	MOZAMBIQUE - FM SIMAO ON MUGABE AND ZIMBABWE'S [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Simao told the Ambassador that he believes the Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will participate in the March parliamentary elections. However, the MDC is growing weaker, several factions have emerged and some are questioning Morgan [...]	2004-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MZ ZI
04MAPUTO1522	MOZAMBIQUE FY 2004 SELF-HELP PROGRAM (SSH) [...] SUMMARY: This cable lists the 12 proposals that were awarded funds for FY 2004, totaling USD 57,350. Projects are located in 6 different provinces. All agreements have been signed and implementing activities are underway. END SUMMARY. ------------------ SSH Projects 2004 ------------------ [...]	2004-11-23 09:35:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MZ SSH
04MAPUTO1524	MOZAMBIQUE: PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-23 11:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SU MZ UNGA
04MAPUTO1525	FIRST EVER IFTAR WITH MOZAMBICAN ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: Maputo PAS organized an Iftar at the Ambassador's residence that took place the final Friday of Ramadan, November 12. Nine prominent local Muslim leaders, representative of several different communities of Mozambique's sizeable Muslim minority, were invited and attended, including cle [...]	2004-11-23 12:12:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP PINR KISL
04MAPUTO1533	PRESIDENT CHISSANO ON MUGABE AND MARCH 2005 [...] (C) Summary: President Chissano believes that Mugabe is interested in improving relations with the US, although still deeply suspicious of US and UK intentions. He will be receptive only if approached without hostility or preconditions. Mugabe might be willing to relinquish power before electi [...]	2004-11-29 04:35:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MZ ZI LY
04MAPUTO1538	MOZAMBIQUE 2004 GENERAL ELECTIONS: ELECTION EVE [...] (C) Campaigning for Mozambique's December 1 - 2 general elections has ended, and there is no consensus as to what outcome is likely. The negotiations between the National Elections Commission and the European Union appear to have ended with the release of a new electoral process directive that [...]	2004-11-29 11:26:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ
04MAPUTO1539	MOZAMBICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL REFERS NYATI LODGE CASE [...] (SBU) On November 25, Attorney General Joaquim Madeira referred to the High Court of Mozambique a motion by Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary to suspend an October court order by Inhambane provincial judge Jose Sampaio that authorized expropriation of the Nyati Beach Lodge. The Lodge is co [...]	2004-11-29 12:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV MZ MCC
04MAPUTO1566	MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: VOTE COUNTING [...] (U) Vote counting began at polling stations last night and continued in the morning hours today. Initial results as reported by state-owned Radio Mozambique early this morning indicate FRELIMO candidate Armando Guebuza holds a healthy lead with RENAMO's Afonso Dhlakama running second and PDD's [...]	2004-12-03 10:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ FRELIMO RENAMO
04MAPUTO1584	REQUEST FOR FY 2005 LABOR SECTOR SUPPORT IN [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. The Mission, the Mozambican Minister of Labor, labor unionsfederations, and private sector leaders would like continued USG support for labor projects in Mozambique in FY05. In particular, there is an urgent need to continue the USDOL [...]	2004-12-07 14:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1585	MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: PROVINCIAL [...] (U) Although the provincial vote tabulation should have begun December 3, as of December 6, it had started in only Nampula, Zambezia and Sofala provinces. According to National Elections Commission (CNE) spokesman Filipe Mondlate, data entry and tabulation should begin December 7 in another tw [...]	2004-12-07 14:50:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
04MAPUTO1587	MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: RENAMO ALLEGES [...] (C) Senior RENAMO advisor Artur Vilankulu, accompanied by two other RENAMO officials, called on the Ambassador on December 8 to express concern over alleged irregularities in the December 1 - 2 general elections. The three were in the midst of making the rounds of various foreign embassies with [...]	2004-12-09 05:18:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ RENAMO
04MAPUTO1603	MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: PARALLEL VOTE [...] (U) On December 9 the Carter Center-supported National Electoral Observatory released its parallel vote tabulation (PVT). The PVT, based on a sample of 775 individual polling station results collected by 1600 observers, gives FRELIMO's Guebuza 63.6 percent of the presidential vote, with RENAMO' [...]	2004-12-10 07:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
04MAPUTO1606	REQUEST FOR FY 2005 LABOR SECTOR SUPPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. The Mission, the Mozambican Minister of Labor, labor unions, and private sector leaders would like continued USG support for labor projects in Mozambique in FY05. In particular, there is an urgent need to continue the USDOL- funded "Im [...]	2004-12-13 13:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1607	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 14:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ MPP
04MAPUTO1609	NOVEMBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------- FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------- 2. (U) On November 12, the Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) was awarded the Moatize mines exploration concession (Ref [...]	2004-12-14 04:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1616	MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: RENAMO LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: RENAMO's Dhlakama continues to reject provincial tabulation figures, which show a clear Guebuza victory in the presidential election and a strong FRELIMO win in parliamentary races. Despite the release of an independent parallel vote count largely corroborating the p [...]	2004-12-15 13:34:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ DHLAKAMA
04MAPUTO1617	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On December 15 Emboff delivered ref A demarche urging the GRM to oppose any potential motions for non- action in the UN plenary session on previously approved resolutions critical of the human rights situation in Iran and Turkmenistan. In the meeting, the MFA Director for UN Affairs, Ant [...]	2004-12-15 14:28:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MZ UN
04MAPUTO1623	MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: DRAFT USG STATEMENT [...] (U) Embassy provides below for the Department's approval a draft USG statement for use once the results of Mozambique's December 1-2 presidential and legislative elections are announced by the National Elections Commission (CNE). We expect the results to be announced on or soon after the Decem [...]	2004-12-16 14:16:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC MZ
04MAPUTO1624	MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATE ON BIOSAFETY DEVELOPMENTS [...] On December 13 emboff and econ/commercial assistant met with Calisto Bias, Director of Plant Development, National Institute of Agronomic Investigation (INIA) to learn about Mozambique's recent biosafety developments. INIA is a key participant in an inter-ministerial commission that addresses [...]	2004-12-16 14:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID MZ
04MAPUTO1625	MOZAMBIQUE RATIFIES THE U.S.-MOZAMBIQUE BILATERAL [...] On December 14, Luis Sitoi, advisor to the Minister of Industry and Commerce, informed the Embassy that the Mozambican Council of Ministers ratified the U.S.-Mozambique Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) during the week of Dec 6. The text of the BIT has been sent for publication in Mozambique's [...]	2004-12-17 03:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETRD EINV ECON MZ BIT
04MAPUTO1627	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings provided in State 254401. General Questions ---------------------- 2. Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering is fairly common and [...]	2004-12-17 09:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MZ KCOR

04MAPUTO1628	MINISTER OF COMMERCE PRESSES CASE FOR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) On December 16, Ambassador La Lime met with GRM Minister of Industry and Commerce Carlos Morgado at Morgado's request to discuss the Mozambican government's October 14 request for tariff rate quota on several varieties of tobacco (request letter text in reftel). The Minister referenced t [...]	2004-12-17 09:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON MZ

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