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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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05PARIS630EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH TELL JAPANESE EU
[...] (S) Japanese political Officer Korehito Masuda (strictly protect) told poloff that during a Jan. 31 Paris meeting between GOF MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Tsuneo Nishida and Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice SIPDIS Gourdault-Montagne, Gourdault-Montagne said that the EU [...]
2005-02-01 19:39:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ETTC CH FR JA
05PARIS6303FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO CONTINUE HAITIAN ELECTION
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the new team of MFA officials responsible for Haiti issues: Pierre-Alain Coffinier, DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; Cecile Merle, Haiti desk officer; and Benoit Guidee, UN desk officer covering Haiti. Coffinier underlined [...]
2005-09-15 15:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR HA KCRS
05PARIS6311 PM DE VILLEPIN'S PLANS FOR SOCIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister de Villepin unveiled the second phase of his economic plan, the key feature of which is the retention of the French social model. This second set of measures, which adds new budget spending, is unlikely to have real positive effects on economic growth before 2006. Mea [...]
2005-09-16 08:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ENRG PGOV FR
05PARIS6314 FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT FOR 2005 COULD BE 3% of GDP,
[...] SUMMARY. The GOF is confident its 2005 budget deficit will be 3% of GDP. This would be the first time in four years that the government complied with the EU stability and growth pact limit. However, public debt (estimated at 66.2% of GDP) considerably exceeds the EU limit of 60% of GDP. Wor [...]
2005-09-16 10:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6315MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Afghanistan Katrina
[...] UN Summit 2. Afghanistan 3. Katrina B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A variety of stories dominate today's front pages, with Le Figaro devoting its lead to the threat of an Avian flu epidemic. President Bush's call at the UN for the sharing of information between nations and Villepin's similar [...]
2005-09-16 12:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6326AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURKINA FASO 4. FRANCE/AFRICA 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7 SUDAN 8 NIGERIA Â [...]
2005-09-16 13:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6328FRENCH SAY AGREEMENT NEAR ON EU DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ferrari expressed optimism on September 15 that the EU would soon come to full agreement on the text of a declaration on Turkish non-recognition of Cyprus. She downplayed the risks of a Cypriot veto, while indicating that France would continue to suppo [...]
2005-09-16 14:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU CY EUN
05PARIS6333RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...]
2005-09-16 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR
05PARIS6335EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...]
2005-09-16 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE
05PARIS6336SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...]
2005-09-16 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR
05PARIS6342SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...]
2005-09-16 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR
05PARIS6349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6373PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...]
2005-09-19 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS6375 USUNESCO: MEETING WITH UK LAWYER ON CULTURAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. USTR and Department lawyers met Monday with British and Japanese lawyers at UNESCO to discuss the preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity. The UK indicated that they do not share our concerns and are prepared to bring the convention to a vote over US opposition. Th [...]
2005-09-19 17:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6376(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL
[...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]
2005-09-20 06:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6381MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea
[...] Nuclear Issues - North Korea 2. European Issues - German Elections - European Defense B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Many front pages continue to focus on Germany's elections and the lack of political consensus they reveal. Several commentators make analogies with the political situation in Fra [...]
2005-09-20 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6391U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) The French govenment supports the U.S. initiative to achieve civilian nuclear cooperation with India. In that regard, Foreign Ministry officials urge fastidious cooperation with the U.S. in advance of the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting to be in the best position to address conc [...]
2005-09-20 11:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM
05PARIS6407 USUNESCO: CONTACTS BETWEEN UN AGENCIES AND
[...] Mission has received letter from Director General in response to message delivered on June 28, 2005 (ref A) 2. Text of the letter is transmitted below: DG/13/05/46 16 September 2005 Dear Ambassador: I write in reference to your letter of 28 June 2005 concerning procedures to prevent co [...]
2005-09-20 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UN
05PARIS6418MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues: Iran - North
[...] Nuclear Issues: Iran - North Korea 2. Iraq - British Operation in Basra 3. NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Le Monde prominently features an interview with A/S Dan Fried about the German elections, Europe and France's role in the negotiations with Iran. The interview is announced on the fr [...]
2005-09-21 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6434FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...]
2005-09-21 14:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC
05PARIS6439FRENCH REACTION TO GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS; MOSTLY
[...] (C) Summary: By and large, French politicians have interpreted the results of the German elections through purely partisan lenses -- and with an eye on the 2007 presidential elections in France. They find in this weekend's results across the Rhine primarily cautionary lessons against party [...]
2005-09-21 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR GM EUN
05PARIS6442FRENCH SUPPORT LISTING LTTE BUT WARY OF "TIMING"
[...] (C) On September 20, we delivered reftel demarche encouraging an EU listing of the LTTE as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counter-terrorism. Deruffe said the French inter-agency process had concluded that LTTE met EU criteria for being listed as [...]
2005-09-21 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO FR
05PARIS6447FRENCH GOVERNMENT WARY OF POSSIBLE WTO PRE-AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EU AND THE U.S., READY TO OPPOSE IT.
[...] (SBU) AGRICULTURAL MINISTER COUNSELOR MET WITH HERVE LEJEUNE, ADVISER FOR AGRICULTURE TO FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. DURING THAT MEETING, LEJEUNE EXPRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE PRE- AGREEMENT ON WTO PARAMETERS FOR AGRICULTURE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE [...]
2005-09-21 16:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS645FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON HERVE GAYMARD
[...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...]
2005-02-02 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR
05PARIS6471MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Nuclear Threat Katrina
[...] Iran Nuclear Threat 2. Katrina and Iraq - Impact on Bush Presidency 3. Iraq - Basra Incident B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Two of today's front pages (Le Figaro and France Soir) are devoted to Hurricane Rita and the state of alert declared in the Gulf of Mexico. Inside, related stories report [...]
2005-09-22 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6478SURPRISE! FRENCH FARMERS ARE GROWING BIOTECH CORN
[...] (U) Summary. This month, the French press revealed - to the surprise of many - that 500 to 1,000 hectares (approximately 1,000 to 2,200 acres) of genetically modified corn was being grown in Southwestern France. The GOF confirmed that French farmers had voluntarily declared 500 hectares of G [...]
2005-09-22 13:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON BEXP FR
05PARIS6481 USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ACTION: URGENT
[...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. On Friday morning, September 23, UNESCO Executive Board (EB) will act upon a draft decision (ref) that has important bearing for U.S. efforts to prevent adoption of the "preliminary" draft Cultural Diversity (CD) Convention, as currently drafted. [...]
2005-09-22 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6482 USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO
[...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...]
2005-09-22 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6486MFA DISCUSSES COORDINATING ASSISTANCE ON BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez_, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, welcomed reftel demarche on promoting democratic and election reforms in Belarus, although she wondered how effective external broadcasts would be given the technical difficulties of transmitting ra [...]
2005-09-22 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PREL BO FR RU
05PARIS6488NO FRENCH COMMERCIAL SOURCES OF VEGETARIAN MRES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 17:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT US FR
05PARIS651GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS;
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...]
2005-02-02 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR UNSC
05PARIS6514MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hurricanes Katrina and
[...] Iran 2. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: U.S. Policies - Kyoto B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: "America in the Eye of the Cyclones" headlines left-of-center Liberation while right-of-center Le Figaro headlines "Threats to U.S. Oil." Catholic La Croix summarizes today's reporting with the headline: " [...]
2005-09-23 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6527AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. GABON 4. SOMALIA 5. NIGERIA 6. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-09-23 14:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6530DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON NORTH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA desk officer for North Korea, Clea LeCardeur, on September 21 and to MFA action officer for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) David Bertolotti and MFA Conventional Weapons action officer Jean-Francois Guillaume on September 22. Bertolotti said [...]
2005-09-23 15:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP FR EUN
05PARIS6534UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL
[...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]
2005-09-23 15:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV
05PARIS6547 (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION,
[...] (C) At the final negotiating session in Paris on the draft cultural diversity convention, Israel was one of the few countries to stick with the US. (Ref A) 2. (C) On Thursday, newly arrived Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO David Kornbluth gave Ambassador Oliver a read-out of his courtesy call o [...]
2005-09-23 16:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6548 USUNESCO: INDIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] In her statement today at the Executive Board on the Canadian draft decision to move the cultural diversity convention forward, the Indian Ambassador stated her concerns about reopening the convention. In her statement, she said, "The Draft Convention, which has gone through an extensive inte [...]
2005-09-23 17:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD IN UNESCO
05PARIS6557 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS6558MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global Economy: Cost of
[...] Global Economy: Cost of Reconstruction- Iraq - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Political Debate 2. Middle East - Gaza Violence B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of stories, domestic and international, lead in today's front pages. Left-of-center Liberation dedicates its lead and a thre [...]
2005-09-26 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6570FRANCE TO IMPLEMENT EU TAKEOVER DIRECTIVE; DECREE
[...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft bill implementing the EU Takeover Directive, which will allow targeted French companies to adopt anti-takeover defenses permitted in a potential bidder's own country. This bill comes on top of a draft decree to create a list of ten "sensitiv [...]
2005-09-26 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS6576AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, President of the National Assembly and leader of the Gaullist faction in the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Jean-Louis Debre brushed aside assertions that U.S.-French relations are on the mend and foresaw, inste [...]
2005-09-26 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR GM SOCI PINR ECON
05PARIS6579"FRANCE HASN'T KNOWN A DECADE WITHOUT TERRORISM"
[...] (C) Summary: Although he acknowledged the danger of being "pessimistic by profession," Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's new counter-terrorism head, told POL M/C and Poloff September 23 that he believed terrorism was a serious and evolving long-term threat. France had been a victi [...]
2005-09-26 15:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV FR
05PARIS6580MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...]
2005-09-26 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS6600MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Abu Gharaib -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6614 FRENCH AUTHORITIES BOLSTER THE EURO, ENCOURAGE
[...] SUMMARY. Key EU and French authorities are talking up the euro and the attractiveness of French financial markets in an effort to increase the attractiveness of France to foreigners . At a recent event targeting Japanese investors, officials underlined progress already made by France, while [...]
2005-09-27 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6631 Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns meeting with
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: (SBU) After opening cordialities, Minister Bussereau implicitly referred to the previous day's meeting between Secretary Johanns, USTR Portman and their EC counterparts, stating that whatever the EC negotiates will have to be approved by all 25 Member States. He str [...]
2005-09-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS6632 USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO
05PARIS6633FRENCH MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR EU
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for EU institutional affairs Setton told us September 27 that FM Douste-Blazy's September 23 proposal, at the governing center-right party's conference on Europe, for a two-speed Europe was "personal" not GOF policy. (The same holds true for Interior Minister [...]
2005-09-27 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PINR EUN
05PARIS6644MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Abu Azzam Assassination
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6648UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: Should
[...] (U) This requests clarification of paragraph 4 of instructions (ref),which asks USDEL to call for votes. UNESCO Rule 52 provides that "voting shall normally be by show of hands." UNESCO Rule 53 allows a member state to call for a roll-call vote, with the vote of each state recorded in the [...]
2005-09-28 13:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN UNESCO
05PARIS665FURTHER FRENCH REACTION TO IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During a brief February 2 discussion with us on Iraq's recent elections, the Presidency's new Middle East advisor stressed two points: 1) the need to ensure Sunni inclusion in the political process, which remains precarious, and 2) the need to help the new Iraqi autho [...]
2005-02-02 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS6660FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the third in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Labor unrest threatens production at French refineries (para 2) -- GOF response to hi [...]
2005-09-28 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS6666FRENCH TELECOM REGULATOR GRANTS IRIDIUM TEMPORARY
[...] On September 26, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to French Telecom Regulator ARCEP, which authorizes civilian use of radio frequencies in France. ARCEP acknowledged that they had received the request for Iridium, but had not yet completed their review due to the temporary absence of a [...]
2005-09-28 17:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS6683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6687 GOF receptive to blocking WMD Financing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOF officials welcomed proposals by visiting Treasury U/S Levey to block the financing of WMD proliferators. They also described progress on new anti- terrorist legislation, which will close some loopholes while providing a framework to guarantee individual liberties. The legis [...]
2005-09-29 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR
05PARIS6694FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...]
2005-09-29 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS670U.S.-FRANCE DISCUSSIONS ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND
[...] (U) Summary: Following up on high-level discussions held in July 2004 (see ref B),U.S. and French delegations held three days of meetings in Paris on physical security measures for nuclear facilities and materials, agreeing on a path forward to coordinate and accelerate future bilateral coop [...]
2005-02-02 16:51:00Embassy ParisSECRETENRG FR KNNP MNUC PREL
05PARIS6709 (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION,
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, reason 1.4 (b and (d). 2. (C) The EU group at UNESCO has decided to play hardball with Israel on the cultural diversity convention. 3. (C) As reported reftels, the French have been putting stro [...]
2005-09-29 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6710 UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION ADVANCES
[...] (U) Summary. On September 29, 2005, in a lopsided vote in which the U.S. again stood alone, the UNESCO Executive Board meeting in plenary session adopted a decision recommending that the General Conference consider and in effect formally adopt as a UNESCO convention the preliminary draft text [...]
2005-09-30 05:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6724MEDIA REACTION REPORT - DeLay Indictment - Turkey
[...] DeLay Indictment 2. EU Membership Negotiations with Turkey (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: The French Prime Minister's monthly press conference dominates front pages and editorials today. De Villepin addressed the issue of employment, highlighting the drop in unemployment figures for the fifth [...]
2005-09-30 10:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6726UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF
[...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]
2005-09-30 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6727UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]
2005-09-30 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6735TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris' Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO) is Otto H Van Maerssen, Unit Chief for Financial Affairs in the Economic Section. (E-mail: vanmaerssenOH@state.gov. Tel: 33-43-12-24-33 and Fax: 33-43-12-20-22 ). 2. (SBU) Deputy TFCO is Political Officer Peter Kujawin [...]
2005-09-30 13:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL FR
05PARIS6741FRENCH ON OCTOBER 3 GAERC
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A points on September 27 to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal Le Deunff and DAS-equivalent for enlargement and European neighborhood policy Caroline Ferrari, and followed up in conversation September 30. 2. (C) Both LeDeunff and Ferrari echoed comments in reftel B that [...]
2005-09-30 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBO GG HR IZ KDEM KPAL PREL RS TU UP MD FR EUN
05PARIS6744ALAIN MADELIN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HIS CANDIDACY
[...] (C) At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on September 6, former French Finance Minister Alain Madelin solicited U.S. support for his candidacy to head the OECD. Madelin stressed his commitment to reform of the OECD along the lines of the U.S. proposal to that end. Madelin also made the case [...]
2005-09-30 16:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EU FR IO PGOV PINR SOCI
05PARIS6747NEW FRENCH G-8 FOREIGN AFFAIRS SOUS-SHERPA AND
[...] (U) This contains a request for guidance, see para. 5. 2. (S) Summary. The French MFA's new Director for Economic Affairs (Undersecretary equivalent),Jacques Lapouge, will, like his predecessor, serve as G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa. Lapouge is a self-described EU and East Asia expe [...]
2005-09-30 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS6748FRANCE ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL FR UNGA
05PARIS6749FRENCH SUPPORT PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 17:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BK FR
05PARIS675MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 19 JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 19 January 2005 meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to France, members were provided with updates and had constructive discussions of a wide-range of MTCR issues. These included a [...]
2005-02-02 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS6751AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. PLUMPY NUT 3. NIGER 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SOMALIA 6. FRANCE/AFRICA 7. SENEGAL 8. TOGO Â [...]
2005-10-03 07:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6752 UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS
[...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...]
2005-10-03 08:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO
05PARIS6756MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Terrorism -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6759REQUEST FOR UK TO HOST G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS
[...] (C) On September 30, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, responsible for chemical and biological disarmament at the MFA. Although message was passed to Mr. Sur, Gabriel Bernier, outgoing biological weapons specialist attended. Mr. Sur understood the point [...]
2005-10-03 12:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER TBIO EAGR FR
05PARIS676UMP LEADERS BRICE HORTEFEUX AND BERNARD ACCOYER --
[...] (C) The views of two leading members of the ruling, center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party highlight how the unresolved rivalry between Nicolas Sarkozy and President Chirac for leadership of the center-right is dividing the UMP's elite of elected officials. Brice Hortefeux is a [...]
2005-02-03 05:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SOCI FR
05PARIS68MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING
[...] IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HAS REPLACED THE ASIAN DISASTER ON MOST OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STORIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS BEING [...]
2005-01-05 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6807MEDIA REACTION REPORT - European Issues - Turkey
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 10:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS681FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL
[...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...]
2005-02-03 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR
05PARIS6810COMBATING EXTREMISM IN FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and France enjoy a strong and healthy relationship in matters related to combating violent extremism, especially as regards the investigative side. Intelligence, law enforcement and judicial exchanges and cooperation are ongoing and effective, and the French government's [...]
2005-10-04 11:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER FR
05PARIS6813UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]
2005-10-04 12:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6814UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF
[...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]
2005-10-04 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6825AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...]
2005-10-04 13:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR
05PARIS6827 USUNESCO: U/S DOBRIANKSY'S MEETING ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In her September 30th meeting with the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, Under Secretary Dobriansky expressed deep concern about the ramifications of certain language in the draft convention on cultural diversity. Highlighting both trade and human rights implicat [...]
2005-10-04 14:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST IRAQ STATE OF
[...] MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAQ 3. STATE OF THE UNION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO THE POPE'S HEALTH AND TO DOMESTIC STORIES, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND THE FEBRUARY 8 SUMMIT: "TRUCE AT [...]
2005-02-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6837USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 05:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI
05PARIS6841MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush Press
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6874FRENCH RESEARCH GETS A BUDGET BOOST
[...] Summary: With an additional one billion euros for research and 3000 more jobs, the Research and Higher Education Ministry (RHEM) looks like one of the few winners in the 2006 French budget process. Roughly one-third of the increase is allocated to public research labs and university researc [...]
2005-10-05 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL EFIN KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS6887FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE
[...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...]
2005-10-06 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR
05PARIS6889MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Economic Issues - Airbus -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 12:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6890DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM MODERATES AND MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary: In the context of ongoing Muslim outreach (refs),Ambassador recently visited the Paris Mosque, paid separate courtesy calls on ambassadors from Morocco and Algeria -- the two leading countries of origin for the majority of French Muslims -- and met with a French-Tunisian author [...]
2005-10-06 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER FR
05PARIS6903U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...]
2005-10-06 17:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC
05PARIS6908FRENCH ON BURMA/UNSC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to MFA Burma desk officer Franck Vermeulen and UN/IO desk officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee offered as a "first response" (noting that the French mission to the UN was presenting the same response in New York) that the French are completely open t [...]
2005-10-07 09:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS6914MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East Iran European
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 09:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6927 STRIKES HIT FRENCH OIL REFINERIES
[...] SUMMARY. Strikes at Total refineries in France will continue until at least October 7, affecting production of 328,000 barrels per day. The labor dispute at SNMC (Societe Nationale Corse Mediterrannee),a state-owned ferry company, further complicated the situation by temporarily blocking ta [...]
2005-10-07 14:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6933HIZBALLAH MP APPEALS FRENCH AL-MANAR BAN; MEETS
[...] (C) Summary: In the coming weeks, the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, will release a decision on Hizballah satellite television station al-Manar's appeal of its 2004 ban from broadcasting into France. Two Lebanese deputies, Hassan Fadlalah of Hizballah and Abdallah Farh [...]
2005-10-07 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR LE
05PARIS6934AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...]
2005-10-07 17:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6936BLAIR-CHIRAC MEET, LOOKING PAST DISAGREEMENTS TO
[...] (C) In an October 7 meeting between EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and French MFA Director for European Cooperation, Gilles Briatta, Briatta spoke about the discussion that took place earlier in the day between British PM Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac. Briatta said that during their m [...]
2005-10-07 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN UK FR EUN
05PARIS6938PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...]
2005-10-11 06:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR
05PARIS6939AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. TV IN AFRICA 3. SUDAN 4. CHAD 5. NIGER 6. GABON 7. DROC 8. MALAWI Â [...]
2005-10-11 07:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6961MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - Nobel Prize
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 12:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6974HAITI: BIO INFO ON NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) As part of an office call to discuss France's "co development" policy (septel),Econ Couns and intern met on 5 October with the newly named French Ambassador to Haiti, Christian Connan. Connan said he is looking forward to his new assignment, which will start in January. He asked Econ C [...]
2005-10-11 14:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EAID HA FR
05PARIS6975COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FRANCE VISIT OF DOE, GLASER
[...] Country Clearance is provided for following employees of Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Nancy, France, October 17 - 25, 2005: FRED M. GLASER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH BERNARD S. COVINO RESEARCH CHEMIST NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATOR [...]
2005-10-11 16:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA UK FR
05PARIS6980EMBASSY PARIS' POC'S FOR IAEA ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY FR IAEA UNAUS
05PARIS698460TH UNFC: FRANCE AGREES AD HOC COMMITTEES A BAD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCA MX AORC PARM PREL MNUC
05PARIS6985FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO U.S. DEMARCHE IS
[...] (C) In his October 6 and 7 meetings in Paris with MFA A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre and MOD Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot, EUR/PDAS Kurt Volker raised the SEEBRIG deployment to Afghanistan under ISAF. The intial French reaction was positive, although our [...]
2005-10-11 17:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS6994MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Oil for Food Scandal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-12 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6995FOREIGN INVESTMENT & NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) A parliamentary conference on foreign investment and national security on October 10 has helped to inject some market sense into Prime Minister Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda, although it also highlighted shortcomings in the French approach to protecting firms from foreign inve [...]
2005-10-12 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS7012FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH
[...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...]
2005-10-12 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS7023FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH
[...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...]
2005-10-13 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS7030MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - `Oil For Food' Scandal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7031CNIL TALKS TO UNBLOCK SOX
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We met with CNIL to discuss its opposition to listed companies' whistleblower provisions, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL says it has developed guiding principles to resolve the conflict of law, which it soon will share informally with interested parties. END S [...]
2005-10-13 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7037USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO
[...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...]
2005-10-13 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS7043PKK TERRORISM: FRENCH REPLY ON SUPPORT FROM EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 15:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETKCRM PTER EFIN PINR PREL FR
05PARIS7057MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7062AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. GABON 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. TOGO 6. MALI 7. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]
2005-10-14 13:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7082Small is Beautiful? France's "Co-Development"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 20 years, the MFA's "Co- Development" Program has finally started to bear fruit. France's co-development program seeks to benefit both France and countries from which many of France's illegal migrants come by helping potential and actual migrants create their own small b [...]
2005-10-17 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL FR
05PARIS7085MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraqi Constitution
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 12:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7102 FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH 1.5% IN 2005
[...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency forecast 1.5% GDP growth in 2005, the bottom end of the government's official 1.5-2.0% prediction. The forecast takes into account oil price increases and government programs for job creation. Corporate growth is weak, but could edge up in the second [...]
2005-10-17 15:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7104MFA RESPONSE ON URGING PA PRESIDENT ABBAS TO SEIZE
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points encouraging the GoF to urge PA President Abbas to seize the opportunity on Gaza disengagement with Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian issues, and Christophe Guilhou, Cabinet Advisor to FM Douste-Blazy on Middle East issues, on O [...]
2005-10-17 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS FR
05PARIS7109 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]
2005-10-18 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7118MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 12:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7124FRENCH ON CHAVEZ VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Lionel Paradisi on October 17 following an October 7 meeting on Venezuela that included MFA WHA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard, and Paradisi (septel). The GoF confirmed that Chavez will visit Pari [...]
2005-10-18 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV FR VE
05PARIS7128 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]
2005-10-18 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7132AVIAN FLU: FRANCE REACTS TO THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The presence of the H5N1 virus in Romania, Turkey, and (possibly) Greece has captured front-page headlines and triggered much commentary in the French media. The French government reacted swiftly, too. Prime Minister de Villepin confirmed on October 14 the two French gover [...]
2005-10-18 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR SOCI FR
05PARIS7145FRENCH CUBA POLICY: HAVE THEY SEEN THE LIGHT?
[...] (C) MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux provided a readout to Poloff October 17 on the October 11 meeting between French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. Chaux echoed the official press release in stating that the visit was "devoted exclusivel [...]
2005-10-19 10:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7146MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial UNESCO -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7151DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO
[...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...]
2005-10-19 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS7154PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: FRENCH UPDATE
[...] (S) ESTH/NP officer received a brief update from Sebastien Jaunet, French MFA nuclear expert and PSI contact regarding the status of the French government's inter-agency investigation into the transfer of centrifuge equipment involving the U.S. company Data Physics, French company Actidyn Sy [...]
2005-10-19 10:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
05PARIS7174POSITIVE GOF REACTION TO IRAQI REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy issued a positive public statement October 17 welcoming the results of the October 15 Iraqi constitutional referendum. While the FM's statement was not overly effusive, he welcomed and commended the conditions under which the referendum took place. MFA contacts r [...]
2005-10-19 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR UNSC
05PARIS7182 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer attempted to contact MOD officials both directly and indirectly to inquire about French company Avon Communications S.A. However, to date, the MOD has been unresponsive. The Avon company executive we spoke to (see paras 4 and 5 below) said that Avo [...]
2005-10-20 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7188MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria EU Trade Issues -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7195GISCARD D'ESTAING ON FRENCH POLITICAL SCENE,
[...] (C) On October 18 former President Giscard d'Estaing hosted Ambassador Stapleton to breakfast -- and to a magisterial presentation of French history and the current political scene, along with trenchant observations on Europe and transatlantic relations. Giscard said he believes that post-Iraq [...]
2005-10-20 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PREL EUN POLINT
05PARIS7197FM DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETS AMBASSADOR STAPLETON, URGES
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy welcomed Ambassador Stapleton to France during a October 13 courtesy call that had been repeatedly deferred by scheduling problems at the Quai d'Orsay. Joining FM Douste-Blazy were WHA A/S-Equivalent Parfait and Americas Advisor Dore; DCM Karl Hofmann and [...]
2005-10-20 14:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED FR
05PARIS7198DARFUR TURMOIL DARKENING THE OUTLOOK FOR CHAD
[...] (C) France is not currently advocating a Chadian conference on Darfur, Africa A/S Equivalent Bruno Joubert declared during an October 17 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan. SIPDIS Joubert informed Africa Watcher that the Quai d'Orsay was s [...]
2005-10-20 14:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU CD FR
05PARIS72 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON EURL AOG AERO-
[...] As requested in reftel, post conducted a site visit to French company EURL AOG Aero-Spares, to check on the bona fides of this company as a registered broker and to verify the physical location of the operation and the nature of the business that the company conducts. Following paragraphs addr [...]
2005-01-05 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7201MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM
[...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...]
2005-10-20 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC
05PARIS7202U/S BURNS DISCUSS INDIA NONPRO, BALKANS, CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Russian DFM Sergei Kislyak on October 19 in Paris to discuss, among other issues, India nonproliferation, the Balkans (especially Kosovo),and Secretary Rice's recent trip to Central Asia. Kislyak raised Russian concerns regarding access for its dipl [...]
2005-10-21 08:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR IN FR KO
05PARIS7213MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7216 AIR FRANCE CEO ON AVIATION SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador over breakfast October 20, Air France CEO Jean- Claude Spinetta called for enhanced cooperation and greater efficiency in the operation of international aviation security programs, and highlighted Air France's strong interest in succes [...]
2005-10-21 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ASEC CVIS FR EU
05PARIS7220GOF NEARS COMPLETION OF WHITE PAPER ON
[...] (C) The GOF continues to finalize its white paper on terrorism and internal security (ref B). On October 20, Poloff contacted Louis Blin, the MFA's office director-equivalent for terrorism and security, for an update. Blin said the GOF was in a period of "synthesis," in which the inter-agenc [...]
2005-10-21 13:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER FR
05PARIS7223French press minimizes US offer
[...] SUMMARY: The French daily paper Le Figaro dated October 19, 2005, published an article entitled : "America supports its farmers as never before" which asserts that despite last week's proposal to make deep cuts in domestic support, US agriculture would continue to be highly distortive. END S [...]
2005-10-21 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7225FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE,
[...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...]
2005-10-21 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN
05PARIS7226Perspectives on WTO, Biotechnology, the
[...] SUMMARY: Fred L. Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture recently met with representatives of the French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) to share perspectives on the WTO, biotechnology, the Farm Bill and biofuels. After making it clear that he did not speak for the USG, Director Dai [...]
2005-10-21 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7230 USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7234 USUNESCO: UNESCO ADOPTS PROGRAM AND BUDGET
[...] Summary: The United States voted against adoption of the 2006-07 Program and Budget for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The budget was adopted by vote, 126 in favor, 1 against (US),with no abstentions. In explaining the U.S. vote, Ambassador Oliver, U.S. [...]
2005-10-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7236AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. ZIMBABWE 7. WTO/COTTON Â [...]
2005-10-24 06:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7244 USUNESCO: 172ND EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT ON F&A
[...] There was no controversy surround in the work of the F&A Commission at the 172nd UNESCO Executive Board. Agenda items 4, 6, 12, 34, 41, 49, and 53 items were requested to be forwarded to the PX Commission with no discussion in F&A. Of these USDel requested that Item 6 be discussed. 2. A [...]
2005-10-24 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7249MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural
[...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...]
2005-10-24 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7275CONTINUED FRENCH OBJECTIONS TO FOUNDATION/FUND FOR
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: In response to ref a-b demarches, senior MFA and Elysee officials continue to voice objections to the Foundation and Fund for the Future, relying chiefly on G-8 institutional arguments put forth in the October 7 letter f [...]
2005-10-25 08:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU FR
05PARIS7284MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7301France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- GOF hopes for "dialogue" on internet governance (para 2) -- France holds its own on broadband growth, but not in Europe's top [...]
2005-10-25 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS7305FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM
[...] (C) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participation of French FM Douste-Blazy at the October 31 UNSC ministerial. French MFA IO A/S-equivalent Jean-Maurice Ripert suggested to visiting IO A/S Kristin Silv [...]
2005-10-25 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7308PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...]
2005-10-26 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7314GOF PROGRESS ON SARBANES OXLEY WHISTLEBLOWER DRAFT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: We have received draft French guidelines that would permit companies to use anonymous hotlines per Sarbanes Oxley requirements, and would welcome Washington views on the draft, ideally before November 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Staff members from the French [...]
2005-10-26 09:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON FR
05PARIS7317MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraqi
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7328LUNG DISEASE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL EFFORTS
[...] Summary: From October 18-22 in Paris, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) held its 36th World Conference on Lung Health, the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts from the perspective of low-income, high disease-burdened countr [...]
2005-10-26 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR
05PARIS7329NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN - FRANCE ALSO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 14:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR AEMR EAID MASS PREF FR EUN NATO
05PARIS7330 FRENCH VIEWS ON INTERNET GOVENANCE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The French coordinator for all WSIS issues told us he hopes the U.S. posture does not preclude a "dialogue" on internet governance. He expressed concern about the use and (mis)understanding of the words "oversight" and "regulation" pointing out that the latter has a [...]
2005-10-26 15:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECPS EINT ETRD ECON ETTC FR
05PARIS7334 DETAILS OF EDF'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION
[...] SUMMARY. The partial privatization of Electricite de France (EDF) will be done through an increase in EDF's capital and a sale of government shares to EDF's employees. The government will keep a substantial 85% stake in the company. The initial public offering of EDF's shares will start on O [...]
2005-10-26 17:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV ENRG FR
05PARIS734FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...]
2005-02-04 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS FR
05PARIS7349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 10:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7352FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...]
2005-10-27 11:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE BL CO
05PARIS7355OECD/EXPORT CREDIT: STRENGTHENED ANTI-BRIBERY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on export credits and credit guarantees (ECG) met October 10 and 11 in Paris to consider proposals to enhance the November 2000 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export [...]
2005-10-27 13:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD EXIM OECD
05PARIS7360AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MICHEL ROCARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former prime minister Michel Rocard received Ambassador Stapleton October 24. Fresh off the early-October publication of his new book, "If the Left Had Known," and a recent trip to China, Rocard sees the November congress of his Socialist Party (PS) as a historic opportunity. Offer [...]
2005-10-27 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7373FRENCH ELECTRICITY UTILITY GIANT EDF GETS "GREEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delays, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin confirmed on October 24 that France's state-owned power company Electricite de France (EDF) is to be partially privatized. To limit protests from trade unions, the GOF has pledged to maintain 85 percent owners [...]
2005-10-27 17:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7392FRENCH ON BURMA UNSC - BENIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 12:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS7396FRENCH RESPONSE TO SAFE HAVEN DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM FR NU
05PARIS7397IRAQ: GOF REACTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
[...] (C) We delivered ref A statement October 28 to Bernard Chappedelaine, the MFA's Iraq desk officer, and also asked him if France would not consider any additional bilateral programs for Iraq, given the approval of the referendum on the constitution. Chappedelaine raised the long-standing Frenc [...]
2005-10-28 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ FR
05PARIS7398GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...]
2005-10-28 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR FR
05PARIS7399LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...]
2005-10-28 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR LE SY UNSC
05PARIS7401 USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION
[...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]
2005-10-31 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7407MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7439ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...]
2005-10-31 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IS FR
05PARIS7446 UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE
[...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC),the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...]
2005-10-31 18:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI
05PARIS7454MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7461UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]
2005-11-02 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS747OFFICIAL GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF TOGO PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Both President Chirac and the MFA issued brief communiques following the death on February 5 of Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema. Informal Embassy translations of both texts follow: 2. (U) Elysee Communique (February 5, 2005): BEGIN COMMUNIQUE: -- It is with profound sadne [...]
2005-02-07 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS7472 UNESCO and WSIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...]
2005-11-02 16:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS749MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO
[...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...]
2005-02-07 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7491MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7496MFA EMPHASIZES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT ON DRAFT IRAQ
[...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the new Iraq UNSCR (reftel) November 2 with MFA UN/Iraq desk officer Nicolas Kassianides, who had sent instructions on the draft text earlier in the day to the French UN Mission in New York. Kassianides stressed [...]
2005-11-03 13:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ UNSC
05PARIS7506FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 15:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7510FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS
[...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...]
2005-11-03 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS7521FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]
2005-11-03 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS7525PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...]
2005-11-03 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7527VIOLENCE IN SUBURBS: COMMENTS OF TERRORISM
[...] (S) During a conversation November 3 with terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard, Poloff asked for his analysis of recent violence in the suburbs (ref A). Ricard began by saying that no one in the French government should be surprised by what has happened. Successive governments ha [...]
2005-11-04 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PTER FR
05PARIS7528TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON ONGOING
[...] (S) Summary: Terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) discussed his office's ongoing C/T activities November 3, including the possible upcoming release of two ex-GTMO detainees and the continued investigation of three separate terrorist cells discovered in 2005. [...]
2005-11-04 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER FR
05PARIS7532MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7561SET BACK FOR FRANCE'S NUCLEAR COMPANY AREVA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Prime Minister de Villepin cancelled the planned partial privatization of French nuclear powerhouse AREVA, generating a flurry of journalistic commentary, mostly suggesting that the non-privatization will upset the company's planned expansion to take advantage of [...]
2005-11-04 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA EINV PGOV FR
05PARIS7573AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS: FRENCH EFFORTS
[...] Summary. The GOF continues to hone preparations for a future avian flu pandemic. On October 27, Research Minister Goulard made symbolic visits to some of France's most prestigious biological research facilities that could prove critical in any response to an H5N1 viral outbreak. On November [...]
2005-11-04 18:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR SOCI FR
05PARIS7574 USUNESCO: 33rd GENERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS
[...] SUMMARY: UNESCO's 33rd General Conference adopted by consensus the Convention Against Doping in Sport, designed to strengthen efforts to keep sport fair and drug-free. The convention places particular emphasis on the education of amateur athletes and the fight against doping in sport by athl [...]
2005-11-07 09:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7577MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Paris Riots President Bush to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-07 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7587 USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION
[...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]
2005-11-07 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7595PARIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING REGARDING
[...] DCM convened the Paris CORE EAC this date to discuss the continuing spread of arson attacks throughout France. Attendees included; DCM, DCM UNESCO, RSO, CG, ACS, MGT, ORA, FBI, POL, PA, OSI, ICE, TSA, DATT, and ECON. 2. FOR BACKGROUND: RSO reiterated that over the last week there have bee [...]
2005-11-07 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC FR
05PARIS7597MFA ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS: MORE OF THE SAME
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 discussion, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran Antoine Sivan affirmed that the GoF will view the next Iraqi government as fully sovereign, but gave no indication that the GoF will increase its assistance to Iraq after December elections. Sivan expressed satisfac [...]
2005-11-07 17:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR FR
05PARIS7598WTO DEMARCHE: FRENCH MAINTAIN VIEWS ON AG TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs delivered ref A points to key French officials at the Elysee, the Trade Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, who continue to voice their objections to the Commission's revised proposal for the WTO Doha Round negotiations. The French approach seems to have changed very li [...]
2005-11-07 17:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PGOV FR
05PARIS7599RAMPAGE IN FRANCE CONTINUES FOR 11TH DAY
[...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding massive deployments of police and President Jacques Chirac's assurances that "the absolute priority is to reestablish security and public order," violent unrest in France intensified through the weekend, with November 6 marking the eleventh night of arson and clas [...]
2005-11-07 18:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7613MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Summit of the Americas
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7626FORMER PM JOSPIN DEFLECTS SPECULATION ABOUT
[...] (C) Over lunch with Ambassador Stapleton on November 2, former prime minister Lionel Jospin said that desire for change, along with widespread disappointment with the record of President Chirac and the center-right, "puts things in place" for a center-left victory in 2007. However, he also cau [...]
2005-11-08 13:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7630NEW FRENCH BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE PARISOT ON
[...] SUMMARY. France's new business spokesman Laurence Parisot believes France is still "quite competitive" despite the French public's negative perception of the private sector. Parisot, who was elected as first woman president of the French employers association MEDEF in July 2005, told Ambass [...]
2005-11-08 15:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB FR KBIO
05PARIS7658MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France - Suburban Violence
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 12:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7667DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC
05PARIS7675FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN: REMAIN FIRM, DON'T
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan assessed the Ahmadi-Nejad government as weakened by internal debate within Iran and lacking competence and experience, during a recent discussion with us. Sivan speculated that Ahmadi-Nejad's recent s [...]
2005-11-09 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IR FR
05PARIS7677 USUNESCO: UNESCO'S WSIS PREPARATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 presentation to member states on UNESCO preparations for WSIS, Assistant Director General Abdul Waheed Khan discussed Internet governance, the possibility of UNESCO and ITU leading roles in post-WSIS implementation, the UNESCO "brand" at WSIS, planned UNE [...]
2005-11-09 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS7682THE FRENCH INTEGRATION MODEL: GOING UP IN SMOKE?
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Continuing violent unrest in France -- only now diminishing after thirteen intense days -- has very publicly brought to light the ugly reality of France's persistent failure to integrate its immigrant population. Importantly, the violence has not taken on religious ove [...]
2005-11-09 18:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SOCI ELAB FR
05PARIS7683THE FRENCH VIEW IN INITIATING THE KABUL AGENDA
[...] (C) On November 8 poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon explained that France agreed with U.S. views as outlined in the points, and said he was glad to see the prominence given to the United Nations' key leadership role in the country. He [...]
2005-11-10 10:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV
05PARIS7688MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 12:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7691FRENCH INNOVATION EVENT: SEEKING U.S. PARTICIPATION
[...] Summary: Eminent scientist and former French presidential scientific advisor Professor Jean Audouze called on Embassy recently to urge U.S. participation in the second European Research and Innovation Exhibition and associated conference to be held June 8-11, 2006 in Paris. The Embassy views t [...]
2005-11-10 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL TPHY TNGD KPAO FR
05PARIS77GOF WON'T BE JOINING INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR
[...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points urging French support for the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) with MFA Iraq desk officer Bernard Chappedelaine January 5, after delivering reftel points to the GoF December 29. Chappedelaine reported that the GoF did not plan to participate in [...]
2005-01-05 17:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS7704FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Total executive notes decision-making void in Iran (para 2) -- Individuals flocking [...]
2005-11-10 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS771FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE
[...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...]
2005-02-07 17:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS7715 USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB
[...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...]
2005-11-14 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SU UNESCO
05PARIS7716MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Azerbaijan Terrorism - Amman
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7725NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP:
[...] (U) On November 8, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Julien Turenne, Chief of the Bureau of Resources and International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish. Mr. Turenne understood the points delivered, and explained that GOF has no objection to Mr. Hog [...]
2005-11-14 13:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PHSA SENV AORC FR ICCAT
05PARIS7733 UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND
[...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...]
2005-11-14 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO
05PARIS7737PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005
[...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...]
2005-11-14 16:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL HA FR
05PARIS7742 USUNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON UNESCO'S
[...] Summary. On Tuesday 8 November, the Director- General convened an information meeting on UNESCO's participation in the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP). The meeting, which was originally requested by the British Delegation during the 172nd Executive Board in September, was intended to review the [...]
2005-11-14 17:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EFIN IZ FR UNESCO
05PARIS7745FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN
[...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect),briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...]
2005-11-14 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR
05PARIS7749 FRANCE: IPR ISSUES UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French Intellectual Property (IPR) and cultural policy news. French Net pirates prefer U.S. films ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Almost 38 percent of French Internet users admit to illegally downloading movies, with a marked p [...]
2005-11-15 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR FR
05PARIS7752MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 11:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7767 USUNESCO: UNESCO - DIRECTOR OF HUMAN
[...] This is an action request: see para. 6. 2. During a meeting on November 14, Dyane Dufresne- Klaus, Unesco's Director of Human Resources, told the Charge that she would like U.S. assistance in reforming the organization's human resource system. She indicated that the current system is ju [...]
2005-11-15 13:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN APER FR UNESCO
05PARIS7769 UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...]
2005-11-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS7771 FRENCH ECONOMY IMPROVING, BUT UNREST MAY LEAVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. While the recent unrest in France may have dominated the headlines, the GOF has attempted to counter the negative reports with good economic news. GDP growth increased 2.8% (annualized) in the third quarter, much more than expected. The unemployment rate decreased to 9.8%, and [...]
2005-11-15 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7772USUNESCO: UNESCO SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES CULTURAL
[...] SUMMARY and comment: UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector held an international symposium on "Cultural Diversity and Transversal Values: East-West Dialogue on Spiritual-Secular Dynamics" on November 7- 9. The symposium concluded with a communiqu identifying new directions for dialogue [...]
2005-11-15 18:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SCUL JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7777ASSAULT OF FRENCH JOURNALIST IN TUNISIA PROMPTS MEDIA OUTCRY, DOMESTIC CRITICISM OF GOF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 09:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM TS FR
05PARIS7779FRENCH CUBA POLICY: WAITING FOR A GESTURE
[...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier clarified the French position on Cuba in the aftermath of FM Perez Roque's visit October 11 (reftel). Coffinier characterized the [...]
2005-11-16 11:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7785ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON RESPONSE TO COE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) Amb. Stapleton received by fax a letter (full text para 4) from Dick Marty, whom the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has appointed to investigate the allegations of CIA secret detention centers in CoE member countries. The key [...]
2005-11-16 12:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PINS FR
05PARIS7787MFA EUROPEAN DIRECTOR NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EU BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: MFA EU Affairs A/S-equivalent Briatta told us November 15 that he was not optimistic the EU would reach a budget deal by year's end, in part because of Blair's weakened domestic standing, and notwithstanding the UK's fears of increasing isolation within the EU and growing unhapp [...]
2005-11-16 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD FR ECON PGOV EUN
05PARIS7788MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to China Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7792FRANCE ON CHAD: DEBY'S THE MAIN MAN
[...] (C) Summary: For Michael Deslaimes, the French MFA Chad and Togo Desk Officer, Idriss Deby's Presidency is "indispensable" to the tenuous stability of a hodgepodge country in continual tribal ferment. Deslaimes told Africa Watcher November 15 that Deby is the right choice -- the only option [...]
2005-11-16 16:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EFIN CD FR
05PARIS781 OECD SURVEY OF SPAIN'S ECONOMY: EROSION OF
[...] The Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD conducted an economic review of Spain on January 31, 2005. The last such review was held in February 2003. Mr. Angel Torres, Director General at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Spain's previous EDRC delegate, led the Spanis [...]
2005-02-08 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN XG XT ZM SP
05PARIS7812MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7813FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...]
2005-11-17 13:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN
05PARIS7814CNIL UNLOCKS SOX
[...] SUMMARY: Bowing to pressure, CNIL Commissioners announced on November 15 that they would allow US-listed companies to enact whistleblower provisions in France, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL published an "orientation document" and promised to grant blanket approval to firms t [...]
2005-11-17 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7828PAKISTAN RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE: FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 16:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL PAK
05PARIS7831FRENCH LUKEWARM TO SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY
[...] (C) Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. Parfait stated that the French did not share our analysis of the success of the disarmament camp [...]
2005-11-17 16:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER FR CO OAS
05PARIS7835ANALYZING THE CIVIL UNREST -- THE ISLAMIC FACTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The perpetrators of the urban rampaging (refs) in France are by and large of Arab-African and Black-African background. In most cases, they are also Muslims, raising the question as to what extent their religious affiliation helps explain the explosion in France's immigrant subu [...]
2005-11-17 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7838AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - FRANCE
[...] (U) Detailed GOF reactions and responses to date to the possibility of an avian flu pandemic are contained in reftels (B) - (E). The following paragraphs respond to reftel A queries. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. (U) Following news t [...]
2005-11-17 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL FR
05PARIS7844FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR
05PARIS7850MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Prisons and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 12:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7863USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102
[...] There are 335 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) maintaining official relations with UNESCO. 5 NGOs have entered into official relations with UNESCO. 2 NGOs have ended official relations with UNESCO since last year's review. Mission notified IO/SHA Sylvia Hammond by fax and e-mail. 2. [...]
2005-11-18 12:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC SOCI PHUM
05PARIS7871RECOMMENDATION OF WAIVER FOR FRANCE OF LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GoF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...]
2005-11-18 14:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC FR CU
05PARIS7873AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...]
2005-11-18 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7885FRENCH CONFLICTED ON ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel A points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi, and PolOff separately shared points with Admiral de Monval, responsible for Latin American iss [...]
2005-11-18 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS7896FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN,
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...]
2005-11-18 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN
05PARIS7899MFA CABINET MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Cabinet advisor on Maghreb/Arabian Gulf issues Francois Thoizy, during a November 17 discussion on GoF policy in the Gulf and Maghreb (septel),offered unusually frank observations on domestic integration and discrimination issues, referring frequently to his status as the fir [...]
2005-11-18 19:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL SOCI PINR XF
05PARIS7905MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7915USUNESCO: UKRANIAN PRESIDENT AND FRENCH FM
[...] Summary. In a ceremony at Unesco headquarters on November 16, Unesco marked its 60th anniversary. Featured speakers included Ukranian president Yushchenko, French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy and former directors general Amdaou-Mahtar M'Bow and Federico Mayor. A recurring theme in all the [...]
2005-11-21 15:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL ETRD UP FR UNESCO
05PARIS7920FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...]
2005-11-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP
05PARIS7922GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...]
2005-11-21 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7935Unofficial translation of article from Le
[...] Trade Minister Christine Lagarde has signed two recent op-ed pieces on the WTO round. The latest, published on November 21 in the Financial Times entitled "Big Cuts in Farm Tariffs are No Solution to Poverty" warns against "blindly slashing" agricultural tariffs, and proposes focusing on the [...]
2005-11-21 18:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS794MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO
[...] SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO MIDDLE EAST - EUROPE 2. MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIK, SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION AND TO PARIS TODAY ARE PROMINENTLY FRONT- PAGED WITH ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH MAHMUD [...]
2005-02-08 11:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7947CESR HOLDS HEARING ON MEDIATION OPTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a public hearing organized in Paris on November 21 by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),financial market participants aired differing opinions about how and whether CESR should institute a mediation procedure for national regulators. The idea is to not s [...]
2005-11-22 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7948MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel-
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7953FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7954FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL,
[...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...]
2005-11-22 14:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC
05PARIS7955 DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN trade shows 2007
[...] IN ANTICIPATION OF Euronaval 2006 and the PARIS AIR SHOW 2007, the Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy Paris Country Team strongly support and encourage FULL AND DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THese IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTs. 2. Exposure and Outcomes. EURONAVAL, scheduled fo [...]
2005-11-22 14:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR PINS MILI
05PARIS7961MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 20 OCTOBER
[...] (C) Summary: On 20 October 2005, ESTH/NP officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the Spanish Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on reviewing results of the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid and on briefing partners on the a [...]
2005-11-22 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS7971USUNESCO: COMMENTS ON HIGH LEVEL GROUP
[...] Charge met November 22 with Peter Smith, ADG for Education. Smith made following comments in response to reftel points: -- Within 24 hours there will be two more countries on the Sherpas group: Japan and the US. This will be announced in Beijing but there will be a meeting on Sunday aft [...]
2005-11-22 18:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAID UNESCO UNGA
05PARIS7980PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...]
2005-11-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7986MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Angela Merkel to France
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8002TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 16:07:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP FR
05PARIS8016CLIMATE CHANGE: FRENCH PREPARE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the UNFCCC/Kyoto meetings in Montreal, Embassy officers visited French environment officials to learn what was on their minds. All expressed praise for USG climate science and climate technology work, something of a change from mostly negative comments toward [...]
2005-11-23 18:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
05PARIS8022MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran CIA - Alleged
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 11:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8028AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. MAURITANIA 5. CHAD 6. GABON 7. RWANDA 8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS Â [...]
2005-11-25 14:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8029NATO - FRENCH STILL RETICENT ON USE OF NAC-R
[...] (C) Summary: On November 21, MOD Strategic Affairs officer Colonel Creux provided a very positive readout of Strategic Affairs Director Jean Ponton d'Amecourt's October 31 meetings at the Pentagon, the NSC, and the Department. While outstanding issues remain with the Pentagon, most notably the [...]
2005-11-25 14:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8032DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN
[...] (S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at close of business, Friday, November 25, after having reviewed the question with (unnamed) MFA and Presidency senior officials during the course of the day. Thib [...]
2005-11-25 18:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV FR SY
05PARIS8034OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE
[...] As a member of the Task Force that drafted the new EPOC Strategic Vision, the U.S. is a strong proponent of the Vision and successfully negotiated further refinements. The purpose of the Vision is to guide environmental work of the Committee over the next 5-10 years; to promote the implementat [...]
2005-11-28 08:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS8049MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Europe: Allegation of GWOT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 12:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8057 USUNESCO -- DRAFT DECLARATION FOR
[...] This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. The following is the draft declaration for the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus to be held in Argentina and Uruguay February 20-24, 2006. The meeting is being organized by Unesco's Social Science Sector as part of its Man [...]
2005-11-28 15:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAR UY UNESCO
05PARIS8062FRANCE: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT SHARING PROSPECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agencies at post involved in our productive and extensive counterterrorism dialogue with the French have considered HSPD-6 requirements to explore obtaining terrorist watchlist information. We consider it highly unlikely the GOF would consent to unilateral sharing of its watchli [...]
2005-11-28 15:22:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER CVIS CASC PGOV PREL PINR FR EUN
05PARIS8063 FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1441/AME dated 24 November 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of [...]
2005-11-28 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KRVC EWWT FR
05PARIS8069SOCIALIST PARTY ENDS MONTH-LONG DECISON PROCESS
[...] France's Socialist Party (PS) -- in a convoluted, fiercely contested, but genuinely democratic process throughout November -- agreed on a document setting out the party's policy direction and renewed the membership of its governing institutions. It also created a "Presidential Commission" to [...]
2005-11-28 18:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS8071NATO TOUR FOR YOUNG FRENCH POLITICAL LEADERS - OCTOBER 13-14, 2005
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]
2005-11-29 09:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8072DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]
2005-11-29 10:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8074 FRANCE: NASA/DAO MISSION CLEARANCE APPROVAL:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS TSPA FR
05PARIS8075FRANCE TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON NGO DRAFT LAW DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On November 22, Poloff delivered ref A demarche regarding a new Russian draft law on NGOs to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space. On November 29, Charles Denier, senior desk officer for Russia, told Poloff that France was, like the U.S., very c [...]
2005-11-29 11:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS PHUM PINR
05PARIS8076MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Climate Change - Montreal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS808FURTHER GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF EYADEMA
[...] MFA spokesman on February 7 addressed the issue of Togo President Eyadema and the naming of his son as his successor (reftel). Informal Embassy translation of MFA spokesman's statement and response to questions follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: -- I recall to you the spokesman's declaration of [...]
2005-02-08 15:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS8081 USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...]
2005-11-29 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8088SARKOZY'S SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's security advisor, a 20-year plus veteran of the French National Police, said the recent unrest had taken the security establishment by surprise, but that the massive yet moderate response of the police prevented a major crisis of public order. [...]
2005-11-29 13:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER FR PGOV
05PARIS81DONOR SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF: FRANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Working level French officials dealing with the tsunami are very pleased with and thankful for the excellent cooperation with the USG. France will be represented "most likely at the ministerial level" at the 11 January Geneva donors' conference, however the GOF has not decide [...]
2005-01-05 17:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAEMR EAID EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS8103FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 17:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KPWR EAID AF
05PARIS8116MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 10:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8120 USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] The Canadian mission officially notified the UNESCO Director General 23 November that Canada had accepted (ratified) the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, recently adopted by the biennial UNESCO General Conference at its October 2005 meeting. It also registered its acceptance with the [...]
2005-11-30 12:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN CA UNESCO
05PARIS8123USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...]
2005-11-30 13:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS8128Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]
2005-11-30 14:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8137FRENCH UNABLE TO SEND BOLIVIAN ELECTION MONITORS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Bolivia Desk Officer Philippe Letrillard on November 30. Letrillard underlined that the GoF fully supported efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections in Bolivia. However, he noted that the EU was unable to send observers and expressed doubt t [...]
2005-11-30 15:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FR BO
05PARIS8149 WTO TRADE TALKS: FRENCH BUSINESS BEGINS TO
[...] SUMMARY. In a first public breach of the French position on agricultural trade, French business leaders -- with French Ministers of Economy and of Trade present -- openly criticized the GOF's support for the interests of the agricultural sector and maintenance of the EU's Common Agricultural [...]
2005-11-30 17:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PREL FR
05PARIS8150DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: FRENCH
[...] (C) Poloff discussed the President's major policy speech on Iraq and the just-released U.S. strategy paper on Iraq with MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan and MFA Iraq desk officer David Cvach November 30. Sivan welcomed our briefing, and said he would incorp [...]
2005-12-01 09:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV IZ
05PARIS8153France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Record fine for France Telecom (para 2); -- Hefty fines for French mobile phone operators (para 3); -- France Telecom fined fo [...]
2005-12-01 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS8162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8171NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...]
2005-12-01 17:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ SY IR FR
05PARIS8172NAC COMMUNIQUE: DESPITE RESERVATIONS, FRANCE IS
[...] (C) On December 1, we delivered ref A points to Arnaud Roux, MFA Counselor following the CFE/Istanbul discussions and who also will be present at the NAC on December 2. Roux confirmed that he was aware of the debate on the use of "either" versus "or" paragraph proposals. He expressed some su [...]
2005-12-01 18:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE FR NATO
05PARIS8173MFA CABINET ADVISOR ON FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND
[...] Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's advisor for Franco-German relations Heldt and German Ambassador Neubert, speaking about German Chancellor Merkel's November 23 inaugural visit to France, both predicted continuity in the Franco-German relationship while emphasizing more a marriage of reason than of [...]
2005-12-01 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GM PINR EUN
05PARIS8186FRENCH CONTINUE TO BAN AL-MANAR, ALTHOUGH APPEAL
[...] (S) We discussed reftel points on preventing Al Manar broadcasts with CSA (France's FCC-equivalent) and MFA contacts on December 2. We stressed the importance of France continuing its ban on Al Manar. 2. (S) Isabel Mariani, international affairs liaison at the CSA, confirmed that, as repor [...]
2005-12-02 14:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETASEC PREL PTER FR LE
05PARIS8192USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING
[...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...]
2005-12-02 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD UNESCO KSI
05PARIS8202AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...]
2005-12-02 16:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8203MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Allegations of CIA Flights
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-02 16:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8207(C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON
[...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...]
2005-12-02 16:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETKTFN PTER LE SY FR
05PARIS8217MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8240FRENCH REMAIN UNDECIDED ON MACEDONIA'S EU CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B points with MFA DAS-equivalent for External Community Relations Caroline Ferrari. Ferrari said that the GOF has not yet decided if it will support the granting of candidate status to Macedonia as recommended on November 9 by the Commission. Ferrari said that the [...]
2005-12-05 16:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL GM FR MK DA EUN
05PARIS8245 USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT
[...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...]
2005-12-05 17:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8246FRENCH REACTION TO E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) We delivered ref points to the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. We spoke with Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division in the Ministry of Economy, who took note of the information but expressed skepticism that France could do anything about [...]
2005-12-05 17:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM KTFN FR
05PARIS8247 USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO
[...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...]
2005-12-05 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO
05PARIS8248 USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH
[...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]
2005-12-05 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8256MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 12:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8269 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE
[...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French company Ixsea Oceano and spoke with CEO Thierry Gaiffe as well as Quality Director Nicolas Faussot. Both were very cooperative. Faussot thoroughly answered all of our questions. 2. First, Faussot confirmed that Ixsea ordered fo [...]
2005-12-06 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS8280 USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...]
2005-12-06 17:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYXA UNESCO
05PARIS8292MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 13:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8300SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE MERCURY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 14:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV FR
05PARIS831MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...]
2005-02-09 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8311NEW FRENCH ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES ON THE WAY,
[...] (SBU) French Interior Minister Sarkozy's anti-terrorism bill, approved by France's National Assembly on November 29, has moved to the Senate for final approval with surprising speed. The Bill will authorize video surveillance of more public places and give the government increased powers to [...]
2005-12-07 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON KTFN FR
05PARIS8313TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE
[...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Post received on December 6, 2005 faxed copy of a letter to the Secretary from the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Renee van der Linden. The transmittal sheet attached to the letter from van der Linden's Chief of Staf [...]
2005-12-07 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EU PTER PINR PHUM FR
05PARIS8314MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC
05PARIS8318USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE USGS DEVINE+1
[...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for Senior Advisor for Science Applications James F. Devine and acting Director Patrick Leahy to travel to Paris (12/15-12/17) to meet with UNESCO Science Staff and U.S. Mission to UNESCO. 2. Control officer is Science Attach, Nancy Co [...]
2005-12-08 10:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV TBIO AORC FR
05PARIS8327MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 13:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8353UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...]
2005-12-08 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8357MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE IN EUROPE -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8368AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...]
2005-12-09 14:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8373A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER
[...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...]
2005-12-09 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC
05PARIS8374FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. U.S. Investment in France is Up ---------------------------------- Â [...]
2005-12-09 16:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL FR EUN
05PARIS8386WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] France's leading NGO dedicated to the support of terrorist victims and their families is S.O.S Attentats - S.O.S. Terrorisme. It was founded in 1986 by Franoise Rudetzki, herself a victim of terrorist attack. Its aim is to seek monetary compensation, psychological and medical care and judic [...]
2005-12-09 17:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC SOCI FR
05PARIS8390FRANCE: GOVERNMENT CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL BASIS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 meeting with a French official, Emboffs reviewed current arrangements for implementing the No-Fly system in France, and discussed GOF concerns about its legal basis in U.S. domestic law and ICAO conventions. Our contact also raised the potential applicability of [...]
2005-12-12 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR FR PTER
05PARIS8397MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8416 UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...]
2005-12-13 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8418MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria - Assassination of
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 12:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8426FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR
05PARIS8435GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION;
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...]
2005-12-13 18:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS8441FRENCH OFFICIALS STRESS THE POSITIVE TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Presidency and MFA officials stressed GoF support for Iraq's political process and the Arab League reconciliation effort during December 5 meetings with visiting Deputy Senior Iraq Advisor Deutsch. French officials expressed willingness to help support Iraqi rec [...]
2005-12-14 11:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8442FRANCE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per reftel, enclosed is the 2005 country report on terrorism for France. Embassy point of contact is Poloff Peter Kujawinski, who can be reached on either the classified or unclassified e-mail systems. France - 2005 OVERVIEW In 2005, France continued to discover and dismantle terro [...]
2005-12-14 13:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR
05PARIS8445MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria-Lebanon Rice European
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8454FRANCE FAVORS LIBERIAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL ETRD ETTC LI FR UNSC
05PARIS8456UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US-
[...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...]
2005-12-14 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR
05PARIS8457FRANCE TO DELIVER DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN NGO LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RS FR
05PARIS8458 USUNESCO: TEXT OF LETTER-UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] The following letter on Executive Board rotation was received December 14 from the Finnish delegation, the current chairs of electoral Group I. Please advise. QTE To Members of Electoral Group I Re: Meeting between the President of the General Conference and chairs of the various ele [...]
2005-12-14 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO FR
05PARIS8460FRENCH GUARDED ON RUMORS OF SUBMARINE SALES TO
[...] (S) Summary: In response to information indicating French-Venezuelan contacts to discuss potential arms sales, in particular the Scorpene submarine, DCM followed up on December 13 with the SGDN Deputy head Edouard Scott de Martinville, POL/MC with MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, U/S Joseph [...]
2005-12-14 17:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS8461NON-COMMITTAL GOF RESPONSE ON WELCOMING IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoF and local Iraqi embassy have no public events planned in conjunction with Iraq's December 15 elections. GoF officials stress that the GoF will wait and see how the elections unfold, paying particular attention to voter participation levels, before pronouncing [...]
2005-12-14 18:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8462COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET
[...] (C) Summary: Council of Europe Secretary General Davis warned the Ambassador December 12, citing NATO "unresponsiveness" to repeated written queries, that he intended soon "to go public" with respect to the alleged use of KFOR-run detention centers in Kosovo for secret CIA secret prisons (this [...]
2005-12-15 06:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR EUN
05PARIS8471MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran - Ahmadinejad's
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-15 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8483GOF CONTINUES TO DECLINE COMMENT ON BOUTEFLIKA'S
[...] (C) The GoF continues to stonewall on the health situation of Algerian President Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in Paris since November 27 (reftels). During a December 13 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reiterated he could provide no informatio [...]
2005-12-16 07:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG FR
05PARIS8487 UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD
[...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...]
2005-12-16 09:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDVE FR UNESCO
05PARIS8490BANKERS SHARE DISCONTENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several senior French bankers have emphasized to the Ambassador their frustration at the slow pace of French structural reforms, albeit with grudging admiration for the efforts of Finance Minister Breton. They forecast continued weak GDP growth in 2006, and note the importance [...]
2005-12-16 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8499MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 13:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8502 UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY
[...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...]
2005-12-16 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR UNESCO
05PARIS8503 USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS
[...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]
2005-12-16 14:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO
05PARIS8505Despite Obstacles French Corn Growers
[...] SUMMARY: Despite a recent judicial decision suspending jail sentences for 49 people found responsible for test plot destruction and the absence of a French law on coexistence of biotech and non-biotech crops, French corn growers are determined to continue planting biotech corn. They planted [...]
2005-12-16 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS8509 USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS
[...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]
2005-12-16 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO
05PARIS8511ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...]
2005-12-16 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR
05PARIS8512FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS, BUT SUGGESTS IRAQ
[...] (C) The following is an informal translation of the French MFA spokesman's December 16 statement on Iraq's elections: Begin text. France welcomes the important mobilization of all the components of Iraqi society during the December 15 election for the National Assembly and marks its satisf [...]
2005-12-16 18:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS8513AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTTON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. CHAD 8. NIGER 9. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 10. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-12-19 08:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8525MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-19 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8544MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...]
2005-12-20 06:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY LE FR
05PARIS8548 FRENCH NAVAL COURTSHIP CREATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF, Thales, and state-owned shipbuilder DCN, have confirmed that the French defense electronics group has agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCN. Their messages echoed the widespread expectation that the Thales-DCN tie-in would be applauded by its architects as a first step towa [...]
2005-12-20 09:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND MARR MASS PARM ECON FR
05PARIS856MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LE FIGARO WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE "THREAT FROM RADICALISM" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER THE SHARM EL-SHEIK CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. "PUTTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK [...]
2005-02-10 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8560MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 13:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8561AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRAN SEEKING GLASS-LINED
[...] (S) On December 16, ESTH/NP Officers delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, who is responsible for chemical disarmament at the MFA. Mr. Sur understood the points delivered and conveyed his appreciation for the information and willingness to investigate the situation fu [...]
2005-12-20 13:53:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC FR IR CBW
05PARIS8571MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bolivia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8573 FRENCH GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZES TOLL-ROAD COMPANIES
[...] SUMMARY. The government announced winning-bidders for its stake in toll-ways companies, ASF, APRR and SANEF December 14. The sell-off, which aroused widespread overseas bid interest, encountered political opposition in the National Assembly. Bidders were selected on their price offers, but a [...]
2005-12-21 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8576FRENCH MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE
[...] Summary. During the run-up to the eleventh Conference of the Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal November 28-December 9, the French press relentlessly criticized the U.S. and highlighted the "intransigent" attitude of the "world's largest polluter." Comment [...]
2005-12-21 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR
05PARIS8582 UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes
[...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...]
2005-12-21 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8586PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...]
2005-12-21 17:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS86MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN
[...] IRAQ 2. TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN AID AND POLITICS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POLITICS AND HUMANITARIAN AID ARE TWO KEY WORDS IN MANY OF TODAY'S COMMENTARIES, WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE MOSTLY DEVOTED TO DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION IS AN EXCEPTION WITH ITS LEAD STORY ON IRAQ A [...]
2005-01-06 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8601UNESCO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEANS OF ENHANCING
[...] Summary and Introduction: An international conference on "The Introduction of History of Science in the Higher Education Level of the Muslim Countries" took place December 15-16, at UNESCO; the conference was organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector, with the participation of the Natural Science [...]
2005-12-22 10:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KSCA SOCI SCUL KISL TSPL FR
05PARIS8603FRANCE SIGNS 80 PERCENT DEBT REDUCTION AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On December 21, the GoF signed a bilateral debt reduction agreement with Iraq, in accordance with Paris Club terms agreed to in November 2004. The agreement offers an 80 percent cancellation of Iraq's debt between 2005 and 2008, disbursed in three tranches linked to implementation of Iraq [...]
2005-12-22 11:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8605FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU
[...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...]
2005-12-22 11:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR
05PARIS8606AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KEY SARKOZY ADVISOR FRANCOIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sarkozy advisor and former Education Minister Francois Fillon told the Ambassador December 20 that Sarkozy had a chance to buck the French predisposition to vote against the ruling party in 2007 by focusing his presidential campaign on the electorate's deep-seated desire for re [...]
2005-12-22 12:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR SOCI FR EUN
05PARIS8608MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran International
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8610 UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention:
[...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...]
2005-12-22 14:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF
05PARIS8613U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 14:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO
05PARIS8619 FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION
[...] Summary: Even though France's President Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...]
2005-12-22 15:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS8622 FRANCE REVISES 2005 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
[...] SUMMARY: The GOF revised its 2005 central government budget to include additional social expenditures and revised receipts including transfers to local authorities. The revised budget includes measures dear to President Chirac: a tax on airline tickets to help fund development aid, and tax cu [...]
2005-12-22 16:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8623 FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]
2005-12-22 17:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS8626 FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]
2005-12-23 06:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS8627FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION DISSATISFIED WITH
[...] Summary: Even though French President, Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...]
2005-12-23 06:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS8631AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER EU COMMISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on December 21, former EU Commission president Jacques Delors underlined his feeling that Europe is currently in a deep crisis, in part because of the lack of visionary European leadership, but also because of Europeans' hostility to EU enlar [...]
2005-12-23 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN
05PARIS8654MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Galileo
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 13:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8659AIR FRANCE DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Emboffs December 21, Air France officials expressed concern about the cost of processing visas for crewmembers. Air France estimates that it requires approximately 6000 visas per year at a cost in lost crew time and other expenses it claims could reach five [...]
2005-12-27 15:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CVIS PTER FR
05PARIS8673SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 December. While the Foreign Ministry was unaware and regretted the news that the loan had been approved, Finance Ministry officials said they see no scope for ov [...]
2005-12-28 17:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL FR SY
05PARIS8677MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ukraine Bush Administration
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 11:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8683GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 14:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF
05PARIS8684 FRANCE CONTENT TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE GAS
[...] (C) Summary. French officials agree that the Russia- Ukraine gas dispute bears watching, but do not believe that intervention by European officials recommending gradual market solutions is warranted at this time. They suspect that commenting now might even be counterproductive. Dismissing co [...]
2005-12-29 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL UP RS FR
05PARIS8689 REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS
[...] Mission France is pleased to have the opportunity to provide an overview of those cultural programs that best support our MPP goals and objectives. While France - and Paris in particular - is center to the cultural world, hosting thousands of these events each year without our involvement, th [...]
2005-12-29 17:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS8692AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]
2005-12-30 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8698AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN LONDON: PRELIMINARY FRENCH
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Jerome Walter, Counselor for Multilateral and Bilateral Financial Affairs at Cooperation (AID-equivalent),Ramon Fernandez, in Tresor's Office of Multilateral Affairs and Development, and to Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon at the MFA. Fernandez an [...]
2005-12-30 13:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL AF
05PARIS878MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-11 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS879REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect),DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...]
2005-02-11 12:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IZ SY
05PARIS888FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) On February 10, Hugues de Longevialle, MFA disarmament specialist responsible for IAEA issues, provided us with initial feedback on our initiative to strengthen the IAEA (reftel),which we had conveyed earlier in the week. Longevialle cautioned that a more formal French reaction was still [...]
2005-02-11 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM TRGY AORC FR IAEA
05PARIS89IAEA: FRANCE HAS NOT TAKEN A DECISION ON A THIRD
[...] (C) In the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent director for disarmament issues Francois Richier, we presented reftel demarche December 21 to the desk officer covering the office during the holidays. On January 5, we met with Richier's deputy, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, who voiced skepticism that IAE [...]
2005-01-06 11:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC PREL FR IAEA
05PARIS890U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCUSSION OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks held fruitful meetings with Director of the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy (Rosatom) Alexandr Rumyantsev to discuss a possible U.S.-Russian joint statement on counter terrorism and preve [...]
2005-02-14 06:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETENRG PTER KNNP RU
05PARIS901FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC PLEASED WITH U.S.-
[...] (U) Summary: On February 9, 2005, the USEP Space Attache/NASA European Representative (NER) joined a European Space Agency (ESA) delegation to brief French President Jacques Chirac on the successful deployment of the European Huygens probe on the surface of the Saturn moon, Titan. Chirac wa [...]
2005-02-14 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA PREL FR
05PARIS904MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS
[...] IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS 2. MUNICH SUMMIT - NATO - IRAN 3. TOGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES ARE FEATURED IN TODAY'S EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOGO (LE FIGARO),BUT THE IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO: "THE SHIITES [...]
2005-02-14 10:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS908PUBLIC AFFAIRS OVERVIEW OF SECSTATE VISIT TO PARIS
[...] Summary: Three dominant views emerged in the French media from a plethora of reaction to the Secretary's visit to Europe. Coverage of the Secretary's visit to Paris was extensive, and its tenor was quite warm, especially when contrasted with the Iraq-inspired chill in American-French relati [...]
2005-02-14 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS920IRAN-EU3: FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BOLTON'S LETTERS
[...] (C) Late on 11 February, French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye's office provided us with an advance copy of Laboulaye's response to U/S Bolton on the issue of Iranian violations of the November EU3 agreement with Iran. We were told a hard copy would follow under cover of diploma [...]
2005-02-14 15:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM FR
05PARIS938MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK KYOTO
[...] LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK 2. KYOTO PROTOCOL 3. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI DOMINATE TODAY'S EDITORIALS AND FRONT PAGES. RADIO COMMENTATOR BERNARD GUETTA ECHOES MOST EDITORIALISTS WHEN HE TITLES HIS COMMENTARY: "SYRIA'S [...]
2005-02-15 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS952TOGO: FRENCH SUPPORTERS OF EYADEMA INVOLVED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftel notes the current involvement of two French figures in the succession controversy following Togolese President Eyadema's death, Charles Debbasch and Michel Scarbonchi. Both are well-known longtime supporters and advisors of the former President, and both have had recent [...]
2005-02-15 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR TO FR
05PARIS953GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...]
2005-02-15 15:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR
05PARIS963BIE: NEW PITCH FOR U.S. TO REJOIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wu Jianmin, the President of the International Exhibitions Bureau (or BIE, the organization responsible for organizing World's Fairs and other global exhibitions) has requested that the USG reconsider its 2002 withdrawal from the organization. He said that within the past six [...]
2005-02-15 17:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP AORC FR
05PARIS964FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...]
2005-02-15 18:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN
05PARIS965FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 18:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL HA XL FR UNSC
05PARIS974FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORREL AFFAIR, WIDOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Jean-Christophe Belliard informed us on February 14 that Djibouti FM Farah's health was recovering following his stroke but that he would remain hospitalized for several weeks and would not be able to meet with FM Barnier on February 17 as ear [...]
2005-02-16 10:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL DJ FR
05PARIS985MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF
[...] LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF HARIRI - SYRIA 2. KYOTO 3. U.S - EUROPEAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXECUTIVE LIFE IS TODAY'S TOP HEADLINE STORY, WITH LE FIGARO, LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS REPORTING THAT FRANCE IS READY TO PAY THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSION BETWEEN 525 AND 600 MIL [...]
2005-02-16 13:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS987 OECD TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON TRADE AND
[...] On February 7, 2005, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a technical workshop intended to seek advice from outside experts on its draft report on trade and structural adjustment. The paper is to be completed in time for the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting [...]
2005-02-16 14:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD XG XT ZM ECON EFIN
05PARIS993FRANCE ON U.S. VENEZUELAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venezuelan Desk Officer Hedi Picquart on February 16. Picquart did not have an immediate formal response to U.S. concerns about Russian weapons sales to Venezuela, but indicated that he would pass our points to French embassies in Moscow, Caracas, and B [...]
2005-02-16 15:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL FR VE CO
05PHNOMPENH1539CAMBODIAN KING SIHAMONI DONATES $20,000 FOR
[...] On September 13, King Norodom Sihamoni conveyed to Charge and USAID Mission Director his profound condolences and those of King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Monineath for the destruction, suffering, and loss of life caused by Hurricane Katrina. King Sihamoni then provided a cash [...]
2005-09-13 08:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL US CB
05PORTAUPRINCE1037 Haiti: Announcement of Economic Revival Program
[...] SUMMARY: On March 31, Minister of Economy and Finance, Henri Bazin, announced the Interim Government of Haiti's (IGOH) USD 50 million economic revival program (PROREC),a short-term development program to fill the breach until donor money flows. PROREC has three main components: a) improvemen [...]
2005-04-14 19:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1039LAUNCH OF HAITIAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Interim President Alexandre formally launched the National Dialogue process. A preparatory committee will, within sixty days, publicize the national dialogue, help the Presidency choose a technical committee and recommend names for a 30-person steering committee. [...]
2005-04-14 20:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1070HAITI ELECTIONS: CANADIAN ELECTIONS EXPERT
[...] (SBU) Ron Gould, retired deputy of Elections-Canada and currently an elections consultant for the Canadian government, visited Port-au-Prince April 9-16, to review the recently increased elections budget (reftel). The government of Canada (GOC) has already made available USD 14 million to the [...]
2005-04-18 20:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1072HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP (APRIL 16,
[...] (U) I. ELECTION SECURITY (Para. 2) II. PARTY ALLIANCES: CONSTANTLY SHIFTING (Paras. 3-5) III. PARTY CONVENTIONS FILL MONTH OF APRIL (Paras. 6-11) IV. MORE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Paras. 12-13) V. CEP COMMISSIONS (Paras. 14-15) I. ELECTION SECURITY ---------------- [...]
2005-04-19 11:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1084HAITI ELECTIONS: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OAS
[...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Ambassador Denneth Modeste and newly arrived OAS elections unit chief Elisabeth Spehar April 13, to discuss the current status of the Haitian electoral process. Ambassador Foley opened the meeting by affirming that the USG is categorically committed to the curren [...]
2005-04-19 18:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1087CONGRESSMAN DELAHUNT DISCUSSES HAITI POLICE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: During his April 15-16 visit to Port-au-Prince, Representative William Delahunt (D-MA) met with CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer and Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles to discuss the nature of violence in Haiti and the threat insecurity poses for the election [...]
2005-04-20 11:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1088UNSC LEAVES HAITI WITH MIXED EMOTIONS AHEAD OF
[...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concluded on April 16 a four-day fact-finding visit to Haiti during which they met with IGOH officials, MINUSTAH leadership, political party and civil society leaders. UNSC members reaffirmed the international community's support for the [...]
2005-04-20 11:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1212Jacmel Crafts Sector: Struggling to Come Back
[...] SUMMARY: Once touted as a model for growth, Jacmel's handcrafts sector has been shrinking for over a decade, sharing in the nationwide decline in crafts sales from USD 20 million to 2 million a year. All sales channels are hurting: tourism is down, many U.S. wholesale buyers are sourcing e [...]
2005-05-02 18:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EIND EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1214AmCham meeting: Corruption and Security
[...] SUMMARY: At the Ambassador's meeting with the AmCham Board of Directors, Haitian business leaders raised the lack of security, particularly the threat of kidnapping, as the top economic and business issue they face, and argued for a much tougher law enforcement response, including arms from t [...]
2005-05-02 18:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1221FORMER ARISTIDE OFFICIALS UNDER DRUG INDICTMENT IN
[...] (U) Summary: Since mid-2003, seven high-profile members of the Aristide government or associates of the former President have been arrested on drug charges in the United States. Other officials are still under investigation for possible prosecution in the U.S. or Haiti. Press reports indicate t [...]
2005-05-03 11:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SNAR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1226HAITI: IACHR ASSESSMENT ECHOES OUR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Summary. The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently concluded a mission to assess the human rights situation in Haiti in the run-up to elections this year. The Commission issued a release at a press conference on April 18 calling for greater action from the international c [...]
2005-05-03 19:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1274MAY 4 REPATRIATION OF 132 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
[...] Summary. On May 4, the Coast Guard cutter Dependable repatriated to Haiti 132 migrants who claimed to have left Cap Haitien on Haiti's northern coast in the early morning of April 27. The Dependable interdicted the migrants in a 35-foot sail freighter 30 nautical miles east of Great Inagua [...]
2005-05-06 19:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1275HAITI: FARRAR-CHARLES DISCUSSIONS ON APRIL 27 SHOOTINGS AND STATE OF THE HNP
[...] (C) Summary: HNP Director General Charles told visiting INL PDAS Farrar that the April 27 shootings came in response to violence in the wake of an unauthorized pro-Lavalas demonstration, and he said he has ordered an investigation into the incident. Charles acknowledged that the HNP lacks sufficien [...]
2005-05-06 19:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1280HAITI: NEPTUNE PROCLAIMS "FREEDOM OR DEATH" AS
[...] (C) Summary. The health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to deteriorate as a result of his continued hunger strike waged in protest of his prolonged detention. Neptune resumed the hunger strike after being transferred from the UN Argentine hospital to an annex of the National P [...]
2005-05-09 15:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1294HAITI: GOVERNMENT, MINUSTAH, AND POLICE BATTLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent increase in the number of kidnappings in Port-au-Prince has put the government and police under increasing pressure to respond. The government has raised the penalty for kidnapping to life-imprisonment and announced May 9 the establishment of a joint HNP-MINUSTAH ant [...]
2005-05-10 11:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC KCRM HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1300HAITI'S BISHOPS WEIGH IN ON ELECTIONS, ATTEMPT TO
[...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Catholic Bishops Conference has weighed in publicly to encourage participation in upcoming elections and to warn priests against taking active political roles. One statement calls upon voters to choose their leaders wisely, recommends parties to form alli [...]
2005-05-10 15:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1313PORT-DE-PAIX: HAITI'S WILD NORTHWEST
[...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Port-de-Paix on April 20 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. While petty crime is high in Port-de-Paix, the city has not had any political violence recently. MINUSTAH's Argentine forces based out [...]
2005-05-11 15:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM EAID PINR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1314OPPORTUNITY AND STABILITY IN CAP HAITIEN
[...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Cap Haitien on April 20-21 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. Optimism prevailed on security; Cap Haitien is stable and has seen no political violence in recent months. Chilean MINUSTAH forces de [...]
2005-05-11 15:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM PINR EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1325ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN HAITI EXACERBATES
[...] SUMMARY: Poor land management in Haiti, caused by poverty, has led to deforestation, land loss, and aquifer depletion. All three exacerbate poverty in Haiti by increasing the cost of food production and dependence on more expensive imported food. Though the Government of Haiti has long known [...]
2005-05-12 13:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID SENV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1326Haitian Tax Collection Trails Projections
[...] SUMMARY: Revenue collection for the first half of the Haitian fiscal year is about 3.3 percent behind projections, due mostly to slower than expected internal tax collection (income tax and VAT). The Director General of Taxation attributes the shortfall to on-going violence in Port-au- Prin [...]
2005-05-12 13:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1335PROTESTANT HAS GOOD SHOT AT HAITIAN PRESIDENCY IF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pastor Chavannes Jeune of the National Union of Christians for the Renovation of Haiti (UNCRH) discussed his pending candidacy for president with the Ambassador. Jeune said UNCRH would field candidates at all levels and there was "extraordinary consensus" that the Protestant [...]
2005-05-12 19:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1336HAITIAN GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR FEAR CAFTA-DR
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently, Haitian government and private sector officials have discussed their fears of CAFTA-DR with Emboffs, saying that it would hurt Haiti economically and politically. The Minister of Commerce told us that CAFTA-DR wou [...]
2005-05-13 13:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EIND PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1351Consular Visit to Jacmel
[...] Summary. Jacmel, traditionally an arts center on Haiti's southeastern coast, now welcomes increasing numbers of Americans as residents or tourists. ConOff's May 9-10 visit to Jacmel found a city struggling with weak police and medical services but with a well-connected American community. [...]
2005-05-13 16:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDCASC HA ASEC
05PORTAUPRINCE1353HAITI: SUPREME COURT ANNULS KEY PART OF RABOTEAU
[...] (C) Summary. On May 9, the Haitian Supreme Court issued an unexpected ruling that effectively annulled one part of the 2000 Raboteau trial. The decision, on procedural grounds, annuls the convictions of the 15 people who were actually present during the proceedings, but leaves unclear whethe [...]
2005-05-13 18:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1356HAITIAN POLICE CHIEF ON U.S. DONATED WEAPONS,
[...] (C) Summary: Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Charg Griffiths on May 9 that he was working to withdraw 21 long-guns donated by the USG in August 2004 from use and hand them over to U.S. custody. He requested, however, to maintain a handful of the weapons in [...]
2005-05-13 18:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1410PRO-ARISTIDE MARCHERS STAGE LARGE BUT PEACEFUL
[...] (U) Summary: Roughly 5,000 supporters of former President Aristide marched without incident through the streets of Port-au-Prince on May 18. The rally was organized by the Cite Soleil and Bel Air cells of Fanmi Lavalas to celebrate the Haitian 'Flag Day' holiday and to demand Aristide's retu [...]
2005-05-20 18:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1449 EARTHQUAKE, AFTERSHOCKS SHAKE PORT AU PRINCE
[...] SUMMARY: On May 11, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook Port-au-Prince, followed by aftershocks in subsequent days. The epicenter of the earthquake was 5 miles south of the center of Port-au-Prince. There were no reported injuries and only very minor damage. Haiti has suffered from earthquake [...]
2005-05-25 12:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1455HAITI: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Interim Government of Haiti,s (IGOH) goal of completing audits of five state-owned enterprises by the end of May, as a precursor to privatization, is behind schedule. An early July completion date is more realistic. The [...]
2005-05-25 19:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG ETRD PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1459HAITI: CORE GROUP ALARMED BY SLOW PACE OF
[...] (C) Summary: UN and OAS elections advisors treated Core Group members to an alarming appraisal of the pace of elections preparations during a marathon meeting on May 20. The appraisal suggested that the government, CEP, and international community face an almost impossible task in meeting the [...]
2005-05-25 20:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1460MINUSTAH SCALING DOWN OPERATIONS IN STILL VOLATILE
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH military leaders provided Core Group members an update of the situation in Cite Soleil on May 20. The presentation was notably void of achievement and indicated force rotations would oblige MINUSTAH to scale back their footprint in the zone at a time when the area has bec [...]
2005-05-25 20:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1487HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR PANICKED BY INCREASING
[...] (C) Summary: Fritz Mevs, a member of one of Haiti's richest families and a well-connected member of the private sector elite, told Poloff on May 13 that business leaders are exasperated by the lack of security in the vital port and industrial zone areas of Port-au-Prince and are allegedly armi [...]
2005-05-27 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC ECON EWWT
05PORTAUPRINCE1489HAITI: NEPTUNE ANSWERS QUESTIONS BEFORE JUDGE IN
[...] Former Haiti Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared before investigating judge Clunie Jules in St. Marc on May 25, four days after Neptune said he would cooperate with the investigation during a meeting with Ambassador Andrew Young (reftel). The former PM was escorted to St. Marc by MINUSTAH he [...]
2005-05-27 19:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1506 Haiti: Inflation Jumps in April
[...] According to figures from the Haitian Statistical Institute, overall inflation for April 2005 was 2.37 percent (a yearly rate of 32.5 percent),over twice that of last month's 0.92 percent (yearly 11.6 percent) rate. Year-to- year inflation stands at 12.8 percent. 2. Much of April's rise [...]
2005-06-01 16:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1515FRENCH COUNSUL TO HAITI KILLED IN CARJACKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of 05/31/2005 (precise time unknown),Pierre Henri-Mourral, French Honorary Consul to Haiti based in Cape Haitian, was shot and killed by unknown assailants. Henri-Morrual was returning to Cape Haitian, where he owns a prominent hotel, from a visit to Port au P [...]
2005-06-01 19:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER
05PORTAUPRINCE1516U.S. TROOPS NEEDED IN HAITI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The situation in Haiti has deteriorated to the point that elections, the central element of the transition process, are in jeopardy. MINUSTAH has failed to establish security and stability here. As much as we may pressure the UN and the Brazilians to take the more forceful appro [...]
2005-06-01 19:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1537Haiti elections update - June 2
[...] (U) Summary: Voter registration continues to lag, but MINUSTAH and OAS are making a big push to get a significantly increased number of registration centers up and running within the next 7-10 days, and believe they are still on track for a successful registration program. The CEP's website [...]
2005-06-03 14:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1542AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG PUSHES RECONCILIATION IN HAITI
[...] (U) Summary: Former Ambassador Andrew Young visited Haiti May 18-20, delivering a welcome message of optimism about Haiti's future and encouraging Haitians to put mercy and reconciliation above the search for justice. In meetings with a cross-section of Haitian leaders, he shared his experi [...]
2005-06-03 14:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1543PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF PAINTS GRIM SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Chief of Staff Michel Brunache describes the May 31 attack on a Port-au-Prince marketplace by pro-Aristide chimeres as a devastating blow to the IGOH, one that has exposed the government's impotence to the population. He discussed the need for a shakeup in the HNP hierarch [...]
2005-06-03 17:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1547HAITIANS CONSIDER LEAVING; PUT AFFAIRS IN ORDER
[...] While Haiti has yet to see a run on airline tickets and long lines at the Dominican border, many Haitians have been putting their affairs in order or at least hedging their bets. Eight locally engaged staff have resigned at USAID in the past four months, four since the kidnapping of a USAID [...]
2005-06-03 18:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1550JUNE 1 REPATRIATION OF 162 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
[...] SUMMARY. On June 1, the Coast Guard cutter Confidence repatriated to Haiti 162 migrants who claimed to have departed Les Cayes on 19 May. The Confidence, the USCGC Metompkin and a USCG helicopter intercepted the migrants in a 65 foot sail freighter 60 nautical miles south of Andros Island, [...]
2005-06-03 19:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1564HAITI: NEED HELP WITH UN AND JORDAN TO BOLSTER
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The performance of many MINUSTAH troops has been feeble. We hope that the ongoing troop rotation will bring a more robust response to the worsening instability. The Jordanian contingent has been one of the most ineffective forces here. Embassy requests that t [...]
2005-06-06 17:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1597CIVPOL COMMISSIONER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH HNP COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer told PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor on June 2 that he had abandoned attempts at a "unified command" of MINUSTAH military and CIVPOL forces and had freed his Formed Police Units (FPUs) from static positions to focus on roving patrols. Beer also comp [...]
2005-06-07 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1598OAS TO HANDOVER VETTING PROGRAM TO CIVPOL
[...] (U) Summary: PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor met with OAS Ambassador Denneth Modeste on May 30 to discuss the vetting program for new Haitian National Police (HNP) recruits administered by the OAS and funded by the United States. The two agreed to phase out OAS administration of the program [...]
2005-06-07 18:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1599MINUSTAH AND HNP RAID BEL AIR; GANGS RETALIATE;
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the May 31 attack on a downtown public market (ref A) and subsequent threats by gangs to commit similar acts throughout Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National Police (HNP) and MINUSTAH conducted a joint operation in Bel Air June 4 that reportedly resulted in 7 deaths [...]
2005-06-07 19:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1609Haiti elections update - June 9
[...] 27 registration centers are now open, 39 more will open "within the next few days," and another 140 or so are being refurbished by UNOPS in order to be opened by June 15, according to UN and OAS officials. These last include a registration center in Delmas and one in Petionville (both in the [...]
2005-06-09 11:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1625HAITIAN POLICE DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: Amid escalating violence and doubts surrounding the ability of the IGOH to ensure stability, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles explained that he was having difficulty complying with Post's request to relinquish 21 long-guns to U.S.-controlled bunker [...]
2005-06-10 19:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1628HAITI: BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ON IGOH'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS JUDICIAL REFORM AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the deplorable state of the judiciary, prolonged pretrial detention, and the deteriorating security situation in Haiti with Port-au-Prince Bar Association president Gervais Charles. Charles acknowledged that the Haitian judicial system faces inherent structural and pro [...]
2005-06-13 13:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1664HAITIAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR SIMEUS: A PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Haitian-American businessman Dumas Simeus declared his intention to run for President during a lively discussion with the Ambassador on June 10. Simeus, a self-made millionaire currently residing in Texas, said he would manage Haiti like a business and lead the country by example, [...]
2005-06-15 18:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1665HAITI: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2005
[...] (U) Following is the narcotics certification report card 2005 for Haiti, requested reftel. 2. (U) The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) worked closely with the United States Government (USG) throughout 2004 to help bolster Haiti's ability to combat narco-trafficking. The highest levels of [...]
2005-06-15 18:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL SNAR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1666Grupo M Update: Source of the Problem
[...] Summary: As described in reftels, a long-standing labor dispute between Dominican manufacturer Grupo M and workers in Ouanaminthe was recently settled. According to Yannick Etienne, a labor representative, the fight has its origins in the closed-door negotiations that established the Free Tr [...]
2005-06-15 19:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1667HAITI: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (A) Claimant A (B) 1973 (C) According to information provided by Claimant A (a U.S. citizen who has not signed a Privacy Act Waiver),in 1970 Claimant signed a 99 year agreement with the GOH to establish a privately financed, privately administered free enterprise zone on the Haitian i [...]
2005-06-16 14:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EFIN EINV KIDE HA OPIC POGV
05PORTAUPRINCE1669Taiwan: Aid Gains Favor in Haiti
[...] Summary. Taiwan is on schedule to spend USD 20.32 million in Haiti over FY2004 and 2005 on infrastructure development and disaster assistance. Taiwanese Counselor Sophie Lin said that it quickly disburses its money because it uses a quasi-governmental Taiwanese contractor and only subcontract [...]
2005-06-16 15:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1786AMBASSADOR'S JULY 4 SPEECH: HAITIAN TERRORISTS
[...] (U) Summary: In his speech at the embassy's annual Independence Day reception, Ambassador Foley rallied guests by insisting that politically motivated violence against civilians would not succeed in derailing the elections. He encouraged Haitian unity against violence and called all Haitians n [...]
2005-07-05 19:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1789AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Foley called on newly appointed Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans on June 30 (reftel). The meeting centered on the top priorities facing the Minister in the next few months, mainly: the case of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, judicial reform, prolonged pretrial detentio [...]
2005-07-05 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1790HNP BRIEF ON DREAD WILME GANG INFORMATION
[...] (C) Summary: A Haitian National Police (HNP) contact recently provided a copy of an investigation supposedly conducted by an outside consultant to the HNP on the subject of Cite Soleil gang leader, Dread Wilme. The document, dated May 2005, gives a brief background of Wilme, his weapons, activ [...]
2005-07-06 14:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1791JUDICIAL POLICE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES GANGS WITH DCM
[...] (C) Summary: Newly (re-)appointed Director General of the Judicial Police Michael Lucius summarized the Haitian National Police (HNP) response to gang-led criminality in a conversation with the DCM on July 1. Lucius accused pro-Aristide former employees of state-owned enterprises (such as Tele [...]
2005-07-06 14:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1792PROFILE OF HAITI'S STUDENT MOVEMENT SINCE THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-06 14:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1793HAITIAN STUDENT MOVEMENT DIVIDED BUT YOUTH
[...] (U) Summary: In the year since Aristide's departure, university student groups and other youth-oriented organizations have shifted their focus from grassroots political activism (the "shock-troops" of the anti-Aristide movement - reftel) and returned for the most part to their founding princip [...]
2005-07-06 14:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1796HAITI: DREAD WILME KILLED; HNP MORE ACTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MINUSTAH troops reportedly killed wanted gang leader Dread Wilme and an unspecified number of his associates in an operation on July 6. In addition, over the past two weeks, authorities have made numerous important arrests and killed several big name bandits in Port-au-Prince. [...]
2005-07-06 19:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2391OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEPTUNE
[...] (C) During the September 20 Core Group meeting (septel),UN Human Rights Office head Thierry Fagart presented his analysis of the case against Neptune (NOTE: His facts were based on radio reports and his justice ministry contacts; he had yet to see the investigating judge's report analyzed by [...]
2005-09-21 20:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2392HAITIAN PM REFUSES TO RESHUFFLE CEP; UPDATES ON
[...] (C) Summary: PM Latortue told visiting S/CRS Carlos Pascual and WHA Patrick Duddy on September 7 that the Electoral Council (CEP) could not simply be brushed out of the way. He argued that UN Elections chief Gerardo LeChevailier lacked the necessary political finesse and was not the right pers [...]
2005-09-21 20:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2568HAITI: SOCCER MATCH UPDATE
[...] (U) The Haitian National Police (HNP) has completed its investigation into the August 20 events at a USAID-funded soccer match in Martissant (reftel). In a press conference on October 11, HNP Director General Mario Andresol announced in a press conference that a total of 15 officers would face [...]
2005-10-14 20:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2569HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS AND A LOOMING PROBLEM
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue announced October 13 the following measures aimed at moving forward elections preparations: (1) The creation of a Director General (DG) in charge of a new electoral Support Committee, (2) the passage of a decree removing the Supreme Court from the appeals [...]
2005-10-14 20:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2570HAITI REGISTRATION: WELCOME SUCCESS STORY
[...] Summary: According to OAS officials, 3,105,000 voters had registered as of October 10. They project roughly 3.2 million will have registered by October 15. The registration site in Cite Soleil, opened on October 5, is operating smoothly and registering between 300-400 voters per day. ID ca [...]
2005-10-14 20:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2571HAITI: IMF VOTE POSTPONED DUE TO UNANTICIPATED
[...] (U) The October 14 IMF Board meeting scheduled to vote on the EPCA II program for Haiti was delayed due to new, unanticipated spending by the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH). 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor spoke to a contact in the Ministry of Finance October 15 who explained that the new spe [...]
2005-10-16 19:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2576RELATIONS AMONG MINUSTAH, HNP LEADERS NO
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and HNP command rotations have injected a new set of personalities into top-level security decision-making in Haiti: Incoming MINUSTAH military forces commander Bacellar is more thoughtful and methodical than the excitable former General Heleno; UNPOL Commissioner Muir is [...]
2005-10-18 19:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE2593CORE GROUP FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Core Group meeting on October 14, Special Representative of the Secretary General Juan Gabriel Valdes told participants that the IGOH had named Jacques Bernard as the Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Bernard, a former banker and agrobusinessman [...]
2005-10-18 19:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2596HAITI NOT INTERESTED IN PETROCARIBE DEAL --FOR NOW
[...] SUMMARY: According to some press reports, the government of Venezuela planned to send a negotiating team to Haiti to negotiate a deal to sell oil at a preferential rate via PetroCaribe. However, follow-up conversations with Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) officials reveal that Haiti is [...]
2005-10-19 11:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2604JACQUES BERNARD SWORN IN AS ELECTIONS DG
[...] Prime Minister Gerard LaTortue swore in Jacques Bernard as Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on October 15. According to the new bylaws of the CEP, the Bernard will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the CEP under the nine CEP members, who will act as a bo [...]
2005-10-19 18:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2605HAITIAN JUDICIAL REFORM CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Philippe Lamarche, head of the USAID-funded program with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC),briefed emboffs on October 3 on recent achievements within the Ministry of Justice. A technical advisor from NCSC in September had conducted an observation mission of the minis [...]
2005-10-19 18:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2608HAITI ELECTIONS: SOME PROGRESS, MILES TO GO
[...] Summary: S/CRS Pascual and WHA/CAR Duddy's visit to Haiti on October 12-13 focused on the need for immediate action to advance elections and maintain the February 7 political transition. The group met with UNPOL, political party leaders, the Prime Minister, the Provisional Electoral Council ( [...]
2005-10-19 18:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2609OPL'S PAUL DENIS UNSYMPATHETIC TO SIMEUS CANDIDACY
[...] (C) On October 19, Charge called on Presidential Candidate Paul Denis, former Lavalas leader and current head of OPL (Struggling People's Organization) to discuss electoral strategy and the current political climate. Denis stated that he views the Commission on Nationality as a good thing, [...]
2005-10-19 19:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2617HAITIAN NATIONALITY COMMISSION CREATES ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the newly formed "Commission on Nationality" (reftel) would not delay the elections. Dorleans, who heads the group, explained that the commission was established by the IGOH to examine the nationality of all candidates for [...]
2005-10-21 16:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2618HAITI ELECTIONS: SIMEUS VOWS FIGHT TO STAY IN RACE
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Dumarsais Simeus met with Charge d,Affairs Carney on October 18 to discuss his campaign, the controversy regarding his dual nationality, and the general status of elections preparations. Simeus judged that the Supreme Court had settled the issue of dual n [...]
2005-10-21 17:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2620HAITI CREATES COMMISSION FOR DEPORTEES, SEEKS
[...] Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the IGOH had appointed a Commission to oversee criminals deported from the United States and was examining the possibility of creating a halfway house (Centre de Transition) for deportees in Haiti. Dorleans explained that the M [...]
2005-10-21 17:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM HA PRM
05PORTAUPRINCE2623LAVALAS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, BUT WARY OF CEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Lavalas leaders Yvon Feuille, Louis Gerald Gilles, Rudy Heriveaux, Sorel Francois and Jonas Coffy told Poloffs on October 13 that they are confident of a Marc Bazin victory in the upcoming elections. They believed that success in the Departments of the North (Cap-Haitien),Nor [...]
2005-10-21 19:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2634HAITI'S ELECTIONS DG TAKES LEAD, WILL OTHERS FOLLOW
[...] (C) Summary. Electoral Director General Jacques Bernard is working to streamline elections preparations and ignoring unworkable by-laws developed for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the newly-formed electoral support committee. Bernard expects the CEP to issue the final approved [...]
2005-10-24 19:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2649CHARLES HENRI BAKER: SAVING THE SINKING SHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 24, Charge met with independent presidential candidate Charles Henri "Charlito" Baker at his request. Baker, a light-skinned Haitian who has been dismissed by some as the candidate of the elite, claims that the average Haitian cares not about skin color but about who [...]
2005-10-26 18:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2652HAITI: 3.32 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS: ID
[...] According to OAS elections officials, as of October 24 the OAS had processed 3.32 million voter records. While registration closed throughout Haiti October 22, the number of registered voters will continue to rise through the end of October as the OAS receives records from outlying rural area [...]
2005-10-27 16:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2653HAITI: NEPTUNE/LA SYRIE CASE UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Appeals filed by co-defendants in the La Syrie case involving former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune have suspended further action by the court. Citing legal technicalities, Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans rejected a new proposal to release the former PM either on bail or on his o [...]
2005-10-27 18:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2667HAITI ELECTIONS: DECEMBER 18 TARGET DATE FOR FIRST
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) authorities, and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard aim to hold the first round of national elections on December 18, and have tentatively chosen January 29 for the runoff and local elections. To meet this target, the CEP must st [...]
2005-10-28 15:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2668HAITI GOVERNMENT APPROVES ELECTIONS GUARANTEE
[...] In a meeting at the National Palace on October 27, the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) approved the formation of the Elections Guarantee Committee (EGC). A coalition of civil society groups and political parties requested the EGC after the formation of the Support Committee (SC) to the Pro [...]
2005-10-28 16:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2674 Haiti: Information on Caribbean Basin Recovery
[...] Per reftel, following is information for USTR to use in preparing its biannual report on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Responses are in narrative form and are keyed to the specific questions in paragraphs six and seven of reftel. 2. Responses to Questions fr [...]
2005-10-31 17:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2690HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS TOWARD FIRST ROUND ON
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) on October 28 promulgated amendments to electoral decrees that reduce the time necessary to prepare for national elections and preserve the possibility of holding th [...]
2005-11-03 18:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2720HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTANT TO OIL DEAL WITH
[...] (SBU) Post continues to see scattered press reports indicating that Haiti is considering signing an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to obtain petroleum at a discount rate via PetroCaribe. Econ Counselor spoke to an official with the Ministry of Finance, who spoke directly to Finan [...]
2005-11-07 10:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2728 Haiti: 14.8 Percent Inflation for the Fiscal Year
[...] SUMMARY: Inflation for September 2005 was 1.38 percent (a yearly rate of 17.9 percent). Inflation for the past 12 months, coinciding with the Haitian fiscal year and the country's IMF program was 14.8 percent, which exceeded the IMF and IGOH target of 12.0 percent. Failure to meet the infl [...]
2005-11-07 20:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2765FORMER PRESIDENT LESLIE MANIGAT WAITING FOR CALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 31, former President Leslie Manigat told Charge that he is a natural consensus candidate around whom numerous parties will rally to counter what will likely be a strong showing from fellow ex-President Rene Preval. Manigat said that FUSION and OPL are s [...]
2005-11-08 10:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2766RENE PREVAL ASKS FOR HELP WITH DISARMAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting on November 2, ex-President and current Presidential hopeful Rene Preval told Charge that several gang leaders in Cite Soleil are "tired, afraid and looking for a way out." According to Preval, up to six of these persons are prepared to pursue disarmament and demo [...]
2005-11-08 10:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE2774HAITI ELECTIONS: PM COMMITS TO NATIONALITIES
[...] (C) Summary: According to Prime Minister Latortue and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, the Committee on the National of Candidates (CENC) will formally recommend by November 8 that the CEP eliminate Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra (and minor candidate Joel Borgella) from the final list [...]
2005-11-08 13:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2780HAITI ELECTIONS: STATE COMMISSION ON CANDIDATE
[...] The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) published a decree dated October 27 legalizing the State Commission on the Nationality of Candidates (CENC). According to the decree, the Commission is to ensure that all candidates comply with nationality requirement in the Haitian constitution. To that [...]
2005-11-08 19:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2781HAITI ID CARD PRINTING SLOW, DISTRIBUTION SLOWER
[...] Summary: Over one million ID cards are now in Haiti, but they are not being distributed in large numbers because the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) wants to wait until voting centers are selected. Polling places are supposed to be identified on the cards. Meanwhile, card printing is beh [...]
2005-11-08 20:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2786S/CRS DIRECTOR PASCUAL MEETS WITH CEP DG BERNARD
[...] (C) Summary. S/CRS Director Ambassador Carlos Pascual met Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard on November 3 in Port-au-Prince to assess progress toward organizing elections. Bernard reaffirmed that a first round on December 18 was still possible, though he allo [...]
2005-11-09 15:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2792HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPPORT COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESIGN
[...] (U) Citing "lack of support from the executive (branch)," the six members of the electoral support committee submitted a collective letter of resignation to the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH),the Council of Wise Persons, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 4 and made [...]
2005-11-09 16:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2801HAITI ELECTIONS: LARGELY PEACEFUL PREVAL MARCH
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A November 3 march in support of presidential candidate Rene Preval attracted a largely peaceful, celebratory crowd of 3000. Throughout the march, however, some participants reportedly vandalized prop [...]
2005-11-10 19:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2805HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTS CRIMINAL DEPORTEES
[...] SUMMARY. Although the security situation in Port-au-Prince has improved dramatically and is manageable, Interim Minister of Interior Paul Magloire opposes the resumption of criminal deportations from the US to Haiti, fearing that deportees might be enlisted to disrupt the elections, harm a [...]
2005-11-12 17:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KHLS SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2809HAITI ELECTIONS: VOTING CENTERS SELECTED, ID
[...] Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 8 approved a MINUSTAH-prepared list of 809 voting centers, opening the way for ID card distribution to begin. The OAS plans to start distributing ID cards November 15 throughout Haiti. Peak capacity at the ID card printing facility [...]
2005-11-14 18:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2820HAITI ELECTIONS VOTE COUNT, QUICK COUNT,
[...] Summary: The February electoral decree provides five days for results to move from the voting centers (BVs) to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) through the communal and departmental electoral bureaus (BECs/BEDs). MINUSTAH and the CEP have agree that throughout the process, MINUSTAH will [...]
2005-11-14 19:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2824HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL LIST DONE, CALENDAR
[...] (C) Summary. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 11 released the final list of 38 presidential candidates, excluding dual-nationals Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra With this step taken, CEP and MINUSTAH leadership and technical experts are finalizing logistical planning and [...]
2005-11-14 20:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2841Haiti: Response to Request for Update of Worst
[...] Summary. Child labor practices in Haiti mainly involve the use of children in domestic servitude, or restaveks (derived from the French words "rester avec" meaning to stay with). The centuries-old practice is also considered internal trafficking of children and involves placing poorer childr [...]
2005-11-16 11:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HA USAID
05PORTAUPRINCE2865HAITI WILL VOTE FOR THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Latortue told the DCM he instructed the Haitian delegation to vote in favor of the U.S.-sponsored resolution on Turkmenistan and the E.U.-sponsored resolution on Uzbekistan. End Summary. 2. (C) DCM spoke with Haitian Inter [...]
2005-11-21 19:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2869HAITI ELECTIONS: "SE PA FOT MWEN" - IT,S NOT MY
[...] Summary: In a meeting with Charge Griffiths November 19, newly appointed Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard lamented the failure of the would-be elections organizers: MINUSTAH, the OAS and the CEP. While the technical shortcomings at the CEP, MINUSTAH and the [...]
2005-11-22 13:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2870HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL DATE ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] Summary: Promises from the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) that the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) would announce election dates November 17 evaporated when the IGOH abruptly canceled the announcement at the last moment. The dates, which were decided in a meeting between MINUSTAH, the [...]
2005-11-22 14:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2871REPATRIATION OF 250 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 16:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2893ELECTIONS HICCUP EMBLEMATIC OF LACK OF STRATEGIC
[...] Summary: The PM hosted a meeting November 21 to discuss ID cards and voter lists, which became a forum for the international community and Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) to discuss the electoral calendar. Roughly 90,000 voters are not yet included on the nationwide list of voters and betw [...]
2005-11-23 13:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2915HAITI ELECTIONS DATES DECIDED
[...] Summary: On November 25, the Provisional Electoral Council announced their decision to hold the first round of elections January 8, the second round February 15, and local elections March 5. The new dates do not respect the constitutionally mandated February 7 power transition, but they are th [...]
2005-11-28 12:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2916HAITI: NOVEMBER 22 NEPTUNE/JEAN-JUSTE VISIT
[...] (C) Poloff visited former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune at the Pacot Prison Annex on November 22. Despite his continued hunger strike, now approaching day 200, Neptune appeared stronger than he did on the last visit of October 27. Neptune reported that his personal physician had not seen him in [...]
2005-11-28 12:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2917SUBJECT: NEW CEP BYLAWS GIVE DG MORE POWER
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister November 21 distributed a text of an executive order with new bylaws for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) that were marked in pen as published November 17. The new bylaws rearrange the CEP by eliminating the operational and executive committees, the CEP [...]
2005-11-28 12:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2931MINUSTAH Requests 11 Helicopters to Assist with
[...] Post received a diplomatic note November 24, 2005, from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Please see complete text below. The first and second rounds of elections are scheduled January 8 and February 15, respectively. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in [...]
2005-11-29 16:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE2941NEW DATES FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS OFFICIAL
[...] Post received November 29 a copy of the Moniteur, the official government newspaper, which established new dates for the Haitian election by executive order. The edition, marked as published November 28, convenes the first round of national elections January 8, the runoff February 15, and loc [...]
2005-11-30 16:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2942HAITI: UPDATE ON ARRESTS OF TWO TOP POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) completed the criminal investigation into the August 20 soccer match operation in Martissant and submitted the report to the Port-au-Prince State Prosecutor's office on November 7. The complete report contains over 900 pages of inte [...]
2005-11-30 16:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2945HAITI ELECTIONS: POLITICAL PARTY LANDSCAPE
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) officially sanctioned 45 parties to participate in upcoming elections. Traditionally, most, if not all, of the political parties have been vehicles to catapult an individual into the office of the presidency. Larger, more establis [...]
2005-11-30 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2946Haiti To Send Monitors to Bolivia if Funds
[...] This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. After multiple attempts to reach interim Haitian Minister of Interior (MOI) Paul Magloire to deliver points in reftel, PolOff delivered demarche early November 30 to MOI Director General Wilner Cadet. Cadet was non-committal in his reply w [...]
2005-12-01 15:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2959BUDGET FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS SWELLS AFTER DELAYS
[...] (SBU) MINUSTAH and the OAS are preparing, but have not finished, an updated elections budget that accounts for the new electoral calendar (reftel). The draft budget, which includes input from both the OAS and MINUSTAH totals roughly USD 74 million. It would make MINUSTAH,s overall share of t [...]
2005-12-01 17:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2964 Haiti: Inflation continues in October
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 20:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2989HAITI ELECTIONS: PREVAL'S MEETING WITH CDA CARNEY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Rene Preval expressed satisfaction with the January 8 election date in a meeting with Charge d'Affaires Carney on November 29. He expressed confidence that he was the leading candidate, attributing his popularity to his previous term and his attempts to impro [...]
2005-12-05 19:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2991HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY TASKS AND DEADLINES
[...] Summary: This message summarizes the main logistical tasks to be completed in preparation for the Haitian elections scheduled for January 8 and February 19, 2006. The OAS and MINUSTAH report that 2.45 million of the 3,533,430 ID cards have arrived in Haiti. Card distribution is just beginning, [...]
2005-12-06 14:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2994HAITIAN CANDIDATES' OBSTINATE PURSUIT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nine Haitian political parties, essentially comprising an anti-Preval front, have agreed to support the presidential candidate among them who advances to the second round. The agreement includes Charles Henry Baker, who had previously been excluded from discussions of party [...]
2005-12-06 20:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3003HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of a series of six debates between leading presidential candidates concluded December 1. A total of eight candidates squared off in the debates, organized by the local organization ECOSOF and sponsored by the US Embassy Public Diplomacy section. The three deb [...]
2005-12-07 18:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3005HAITIAN ID DISTRIBUTION UNDERWAY BUT HAPHAZARD
[...] Summary: Following many delays, MINUSTAH, the OAS, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) began distributing ID cards throughout Haiti December 2. The OAS plans to distribute all 3.5 million cards by December 31, but the process has started slowly and faced several obstacles. MINUSTAH sa [...]
2005-12-07 20:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3019HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT MOVES IN FAVOR OF
[...] (U) The Haitian news media reported on December 8 that the Supreme Court has "requested" that the (Provisional Electoral Council) CEP reinstate Haitian-American Dumarsais Simeus on the list of eligible presidential candidates. The Supreme Court does not have a quorum of five -- the death of Ju [...]
2005-12-09 12:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3031HAITI ELECTIONS IN 27 DAYS: KEY TASKS AND
[...] Summary: This message is the second in a series describing the main logistical tasks to be completed (reftel) in preparation for first round of Haitian elections scheduled for January 8, 2006. The OAS continues to open ID card distribution centers, but the current pace will not allow card dis [...]
2005-12-12 19:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3041HAITI ELECTIONS: OUR ROLE IN ENSURING SUCCESS
[...] (C) I want to highlight for you the most problematic issues remaining to be resolved and outline how we can best work through these issues. We updated the broader status of critical tasks in reftel. In essence, at the time the Haitians are getting their act together, the international player [...]
2005-12-13 17:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3042HAITI: NEPTUNE REAFFIRMS RESOLVE TO CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 12 visit from poloff, former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared more agitated and bitter than in recent months. While he remains intellectually sharp, he seemed physically weaker since the last visit on November 22 (reftel). During the 60-minute visit, Neptu [...]
2005-12-13 19:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3043HAITI'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT SENDS HALF OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) issued a presidential decree retiring five judges from the Haitian Supreme Court. While most of Haitian society appears to have accepted the action without much concern, the legal community has cried foul. The move comes on the heels of [...]
2005-12-13 19:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3059IMPLICATIONS OF A PREVAL PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) Summary. Former President Rene Preval is the acknowledged front-runner in the Haitian presidential race, and his past association with Aristide and Lavalas the central issue of the campaign. His victory is not a foregone conclusion: his rivals have only begun to expend significant campai [...]
2005-12-14 19:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3060HAITI: JEAN-JUSTE CALLS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELEASE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a frantic action alert campaign launched by supporters of Gerard Jean-Juste suggesting he has leukemia, he appeared strong and in good health during a visit by poloff on December 12. The recently suspended priest is requesting that the IGOH release him on medical grounds [...]
2005-12-14 19:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3068CUSTOMS COLLECTION: THREE-FOLD INCREASE NEAR
[...] Summary: Econoff met December 8 with new director of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border crossing at Malpasse, Jeantal Clairvil, who has increased customs revenue from USD 375,000 to USD 1.3 million in the three months since his appointment. In the past shippers have avoided taxes by under-inv [...]
2005-12-15 16:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA PKAO
05PORTAUPRINCE3093REGINALD BOULOS AIMS TO ENGINEER PREVAL'S DEFEAT
[...] (C) Summary. Haitian chamber of commerce president and political activist Reginald Boulos is conducting weekly polling that shows Preval with a commanding lead over Charles Henri Baker and Leslie Manigat. He is disappointed that the parties in the "Political Entente for Democracy and Modern [...]
2005-12-20 14:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3109HAITI ELECTIONS: STATUS OF OBSERVER MISSIONS
[...] Summary: Three major international observers missions, and a myriad of national and local observer groups are gearing up for the January 8 elections. The U.S. sponsored IFES mission will add 30 short term observers on January 3. The Elections Canada sponsored team will put 150 observers in [...]
2005-12-21 21:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3125 Haiti: Inflation continues in November
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 19:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3128UNDERSECRETARY BURN'S DECEMBER 20 VISIT TO HAITI
[...] Summary: In Haiti December 20, Undersecretary of State Burns encouraged the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) and others to abide by the electoral calendar and conduct the first round on January 8. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General noted the only way voters could know [...]
2005-12-28 14:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3136Haiti: 2006 Investment Climate Statement
[...] Per reftel, post submits the following 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Haiti. Openness to Foreign Investment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Officials at the highest level have affirmed the Government of Haiti's in [...]
2005-12-28 20:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV HA OPIC USTR
05PORTAUPRINCE3150JEAN-JUSTE REFUSES TREATMENT OFFER, NO CHANGE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste continues to refuse an offer by Haitian Prisons Director Marc Wilkens Jean to transfer him to Canape Vert hospital for treatment of his swollen lymph nodes. Emboff visited Jean-Juste at the Prison Annex in Pacot on December 29. Jean-Juste co [...]
2005-12-30 19:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE542HAITI: SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] The following responses are Post's responses to questions raised in reftel. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor [...]
2005-03-02 20:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF HA
05PORTAUPRINCE684Haitian Energy Avoiding Political Shock
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Haitians view electricity production as a measure the government's effectiveness. Electricity de Haiti (EDH) and the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) are having trouble providing power. EDH is beset with problems throughout its production, transmission and commercialization [...]
2005-03-14 20:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE688HAITI'S NORTHERN EX-MILITARY TURN OVER WEAPONS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13, more than 300 members of Haiti's demobilized military in Cap-Haitien turned over seven weapons and boarded buses to the capital. Interim Prime Minister Latortue called the event a significant step forward in implementing the September 18 agreement (ref B) and said [...]
2005-03-15 13:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE689DG CHARLES UPDATE ON EX-FADH IN THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 9 meeting with the DCM, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles said that the group of ex-FADH competing for slots in the 17th promotion would be the last group of former military integrated into the HNP this year. Charles also agreed to make sur [...]
2005-03-15 13:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE713HAITI: POLITICAL PARTIES MOVE TOWARD ELECTIONS PACT
[...] (C) Summary: With the help of a Norwegian-funded think tank, Haitian political parties are negotiating a "code of conduct" for participating in elections later this year. The agreement under discussion would commit signatories to approximately a dozen general guidelines covering campaign "fa [...]
2005-03-16 20:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE718HAITI ELECTIONS UPDATE - REVISED BUDGET SHOWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH and OAS technical advisors have provided a revised budget estimating the costs for Haiti's upcoming elections at just under $61 million, leaving a projected funding shortfall of approximately $22 million based on current pledges from the IGOH and international donors [...]
2005-03-17 16:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE776LAVALAS TORN BETWEEN BOYCOTTING ELECTIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Lavalas movement remains divided between leaders who argue for moving beyond Aristide and participating in elections this fall, and those who continue to call for Aristide's return and threaten a boycott of elections if their hard-line conditions are not met. The division is [...]
2005-03-22 19:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE795SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRANSFER OF NEPTUNE/PRIVERT
[...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Supreme Court rejected March 18 a motion to transfer from St. Marc to Port-au-Prince the linked cases of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and co-defendant former Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert. Both are charged with involvement in the February 2004 massacre in [...]
2005-03-23 20:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE796HAITIAN ELECTIONS: UPDATE ON PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the publication of the electoral law, the campaign season has unofficially begun in Haiti. There have been a handful of presidential candidacy announcements, most notably that of KID's Evans Paul. We expect several more over the next few months. By June and July, most [...]
2005-03-23 21:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE797SOME NATIONALISTIC REACTION TO MINUSTAH'S RECENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following an initially muted reaction, there has been more notable political commentary on the actions undertaken by MINUSTAH to take back police stations from ex-FADH elements (reftel). The few laudatory statements have been drowned out by nationalistic critiques of MINUSTAH [...]
2005-03-23 21:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE870HAITIANS MARK 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Two separate violent incidents took place in Port-au-Prince on 29 March, the 18th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of 1987. Ex-military gang leader Jean Rene Anthony (aka Grenn Sonnen) renewed his call for a guerrilla campaign against Haitian officials and MINU [...]
2005-03-30 16:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC HA UN
05PORTAUPRINCE871HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE POISED TO TACKLE REBEL
[...] (C) Summary: Following another attack against his officers on March 27, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Ambassador on March 29 that the HNP was preparing to undertake three significant operations in the coming days to root out violent gang leaders and their [...]
2005-03-30 17:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE902TOWN HALL MEETING AND ACS TRAVEL IN NORTHERN HAITI
[...] Summary: ACS visited the Department of the North of Haiti from 7-Mar through 11-Mar-2005. ACS traveled throughout the region meeting with nearly 70 U.S. citizens and holding a town hall meeting in the city of Pignon. In Pignon, ACS also visited a hospital, an electrical cooperative, and an [...]
2005-04-01 19:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDCASC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE928UPDATE ON HNP TRAINING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
[...] (C) Summary: In a set of written answers to questions submitted by post to the Director General (DG) of the Haitian National Police (HNP) on March 7, Leon Charles confirmed the process under which 200 ex-FADH were to integrate into the 17th promotion in April, and outlined the verification process [...]
2005-04-05 19:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM HA
05PRAGUE1004CZECHS REPORT RUSSIAN PROTEST OVER DONATION TO
[...] (U) Action request: see para 4. 2. (C) Czech MOD Director of Security Policy Borkovec told DATT on July 1 that the Russians had formally protested the planned Czech donation of small arms and grenades to the EUCOM-led Georgia Security and Stability Operations. The Russian MOD on June 30 c [...]
2005-07-01 14:47:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL EZ GG RU
05PRAGUE1005CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On June 29, Acting DCM discussed ref A demarche on Venezuela with Edita Hrda, Director of the Americas Department at the MFA. Hrda informed us Venezuelan President Chavez will not be traveling to the [...]
2005-07-01 15:57:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EZ PV
05PRAGUE1006IN-DEPTH READOUT OF EU'S CUBA COMPROMISE
[...] (C) Following the June 13 GAERC on Cuba, Post received a comprehensive record of the internal EU discussion in a document given to us by our interlocutors at the MFA. This document is the Czechs' written record of what transpired at the meeting. We have translated it and are sending it to W [...]
2005-07-01 16:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU EZ CU
05PRAGUE1007CZECH RESPONSE ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. On June 20, PolCouns delivered ref A demarche on U.S. priorities for UN reform to Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. In addition, we referred Mr. Kara to the June 16 On-the-Record briefing on UN reform delivered by the Under Secretary and followed up with a [...]
2005-07-01 16:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1008CZECH MOD STAFF CONFIRM PLANS FOR EXTENSION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Czech MOD senior officials offered assurances that plans for extension of the Czech military police trainers currently in Iraq are continuing, and that the contingent would remain in its current status, i.e., part of MNF-I, but with the hope that they would "eventually" be move [...]
2005-07-01 17:00:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS MASS IZ EZ
05PRAGUE1009CZECHS NOTIFIED OF 2005 COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-01 17:09:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PARM EZ
05PRAGUE1023CZECH PM IN CHINA FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, DODGES THE
[...] (C) Summary. On July 7, ADCM met with Ivan Busniak, foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister, to discuss Czech PM Jiri Paroubek's recent visit to Japan and China. In Japan, discussions focused on increasing Japanese investment and UN Security Council Reform. In China, the dialogue was [...]
2005-07-08 18:06:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV ETRD CH EZ EUN JP
05PRAGUE1026CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified-Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 8, we delivered the diplomatic note in reftel regarding the U.S. intention to seek World Heritage Committee membership with Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. Kara informed [...]
2005-07-11 08:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL EZ EUN UNESCO
05PRAGUE1035CZECH ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UNGA AND FEEDBACK ON G-4
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 8, we met with Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA to discuss ref A demarche on Czech attendance at the UNGA and September HLE. Kara said that while it was too early to conf [...]
2005-07-11 16:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP KSEP EZ OTRA UNSC UNGA
05PRAGUE1036CZECHS CONFIRM THEIR COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] (U) This is an action request; see action in para 2. 2. (U) In a meeting with DAO July 8, Czech MOD Director of Security Policy Zdenek Borkovec expressed the GOCR,s great appreciation for the $6 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds (CSF). He indicated the GOCR had not changed any of its pr [...]
2005-07-12 06:05:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1056CZECH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON UN REFORM, CCIT AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. On July 14, the Charge d'Affairs met with MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil to discuss reftels regarding the G-4 proposal on UN Security Council reform, support for the Comprehensive Con [...]
2005-07-14 15:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KUNR KPKO EZ UNGA UNSC ECOSOC
05PRAGUE1057CZECH REPUBLIC AGREES TO THE US-EU WINE AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 15:56:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU EZ
05PRAGUE1058CZECH'S SOLIDARITY FUND REQUEST PROCUREMENT LIST
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to the Department's request, Post is transmitting the text of the original Czech request for items under their $6 million Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation. Per reftel, Czech MOD Director of Secur [...]
2005-07-14 16:06:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1059CZECH RESPONSE TO JULY 18 GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On July 14 we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Petr Kaiser, the new Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Kaiser offered the following views on items that will be on the agenda of the July 18-19 GAERC meeting: A. Turkey: Kaiser was reluctant t [...]
2005-07-14 16:37:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE106ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF CZECH PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Reftel reported the request of the Czech government for the U.S. government's opinion on the potential sale of a passive surveillance system (PSS) to the Air Force of Pakistan. This cable offers additional technical and background information on the system. Note: ref A mistakenly made r [...]
2005-01-21 14:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR PK EZ
05PRAGUE1068CZECHS OPEN TO URGENT TRANSFER OF SMALL GROUP OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 14:08:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF EZ UZ KG
05PRAGUE1069CZECH PARTICIPATION AT DEAD SEA DONOR'S CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 12, Charge D'Affairs delivered reftel points on participation at the Dead Sea Donor's conference to Political Director at the MFA Martin Povejsil and Director of the Middle East Department Miloslav Stasek. T [...]
2005-07-15 15:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1072PRAGUE -- YEAR 2005 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION
[...] (U) Per the regulations in 6 FAM 0521.2-1, the Ambassador has chosen an Embassy officer as his personnel representative to serve on our Employee Association in Prague. Management Officer Amy Hyatt fulfilled this role until her departure from post on June 10. Acting Management Officer Robert [...]
2005-07-18 09:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN APER EZ
05PRAGUE109(S) MTAG 05-96: CZECH FIRM STROJIMPORT AND IRANIAN
[...] (S) Poloff met January 20 with Otakar Gorgol, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA's UN Department to discuss ref A. Poloff and Gorgol, who handles many of the ministry's non-proliferation issues, have had a series of meetings about a horizontal boring machine, manufactured by the Czech firm Tos [...]
2005-01-21 17:26:00Embassy PragueSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC EZ IR MTCR
05PRAGUE1090CZECHS OFFER PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT TO 40 UZBEK
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) Following up on ref requests for a humanitarian transfer of Uzbek refugees to a safe location, we met with Mr. Tomas Haisman, Director o [...]
2005-07-20 15:37:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG
05PRAGUE111CZECH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES EXTENSION OF MP
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. On January 21 the Czech Chamber of Deputies, parliament's lower house, approved the extension of the Czech military police (MP) mission in Iraq until the end of 2005. With a few exceptions, the coalition a [...]
2005-01-24 06:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1130CZECH DEPUTY PM JAHN CONSIDERS JOINING CSSD AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Czech Deputy Prime Minister Martin Jahn offered views on his possible political future, potential political scenarios heading into next summer's elections, and the fate of economic legislation. Jahn confirmed that PM Paroubek has asked him [...]
2005-07-29 14:27:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR EZ
05PRAGUE1132RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY ANNOUNCES CONTRACT
[...] (U) On July 28, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) announced that it had signed a contract with a local developer to build a new, more secure headquarters building for its approximately 600 employees. The signing of the build-to-lease contract marked the end of a long process, begun af [...]
2005-08-01 14:35:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ASEC EZ
05PRAGUE1136CZECH'S WELCOME U.S. RESPONSE TO BAGHDAD CONVOY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-02 13:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1139CZECH REPUBLIC: PRIVITAZATION OF AERO VODOCHODY
[...] (U) Summary. At its cabinet meeting on July 20, the Czech government approved a privatization plan for Aero Vodochody (Aero),the aircraft company formerly partnered with Boeing until their 2003 split. Following the recommendations made by Deloitte & Touche, the government will sell Aero as [...]
2005-08-02 14:41:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV PREL PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1145U.S. ANSWERS MFA CONCERNS ABOUT EXPORTS OF CZECH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 14:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKOMC PREL IZ PGOV EZ AF
05PRAGUE1146ASDD-01 TO VIETNAM: POINTS DELIVERED, LITTLE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 14:48:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PTER VM
05PRAGUE115 NOMINATION OF PRAGUE EMBASSY FSN ANDELA KUNSTOVA
[...] Post nominates Andela Kunstova, FSN Economic Specialist, for FSI course scheduled for May 2-13, 2005. A. Andela Kunstova, Grade 10 B. Born June 19, 1944 C. Nationality: Czech D. Passport No. 35476364 E. State - Embassy Prague Political-Economic Section F. Position Title: Econo [...]
2005-01-25 15:32:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ECON AFSI AFSN EZ
05PRAGUE116CZECHS READY TO PROMOTE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS; SEEK USG VIEWS
[...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: While not a member of the CHR, the Czechs are prepared to lobby in support of a CHR resolution on Cuba and would like to coordinate efforts with Washington. Specifically, the GOCR wants to know if the USG will sponsor this year's resolution. [...]
2005-01-25 15:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CU EZ UN CHR
05PRAGUE1161SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 15:07:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05PRAGUE1162CZECH REPUBLIC: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution 2. In response to action request reftels, post has prepared an op-ed piece for placement in local press based on revised reftel talking points. Per Department instructions, we are awaiting Department approval of the text for place [...]
2005-08-08 16:37:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1164 CZECH REPUBLIC: VISIT OF MADELYN SPIRNAK, SENIOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the course of an intense two-day visit to the Czech republic (July 27-28),Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, Madelyn Spirnak met with senior government officials and US business leaders to advance the US position on transgenic crops and to enlist Czech aid in wo [...]
2005-08-09 12:30:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ETRD ECON EAGR PINR EZ
05PRAGUE1167CZECH MFA: 10,000 ASSAULT RIFLES FOR PRIVATE USE?
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 16:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKOMC PREL PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE117 Czech Republic Response to EU Commission
[...] Summary: The European Commission presented all EU member states with a questionnaire seeking their views on obstacles or barriers to trade and investment between the U.S. and EU and appropriate ways to remove them. The Czech MFA shared with us their responses to the questionnaire, which was [...]
2005-01-25 15:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1176GOCR HEALTH CARE REFORM
[...] (U) Summary. On July 7, following up on several health care reform proposals by Health Minister Milada Emmerova, the GOCR officially approved specific steps and deadlines for reform implementation. As part of these health care reforms, the government-run health insurance company, VZP (the [...]
2005-08-11 07:31:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EZ
05PRAGUE1179 Ambassador's Op-Ed on Gitmo Detainees
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 14:37:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAO PGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1182CZECH REPUBLIC: NO PLANS TO GRADUATE FROM EBRD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ministry of Finance Department of International Organizations Director Lenka Loudova and Czech EBRD Member of the Board Igor Ocka made it clear that the current government has no plans to graduate from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). It is not on the [...]
2005-08-12 11:48:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1191CZECH REPUBLIC: BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) During an August 10 introductory call on Vaclav Rombald, Deputy Director General and Head of the Legal Section of the Ministry of Finance International Finance Department, econoff inquired about the timing and expectations for th [...]
2005-08-15 09:47:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EZ
05PRAGUE1198CZECH NGO, PEOPLE IN NEED, LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 11:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCU EAID IZ PREL
05PRAGUE1203CZECH OPPOSITION ON 05 CAMPAIGN, 06 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. One hundred days after new PM Jiri Paroubek took office, and 10 months before parliamentary elections, three shadow ministers from the main opposition party, the Civic Democrats (ODS),shared with the Ambassador their expectations for the time remaining before next June's election [...]
2005-08-17 13:57:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1204CZECH REPUBLIC: NO DELEGATE TO THE CODEX AD HOC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 13:59:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR ECON EZ
05PRAGUE1209SMALL CZECH PARTIES AND THE 2006 ELECTION: 1 + 1
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The current consensus in political circles in Prague says that there will be only four parties in government after next June's elections and that likely scenarios include a grand coalition between the Social Democrats (CSSD) and the Civic Democrats (ODS),a minority government, [...]
2005-08-17 15:16:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1222ISAF: CZECHS AGREE ON MANDATE, BUT CAUTIOUS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 06:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF EZ NATO UNSC
05PRAGUE1229CZECHS PLAN $50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO UN DEMOCRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-23 09:01:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL EZ UN
05PRAGUE123 INFORMATION ON RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING
[...] Summary: Researchers collecting specimens in the Czech Republic should be especially careful about activities in nature reserves and collection of protected endangered species. Legislative authority and agencies responsible for administration of permits are outlined para 2. End Summary. [...]
2005-01-27 12:37:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR TBIO EZ
05PRAGUE1230CZECH ATTENDANCE AT UNGA AND HLE
[...] (SBU) During a meeting to discuss the UN Democracy Fund (reftels),Czech MFA Director of UN Affairs, Jan Kara, reviewed for Pol-Econ Chief the planned Czech participation at this year's UNGA and surrounding events. The following are tentative schedules of senior Czech participants: -- Czech [...]
2005-08-23 09:19:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL EZ UNGA
05PRAGUE1236CZECH ASSAULT RIFLES TO GO TO THE U.S., POSSIBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-23 15:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKOMC PREL PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1243CZECHS QUESTIONING TURKISH ACCESSION, BUT LIKELY
[...] (C) Summary: Czech public and official position on Turkey's EU accession has softened noticeable from late last year, when the GOCR came out clearly in favor. A petition opposing Turkish accession received 12,000 signatures last month; the Foreign Minister this week published an editorial sa [...]
2005-08-25 08:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1245CZECHS ON SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH POINTS
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief met August 25 with Czech MFA Director for CFSP Issues, Petr Kaiser, to discuss ref A points in advance of the September 1-2 EU Foreign Ministers Gymnich meeting. Kaiser noted that HMG had not yet circulated a final agenda for the meeting, but he expects it will cover most [...]
2005-08-25 14:09:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1247CZECH CABINET APPROVES 2006 FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-25 15:17:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MOPS PREL PGOV AF IZ YI BK
05PRAGUE1252"DOWNGRADED VERA": LIKELY CZECH YES TO PAKISTAN,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to formally oppose a sale of a passive surveillance system, model ASDD-01, to Vietnam. This move effectively blocks that deal for the immediate future. The GOCR is currently involved in a high-level debate on the merits of issui [...]
2005-08-26 15:55:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK VM
05PRAGUE1256CZECHS ON GYMNICH/TURKEY/CROATIA: NOT YET FIRMLY
[...] (C) Summary: The Czechs continue to deliberate their position on Turkish EU accession and to send mixed signals. Visiting Turkish MFA officials last week heard what they wanted to hear: the GOCR supports the Oct 3 starting date and will not impose new conditions. But during an Aug 29 speech [...]
2005-08-29 15:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU HR EZ EUN
05PRAGUE126CZECH REQUEST FOR USG TRANSPORT OF ARMORED
[...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech government requests USG assistance in transporting two armored vehicles to Baghdad. The vehicles will be used by protective forces guarding the Czech ambassador and other Czech diplomats in Baghdad. The Czechs are prepared to cover [...]
2005-01-27 16:30:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1263CZECHS WELCOME IRAQI DRAFT CONSTITUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 15:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDIZ EZ PREL PGOV
05PRAGUE1264CZECH READINESS FOR POSSIBLE AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK -
[...] (U) Michael Vit, Deputy Health Minister and Chief Public Health Officer, briefed Embassy officials August 29 on steps already taken, as well as those planned, to deal with an outbreak of avian flu. The Czech Republic has a plan for pandemics and that plan is now being evaluated for its effect [...]
2005-08-30 15:31:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EZ KSTH WHO
05PRAGUE1266CZECHS WILL NOT/NOT MEET SYRIANS AT UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-31 13:46:00Embassy PragueSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY EZ
05PRAGUE127CZECH SENATE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-27 16:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1275CZECH CORRUPTION FIGHTER UNDER ATTACK BY JUSTICE
[...] SUMMARY. (C) In the midst of a very public battle between Justice Minister Pavel Nemec and the Supreme State Prosecutor (Attorney General) Marie Benesova, Benesova's number two, Deputy Attorney General Jaroslav Fenyk, contacted the Embassy to air grievances and his version of events. Fenyk pro [...]
2005-09-01 15:26:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ KCOR
05PRAGUE128CZECH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 31 GAERC
[...] (U) On January 27, conveyed reftel points concerning issues to be raised at the January 31 meeting of the GAERC to Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the MFA. Strouhal's responses follow: A. (C) TSUNAMI RELIEF: Strouhal said the EU member st [...]
2005-01-27 17:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL CU IR IZ UP CH EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1284CZECH REPUBLIC: TOEING THE EU LINE ON FOOD AID
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Agriculture, which has the lead on this issue, stated that the GOCR supports the EU position on this matter and that further discussion with [...]
2005-09-02 14:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR EZ WTRO
05PRAGUE1285CZECH FM LIKELY TO VISIT IRAQ IN SPRING 2006, DEF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 15:24:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1287TFUS01: CZECH REPUBLIC RESPONSE
[...] In response to Hurricane Katrina, the Czech government made a general offer of assistance on August 30 in a letter from FM Cyril Svoboda to Secretary Rice. Svoboda wrote "I would also like to assure you of our readiness to provide to the American people our help and assistance." Since then [...]
2005-09-03 13:15:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AEMR KPAO EZ
05PRAGUE1289TFUS01: CZECHS OFFER IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN HELP
[...] Czech PM Paroubek and President Klaus both met Ambassador morning of Sept 5 to present list of Czech offers of immediate support for relief and assistance following Hurricane Katrina. The Czechs have notionally offered $1 million in equipment and personnel to provide immediate relief, althoug [...]
2005-09-05 11:24:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AEMR EAID EZ
05PRAGUE1295CZECH REPUBLIC: REACTION TO USG REPLY TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 16:43:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EZ
05PRAGUE1296CZECH REPUBLIC: NO BILATERAL AID TO HAITI BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 05:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN EZ HA EUN
05PRAGUE1297CZECH REPUBLIC: NO CODESHARING WITH THE RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 05:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EZ RU
05PRAGUE1302EMBASSY BAGHDAD DCM ENGAGES THE CZECHS ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 13:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ IZ PGOV PREL
05PRAGUE1304EU/TURKEY: CZECHS REMAIN FAVORABLE, BUT NOT FIRM;
[...] (C) Summary: The Czechs continue to support moving forward with the Oct 3 negotiations on Turkish accession. They are engaged in negotiating the EU's counter-declaration, with the focus not on recognition but the modalities of the Customs Union, i.e, restrictions at Turkish ports. The Czechs [...]
2005-09-07 16:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1306CZECHS APPROVE $50,000 DONATION TO UN DEMOCRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 14:31:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EZ UN
05PRAGUE1309CZECH REPUBLIC: WILLING TO SEND ONE ELECTORAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 11:24:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EZ HA PREL
05PRAGUE1318TFUS01: CZECHS INFORMED OF ACCEPTANCE OF KATRINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-10 13:39:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1322CZECH REPUBLIC: REACTION TO USG POSITION ON UN
[...] SUMMARY: The GOCR understands the USG position on the outcome document for the upcoming UN Summit, and while not optimistic, will work towards a consensus. The GOCR does not support the "Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development," and believes the focus should be on imp [...]
2005-09-12 14:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAIR ECIN EFIN EZ PREL UNGA
05PRAGUE1325CZECH REPUBLIC: IS RUNNING IN PLACE GOOD ENOUGH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the GOCR,s June 2005 economic strategy, the Czech Republic hopes to reach the EU average GDP per capita by 2013 (from USD 19,700 to USD 30,000 using PPP). To this end, the Czech economy,s near term outlook remains strong. Real GDP growth reached 4.4 percent in 2 [...]
2005-09-13 12:35:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EZ PGOV
05PRAGUE1327CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES CONCENRING THE MISSILE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 14:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC EZ KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA MTCRE
05PRAGUE1329CZECH CORRUPTION: BAD, AND UNLIKELY TO GET BETTER
[...] SUMMARY. In light of several recent Czech corruption scandals, post offers the following snapshot of the issue. Internal statistics, as well as assessments from Transparency International and the World Bank show the number of cases is increasing, while the government's effectiveness in combati [...]
2005-09-14 07:49:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKCOR PGOV EINV KJUS EZ
05PRAGUE1339INDIA NUCLEAR DEMARCHE - CZECHS THINK EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 15:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ IN KNNP PARM EUN
05PRAGUE1343CZECH ACTIVIST JAN URBAN ON IRAQI JOURNALISTS,
[...] SUMMARY. Poloff met with Czech journalist/activist Jan Urban after his return from Amman, Jordan, where he conducted training for 40 Iraqi journalists under a program funded with money from the National Endowment for Democracy. Urban said he would like to follow up with additional programs, i [...]
2005-09-16 09:22:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SCUL EZ IZ JO KPAO
05PRAGUE1348TFUS01: CZECH ASSISTANCE RECAP
[...] SUMMARY: Post continues to receive active offers of assistance and support from the GOCR, City of Prague, and private individuals. The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Svoboda attended a ceremony and press conference on September 11 marking the first NATO humanitarian assistance mission stop [...]
2005-09-16 15:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EZ PREL
05PRAGUE1349CZECH ARMS TRANSFERS TO GEORGIA: PRACTICAL STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 05:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV GG EZ PREL RS
05PRAGUE135CZECH RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the Czech Government's position on Haiti, Iraq, Singapore, and Taiwan inclusion into the Community [...]
2005-01-28 10:43:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1363CZECHS LICENSE A ONE-YEAR VERA SYSTEM LOAN TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 12:01:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK
05PRAGUE1371CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS ADOPTING UNESCO CONVENTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOCR plans to fall in line with the EU in support of adopting the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions in October 2005 without further negotiation. The Czechs candidly advised Emboffs that a high level call from the State Department will not change the Czech position. [...]
2005-09-23 14:16:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EZ PREL SCUL UNESCO
05PRAGUE1382CZECH REPUBLIC: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (S) Summary: Islamic extremism is rare in the Czech Republic, and Islamic authorities here are keen to ensure outside influences do not become a catalyst for indigenous radicalism. The Czech authorities do monitor for potential Islamic extremist activities. The U.S. Embassy provides training, [...]
2005-09-26 15:53:00Embassy PragueSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI EZ
05PRAGUE1399CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLIDLY ON BOARD WITH BELARUS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Czech MFA and its partner NGO People in Need (PIN) are strongly committed to democracy promotion in Belarus. The GOCR and USG approaches to Belarus are fully aligned, and Czech MFA is actively engaged in molding EU policy on Belarus transition. MFA has approved USD 18,000 [...]
2005-09-30 10:03:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1407CZECHS ON OCT 3 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are optimistic that the upcoming GAERC will find a way forward on Turkey. The GOCR has formally stated that they support launching talks with Turkey without establishing a privileged partnership or other status as an option. They also insist that there is no linkage w [...]
2005-09-30 16:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ TU EUN
05PRAGUE1415CZECH REPUBLIC: STRONG SUPPORT FOR (CERGE-EI)
[...] SUMMARY: Post strongly supports ASHA financial assistance for CERGE-EI, the leading economics doctoral program in the region, fully-accredited in both the Czech Republic and the United States. CERGE-EI has the best economics library in the country, containing a wealth of American texts and [...]
2005-10-03 08:08:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EZ
05PRAGUE1422CZECHS AGREE -- THE TAMIL TIGERS ARE A TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 15:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1426CZECHS REQUEST GUIDANCE ON PLANNED DPRK DEL VISIT
[...] (U) Action request - see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A DPRK delegation plans to visit the Czech Republic later this month on a trip organized by the head of the Czech Communist Party (and vice speaker of Parliament). The tentative itinerary includes a visit to the Temelin nuclear power plant. [...]
2005-10-04 15:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL ENRG KN EZ
05PRAGUE1446CZECHS STATE THAT UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT IS POSSIBLE,
[...] (U) Action request paragraph 5. 2. (S) Poloff met on October 6 with Tomas Haisman, Director of Asylum and Migration Policies at the Czech Ministry of Interior, to discuss resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees (reftel). Haisman called the situation "shocking," but nevertheless held out ho [...]
2005-10-07 16:20:00Embassy PragueSECRETPHUM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1447CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS BEGIN TO CONSIDER COMMUNIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech government under PM Jiri Paroubek, in order to secure passage of priority legislation, is beginning to break the long-standing taboo against cooperation with the Communist party. Debate over two high-profile pieces of legislation, along with a change in the Communist [...]
2005-10-07 17:26:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1455IRAQ PRESIDENT JALAL TALABANI'S VISIT TO CZECH
[...] (C) Summary. Iraqi President Talabani's visit to Prague focused on symbolism and achieved little in the way of concrete improvements to the robust Czech-Iraqi relations. The GOCR promised to continue supporting transition efforts, and will take steps to increase business ties. Negotiations [...]
2005-10-12 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1461CZECH REPLY TO UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered Secretary's letter to Czech FM Svoboda on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (ref A) to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on Oct 13. Povejsil was familiar with USG positions from previous discussions (ref B). He stated that the Czechs believe the Conven [...]
2005-10-13 13:47:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETRD OPDC PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO BHUM EUN
05PRAGUE1469TSA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR GRANT VISITS PRAGUE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. TSA Assistant Administrator Nicholas Grant recently visited Prague to discuss the lessons learned in the simulated terrorist attack on Prague's public transportation system on September 22. Grant found a sophisticated and competent emergency response system, but identified som [...]
2005-10-14 09:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE147CZECH GOVERNMENT TAKES NOTICE OF WARNINGS ON
[...] Summary: U.S. pharmaceutical companies' concerns about obstacles to market access in the Czech Republic will be raised in their 2005 Special 301 submission. Embassy Prague has raised with the GOCR the pharma industry's complaints about the discriminatory effect of Ministry of Health setting [...]
2005-02-02 07:41:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EZ USTR
05PRAGUE1470ACTION REQUEST: CZECHS SEEK GUIDANCE ON THEIR
[...] (U) Action request at paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Czechs have announced their candidacy for two UN positions: (1) non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term beginning in 2008, and (2) a seat on the Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) for a three-year term. The [...]
2005-10-14 10:28:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EZ UN
05PRAGUE148CZECH REPUBLIC TO SUPPORT MON863 BIOTECH CORN
[...] On January 26, Embassy economic officer and agricultural specialist met with Karel Blaha, the Director of the Department of Environmental Risks at the Ministry of Environment. Blaha is the Czech official most involved in European Union rulemaking on issues affecting the environment such as b [...]
2005-02-02 08:09:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR TBIO EZ
05PRAGUE1490CZECHS ARE CO-SPONSORS OF U.S. RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 15:19:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EZ UN
05PRAGUE1491CZECH REPUBLIC: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Econoff met October 17 with Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (Department of EU Multilateral Trade Policy and Common Trade Policy Ladislava Votavova) and delivered reftel demarche and letter from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban. The Ministry of In [...]
2005-10-18 08:15:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO
05PRAGUE1493TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER FOR CZECH
[...] (SBU) The Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer for Embassy Prague is DCM Cameron Munter, 420-257-530-662 ext. 2303, email: MunterCP@state.gov. The TFCO Deputy is Richard Hinman, Political officer, tel. 420-257-530-663 ext. 2313, email: HinmanRC@state.gov. 2. (U) Post believes that a regio [...]
2005-10-18 09:12:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1496CZECH RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL FOR WTO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Industry and Trade received our demarche with genuine welcome and said that although they would have to consult with the Ministry of Agriculture, it would be in the interest of the Czech Republic to urge the EU to seize this timely opportunity to get beyond the ag [...]
2005-10-18 13:13:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EZ WTRO
05PRAGUE1498VERA-E - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] (C) Foreign consignee, ERA A.S. (ERA) is familiar to the United States Government. A sample of some of the USG reporting on the company's systems can be found in Refs B-L. 2. (C) Embassy Prague closely follows ERA,s license applications to the GOCR for export of the VERA-E system. During hi [...]
2005-10-19 09:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKOMC ETTC EZ
05PRAGUE1502NEWS REPORTS OF IRAN TRADE EMBARGO NOTHING NEW TO
[...] (SBU) A Reuters press report on October 20, which claimed that Iran has stopped the imports of goods from the Czech Republic, Britain, South Korea and Argentina, was not new news to the Czech government. According to the Reuters report, the Iranians imposed the trade embargo in an effort to p [...]
2005-10-20 14:27:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EZ IR ERTD
05PRAGUE1503CZECH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 14:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO EUN
05PRAGUE1504CZECH PM APPOINTS NEW HEALTH MINISTER
[...] (U) Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek today named David Rath, currently President of the Czech Medical Chamber, to replace Milada Emmerova as Minister of Health. With less than eight months before the next general election, the move is being seen as an interim appointment. One of Rath's main tasks w [...]
2005-10-20 15:12:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EINV EZ
05PRAGUE1505CZECHS SAY &NO8 TO THE UIGHURS, BUT AGREE TO
[...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (S) Summary. Frantisek Bublan, the Czech Minister of the Interior, informed the DCM that the GOCR has denied our request to resettle 15 Uighur men in the Czech Republic, citing foreign policy and security concerns. Post believes the Czech decision [...]
2005-10-20 15:18:00Embassy PragueSECRETPHUM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1506CZECHS ON UNGA ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) The Czechs intend to co-sponsor the UNGA resolution on Holocaust Remembrance (ref A),according to Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA UN Department. 2. (SBU) Kara indicated that the Czechs are still examining the USG points (ref B) and consulting with other states on the UNGA resolut [...]
2005-10-21 06:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS EZ UNGA
05PRAGUE1514CZECH ELECTIONS - TOO EARLY AND TOO CLOSE TO CALL,
[...] SUMMARY. (C) The Czech Republic will hold general elections next June. This cable summarizes current election trends and possible outcomes, and assesses impact on US interests in the Czech Republic. Septels will discuss in greater detail the positions of individual parties. Under the propor [...]
2005-10-21 15:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEZ PGOV PREL
05PRAGUE1515DPRK DELEGATION VISIT TO CZECH REPUBLIC INCLUDES
[...] (U) Action Request in para 9. 2. (S) Summary: The DPRK parliamentary delegation visited the nuclear power plant at Temelin during their 17-22 October visit to the Czech Republic. Czech officials indicate they received a "standard VIP tour" of the facility; according to the company officia [...]
2005-10-21 16:07:00Embassy PragueSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC KN EZ
05PRAGUE1522CZECHS REQUEST U.S. INFORMATION ON GEORGIA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Czech MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy Peter Kaiser Oct 19 asked Pol-Mil Off whether the United States could share information with the Czech MFA on the current effort by Georgia to build up its armed forces. K [...]
2005-10-24 17:31:00Embassy PragueSECRETIZ EZ PREL PGOV
05PRAGUE1526CZECH REPUBLIC REMAINS IN THE PROGRESSIVE CAMP ON
[...] (SBU) In culmination of a multi-day campaign to urge the Czech government and industry to push hard for a positive EU response to the U.S. agriculture proposal, the DCM met October 25 with Ladislava Votavova, Director of the Department of EU Multilateral Trade Policy at the Ministry of Trade, [...]
2005-10-25 12:46:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EZ WTRO
05PRAGUE1532CZECHS CONTINUE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] The City of Prague is soliciting Embassy guidance on how to achieve forward movement on their offer of archive restoration and retrieval for Hurricane Katrina relief. As reported reftel (para 3),the City of Prague approved CZK 16 million USD 700,000 for hurricane assistance, and they need t [...]
2005-10-26 14:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1533AVIAN FLU: CZECHS DON'T HAVE THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW
[...] (SBU) Summary: There is no evidence of Avian Flu in the Czech Republic. However, due to a lack of political leadership and a delayed reaction to the potential pandemic, the government only has sufficient medical supplies and facilities to deal with a mild outbreak. A larger outbreak would o [...]
2005-10-26 14:42:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED EAGR EZ PGOV TBIO WHO
05PRAGUE1535CZECHS REVIEWING MI-17 PARTS REQUEST FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Pol-mil Off delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Oct 27. The Czechs do have MI-17s in their inventory. Balek had not heard Pakistan planned to ask NATO for MI-17 parts. He said the GOCR would examine the request carefully. CABANISS [...]
2005-10-27 11:23:00Embassy PragueSECRETAEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS EZ NATO
05PRAGUE1546CZECHS WILL SUPPORT JUDGE BUERGENTHAL FOR ICJ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 16:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEZ UNGA UNSC
05PRAGUE1554MUSLIM OUTREACH: US EMBASSY PRAGUE HOSTS FIRST
[...] Summary. On October 25, Ambassador William Cabaniss hosted an Iftar dinner at his residence, the first-ever held by the Embassy. Nearly fifty Muslim diplomats and business leaders attended, including Ambassadors from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen and Afghanistan. Notic [...]
2005-11-02 14:14:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEZ KISL KPAO PREL
05PRAGUE1557CZECHS WELCOME RESULTS OF IRAQ CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 17:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN
05PRAGUE1558CZECH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (SBU) Polec officer delivered ref A demarche on October 31 to Miloslav Stasek, director of the Middle East and Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stasek agreed that the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmadi-nejad were unacceptable. He added that he also met with [...]
2005-11-02 17:32:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PHUM PREL PTER EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1559CZECHS SUPPORT CREATION OF FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 18:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM XF EZ
05PRAGUE1561CZECH REPUBLIC ON EU CHEMICALS POLICY (REACH):
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Experts at the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade believe that despite the admitted flaws in the draft EU REACH legislation, all EU member states are ready to press on with the legislation in its current format 'to get the ball rolling,' and necessary alterations to the agreement [...]
2005-11-03 07:10:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON SENV EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1562CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES BILATERAL SCIENCE AND
[...] The government of the Czech Republic approved the draft of a US-Czech bilateral agreement on science and technology on October 19. The Czech government is the first of the ten new EU members to approve a new agreement, which includes reimbursement for VAT and customs duties imposed on commod [...]
2005-11-03 07:12:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDOSCI TSPL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1565VISITING EUR/ERA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CZECH EU
[...] SUMMARY: Visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase met with the MFA European Union Section and inquired about internal GOCR coordination on EU internal and external issues, and raised the WSIS internet governance and the WTO agriculture proposal issues. On WTO, the MFA reiterated what the Minis [...]
2005-11-03 10:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL EZ ECIP WTRO
05PRAGUE1568CZECHS AND THE WSIS: WHY FIX IT IF IT AIN'T BROKE?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: All of the Czech players involved on WSIS echo the refrain "why fix it if it ain't broke?" and seek to maintain the status quo on internet governance. The GOCR is preparing to argue this point at COREPER in Brussels on 4 November, but are resigned to follow the final decision of [...]
2005-11-04 06:56:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1571CZECH-CUBA CONFLICT IS HEATING UP
[...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (S) Summary. The Czechs are concerned they will lose their mission in Cuba as part of the fall-out from the Czech National Day incident in Havana (ref A). They are therefore trying to use the incident to rally EU support at the Nov 7 GAERC, and are [...]
2005-11-04 09:00:00Embassy PragueSECRETPHUM PREL SOCI CU EZ
05PRAGUE1572CZECHS ON NOV 7 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs support tough measures against Syria, Belarus, and Cuba, but do not have the full support of their EU partners. On Iraq, the Czechs will continue their mission independent of any EU mission. In the Balkans, Czechs support the open door policy. However, due to enlarge [...]
2005-11-04 09:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1573CZECHS SAY YES TO IRAQ RESOLUTION, AND NO TO SWISS
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are grateful the U.S. shared the text of the draft Iraq resolution at an early stage, and are optimistic the resolution will pass. On the Swiss proposal for reform of the UNSC working methods, the Czechs will oppose it. End summary. 2. (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief and [...]
2005-11-04 09:20:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EZ UNSC UNGA
05PRAGUE1575CZECH COMMUNIST PARTY: STILL HERE AND
[...] Summary: (C) Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has recently turned to the Communist Party (KSCM) for parliamentary support on key legislation. This, along with the speculation that next June's general election might lead to a minority Social Democrat-led government that relied on the Communis [...]
2005-11-04 09:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1578DLOUHA REPLY TO ADAMS LETTER: THANKS FOR SUPPORT
[...] (U) On Nov. 3, Poloff forwarded reftel letter from Thomas Adams to Gabriela Dlouha, the Czech MFA Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator. Dlouha responded promptly, thanking the U.S. for its commitment to the Belarus radio project. She also said the GOCR will provide an initial grant of $80,000, [...]
2005-11-04 13:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDBO EAID EZ PL
05PRAGUE1581CZECHS ON PAKISTAN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION
[...] (U) DCM met November 11 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to discuss Czech assistance to Pakistan. Pojar, who was until recently Director of the Czech NGO People in Need, provided the following information: -- Czech government assistance to date totals approximately $4.5 milli [...]
2005-11-04 15:44:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL PK EZ
05PRAGUE1586CZECH DRAFT LABOR CODE: APPEALS TO THE COMMUNISTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a political move that has brought together the Social Democrat and Communist parties and could cool investment in the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has made his union-friendly Labor Code a "super priority" that he wants passed before the elections in June 20 [...]
2005-11-08 12:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EZ
05PRAGUE1587CZECHS VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS ON HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 16:24:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EZ UNHRC
05PRAGUE1588 CZECH PARLIAMENT AGAIN REJECTS LEGALIZATION OF
[...] The lower house of the Czech Parliament has rejected a bill that would have paved the way for the legal regulation of prostitution in the Czech Republic. The proposal would have permitted the GOCR to withdraw from the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and t [...]
2005-11-09 15:01:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EZ KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI
05PRAGUE1589CZECHS ON CHINA, RUSSIA, AND BEING HEARD IN THE EU
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase, the Czech MFA's Political Director offered the following: -- The Czech Republic played a leading role within the EU to prevent lifting of the China arms embargo, but in the context of PM Paroubek's growing closeness with [...]
2005-11-09 15:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ CH RS CU LE SY ENRG ECON EFIN
05PRAGUE1590CZECHS ON TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACIES
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA's Director for Transformation Cooperation believes that many international efforts to foster democratic change -- including in particular those of the EU -- suffer because the funding mechanisms chosen impede the chances for success. She believes that donors need to b [...]
2005-11-09 15:12:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ CU UP GG MD SR BK IZ BO BM
05PRAGUE1600CZECH REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO ENABLE CIVIL
[...] (C) On 9 November, PolOff met with Pavel Klucky, new MFA deputy director for international organizations with primary responsibility for non-proliferation, and reviewed Ref demarches. Klucky stated that the Czech government was in general agreement with the U.S. proposal, noting the potential [...]
2005-11-10 12:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALIN KNNP PARM PREL
05PRAGUE1601CZECHS PROVIDE RECIPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs have been working for years to promote democracy in Belarus. Thus, talking to the Czechs about Belarus is like preaching to the choir. The Czech MFA, in the words of their Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator, supports U.S. policy toward Belarus without hesitation. She [...]
2005-11-10 14:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM KDEM PGOV BO EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1602CZECH REPUBLIC: ANDREW WEISS/KOTVA INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 15:32:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EZ KIDE
05PRAGUE1608CZECH RESPONSES TO OECD SECGEN SELECTION, ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Econoff met November 10 with Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Deputy Director Pavel Klima to deliver reftel A and B demarches. Klima said that during the July 21 Polish state visit, the Prime Minister signaled GOCR support former Po [...]
2005-11-10 18:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EFIN EZ EINV
05PRAGUE1613 CZECH RESPONSE TO CAPE TOWN CONVENTION DEMARCHE
[...] SUMMARY: Post contacted the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Law Department to deliver reftel demarche urging the Czech government to ratify the Cape Town Convention. The Ministry responded that most competencies regarding transportation rest with the EU and that their hands [...]
2005-11-15 13:22:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA EZ
05PRAGUE1614CZECH NGO WILL SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO EXPAND
[...] (U) Poloffs met with Simon Panek, Director of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),and Igor Blazevic, head of PIN,s Human Rights Section, to discuss PIN,s ongoing efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East (ref A.). Panek said PIN began training Iraqi civil society in August 2005 at a center l [...]
2005-11-15 14:42:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EZ IZ
05PRAGUE162(S) MTAG-05-96: CZECH REPUBLIC BASED STROJIMPORT'S
[...] (S) Two weeks after receiving a demarche (Reftels) about the possible sales of computer numerically controlled lathes from the Czech firm Strojimport to firms in Iran, the MFA has delivered its response. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department, and Otakar Gorgol, who handles MTCR issues, said [...]
2005-02-04 14:26:00Embassy PragueSECRETPARM PREL ETTC EZ IR MTCRE
05PRAGUE1621CZECH REPUBLIC'S CONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO U.S.
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations. The MFA responded that it would support USG re- election to the IMO Council in Category "A." However, the MFA said that support would be conditional upon the USG's support [...]
2005-11-18 13:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EZ IMO ECIP
05PRAGUE1623CZECHS ON NOV 21 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The primary focus of the Nov 21 GAERC will be the EU budget. The Czechs support the Luxembourg Compromise, but pragmatically believe no compromise will be reached in the upcoming GAERC (or even this year). The Czechs generally support EU efforts in the Middle East, the Balkans, and [...]
2005-11-18 16:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1629CZECH REPUBLIC: OSCE SCALES OF CONTRIBUTION 'END
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Nov 22. Balek responded the Czech Republic would study the points carefully and would make every effort to accommodate the U.S. position. CABANISS [...]
2005-11-23 06:16:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEZ ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV OSCE
05PRAGUE163(S) NIAG 4225: POSSIBLE IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF
[...] (S) In response to demarche in Reftel A, presented to the MFA on January 20, the Czech government assembled representatives from the MFA, the Office for Nuclear Security (SUJB),the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the intelligence branch (BIS). None of the representatives could find any e [...]
2005-02-04 14:27:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC EZ IR
05PRAGUE1630GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: CZECHS STILL AGREE TO
[...] Action request at paragraphs 5 and 7. 2. (S) Summary. The good news is that the Czechs are still committed to resettling 40 Uzbek refugees in the Czech Republic (reftel),and are even willing to accept close family members of the refugees. The bad news is in the fine print: the Czechs will [...]
2005-11-23 09:19:00Embassy PragueSECRETPHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG
05PRAGUE1638CZECH REPUBLIC: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
[...] (U) This cable responds to the request for information in reftel A in the same order as the original questionnaire. 2. (SBU) Preparedness/Communication: -- The GOCR has a preparedness plan for pandemics that was submitted to the WHO in 2000 and updated in April of 2004. It can be found at [...]
2005-11-23 15:50:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1648CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 16:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC
05PRAGUE1649CZECH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS: STRUGGLE FOR SOUL OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) in the Czech Republic, a numerically small force, have traditionally exercised an influence beyond their numbers, staking out the middle ground in order to maintain the option of forming coalition governments with larger parties either to their [...]
2005-11-25 17:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1655CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SUPPORT OAS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 15:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PTER CO EZ OAS
05PRAGUE1657SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO PRAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Czechs this month marked the 16th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. As you will see during your visit this week, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transf [...]
2005-11-28 15:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EZ
05PRAGUE1658CZECH COUNTRY REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic is a staunch supporter of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. For years it sponsored the annual Cuba human rights resolution in the UNCHR, and even though it is no longer a member of the Commission, it supports the Cuba country-specific re [...]
2005-11-29 06:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCU PHUM ETTC PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1660CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR UN REQUEST
[...] (C) Poloff and DATT Nov 23 delivered reftel points to Zdenek Borkovec, Policy Director of the MOD,s Strategic Planning Division. The Czechs are unable to provide aircraft. As reported Ref B, Defense Minister Kuehnl has requested U.S. air transport for a visit to Iraq due to the Czechs' own ina [...]
2005-11-29 10:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ EZ UN
05PRAGUE1664CZECHS: DPRK'S VISIT WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, ON
[...] (S) Summary: The Czech MFA understands U.S. dismay over the October 20 visit of a DPRK Parliamentary delegation to the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant, and will again oppose any similar requests for visits or for nuclear cooperation in the future. The Czechs will not directly focus on China's human [...]
2005-11-29 15:43:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNEZ KN KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV PHUM CH
05PRAGUE1665UPDATE ON EXTENSION OF POLICE TRAINERS AT THE
[...] Pol Specialist Nov 28 confirmed with the Interior Ministry that the Czech Republic plans to extend the Czech participation in police training in Jordan. The Ministry of Interior has already allocated the necessary financing. The proposal to extend is now being reviewed in the Czech interagency [...]
2005-11-30 15:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDIZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI
05PRAGUE1677CZECH REPUBLIC: TRADE POLICY AND TRENDS AFTER EU
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Czech Republic prepares for the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong December 13-18, the Czech economy is basking in rosy statistics (reftel A). The CR is enjoying a trade surplus for the first time since becoming an independent nation in 1993, with 2005 trade surplus forec [...]
2005-12-04 13:21:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO EUN EZ
05PRAGUE1678CZECH REPUBLIC: HOPEFUL ON DDA BUT EXPECTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 24 member Czech delegation to Hong Kong, led by Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban, is doubtful that progress can be achieved in Hong Kong and yet remains hopeful about the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). Both the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Foreign Affairs b [...]
2005-12-04 13:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD WTRO EUN EZ
05PRAGUE1680CZECH PM ANNOUNCES HIS OWN KOSOVO POLICY
[...] (U) Following a November visit to the Balkans, Czech PM Jiri Paroubek made the surprise announcement that the best solution to Kosovo's status would be a separation along ethnic lines. Paroubek floated the idea in a press interview on his return from the November 18-21 visit to the region. He [...]
2005-12-05 11:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL YI EZ
05PRAGUE1686CZECH REPUBLIC'S MACROECONOMIC FAIRYTALE AND MIXED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is enjoying unprecedented GDP growth (5.1 percent in 2Q 2005),doubling of foreign direct investment from 2004 to 2005 (to USD 10 billion),the first trade surplus since the country's birth (USD 2 billion or 1.7 percent of GDP) and a possible budget surplus. On [...]
2005-12-06 15:12:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EZ PGOV
05PRAGUE1687CZECHS ALSO CONCEREND ABOUT RUSSIAN NGO LAW
[...] (C) The Czech Republic shares USG concerns about the draft Russian NGO law, and is interested in coordinating with the U.S. on practical measures that will result in changes to the legislation. Embassy discussed reftel points in recent weeks with MFA Director General for European Bilateral Rel [...]
2005-12-06 16:30:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ RS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
05PRAGUE1688DAS MARK PEKALA FINDS COMMITTED ALLIES IN PRAGUE
[...] (U) Action requests in paragraphs 25 and 26. 2. (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala traveled to Prague November 30-December 1 to meet with Czechs actively working to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, Belarus, and elsewhere; and to discuss Czech policy priorities on neighboring countries, [...]
2005-12-07 06:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE169CZECH ON FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION; POSSIBILITY OF
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT raised ref A points on future of Iraq coalition with Czech MFA and MOD Security Policy Departments. The Czechs welcomed the information provided about current thinking on the coalition. They noted, of course, that the Czech parliament had just approved the ext [...]
2005-02-07 08:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ EZ NATO
05PRAGUE169916 YEARS AFTER THE END OF COMMUNIST RULE, CZECHS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent unsuccessful initiative to ban the Czech Communist Party (KSCM),together with November's anniversary of the student protests that led to the eventual end of communist rule, and the general elections scheduled for next June, have focused public debate on the role of the l [...]
2005-12-08 15:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1701CZECHS APPROVE 2006 MILITARY DEPLOYMENT PLANS
[...] Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006, including the retention of 100 troops in Iraq. End Summary 2. The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006. This ti [...]
2005-12-08 16:49:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEZ PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MARR MOPS
05PRAGUE1704CZECHS SEEK INFORMATION ON U.S. PLANS FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (U) Action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Polec Chief and Poloff met December 7 with Veronika Stromsikova, Czech MFA's Director of Human Rights Department, and her deputy, Jan Kaminek. Stromsikova said the Czechs are planning their strategy for UN human rights resolutions in 2006, and would [...]
2005-12-09 15:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALUN PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE1707IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS PRAGUE BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The recent visit of an Iranian parliamentary delegation to Prague left a trail of conflicting claims and counterclaims between the Iranians and their Czech hosts. Closer investigation has revealed that most Czech officials remain skeptical about Iran, and the Iranians were unsucce [...]
2005-12-09 16:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ PREL PGOV ETRD PINR KNNP IR
05PRAGUE1716CZECH FM WILL RAISE RUSSIAN NGO LAW WITH PUTIN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points December 9 to Czech MFA Russia Desk Officer, Josef Broz, and also delivered courtesy copies to Jaromir Plisek, MFA Director General of Territorial Section 1 (including Russia and Eastern Europe),and MFA Human Rights Director, Veronika Stromsikova. [...]
2005-12-14 16:13:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RS EZ
05PRAGUE1719IRAQ: CZECH PLANS FOR ELECTION EVENTS
[...] (SBU) On December 13, Poloff delivered ref demarche on the seeking Coalition/NATO election events to Katerina Moravcova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Middle East and Africa Department and Pavel Mrazek, Iraq desk officer. Moravcova said that the MFA would certainly issue a statement of supp [...]
2005-12-15 10:05:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ PGOV PREL
05PRAGUE1720DEMARCHE TO CZECH REPUBLIC: CONDEMNING THE
[...] (C) On December 13, Poloff delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Lebanese MP Gebran Tueni to Katerina Moravcova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Middle East and Africa Department and Pavel Koblizka, Head of the MFA's Mediterranean Unit. [...]
2005-12-15 13:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALAU LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05PRAGUE1721CZECHS WANT TO ADD CUBA TO U.S.- EU DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with poloffs December 7, Edita Hrda, Czech MFA Director of the Department of Americas, said the Czechs strongly support the U.S.- EU Democracy Initiative. To maximize the results of the initiative, the Czechs think the U.S. and EU shoul [...]
2005-12-15 13:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1727CZECH CIVIC DEMOCRATS (ODS): RIGHT OF CENTER, LEFT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the start of 2005, the Czech Republic's senior opposition party, the center-right Civic Democrats (ODS),had a comfortable lead in the polls. The party, as well as the public, assumed ODS would easily win next June's election and form a right-of-center government after eight [...]
2005-12-15 17:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1732NOTWITHSTANDING INTERPOL NOTICES, UZBEK REFUGEES
[...] (C) Post has learned that the 15 Uzbek refugees selected for resettlement in the Czech Republic arrived in the Czech Republic December 15 (although this information has not yet been made public). 2. (C) This number includes six refugees who are the subject of Interpol "diffusion notices" is [...]
2005-12-16 13:19:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ
05PRAGUE1733CZECH SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER 15 IRAQ ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 14:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PGOV PREL
05PRAGUE174CZECH PLANS TO REMAIN THE GADFLY IN THE EU'S CUBA
[...] (C) Summary. While the Czechs eventually agreed with the EU's proposal to lift the restrictive measures against Cuba at last week's GAERC meeting, they are continuing to fight for EU approval of a detailed plan for structured dialogue with dissidents and hope to establish criteria to use as a [...]
2005-02-07 15:35:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ CU EUN
05PRAGUE1753RUSSIAN FM TURNS DOWN REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE CZECH
[...] (U) The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has, for the time being, refused a request from his Czech counterpart, Cyril Svoboda, to renew the registration of the Czech NGO, People in Need (PIN). PIN had been operating in Chechnya since 2000. But In April, 2005, PIN was told, without any [...]
2005-12-21 16:15:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EZ PREL RS
05PRAGUE1754CZECH SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN COMPACT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref demarche to Michal Svoboda, Afghan desk officer for the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Svoboda said that the Czech government most likely would not be able to financially contribute to the Afghanistan Compact, however he did say that his government was intereste [...]
2005-12-21 16:18:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEZ PGOV PREL
05PRAGUE1755CZECH COURT EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR RESTITUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 16:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OHI PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1761CZECH REPUBLIC: CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN-OWNED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian company OMZ, a subsidiary of the state-run firm GAZPROM, purchased the Czech firm, Skoda Nuclear Engineering (Skoda J.S),in April of 2004. OMZ has two wholly owned subsidiaries that manufacture equipment for nuclear plants. One, Izhorskie Zavody of Saint Petersburg [...]
2005-12-23 12:58:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM ETRD EZ
05PRAGUE177CZECHS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR COMMISSION ON HUMAN
[...] Summary and comment: The Czech government intends to run for a seat on the UN Commission on Human Rights in 2006 and seeks USG support. In a recent meeting, Czech MFA officials acknowledge that they face tough competition, with Poland and Lithuania also likely to vie for the two seats open i [...]
2005-02-08 13:46:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC EZ UN
05PRAGUE179COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): AGREEMENT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-08 14:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PTER EZ
05PRAGUE183CZECH GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESSURE TO IMPROVE TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government has been looking at ways to improve its anemic trade ties to Iran. The Iranians have limited Czech imports in retaliation for broadcasts of the Prague-based Radio Farda as well as legislation passed in 2000, at U.S. request, to bar supplies to the Bushehr n [...]
2005-02-08 16:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EZ IR
05PRAGUE184CZECH PM STANISLAV GROSS: SHROUDED IN CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary. Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross is under increasing pressure from the opposition and the public to explain the unclear origin of money used in 1999 to purchase the family's luxury Prague apartment, or to resign. His inability to explain his source of financing for the apart [...]
2005-02-09 06:32:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EZ
05PRAGUE197MAJOR EUROPEAN TELECOMS COMPANIES MAKE PRELIMINARY
[...] Five entities made preliminary offers for the Czech Republic's leading telecoms company, Cesky Telecom (CT),by the January 31 deadline for doing so. They are the Spanish firm Telefonica, Belgium's Belgacom, Swisscom, and two financial groups, a consortium of the U.S. company Blackstone Grou [...]
2005-02-10 16:22:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINV ETRD EZ
05PRAGUE198CZECH LOWER HOUSE PASSES REFORM OF COMPANY
[...] On February 9 the lower house of the Czech parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, passed a bill designed to speed up registration of companies in the so-called "commercial register", a sine qua non for doing business in the Czech Republic. Foreign and domestic businesses alike have long compla [...]
2005-02-10 16:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE204FIRMS WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT ADD MORE VALUE, HAVE
[...] Summary: Much of the Czech Republic's economic growth over the past several years has been attributable to significant flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) that have made the country the destination for more such investment per capita in recent years than any other country of central and [...]
2005-02-11 12:23:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EZ
05PRAGUE212COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA TEAM TO
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Bert Cochran and Gilbert Chavez to travel to Prague March 11-17, 2005. 2. Hotel reservation have been made in Marriott Hotel, V Celnici 8, Prague 1, tel: (00420)22288-8822, fax: (00420)22182-2333. Confirmation for Bert Cochran is 86 [...]
2005-02-14 15:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC ENRG ETTC OTRA PARM PREL
05PRAGUE213NEW EC DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL
[...] (U) Post offers the following background and biographical information on Karel Kovanda, the current Czech Ambassador at NATO, who was appointed February 9 as European Commission Deputy Director General for External Relations. Kovanda will replace Fernando Velenzuela Marzo. His portfolio will [...]
2005-02-14 16:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR EZ EUN
05PRAGUE221CZECHS SUPPORT EU DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 16:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER EFIN EZ EUN
05PRAGUE232FUTURE OF CZECH GOVERNMENT IN QUESTION AS JUNIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The simmering debate about shady financing of PM Gross's apartment escalated into a crisis for the Czech government on Feb 15 when Miroslav Kalousek, head of the junior coalition partner Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL),threatened to call for Gross's resignation, and the head of t [...]
2005-02-16 18:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV EZ
05PRAGUE237NPT 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE (REVCON): REQUEST TO
[...] (U) Poloff gave non-paper reftel to the Director of the UN Department at the MFA and his assistant for non-proliferation, February 2. They thanked Poloff for the information on the US position and agreed to share it with colleagues who might attend the May NPT Review Conference. CABANISS [...]
2005-02-17 11:19:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM
05PRAGUE239CZECH PRESIDENT NAMES THREE NEW MEMBERS OF CENTRAL
[...] Summary: President Klaus appointed three new members of the board of the Czech National Bank on February 11. The three are known to be close both politically and philosophically to President Klaus and the opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS). Klaus will have a majority of his appointees [...]
2005-02-17 15:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE241CZECHS AND GAERC MEETING: PREPARING TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic plans to use the Feb 21 GAERC meeting to lead EU members to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization. The Czechs are also working towards taking a leading role in the EU debate over the China arms embargo. The Czechs share our optimism about improving [...]
2005-02-17 15:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC CH IR UP MD HR KPAL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE242 CZECH PM GROSS APPEARS LIKELY TO RETAIN HIS
[...] (U) Summary: The crisis which until yesterday seemed to be threatening the unity of the current Czech government coalition (reftel) increasingly looks like just another episode in the uneasy coexistence of the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats. The governing coalition, with its one-vo [...]
2005-02-18 06:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EZ
05PRAGUE26CZECH MEP ON REPAIRING US-EUROPE RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Longtime embassy contact and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jana Hybaskova termed herself shocked by the depth of anti-American feeling she has found at European institutions such as the Council and Commission, including knee-jerk reactions opposing any U.S. involvement [...]
2005-01-06 06:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IZ EZ MEPP
05PRAGUE260CZECHS SOLICIT U.S. OPINION ON ARMS SALES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is beginning to get a number of requests from Czech arms firms wanting to sell weapons and ammunition to the government of Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has no diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, and consequently [...]
2005-02-23 13:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALAF EZ PARM
05PRAGUE28POST RESPONSE TO OIG RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] Prague submits the following responses to the formal recommendations of the referenced OIG report. 2. Recommendation No. 1: Embassy Prague should request, and the Bureau of Consular Affairs and Bureau of European And Eurasian Affairs should approve and fund, an additional Foreign Service [...]
2005-01-06 10:03:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDASIG EZ AMGT
05PRAGUE318CZECH GOVERNMENT SOLICITS US OPINION ON ARMS SALES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Republic has extensive surpluses of arms and ammunition left over from the days of the Warsaw Pact. Licensing authorities at the MFA are recieving many requests from Czech arms dealers to sell the surplus munitions to the governments in Afgh [...]
2005-03-04 11:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPARM AF IR EZ
05PRAGUE337 (C) RUSSIAN MISSILES FOR US NAVY COMING FROM
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. The US Navy has for some time been planning an open commercial purchase of 23 KH-31 (or MA-31) Russian sea-skimming missiles from a Czech arms dealer. It has come to our attention that the missiles are coming from Belarus, via a series of complicated [...]
2005-03-09 06:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL EZ UP BO RS
05PRAGUE338Child Marriage Response for Czech Republic
[...] The legal age of marriage in the Czech Republic is 18 for both girls and boys. Under special circumstances, a minor over the age of 16 may be given permission to marry by a court; without court consent, such a marriage is invalid. 2. While there are some reports that the country's Roma pop [...]
2005-03-09 09:56:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN EZ
05PRAGUE341AMENDMENT: CZECH REPUBLIC CTRY CLR,
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Tyacke Michael, Allen Kenneth, Bolshinsky Igor, Dewes John, Moses Stanley and Thomas Jay to travel to Prague March 10 - 18, 2005. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 530 663, ext. 2320. Email: Canni [...]
2005-03-09 12:48:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA
05PRAGUE346CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with DCM Hillas, Czech Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations Petr Kolar and Czech Ambassador to Lebanon Marek Skolil stated that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position about the complete withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. The Czech MFA issued [...]
2005-03-09 15:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINS PINR SY LE EZ
05PRAGUE348WHAT IF THERE IS A MINORITY CSSD GOVERNMENT?
[...] (C) On March 6, PM Stanislav Gross won a decisive vote of confidence from the Social Democrats Central Committee, but the ongoing crisis in the ruling three party coalition government has not ended and is likely to erupt anew after the Easter Congress of the Social Democrats (CSSD). Christian [...]
2005-03-10 10:28:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE353AUSTRALIA GROUP - CZECH PARTICIPATION IN APRIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 15:18:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EZ CBW
05PRAGUE354CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED CHR TEXT ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Mr. Jan Kaminek of the Department of Human Rights at the Czech MFA on March 10 regarding the referenced demarche asking for feedback about a planned resolution on the state of democracy and democratic elections in the world. Mr. Kaminek told Poloff candidly that whil [...]
2005-03-10 15:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EZ PDEM UNCHR
05PRAGUE355RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 15:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC EZ
05PRAGUE356(C) US NAVY POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES
[...] (C) Poloff was shown March 10 the request for an export license filed by the Czech firm that is working to provide an initial shipment of 23 Russian-made sea-skimming missiles (KH-31) to the US Navy. The application showed the name and address of the firm in Minsk that was supplying the missiles, b [...]
2005-03-10 16:26:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL EZ BO RS UP
05PRAGUE366AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION:
[...] Summary. During his February 7-8 visit to Ostrava, regional governor Evzen Tosenovsky told the Ambassador the influence of the regions is growing, and that an accommodation between Prague and the regions must be worked out within his ODS party. The Ambassador visited Vitkovice Steel, which [...]
2005-03-14 06:42:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV ETRD MARR EZ IZ
05PRAGUE376CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND
[...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...]
2005-03-15 14:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN
05PRAGUE377CZECHS ON IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN IRAQI POLITICS
[...] (C) On March 14, we met with Mr. Pavel Mrazek in the Czech MFA Middle East Department to discuss Iranian interference in Iraqi politics (reftel a). We also delivered the non-paper on Hizballah (ref b) and the statement on USG support for EU-3 diplomacy on Iran (ref c),which are discussed mo [...]
2005-03-15 14:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC IZ IR EZ
05PRAGUE40CZECH VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES INVITATIONS
[...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's Department of United Nations Affairs, on January 6 to deliver reftel demarche regarding gaining European support for Community of Democracies invita [...]
2005-01-07 12:30:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE44CZECH POSITION ON EU CUBA POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA appreciates reftel effort to remind European capitals of the real issues at stake in the EU debate over its common Cuba policy. Czech efforts are currently focused on establishing a meaningful format for the structured EU dialogue with the opposition. The Czech re [...]
2005-01-10 15:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE459DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 15:31:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON SU EZ
05PRAGUE46PRIORITIES FOR WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS FOR CZECH
[...] Embassy Prague has reviewed the list of services sectors transmitted reftel. We submit the following rating of sectors in the Czech Republic that offer the highest potential for U.S. services providers. Ratings are from 5 (highest) to 1 (lowest). 2. --Legal services 5 --Accounting, aud [...]
2005-01-10 16:41:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP EZ BMOT WTO
05PRAGUE467POST FOLLOW-UP TO OIG RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] Prague submits the following responses to the four remaining open/unresolved recommendations from the OIG inspection of Embassy Prague (ISP-I-04-39A),issued September, 2004. 2. Recommendation No. 1: Embassy Prague should request, and the Bureau of Consular Affairs and Bureau of European [...]
2005-04-01 14:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDASIG EZ AMGT
05PRAGUE469CZECH PM GROSS SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Gross survived a no-confidence vote on April 1 thanks to abstentions from the Communist Party. Further resignations from Gross's cabinet are likely, and it is possible that the remaining coalition partner, Freedom Union, will withdraw. Despite his victory, there are inc [...]
2005-04-01 14:30:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE470(C) CZECH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY SAYS NO TO SALE OF
[...] (C) The Czech government has formally denied the license request of a Czech arms dealer to broker the sale of Russian KH-31 missiles, now in the possession of a state-run firm in Belarus, to the U.S. Navy. Poloff was told April 1st that the MFA licensing office had on March 31 sent a formal letter [...]
2005-04-01 14:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL BO EZ RS
05PRAGUE473CZECH PLANS TO LOBBY FOR CHR CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Poloff contacted Jan Kaminek of the Human Rights Department at the MFA regarding the referenced request for EU Member State assistance on the Commission on Human Rights Cuba resolution. Kaminek was happy [...]
2005-04-04 10:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EZ UNHRC EUN
05PRAGUE474Czechs vote to keep UN treaty; prostitution
[...] This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: The Czech Parliament has refused to permit the government from withdrawing from a UN Convention on trafficking in persons, effectively stalling the country's prior efforts to pass a prostitution regulati [...]
2005-04-04 12:08:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM EZ
05PRAGUE478CZECH REPUBLIC AMCHAM REVIEWS ITS AGENDA WITH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic (AmCham) priorities for the coming year include the traditional ones of commercial register reform and a new bankruptcy code. The AmCham is [...]
2005-04-04 13:09:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EZ
05PRAGUE479DOD COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ASD FOR
[...] Embassy Prague provides country clearance for Assistant Secretary of Defense Ricardel and party to visit Prague April SIPDIS 5-6 for consultations with the Czech government on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Control officer will be DATT Ed Gallagher, phone 420-257-530-663 x2337. App [...]
2005-04-04 14:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PARM PREL
05PRAGUE480 CZECH REPUBLIC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
[...] The following information relates to the questions e- mailed to post in conjunction with reftel. CONTACT NAME IN COUNTRY: Mr. Zdenek Cais, Specialist, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. PHONE: 420-221-922-460. E-MAIL: zdenek.cais@mpsv.cz [...]
2005-04-04 14:46:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EZ EUN
05PRAGUE499GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK FOR CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (C) The Czech Republic, despite the weak coalition government that came into power after the June 2002 elections, has been a stauch supporter of the GWOT and has responded admirably to USG requests for troop contributions to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is actively providing economic, humanitari [...]
2005-04-07 13:42:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EZ
05PRAGUE500HIGH PRICE FOR CESKY TELECOM PLEASES CZECH
[...] Summary: (U) The Spanish telcommunications firm Telefonica will pay $3.6 billion for Cesky Telecom (CT),much more than the government had expected to get for its share of the company at the outset of the privatization process. Telefonica will have to offer to buy out the minority shareholde [...]
2005-04-07 14:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV EZ EUN
05PRAGUE509OVERSEAS SCHOOL SECURITY - PHASE II
[...] In response to ref A, which launched phase II of the Overseas School Security Program, ref B described what we assess as the major vulnerability of the International School of Prague to a terrorist attack - the lack of access controls, particularly vehicle access, to a large parking lot adjac [...]
2005-04-11 11:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ASCH AFIN ABUD
05PRAGUE510BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] The company CairoCZ, which has ordered 35 American hunting rifles of various makes, is known to hunters at the Embassy. The Company was only founded late last year by Radim Polach, who had previously worked at DETEX, a Czech company with three divisions: International Sales, Detonators an [...]
2005-04-11 13:30:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC
05PRAGUE514CZECH ENTER DEBATE ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic is beginning to speak out against the immediate removal of the EU China arms embargo. Growing European debate over the timing and modalities of any removal of the embargo is allowing the Czechs to play a more active role in the debate and, the Czechs believe, s [...]
2005-04-11 16:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS CH EZ
05PRAGUE515HIV/AIDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: PREVENTION AND
[...] Summary: The Czech Republic currently has one of Europe's lowest rates of HIV infection, despite a significant problem with prostitution and trafficking. Officials and NGOs in the country link the low incidence of HIV with active prevention campaigns, abundant and accessible anonymous testin [...]
2005-04-12 05:44:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV PGOV PHUM PREF EZ
05PRAGUE519CZECH REPUBLIC WILL OBSERVE BAN ON LIGHTERS
[...] Post delivered the demarche on DHS banning lighters on flights to, from and within the U.S. to Josef Turecky, Director General, Civil Aviation Department, Ministry of Transportation of the Czech Republic, on March 10, 2005. Based on the information in the demarche, the Czech authorities are b [...]
2005-04-12 14:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER EZ EUN
05PRAGUE534UPDATE ON CZECH DIPLOMATIC AND RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) Summary. On April 14, we met with Ivo Silhavy, Director of the Middle East Department at the MFA, to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Silhavy described Czech-Iraqi relations as "very good and very intense," building on prior contacts with the Iraqi Minister of Culture and new Ir [...]
2005-04-14 14:32:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EZ IZ IS
05PRAGUE536CZECH REPUBLIC TO SUPPORT COMMISSION ON BT10 CORN
[...] We discussed the impending vote in the Standing Regulatory Committee on Food and Animal Health, relating to imposing a certification requirement on U.S. corn gluten feed that may contain BT10 corn, with two officials at the Ministry of Agriculture on April 14. Both Milena Vicenova, Director [...]
2005-04-14 15:03:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR TBIO PREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE546CZECH PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] Poloff spoke with Jan Kaminek of the Human Rights Department at the MFA regarding Czech plans for participation in the Ministerial meeting of the Community of Democracies. Although fostering global democracy has long been and continues to be a priority for the Czechs, Kaminek said that they h [...]
2005-04-15 15:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL EZ
05PRAGUE547CZECH GOVERNMENT CRISIS: PULLING BACK FROM THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY The agreement on a new version of the old government, reached by the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the three coalition parties after 8 hours of negotiations late on the night of April 13, was rejected 15 hours later by the leadership of CSSD, the main party in the coalition. Jan [...]
2005-04-15 16:06:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE548CZECH REPUBLIC SEES TIME AS NOT RIPE FOR RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 16:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL RS EZ OECD
05PRAGUE552CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, EPA: BIRNBAUM 5/6-15/05
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Linda Birnbaum, EPA Office of Research and Development, to visit the Czech Republic, May 6-15, to participate in the bone development and toxicology project, BONETOX. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 [...]
2005-04-18 10:35:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV OTRA TPHY
05PRAGUE572THE "NEW" CZECH GOVERNMENT: OLD WINE IN AN OLD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The three parties in the Czech ruling coalition have agreed to end a three-month government crisis and renew their cooperation. If the current proposal is accepted this weekend by the central committee of the main coalition party, the CSSD, PM Gross would resign next week and [...]
2005-04-20 15:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE597CODEL WILSON (MAY 5-10)
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for to Representatives Joe Wilson and Madeleine Bordallo and Military Escort Carl Grunow to visit the Czech Republic, May 6-7. The delegation will be met at the airport by Kirk Samson, Economic officer, who will take them to their accomodat [...]
2005-04-26 05:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
05PRAGUE603CZECH GOVERNMENT CRISIS MOSTLY RESOLVED AS PM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY The crisis that began 14 weeks ago with an inquiry into the funds used by Czech Prime Minister Gross to purchase a luxury flat is nearly at an end. Gross has resigned and Jiri Paroubek, formerly his Minister for Regional Development, has replaced him at the head of a three-part [...]
2005-04-26 15:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE610CZECH REPUBLIC CTRY CLR, DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HEUZE,
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Francois Heuze of the Lawrence Livermore Lab to travel to the Czech Republic, May 14-22, to participate in meetings on rock mechanics. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 5333 822, Email:CanningMA2@state [...]
2005-04-27 10:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA
05PRAGUE611CZECH REPUBLIC, BULGARIA, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO, AND
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Lawrence Drew of the US Geological Survey to visit the Czech Republic, May 2-6, to present lectures and conduct a workshop. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 5333 822, Email:CanningMA2@state.gov [...]
2005-04-27 11:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY SENV OTRA
05PRAGUE62CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, EPA: KOVALICK, 2/9-21/05
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA official, Walter Kovalick, to travel to Brno, Czech Republic, February 9-21. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Global Affairs Officer Mark Canning, tel (420) 257 530 663, ext. 2320, e-mail CanningMA2@state.gov. Visit Prague [...]
2005-01-12 09:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV OTRA TPHY
05PRAGUE630USDA/ARS COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - AKIN, DANNY
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Danny Akin, Microbiologist, USDA, ARS, SAA, Athens, GA. to travel to the Czech Republic, June 1-4, to assess equipment used in measuring flax fiber standards. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning tel: (420) 257 5333 822 [...]
2005-04-28 14:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
05PRAGUE632CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, DVA: PETER ROBERT
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Peter Sinclair, Research Biologist/Principal Investigator, VA Medical Ctr, White River Junction, VT, to attend the Bioron conference May 13-15. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning tel: (420) 257 5333 822, Email:CanningM [...]
2005-04-28 15:03:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
05PRAGUE633CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Middle East Department Ivo Silhavy told Acting DCM on Apr 28 that the GOCR fully shares USG positions outlined reftel: complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon remains a priority; June elections in Lebanon require international support; and the EU ought to designate H [...]
2005-04-28 15:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO LE SY EZ
05PRAGUE634USDA CLEARANCE REQUEST: JANET HUNT
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Janet Hunt Nutritionist, Grand Forks USDA/ARS/NPA. North Dakota, to visit the Czech Republic 5/20 - 6/02, 2005 to make a presentation on women's iron absorption. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 5333 [...]
2005-04-29 05:31:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
05PRAGUE637NIH/FIC -DR. MARINI- TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Joan Marini, senior investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Prague, Czech Republic, May 6-10, 2005. Purpose of her visit is to give a talk at an annual meeting on human genetics [...]
2005-04-29 10:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA
05PRAGUE638CZECH REPUBLIC, CTRY CLR, USGS: COTTER +1,
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for USGS scientists Gladys Cotter and Thomas Hermann to travel to Prague (05/08-15) to attend and participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) research and technology information management committee. 2. Embassy point of [...]
2005-04-29 10:21:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY TBIO SENV OTRA
05PRAGUE64THE MOUSE THAT ROARED: CZECH EFFORTS IN THE MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 lunch discussion, MFA Director of Middle East Affairs Ivo Silhavy discussed the Czech role in the Middle East Peace Process and upcoming elections in Iraq. The Czechs see the Middle East as an area where they can play a role as an honest broker, making use of [...]
2005-01-12 12:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ EZ IS
05PRAGUE650GERMAN REPORTER RAISES OLD VIEWS OF CHILD
[...] The Czech press in late April renewed its coverage of child prostitution in Cheb, a Czech town on the German border. Czech dailies described the account of a German television reporter who asked in a club for sex with children and was taken by one of the girls working the [...]
2005-05-02 14:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EZ
05PRAGUE659MTAG: SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING CNC
[...] (S) Czech officials responsible for non-proliferation issues told poloff May 4th that the machine which is the subject of reftel was never exported to Syria. Poloff was shown a copy of the MTCR denial notification, MI-CZ-05-001, dated January 12, 2005. The notification was sent to appropriat [...]
2005-05-04 15:08:00Embassy PragueSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC SY EZ MTCR
05PRAGUE66DSACEUR LETTER ON NTM PAVES WAY FOR CZECH
[...] (C) According to President Klaus' office, the Czech government in its weekly cabinet session on January 12 decided to seek a parliamentary mandate for the continued deployment of the Czech company of MPs in southern Iraq. The MOD was charged with preparing the draft for presentation to parl [...]
2005-01-12 16:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS EZ IZ
05PRAGUE68 CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Post's updated investment climate statement for 2005 follows para 2. 2. THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE Maintaining an open investment climate has been a key element of the Czech Republic's transition from a Communist, centrally planned economy to a functioning market economy. The Czech Republic [...]
2005-01-13 07:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EZ OPIC USTR
05PRAGUE699CZECH PARLIAMENT MAY INVESTIGATE ALLEGED RENDERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Czech press in past week has picked up the story from the "New York Times" and other American press about CIA rendering flights that have allegedly transited the Czech Republic. Opposition politicians plan to call for a Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee hearing to discuss [...]
2005-05-11 16:04:00Embassy PragueSECRETPINR PREL EZ
05PRAGUE707THE ODS: HOW TO SELL THE DISMANTLING OF THE SOCIAL
[...] Summary: The Czech Civic Democratic Party (ODS) program for the next elections promises a limited state that costs the taxpayer less, but offers less support to citizens and companies and demands they take more responsibility for their own futures. Although the party benefits mightily from t [...]
2005-05-12 11:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EZ
05PRAGUE720NEW CZECH PM PAROUBEK SURVIVES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE,
[...] (U) The government crisis that began in January with a questions about the source of funds used by then PM Stanislav Gross (CSSD) to acquire his apartment, came to a formal end on May 13 when the government of his successor, Jiri Paroubek (CSSD),was approved by the lower house of parliament. [...]
2005-05-13 14:41:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE731EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PANS PIG FARM AT FORMER ROMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government's long-standing failure to remove a pig farm from the site of a WWII Roma concentration camp has resurfaced as a political issue following a critical European Parliament resolution and the allegation of President Klaus that the site was not a real "concent [...]
2005-05-17 13:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE744CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-19 09:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EZ SCUL UNESCO
05PRAGUE813CZECHS OPPOSE CUBAN ILO CANDIDACY, SUPPORT LEANER
[...] We raised the points contained reftels with Olga Rozsivalova, head of the ILO department in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, who will attend the ILO Labor Conference May 31-June 16 in Geneva as the Czech Republic's representative. 2. Regarding Cuba's and Barbados's candidacies fo [...]
2005-05-27 10:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDELAB CU ILO BB EZ
05PRAGUE814EXPELLED CZECH POLITICIAN SAYS CUBA UNDERESTIMATED
[...] (C) Summary. On May 25, we met with Czech Senator Karel Schwarzenberg, who was one of the European politicians deported from Cuba during last week's opposition gathering in Havana (see reftel). Schwarzenberg who did have an opportunity to meet with some dissidents prior to his expulsion, st [...]
2005-05-27 11:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EZ CU EUN
05PRAGUE815TROUBLING SIGNALS IN LARGEST CZECH MILITARY
[...] (S) Summary: The current $1 billion Czech Army tender for armored vehicles -- the military's largest procurement to date -- is designed to avert past problems with transparency, with PriceWaterhouseCoopers engaged to run the tender instead of the MOD's Armaments Directorate. The two main decl [...]
2005-05-27 12:04:00Embassy PragueSECRETMASS PREL BEXP KCRM EZ
05PRAGUE822NEW CZECH GOVERNMENT: GOOD FIRST IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Czech PM Jiri Paroubek, who won a vote of confidence on May 13 (ref A),has gotten off to a stronger than expected start. His foreign policy looks to be a continuation of that of the previous Gross Government, marked by support for transatlantic policies. Notwithstanding his [...]
2005-05-27 14:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EZ
05PRAGUE827DEMARCHE ON ANDREW WEISS CASE DELIVERED, MFA
[...] On May 26 we delivered the points transmitted reftel, regarding the case of Andrew Weiss, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Present at the meeting were Jan Maisler of the MFA's Americas Department, Milan Kuchta, head of the non-European Countries office of the Department of Bilateral Econo [...]
2005-06-01 07:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE EZ USTR
05PRAGUE832CZECH MFA FOCUSES "LESSONS LEARNED" ASSISTANCE ON
[...] Summary: The Czech MFA office designed to promote democratic transformations based on Czech experience is now in its first year of operation. Priority areas for activity are Belarus and Cuba, with the office supporting other MFA assistance in Iraq; future targets are Ukraine, Moldova, Serbi [...]
2005-06-02 12:12:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EZ CU BO IZ
05PRAGUE833CZECH VIEWS ON DEBATE OVER CHANGES TO EU'S CUBA
[...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. The Czechs expect the June review of EU Cuba policy to result in a number of tougher measures, although the package will remain less robust than it was before the current policy was adopted earlier this year. The ex [...]
2005-06-02 13:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE835BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S.-Czech Bilateral Consular Working Group was held on June 1 at the Czech Foreign Ministry. Its agenda followed the elements of the visa roadmap aimed at eventual qualification of the Czech Republic for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),an important Cze [...]
2005-06-02 14:59:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL EZ
05PRAGUE836UN DEMOCRACY FUND: CZECHS WILL SIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 06:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EZ
05PRAGUE841CZECHS TO STICK WITH EU ON SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-05 13:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ PREM
05PRAGUE842EU REFERENDUM DEFEATS INTENSIFY CZECH DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary: Not surprisingly in a country where the government has declared passage of the EU constitution the reason for its existence, and whose President has staked out a position as one of Europe's leading critics of the agreement, the French and Dutch "no" votes have only amplified dome [...]
2005-06-05 15:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECIN EZ EUN
05PRAGUE8542005 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS
[...] Poloff delivered the demarche regarding the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report on Monday, June 6, 2005, to First Deputy Interior Minister Miroslav Koudelny and to Dr. Pavel Rotyka, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice. Minister Koudelny, who is the Czech Republic's Nation [...]
2005-06-06 12:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EZ
05PRAGUE858LIBERTAD ACT: CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (C) As discussed in ref D reply to the previous Libertad Act tasking, the Czech Republic is one of the staunchest European defenders of Cuban dissidents and a proponent of U.S. policy towards Cuba. Refs A C detail Czech efforts to toughen the EU policy towards Cuba in a manner that will sup [...]
2005-06-06 14:27:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC CU EZ
05PRAGUE860CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON EU AND ARMS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 09:32:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EZ EUN
05PRAGUE869CZECHS DISAPPOINTED WITH EU CUBA NEGOTIATIONS;
[...] (C) The Czechs are very disappointed with their inability to win support for tougher EU measures towards Cuba. MFA Cuba Desk officer Petr Mikyska confirmed assessments provided to USEU by Solana's office (ref A) from this week's COLAT and PSC meetings. Mikyska said that, despite their optimis [...]
2005-06-08 09:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE870CZECH REPUBLIC NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SEPARATE IPR OR
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to oficials at the Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Czechs are sending Ivana Holubkova (Deputy Director of the Americas Department in the MFA) and Zuzana Skalna (of the MFA trade and agriculture policy section) to Brussels on June 7 to [...]
2005-06-08 13:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE888CZECH RESPONSE TO JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On June 9, we discussed the points in ref A demarche with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Strouhal provided the following responses: A. Kosovo: Strouhal emphasized the importance of the EU playing an active role in th [...]
2005-06-10 13:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL CH CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE889CZECH ARMS SALES/DONATIONS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST, SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2 (C) As the western-most country in the Soviet bloc, then Czechoslovakia became the forward ammo depot for any potential invasion of Western Europe.That fact, combined with the recent draw-down in the number of Czech troops from over 130,000 to roughly [...]
2005-06-10 13:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPARM PM EZ
05PRAGUE892CZECH PROPOSAL FOR PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM TO VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-13 08:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PINR PREL EZ VM PK
05PRAGUE896CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KOLAR ON IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech republic is promoting former Czech Ambassador to the US Alexandr Vondra to become the Special EU Representative to Bosnia, and has garnered the support of Slovakia and Poland. The Czechs are presenting a proposal on the EU on dealings with Cuba which includes developmen [...]
2005-06-13 15:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS PINR EAID IZ BK EZ EUN
05PRAGUE913CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 15:56:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC
05PRAGUE94ODS SECOND-IN-COMMAND PETR NECAS AN IDEOLOGICAL
[...] (C) Summary. The December 2004 election of main opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) long-time defense expert and ideological visionary Petr Necas to the number two position in the party strengthens Chairman Mirek Topolanek's leadership team and bodes well for future direction of ODS. The [...]
2005-01-19 17:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV MARR EZ
05PRAGUE981CZECH FM ON IRAQ, VISAS AND DOMESTIC POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Czech FM Cyril Svoboda on June 27 primarily to discuss an extension of the Czech military police unit in Iraq through 2006 (UN reform issues covered septel). Svoboda said that the GOCR intended to ask the parliament to extend the troop deployment this fa [...]
2005-06-29 11:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CVIS EZ IZ
05PRETORIA1018SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF
[...] (U) Summary. On behalf of the United States Geological Survey (USGS),Ambassador Jendayi Frazer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chief Executive Officer of the South African Water Research Commission (WRC) Dr. Rivka Kfir on March 7, 2005. The MOU covers scientific and technical [...]
2005-03-09 15:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV KPAO SF
05PRETORIA1054 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - February Manufacturing Trade Indicators Improve S [...]
2005-03-11 13:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1099 SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE
[...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]
2005-03-15 13:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA1111OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND
[...] Per reftel, Post welcomes the opportunity to help improve the global maritime security framework. The Port of Durban is the largest of South Africa's seven ports and the busiest in Africa. Its container terminal is the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition, it is uniquely situate [...]
2005-03-15 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ETRD EWWT KSTC PARM PHSA PTER SF
05PRETORIA113RESTRUCTURING OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTRICITY
[...] (U) Introduction: In light of recent government initiatives to restructure the South African energy industry, post will submit separate reports on the supply, distribution and transmission sectors. Each cable will serve as a general review of that sector, and be the launch-pad from which sub [...]
2005-01-11 11:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA1134LAN CHILE - OPEN SKIES POSTERCHILD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Department of Transportation officials facilitated a conference call between senior executives from the Chilean airline, Lan Chile; U.S. State Department and DoT officials; and South Africa,s Director of Air Transport Regulation and chief aviation negotiator Godfrey Selep [...]
2005-03-17 04:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA1160 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Major Revisions for ICT Charter?; - Secondary Ta [...]
2005-03-18 11:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1161 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 18 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-03-18 11:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA1166FINAL ICT CHARTER DELAYED
[...] A March 16 Business Day article reported that the information and communications technology (ICT) charter steering committee was being reorganized to draw up a new empowerment charter for the industry. However, Department of Communications Director of Policy and chair of the current consulta [...]
2005-03-18 11:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ECPS ECON SF
05PRETORIA1175LOVELIFE AND GLOBAL FUND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The loveLife Global Fund grant in South Africa is approaching its renewal. In response to Reftel, Embassy Pretoria is providing information about the loveLife project and about the Country Coordinating Mechanism in South Africa. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Reftel requests informati [...]
2005-03-18 13:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO PREL SF
05PRETORIA1220 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Vehicle Exports Increase by 49.5% in February; [...]
2005-03-24 11:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1228Commission for Africa: Secretariat Briefs G8
[...] (SBU) Summary. Head of the Secretariat of the Commission for Africa described the Commission's recommendations as well received. Africa is making progress, which leads to opportunities to work toward the Millennium Development Goals. The international community needs to provide more resou [...]
2005-03-24 13:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD EFIN SF
05PRETORIA1255 South African Government publishes draft
[...] (U) Summary. In January, the South African Government (SAG) published for public comment a draft document on norms, standards and regulations relating to the management of predators, such as lions, leopards and cheetahs. The document lays out a national policy on the captivity and hunting o [...]
2005-03-30 06:48:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV SOCI ETRD SF
05PRETORIA1256SOUTH AFRICA: BIOSAFETY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent biosafety developments and policy decisions in South Africa raise the possibility that local conditions for the approval and use of agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may worsen. A recent judicial ruling supported greater transparency a [...]
2005-03-30 06:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD SENV TBIO SF
05PRETORIA1278 SAA ADDS WASHINGTON ROUTES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. South African Airways (SAA) will begin offering four weekly flights between Johannesburg and Washington D.C. as of July 1. A codeshare agreement with United is in the works while the future of the existing SAA-Delta codeshare has yet to be determined. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Sou [...]
2005-03-30 14:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC PREL SF
05PRETORIA1282SOUTH AFRICA: OESI PROPOSAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] Summary and introduction. Embassy Pretoria appreciates the funding opportunity offered in Ref A and is pleased to make a proposal in support of the OES Bureau's signature initiative of Governance. The proposed activity fosters strong cooperation between South African and U.S. officials, bui [...]
2005-03-31 04:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDOSCI SENV ETRD TSPL TBIO ECON SF
05PRETORIA1304 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER April 1 2005 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Ranks High as FDI Destination for Tra [...]
2005-04-01 08:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1306 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH APRIL 1 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-04-01 08:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA1365 PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] Summary. While Chinese and Indian apparel and textile exports to the United States continued to surge in the first month after the ending of the multi-Fiber arrangement, South African exports of these products (section 11) to the United States showed a 17% decline. A DTI official said the fl [...]
2005-04-06 05:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX SF USTR
05PRETORIA1384SOUTH AFRICA ON U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. On April 5, Econoff met with Acting Chief Director for International Economics Danel van Rensburg at the South African National Treasury to discuss U.S. views on debt relief and other development funding issues. Van Rensburg said that South Africa was supportive of the ge [...]
2005-04-06 05:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID SF
05PRETORIA1394SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES SCIENCE PARK, "THE INNOVATION
[...] Gauteng Province Premier Mbhazima Shilowa on April 5 opened Africa's first internationally accredited Science Park in Pretoria. The new park is known as the "Innovation Hub" and is one of eleven projects in the province's "Blue IQ" initiative for developing economic infrastructure to attract [...]
2005-04-07 11:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KSCA SF
05PRETORIA1396SOUTH AFRICA-ENDORSEMENT OF GLOBAL FUND MULTI-
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 12:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO EAID PREL SF
05PRETORIA1413 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Unemployment Rates Drop; - Increase in Jobs and [...]
2005-04-08 13:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1441 INDUSTRY AND REGULATOR RESERVATIONS ON RESURRECTED
[...] (U) SUMMARY. For the second time in thirteen months, South Africa's Convergence Bill has been released for public comment. The Bill, originally released in February 2004, repeals the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act of 1993 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and grants increased powe [...]
2005-04-11 11:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF
05PRETORIA1469SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (U) Summary: South Africa's Department of Science & Technology (DST) has begun to play a stronger leadership role on research and development (R&D) issues in energy. In the upcoming months, DST will take the lead on key USG- initiated energy initiatives, establish a new National Energy Resear [...]
2005-04-13 11:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KNNP TRGY EAID TSPL SF
05PRETORIA147SOUTH AFRICA - IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR SCIENCE
[...] (U) Post welcomes the proposed Science & Technology Advisory Capacity Building Partnership and is pleased to provide feedback regarding appropriate representation from South Africa. We also support the proposed use of the Voluntary Visitor program for a follow-on week of meetings and activiti [...]
2005-01-12 14:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PREL TSPL SF
05PRETORIA1493SOUTH AFRICAN PARKS OFFICIAL ON ELEPHANT CULLING
[...] (C) Summary. The top conservation official at South African National Parks confirmed the accuracy of press reports on his recent, well-publicized statement on the necessity of culling in order to manage the elephant population in the Kruger National Park. He reached this conclusion based o [...]
2005-04-15 08:39:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALSENV SOCI ECON SF
05PRETORIA1505 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Surprise Interest Rate Cut; - Manufacturing Grow [...]
2005-04-15 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1506 SOUTH AFRICA'S SURPRISE INTEREST RATE CUT
[...] Summary. On April 14, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced a 50 basis point reduction in its repurchase rate (equivalent to the U.S. federal funds rate) much to the surprise of South African economic analysts. SARB's justifications for reducing rates include lower inflationar [...]
2005-04-15 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1507 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH APRIL 15 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-04-15 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA1510SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" - ISSUE 3, MARCH 2005
[...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]
2005-04-15 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA1574 SOUTH AFRICAN FUEL PRICES REACH ALL-TIME HIGHS
[...] On April 6, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy implemented across-the-board increases for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels. For the first time, the South Africa gasoline price breached the R5 per liter barrier ($3.14 per gallon). This follows the substantial increases (8-12%) im [...]
2005-04-20 13:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EIND SF
05PRETORIA1575WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel A points encouraging South Africa to submit a robust initial services offer, Sudhir Sooklal of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that South Africa does intend to meet the May deadline for submitting its offer in Geneva. He noted that when DTI Minister [...]
2005-04-20 13:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON SF WTO
05PRETORIA1605 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - International Economic Conditions More Important th [...]
2005-04-22 14:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1612SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" - ISSUE 3, MARCH 2005
[...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]
2005-04-25 05:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA164WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
[...] This cable responds to reftel with post's assessment of priority sectors for U.S. service suppliers in South Africa using reftel's methodology of priority (1-5) and informal ranking (high, medium, or low) of current level of market openness. --Legal services (2) medium --Accounting, auditi [...]
2005-01-13 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SF
05PRETORIA1663 SOUTH AFRICA REQUESTS FIFTH FREEDOM AVIATION RIGHTS TO
[...] (SBU) On April 27, Post received a diplomatic note from South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs dated April 19 informing the United States that South Africa has requested fifth freedom traffic rights at Accra, for the Accra-Washington route. This follows a South African Airways' March ann [...]
2005-04-28 14:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC PREL SF
05PRETORIA169SOUTH AFRICA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND
[...] (U) 1. Background and introduction.: South Africa's National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act became law in mid-2004. Chapter 6 of the Act deals with Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing, and Chapter 7 addresses the issuance of permits authorizing the use or export of indigen [...]
2005-01-14 05:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD SENV TBIO SF
05PRETORIA1697 2005 IPR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
[...] In response to reftel A request for project proposals, post submits a $18,650 budget request to conduct workshops for South African magistrates in the enforcement of South African intellectual property laws. The proposal is based on the workshops we did in 2004 and 2005 in South Africa. Wor [...]
2005-04-29 14:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD SF
05PRETORIA1704 SAG OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL PORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South African officials were receptive to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Officer Brian Gilda's presentation of the International Port Security Program (IPSP). Officials openly discussed South Africa's efforts to comply with and implement the International Ship and Port Facility Secur [...]
2005-05-03 04:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ECON SF IMO
05PRETORIA1746SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER FOR PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY Ambassador Frazer met with Minister for Public Works Stella Sigcau on April 25 to discuss the government's Expanded Public Works Program, upcoming BEE charters for the construction and property industries expected in July, and possible areas for U.S. foreign assistance. The Depa [...]
2005-05-05 08:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD SF
05PRETORIA176 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - November Manufacturing Production Down; - Stats [...]
2005-01-14 09:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1766 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Signs of Slowing Manufacturing Activity; - South [...]
2005-05-06 09:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1789SOUTH AFRICA: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) continues to evolve as an institution. The FIC seeks better cooperation with law enforcement, higher quality suspicious transaction reports (STRs),continued focus on training, and international status as a Financial Intelligenc [...]
2005-05-09 05:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PTER PREL KTFN KVPR SF
05PRETORIA1887 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Barclays Deal Only Waits for Shareholder Approval; [...]
2005-05-13 13:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1892 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MAY 13 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-05-13 14:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA1904 MUCH IMPROVED ICT CHARTER DELIVERED TO SAG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The information and communications technology (ICT) Charter Steering Committee delivered its final draft of the ICT empowerment Charter to Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri May 5. This draft has been reduced from ninety to thirty pages and is a significant impr [...]
2005-05-16 14:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
05PRETORIA1932SOUTH AFRICA: FUEL PRICES AT NEW HIGHS
[...] (U) On May 4, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy again raised the price of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene. South Africa gasoline prices continued their upward spiral above the R5 per liter mark. This follows the substantial increases imposed in March (8-12%) and April (8-16%). Thi [...]
2005-05-17 15:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EIND SF
05PRETORIA1959SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS' FINAL OFFER FOR ABSA
[...] (U) Summary. UK bank Barclays made its final offer for South African bank ABSA on May 9. Barclays will pay R33 billion ($5.5 billion) in cash for a 60% stake. Barclays expects to receive ABSA shareholder approval on June 13 and to close on July 13. The South African Reserve Bank will absorb [...]
2005-05-19 08:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON SF UK
05PRETORIA1980 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER May 20 2005 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - ANC to Discuss Relaxation in SA's Labor Market; - [...]
2005-05-20 08:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1998SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT, PART I OF
[...] (U) Summary. In the late 1990s, South Africa launched its effort to develop public-private partnership (PPP) policies and supporting legislation to boost Black Economic Empowerment and increase services to the poor. PPPs have now evolved into one of the South African Government's primary ini [...]
2005-05-20 15:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON SF
05PRETORIA205 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 14 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-01-14 14:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA2082ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON U.S. POULTRY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Econ Chief and Agricultural Counselor raised reftel points with three officials of ITAC, the International Trade Administration of South Africa, on May 26: Nomonde Maimela, Chief Commissioner; Carina Grove, Director: Trade Remedies 1; and Niki Kruger, Senior lawyer. The U.S. Emba [...]
2005-05-27 05:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON SF
05PRETORIA2090 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Increases Just Under Market Expectations; [...]
2005-05-27 08:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2103 REMISSION OF ROYALTIES OUTSIDE OF SOUTH AFRICA
[...] Summary. The South African exchange control regulations require that any remittance of money offshore that derives from the payment of royalties must receive exchange control approval from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is responsible for a [...]
2005-05-27 14:13:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EFIN ECON SF
05PRETORIA2161 SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT, PART II OF II
[...] (U) Summary. Faced with the dilemma of having so much capability vested in often-troubled SOEs and the slow decline of the nation's economic infrastructure, President Mbeki has set a new strategic course. The central element is to raise the level of public investment to improve the nation's [...]
2005-06-02 10:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN ETRD SF
05PRETORIA2175SOUTH AFRICAN URANIUM PRODUCTION
[...] (U) South Africa is ranked fourth in world uranium reserves and tenth in uranium production. In 2004, all uranium production came from AngloGold Ashanti's Vaal River mine and dump treatment operations. Currently, South Africa has two concentration plants,both owned by AngloGold Ashanti,that p [...]
2005-06-02 15:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP EIND ECON MI NG WA ZA SF DRC
05PRETORIA2177 SOUTH AFRICA ON ICAO LEADERSHIP DEMARCHE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel, Econoff delivered the USG non-paper to relevant South African government officials. Department of Transport (DOT) Chief Director of Air Transport Regulation Godfrey Selepe said South Africa supports a review of Council President and Secretary General roles at the Int [...]
2005-06-03 05:15:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA2194SOUTH AFRICA: CONFERENCE PROMOTES INVESTING IN
[...] (U) Summary. South African-based Investec Asset Management hosted a May 4th conference in Johannesburg focused on improving the investment climate in South Africa and Africa. About 250 people attended the posh conference which touted such high profile speakers as Cyril Ramaphosa (former ANC [...]
2005-06-03 15:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD ECON PREL PINR XA SF
05PRETORIA2238LABOR UNIONS TURN TO RETAILERS TO SAVE THE
[...] Summary. According to South African industry representatives, China currently holds 86% of the apparel market for imports in South Africa. Unions blamed increased imports for contributing to job losses of up to 40 000 in the apparel and textile industry. The Congress of South African Trade [...]
2005-06-09 04:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX ECON ETRD SF USTR
05PRETORIA226 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 - SOUTH AFRICA
[...] In response to reftel A, here is post's 2005 investment climate statement for South Africa, chapter 6 of the next Country Commercial Guide. 2. BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2005 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The government of South Africa (SAG) [...]
2005-01-19 05:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2278SOUTH AFRICA: FUEL PRICE SPIRAL TAKES A
[...] (U) On June 1, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy slightly reduced the prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from all time highs charged the previous month. The primary reason for the move was the lower price of crude oil. End Summary. Government Announces Marginal Price Decrea [...]
2005-06-13 07:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EIND SF
05PRETORIA2343ANC Document Presents Controversial Economic
[...] (SBU) Summary. An ANC document proposes controversial policy changes to address poverty, unemployment and income inequality. Key suggestions include measures to promote a more competitive currency and liberalize labor market regulation. President Mbeki is likely behind the discussion docu [...]
2005-06-17 10:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ELAB SF
05PRETORIA2374SOUTH AFRICA, BIOSAFETY UPDATE AND STATE SENIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8-15 visit to South Africa, State Department Special Advisor for Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak met with government officials, researchers, private sector representatives and officials from the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to discuss ag [...]
2005-06-20 08:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD SENV TBIO SF
05PRETORIA2441 NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Dow Southern Africa for the Secretary of State's 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence in SIPDIS recognition of its outstanding corporate citizenship and visionary employment practices in the face of South Africa's overwhelming HIV/AIDS health pandemic. 2. (U [...]
2005-06-22 13:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV SF
05PRETORIA2451 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] SUMMARY. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 25 newsletter include: - Interest rate remains unchanged - April manufa [...]
2005-06-23 09:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2491NOMINEES FOR U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
[...] Post nominates the following South African government officials for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property programs described in reftel August 8-12 and September 12-16, 2005: Maggie Venter Counterfeit Specialist National Industry Co-ordinat [...]
2005-06-24 15:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD EAID ECON SF
05PRETORIA2492 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Spark of Hope for Stalled U.S.-SACU Free Trade Ta [...]
2005-06-24 15:11:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2565Challenging Other Donors to Fight Hunger and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-30 11:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR SF
05PRETORIA258U.S. REGISTERED AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (U) A U.S.-registered twin prop Aerostar (N7478S) crashed January 18 near Cornelia, South Africa in the northern Free State Province. The aircraft, owned and operated by South African national Dirk de Vos, left Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria at 4:30 pm destined for Harrismith. Cornelia Poli [...]
2005-01-20 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR ECON ETRD SF
05PRETORIA259BRAZIL'S CANDIDATE FOR WTO DG LOBBIES SOUTH AFRICA
[...] Summary. Ambassador Luis Felipe de Seixas Correa, Brazil's candidate to be the next DG of the WTO, discussed the ongoing negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda on January 11. He said that development should remain at the core of the Doha negotiations and that agriculture was the most [...]
2005-01-20 14:48:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SF
05PRETORIA2599OPPOSITION TO MBEKI'S POLICIES AT ANC CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: There appeared to be a popular revolt by provincial representatives against South African President Thabo Mbeki's proposed program to legislate a dual economy and redesign the ruling ANC party on the first day (June 30) of a four-day ANC National General Council (NGC) conference [...]
2005-07-01 15:46:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ELAB ECON PINR SF
05PRETORIA2621 SOUTH AFRICA: HOUSING WOES LEAD TO UNREST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past year, residents of poor communities have increasingly taken to the streets across South Africa to protest the lack of housing and local government service delivery. In some instances, police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at unruly crowds who were blocki [...]
2005-07-05 13:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB SF
05PRETORIA2665South Africa: Fuel Prices at New Record Highs
[...] (U) On July 6, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy increased the prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene to all-time highs. Two-thirds of the increase was due to a weaker rand and one-third to the higher international crude oil price. End Summary. Government Announces Substantial [...]
2005-07-07 13:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EIND SF
05PRETORIA270 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Free Electricity to Poor More Expensive than Planne [...]
2005-01-21 09:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2701 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Rand, Oil Prices Offset Inflation Good News; - J [...]
2005-07-08 13:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2754 South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chro [...]
2005-07-13 09:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA2783SOUTH AFRICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY BENEFITING FROM AGOA
[...] Summary. South African automotive exporters appreciate the benefits of duty-free access to the U.S. market under AGOA. Department of Trade and Industry statistics indicate that South African automotive exporters have saved R454.1 million on import duties between 2001 and 2004. BMW was the fi [...]
2005-07-14 11:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV SF AGOA USTR
05PRETORIA2830SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SAFARI NUCLEAR
[...] (U) On July 18, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) issued a press release announcing the South African Government's intention to phase out the use of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) fuel in its Safari research reactor located in Pelindaba. The press release states that the remain [...]
2005-07-18 15:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG TRGY SF
05PRETORIA2834EU GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ALREADY AFFECT SOUTH
[...] Summary. There are a number of examples of South African food products currently on the shelves in major retail stores in Pretoria that would be affected by the European Commission's WTO proposal(s) on Geographical Indications (GIs). South Africa already recognizes EU GIs for wine and spiri [...]
2005-07-19 05:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD SF USTR
05PRETORIA2854SOUTH AFRICA INTENSIFIES ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE;
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last ten days, South Africa has become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and has intensified its diplomatic activity to find a solution to the crisis. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka traveled to Zimbabwe July 13 and met with Zi [...]
2005-07-19 14:25:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA288SCENESETTER FOR TRANSPORT MINISTER RADEBE'S U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Africa's Minister of Transport Jeffrey Radebe will travel to the United States January 23 to meet with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, New York City Port and Transit Authorities, FAA modal administrators, and to initiate Open Skies talks between South Afr [...]
2005-01-24 05:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD SF
05PRETORIA29Poverty in South Africa: Two New Studies
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two new studies provide additional insight on poverty in South Africa. A report by the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town provides additional evidence that South Africa has made progress in the provision of socio-economic services and infrastruct [...]
2005-01-04 12:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI EAID SF
05PRETORIA2923SECRETARY RICE'S LETTER TO MINISTERS OF FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Embassy is in receipt of a letter from Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad, on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, replying to Secretary Rice's letter of May 19 (refs A and B). Pahad's SIPDIS letter is dated July 11, but was not delivered to us unti [...]
2005-07-22 15:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY OPDC
05PRETORIA2942 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts 4.2% Economic Growth; - Weak Rand, [...]
2005-07-26 04:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2948MBEKI CONFIRMS SOUTH AFRICA CONSIDERING BAILOUT
[...] (U) Summary. Following a three-day cabinet retreat, President Mbeki confirmed publicly that South Africa was considering lending Zimbabwe funds to pay its IMF arrears. Mbeki said that intense discussions with the Government of Zimbabwe on a bailout had not been concluded, and that some condit [...]
2005-07-26 04:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ECON ZI SF KFIN
05PRETORIA2952SOUTH AFRICA: CHINESE OBJECTIONS TO UN RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 10:22:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC PREL KTFN SF CH KFIN UNSC
05PRETORIA2971POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary. While the government's macroeconomic and stabilization effort is largely complete, South Africa faces formidable medium and long-term challenges to reduce high unemployment and widespread poverty. More than a decade after apartheid, poverty and unemployment are still dramatica [...]
2005-07-27 11:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EINV KMCA SF
05PRETORIA2977SOUTH AFRICA: THE NEED AND PROSPECT FOR GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fiscal and budgetary reforms of the past decade have built a firm foundation upon which the South African economy can build, but life for many South Africans has not improved much since the transition to majority rule in 1994. Widespread unemployment, rapid urbanization, and di [...]
2005-07-27 13:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KMCA EFIN EINV SF
05PRETORIA2983SOUTH AFRICA FORMULATES BAILOUT PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary. The South African Presidency, the National Treasury, the Reserve Bank (SARB),and the Department of Agriculture are key players in putting together the bailout plan for Zimbabwe. The clear objective is to keep Zimbabwe from being expelled from the IMF. The National Treasury is [...]
2005-07-27 15:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID CH ZI SF
05PRETORIA3001SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH TELECOM PRICES, LITTLE RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki condemned South Africa's high fixed telephone line prices in his February 2005 State of the Nation address by stating that they cost ten times more than in developed countries. Mbeki's assertion was mainly directed at Telkom, the de facto monopoly for fixed line [...]
2005-07-28 14:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT ECPS EINV PREL XA SF
05PRETORIA3014ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. When South Africa grows, so does Africa. A main challenge for South Africa is how it can use its engine of trade to benefit its own poor as well as the poor on the continent. The South African government regards trade and investment with the rest of Africa with increasing poli [...]
2005-07-29 07:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON EAID KMCA SF USTR
05PRETORIA3051IPACT Workshops on IPR Enforcement Advance STOP -
[...] Summary. This wrap-up cable reports on the seven workshops on IPR enforcement funded by INL that the U.S. Embassy organized with IPACT. The workshops succeeded in raising awareness of the seriousness of IPR issues and of ways to enforce the law more effectively in South Africa. Some 244 pro [...]
2005-08-01 10:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD SF USTR
05PRETORIA3141CABINET GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ZIMBABWE LOAN;
[...] (U) The South African Cabinet announced August 3 that it is "open" to providing assistance to Zimbabwe, including "provision of a loan facility in relation to Zimbabwe's obligations to the International Monetary Fund" (full Cabinet statement on Zimbabwe loan at para 5). Government spokesman J [...]
2005-08-05 04:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3145 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Recent Inflation Trends Bring Poor Economic Relief; [...]
2005-08-05 09:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3175SOUTH AFRICA: OPIC LOAN TO AFRA AIR CARGO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria welcomes the prospect of Afra Air Cargo entering the South African and sub-Saharan Africa air cargo market. The air cargo industry in southern Africa is biased toward Europe and slaps a hefty price tag on shipments to and from the United States. Additional competition f [...]
2005-08-08 16:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAIR ECON ZU SF
05PRETORIA3190SOUTH AFRICA: FUEL PRICES CONTINUE TO NEW RECORD
[...] (U) On August 3, 2005, the Department of Minerals and Energy increased the prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene to new all-time highs. All of the increase was due to the higher international crude oil price. End Summary. Government Announces Further Price Increases ------------------- [...]
2005-08-10 09:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EIND SF
05PRETORIA3233SOUTH AFRICA: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTOR
[...] (U) On July 4, the government launched the country's first regional electricity distributor (RED) - known as RED ONE. For the moment, RED ONE encompasses only Cape Town and a few nearby municipalities in the Western Cape, but the plan is for up to 40 municipalities to voluntarily join. RED O [...]
2005-08-11 14:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA3253 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - Gold Strike L [...]
2005-08-12 13:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3257 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH AUGUST 12 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-08-12 13:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA3288SOUTH AFRICA: GAUGING SAG'S COMMITMENT TO OPEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's Chief Director for Civil Aviation Godfrey Selepe told Econoffs on August 16 that that he believed that any negotiations should include the U.S. concept for Open Skies as just one of the options to be discussed, and not the only one. Selepe said, "If there were a [...]
2005-08-17 04:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SF
05PRETORIA3298 SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chro [...]
2005-08-17 08:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA3369 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Treasury Plans to Increase Public Debt; - Wester [...]
2005-08-22 09:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3475SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO NEW COUNTRY OPERATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. With fewer than six weeks remaining for completion of 2006 Country Operational Plans, Post was dismayed to receive significantly revised guidance on required program and budget allocations (Ref Email). Post is firmly committed to achieving 25 percent of the Presidents 2-7-10 [...]
2005-08-26 13:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV EAID PREL SF
05PRETORIA3476 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Leads 2nd Quarter GDP Growth; - Oi [...]
2005-08-26 13:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3477SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Frazer and DCM met with Minister of Minerals and Energy Lindiwe Hendricks on August 22 to discuss the path forward on nuclear energy bilateral cooperation. Ambassador Frazer framed U.S.-South African cooperation on nuclear energy in the context of the broader bilate [...]
2005-08-26 14:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG TRGY OPDC SF
05PRETORIA3481 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH AUGUST 26 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-08-29 07:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA3528 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC GROWTH RATCHETS HIGHER
[...] South Africa's economy grew faster in second quarter 2005, primarily because manufacturing grew 7.3 percent South Africa's real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices on a quarter-on-quarter, seasonally annualized and adjusted basis increased by 4.8 percent in second quarter 2005 c [...]
2005-08-31 07:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3543SOUTH AFRICA DENIES PAYING ZIMBABWE'S IMF BILL;
[...] (C) Per reftel A, the IMF reported to the USG August 29 that Zimbabwe paid $120 million toward its IMF debt. South African Department of the Treasury officials that Post contacted August 30-31 were unaware of any South Africa payments on behalf of Zimbabwe to the IMF. Zimbabwean Central Bank [...]
2005-08-31 16:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3588 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Money Supply and Credit Growth Discourage Future [...]
2005-09-02 14:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3620South Africa: Fuel Prices Continue to New Record
[...] (U) On September 7, the Department of Minerals and Energy increased the prices of gasoline and kerosene to new all-time highs, and slightly decreased the price of diesel. All of the increase was caused by the higher international price of crude oil. A stronger rand in August (the rand streng [...]
2005-09-08 11:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EIND SF
05PRETORIA3628GONO SAYS NO ADDITIONAL IMF PAYMENT; SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe will not/not make an additional $50 million payment to the IMF before the September 9 Executive Board meeting, according to Zimbabwe Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono. Gono would like to meet with U.S. officials on the margins of his IMF consultations in Washington, but [...]
2005-09-08 15:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3657 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Indicator Down in August; - August [...]
2005-09-09 13:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3811 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH SEPTEMBER 9 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-09-16 12:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA3821 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Improves in World Bank's Business [...]
2005-09-17 07:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3823TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] (U) This cable provides statistical data to the extent currently available and other information on South Africa's textile and apparel sector as requested in ref A for the calendar year 2004 and mid-2005. Answers to questions posed in Ref A are based on interviews with major players in the So [...]
2005-09-17 07:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX SF
05PRETORIA389 REGULATOR HOLDS HEARINGS FOR PROPOSED VANS
[...] SUMMARY. Telecommunications industry stakeholders attended hearings at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to comment on proposed VANS regulations. Industry remarks addressed recurring themes such as: what is a value-added network service (VANS); should the VANS [...]
2005-01-28 12:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF
05PRETORIA390SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON UN MILLENNIUM PROJECT
[...] 1. (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, Econoff met with officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and as well as the National Treasury to deliver talking points on the Millennium Project Report, authored by Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Econoff took the opportunity to ask for their views on Mill [...]
2005-01-28 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SF
05PRETORIA3917 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH SEPTEMBER 23 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-09-23 14:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA392 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 28 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-01-28 13:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA3922SOUTH AFRICA: INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED DUMPING OF
[...] (U) On September 22, post received a letter from the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa informing us of an investigation into the alleged dumping of feed supplements containing lysine that are imported from the United States from the Degussa Corporation, locate [...]
2005-09-23 14:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA3923 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Blacklist Review; - IMF Report on South [...]
2005-09-23 14:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3928SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES SUNSET REVIEW OF ANTI-
[...] (U) On September 16 2005, the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa initiated in Notice No. 1737 of government Gazette No. 28011 of 2005 a sunset review of anti-dumping duties on frozen meat of fowls of the species Gallus Domesticus cut in pieces with bone-in ori [...]
2005-09-23 14:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA3930 SOUTH AFRICA EXPROPRIATES FIRST FARM IN LAND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The South African Government initiated expropriation procedures against the first farm as part of its land reform program, but will compensate the farmer for his property. The land restitution program seeks to restore land, which was seized by the apartheid regime, to its ori [...]
2005-09-26 05:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON EAGR SF
05PRETORIA394 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - December Consumer and Producer Inflation Less than [...]
2005-01-28 14:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3967 SOUTH AFRICA: LOOKING AT A SINGLE SADC CURRENCY
[...] Summary. In a series of public speeches and press interviews over the course of the last six months, South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has advanced the prospect of a single currency for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by 2016. Mboweni sees South Africa and B [...]
2005-09-28 11:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ETRD PREL ECON SF
05PRETORIA4003 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Price Inflation Close to Market Expectations; [...]
2005-09-30 12:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4012 ERWIN EMPHASIZES SOE ROLE IN ACHIEVING 6% GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 28th American Chamber of Commerce luncheon address, Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin focused on the state-owned enterprises' (SOE) role in boosting the GDP growth rate to 6% and the SAG's rationale for not privatizing large SOE [...]
2005-09-30 14:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EAIR ELTN EFIN ETRD SF
05PRETORIA404 KOMATILAND FOREST DEAL IN DOUBT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. More than a year after the South African government selected the U.S.-controlled Bonheur Consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of three-quarters of the Komatiland Forest (KLF),the deal remains unconsummated. Local saw millers, wood products companies, and trade unions [...]
2005-01-28 17:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA4076 NEW NEPAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) Summary. In August 2005, Mozambican agricultural economist Firmino Mucavele was appointed the Chief Executive of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat. He replaced South Africa's Wiseman Nkuhlu, who continues to serve as South Africa's representative in the NE [...]
2005-10-06 11:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR ECIN ECON EINV ETRD SF
05PRETORIA4109SOUTH AFRICA: POST'S VIEWS ON ANNUAL AGOA
[...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued AGOA eligibility for South Africa, based on the country's general compliance with the eligibility criteria. South Africa has continued to make progress in deepening its market-based economy, respecting the rule of law, protecting worker rights, implementing [...]
2005-10-07 14:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID ECON EFIN PREL XA SF
05PRETORIA4132 South African Economic Growth Still Expanding
[...] Summary. The September 2005 Quarterly Bulletin describes an expanding South African domestic economy, operating at close to its long-term potential. In the second quarter 2005, real GDP growth reached 4.8%, up from the first quarter's growth of 3.5%. Domestic demand's growth in the sec [...]
2005-10-12 07:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4181 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - August Manufa [...]
2005-10-14 11:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4215South Africa: SARB Leaves Interest Rates Alone
[...] (U) Summary. Citing high oil prices, rising inflationary expectations, and higher global inflation as increasing the risk of inflation in South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) decided to leave interest rates unchanged at its October 12-13 meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee [...]
2005-10-18 09:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA423SOUTH AFRICA: MONEY LAUNDERING AND CASINOS
[...] (U) Summary. Although the gambling industry comprises a small portion of its GDP, South Africa has a relatively large gambling industry in global terms. South Africa operates an advanced system of casino regulation over its 32 casinos. The National Gambling Board conducts continual inspection [...]
2005-01-31 15:17:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPINR EFIN SOCI SF
05PRETORIA424 MINISTER ADDRESSES QUESTIONS SURROUNDING VANS
[...] (U) Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri released a January 30 statement addressing concerns surrounding the interpretation of her Ministerial Determinations that she released September 3, 2004 regarding liberalization. 2. (U) Casaburri said, "The issue of self provisioning was [...]
2005-01-31 15:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF
05PRETORIA425DTI OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MNC EQUITY OWNERSHIP
[...] (C) Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director of Black Economic Empowerment Jeffrey Ndumo explained to Econoff in a January 26 meeting that an imminent Statement on Ownership for Multinationals would not provide a blanket exemption to black economic empowerment equity requirements for [...]
2005-01-31 15:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECIN ECON SF EFIN
05PRETORIA4297SAG MAKES NO PROGRESS ON STALEMATE WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Ali Larijani, Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC),visited South Africa October 19 for consultations on Iran's nuclear dossier with President Mbeki and Abdul Minty, DFA Deputy Director General and SAG Representative on the IAEA Board of Governors. Minty told A/ [...]
2005-10-24 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP IR SF IAEA
05PRETORIA4334SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND
[...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Captain Allan Daniel Delahay Price (South African ID number 7410135091084) - Captain Philip Renier Pretorius [...]
2005-10-26 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4340NIA IMPLICATED IN ANTI-MBEKI SPYING
[...] (C) Summary: National Intelligence Agency Director General Billy Masetlha and two of his deputies on October 21 were suspended by Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils after NIA was accused of spying on Saki Macozoma, a prominent businessman and ally of President Thabo Mbeki. Press reports al [...]
2005-10-27 06:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SF
05PRETORIA4352SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary. In discussing the IMF's first ever Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF officials announced that the outlook for real GDP growth in SSA was good, with 2004 registering 5.3% growth and 2005 and 2006 expected to register growth of 4.6% and 5.3%, respectively. Risin [...]
2005-10-27 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ETRD PREL ECON SF XA
05PRETORIA4358 SOUTH AFRICA: SAG ENCOURAGES MORE COLLABORATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's National Treasury conducted a review of U.S. assistance to ensure that all development assistance is South African-led and fully aligned with its development priorities. In checking its findings with U.S. agencies at post, National Treasury officials appreciated [...]
2005-10-28 08:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV SNAR SF
05PRETORIA4367 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Medium Term Budget: Infrastructure Spending to Spu [...]
2005-10-28 12:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4387 POST PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR PREL SF
05PRETORIA4390TIP: SAG COOPERATION INCREASES UNDERSTANDING OF
[...] (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released new information on trafficking patterns involving South Africa, based on information obtained following the increased awareness and cooperation of local law enforcement and non-governmental organizations. Overall, IOM has seen [...]
2005-10-31 14:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KCRM KJUS KWMN CVIS SF
05PRETORIA4411SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES APRM PROCESS
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary. President Thabo Mbeki launched South Africa's African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process on September 28 by calling on his citizens to lead by example in Africa's transformation. Mbeki admitted [...]
2005-11-01 14:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL SF
05PRETORIA4419SOUTH AFRICA: WASSENAAR MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Following up on CDA's discussion with Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad (ref B),DepPolCouns presented ref A materials to DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink on November 2nd. Combrink was surprised and pleased to learn of the U.S. decision to su [...]
2005-11-02 11:47:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC SF
05PRETORIA4435SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND
[...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Sgt. Ayanda Moyo (South African ID number 7602065908085) - Sgt. Willem Abraham de Klerk (South African ID num [...]
2005-11-03 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4436ZIMBABWE LOAN TALKS RESUME; AGREEMENT NEAR
[...] (C) Summary. Talks on the proposed South African loan to Zimbabwe resumed November 3 in Cape Town, according to ICG analyst Sydney Masamvu. The two sides have agreed on the economic conditions, but are still negotiating the political terms. Mugabe has reportedly given Reserve Bank Governor [...]
2005-11-03 14:54:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ZI SF
05PRETORIA4438SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANIES IMPLICATED IN IRAQI
[...] (U) Adding to SAG/ANC woes over the domestic political fall-out from President Mbeki's firing of former Deputy President Zuma for alleged corruption (Ref A),South African companies reportedly are implicated in the scandal-ridden UN Iraqi oil-for-food program. The Iraqi Government under Saddam [...]
2005-11-03 17:21:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD PINR IZ SF
05PRETORIA4441 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 4 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2005-11-04 07:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA4450 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Credit Demand High but Below Expectations; [...]
2005-11-04 13:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4452DEMARCHE -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 14:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM PK SF
05PRETORIA4462FY-05 VOLVIS - JACOBUS CILLIERS RESULTS REPORT
[...] BACKGROUND: Jacobus (Jakkie) Cilliers is the head of one of the preeminent security think tanks in South Africa, the Institute of Security Studies (ISS). Mr. Cilliers attended a security conference in Canada in June 2005 and was interested in the possibility of Post assisting in arranging m [...]
2005-11-07 07:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO SF
05PRETORIA4473SOUTH AFRICA: POST ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER
[...] (U) Post responses follow below according to subheadings on Ref A. The Border and the Legal Environment ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) South Africa maintains declaration systems at all border points for cash and other goods. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) requir [...]
2005-11-01 18:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SF
05PRETORIA4477RESULTS REPORT: U.S. FARM OFFICIAL FINDS FERTILE
[...] Activity: Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator A. Ellen Terpstra's October 29-November 1 visit to South Africa as leader of a farm trade and investment delegation resulted in print and broadcast media interviews that provided an excellent platform for explaining US agricultural trade p [...]
2005-11-08 08:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SF
05PRETORIA4479THE IBSA INITIATIVE: SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE AND
[...] (U) Summary. Discussing their joint research on IBSA (India, Brazil, and South Africa) trade and investment cooperation, three panelists from each of the countries involved highlighted the lack of experience, trade barriers, the cost of doing business, and cultural differences as reasons for t [...]
2005-11-08 09:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN PREL SF IN BR
05PRETORIA4482CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION FY-2006 STUDY OF
[...] Post confirms Mr. Mashele's participation in subject program, names and biodata as it appears in passport: Surname : Mashele First Name : Hlukanisa Prince Date of birth (DOB) : 04 January 1976 Place of birth (POB) : Bushbuckridge Country of birth ( [...]
2005-11-08 10:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO SF
05PRETORIA449SOUTH AFRICA: NEW BANKNOTES ISSUED
[...] (U) Summary. On February 1, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) issued new banknotes with improved security features. The layout and "Big Five" animal theme of each banknote remains the same. Added are the South African Coat of Arms and use of all eleven official languages. The SARB bega [...]
2005-02-01 15:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SF
05PRETORIA4497SOUTH AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND
[...] Embassy verifies that, as of this date, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations on the part of individuals or subordinate units, identified reftel, to participate in training scheduled for November 11-23, 2005. HARTLEY [...]
2005-11-09 08:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4505FY-05 SUMMER ENGLISH TEACHING INSTITUTE -
[...] BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of State Summer English Teaching Institute (SETI) is a fully sponsored six-week program for South African teacher-trainers involved in English language education. Since it's inception in 1986, over 500 South African English teachers and teacher-trainers from [...]
2005-11-09 11:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP SF
05PRETORIA4508MID TERM BUDGET STATEMENT PREPARES FOR 6% GROWTH
[...] (U) Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel delivered his Mid Term Budget Policy statement (MTBPS) with the South African economy facing relatively high growth, low inflation, improving global markets, and low budget deficits. Manuel's emphasis was on doubling South Africa's current long-ter [...]
2005-11-09 13:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4512SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE PASSED ON SINGLE MEMBER
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on November 8 to Gavin Morkel, Deputy Director for International Affairs at the Department of Communications (DOC). Morkel told Econoff that DOC had planned to send three representatives to the ITU meeting in Geneva on November 7-11, but later decided against [...]
2005-11-10 06:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS SF
05PRETORIA4520 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Highlights Inflation Concerns; - Oc [...]
2005-11-10 14:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4521SOUTH AFRICA: DEFMIN IN ICU BUT STABLE AFTER
[...] (SBU) Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota is in stable condition in the intensive care unit of Aslone Hospital in Cape Town after suffering an apparant heart attack the morning of November 10th. 2. (SBU) Ministerial Head of Communications Zambodla told DATT the minister is showing signs of [...]
2005-11-10 15:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PREL SF
05PRETORIA453READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...]
2005-02-01 17:13:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EFIN XA SF
05PRETORIA4548INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa has identified the trafficking problem, is taking real steps, and is having results. The National Assembly has passed the Children's Bill, and the government continues to push the "Anti-Trafficking" and "Sexual Offenses" bills through the legislative process. Pro [...]
2005-11-15 10:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID PREL KCRM KJUS KWMN SF
05PRETORIA4552SOUTH AFRICA: RATIFICATION OF THE CAPE TOWN
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Johann Bierman, Acting Chief Director, Civil Aviation, Department of Transportation on November 9. Post will advise when/if Department of Transportation provides comment. HARTLEY [...]
2005-11-15 12:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EFIN EIND ETRD KTIA SF
05PRETORIA4557SOUTH AFRICA'S MEDIA: DRIVING THE DEBATE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The media in South Africa is a vibrant component of the nation's young democracy, and on no issue has this fact been more apparent or significant than HIV/AIDS. In a political environment lacking a significant opposition, the media's role in driving the debate over HIV/AIDS ha [...]
2005-11-16 06:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KHIV KPAO SF
05PRETORIA4564FY-2006 MRP: "ORGANIZED LABOR" AUGUST 31 -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 11:48:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO SF
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