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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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| 09DJIBOUTI1290 | PROGRESS ON PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN WIND, SOLAR DESALINATION [...] (SBU) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Renewable Resources Corporation (MRRC) is working with the GODJ to develop an estimated USD 216 million worth of wind energy and solar desalination projects (ref A). While M [...] | 2009-10-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1296 | DJIBOUTI JULY-SEPTEMBER ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] In this issue: --Djibouti's new banks expand product ranges, customer base --Djibouti aiming to exploit underutilized fishing stocks --A new airline and an increase in passengers --GODJ economic statistics point to gains in tourism, import-export, and agriculture --New Environm [...] | 2009-10-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EFIN ETRD EFIS ELAB EWWT EAGR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1299 | NORTHERN DJIBOUTI: BEYOND SECURITY CONCERNS, HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador visited the northern, primarily ethnic-Afar regions of Obock and Tadjourah November 2-4. Local officials remained concerned that Eritrean-influenced elements continued to infiltrate remote areas of northern Djibouti, and reported one recent and possibly Eritrean-linked [...] | 2009-11-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ASEC PBTS ELTN EWWT ER DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1303 | DJIBOUTI: PROGRESS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 17-21 visit, G/TIP Program Officer discussed Djibouti's progress on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) with GODJ officials, resident United Nations agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. Since the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law in late 2007 [...] | 2009-11-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SMIG KTIP KCRM PREF ECON SO ET ER YM DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1315 | Djiboutian Officials Highlight Cooperation with USG on [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings with visiting Director of East African Affairs ( AF/E) Geeta Pasi, senior Djiboutian officials expressed appreciation for donor assistance from the United States, and for bilateral cooperation on regional security issues. Delegate Minister in Charge of Internation [...] | 2009-11-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DJ ER SO UN |
| 09DJIBOUTI1333 | Djibouti Response-Entry of Arms for Security Assets [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Ambassador Regional Security Officer met with the General Manager of the Djibouti Maritime Security Services (DMSS),Mr. Bruno Pardigon, on November 23. A February 2009 GODJ decree authorized the DMSS to issue licenses to maritime security operators on behalf [...] | 2009-11-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KPIR MARR PREL DJ PHSA |
| 09DJIBOUTI1367 | DJIBOUTI: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti has made important recent progress in recognizing and combating trafficking in persons (TIP). The GODJ took several key steps in 2009 to address TIP, including inviting the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to set up a Djibouti office, and working with IO [...] | 2009-12-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP KCRM SMIG PHUM KWMN DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI137 | SECURITY CHIEF CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR MEGAPORTS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (SBU) Following the December 11 signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the GODJ, Djibouti is on track to be the first African port to participate in the DOE's "Megaports Initiative," which aims to detect and deter the illegal transport of spe [...] | 2009-02-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EWWT MNUC PINS PINR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1375 | DJIBOUTI: NOT ENFORCING ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] The GODJ does not/not currently enforce any aspects (reftels) of the Arab League Boycott. No/no U.S. companies have reported any boycott-related issues or complaints to Post. 2. Israel retains an import code in the local import codification manual used by GODJ customs offici [...] | 2009-12-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KBCT ECON KPAL DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1387 | SUDAN PARTIES A NO-SHOW AT IGAD MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL DJ ET KE SU |
| 09DJIBOUTI1389 | SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRONGLY BACKS TFG AT [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum strongly backed the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in both remarks made at the December 7 - 8 Djibouti IGAD ministerial, and in a December 7 meeting with AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff. Seyoum urged strong USG leadership on So [...] | 2009-12-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PTER KE SO ET DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1391 | SOMALIA: KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER PUSHES LOWER JUBA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 8 meeting on the margins of the Djibouti IGAD ministerial visiting AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff and Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Wetangula agreed to continue to work together to promote stability and political reconciliation in Somalia. DAS Wycoff [...] | 2009-12-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PTER KE SO ET DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1393 | DJIBOUTI: DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES ERITREA, SOMALIA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 9 courtesy call, visiting AF DAS Karl Wycoff and Ambassador discussed the strong U.S.-Djibouti relationship, Eritrea's regional spoiler role, and the opening of political space in Djibouti with Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita. Dileita and DAS Wycoff both [...] | 2009-12-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO EAID DJ ER SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI1405 | DJBIOUTI: RULING COALITION PARTNER DECLARES INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 13 party congress, the PND (National Democratic Party),a member of President Guelleh's current five-party ruling coalition, decided not to support a possible constitutional amendment allowing Guelleh to run for a third term in office in 2011, and instead declare [...] | 2009-12-20 13:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAO KDEM PHUM DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1407 | DJIBOUTI-ERITREA BORDER CONFLICT UPDATE: DJIBOUTI SETTLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 11-12 visit to northern Djibouti, Ambassador and visiting DAS Karl Wycoff travelled to the Djiboutian military base of Moulhoule, 15km south of the stalemated Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute at Ras Doumeira. While emphasizing that the overall border situation re [...] | 2009-12-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV MARR MOPS PINR DJ ER |
| 09DJIBOUTI1413 | DJIBOUTI: RIVAL UNION FACTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti has a history of rocky government-labor relations. Despite recent modest progress on labor issues-including reported success in moving forward on long overdue collective bargaining agreements-one union has recently lodged a formal protest over the GODJ's alleged disband [...] | 2009-12-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV ECON ILO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1417 | DJIBOUTI: KEY RULING PARTY ALLY TO BACK THIRD TERM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Guelleh's most powerful ruling-coalition ally is poised to back a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term in office in 2011. In exchange for its support, the FRUD ("Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity") has asked that the amendment be [...] | 2009-12-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1419 | OPPOSITION FIGURES PREPARE FOR 2011 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two minor political figures have now declared their intention to run as candidates in 2011 presidential elections: Aden Robleh Awaleh of the National Democratic Party (PND),nominally an ally of the ruling party (ref A),and Mohamed Daoud Chehem of the unaffiliated Djiboutian Part [...] | 2009-12-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1423 | DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the same day that DAS Wycoff had separate meetings with Djibouti's Foreign Minister and Prime Minister (septels),President Guelleh engaged in a 90-minute exposition of the interlinking security challenges facing Djibouti. Chief security concerns for Djibouti are Eritrea's cont [...] | 2009-12-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF DJ SO ER YM |
| 09DJIBOUTI1425 | DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND ERITREA WITH DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | MOPS MASS PREL PGOV PHSA PTER DJ SO ER AG |
| 09DJIBOUTI1427 | DJIBOUTI - NO ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI147 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an official visit to Djibouti by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad February 24, Djiboutian President Guelleh praised the "good relations" between Djibouti and Iran, and underlined his support for Iran's right to develop "peaceful nuclear technology." President Guelleh v [...] | 2009-02-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KNNP PBTS ECON ER IR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI148 | DJIBOUTI'S MOST PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AT ODDS WITH FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdourahman Mohamed Mahamoud Boreh, long considered the richest and most influential businessman in Djibouti, is increasingly embroiled in a bitter dispute with President Guelleh and First Lady Khadra Mahamoud Haid. Boreh's status as Guelleh's perennial confidante and business pa [...] | 2009-02-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV EWWT PINR DJ AE |
| 09DJIBOUTI149 | DJIBOUTI FM CALLS FOR INCREASED SURVEILLANCE TO THWART [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a February 26 meeting with interim Charge, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Youssouf requested USG assistance in strengthening surveillance of airspace between neighboring Eritrea and Somalia, to interdict or curb suspected arms shipments from Asmara to unspecified airfields near K [...] | 2009-02-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL PTER PINS PINR MOPS DJ SO ER |
| 09DJIBOUTI150 | FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT FOCUSES ON DJIBOUTI-ERITREA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FM Kouchner's surprise February 21-22 visit to Djibouti focused on Djibouti-Eritrea, Somalia, and countering Somali piracy, but did not address bilateral issues, according to the French Ambassador. Despite the expiration of the 5-week deadline imposed by UNSCR 1862 for Eritrea [...] | 2009-03-01 08:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KPKO FR SO DJ RS |
| 09DJIBOUTI156 | JAPAN SEEKS TO DEPLOY P-3 AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DJIBOUTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mid-February discussions with visiting Japanese officials--from the Diet, MFA, MOD, and Japanese embassies in Addis Ababa and London--suggest that Japan is preparing to deploy two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft and possibly two JMSDF frigates to Djibouti, in order to support intern [...] | 2009-03-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR MOPS JA DJ SO XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI169 | MGSUO1: IGAD "DISSAPOINTED" WITH ICC INDICTMENT [...] Post received the following press statement from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretariat March 10. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF IGAD PRESS STATEMENT: PRESS STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IGAD ON THE INDICTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF SUDAN The Executive Sec [...] | 2009-03-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CASC AEMR ASEC KAWC KPAO KJUS AMGT KFLO MARR |
| 09DJIBOUTI176 | SOMALI PIRACY: DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Youssouf and MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan reaffirmed the Government of Djibouti's concurrence to allow the USG to transit suspected pirates by air, via Djibouti, en route to Kenya for prose [...] | 2009-03-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MOPS KJUS DJ SO KE |
| 09DJIBOUTI191 | DJIBOUTI: UNHCR UPDATES CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR REFUGEES FROM [...] SUMMARY. On February 23, Ann EnContre, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Djibouti, briefed Conoff on recent UNHCR activities, including UNHCR's latest contingency planning for a possible influx to Djibouti of up to 30,000 refugees from bordering countries. [...] | 2009-03-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG SO DJ ET ER XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI195 | IMF OPTIMISTIC ON DJIBOUTI PRGF, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to a recent visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, Djibouti is making solid progress under its new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. Despite an ongoing border conflict with Eritrea that has cost the GODJ approximately USD 34 million [...] | 2009-03-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EAID SOCI DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI217 | "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed Goumaneh March 23. 2. (SBU) Goumaneh said that although Djibouti customarily voted with the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on similar issues, and was very lik [...] | 2009-03-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI223 | GODJ BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] In FY09, the GODJ receives and is expected to continue to receive U.S. foreign assistance as defined in reftel. 2. The GODJ's budget is made publicly available on a regular basis. Djibouti's Official Journal, Central Bank, and Ministry of Finance publish information on the GODJ's budget. [...] | 2009-03-26 10:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI255 | JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...] | 2009-03-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI257 | DJIBOUTI OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: ???PARALYZED??? AND LACKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of recent meetings, Djibouti's small opposition political parties reiterated their longstanding critiques of President Guelleh's ruling coalition, Djibouti's electoral system, and overall lack of political space and dialogue. (Djibouti's most prominent historic opposit [...] | 2009-03-30 09:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI261 | DJIBOUTI-Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire [...] (U) Post provides the following responses to questions raised reftel. 2. (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (U) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No. In December 2008 and January 2009, the Min [...] | 2009-04-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC PTER DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI27 | DJIBOUTI SEEKS TO HOST SOMALI COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (U) Per reftel, Post forwarded draft agenda and draft communique for January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Mohamed Ali Hassan on January 8. Ambassador subsequently provided Post's French-language translation (emailed to AF/RSA and PM/PPA) to [...] | 2009-01-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO DJ XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI271 | MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...] | 2009-04-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI279 | PM SPEECH TRIGGERS UNUSALLY SHARP PUBLIC PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's National Assembly-generally regarded as a relatively weak and non-controversial body-recently heard an unusually heated debate during its first ordinary session of the year. The President of the second most powerful ruling coalition partner-who represents the historic, [...] | 2009-04-05 11:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAO ECON PHUM SOCI DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI283 | DJIBOUTI: UNHCR UPDATES CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR REFUGEES FROM [...] SUMMARY. On February 23, Ann EnContre, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Djibouti, briefed Conoff on recent UNHCR activities, including UNHCR's latest contingency planning for a possible influx to Djibouti of up to 30,000 refugees from bordering countries [...] | 2009-04-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG SO DJ ET ER XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI291 | MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...] | 2009-04-08 05:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI307 | CONGRESSMAN PAYNE DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH GODJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 11-13 visit in Djibouti, CODEL Payne discussed regional challenges with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and other top GODJ officials. After speaking with President Guelleh about the ongoing Eritrea-Djibouti border dispute, Representative Payne traveled [...] | 2009-04-15 05:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL PBTS PHSA PTER PHUM PREF ECON EAID ET |
| 09DJIBOUTI309 | FW: AFRICOM DEPUTY YATES DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY IN [...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Djibouti March 23-24 by AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Affairs, Ambassador Mary Yates, GODJ and diplomatic contacts expressed guarded optimism on Somalia if the international community quickly provides support to the Somalia security fo [...] | 2009-04-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS DJ SO ER |
| 09DJIBOUTI317 | DJIBOUTI: SUPPORTS AU POSITION ON CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN [...] (C) DCM raised demarche talking points (ref A) on April 15 with Mohamed Ali Hassan, MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs. Hassan said that in such matters, Djibouti often sought to align itself with "collective statements," rather than voice its view independently. In response to the recent Nort [...] | 2009-04-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID MA PREL |
| 09DJIBOUTI325 | DJIBOUTI/SUDAN: NO INVITATION TO BASHIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM DJ SU |
| 09DJIBOUTI335 | DJIBOUTI: MARCH ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This March 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Djiboutian President Guelleh visits U.S.-led salt mining project at Lac Assal --Progress underway on Djiboutis new Commercial Code --France and Djibouti sign investment risk convention --France approves USD 30 million in loans t [...] | 2009-04-20 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EAID ENRG ECPS PGOV BEXP SENV FR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI337 | DJIBOUTI: U.S. COMPANY TO INVEST IN WIND, SOLAR, AND [...] (U) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Indian Ocean Resources (MIOR),the Djiboutian-registered affiliate of a U.S. company, signed agreements with the GODJ March 21 to begin development of two renewable energy project [...] | 2009-04-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI369 | Djibouti: Director of State-Run Newspaper Removed in Dispute [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 25, a dispute between political rivals within the ruling "Union for a Presidential Majority" (UMP) coalition spilled into the government-run daily newspaper, "La Nation," and led to the ouster of its Publishing Director, Ali Barkat Siradj, apparently at the behest of the [...] | 2009-04-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP KPAO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI37 | DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...] | 2009-01-15 11:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ AU |
| 09DJIBOUTI38 | DEFENSE MINISTER CLAIMS ERITREA TRAINING ARMED AFAR GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Defense reports disaffected armed youths from Djibouti's Afar ethnic group have been recruited by the Eritrean Government, which is providing military training and plans to infiltrate them back into Djibouti. End Summary. 2. (C) Minister of Defense, Ougoureh [...] | 2009-01-15 12:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS DJ ER |
| 09DJIBOUTI39 | GODJ WELCOMES UNSCR 1862 ON DJIBOUTI/ERITREA BORDER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mahmoud Youssouf called Ambassador January 15 to express thanks for UNSCR 1862 regarding the Djibouti/Eritrea border dispute. Youssouf said the GODJ was pleased with the outcome. Ambassador responded that we, too, thought it was a strong resolution -- one that had resul [...] | 2009-01-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC ER DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI40 | DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR THE JANUARY 16 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita informed Ambassador on January 14 that President Guelleh would attend the January 19-20 Arab Economic Summit, after leading a GODJ delegation to visit Turkey. The PM provided no substantive response on likely GODJ positions. 2. (C) Post expects [...] | 2009-01-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI415 | BELGIAN SPECIAL FORCES REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE FOR POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 16:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL PHSA MOPS DJ SO BE |
| 09DJIBOUTI42 | DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...] | 2009-01-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ XTAG |
| 09DJIBOUTI43 | FMF PROJECT GREATLY IMPROVES DJIBOUTIS MARITIME SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. A $14.2 million Foreign Military Funding (FMF) project to improve naval facilities in the northern Djibouti port city of Obock will significantly improve GODJ capacity to protect its littoral frontier in the vicinity of the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb strait. Related USG programs to furn [...] | 2009-01-16 20:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL PHSA EAID DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI435 | Djiboutian President Requests USG Help On Border Dispute [...] (C) Summary and action request: President Ismail Omar Guelleh summoned Ambassador on short notice May 2 to make specific requests for (1) urgent USG diplomatic support for UN Security Council action to press Eritrea to implement UNSCR 1862; and (2) USG assistance with a GODJ program to train [...] | 2009-05-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS PREL DJ ER SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI439 | TWO NEW BANKS MAKE SEVEN IN DJIBOUTIS GROWING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between 2006 and 2007, three new commercial banks joined the two historically dominant banks in Djibouti (reftel); and two additional banks opened their doors in 2008, bringing the total number to seven. The arrival of these new banks has spurred an active competition to court t [...] | 2009-05-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI443 | DJIBOUTI CHOD ON MILITARY CONTACTS WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MASS DJ IR |
| 09DJIBOUTI449 | DJIBOUTIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND CHOD CONCUR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 2 meeting with RDML Mercer, Djiboutian National Security Advisor Hassan Said Khaireh and CHOD MG Fathi A. Houssein concurred with the proposed establishment in June 2009 of a U.S. Navy Harbor Security Unit in the Port of Djibouti. The establishment of a Harbor Security [...] | 2009-05-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI451 | DJIBOUTI LEADERS WELCOME "SAFE SKIES" PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI453 | DJIBOUTI: SECOND SITE VISIT ADVANCES MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With strong GODJ support, the U.S. Department of Energy is proceeding with implementation of a USD 6-10 million "Megaports" program to enhance security at Djibouti's Doraleh Container Terminal. The opening of this world-class port facility in December has already produced rapid [...] | 2009-05-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KNNP EWWT ETRD ECON ENRG DJ ET |
| 09DJIBOUTI5 | DJIBOUTI/SOMALILAND: CLOSER TIES BUT NO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: Djibouti-Somaliland relations continue their warming trend (Ref A). Somaliland President Dahir Kahin Rayale was received with great honor during his visit to Djibouti Dec. 19-21, which included four hours of meetings with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh. The GODJ is [...] | 2009-01-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ PREL SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI50 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Convenes in Djibouti [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament convened January 25 in Djibouti's Peoples Palace with an estimated 230 MPs in attendance. On the agenda for day one are amendments to the Transitional Federal Charter, which would expand the Parliament to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of [...] | 2009-01-25 14:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI525 | DJIBOUTI: FONMIN SEES 'SERIOUS THREAT' TO SOMALI TFG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER MASS DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI545 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (SBU) PolOff discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed Goumaneh May 20. 2. (C) Goumaneh had no immediate response, but promised to convey the information to appropriate GODJ authorities such as the Djibouti [...] | 2009-05-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI547 | Djibouti Supports Launch of Somali Independent News Agency [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Somali Independent News Agency (SOMINA) was officially launched in Djibouti on April 30 by the Djiboutian Minister of Communication and Culture, Ali Abdi Farah. In close coordination with Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and funded by the Doha Center for Media Freedom, estab [...] | 2009-05-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PROP KPAO KWWW DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI549 | GODJ LOOKS BACK ON SEVEN YEARS OF ACTION; FIELDS CITIZEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a weeklong, televised "National Seminar of Reflection on Government Action," President Guelleh and the members of his cabinet summarized the GODJ's accomplishments of the past seven years, outlined remaining challenges, and fielded questions from a broad cross-section of [...] | 2009-05-21 10:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI551 | ICRC ON ERITREAN POWS IN DJIBOUTIAN CUSTODY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),about half of the 19 Eritrean prisoners of war (POWs) captured by the GODJ during June 2008 hostilities along the Djibouti-Eritrea border have said that they do not/not want to return to Eritrea. A regional ICRC r [...] | 2009-05-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PBTS PHUM PGOV ICRC ER DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI555 | DJIBOUTI FONMIN ON SUPPORT TO SOMALI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a series of telephone conversations May 23-25, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Youssouf told Ambassador that the GODJ remains "very worried" over developments in Somalia. Somali President Sharif has been in daily contact with Djiboutian President Guelleh to request assistance. Youssou [...] | 2009-05-26 09:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS PTER DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI563 | DJIBOUTIAN FM REPORTS IGAD SEEKS MORE AGGRESSIVE MANDATE FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY. According to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, IGAD Foreign Ministers agree that the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) requires a more robust mandate, with Uganda urging the need to "review the rules of engagement ." Youssouf also highlighted AMISOM's need [...] | 2009-05-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO SO ER ET DJ XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI569 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...] | 2009-05-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI59 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARS [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI593 | DJIBOUTI SCREENING PRESUMED SOMALI MIGRANTS AND TRAFFICKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, the USS Lake Champlain disembarked 52 presumed Somalis in Djibouti, who had been picked up May 23 from a skiff adrift in the Gulf of Aden apparently en route to Yemen. UNHCR and Djiboutian officials are jointly screening the group's 48 would-be migrants, who include sev [...] | 2009-06-01 08:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHSA KCRM KTIP DJ SO YM |
| 09DJIBOUTI6 | SOMALI PIRACY - DJIBOUTI RECOMMENDS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Djiboutian Foreign Minister Youssouf confirmed that the GODJ would participate in the Jan. 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to be held in New York, and strongly urged USG participation in a regional International Maritime Organization (IMO) conference [...] | 2009-01-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI60 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARS [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI61 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARs [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI63 | Somalia - Parliament Extends Deadline for Electing President [...] (C) In a setback to the UN Special Representative for Somalia's (SRSG) efforts to ensure that a new President is elected within the thirty days allotted by the Transitional Federal Charter, the transitional Parliament January 27 extended the deadline for election by an additional five days, to [...] | 2009-01-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI64 | RECALL 09 DJIBOUTI 64 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI649 | DJIBOUTI MOD ON ERITREAN SUPPORT FOR ARMED AFAR GROUPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL DJ ER |
| 09DJIBOUTI655 | DJIBOUTI: MIXED PROGRESS TOWARD RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti continues to struggle with a widening gap between electricity demand from consumers, and a constrained supply of expensive, diesel-generated electricity provided by the national electricity company. Realizing that improved supplies of lower-cost energy are imperative [...] | 2009-06-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL SENV SOCI IC ET DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI657 | MEDIA REACTION TO JUNE 4 POTUS SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned press in Djibouti devoted considerable media attention to the June 4 POTUS speech in Cairo before, during, and after the event. Prior to the speech, French-language newspapers carried a lengthy opinion piece reflecting the Government of Djibouti's expectations that t [...] | 2009-06-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KISL KPAL DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI661 | DJIBOUTIAN POLICE REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following several recent grenade incidents in Djibouti City, the National Police requested Embassy assistance in working with the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) to identify the origins of recovered grenade fragments. Djiboutian police ascribe the recent incide [...] | 2009-06-10 10:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MASS PINS PTER CASC DJ ER SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI677 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC ELECTION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. 2. (SBU) Hassan said that the GODJ had not yet taken a position on this election; however, he promised to convey the points on the U.S. candidacy to [...] | 2009-06-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KUNR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. 2. (C) Hassan said that the GODJ had not yet taken a position on the issue. In general, he noted, the GODJ often tended not to "take a clear-cu [...] | 2009-06-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI681 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRENA [...] (SBU) DCM and EconOff discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. Hassan said that Djibouti intended to send a representative from the Ministry of Energy to attend the upcoming June 28-30 International Renewable Ener [...] | 2009-06-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV AE DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI683 | DJIBOUTI: NO POSITION YET ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff delivered nonpaper and discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. 2. (C) Hassan said that the GODJ had not yet taken a position on the question of an international piracy court [...] | 2009-06-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PHSA PGOV PREL MARR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI707 | DJIBOUTI SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel talking points with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf during a June 15 meeting. 2. (C) ForMin Youssouf said that Djibouti would support the extension of the Special Rapporteur's mandate. He had consulted with the PermRep in Gene [...] | 2009-06-17 07:24:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI743 | DJIBOUTI FONMIN URGES REVISED AMISOM MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-20 09:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPKO MASS DJ KE SO AU |
| 09DJIBOUTI751 | DJIBOUTI FORMIN TO HEAD AU DELEGATION [...] (SBU) On June 20, Djiboutian ForMin Mahmoud Ali Youssouf told Ambassador that he would lead Djibouti's delegation to the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, and that President Ismail Omar Guelleh would not/not be attending the AU Summit. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that AF [...] | 2009-06-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC AU DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI755 | DJIBOUTI: APRIL-MAY ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] This April-May 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Chinese company to build rail spur to Djiboutis new port --Fund grants first loans to local entrepreneurs --New airline serving Djibouti and Yemen --Indian firm evaluating potential Djibouti gold deposits --New road links key no [...] | 2009-06-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EAIR EMIN ENRG ELTN EWWT SENV DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI761 | DJIBOUTI: DASD AND FONMIN DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MASS DJ ER SO SU |
| 09DJIBOUTI765 | DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: GODJ DEPUTY CHOD UPDATES PLANS TO TRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 08:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MASS PREL DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI8 | SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI FM STRESSES URGENT NEED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a Jan. 4 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Youssouf hailed recent USG statements on Somalia and on the Dec. 29 resignation of TFG President Yusuf, noting that Yusuf had been an obstacle to the Djibouti Process. Citing the reluctance of potential troop contributing coun [...] | 2009-01-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS EAID SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI837 | SOMALIA: TFG CONFIRMS PLANS TO TRAIN TROOPS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) military officer meeting with Djibouti's Chief of Defense reports that the TFG now has 1,000 fighters assembled in Mogadishu ready to undergo training immediately in Djibouti, as soon as transport is arranged. These 1,000 [...] | 2009-06-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL PINS PTER SO DJ UG |
| 09DJIBOUTI87 | Somalia - Stage Set for Unity Government Presidential [...] (C) Summary: With the transitional Parliament expanded to include 200 Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs (reftels),and the candidate registration process complete, the stage is set for the presidential election. The fifteen candidates for office are scheduled to make brief c [...] | 2009-01-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI879 | CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GUELLEH TO PRESIDENT [...] Djibouti's state-run French-language newspaper, "La Nation," featured a congratulatory message from President Ismail Omar Guelleh to President Obama on the front page of its July 6, 2009, edition. 2. BEGIN EMBASSY TRANSLATION La Nation, No. 105. Monday, July 6, 2009, page 1. Independenc [...] | 2009-07-08 13:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL KPAO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI88 | SOMALIA CAMPAIGN SPEECHES IDENTIFY FRONTRUNNERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 29, the fifteen candidates for President each made a speech to Parliament. At the end of the presentations, most MPs agreed that TFG Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Nur Adde and ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed remained the frontrunners. Nur Adde focused on his r [...] | 2009-01-30 16:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI881 | SOMALIA: TFG RECRUITS ARRIVE IN DJIBOUTI FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Within the last week, a total of 340 Somali military recruits arrived at Djibouti's primary military training center, ready to begin two months of basic infantry training. Somali and Djiboutian military officers expect additional Somali trainees to arrive in Djibouti later this we [...] | 2009-07-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PHUM PREL DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI883 | DJIBOUTI - REQUEST FOR TDY SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA COVERAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER PREL DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI893 | SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI'S FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. A July 10 IGAD ministerial in Addis Ababa will address revising the African Union Mission in Somalia's (AMISOM) rules of engagement to allow it to take more robust military action against al-Shabaab extremists, according to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. IGAD m [...] | 2009-07-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO ER |
| 09DJIBOUTI895 | DJIBOUTI: EASBRIG COMMANDER PREVIEWS JULY 13 'FRIENDS" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 08:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS DJ XW |
| 09DJIBOUTI9 | DJIBOUTI - USAID FOOD INSECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY. A USAID team traveled to Djibouti December 15-21 to assess food insecurity and malnutrition. Due to a combination of continuing drought and increased food prices, Djibouti's food security situation remains precarious, with both a shortage in food availability and reduced purchasing p [...] | 2009-01-06 06:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI913 | DJIBOUTI: PRESIDENT GUELLEH ON SOMALIA, ERITREA, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PINS DJ ER EG QA LY SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI915 | DJIBOUTI: FONMIN ON SOMALIA DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS MOPS MASS DJ ER XW SO AU |
| 09DJIBOUTI919 | SOMALIA: TFG FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO COMBAT AL-SHABAAB [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's ongoing effort to train nearly 500 troops for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is "critical" for achieving the TFG's aim of training up to 3,000 recruits to form a new Somali army, according to Somali TFG Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, who hope [...] | 2009-07-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS KPKO AU SO DJ ER ET XA |
| 09DJIBOUTI921 | DJIBOUTI - CLAN CONFLICT LEAVES FOUR DEAD IN SOMALILAND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI951 | DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG TRAINING UPDATE; USG SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 11:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS DJ SO FR |
| 09DJIBOUTI97 | Somalia - TFG President Sheikh Sharif Considering PM [...] (C) Summary: On February 5 in Djibouti, transitional President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed outlined some of the criteria he would apply in choosing a prime minister. Key among them were support for the candidate from members of his sub-clan, an ability to work with the international community, [...] | 2009-02-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ ET |
| 09DJIBOUTI991 | SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language Radio Saw [...] | 2009-07-28 17:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MOPS PREL KPKO DJ SO ER JA XA |
| 09DOHA100 | QATARI MINSTATE AL-MAHMOUD LOOKS TO NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud outlined February 5 for the State Department Senior Representative for Sudan, Tim Shortley, the next steps he and Djibril Bassole, the UN and African Union Mediator, envision on Darfur. First, the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Jus [...] | 2009-02-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA103 | USING AL JAZEERA TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE [...] (SBU) As the Department seeks to implement President Obama's and the Secretary's goal of a renewed dialogue with Arab and non-Arab Muslim populations, we should make strategic use of the Al Jazeera television network. Notorious though it may be for its sensational broadcasts, even its detract [...] | 2009-02-10 14:23:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA104 | EMBASSY CALLS ON NEW RESOURCES TO REVIEW AL [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...] | 2009-02-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA |
| 09DOHA105 | EMBASSY'S NEW LINGUISTIC CAPABILITIES USED ON [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...] | 2009-02-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA |
| 09DOHA109 | QATAR'S MESSAGE TO USG ON DAY TWO OF DARFUR [...] (C) Ambassador and Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud discussed today, Wednesday, the state of play in the Darfur mediation effort currently underway in Doha. Ambassador said there would be an important policy meeting in Washington later today on Sudan and asked Al [...] | 2009-02-11 10:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA113 | AL JAZEERA BOSS OFFERS SUPPORT FOR AMCIT KIDNAP [...] (C) Ambassador called on Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar on February 10 to discuss the network's recent airing of a hostage video involving New York Times reporter David Rohde (reftel) and Al Jazeera's sensational Gaza coverage (septel). Khanfar said he was pleased to cooperate wit [...] | 2009-02-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO KAWC AF QA |
| 09DOHA116 | AL JAZEERA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES GAZA COVERAGE [...] (C) Ambassador called on Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar on February 10 to hear his views on the network's coverage of Gaza and share the USG's concerns about it. Khanfar explained that Israel's incursion into Gaza was a "ready-made TV show" that Al Jazeera could not afford not to [...] | 2009-02-11 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO WE GZ IS QA |
| 09DOHA117 | HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR: QATAR WILL "POSTPONE" GAZA [...] (SBU) In a February 10 conversation with Poloff Caudill, National Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Ali Said Al-Marri stated that Qatar would "postpone" the Gaza war crimes conference scheduled to take place February 22-24 in Doha. 2. (SBU) The postponement came after a February 4 conver [...] | 2009-02-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAL WEBZ QA IS |
| 09DOHA128 | QATAR BELIEVES USG IRAN POLICY HURTING DOHA'S GAS [...] (C) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met February 16 with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah. Also attending the meeting for Qatar were Minister of State for Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammad Al-Sada, Minister Al-Attiyah's Office Director Abdulaziz Al-Malki, and QP Director of Oi [...] | 2009-02-19 04:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU EK BL VE |
| 09DOHA130 | SHEIKHA MOZAH SUPPORTS IDEA OF CONGRESSIONAL FIELD [...] (SBU) Following up on the November visit of a congressional delegation led by Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, which focused on the six U.S. university branch campuses at Education City, Ambassador called February 9 on Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Misned, wife of the Amir and Chairperson of Qatar [...] | 2009-02-19 07:14:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC SCUL KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA131 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Post was very encouraged in the second half of the year by the willingness of the government to open a more frank and constructive dialogue on the problem of TIP and how to combat it. As a result of this dialogue, Post gained easier access to Qatari officials, and the government hosted [...] | 2009-02-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB |
| 09DOHA132 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] Below is Part 2 of 2 of post's input for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reported. Part 1 has been communicated by septel. 2. (SBU) PARAGRAPH 26: PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) What kind of protection is the government able under existing law to provide f [...] | 2009-02-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB QA |
| 09DOHA133 | DOHA DARFUR CONSULTATIONS: AGREEMENT OF GOODWILL SIGNED [...] (U) Sudanese Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Amin Hassan Omer, and JEM representative Jibril Ibrahim signed an "Agreement of Goodwill and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur" in Doha on February 17 at the Amiri Diwan. The signing was witnessed by represen [...] | 2009-02-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU QA |
| 09DOHA135 | QATAR STILL FLYING HIGH AS THE WORLD ECONOMY TURNS [...] (C) Qatar's banking sector is minimally exposed to the subprime mortgage crisis. But it has been affected by the global financial crisis. Domestic liquidity has tightened. Some banks over-extended through easy credit to Qataris and expats. Lending has dried up considerably, and interest rat [...] | 2009-02-22 07:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG EPET QA |
| 09DOHA140 | UPDATING A FIELD INTERAGENCY CONSENSUS ON KEY [...] Military Trends and Expectations (Embassy ) OMC) (a) Qatar's military (b) U.S.-Qatar military relations 2. CENTCOM,s Trends Analysis and Observations (CENTCOM) 3. Counterterrorism and counterproliferation Trends (Embassy) 4. Crime and Law Enforcement Trends (Embassy ) RSO) 5. Trend [...] | 2009-02-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT KSPR QA |
| 09DOHA143 | US-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM: IMPACT COMES ON THE MARGINS [...] (SBU) For the sixth year running, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Saban Center on Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, convened a U.S.-Islamic World Forum, bringing together dozens of academics, politicians and social activists from the United States [...] | 2009-02-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA145 | QATAR PROPOSES HAMAS-FATAH RECONCILIATION IN ABBAS [...] (C) In a February 25 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Munir Abdullah Ghannam said that during a recent trip to Doha by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the GOQ urged the formation of a national unity government in Palestine which would include Hamas members. According to Gh [...] | 2009-02-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA146 | AL JAZEERA RENEWS OFFER OF FREE BROADCAST HOUR TO [...] (C) Sheikh Hamed bin Thamer Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of the Al Jazeera Network, told Ambassador on February 19 that official U.S. voices were essential to Al Jazeera's efforts to present viewers with both sides of issues dominating the daily news. To accurately capture the U.S. positi [...] | 2009-02-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA147 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES QATAR'S SPECIAL [...] (C) Palestinian Ambassador Ghannam told Ambassador February 25th that in December 2006, while visiting Doha for the Asian Games, then-Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyah personally asked Qatari Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani for financial help in resolving a dispute with striking teachers. 2. (C [...] | 2009-02-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELAB KPAL EAID KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA148 | RESPONDING TO GOQ ON TRAVEL OF QATARI FORMER [...] (U) Press reports indicate that former Guantanamo Bay detainee and Qatari citizen Jarallah al-Marri was arrested this month in the UK. An on-line search of Guantanamo-related blogs indicate that this was apparently al-Marri's second recent visit to the UK, the last taking place in January. [...] | 2009-02-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL QA |
| 09DOHA150 | EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE [...] Qatar hosted February 16-18, 2009 the Fourth Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),attended by 400 delegates from 80 countries. The conference was officially opened by Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiya [...] | 2009-03-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV EMIN EAGR QA AJ CH IN JA LI |
| 09DOHA152 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (QATAR) [...] Proposal for fellow: "Senior Advisor to the Qatari Ministry of Environment" -- Embassy Doha proposes placing a USG fellow for a minimum three month timeframe at the newly established Ministry of Environment in Qatar. The fellow would advise the Minister and senior staff on all matters perta [...] | 2009-03-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ESTH SENV TSPL TBIO ECON AMGT APER EPA QA |
| 09DOHA153 | EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) At a February 25 meeting with Ambassador, Egyptian Ambassador Abdul Aziz Daoud stated that the Sudanese Charge d'Affaires recently met with MFA Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, but that no date had been set for Round 2 of the Doha talks on Darfur. He sta [...] | 2009-03-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU QA EG |
| 09DOHA158 | FAA VISIT CONFIRMS WEAKNESS OF QATAR'S CIVIL [...] (U) FAA Senior Regional Representative Roy Barnett visited Qatar January 21-22 for consultations with the Embassy, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, and Qatar Airways. During the visit, he met with the QCAA Vice Chairman Ibrahim Abdulgadir, half a dozen other QCAA employees, and the Qatar Airway [...] | 2009-03-04 05:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
| 09DOHA159 | RECOMMENDATION FOR USG ENGAGEMENT WITH "SILATECH" [...] As reported reftel, Silatech is a year-old organization/initiative intended to "engage the private, public, and civil society sectors to promote large-scale job creation, entrepreneurship, and access to capital and markets." The initiative is the brainchild of the Amir's consort Shaykha Mozah [...] | 2009-03-04 05:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ECIN EFIN QA BA MO TS YM SY |
| 09DOHA164 | BLUE LANTERN CHECK SUCCESSFUL - LICENSE 050104624 [...] Col Abdulla Dif from the Qatar Armed Forces (QAF) Logistics Department told Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation 2 March 2009 that the QAF received the referenced military antenna via the foreign consignee Satori. 2. Comment: It is unclear why the QAF used a French intermediary for this [...] | 2009-03-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC QA |
| 09DOHA167 | QATARI AG AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS POSSIBLE NEW CT [...] (S/NF) On March 4, 2009, Ambassador and Legat met with Qatar Attorney General Dr. Ali Al-Marri (QAG) regarding the recent travel of former Guantanamo detainee Jarallah Al-Marri to the UK, as well as the GOQ's lack of counterterrorism cooperation in general. 2. (S/NF) The Qatari AG told Amb [...] | 2009-03-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER QA |
| 09DOHA176 | QATAR TO ABIDE BY GCC AGREEMENT ON PALESTINIAN AID [...] (C) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud told Ambassador March 10 that Qatar and all GCC member states had agreed in Riyadh March 1 on "the mechanism of a committee to run the fund for Gaza reconstruction in coordination with banks." 2. (C) Al-Mahmoud provided Ambassador [...] | 2009-03-11 11:54:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA177 | MFA STATE MINISTER DESCRIBES UPCOMING ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Ambassador asked Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud March 10 for an overview of the March 29-30 Arab League Summit agenda and for insights into its preparations. 2. (C) Al-Mahmoud was optimistic the Arab League Summit meeting in Doha would go well based on his recent [...] | 2009-03-11 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA |
| 09DOHA179 | MINISTER OF STATE SEEKS U.S. HELP WITH EGYPT ON [...] (C) Ambassador raised March 10 with Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud our concerns (reftel demarche) about the Government of Sudan's expulsion of various NGOs in retaliation for the International Criminal Court (ICC) indictments of President Bashir. 2. (C) Al-Mahmoud responded that Qatar's [...] | 2009-03-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA18 | JAPAN'S EMPEROR EXTENDS INVITATION TO QATAR'S HEIR [...] (C) Japanese Embassy Political Chief Kazuhiro Higashi informed P/E Chief Rice January 7 that the Emperor of Japan has extended an invitation to Qatar's Heir Apparent, Shaykh Tamim, to visit Japan as an "honored guest" between mid-May and mid-June. According to Higashi, the Japanese Ambassador [...] | 2009-01-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA JA |
| 09DOHA180 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S MARCH 15-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Admiral Olson, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to seeing you again and to joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. You are the highest ranking military officer to visit Qatar since General David Petraeus visited February 13-16. [...] | 2009-03-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA181 | QATAR'S LATEST THOUGHTS ON GCC RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) In a March 12 meeting with MFA Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Dr. Khalid Al Attiyah, Ambassador conveyed reftel points, using them to explore with Al Attiyah the GCC's reconstruction funding mechanism, and strongly recommending that the GCC increase its coo [...] | 2009-03-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PTER PHUM QA |
| 09DOHA188 | LONG-WINDED CHAVEZ EXPECTED AT MARCH 31 ARAB-SOUTH [...] (SBU) On March 31, Qatar will host in Doha the Second Arab-South American Summit. The timing of the Summit aims to take advantage of the presence in Doha of Arab League heads of state, who will be meeting here March 29-30. MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi told [...] | 2009-03-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WGG AL XR UY QA |
| 09DOHA190 | QATARI HEIR APPARENT TAKES SECOND WIFE [...] (C) Reliable sources indicate the new wife is currently a sophomore at Georgetown University's branch campus at Education City. 2. (C) The marriage has not been announced publicly. One possible reason is the woman's young age. Moreover, another marriage so soon after his first (January 20 [...] | 2009-03-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL INRB QA |
| 09DOHA192 | ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: THE AL-BASHIR FACTOR [...] (C) In a March 18 conversation with Ambassador, MFA Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmoud indicated that Qatar would be happy if Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir decided not to attend the Arab-South American Summit to be held in Doha March 31. 2. (C) Bu [...] | 2009-03-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL AL XR QA |
| 09DOHA193 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: QATAR DESCRIBES PRE-SUMMIT [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting with Ambassador, MFA Minister of State Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmoud said there is a move underway by unidentified Arab countries to move the March 30 Arab League Summit from Doha to Khartoum. The change of venue would be designed to show Arab solidarity with the peop [...] | 2009-03-18 14:14:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL SU QA |
| 09DOHA197 | TSA LAYS OUT A PATH TO SUCCESS OR FAILURE FOR [...] (U) Four TSA officials visited Doha March 15-19 to follow-up on a joint action plan to improve Qatar's aviation security as agreed to by Qatari representatives during their mid-February visit to Washington. The TSA officials included the TSA HQ Middle East area director Carlos De La Torre, TSA [...] | 2009-03-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
| 09DOHA198 | QATAR BEGINNING TO COOPERATE MORE ACTIVELY WITH [...] (C) Ambassador and LEGATT's meeting with QAG, Dr. Ali Al-Marri, was in follow up to their March 4 meeting regarding Jarallah Al-Marri and counterterrorism cooperation in general. QAG opened the discussion by assuring Ambassador that both Jarallah Al-Marri and Khalifa Al-Subaiy were "under con [...] | 2009-03-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA199 | QATAR ENACTS IMPORTANT NEW LAW CRIMINALIZING [...] (SBU) On February 28, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani signed the long-awaited Sponsorship Law. The law makes DOHA 00000199 002 OF 002 changes to entry, exit, residence, and sponsorship procedures, though administrative regulations must still be adopted before the law can be enfor [...] | 2009-03-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP QA |
| 09DOHA200 | QATAR REPORTS SIGNIFICANT DARFUR PROGRESS; REMAINS [...] (C) At a March 18 meeting, MFA Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud presented Ambassador with a copy of an agreement signed in Tripoli on March 15 by five rebel groups in Darfur. The "Charter of Tripoli" was concluded after recent talks between rebel leaders in the Libyan ca [...] | 2009-03-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD QA |
| 09DOHA202 | QATAR PUBLICLY WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (U) On March 21, an unidentified source at the MFA made an official statement welcoming President Obama's recent videotaped message to the people of Iran. The statement was issued through the Qatar News Agency, a copy of which MFA provided to the Embassy. 2. (U) The following is an unoff [...] | 2009-03-22 10:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR QA |
| 09DOHA203 | RESULTS OF DOHA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE [...] (U) Summary: The Regional Workshop on the Implementation of UNSCR Resolution 1540 was held in Doha, Qatar, on March 8-11, 2009. It was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Qatar, and was funded by the European Union, the Governmen [...] | 2009-03-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP QA |
| 09DOHA204 | ADM OLSON DISCUSSES MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA205 | KEY TRENDS IN QATAR OVER THE NEXT 36 MONTHS - AN [...] (C) Embassy Doha's second interagency off-site was held March 3, 2009 at CENTCOM Forward HQ at Camp As-Saliyah (see ref A). This was the second such off-site (see ref B). These interagency off-sites will be held twice yearly, with the objective of reviewing and updating our field interagency [...] | 2009-03-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | AMGT ASEC ECON KSPR PREL QA |
| 09DOHA210 | SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL BURGESS'S MARCH [...] (SBU) Lieutenant General Burgess, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to meeting you and joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. 2. (SBU) We have requested the following meetings for the morning of March 30: -- The Crown Prince, Sh [...] | 2009-03-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA211 | SOLIDARITY CENTER AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE JOIN [...] (SBU) On March 17, National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Chairman Dr. Ali Al-Marri and Solidarity Center Executive Director Ellie Larson signed a Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony in Doha attended by Ambassador. Also in attendance were NHRC staff members and employees, and representa [...] | 2009-03-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB MEPI QA |
| 09DOHA214 | QATAR: 2009 CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Qatar shares with Iran the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Qatar's portion contains an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, giving it the third-largest reserves of natural gas in the world. Qatar is believed to have an agreement with Iran providing a set extract [...] | 2009-03-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC KCIP PGOV PREL PTER QA |
| 09DOHA215 | TSA: QATAR MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN AVIATION [...] (C) The TSA assessment found the following deficiencies at Doha International Airport (DIA): -- The CAA's airport security program is generic and not specifically tailored to DIA, as it should be. -- The MOI's standard operating procedures for screening are not being fully implemented, esp [...] | 2009-03-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
| 09DOHA219 | QATAR'S IRAN POLICY OUTLINED AS EU-USG DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) The German Ambassador, Dr. Dirk Baumgartner, delivered the points on nuclear issues. (See his talking points below in para. 9.) 2. (C) Before Al-Mahmoud responded to Ambassador Baumgartner's points, he described Qatar's general policy towards Iran: -- Qatar's relationship with Ira [...] | 2009-03-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA22 | NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN MID-2010? [...] (U) According to the January 12 English-language daily Gulf Times, Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Rahman Majid al-Sulaiti, Assistant Director of Elections at the Ministry of Interior (MOI),has announced that elections for the Advisory Council may be held "as early as mid-2010." Elections were pr [...] | 2009-01-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM QA |
| 09DOHA222 | BASHIR DEFIES ICC, ATTENDS ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN [...] (U) Defying an International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment against him, Sudan's President Bashir arrived in Doha the evening of March 29 to attend the Arab League Summit. Since the ICC issued the arrest warrant against him on March 4, Arab countries have voiced general support for Bashir, a [...] | 2009-03-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA SU |
| 09DOHA224 | DOHA CONFERENCE PREDICTS SHORT-TERM NATURAL GAS [...] The Seventh Doha Natural Gas Conference, held March 9-12, provided industry experts an important forum for debating current trends in the natural gas markets. The Amir of Qatar opened the conference, and the sessions featured a wide range of government officials, business representatives, and [...] | 2009-03-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON QA |
| 09DOHA225 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: GOOD TURNOUT AS QATAR TILTS [...] (U) Following are highlights of the "Doha Declaration" issued at the close of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit: SUDAN: Arab leaders expressed their support of Sudan in face of "all threats targeting its security, stability, and territorial integrity" and rejected all actions that threaten [...] | 2009-03-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAL KWBG SU QA |
| 09DOHA23 | QATAR COULD SEVER TIES WITH ISRAEL IF PART OF [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, acknowledging the pressure Qatar faces to close Israel's trade office in Doha, said in a press interview on Al Jazeera television's Arabic service January 11 that Qatar would consider severing its relations with Israel, if "there is a collective [...] | 2009-01-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA233 | FEUDS AND RECONCILIATION BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE [...] (C) Based on Al Jazeera reports and those of other regional media as monitored by the Open Source Center in Doha and its sister offices, reconciliation was a general theme of the Arab League Summit in Doha. Five days before the March 30-31 Summit convened, Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad call [...] | 2009-04-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG SU QA |
| 09DOHA235 | IN THE SHADOW OF AL-BASHIR AND CHAVEZ, ARAB AND [...] (SBU) The Second Arab-South America Summit was held in Doha on March 31. Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Arab League, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet delivered opening remarks on behalf of the South American states. 2. (SBU) With characterist [...] | 2009-04-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WBG XR AL QA SU |
| 09DOHA236 | QATAR CONDUCTS ANTI-TIP MEDIA AND OUTREACH [...] (SBU) On March 2, at a press conference that was widely covered by Arabic-language print and broadcast media, Dr. Ali bin Samaykh Al Marri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and Myriam Al Malki, Director of the National Foundation for Combating Trafficking in Persons (NFCT [...] | 2009-04-02 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB QA |
| 09DOHA238 | ARAB LEAGUE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA'S TFG -- [...] (C) Ambassador met at the request of the Somalia Unit of Embassy Nairobi with Foreign Minister Omaar on April 1 on the margins of the Arab League Summit in Doha. 2. (C) FM Omaar said the Arab League's political and diplomatic support at the Summit was "firm and clear." But one or more Arab [...] | 2009-04-02 15:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SO KE QA |
| 09DOHA24 | QATAR'S UNBALANCED POSITION ON GAZA SETS BACK ITS [...] (C) Embassy Muscat's very useful cable (reftel) reports the Egyptian allegation that Qatar mounted a determined effort at the recent GCC summit in Muscat to get the GCC to formally endorse an emergency Arab League Summit to address the Gaza crisis. That allegation is almost certainly correct. [...] | 2009-01-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA245 | Saeb Erekat Uses Brookings Event to Address Netanyahu [...] (U) Speaking at an event organized by the Brookings Doha Center on March 31, Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat, addressing himself to the Al Jazeera camera taping the event, conveyed several messages to new Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama, the Quartet, Hamas, and Arab l [...] | 2009-04-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KPAO IS QA |
| 09DOHA25 | QATAR COULD SEVER TIES WITH ISRAEL IF PART OF [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, acknowledging the pressure Qatar faces to close Israel's trade office in Doha, said in a press interview on Al Jazeera television's Arabic service January 11 that Qatar would consider severing its relations with Israel, if "there is a collective [...] | 2009-01-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA252 | THE RISE OF THE GULF STATES AND THE USG POLICY [...] (U) The Embassy Doha analysis below is designed to contribute to the discussion and debate about the future of the region and the U.S. government response to it. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) The "Rise of the Gulf" is one of the most prominent features of a changing Midd [...] | 2009-04-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL ECON ECIN EAID ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV QA ZP |
| 09DOHA253 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S APRIL [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I look forward to hosting you at my residence, while the delegation accompanying you stays at the Sharq Hotel. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and the Prime Minister. You met with the PM in Washington earlier this [...] | 2009-04-15 05:56:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA255 | QATAR SIGNS BINDING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) In an April 15 conversation with Poloff Caudill, National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Chairman Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri reviewed the status of Qatar's draft law criminalizing all forms of trafficking in persons (TIP). 2. (C) Al-Marri pointed out that in response to a recommendation [...] | 2009-04-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP ELAB QA |
| 09DOHA260 | MFA MINSTATE PROMIQ THAT GOQ WILL STUDY E3 [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche April 19 to Minister of State Al-Mahmoud, requesting Qatar,s public support for the new proposal to Iran advanced by Javier Solana on behalf of the E3 plus 3. Ambassador stressed that the U.S. continues to believe that the E3 plus 3 process provides a [...] | 2009-04-20 08:36:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MUNC IR QA |
| 09DOHA262 | MINSTATE WELCOMES OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF SE GRATION [...] (C) Per Ref A, Ambassador informed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud April 19 that U.S. Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Scott Gration seeks a close, working relationship with him and would like to speak with Al-Mahmoud by phone later this week. Ambassador said that SE Gratio [...] | 2009-04-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA265 | QATAR CONTINUES TO STUDY U.S. CANDIDACY TO THE UN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche April 19 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Mahmoud, seeking Qatar,s vote and support for a U.S. seat on the UN Human Rights Council at the UN. 2. (SBU) Al-Mahmoud responded that the GOQ has yet to take a decision on this matter. He [...] | 2009-04-21 10:37:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL QA |
| 09DOHA268 | MINISTER OF STATE RECOMMENDS "PROJECT BY PROJECT" [...] (C) Ambassador asked Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud April 19 for his guidance on how best to work with Qatar on securing financial contributions for aid to third countries, underscoring that we "need to find a better way to work together on contributions to third countries." 2. (C) Al-M [...] | 2009-04-22 09:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG AF PK QA |
| 09DOHA27 | DOHA TO BE HEADQUARTERS FOR GAS EXPORTERS' [...] (C) Qatar Petroleum Director of Oil and Gas Ventures Sa'ad Sherida Al-Ka'abi told DCM Ratney and Econoff Fabrycky January 12 that one of the main reasons for recent Russia-Iran-Qatar "troika" discussions was to help facilitate the more formal organization of a broader gas forum. (Note: On Dec [...] | 2009-01-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU |
| 09DOHA271 | SCENESETTER FOR SE GRATION'S APRIL 27-29 VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. You have a confirmed appointment with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and principal point man on Qatar's Darfur initiative) Ahmed Al-Mahmoud. France's Special Envoy on Darfur, Issa Maraut, has been posted to the French Embassy in Doha [...] | 2009-04-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA276 | QATAR CLARIFIES POLICES AND ACTIONS ON SOMALIA; [...] (C) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud convoked Ambassador April 27 to clarify Qatar's stance towards Somalian opposition elements led by Shaykh Hassan Aweys. Al-Mahmoud said U.S. assertions, reportedly during a breakfast meeting at a recent Brussels donor conference for S [...] | 2009-04-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SO QA |
| 09DOHA28 | AL-JAZEERA IMAM BLASTS JEWS, U.S., AND ARAB [...] (U) In a Friday, January 9, sermon broadcast on Al Jazeera Arabic, Imam Yousef Al-Qaradawi condemned Jews for spreading "corruption in the land," and for victimizing the Muslim people. He cited the Babylonian Captivity and the Roman conquest as historical examples of God's punishment of Israe [...] | 2009-01-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF KISL QA |
| 09DOHA280 | QATAR RATIFIES UN ANTI-TIP PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 23, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, acting in his capacity as Deputy Amir, signed the instrument ratifying the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The Protocol supplements the UN Convention Against Transnat [...] | 2009-04-30 05:11:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP QA |
| 09DOHA281 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION'S POSITIVE MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration (joined by Ambassador, Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice) expressed his appreciation to PM Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani April 28 for Qatar's work to bring peace to Darfur and Sudan. He also stressed that President Obama is a [...] | 2009-04-30 05:14:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA282 | SLA/UNITY PLEDGES COOPERATION TO ACHIEVE [...] (SBU) In an April 28 meeting with members of SLA/Unity in Doha (Uthman Bushra, Mahjoub Hussein, Sayyed Charif Jar an-Nabi and Fathi Uthman),Special Envoy for Sudan Gration (joined by Ambassador, S/USSES Deputy Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice) introduced himself as the U.S. envoy "for all of S [...] | 2009-04-30 05:52:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA283 | JEM THREATENS TO EXPAND WAR IN PURSUIT OF PEACE [...] (SBU) In an April 28 meeting with Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Gration (joined by Ambassador, S/USSES Deputy Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice),the permanent representative in Doha of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Abu Bakr Al-Qadi underscoredQt the shortest way to a cease-fire in Darf [...] | 2009-04-30 05:54:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA284 | SE GRATION MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) In an April 28 meeting with Dr. Ghazi Salah-Eddin, Sudanese Presidential Adviser, (joined by the Sudanese Ambassador to Qatar, his DCM and another Sudanese official) told Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan Gration (joined by Ambassador, S/USSES Deputy Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice),that Qata [...] | 2009-04-30 05:57:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA285 | CROWN PRINCE PLEDGES QATAR'S FULL COOPERATION TO [...] (C) Qatar's Heir Apparent, Shaykh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met April 21 with Special Envoy George Mitchell. He told Senator Mitchell that Qatar "needs someone we believe in" for the difficult and important task of achieving Arab-Israeli peace, especially in these difficult times. Observing [...] | 2009-04-30 06:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA287 | CULTURE CLASH AT MEDIA FREEDOM CENTER SPARKS RARE [...] (C) In early 2008, Robert Menard, formerly the head of Reporters Without Borders, approached Shaykha Mozah, Consort of the Amir and Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation, with a proposal to open a media freedom center that would protect threatened journalists and their families throughout the w [...] | 2009-04-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM QA |
| 09DOHA288 | MGSF01: QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) On April 27, the Ministry of Health advised the public to postpone non-essential travel to the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the UK and other countries that have reported confirmed cases of H1N1. The Ministry also advised people returning from those countries to watch out for fever and flu-like sy [...] | 2009-04-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
| 09DOHA289 | FM OF CHAD'S DOHA MEETING WITH SE GRATION [...] (SBU) Chadian FM Moussa Fekki outlined for Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration April 29 the deterioration in relations between Chad and Sudan, starting about 2002. He noted early efforts by Chad and President Deby in 2002-04 to stop the conflict in Darfur and keep it from spreading into a re [...] | 2009-04-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA290 | QATAR'S ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS ON CONTACTS WITH [...] (S) On April 27, 2009, Ambassador and Legat met with QAG Dr. Ali Al-Marri regarding the Ambassador's upcoming meeting in Washington, DC with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Ambassador also inquired as to the results of Dr. Al-Marri's efforts to obtain information on the status of missing Am [...] | 2009-04-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM QA IR |
| 09DOHA291 | QATARI CROWN PRINCE'S MEETING WITH SE GRATION [...] (SBU) Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration thanked Qatar's Heir Apparent, Shaykh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, April 29 for Qatar's contributions to Africa, calling them "phenomenal." He complimented Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, who is taking lead on Sudan within the GOQ, as speaking "from [...] | 2009-04-30 17:59:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA292 | LIBYAN FM'S MEETING IN DOHA WITH SE GRATION [...] (SBU) Libyan FM Musa Kusa told Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration April 29 that "Chadians are ready for peace" with Sudan. Of course, the problem along their shared border remains, with each side accusing the other "of doing bad things." Kusa said a neutral observer is needed to monitor bo [...] | 2009-04-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA295 | QATAR EXPECTED TO DECIDE TOMORROW ON VOTE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV QA |
| 09DOHA298 | SUDAN AND CHAD CALL FOR FORCE TO IMPLEMENT PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM LY SU CD QA |
| 09DOHA3 | QATARI LEADERSHIP SEEKS TO SHOW ACTIVISM ON GAZA [...] (U) Many of the estimated 15,000 people who attended the January 1 rally at the Qatar Sports Club stadium to show their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza carried placards saying, "Stop Killing Our Children." Children and adults waved Palestinian and Qatari flags. The Doha Youth Center [...] | 2009-01-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA30 | QATAR READY FOR BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [...] (SBU) During a January 13 meeting at the Ministry of Business and Trade, Director of Economic Affairs Saoud Al-Jufairi told P/E Chief Rice and Econoff Fabrycky that his staff had completed its preliminary review of the U.S. model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) text and hopes to start negoti [...] | 2009-01-14 06:48:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECIN ETRD INRB QA |
| 09DOHA305 | LETTER TO SECRETARY CLINTON ON DARFUR FROM [...] (SBU) Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs alerted us late the afternoon of May 7 by phone to a faxed letter addressed to Secretary Clinton from Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud and requested immediate delivery of the communication. 2. (SBU) Below is an unofficial Gover [...] | 2009-05-07 13:21:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA307 | TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 7, 2009. Embassy Actions --------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Working Group continues to regularly consult on latest developments. Embassy was involved in quashing one rumor of a sick student/famil [...] | 2009-05-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 09DOHA31 | QATAR ISLAMIC BANK CEO: NO TIES TO NEW HAMAS BANK [...] (C) Qatar Islamic Bank would not "endanger its shareholders or its board" through ties with "bad actors," including Hamas, now or in the future, the bank's CEO, Salah Mohammad Jaidah, told Ambassador January 11th. 2. (C) Jaidah was responding to Ambassador's question about how the bank bala [...] | 2009-01-14 09:33:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN ECON EFIN IS QA |
| 09DOHA310 | TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT NUMBER 3 [...] (U) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 11, 2009. 2. (U) Embassy and U.S. military representatives met May 11 at the Ministry of Health with Dr. Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Thani, Director of Public Health, and Dr. Shazia Nadeem, Head of the Emergency Preparedness P [...] | 2009-05-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 09DOHA311 | QATARI AMIR'S WIFE VISITS IRAQ, FURTHERS [...] (SBU) Shaykha Mozah serves in many high-profile roles, including as a UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, and she visited Iraq primarily under those auspices. She was accompanied on the visit by UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura, the UNSYG representative for Iraq Staf [...] | 2009-05-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECIN QA IZ |
| 09DOHA314 | QATAR COMMITS USD 40 MILLION FOR UN OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Laurie Kitch, a U.S. expat and former UNFAO official who is currently Director of Programs for Qatar Charity, told Econoff Fabrycky May 5 that his organization will handle the allocation, programming, and monitoring of the USD 40 million contribution from the Government of Qatar. Accordi [...] | 2009-05-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID PREL QA GZ |
| 09DOHA315 | QATAR'S LEADING LADY SHOWS CLOUT IN OUSTER OF TWO [...] (C) On April 28, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani announced the ouster of the Minister of Education, Shaykha Al-Mahmoud, and the Minister of Health, Dr. Shaykha Ghalia bint Mohammad Al Thani. The new Minister of Education is U.S.-educated Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Director of Administ [...] | 2009-05-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM QA |
| 09DOHA316 | QATAR: REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Most of Qatar's multilateral discussions on functional issues take place within established organizations such as the 6-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and 22-member Arab League. Qatar's multilateral and functional participation outside of these institutions tends to be in the socia [...] | 2009-05-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ QA |
| 09DOHA318 | AL JAZEERA TACKLES LABOR CONDITIONS IN QATAR [...] (U) Casey Kaufman, an American citizen journalist working with Al Jazeera English, one of the Al Jazeera Network's seven stations broadcast worldwide, filed a report on April 10 highlighting the plight of a group of Nepali construction workers living in poor conditions in Doha who have not bee [...] | 2009-05-14 08:13:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KTIP KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA319 | TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT NUMBER 4 [...] (U) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 11, 2009. 2. (U) Three groups, consisting of more than 60 young Qatari men and women, have decided to cancel previously planned trips to the United States to study English and participate in Embassy-arranged cultural pro [...] | 2009-05-17 04:39:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 09DOHA32 | QATAR AVIATION SECURITY REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) In separate meetings with the heads of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Civil Aviation Authority (CAA),and Qatar Airways, Ambassador made clear that the December 2008 TSA inspection did not go well, and the USG is looking for sustained improvements in passenger screening to ensure that dir [...] | 2009-01-14 09:38:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
| 09DOHA326 | QATAR-CUBA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Post provides the following information on Qatar's relations with Cuba. 2. (SBU) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? -- Post has no evidence that Qatar has worked to promote [...] | 2009-05-19 12:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU QA |
| 09DOHA329 | SYNCHRONIZING USG ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR ON [...] (C) Reftel is Post's review of the critical infrastructure in Qatar, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. The following report is a description of Embassy Doha's interagency approach to engage GOQ entities in a synchro [...] | 2009-05-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC |
| 09DOHA33 | QATAR-ISRAEL CONTACTS ON GAZA AID GO NOWHERE [...] (C) Israeli Trade Representative in Qatar, Roi Rosenblit, told DCM Ratney January 13 that during the last telephone conversation between Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni earlier in January, Shaykh Hamad asked Israel to permit two planeloads of relief [...] | 2009-01-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL QA IS |
| 09DOHA333 | CHURCH MEMBERS ORDERED DEPORTED, APPARENTLY FOR [...] (SBU) Based on current information available to Embassy Doha, the Ministry of the Interior has ordered the deportation of 31 American citizens, representing nine families, apparently for proselytizing. American citizen and other Embassy contacts have told us that a group of non-Americans, pe [...] | 2009-05-21 10:10:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF CASC QA |
| 09DOHA343 | SOMALIA -- PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMS QATAR'S [...] (C) Ambassador raised May 24 with Qatar's Prime Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, the situation in Somalia, encouraging Qatar's support for the government of Shaykh Sherif Ahmed and Qatar's enlisting the support of other regional governments for this same objective. HBJ reaffirmed what Min [...] | 2009-05-26 09:32:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EFIN SO QA |
| 09DOHA344 | KING ABDULLAH'S APPEAL LED QATAR TO ACCEPT [...] (C) On the margins of another meeting May 24, MFA Director for GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber told Ambassador that Qatar, which had been in the running to host the GCC Central Bank, accepted Saudi Arabia's hosting of the Bank once Saudi King Abdullah made a personal appeal for it in a letter to [...] | 2009-05-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EFIN ECON QA |
| 09DOHA345 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES MINISTER OF STATE OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Ambassador LeBaron and Consular Section Chief Timothy Ponce called May 25th on Minister of State for Interior Affairs Abdullah Khalid Al Thani at his office at the Ministry of Interior (MOI). 2. (C) Referring to his notes, Al Thani stated that some of the U.S. citizens were ordered dep [...] | 2009-05-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF CASC QA |
| 09DOHA352 | QATAR - DEPORTATIONS DROPPED FOR 31 US CITIZENS [...] (C) Ambassador LeBaron and Consular Section Chief Timothy Ponce called May 28th on Minister of State for Interior Affairs Abdullah Khalid Al Thani at his office at the Ministry of Interior (MOI). 2. (C) Ambassador told Al Thani that all of the Americans involved informed U.S. Embassy staf [...] | 2009-05-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF CASC QA |
| 09DOHA354 | DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP ONE (AL-MAHMOUD, BASSOLE) [...] (SBU) The President's Special Envoy for Sudan, Gen. Scott Gration, met on May 26 in Doha with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, and discussed the need for the GOS and JEM to get beyond differences over the sequencing of a cessation of hostilities agreement and a pri [...] | 2009-05-31 09:21:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU CD QA |
| 09DOHA355 | DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP TWO (P3 Meeting) [...] (SBU) The President's Special Envoy for Sudan, Gen. Scott Gration, met on May 26 with the special envoys of France and the UK, over a working dinner hosted by the French Ambassador in Qatar. British Special Envoy Michael O'Neill emphasized the need to review all potential incentives and penalt [...] | 2009-05-31 09:21:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU QA FR UK CH |
| 09DOHA356 | DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP FOUR (RUSSIA) [...] (SBU) During a May 27 meeting with SE Gration, Russian Parliamentarian and Envoy on Sudan Mikhail Margelov noted Russia decided to join P5 discussions on Sudan because the issues were causing a headache for Russia at the UN. He emphasized that Russia is not linked to Bashir or the South, does [...] | 2009-05-31 09:22:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL INRB SU RS CH |
| 09DOHA357 | DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP FIVE (EU, JAPAN) [...] (SBU) During a May 27 meeting, EU Envoy on Sudan Torben Brylle commended SE Gration's comprehensive focus on Sudan, noting the CPA is "the real big thing" and Darfur can be a distraction. SE Gration responded that he would welcome EU participation in the June 23 Washington Forum on Sudan, part [...] | 2009-05-31 09:23:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU EG QA ER JA EUN |
| 09DOHA358 | DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP THREE (E6 MEETING) [...] (U) Each representative gave an opening statement during a plenary meeting open to the press. Highlights of the statements follow. Qatar ----- 2. (U) Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and GOQ Sudan lead) Ahmed Al-Mahmoud opened the public session by thanking the E6 represen [...] | 2009-05-31 09:24:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU CD QA UK RS FR CH EUN UN AU |
| 09DOHA369 | QATAR PRIMES LOCAL BANK LENDING [...] (U) In announcng the move, Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al hani said the government would have a ceiling of 5 billion Qatari Riyals (USD 4.1 billion) for buyig loans and the action is being taken "so that the banks can continue to play their vital role in the national economy and accelerate [...] | 2009-06-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN QA |
| 09DOHA376 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, and the Prime Minister (also Foreign Minister),Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani. 2. (C) We know that your focus is Afghanistan-Pakistan issues. Accordingly, [...] | 2009-06-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL EAID QA AF PK |
| 09DOHA38 | QATAR INITIATIVE -- AU-ARAB MINISTERIAL ON DARFUR: [...] (U) The Ministerial Statement issued by the African and Arab Committee following its January 14 discussions in Doha on Darfur contain two noteworthy provisions pertaining to International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings against President Bashir and other Sudanese officials: -- "Calling the [...] | 2009-01-15 11:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA381 | QATAR EXPECTED TO SUPPORT KOSOVO,S BID FOR WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 13:17:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL QA KV |
| 09DOHA386 | GOQ SQUEAMISH AFTER HELPING OPEN UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On May 27, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay and MFA Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Mahmoud opened the Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region at a ceremony in Doha. Senior human rights profe [...] | 2009-06-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN QA |
| 09DOHA390 | BROOKINGS EVENT AMPLIFIES PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...] (U) Brookings Doha Center's Director Hady Amr moderated a town hall-style event with Ambassador at the center's headquarters on June 4 that turned out to be Brookings' most well-attended event in its two-year history in Doha. The audience featured a mix of over 100 expatriate Arabs, South Asi [...] | 2009-06-15 04:28:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA391 | QATARI STUDENTS SPEAK OUT ON POTUS SPEECH [...] (U) Qatar University President Dr. Shaykha al-Misned welcomed Ambassador to an event gathering about 45 students and faculty to discuss President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. The event was moderated by American University in Cairo professor Laurence Pintak, and Ambassador delivered short r [...] | 2009-06-15 04:29:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA393 | SCENESETTER FOR A A/S JEFF FELTMAN'S JUNE 16-18 [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with the MFA Minister of State, Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Mahmoud, and he will host a lunch in your honor. Also, the MFA informed us today that the Prime Minister is returning from the United States (where he has [...] | 2009-06-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA394 | QATAR SUPPORTS LEBANESE CHOOSING OWN GOVERNMENT, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL LE QA |
| 09DOHA398 | QATAR CONFIRMS FIRST THREE CASES OF H1N1 [...] (U) The Ministry of Health announced 16 June that three H1N1 cases had been diagnosed in Qatar. The first was a two-year old child from New Zealand who arrived in Doha 13 June on a flight from Australia via Dubai (Emirates Air 409 from Melbourne and Emirates Air 843 from Dubai). The child was [...] | 2009-06-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 09DOHA401 | EXPATS SHARE VIEWS ON QATAR WITH FELTMAN [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met over dinner at the Ambassador's residence with five thoughtful expatriates who have worked in Qatar for a number of years. Each offered his views of why Qatar pursues the foreign and domestic policies that i [...] | 2009-06-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA402 | QATARI INTELLECTUALS TO FELTMAN: PROBLEMS? WHAT PROBLEMS? [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met with seven influential Qatari intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence to hear their views on Qatar. Dr. Hassan al-Ansari, who is simultaneously a professor of political science at Qatar University, Edit [...] | 2009-06-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA403 | EMBASSY DOHA RESPONSE TO IRANIAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP IR QA |
| 09DOHA404 | QATAR'S PM ON PAKISTANI IDP CRISIS [...] (C) At a June 16 meeting with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, A A/S Jeffrey Feltman and Ambassador asked whether the GOQ had decided yet on the request by Special Representative Holbrooke for financial support to Pakistan to ease the internally displaced persons [...] | 2009-06-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF EAID PK QA |
| 09DOHA405 | AJ Director's Take on 6/3 Bin Laden Tapes [...] (SBU) On June 8, Ambassador visited AJ headquarters to discuss with senior editors President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. Before that meeting, Ambassador and PAO took the opportunity to meet privately with AJ Director General Wadah Khanfar and press him on AJ's airing of recorded messages fr [...] | 2009-06-21 07:49:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO PTER QA |
| 09DOHA412 | HOLBROOKE PRESSES QATARI CROWN PRINCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 7 meeting with Qatari Crown Prince Tamim, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke outlined the severity of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan's northwest areas and made a strong appeal for humanitarian assistance from Qatar to help stabilize the country. The Crown Prince agree [...] | 2009-06-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL QA PK |
| 09DOHA413 | SCENESETTER: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) SCOPE NOTE: Qataris have generally responded positively to President Obama's overtures to the Arab and Muslim world and, like many others in this region, hold deep admiration for U.S. education and S&T achievements. Qatar's successful efforts to engage - even import - the U.S. education [...] | 2009-06-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ESTH PREL QA |
| 09DOHA414 | FRENCH ACTIVIST LEAVES MEDIA FREEDOM CENTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA415 | QATAR PARTNERS WITH NYSE EURONEXT TO REBRAND SECURITIES [...] (U) Announcing the agreement in soaring language, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani (who is also the QIA CEO) said that the new bourse "paves the way for Qatar to take a prominent role in the world's capital markets for the benefit of both the people of Qatar and the Middle East m [...] | 2009-06-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV QA |
| 09DOHA416 | AL JAZEERA CHIEF APPLIES FOR VISA, DISCUSSES IRAN [...] (SBU) Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar said Al Jazeera's relationship with the Government of Iran (GOI) is "antagonistic to say the least." 2. (C) He said doing business in Iran is difficult for all journalists. Al Jazeera had originally posted four international correspondents an [...] | 2009-06-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO IR QA |
| 09DOHA417 | MFA MINSTATE TO A/AS FELTMAN: IRAN WILL NOT [...] (C) On June 16, accompanied by Ambassador, Staff Assistant, and Poloff, AA/S Jeffrey Feltman met with Qatari MFA Minstate for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud. Also present in the meeting on the Qatari side were the Foreign Minister's Assistant for Follow-Up Affairs Mohammad Al-R [...] | 2009-06-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SU QA |
| 09DOHA419 | QATAR FORMALIZES GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry continues to have three leaders of ministerial rank. Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani retains the portfolio of Foreign Minister with overall authority and responsibility for Qatar's most important foreign policy issues. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahm [...] | 2009-06-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN EINV QA |
| 09DOHA42 | DOHA'S GAZA SUMMIT -- QATAR LURCHES TOWARD THE [...] (C) Besides the host, Qatar's Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, six Arab League heads of state attended: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir, Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Mauritanian coup leader, General M [...] | 2009-01-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER QA |
| 09DOHA421 | QATARI PREMIER LAUDS RELATIONS WITH U.S. IN AL-JAZEERA [...] (U) Speaking in an extended interview on June 24 with Al Jazeera Arabic television, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani said that Qatar's relations with the U.S. are strategic. However, he said, "Let's be obvious ... there is a difference of views in some m [...] | 2009-06-25 12:55:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO QA EG IS SA |
| 09DOHA428 | QATARI ENERGY MINISTER SETS STAGE FOR GAS [...] (C) Al-Attiyah told Ambassador, as he has previously, that the GECF is not intended or structured "as the press talks," and the organization will never concern itself with contracts or supply matters. He projected that natural gas will not see a real spot market develop for years, and noted t [...] | 2009-07-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TRGY QA RU IR |
| 09DOHA429 | EMBASSY DOHA'S ANALYSIS OF QATARI PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (U) Further to Ref A, Embassy Doha offers the following analysis and reporting on the Prime Minister's rare and important interview on Al Jazeera about Qatar's foreign policy in the region. The subjects covered in the interview, if not the questions themselves, almost certainly were worked ou [...] | 2009-07-01 12:30:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO QA EG IS SA IR SU |
| 09DOHA432 | EMBASSY DOHA'S ANALYSIS OF QATARI PRIME MINISTER'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA EG IS SA IR SU |
| 09DOHA435 | GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES SEEK TO REVERSE SAGGING [...] (C) The GECF statement released at the end of their meeting this week in Doha noted (hopefully) that increased cooperation between producers should ensure a stable market for "the mutual benefit" of producers and consumers. The market backdrop to this statement, however, suggests a reality qu [...] | 2009-07-02 10:53:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU IR QA |
| 09DOHA440 | NEW GULF FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND REGION'S [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Econoff Fabrycky met July 6 with Gulf Bridge International (GBI) CEO and Board Member Ahmed Mekky and Business Consultant Mohamed Elagazy to discuss GBI's plans to build a new fiber optic network in the Gulf which will eventually link all GCC states, Iran, Iraq, and perhaps [...] | 2009-07-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV EFIN QA IZ KU |
| 09DOHA442 | QATAR: BALANCING GEOGRAPHIC INTERESTS WITH IRAN, [...] (U) On June 14, just two days after the Iranian election, Qatar's Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani became one of the first world leaders to publicly congratulate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election, despite the uncertainty and accusations of massive fraud. He later followe [...] | 2009-07-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR QA |
| 09DOHA446 | QATAR LAUNCHES TASK FORCE ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (C) In engaging the GOQ in response to Ref A on agricultural development and food security, Embassy learned of a new Task Force on Food Security, established following a 2008 Amiri decree which created the Qatar National Food Security Program. The Task Force includes 14 ministries and organiz [...] | 2009-07-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TRGY QA |
| 09DOHA454 | CROWN PRINCE ON QATAR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN [...] (C) In a July 14 meeting, Ambassador asked Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for his views on Iran following the recent Iranian presidential elections. Noting that Qatar's Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces had visited post-election Iran and Iran's Parliament Speaker had traveled to Doha, [...] | 2009-07-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA458 | EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...] | 2009-07-22 04:45:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
| 09DOHA464 | THE GROWING STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKEY [...] (U) This Ministerial was the annual high-level meeting mandated by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Turkey and the GCC at their first ministerial summit in September of 2008 held in Jeddah. -- Although Turkey and the GCC consider the 2008 MOU to be the "launching point" for th [...] | 2009-07-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON TBIO SCUL IR IZ TU ZP |
| 09DOHA466 | QATAR RELEASES ITS OWN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT; JUDGMENTS CLOSE [...] Following is Post's detailed summary of the NHRC report and a comparison of its findings with that of our most recent Human Rights report for Qatar. GAZA ---- -- The NHRC Report begins with a review of Qatar's reaction to the war in Gaza, stating that the conflict cast a heavy shadow on t [...] | 2009-07-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI SCUL QA |
| 09DOHA467 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S KENNEDY [...] (U) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. 2. (SBU) Your visit is one of great importance to us, as it signals top management concern for our Embassy at a time where we are building a strategic partnership with Qatar to implement the President's vision of a new beginning with Muslim comm [...] | 2009-07-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT MG |
| 09DOHA468 | QATAR RESHUFFLES AMBASSADORS [...] (U) On July 22, 2009, a local Arabic-language newspaper, Al Arab, published a wide-ranging list of new ambassadorial appointments by the Government of Qatar. 2. (U) Of note, the Amir appointed Mishaal Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the ruling family, as Qatar's Permanent Repre [...] | 2009-07-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL INRB PINR QA IR EG DJ JA PK PL GM NL |
| 09DOHA470 | U.S. EMBASSY DOHA COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IT QA |
| 09DOHA471 | AMERICAN OIL & GAS ATTORNEY ANALYZES QATAR'S LNG [...] (SBU) On July 23, 2009, Ambassador met with William Cattan, an oil and gas attorney with Dewey & LeBoeuf, to discuss the outlook for Qatar's Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) industry. Mr. Cattan previously worked for one of Qatar's national natural gas companies, RasGas, and has considerable insight [...] | 2009-07-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON ENRG QA |
| 09DOHA472 | AMERICAN OIL & GAS ATTORNEY DOWNPLAYS "GAS OPEC" [...] (SBU) During a July 23, 2009 meeting with Ambassador, William Cattan, a former attorney with Qatar's RasGas, commented on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). His remarks follow. 2. (C) Cattan told the Ambassador that the GECF was an organization defined and controlled by its three le [...] | 2009-07-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS |
| 09DOHA473 | QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE |
| 09DOHA476 | QATAR'S UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Pursuant to Reftel, Embassy Doha provides the following information on Qatar's representation at the upcoming UNGA session in New York. The below information was provided by the Foreign Ministry and is subject to change. Embassy Doha will update this submission as further information beco [...] | 2009-07-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA QA |
| 09DOHA489 | INTERNET REPORTS RUMORS OF FOILED COUP ATTEMPT IN [...] (C) Various websites and blogs, relying largely on information from Ilaf.com, reported recently that the Qatari leadership had foiled a coup attempt on July 30. The reports said that 16 senior military commanders had been placed under house arrest. As many as 30 officers overall, among them 5 [...] | 2009-08-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PGOV PINS QA |
| 09DOHA493 | IRAN'S AMBASSADOR IN QATAR -- CROWN PRINCE TO [...] (SBU) In a press conference held July 27 in Doha, Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdullah Sohrabi announced that Qatari Crown Prince Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani would visit Tehran at the end of Ramadan. 2. (SBU) He added that several political and Islamic issues would be addressed during that vis [...] | 2009-08-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IR QA |
| 09DOHA495 | QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE [...] (C) According to diplomatic sources in Doha, Qatar has recently moved ahead with investment and infrastructure plans in Poland with the goal of augmenting its list of current LNG clients. The first stage of this engagement was the purchase of two Polish shipyards that are able to produce the n [...] | 2009-08-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE |
| 09DOHA498 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR QATARI AIR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting on the Qatari officer described below. A search of post records has found no information of any kind that he has committed human rights violations. 3. Bel [...] | 2009-08-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MASS QA |
| 09DOHA502 | ASD VERSHBOW'S MEETINGS IN QATAR [...] (C) During their July 20-21 visit to Qatar, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, and State Political-Military (PM) Assistant Secretary Andrew Shapiro held meetings with Qatar's military Chief of Staff, Major General (MG) Ha [...] | 2009-08-10 11:57:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS QA XF ZP ZR YM IR JO LE |
| 09DOHA503 | QATAR'S ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS BUDGET [...] (C) Below are subjects covered during the nearly hour-long meeting August 10th. ------------------------------- 2nd Runway at Al Udaid Air Base ------------------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador referenced a letter dated 3 Aug 09 that he had received from LTG North, recent AFCENT Command [...] | 2009-08-11 12:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS MCAP QA |
| 09DOHA505 | QATAR ACCEPTS USG PLAN TO PLACE EPA FELLOW IN [...] (SBU) On August 9, Ambassador met with Minister of Environment Abdulla bin Abud Al Meidhadi to discuss a proposal by the U.S. EPA, Region III, to place International Programs Manager Francesca Di Cosmo as a Science Fellow at the Ministry. The Fellow would assist the Ministry in capacity build [...] | 2009-08-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV EPA QA |
| 09DOHA513 | H1N1 UPDATE IN QATAR: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) Qatar's Supreme Council of Health is now reporting 350 H1N1 cases, up from the previous figure of 43, according to a report in a local English-language newspaper published on August 12. This gives Qatar the 3rd largest total of cases in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. To date th [...] | 2009-08-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO |
| 09DOHA522 | US EMBASSY DOHA COUNTRY TEAM ASSESMENT FOR [...] (U) Summary: On 24 August 2009 the Government of Qatar (GOQ) re-submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) to purchase the AN/AAQ-24(V) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure System (LAIRCM) for Qatar Head-of-State (HoS) Aircraft. Embassy Doha Country Team concurs with the proposed acquisition of th [...] | 2009-08-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA |
| 09DOHA523 | U.S. EMBASSY DOHA COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA |
| 09DOHA526 | QATAR TO DONATE $10 MILLION TO GAZA THROUGH HAMAS [...] (U) Local media reported August 23 that Amir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani called Hamas official Ismail Haniyah the evening of August 21 to inform him that Qatar would donate 10 million USD at the start of Muslim holy month of Ramadan to aid Gazan fishermen and workers. According to the lo [...] | 2009-08-24 13:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA529 | QATAR ACCEDES TO UN CONVENTION ON WOMEN [...] (U) On June 24, Shaykh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Heir Apparent, issued an Amiri Decree approving Qatar's accession to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW). Qatar conditioned its acceptance of the treaty by taking into account the following [...] | 2009-08-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA538 | OFFICIAL VISITS BETWEEN QATAR AND IRAN ESCALATE, [...] (U) Post has knowledge of only one high-level meeting between Qatari and Iranian officials during 2008. This was an August 2008 visit by Qatar's Amir, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, to Tehran, where he met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The leaders made public statements indicating [...] | 2009-08-30 13:17:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA539 | QATAR CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK ON SAUDI PRINCE; [...] (U) Qatar strongly condemned the August 27 suicide attack on Saudi Arabia's Deputy Interior Minister, Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef Al-Saud, according to multiple local press sources. An official at Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated his country's "firm rejection, condemnation and den [...] | 2009-08-31 10:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER QA SA |
| 09DOHA54 | AMIRI DIWAN OFFICIAL DEFENDS QATAR'S ACTIONS ON [...] (C) P/E Chief Rice expressed disappointment January 21 to Hassan Al-Ansari, a public relations adviser to the Amir, over the January 17 meeting in Doha, especially the inclusion of Iran and terrorist organizations. P/E Chief added that against this backdrop, the GOQ decision to close the Israe [...] | 2009-01-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR QA |
| 09DOHA545 | QATAR TO OPEN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN VIETNAM BY [...] (SBU) On August 28, the local English-language newspaper Gulf Times quoted Vietnamese consul Mau Tien Duong as saying that Qatar would open an embassy in Hanoi and an Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City by the end of 2009. According to Duong, this commitment was made by Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani [...] | 2009-08-31 13:22:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KTIP ELAB VM QA |
| 09DOHA547 | QATAR'S 10 MILLION USD DONATION TO GAZAN WORKERS [...] (U) In a September 1 press statement, the Vice Chairman of Qatar Charity, Abdullah Hussain Al-Nameh, revealed that his organization and Qatar's Red Crescent Society were selected by Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to administer the 10 million USD donation to Gazan fishermen and workers announc [...] | 2009-09-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA548 | SOLIDARITY CENTER HEAD HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (SBU) At an August 20 meeting with Poloff Caudill, Solidarity Center representative Boyko Atanasov reported that the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) had been very helpful in assisting with his work in Qatar. He said that NHRC staff had assisted him in acquiring the necessary work permi [...] | 2009-09-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP IN NE QA |
| 09DOHA549 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR: QATAR PLEDGES SUPPORT TO [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting with Charge, Palestinian Ambassador to Qatar Munir Ghannam characterized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' August 31 meeting with Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (accompanied by Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad [...] | 2009-09-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA550 | CDA MEETING: SOMALI AMBASSADOR TO QATAR PLAYS DOWN [...] (U) Qatar received a Somali delegation led by the President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),Shaykh Sherif Ahmed, August 26-29. President Shaykh Sherif, who was accompanied by his Ministers for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, held talks with Qatari Amir Hamad Bin K [...] | 2009-09-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA SO EG SA |
| 09DOHA552 | QATARI FOOD COMPANY ADAPTS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO [...] (U) A local Qatari newspaper carried an article August 31 praising the investment strategy of Qatar's Hassad Food Company. Hassad's decision to purchase shares in local agricultural companies instead of expropriating the agricultural land of poorer countries exclusively for Qatar's own purpos [...] | 2009-09-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TRGY QA AS SU |
| 09DOHA554 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and talking points by diplomatic note on September 2. Post has requested a meeting with the MFA official in charge of international organizations and UN affairs to follow up, but no meeting had been scheduled by the reply deadline set by Department. 2. [...] | 2009-09-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR QA |
| 09DOHA556 | QATAR TRIES TO MITIGATE H1N1 PUBLIC CONCERN [...] (U) Although only one H1N1-related death has been reported in Qatar as of August 31, Qataris appear somewhat panicked by the influenza's global reach. 2. (U) Assistant Director of Passports and Airport Security, Colonel Ibrahim Ahmed Nasr, reported in an interview with a local Arabic-langua [...] | 2009-09-08 08:26:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA557 | DARFUR TALKS TO RESUME IN DOHA IN OCTOBER [...] (SBU) MFA Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, Qatar's de facto Foreign Minister and the force behind Qatar's efforts to mediate the Darfur conflict, met September 7 in Doha with Djibril Bassole, the AU/UN Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur. The talks were aimed at restarting [...] | 2009-09-08 11:11:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA561 | QATAR TO SEEK ANOTHER TERM ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organization and UN Affairs Abdulaziz Al-Sowaidi told P/E Chief Rice and Poloff Caudill on September 8 that Qatar will seek another term on the UN Human Rights Council. He asked that the U.S. support Qatar's efforts to retain its seat. 2. (C) Asked wheth [...] | 2009-09-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR QA |
| 09DOHA572 | QATAR CONFIRMS SECOND H1N1 DEATH: VICTIM ACTIVE IN [...] (C) The Supreme Council for Health (SCH) announced on September 12 that a second death had occurred as the result of the H1N1 virus. Dr. Husam Rezeq, Head of Communicable Disease Control and Vaccination at the Ministry of Health, told Emboff on September 15 that the victim, a 40 year-old Nepal [...] | 2009-09-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO |
| 09DOHA578 | QATAR TO SEND DELEGATION TO FOOD SECURITY MEETING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Embassy received a letter from the Qatar National Food Security Programme on September 17 stating that Chairman Fahad Al-Attiyah and members of his organization would attend the meeting to be co-hosted by Secretary Clinton on September 26. 2. (SBU) The [...] | 2009-09-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA QA |
| 09DOHA595 | FOOD AID VS. FOOD SECURITY: AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE [...] (U) The White House, Department, and Department of Agriculture have effectively highlighted the USG's strong commitment to reducing hunger worldwide through development assistance and partnerships. The talking points and public diplomacy materials made available to posts have been unpreceden [...] | 2009-09-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EAGR ECON QA |
| 09DOHA60 | GCC HAS CLEAR VISION FOR COMMON CURRENCY, BUT [...] (C) Qatar Central Bank Governor Shaykh Abdullah Bin Saoud Al Thani told Ambassador January 12 that the GCC states continue to plan for the launch of a common currency next year but they must still "do more homework" on harmonizing their monetary policies. (Note: GCC Heads of State and Finance [...] | 2009-01-26 12:30:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EFIN QA |
| 09DOHA603 | QATAR NATIONAL BANK DENIES FINANCING IRANIAN OIL [...] (SBU) On October 4, Qatar National Bank (QNB) issued an official statement denying an October 3 Reuters report that QNB would invest 400 million euros (USD 581 million) in the development of Iran's Esfandiar offshore oil field. In the statement, which was aired on Al Jazeera Arabic television [...] | 2009-10-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EINV SA KU IR QA |
| 09DOHA604 | EMBASSY DOHA'S WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) The Cairo Speech is a central element in "synchronization" - Embassy Doha,s whole of government approach to USG policy implementation in Qatar. Centered on interagency groups organized around achieving shared interagency goals, the synchronization process brings together all elements of [...] | 2009-10-06 09:47:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO ECON EAID ESTH EAGR QA |
| 09DOHA605 | PRIME MINISTER ON GENEVA TALKS ON IRAN: WE'RE [...] (C) On October 5, Ambassador, accompanied by UK Ambassador John Hawkins and French CDA Alain Peucler, met with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani. The purpose of the meeting was to deliver the demarche requests each had received concerning the recent discover [...] | 2009-10-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR QA |
| 09DOHA606 | PRIME MINISTER: QATAR DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT YEMEN [...] (C) At an October 5 meeting with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Ambassador raised the issue of the ongoing civil strife in Yemen. The Prime Minister replied that "We are frightened about Yemen." He pointed out that Yemen is very close to Qatar, and that a wide [...] | 2009-10-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER YM SA QA |
| 09DOHA620 | SKEPTICISM GREETS IRANIAN STATEMENT ON GAS PRICING [...] (C) Media reported 21 September that Iran,s representative to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),Mohammed Ali Khatibi, announced Iranian government plans to seek consensus among GECF members over a pricing formula for gas supplies to world markets. However, the expatriate country manag [...] | 2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS |
| 09DOHA623 | GCC NUCLEAR RESEARCH TRAINING CENTER STILL SEVERAL [...] (SBU) Embassy officers attended the September 28-30 Doha workshop jointly coordinated by the IAEA, GCC and the Qatari Ministry of Environment to discuss the possibility of establishing a Regional Nuclear Training Center in the GCC region. All six GCC countries had representatives in attenda [...] | 2009-10-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IAEA QA |
| 09DOHA628 | QATAR CONDEMNS OCTOBER 18 EXPLOSION IN IRAN [...] (SBU) Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs distributed October 19 to all diplomatic missions in Doha a diplomatic note expressing "the State of Qatar's...condemnation of the explosion that took place (October 18) in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan." 2. (SBU) The statement notes th [...] | 2009-10-19 13:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER QA IR |
| 09DOHA629 | QATAR FORMALLY REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA639 | QATAR MOVES FORWARD ON GAS TO LIQUID INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Simon Buerk, communications manager for Shell Service Company in Qatar, told P/E Chief Rice October 20 that the revenue from the Pearl project, once it is fully operational, will generate a profit in the early stages that Shell will split with Qatar Petroleum (QP). 2. (SBU) According [...] | 2009-10-26 05:23:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY TNGD ENRG KMPI QA |
| 09DOHA644 | MFA OFFICIAL: QATAR’S INVOLVEMENT IN AL-MEGRAHI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LY UK QA |
| 09DOHA651 | VIETNAMESE CONSUL: LABOR AGREEMENTS WITH QATAR [...] (C) At an October 28 meeting with Poloff Caudill, Vietnamese consul Mau Tien Dong called the labor agreement between his country and the GOQ "just paper". He said that the February agreement under which the GOQ agreed to accept 25,000 Vietnamese workers (Ref A) was merely a gesture of goodwil [...] | 2009-11-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELAB KTIP VM QA |
| 09DOHA654 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES QATAR'S SUPPORT [...] (C) Ambassador met October 20 with Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim. The meeting was held at the request of Ambassador Ghanim. The two Ambassadors discussed a wide range of issues that included the prospects for the formation of a unity government between Hamas and Fatah and the [...] | 2009-11-04 11:06:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WBG IS EG SA QA |
| 09DOHA656 | EMBASSY REVIEWS READINESS FOR SEVERE H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) On October 25, the Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) met, as requested reftel, to review the current status of H1N1 infection Qatar and the steps that the Embassy has taken to prepare for a severe influenza outbreak, should that occur. DCM chaired the meeting with representatives f [...] | 2009-11-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
| 09DOHA66 | QATAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PUSH BOYCOTT OVER GAZA [...] (U) According to January 27 press reports, students of Qatar University are pursuing an economic boycott of American and Western firms that support Israel in solidarity with a boycott movement in nearly a dozen other (unidentified) countries. 2. (U) Engineering student Ibrahim Saad, an orga [...] | 2009-01-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KBCT KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA660 | AMIR OF QATAR VISITS AHMADINEJAD IN TEHRAN [...] (U) A delegation headed by the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who was accompanied by Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, visited Tehran November 5 for a day-long visit. According to press reports from both Qatar and Iran, the Amir and Iranian President Mahmo [...] | 2009-11-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA664 | REPORTED QATARI MEDIATION IN FORMATION OF LEBANESE [...] (C) Talal Karami, the nephew of former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami, told P/E Chief Rice November 6 over dinner that the GOQ remains actively involved behind the scenes in mediating Lebanese political conflicts. He reported that Qatar's Prime Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, himse [...] | 2009-11-09 09:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE QA |
| 09DOHA665 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS INTERFAITH [...] (SBU) More than 250 participants from 59 countries gathered in Doha October 20-21 for the Seventh Annual Conference on Interfaith Dialogue. Among those giving speeches and participating in the panel discussions were Christian clergy, Muslim imams, and Jewish rabbis. There were no representat [...] | 2009-11-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF QA |
| 09DOHA667 | 2010 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: DEMOCRACY LEADER LOOKS [...] (SBU) Ambassador met on November 12 with Dr. Marzen Marzouk, Director of the Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF). The meeting was held at Marzouk's request. Also present in the meeting were ADF Deputy Director for Programs Wafa'a Omar and Poloff Caudill. The discussion covered a variety of topic [...] | 2009-11-16 10:23:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CA MO QA |
| 09DOHA668 | ARAB DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION HEAD PREVIEWS [...] (SBU) Ambassador met November 12 with Marzen Marzouk, Director of the Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF). The meeting was held at Dr. Marzouk's request to discuss his organization's involvement in the Darfur talks to take place in Doha later in November. Also present in the meeting were ADF Dep [...] | 2009-11-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU QA |
| 09DOHA674 | DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION TO OPEN CONFLICT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM QA |
| 09DOHA675 | QATAR: MOD COS AL ATTIYAH ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qatari MOD Chief of Staff Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah met with the Ambassador and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage on November 8. He accepted Gen Hostage's invitation to fly a C-17 sortie over Afghanistan, indicating he understood that onerou [...] | 2009-11-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS QA IR YM |
| 09DOHA676 | ARAB DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION HEAD RELATES DRAFT PLAN [...] (SBU) At a November 12 meeting with Ambassador, Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF) Director Marzen Marzouk unveiled a three part draft plan for how his organization plans to engage the parties to the conflict in Somalia with the aim of formulating a blueprint for a peace process. The meeting was [...] | 2009-11-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHSA SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA677 | THE MOVE TOWARD AN INTERAGENCY SYNCHRONIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL AMGT KSPR QA |
| 09DOHA678 | DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION TO OPEN CONFLICT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador met November 12 with Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF) Director Mohsen Marzouk. The meeting was held at Dr. Marzouk's request. Also present at the meeting were ADF Deputy Director of Programs Wafa'a Omar and Poloff Caudill. At the meeting, Marzouk revealed that the ADF would [...] | 2009-11-22 13:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM QA |
| 09DOHA680 | QATAR: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED [...] Qatar does not have any Arab League boycott laws on the books, maintain an Arab League boycott office, or enforce any of the three forms of the boycott. However, the GOQ will usually send an observer from its embassy in Damascus to the Central Boycott Office meetings. 2. Some government te [...] | 2009-11-23 10:26:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KBCT QA |
| 09DOHA682 | QATAR-CUBA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy Doha provides the following information on Qatar's relations with Cuba. 2. (SBU) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? -- We have no evidence that Qatar has worked to pro [...] | 2009-11-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU QA |
| 09DOHA689 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES QARADAWI WITH MFA MINISTER OF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered November 24 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud reftel letter from U/S Levey. Ambassador noted that the letter follows up on an October conversation that Al-Mahmoud and U/S Levey had in Washington on the relationship of Yousef Al-Qaradawi with Q [...] | 2009-11-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER QA |
| 09DOHA690 | MINSTATE AL-MAHMOUD COMMENTS ON HOW TO ADVANCE [...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud presented Qatar's thinking on advancing peace between Israel and the Palestinians. He noted that Hamas won the Palestinian elections. As such, "in this region we do not see them as a terrori [...] | 2009-11-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA691 | QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY'S 2010 INVESTMENT [...] (C) At a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Executive Board Member Dr. Hussain Al-Abdulla outlined Qatar's investment strategy for 2010. Also present at the meeting were FCS Chief Le and Poloff Caudill. In response to Ambassador Dr. Al-Abdulla said that for [...] | 2009-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EINV AR BR CH |
| 09DOHA692 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S [...] (SBU) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with Minister of Energy/Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah and have requested meetings with Managing Director of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Dr. Hussein Abdullah and Shaykh Abdul Rah [...] | 2009-11-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EINV TRGY QA |
| 09DOHA698 | SOME POSITIVE SIGNS ON AVIATION SECURITY [...] (C) In a November 17 meeting hosted by Major General Saad Al-Khulaifi of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),TSA Deputy Director of International Operations in the Office of Global Strategies Victoria Reeder noted that TSA personnel observing passenger boarding that morning on Qatar Airways flight [...] | 2009-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
| 09DOHA699 | QATAR SEES OPPORTUNITY IN DUBAI DEBT FALLOUT [...] (U) Arabic-language print media reporting was largely drawn from wire services. Local content focused on QatarQs lack of exposure in Dubai and the opportunity that Dubai's woes provide to showcase Qatar as an investment destination. The following are representative quotes: -- Al Sharq daily [...] | 2009-12-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA71 | HAMAS LEADER MEETS AMIR, DELIVERS FIERY SPEECH AT [...] (U) Hamas political leader Khalid Mish'al called January 28 on the Amir in his Amiri Diwan office. According to press reports, the two discussed "the latest developments in the Palestinian territories". Also present at the meeting were officials from the Amir's staff and the MFA. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-01-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA723 | MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER PRAISES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) P/E Chief Rice, accompanied by PolOff Caudill, met with MFA Human Rights Officer Shaykha Sumaya Al Thani on December 15 to discuss the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report for Qatar. Also present on the Qatari side were MFA Human Rights Department Legal Counsel Dr. Mohammad Saee [...] | 2009-12-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF QA |
| 09DOHA724 | Qatar Sharpening Focus on Food Security and Related [...] (SBU) The text below summarizes a new GOQ policy paper on Qatar's food security policies and strategies. The paper was given to Ambassador LeBaron by an officer of Qatar's National Food Security Program, with the understanding that it would be circulated within the U.S. Executive Branch. 2 [...] | 2009-12-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TRGY QA |
| 09DOHA727 | 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR QATAR [...] (SBU) Post presents the following update in response to reftelrequest for a summary of GOQ progress on selected anti-trafficking issues. 2. (SBU) Q: Please summarize the progress, or lack thereof, the Government of Qatar has made in enacting the draft comprehensive anti-trafficking legis [...] | 2009-12-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIP ELAB QA |
| 09DOHA728 | QATAR,S PRIME MINISTER ON IRAN: "THEY LIE TO US; [...] (C) Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Ambassador met December 10 with Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani. Also present on the American side was State Department Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, David Goldwyn. DepSec Poneman thanked the Prime Minister for the mee [...] | 2009-12-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | ENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA |
| 09DOHA729 | QATAR SEES SLOW PROGRESS ON ITS GCC COMMON [...] (S) MFA Director for GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber told P/E Chief Rice December 20 that Qatar's proposal encouraging GCC member states to work as a group and establish common positions on military and security postures and policies is still under review by GCC members. Qatar's Prime Minister, [...] | 2009-12-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PNUC ECON EFIN QA IR |
| 09DOHA733 | VISIT OF QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (who serves concurrently as Foreign Minister) of Qatar will visit Washington beginning January 4 to continue the strategic consultations that Qatar and the USG have pursued since June, when Near Eastern Affairs Assistant Secretary Feltman first prop [...] | 2009-12-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAGR QA |
| 09DOHA735 | QATAR UNFAZED BY DUBAI DEBT - OUTLOOK POSITIVE [...] (U) With the announcement November 27th of the massive debt restructuring in Dubai, many analysts expressed concern about the potential for spillover effects into the other Gulf economies. This concern was evidenced by the eight-percent decrease in the Doha Securities Market 20 Index (DSM20) [...] | 2009-12-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EFIN QA |
| 09DOHA741 | QATAR: GULF CURRENCY UNION "AT LEAST 3 TO 4 YEARS [...] (SBU) In the wake of the recent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) head-of-state summit in Kuwait City in December, Qatari reaction to news of progress on establishing a Gulf Common Currency remains subdued. In a December 20 meeting, MFA Director for GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber told P/E Chief Rice [...] | 2009-12-23 08:32:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON QA |
| 09DOHA742 | DECEMBER 27 DARFUR TALKS IN DOHA: OFFICIAL [...] (U) Below is the English-language communique provided to Embassy Doha by Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the outcome of the December 27 talks with Sudanese officials on Darfur. 2. (U) Begin Communique: In the framework of the Inclusive Peace Talks in Darfur, which were officially [...] | 2009-12-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU QA |
| 09DOHA79 | QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY NOT MAKING NEW [...] (C) Navid Chamdia (protect),the Qatar Investment Authority's (QIA) chief for international real estate investments, told us that the QIA is currently considering no new investments - in real estate or otherwise - at this time. He said Finance Minister and QIA Executive Board Member Yousef Hu [...] | 2009-02-02 11:27:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN QA |
| 09DOHA80 | AL JAZEERA ASKS: "WHY NOT US FOR OBAMA INTERVIEW?" [...] (C) Ahmed al-Kholaifi, Managing Director of Al Jazeera's Board of Directors, told PAO on January 29 that he was encouraged by the message conveyed by President Obama during his interview on Al Arabiya. A graduate of U.S. universities, Kholaifi said he was "really rooting for America." He add [...] | 2009-02-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA |
| 09DOHA81 | QATAR-HOSTED GAZA CONFERENCE AVOIDS HEATED [...] (SBU) The one-day workshop on aid to Gaza was hosted by Qatar Charity but organized by the Humanitarian Forum, a UK-based organization. The workshop was intended to harmonize aid efforts among Arab, Muslim, and Western humanitarian relief organizations. The Forum's steering group comprises a [...] | 2009-02-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID WEBG QA GZ |
| 09DOHA85 | QATAR MFA MINSTATE UNDERSCORES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE [...] (C) Ambassador expressed to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud February 2 Washington's concern that Qatar's hosting of the January 16 meeting on Palestine, at which the Iranian President, as well as Hamas and PIJ leaders, were present, signaled a tilt toward the radical cam [...] | 2009-02-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA86 | MINISTER OF STATE: QATAR LOOKS TO PARTNER WITH UN, [...] (C) At a February 3 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Khalid Al-Attiyah said that Qatar is pleased with the success of its partnerships with American NGOs in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. He singled out the partnership between Qatar [...] | 2009-02-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG QA EG |
| 09DOHA89 | HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR TO CONSIDER POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (SBU) At a February 4 meeting with National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Chairman Ali Said Al-Marri, Ambassador expressed deep concern over the planned February 22-24 "International Conference for the Promotion of Palestinian Rights: Towards a Sustainable Active Alliance." The Conference, w [...] | 2009-02-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAL WEBZ QA IS |
| 09DOHA96 | PROPOSED GAZA RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Turkish political counselor in Qatar Cevat Ok confirmed to Poloff Zebley on February 8 that PM Erdogan received a personal invitation from PM Al Thani to attend a conference on Gaza aid "in the near future", but stated that no date had been set. He also noted that while the Turkish PM wel [...] | 2009-02-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL EAID KWBG QA EG |
| 09DOHA97 | QATARI MFA MINSTATE: RELATIONS WITH IRAN PROTECT [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud categorically rejected the notion that Qatar stands outside the Arab "moderate camp." He asserted that only Qatar "can trust itself to protect (its) interests." It's in Qatar's interest, for example, to maintain [...] | 2009-02-09 05:53:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA98 | LEBANESE MAN SENTENCED TO THREE-YEAR PRISON TERM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM QA |
| 09DOHA99 | GOQ TAKES STEP TOWARD BROADER ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ [...] On February 8 the GOQ signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) paving the way for cooperation on infrastructure development, agriculture, and aviation. The agreement was signed during a visit by the president of Iraq's Kurdish region, Mass [...] | 2009-02-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KREL QA IZ |
| 09DUBAI111 | LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENCE COMPOUND DUBAI'S [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Attempts to put a positive spin on the extent of Dubai's financial crisis continue even as some of Dubai's financial elite continue to voice concern over a deep and growing shortfall of cash, credit, and confidence. Sluggish efforts by Dubai officials (and to some e [...] | 2009-03-05 15:33:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | TC PREL EINV ECON EFIN |
| 09DUBAI12 | DUBAI'S REAL ESTATE PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary. A substantial portion of the Dubai real estate boom (and subsequent bust) was fueled by regional excess liquidity, negative real interest rates, and speculators and longer term investors riding the rocketing price wave. However, the Dubai market differs substantially from the t [...] | 2009-01-13 06:45:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI156 | FORMER CHECHEN COMMANDER GUNNED DOWN IN DUBAI [...] (SBU) Former Chechen commander Sulim Yamadayev was shot and killed on March 28 in the parking lot of the apartment building where he lived in Dubai on March 28. Police officials have publicly called his murder an assassination and said that he was surveilled in the days before his death; how [...] | 2009-04-05 12:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER RS TC |
| 09DUBAI157 | FORMER CHECHEN COMMANDER GUNNED DOWN IN DUBAI [...] (SBU) Former Chechen commander Sulim Yamadayev was shot and killed on March 28 in the parking lot of the apartment building where he lived in Dubai on March 28. Police officials have publicly called his murder an assassination and said that he was surveilled in the days before his death; how [...] | 2009-04-05 14:37:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER RS TC |
| 09DUBAI16 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] The following is US Consulate Dubai's OSAC Crime and Safety Report for 2008: 2. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: The actual crime rate in Dubai is difficult to determine due to lack of transparency on the part of host government with regards to crime statistics and related information. [...] | 2009-01-15 12:14:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | AE ASEC |
| 09DUBAI165 | FORMER MINISTER OF STATE CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On April 8, Dubai Public Prosecution charged, as the primary defendant, former Minster of State for Finance and former chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) Mohammed Khalfan Al Kharbash with embezzlement of public funds and harming of state interests. Zack Shahin, AMCIT [...] | 2009-04-13 09:43:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON CASC KCRM AE |
| 09DUBAI241 | DUBAI'S LOW-COST AIRLINE LAUNCHES INAUGURAL ROUTES [...] (U) During its first two weeks of operation, flydubai--Dubai's new low-cost airline--launched inaugural routes to Beirut and Amman on June 1 and additional routes to Damascus and Alexandria on June 8 and 9, respectively. The new airline will focus on destinations four hours or less from Dubai [...] | 2009-06-10 14:29:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI242 | DUBAI'S CITY OF HOPE CLOSED [...] (C) As presaged in reftels A, B, and C, Dubai's only non-governmental women's shelter, City of Hope (CoH),closed on June 2, 2009 with neither fanfare nor press coverage. As reported, this unfortunate event followed political controversy about suspect allegations reported in some local newspap [...] | 2009-06-11 09:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CACS PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI253 | DUBAI FINANCE DEPARTMENT STOIC ABOUT DUBAI INC. DEBT [...] (S) Summary. Two senior Dubai Department of Finance (DDF) officials told EmbOffs June 15 that Dubai Inc.'s debt woes were caused by poor coordination and debt management. The DDF is working with Dubai's Supreme Fiscal Committee to determine how the $10 billion bond issued in February will be [...] | 2009-06-18 05:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI275 | STATUS OF DP WORLD IN THE CURRENT ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Like most multinational companies, Dubai Ports World (DP World) has not been immune to the current financial crisis. While some business plans are unchanged, DP World has revised other plans based on declining demand and trade volumes at Dubai's mammoth Jebel Ali port and abroad. [...] | 2009-07-07 10:29:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI279 | NEW CONSULATE COMPOUND -- ENSURING LABOR BEST PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Summary: With significant recent negative media attention focused on labor issues in the UAE, including the UAE being downgraded in the annual TIP Report (reftel),the Consulate General is working with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) and the contractor B.L. Harbert, to [...] | 2009-07-08 13:04:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AMGT PHUM AE |
| 09DUBAI299 | DUBAI FINANCE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES SUPPORT FUND [...] (S) Summary. In a rare public acknowledgment that Dubai's financial crisis lingers on, the Dubai Department of Finance (DDF) launched on July 22 the "Dubai Financial Support Fund" to manage the second half of a five-year USD 20 billion Dubai government bond (reftel). While official government [...] | 2009-07-23 12:15:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI300 | DUBAI: AFGHANISTAN'S PRIVATE SECTOR IN EXILE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Consul General, accompanied by PolOff, met with Afghan Business Council Chairman Haji Obaidullah Sader Khail on July 15. The Afghan Business Council in Dubai was established in April 2005 and its 160 members serve as Afghanistan's private sector in exile. About 1000 of Af [...] | 2009-07-23 12:48:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL AF AE |
| 09DUBAI330 | DUBAI SEEKS TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent press reports about a spate of food poisoning cases in Dubai, including high-profile deaths of several children, have resulted in growing concern about food safety standards in the emirate. The Director of the Food Control Department (FCD) at Dubai Municipality attributes [...] | 2009-08-12 11:36:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI336 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION A PRIORITY SAY DUBAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and prosecution of counterfeiters remain top priorities of the Dubai and federal UAE governments, according to Dubai Customs officials. Efforts to date have been limited by a population still largely uninformed about the need to [...] | 2009-08-18 07:23:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AF TC |
| 09DUBAI354 | DUBAI SEEKS BOTTOM FOR ITS REAL ESTATE MARKET THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dubai Holding, the Dubai Inc. entity representing the personal property holdings of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR),plans to consolidate several of its largest property developers into one mega-sized integrated unit. Although news of the consolidation was [...] | 2009-08-30 07:31:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI365 | LABOR STRIKES RETURN TO DUBAI [...] (SBU) Summary: An impromptu labor strike on August 31 surprised a city known for its disproportionately large, but generally quiet expat unskilled labor force. Approximately 1200 laborers from Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises took to the streets in protest of low pay and restricted access to [...] | 2009-09-02 14:06:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI AE |
| 09DUBAI367 | TUNING OUT POLITICS, ABRAAJ CAPITAL TRIES TO REBUILD KARACHI [...] (C) Summary: Abraaj Capital, a UAE-based private equity firm, is optimistic its investment in Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),which supplies electricity to over 20 million people, is succeeding in turning around the company. CEO Arif Naqvi believes that KESC's long term viability woul [...] | 2009-09-03 13:14:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN ECON PREL PK AE |
| 09DUBAI380 | NAKHEEL DEBT DEAL WEIGHS ON DUBAI'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming USD 3.5 billion Sukuk debt repayment for Dubai-based real estate mega developer, Nakheel Properties Inc., is the hot topic in financial circles. The odds are high that Abu Dhabi, vis-`-vis the UAE Central Bank, will intervene to cover the debt, raising hopes for Dubai [...] | 2009-09-14 13:59:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI392 | DUBAI'S NAKHEEL LOOKS TO MARKET FOR DEBT COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Financial gossip in Dubai continues to revolve around how mega developer Nakheel plans to address its massive USD 3.5 billion Sukuk bond debt obligation due in December. Although Dubai's credit markets have begun to thaw, most analysts have come to expect an Abu Dhabi-funded bail [...] | 2009-09-28 09:29:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI40 | DUBAI'S "TRANSPARENT" BUDGET [...] (U) Ostensibly in support of Dubai government's efforts at greater transparency, publically disclosed details of Dubai's 2009 government budget provided an unprecedented (though not highly informative)) glimpse into the historically closely held balance sheet. In particular, the released infor [...] | 2009-01-29 13:40:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI408 | FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...] | 2009-10-05 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE |
| 09DUBAI41 | EMIRATES AIRLINE AND DNATA TRANSFER TO INVESTMENT [...] (C) On January 20, poloff met with Faisal Mikou, Executive Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions at the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD),to discuss recent media coverage of the transfer of Dubai-based Emirates Airlines and air travel services firm Dnata to ICD. Mikou was puzzled by [...] | 2009-01-29 14:16:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAIR ECON PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI447 | UAE'S RAS AL KHAIMAH: ROGUE OR REFORMER? [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ras Al Khaimah (RAK),the UAE's northern-most emirate, has emerged into the media spotlight amidst a blitz of recent accusations by a deposed former Crown Prince that, among other things, RAK facilitates illicit trade with Iran, in particular cargo related to Iran's nuclear and [...] | 2009-10-18 08:13:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KNNP ETRD ECON ETTC AE IR |
| 09DUBAI449 | UAE: SHARJAH'S POWER PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: Sharjah, the UAE's third most populous Emirate, has been suffering since early August ongoing power outages ranging from several hours to several days at a time. The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) attributes the outages to high summer demand, but gas shortages and [...] | 2009-10-18 10:49:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI451 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY-- CASE NO. K-2350 (BROKER SAID [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Said Kiwan, Director MVP Tech on October 15 as requested in reftel Blue Lantern broker inquiry. MVP Tech was established in 2003 and is a security contractor specializing in systems integration for prominent Dubai companies and hotels such as Al Tayer, Arabtec, World Trade [...] | 2009-10-21 08:47:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AE |
| 09DUBAI452 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY-- CASE NO. K-2007 (BROKER JAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request for Blue Lantern broker inquiry, Poloff and PolEcon Specialist met with Axsys Technologies' Senior Vice President for Coporate Strategy and Development Jake Soujah and Director of Operations Kinda Assouad, on October 7, 2009. Axsys mainly deals with equipment [...] | 2009-10-21 08:52:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AE |
| 09DUBAI454 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY-- CASE NO. K-2339 (BROKER KAREEM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 05:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AE |
| 09DUBAI457 | U.S. CONTRACTORS STILL OWED FOR DUBAI PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. companies who in part helped fuel the real estate and construction boom in Dubai continue to lament the lack of payment to them by both the Government of Dubai entities and private property developers across Dubai. The amount of money owed to U.S. contractors varies quite si [...] | 2009-10-22 14:33:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI473 | DUBAI CUSTOMS STOPS ILLICIT AIR CARGO SHIPMENT AS A RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 26, Dubai Customs acted on intelligence from Dubai-based DHS/ICE officials in seizing an in-bound air shipment originating in Canada containing what is believed to be dual-use nuclear technology slated for re-export from Dubai to an undetermined destination. This interd [...] | 2009-11-03 12:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI489 | DUBAI SEEKS CASH AS COMMERCIAL DEBT LOOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The surprise announcement by Dubai mega-developer Nakheel that it had paid USD 1.2 billion toward its securitized debt obligations one month ahead of schedule energized debt markets and coincided with the Government of Dubai's own announcement of a new USD 6.5 billion bond sale ro [...] | 2009-11-15 14:14:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI491 | DUBAI SEEKS CASH AS COMMERCIAL DEBT LOOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The surprise announcement by Dubai mega-developer Nakheel that it had paid USD 1.2 billion toward its securitized debt obligations one month ahead of schedule energized debt markets and coincided with the Government of Dubai's own announcement of a new USD 6.5 billion bond sale ro [...] | 2009-11-16 04:08:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI505 | DUBAI RULER SHAKES UP SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A shake-up in Dubai's financial services and investment nerve centers over the weekend has brought down four of the principal architects of Dubai's rapid, debt-fuelled economic expansion. Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR) replaced Dr. Omar bin Suleiman as he [...] | 2009-11-23 12:25:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI516 | DUBAI FINANCE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dubai and Abu Dhabi financial markets plunged in Monday and Tuesday trading, the first market openings since Dubai World's announcement of six month moratorium on debt repayments (ref A). A senior Dubai finance official distanced the Dubai government from Dubai World's non-sovere [...] | 2009-12-01 13:15:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI52 | DESPITE POSITIVE SPIN, DUBAI'S ECONOMIC WOES CONTINUE [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Dubai government's continued reluctance to discuss details of its financial health, combined with official statements that the emirate will make due on existing monetary obligations, maintain a positive (albeit reduced) 2009 GDP, and quickly rebound from the world wide cris [...] | 2009-02-04 11:10:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI530 | DUBAI SOVEREIGN VERSUS COMMERCIAL DEBT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 14:05:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI533 | DUBAI RECEIVES LIFELINE FROM ABU DHABI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Dubai, acting through the Supreme Fiscal Committee, announced on December 14 that it had received USD 10 billion directly from Abu Dhabi in order to pay off Dubai World's real estate developer Nakheel's USD 4.1 billion sukuk (Islamic bond). The balance of the US [...] | 2009-12-14 11:02:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI545 | Dubai Debt Crisis: Treasury Acting A/S Baukol's Meetings [...] (C) Summary: Dubai and UAE Federal officials sought to reassure Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Baukol that the Dubai debt crisis was on the road to resolution, with effective measures being developed through legislation to ensure such over-borrowing would not occur in the future, [...] | 2009-12-23 06:35:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV AE |
| 09DUBLIN100 | U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT: STILL WORK TO [...] (C) Summary: In November 2008, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey signed an Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance ("Agreement"). Building on the 1985 immigration preinspection agreement, the Agreement allows for customs, immigration [...] | 2009-03-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN101 | IRISH FM'S VISIT TO CUBA: NO CIVIL SOCIETY MEETINGS [...] (C) On February 26, Emboff spoke with Ruth Parkin, desk officer in the Americas section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding Foreign Minister Micheal Martin's February 17/18 visit to Cuba. Parkin said that Martin did not have time to meet with any Cuban human rights organiza [...] | 2009-03-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU EI |
| 09DUBLIN102 | RUSSIANS TAKE BLAME FOR OIL SPILL OFF IRISH COAST [...] (C) On February 27, Emboff spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia/Europe Office at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding the February 14 oil spill off Ireland's coast (reftel). Dowling said that a "reasonably senior" Russian delegation met with the Irish Coas [...] | 2009-03-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHSA RU EI |
| 09DUBLIN105 | INFORMING ISAF PARTNERS OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche on March 3 to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan reiterated the full support of the Government of Ireland for the USG policy review on Afghanistan and expressed appreciation for the briefing on SOF plans. ( [...] | 2009-03-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN110 | BRIAN COWEN RALLIES THE TROOPS: THE 72ND FIANNA [...] (SBU) The governing political party in Ireland, Fianna Fail, held its annual party convention on February 27-28, 2009. The party's leaders acknowledged the country's difficult economic slump and heaped blame for the current problems on bankers. Facing record low approval ratings, Prime Min [...] | 2009-03-05 17:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EI EIND PGOV PREL |
| 09DUBLIN114 | IRISH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BRITISH [...] (C) The government of Ireland has condemned the attacks in Northern Ireland on March 7 that killed two British soldiers. Irish government officials say that the Northern Ireland Assembly, the British government and the Irish government are coordinating their responses closely. Dublin also s [...] | 2009-03-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EI |
| 09DUBLIN120 | FRAUD SUMMARY - IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EI |
| 09DUBLIN127 | LIBERTAS LEADER TO STAND IN EUROPEAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Declan Ganley, founder of Libertas, has announced his candidacy for the June 2009 European Parliament election in Ireland. While sharply criticizing the Irish government for mismanaging the economy and supporting the Lisbon Treaty, Ganley himself has come under pressure for re [...] | 2009-03-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN129 | IRELAND NOT ATTENDING SEOUL GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 14:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC EI KS |
| 09DUBLIN130 | IRELAND'S BANKING SECTOR - ENOUGH TO MAKE FIANNA [...] (C) The Irish banking industry continues to weather the fallout from the Anglo Irish Bank nationalization. While there are no new developments in the Anglo Irish criminal investigation, a fifth member of the "Golden Circle" has been revealed, as have additional inappropriate dealings by former [...] | 2009-03-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN137 | LATEST BUDGET FIGURES FORCE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In light of greater than expected budget deficits and falling tax revenue, the Government of Ireland is investigating a number of unorthodox solutions to the financial crisis. While these proposals mark a dramatic departure from traditional methods, it is unlikely that they will [...] | 2009-04-01 07:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON EI |
| 09DUBLIN146 | THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S APRIL BUDGET: BEGINNING OF [...] (C) Summary: On April 7 the Irish government will release a new budget aimed at fixing the hole in government finances and in its reputation. Even with the new measures, the government's 2009 fiscal deficit will come in above the 9.5 percent that it forecast earlier in the year. Most economi [...] | 2009-04-06 08:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN148 | REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on April 3 and March 31 respectively to Isolde Moylan, Regional Director, Office of Asia and Oceania, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan responded that the government of Ireland is "strongly appreciative and supportive" of both the Afghanistan [...] | 2009-04-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR EI |
| 09DUBLIN152 | IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] In an April 6 statement following the informal U.S.-EU Summit in Prague, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin, welcomed President Obama's commitment to work towards a world without nuclear weapons, a central aim of Irish foreign policy for over fifty years. Martin said Ireland's highes [...] | 2009-04-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN156 | IRISH GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET -- POLITICS TRUMPS [...] (C) Summary: On April 7 the Irish government released a supplementary budget in response to the dramatic deterioration in the government's finances. Despite pre-budget calls for a focus on spending cuts (ref A),the government's budget is weighted toward tax increases, such as a doubling of t [...] | 2009-04-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN166 | EMBASSY DUBLIN: TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING [...] The TFCO for Embassy Dublin is Dwight Nystrom, Economics Officer; phone: 353-1-630-6274; classified email:nystromd@state.sgov.gov; unclassified email:nystromdd@stte.gov. The Deputy TFCO is Jami Papa, Political Officer; phone: 353-1-630-6275; classified email:apajl@state.sgov.gov; unclassified [...] | 2009-04-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER EI |
| 09DUBLIN167 | IRELAND'S SOVEREIGN DEBT -- IN GOOD HANDS [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Emboffs met with Anthony Linehan, Deputy Director, Funding & Debt Management, National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to talk about the Irish government's debt program and the soon-to-be-operational National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). He indicated that the Ir [...] | 2009-04-17 10:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN168 | IRELAND SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On April 17, Econoff spoke to the Irish Finance Ministry's Brendan Ryan who indicated that the Irish government will vote "Yes" on Kosovo's membership in the IMF and World Bank. He noted that Ireland recognized Kosovo's independence very soon after it was announced and that his governm [...] | 2009-04-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN17 | UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. [...] (C) On January 7, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky met with President Mary McAleese, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen, and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin to discuss the Northern Ireland peace process. The Irish off [...] | 2009-01-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU EI |
| 09DUBLIN170 | IRISH WILLING TO DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On April 21, Charge met with David Cooney, Secretary General, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to discuss how the Irish government could provide more assistance to Afghanistan. Cooney stated that Ireland would not send additional troops to support ISAF and that the Irish govern [...] | 2009-04-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV EAID EI |
| 09DUBLIN180 | MGSF01: Ireland's First "Probable" H1N1 Case [...] (U) Irish health authorities have confirmed the first "probable" case of the H1N1 virus in Ireland. The victim, a recently returned traveler from Mexico, has been quarantined and is undergoing medical treatment. It is understood that those in immediate contact with the victim have also been g [...] | 2009-05-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PGOV |
| 09DUBLIN183 | IRISH BANKING: NO LONGER ENAMORED WITH NAMA [...] (C) Summary: The Irish government's plan to set up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to take on the banks' property loan book is still riddled with questions, including the value of the loans and the structure and operation of the agency. The loans will be transferred to NAMA at a di [...] | 2009-05-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN203 | U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE PROGRESS: DEMPSEY MEETING READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post met with Irish Transportation Minister Dempsey on May 20 to review current progress on the implementation of DHS/CBP preclearance operations at Shannon and Dublin airports. Dempsey confirmed that he expected a delay in the opening of the preclearance facility from July 1 to [...] | 2009-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN21 | IRISH RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL [...] POLOFF spoke on January 13 with Louise Hartigan, EU Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),who is shepherding the extradition and legal mutual assistance agreements through the final administrative processes required prior to the signing of instruments. According to Hartigan, DFA has [...] | 2009-01-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTIA CJAN PGOV PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN213 | IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTIONS: BAD TIDINGS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Irish voters are expected to show up in significant numbers for the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, but to register dissatisfaction with the Irish government's performance rather than as a reflection of increased interest in who represents them in Brussels. We exp [...] | 2009-06-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EI |
| 09DUBLIN220 | IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTION RESULTS: ANOTHER NAIL IN [...] (C) Summary: As expected, the Fianna Fail (FF) led government coalition took a beating in the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, polling well behind its main rival Fine Gael (FG) and losing ground as well to the Opposition Labour Party. The Greens faltered seriously. FG now hold [...] | 2009-06-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EI |
| 09DUBLIN224 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IRISH GOVERNMENT PRACTICES ON [...] While Ireland is taking steps to enhance the amount of information it collects on travelers entering the country, it faces an uphill battle. Irish laws limiting the use of public data, public skepticism and the lack of enabling legislation are stalling efforts to upgrade the quality of data c [...] | 2009-06-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS EI |
| 09DUBLIN231 | IRELAND'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) According to Emma Leonard of Irish Aid, Ireland has approved Euro 550,000 in emergency funding to assist Pakistan's displaced persons. These funds will be distributed through both NGOs (Concern and Trocaire) and UN entities (UNICEF and OCHA). Additionally, Ireland has provided supplies i [...] | 2009-06-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EI PREF |
| 09DUBLIN236 | GUARANTEES SET STAGE FOR SECOND IRISH REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) During the June 18-19 European Council meeting, the Irish government received guarantees on a number of specific issue, providing it with the justification to proceed with a re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum -- most likely on October 2 ,2009. All major political parties are expecte [...] | 2009-06-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN258 | DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO MEETS IRISH MINISTERS OF [...] (C) On June 29, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with Irish Transport Minister Nel Dempsey and Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahen in Dublin. Dempsey and Napolitano discussed th bilateral pre-clearance negotiations. Dempsey oted that cooperation with the U.S. has been admra [...] | 2009-07-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN260 | LISBON TREATY RE-RUN SET FOR OCTOBER 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on Friday, October 2. There is a general consensus in Irish political circles that the leaders of the nation dropped the ball during the first referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which was defeated in June 2008. The 'Yes [...] | 2009-07-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN280 | IRISH BANKS -- HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: ACCBank, the Irish subsidiary of Rabobank has begun to aggressively pursue non-performing loans to property developers through the Irish legal system. To date, the courts have allowed the borrowers 100 days to reorganize, enabling the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to [...] | 2009-07-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN298 | IRELAND'S LISBON II CAMPAIGN - OFF AND RUNNING [...] (C) With just under two months to go before the second Lisbon Treaty referendum (Lisbon II) both the "yes" and "no" campaigns have kicked off. All major parties, unions, and business groups are expected to be firmly in the "yes" camp, and early polls have projected that Lisbon II will pass wit [...] | 2009-08-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN3 | MEETING WITH THE IRISH REGARDING HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, a USG delegation consisting of State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) officials briefed Irish government officials on the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) process and on what is expected from the Irish government. The Irish were [...] | 2009-01-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN30 | IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES IRISH RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin presented the Government of Ireland's annual State of the Union address to the Institute of International and European Affairs on January 15, focusing on Ireland's relationship with the European Union rather than the state of the EU itself. Martin e [...] | 2009-01-16 13:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN304 | MUSLIMS IN IRELAND - A CHANGING COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: The Irish Muslim community is one of the fastest growing minority communities in Ireland and is one of the major contributors to Ireland,s shift from an overwhelmingly homogeneous society to a multi-cultural one. The Irish Government has made some attempts at reaching out to the M [...] | 2009-08-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KISL EI |
| 09DUBLIN31 | IRISH BANKING SYSTEM RECEIVES FURTHER BLOW AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 15, the government of Ireland announced that it would nationalize Anglo Irish Bank. An initial recapitalization proposal was ruled out as difficulties associated with the commercial property market and internal controls further destabilized the Bank. The Minister of [...] | 2009-01-16 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN310 | IRELAND: UPDATE ON GPS-GALILEO COOPERATION [...] On August 13, Econoff spoke with Ivan Nolan at the Irish Deparment of Transport, the lead on the GPS-Galileo Agreement for the Irish government. Nolan said that the Irish Attorney General's office has finished its review of the Agreement and given it the "all clear." He said that the Agreemen [...] | 2009-08-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TSPA TSPL EI |
| 09DUBLIN348 | IRELAND ON SEPTEMBER 4-5 EU FMS' GYMNICH [...] (U) On September 1, Poloff delivered ref A non-paper for the September 4-5 EU Foreign Ministers, Gymnich meeting to Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Ryan had just taken up his position on August 31 and was starting to prepare for Gymnich. Ryan said he [...] | 2009-09-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN351 | IRISH UNGA PRIORITIES FIT WITH U.S. GOALS [...] (C) Summary: The Irish goals taking shape for UNGA appear to dovetail quite well with U.S. priorities (reftel). Nonproliferation is a top Irish objective, with strengthening the NPT singled out especially. On human rights, the Irish are focusing on Iran, DPRK, Burma and Sudan. The Irish appr [...] | 2009-09-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA EI |
| 09DUBLIN357 | ICJ HEARINGS ON KOSOVO: IRELAND RELUCTANT TO [...] (SBU) On September 9, Poloff spoke about the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on Kosovo with James Hennessy and Marianne Bolger of the Western Europe and Western Balkans Section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Deputy Director Hennessy said that Ireland remains a s [...] | 2009-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV EI |
| 09DUBLIN358 | IRELAND ON GYMNICH, GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the September 4-5 EU FMs, Gymnich meeting and their upcoming GAERC meeting on September 14-15. According to Ryan, EU FMs, concerned by developments in Afg [...] | 2009-09-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN360 | IRELAND: REPORT PREVIEWS HOW THE IRISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 6, the Commission on Taxation issued its report with suggestions for changing the Irish tax system. The main recommendations are the introduction of a property tax, a carbon tax, a water tax, and a tax on child benefit payments. The intent of the recommendations is f [...] | 2009-09-11 11:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN362 | IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: THE ISSUES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After deciding against the EU Lisbon Treaty in a first referendum on June 12, 2008, the Irish will vote on Lisbon again on October 2. With the campaign in full swing, a recent poll gives the "yes" side 46 percent with 29 percent opposed and 25 percent undecided. This represents a [...] | 2009-09-11 16:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN37 | IRISH SUPPORT EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on January 12, 2009 to Pat Kelly, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and his deputy, Stephen Dawson, DFA's Iran/Syria expert. Dawson indicated that the EU intends to continue preparations for the Agreement [...] | 2009-01-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN38 | FURTHER INFORMATION ON IRELAND'S ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary. Ireland has resolved inter-ministerial differences and publicly signaled its readiness to accept Guantanamo detainees as part of a collective EU response to a clear U.S. roadmap leading to Guantanamo's closure. Ireland is ready to consider resettlement of at least one or two de [...] | 2009-01-22 17:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER CU EI MX |
| 09DUBLIN389 | IRELAND: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EI |
| 09DUBLIN39 | IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) On January 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Brian Glynn, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Glynn stated that in light of the current situation in the Middle East, the agenda has been pared back dramatically and will include only the Middle East, Russia-Ukraine [...] | 2009-01-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV IS RS UP EI |
| 09DUBLIN397 | IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: A VIEW FROM CORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A September 23-24 visit to Ireland,s previously anti-Lisbon southwest revealed a mixed bag of pro-Lisbon elites and a somewhat confused and ambivalent, but generally "yes"-leaning, public. The region,s elites appear to form a solid, pro-Lisbon bloc, reaching out to average voters [...] | 2009-09-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN405 | SPECIAL ECONOMIC ENVOY KELLY,S VISIT TO DUBLIN [...] (C) From September 16-18, Ambassador Rooney and Special Economic Envoy for Northern Ireland Declan Kelly met with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, President Mary McAleese, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin,and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore. These meetings coincided with the Global Irish Ec [...] | 2009-09-29 10:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN412 | IRISH LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM: "YES" VOTE LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Today, October 2, the Irish will vote in the long-awaited second referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty. The polls throughout September, while fluctuating, have all given the "yes" side a large advantage, with the most recent poll, published on September 27, showing 55 percent for "ye [...] | 2009-10-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN415 | AMBASSADOR ROONEY'S MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Ambassador Rooney met with Ireland's Permanent Representative to the EU, Rory Montgomery, and separately with Irish European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy (Internal Market and Services). In wide-ranging discussions about the EU and Ireland, the Ambassador and his [...] | 2009-10-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN416 | THE IRISH REFERENDUM: A LISBON LANDSLIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a resounding victory for the "yes" side, the results of the October 2 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty came in at 67.1 percent for "yes" and 32.9 percent for "no." The high turnout (59 percent) and result lends greater credibility both to the embattled Irish government, which mu [...] | 2009-10-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN417 | YOUR OCTOBER 11 VISIT TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes just after the Irish approval of the Lisbon Treaty and before a series of difficult tests for the Irish government. Before the end of the year, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen must come to agreement with his coalition partner, the Green Party, on a new program f [...] | 2009-10-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PINR EI |
| 09DUBLIN419 | IRELAND: RESIGNATION FURTHER WEAKENS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Speaker of the Irish Parliament's sudden resignation on October 6 has highlighted voters' growing dissatisfaction with an often unaccountable political class and the perks it allows itself. Having clearly underscored malfeasance by the principal governing party Fianna Fail (F [...] | 2009-10-07 12:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI |
| 09DUBLIN42 | IRISH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: AS BLACK AS THE GUINNESS [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the nationalization of Anglo Irish Bank (Ref A),two other leading Irish banks continued to stumble and a prominent consumer bank laid off 750 employees. In order to calm a jittery market, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan moved forward the planned recapitalization o [...] | 2009-01-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN422 | A GREEN THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party, the Irish government's junior coalition partner, will hold a special convention on October 10 to vote on a revised Program for Government and draft legislation setting up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). John Gormley, Minister for Environment, Heritag [...] | 2009-10-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EI |
| 09DUBLIN426 | IRELAND: CABINET MEMBER ON GREENS, EU COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time insider in the governing party Fianna Fail (FF),believes negotiations on a new Program for Government with FF's coalition partner, the Greens, will be successful. She cautions, though, that the Greens are unpredictable. Also, Prime Minister Brian Cowen is consulting [...] | 2009-10-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN449 | IRELAND ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (U) On October 22 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on October 26-27. Ryan had the following comments: 2. (C) Afghanistan/Pakistan: The draft conclusions for the EU FMs further underscore the [...] | 2009-10-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN45 | IRISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] The Irish Government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has fueled robust economic growth since the "Celtic Tiger" period of the late 1990s. Ireland's pro-investment climate saw total FDI stock grow from euro 53 billion in 1998 to euro 131 billion in 2007. Trad [...] | 2009-01-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR EI |
| 09DUBLIN453 | SINN FEIN REP: ROBINSON WANTS DEVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The Dublin-based Sinn Fein Representative to the United States told us that Sinn Fein believed that Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson wanted to move on devolution, especially since the Secretary's visit, but that fear of rival unionists was holding him back. Sinn Fein [...] | 2009-10-30 09:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI XT UK |
| 09DUBLIN46 | GERRY ADAMS ENCOURAGES RENEWED EFFORTS TO UNITE [...] (C) During a January 21 speech at Mansion House commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Ireland's first Dail (Parliament),Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams sought to reinvigorate the quest for a unified Ireland. He stated that the Ireland of equality and solidarity envisaged by the [...] | 2009-01-30 15:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN47 | ADVANCING IRELAND'S LEADERSHIP ON GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Conor Lenihan, Irish Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, with special responsibility for Integration Policy and Resettlement, called on the Charge January 29 to discuss a decision paper he was putting together for the Prime Minister and Cabinet that wou [...] | 2009-01-30 19:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PTER EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN476 | IRELAND: NOVEMBER GAERC, BELARUS, OSCE [...] (U) On November 10 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on November 16-17. Separately, Poloff delivered ref C demarche on Belarus to Michael Forbes, DFA Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Cent [...] | 2009-11-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO RS AF OSCE EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN477 | IRELAND: UPDATE ON EX-GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ex-Guantanamo detainees in Ireland are performing most daily tasks on their own, but will require "long-term" assistance before being able to integrate into Irish society. The Irish have requested the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in arranging for [...] | 2009-11-12 16:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EI |
| 09DUBLIN502 | IRELAND'S NOMINEE FOR EU COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A highly placed official (PROTECT) in the Prime Minister's office told us that Ireland's nominee for the first post-Lisbon European Commission, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, was tapped not only for her qualifications but also for domestic and EU-wide political reasons. Ireland hopes for [...] | 2009-11-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN510 | IRELAND ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 27, Charge discussed the possibility of additional Irish contributions in Afghanistan with David Donoghue, Political Director in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). This underscored a November 25 meeting of Poloff with Isolde Moylan, Director of the Asia an [...] | 2009-11-27 14:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF EI |
| 09DUBLIN511 | IRELAND ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, IAEA'S SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IAEA KNNP SYR IR EI |
| 09DUBLIN513 | IRELAND "FAVORS" SETTING DATE FOR EU-MACEDONIA [...] (C) On November 25, Poloff discussed reftel points with John McCullagh, Counselor for EU Enlargement in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and his Deputy Mark Daryl Erickson. On setting a start date for formal EU accession negotiations with Macedonia, our interlocutors referred to [...] | 2009-11-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR MK EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN521 | IRELAND: THE WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2-3, we met with Irish officials to gauge GOI reaction to the President's announcement of the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (refs A and B),and to get an update on the possibility of additional Irish contributions to the effort. Our interlocutors expressed s [...] | 2009-12-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK EI |
| 09DUBLIN522 | IRELAND ON DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION [...] (C) On December 2, Poloff discussed reftel points with Isolde Moylan, Director of the Asia and Oceania Bureau in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and Peter McIvor, the Bureau's Deputy Director. They said DPRK was one of their Bureau's priorities, and expressed their appreciation [...] | 2009-12-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI UNGA EI |
| 09DUBLIN523 | IRELAND ON PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM EI |
| 09DUBLIN524 | IRISH OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN IRELAND TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on December 2 and 3, Kevin Conmy of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Paul McGarry of the Irish Prime Minister,s Office briefed us on ongoing talks between GOI and HMG about Northern Ireland. The aim of these meetings is to follow up on the me [...] | 2009-12-03 18:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK EI |
| 09DUBLIN535 | IRELAND: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8 Ambassador Rooney met with Peter Power, Ireland's Minister of State for Overseas Development. Power wants to work more closely with the U.S. on food security in Africa, Ireland's top development priority. He also agreed to explore the possibility of contributing mo [...] | 2009-12-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG EI MI ET TZ UG MZ |
| 09DUBLIN538 | IRELAND: PREDICTABLE BUDGET/UNPREDICTABLE FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On December 9, the Irish government delivered its 2010 budget. Looking to save at least four billion Euro (USD 6 billion),the government had signaled for months that public sector pay and social welfare would make up a large chunk of the spending cuts and there were no great surp [...] | 2009-12-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN545 | IRISH POLICY DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, NATO PFP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15 Ciaran Murphy (STRICTLY PROTECT),Assistant Secretary General and Policy Director in the Irish Department of Defense, told Poloff there was a slight possibility Ireland would send two military trainers to Afghanistan to help train Afghan security forces. Ireland ho [...] | 2009-12-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EI AF |
| 09DUBLIN550 | TOP IRISH DIPLOMATS ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17 Ambassador Rooney hosted a lunch with the top career officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The conversation focused on priorities for U.S.-Ireland relations such as Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. On Afghanistan, the Irish [...] | 2009-12-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF EI |
| 09DUBLIN59 | IRELAND'S COMMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, PolOff met with Derek Hannon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section of the DFA. Hannon noted that Ireland did not, at present, have detailed "informed views" on the NPT, but he did share Ireland's views on the issues submitted in reftel. [...] | 2009-02-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09DUBLIN60 | IRELAND LIKELY TO ACCEPT DETAINEES, BUT WHEN AND [...] (C) Ambassador Clint Williamson met on February 9 with David Cooney, Secretary General in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Sean Aylward Secretary General in the Department of Justice (DOJ),and later had lunch with Conor Lenihan, Minister of Integration, to explain how President Obama [...] | 2009-02-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EUN EI |
| 09DUBLIN71 | OIL SPILL THREATENS THE COAST OF IRELAND [...] (U) On February 14, through the use of aerial pollution surveillance equipment, the Irish Coast Guard spotted an oil spill 50 miles off the south coast of Ireland. At the time, the spill measured 2.8 miles by 3.1 miles and was located close to a Russian aircraft carrier and a tanker. The Iris [...] | 2009-02-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EWWT EPET EFIS SENV EI |
| 09DUBLIN73 | IRELAND APPLAUDS AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) EMBOFFS delivered reftel demarche on February 18, 2009 to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan indicated that Ireland is very receptive to the planned policy review and intends to provide views on the questions posed in reftel. She re [...] | 2009-02-19 16:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO EI |
| 09DUBLIN76 | IRELAND'S SPRING OF DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) Against a backdrop of rising unemployment, an increasing budget deficit, nationalization of banks, and emigration, Ireland is facing its worst year of industrial unrest since the 1980s. In response to the deteriorating public finances (reftel),the Irish government has announced a range [...] | 2009-02-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN80 | IRELAND TO VOTE NO AT FEBRUARY 25 MEETING ON [...] (C) Econoff spoke to Tom O'Mahony, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Environment, who said that the Irish government would vote against the approval of the two biotech corn varieties at the February 25 meeting of the EU's DG Environment Regulatory Committee meeting (reftel). He said th [...] | 2009-02-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV EI |
| 09DUBLIN81 | IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI |
| 09DUBLIN86 | IRISH BANKING WOES: POLITICAL QUICKSAND [...] (C) Summary: Recently, the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announced a recapitalization plan for Ireland's two largest banks. The terms of the recapitalization stated that the government would receive preferred shares in exchange for the investment and the Minister for Finance would name 25 pe [...] | 2009-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
| 09DUBLIN88 | FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON JUDICIAL POSITIONS: [...] The information below is in response to reftel questions on the candidacy of Mary Faherty for the UN appeals tribunal: Q: Judicial expertise, particularly any experience in the area of administrative and employment law. A: Candidate received her LLB in 1984. Prior to being appointed to th [...] | 2009-02-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 09DUBLIN89 | IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 17:32:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 09DUBLIN93 | IRELAND: JUDGE PAINTER STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff spoke with Bobby Smyth, desk officer for UN Coordination at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Smyth stated that he did not expect a final decision would be reached before close of business, but that Judge Painter was "very much still in consideration." FAUCHER [...] | 2009-02-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 09DUBLIN98 | IRELAND WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (U) On February 27, The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin, issued a press release welcoming the announcement of the review of U.S. Policy in Iraq. The release was titled, "Minister for Foreign Affairs welcomes President Obama's announcement of the Review of US Policy in Iraq." [...] | 2009-03-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI IZ MOPS |
| 09DUBLIN99 | LIBERTAS: A ONE HIT WONDER? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 17:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PINR PREL EIND EI |
| 09DURBAN100 | INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY YOUTH DEMAND LEADERSHIP CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Inkatha Freedom Party Youth Brigade (IFPYB) aggrieved by the recent expulsion of their leaders staged several demonstrations outside the party's headquarters in Durban. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders have called for order and condemned IFPYB calls for party [...] | 2009-10-15 13:24:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN103 | A ROYAL RUMPUS, A NEW PROVINCE, A STOWAWAY, AND AN UNWANTED [...] (U) Prince Melizwe Dlamini of Nhlangwini formally asked the Pretoria High Court on September 30 to decide on his claim that he be declared a king with the same status as a Zulu monarch. Dlamini submitted his claim in 2005 to the commission set up by former President Thabo Mbeki to investigate [...] | 2009-10-27 09:34:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN11 | DA LEADERS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS DESPITE HURDLES AT NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Democratic Alliance (DA) leaders are interested to see how the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) performs in the next election, but are unconvinced the party will threaten the DA's own prospects at the polls. Senior KwaZulu Natal DA representatives related that [...] | 2009-01-20 15:29:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN118 | RICHARDS BAY'S HEAVY MINERAL INDUSTRY [...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer, visited Richards Bay Minerals and Exxaro's KZN Sands in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 17 and 18. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) S [...] | 2009-12-23 11:34:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF |
| 09DURBAN119 | DUBE TRADEPORT PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KWAZULU-NATAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Post visited Durban's Dube TradePort project to receive an update on construction progress and success at attracting international investors. The first phase of the project to create a new international airport and trade zone in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province is 85 percent comple [...] | 2009-12-23 13:41:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND EINV EAIR PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN12 | ANOTHER ANC DEFECTION TO COPE IN KWAZULU NATAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Another senior African National Congress member in KwaZulu Natal announced his defection to the Congress of the People. Siyanda Mhlongo -- until yesterday the head of policy for the ANC in KwaZulu Natal and former Mayor of KwaDukuza -- announced his resignation from the ANC, ci [...] | 2009-01-23 16:46:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN120 | DESPITE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, TRANSNET MAKES MAJOR [...] (U) Summary. South African Government-controlled transport logistics company Transnet launched a massive investment program to upgrade transport infrastructure to address capacity constraints and congestion. These investments follow a corporate restructuring and rebranding process that was c [...] | 2009-12-24 11:42:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD EINV EPET PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN121 | TATA KZN - A STEEL PRODUCER THAT AIMS TO BE STAINLESS [...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, Consul General, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer visited charge chrome manufacturer Tata Steel in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-12-28 06:12:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF |
| 09DURBAN123 | HEALTHCARE IN KWAZULU-NATAL: A SPOTTY HISTORY [...] (SBU) Summary. Healthcare in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has gone from extreme disparity of services under apartheid, to mismanagement post apartheid. While KZN Department of Health (KZNDOH) saw improvements under its first post-apartheid leader, it experienced overspending and service delivery setbac [...] | 2009-12-30 16:30:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN124 | KWAZULU-NATAL PRIORITIZES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY [...] (SBU) Summary. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health (KZNDOH) is confronting the challenges of restoring its tarnished image (Ref A) and improving health services in the province with the highest rates of HIV and TB co-infection in the world. The new KZNDOH leader is a hands-on practitione [...] | 2009-12-31 06:50:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN18 | POLITICAL PARTIES POINT FINGERS AFTER VIOLENCE IN NONGOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to violence that erupted on February 1 in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu Natal, where African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters attended election rallies held in the same area on the same day, ANC and IFP representatives lashed out at one [...] | 2009-02-06 09:13:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN19 | KWAZULU NATAL - MINING AND PROCESSING FIRMS FACE GLOBAL [...] (U) Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist visited mining and associated manufacturing sites in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) during the week of January 12-16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: KwaZulu Natal (KZN) mining and manufactu [...] | 2009-02-06 16:38:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EWWT EIND ETRD ELTN KHIV SF |
| 09DURBAN21 | DURBAN 2010 WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS ON TRACK, BUT CUTTING IT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 15:29:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN24 | POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO RESPECT ELECTORAL RULES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A round of verbal sparring by senior representatives of political parties in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) followed the signing of pledges to respect the Electoral Code of Conduct in the run-up to the April 22 general election. Although the proceedings remained civil overall, the adversari [...] | 2009-03-05 11:08:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN28 | IFP MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP IN KWAZULU NATAL BY-ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 15:57:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN32 | UGANDAN WALK-INS CLAIM INFORMATION ABOUT TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, RSO interviewed two Ugandan males and a Ugandan female who claimed to have information relating to terrorist activities in Zanzibar and, potentially, in South Africa. The males provided written statements and sketches concerning the presence of al-Qae [...] | 2009-03-26 08:54:00 | Consulate Durban | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
| 09DURBAN33 | VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNING AND CONTINUED INTIMIDATION: KWAZULU [...] (SBU) Summary. The African National Congress (ANC) campaign machine is in high gear, and the ANC is taking advantage of every opportunity to deliver its message. Despite official pronouncements against violence, members of the ANC are still reportedly intimidating Congress of the People (COPE) [...] | 2009-03-31 14:38:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN35 | STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER ANC AND IFP SUPPORTERS CLASH AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Nine students at the University of Zululand (UZ) were hospitalized after clashes between student supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Police officers have been deployed to UZ to curb any further violence. Political violence at UZ [...] | 2009-04-07 06:30:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN37 | MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ADAMANT THAT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Transport Jeffrey Radebe told an audience at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry that South Africa is spending billions of Rands to develop efficient, safe, and reliable public transportation systems for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Major airport and road constructi [...] | 2009-04-09 06:54:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN39 | INDIANS, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN KWAZULU [...] (SBU) Summary. Two weeks before national elections, KwaZulu Natal (KZN) stakeholders provided a range of views to visiting Political Counselor. The Indian vote is in question as many feel abandoned by the African National Congress (ANC) while others wonder if a Zuma administration will be mo [...] | 2009-04-17 11:05:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN42 | INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY UNLIKELY TO CONTEST VOTE IN KZN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although late complaining from Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) officials about an unfair election environment indicated that the party might contest the vote count in KwaZulu Natal (KZN),intervention by former Nigerian President Olesun Obasanjo seems to have persuaded the IFP [...] | 2009-04-28 10:54:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN46 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KWAZULU NATAL -- IFP DENIES [...] (SBU) On April 27, an African National Congress (ANC) victory parade in KwaSwayimane near Pietermaritzburg ended when assailants opened fire on the crowd leaving one ANC supporter dead and another six injured. Two IFP supporters have been apprehend by police and are being questioned about t [...] | 2009-04-30 12:50:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN50 | WHITHER INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) continued its decade-long demise in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) by losing the recent election to the ANC. An anachronistic leader, a tough ANC opponent, a shift in KZN traditional leadership, and a poor track record of service delivery worked against th [...] | 2009-05-07 10:37:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN51 | KWAZULU NATAL'S NEW PREMIER: ZWELI MKHIZE [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, 2009 Zweli Mkhize was sworn in as KwaZulu Natal's (KZN) fifth post-apartheid premier. He is a medical doctor and has served as KZN Minister of Health and Minister of Finance and Economic Development. Mkhize is a close confidant of South African President Jacob Zuma. [...] | 2009-05-19 13:49:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN53 | KWAZULU NATAL-NEW CABINET [...] (U) Summary. New KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Premier Zweli Mkhize announced his new ten-member provincial cabinet during his inauguration ceremony on May 11, 2009. His team features four female `Ministers' or MECs (Members of the Executive Council),including one Indian woman and one white woman. Be [...] | 2009-05-22 10:41:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF PINR |
| 09DURBAN6 | ZUMA, STATE PONDER NEXT STEPS AFTER COURT RULING [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court of Appeal on January 12 reinstated the corruption case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma, overturning an earlier verdict that had tossed out the charges related to the controversial 1998 arms deal on a technicality. (Note: The state [...] | 2009-01-13 15:28:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
| 09DURBAN65 | SOUTH AFRICA IS READY FOR THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP [...] (U) Summary. Tourism leaders from around the world made their way to the Tourism Indaba, Africa's biggest annual travel trade show, hosted in Durban from May 7 - 12. The theme of this year's Indaba was `South Africa is ready for 2010'. The public-private tourism promotion agency, South Afri [...] | 2009-06-09 14:03:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN66 | NEW EMPHASIS ON TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The newly formed Ministry of Tourism is advocating for greater government attention and support for the tourism sector as South Africa prepares to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A new tourism satellite account will enable South Africa to measure and track the overall value and con [...] | 2009-06-09 15:23:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | SF PGOV |
| 09DURBAN68 | ANC, IFP, AND COPE BLAME EACH OTHER FOR RECENT KZN VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent spate of violence in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) may be politically motivated but it is too soon to tell. Defeated political parties in KZN are still smarting from major losses in the province during the recent national election and may be unfairly placing the blame on [...] | 2009-06-15 07:36:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SF PGOV |
| 09DURBAN7 | IFP YOUTH PRESIDENT HOPEFUL ABOUT PARTY'S CHANCES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Youth Brigade President Pat Lebenya-Ntanzi believes her party can take back the Kwa-Zulu Natal provincial government and keep the African National Congress (ANC) from winning a two-thirds majority nationally. She asserted that the formation of the Con [...] | 2009-01-15 15:56:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN79 | POLITICAL VIOLENCE, STOLEN FUNDS, PARTY CHANGES, [...] (U) Summary. Political violence continues in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) amid government promises to bring stability to the Greytown area. The KZN Department of Education allegedly has been swindled out of millions and ends up paying twice for school supplies. For the first time in its history, the [...] | 2009-07-17 09:22:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN8 | LACK OF CLEAR STRATEGY MAY DASH IFP LEADERS' CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders provided insight into the party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, Poloff, and Pon-Econ Assistant on January 13. Provincial Secretary Bonginkosi Buthelezi and Provincial Treasurer Narend Singh [...] | 2009-01-15 16:19:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN82 | DURBAN'S NEW BUS SERVICE DOESN'T END TRANSPORT CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary. Durban commuters have been scrambling for transport ever since the Remant Alton bus service provider closed down at the end of June. Remant Alton has been beset by financial, labor and managerial problems since it began operation. New bus service provider Tansnat Africa has been [...] | 2009-07-23 08:51:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN9 | STEEP CHALLENGES AHEAD WEIGH ON NEWLY ANNOUNCED COPE LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary. Congress of the People (COPE) political leader Lucky Gabela discussed why he left the African National Congress (ANC) and his new party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, visiting Pretoria Poloff, and Pol-Econ Assistant on January 15. Gab [...] | 2009-01-16 15:51:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
| 09DURBAN94 | LOPSIDED BATTLE FOR FUTURE OF DURBAN'S WARWICK JUNCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A multimillion dollar project to develop Durban's Warwick Junction is facing opposition from small traders who claim the mall will end their livelihoods. The decision by the City of Durban to demolish the historic Early Morning Market has led to numerous confrontations between [...] | 2009-08-31 16:37:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELTN ECON PHUM SF |
| 09DURBAN97 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CHECK ON LICENSES 050170678 AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Durban Political and Economic Officer met with and interviewed Warehouse Manager Nathi Khomongoe, Sales Executive Andre van der Merwe, and Warehouse Dispatch Ian Davies at the African Outdoor Sports (AOS) warehouse in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal. [...] | 2009-09-18 14:00:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SF |
| 09DUSHANBE100 | Mission Mutual Understanding Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fourth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. In our mutual understanding goal all [...] | 2009-01-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1016 | UPDATE ON TAVILDARA [...] (U) On Sunday August 23, the Regional Security Officer and FSNI embarked on a journey southward to observe the Tajik/Afghan border area and then northward to Tavildara and the Rasht valley area to assess the security situation. Host nation police and military units recently wrapped up anti-ter [...] | 2009-08-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE103 | CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander David Petraeus completed his introductory visit to Tajikistan on 17 January 2009. The meeting with President Emomali Rahmon, Foreign Policy Advisor Rahmattuloyev, Minister of Defense General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khai [...] | 2009-01-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1046 | TAJIK RESPONSE TO GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated August 20, 2009, the government of Tajikistan provided a short response to post's demarche seeking a new approach to food security in advance of the L'Aquila Summit. The note, in its entirety, reads as follows: Begin note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of [...] | 2009-09-02 04:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE105 | TAJIKISTAN: SUPPORT TO TAJIK DRUG LIAISON OFFICERS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to conclude an interagency agreement to provide $70,000 to the Drug Enforcement Administration to support the Tajik Drug Control Agency drug liaison officers in Afghanistan. Funding will be available upon signing of the next Amended Letter o [...] | 2009-01-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1059 | QATAR TO BUILD FIRST-CLASS RETAIL & RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company in Tajikistan recently announced plans to build a large office, retail and residential development in central Dushanbe. Office Manager Manuchehr Kurbonali said the project is the result of direct talks between President Rahmon and the E [...] | 2009-09-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL EAID TI QA |
| 09DUSHANBE1067 | TAJIKISTAN - REQUEST BY PRESIDENT RAHMON TO MEET WITH [...] (C) On September 8 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North America and Europe Khusrav Nosiri gave PolEcon Chief a diplomatic note, dated September 8, requesting a meeting between President Rahmon and Secretary Clinton on the margins of UNGA between September 22 and 25. Nosiri said Rahmo [...] | 2009-09-10 11:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1080 | IS THERE IS A TAJIK DIASPORA? [...] (SBU) Post provides responses to reftel as follows: A) To what extent are diasporans from your host country an identifiable community? Are there existing diaspora networks, organizations or online communities available as platforms for outreach? -- There are relatively few Tajiks from Ta [...] | 2009-09-15 05:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC PREL SCUL SMIG EINV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1088 | TAJIKISTAN - DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On September 15 PolEcon Chief delivered reftel demarche to Dodhudo Pirov, Director of Asian and African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pirov said the Government of Tajikistan well understood that the electoral process in Afghanistan was not finished, and that there could be a [...] | 2009-09-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1094 | TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute initial meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi complained to Ambassador Gross about Tajikistan's lack of success in obtaining high-level meetings with the USG, either in Washington or in Dushanbe. He also pressed for a second U.S.-funded bridge to Afghanistan, for more [...] | 2009-09-18 11:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1105 | IMF ASSESSMENT OF TAJIK ECONOMY AND REFORMS: CAUTIOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team recently completed a two-week visit to Dushanbe to assess economic and government performance before releasing a second tranche of funding under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Briefing donors, the team noted the Tajik government had met most of it [...] | 2009-09-29 03:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1108 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Site Assessments a) On August 11, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. An initial invoice was approved by the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant as the Contract Offi [...] | 2009-09-29 03:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1112 | TAJIKISTAN - BOEING MAKES A DEAL WITH SOMON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing has reached an agreement with Somon Air (which is controlled by the President and his family),to provide Somon Air up to six 737 aircraft by 2012. With the aircraft, Boeing will provide a comprehensive package of training for Somon pilots and maintenance staff and analy [...] | 2009-09-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV EAIR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1113 | TAJIKISTAN NAMED TOP REGULATORY REFORMER -- NOW FOURTH-WORST [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan has been named a "top 10 regulatory reformer" by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC),after improving in five of the ten areas the Bank uses to compute its annual "Doing Business" rankings. Tajikistan now ranks 152 out of 183 countries, up from [...] | 2009-10-02 04:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1121 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, 2009 Ambassador Ken Gross presented his credentials to Tajik President Rahmon. Rahmon thanked the U.S. for its assistance and singled out security, border and law enforcement assistance, while appealing for more economic assistance especially in hydropower, pitchin [...] | 2009-10-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1132 | ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE MUQUIT VOHIDOV (ISN [...] (C) Per Ref A request, on October 8, 2009, emboff visited Muquit Vohidov (AKA Sobit Vahidov) in High Security Penitentiary Number 1 in Dushanbe. The meeting took place in the Prison Commander's office, with Prison Commander Colonel Tabarali Inomov and two other prison officers present. [...] | 2009-10-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1145 | ON THE WINGS OF A GOAT: REMOTE PAMIR MOUNTAINS NOT REALIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous Region is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by hundreds of kilometers of bad roads and thousands of years of divergent history. Its predominantly Ismaili Shi'a inhabitants have long thought of themselves as distinct from the rest of the [...] | 2009-10-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EINV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1149 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In an October 14 meeting, Ambassador discussed the content, format, and timing of Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABCs) with Presidential Foreign Relations Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloev. He also raised fiscal transparency, Trafficking In Persons (TIP),religious freedom, nuclear security, and [...] | 2009-10-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE115 | DIP NOTE FROM MFA TAJIKISTAN CONCERNING PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Below is post's translation of the text of the dipnote passed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Tajikistan to the Ambassador on January 26, 2009 regarding the GOTI's proposal to construct a second bridge over the River Pyanji at Kokul on the Tajik-Afghan border. In the recen [...] | 2009-01-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1151 | RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS ABOUT U.S. MILITARY IN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin asked Ambassador whether the United States was becoming directly involved in security on the Tajik-Afghan border, saying this would be a very sensitive development for Russia. Ambassador outlined our security cooperation with Tajikistan and [...] | 2009-10-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1156 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus, and provides the following overview of recent developments and key issues in Tajikistan. Since your last meeting with President Rahmon on January 17, Rahmon met with Assistant Secretary of State Boucher in April and Assi [...] | 2009-10-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1168 | TAJIKISTAN: INL JUSTICE SECTOR PROGRAM SUMMARY [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy Dushanbe International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office justice sector program aids in the development of a well-functioning justice system. The INL program supports: --the drafting of a modern criminal procedure code (CPC),adopted 10/14 by Tajikistan' [...] | 2009-10-21 06:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1170 | FOREIGN MINISTRY ZARIFI INDOCTRINATES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 16 meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi rattled off a lengthy list of Tajikistan's desires for infrastructure projects, increased trade, a softer human rights report, assistance on trafficking in persons, and help on relations with Uzbekistan. This appears to have been [...] | 2009-10-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1191 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on October 26, President Rahmon pressed General Petraeus to help make Uzbekistan more friendly to Tajikistan, asked for additional bridges and dams, and urged that any post-election government of Afghanistan adequately represent Tajiks. Petraeus assured Rah [...] | 2009-10-29 11:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID MASS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE120 | TAJIKISTAN: INL PLEDGE FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to pledge $210,000 to the International Organization for Migration to fund an anti-trafficking project. Tajikistan has made progress in bringing its counter-trafficking national legislation in to alignment with international standard. Despite the [...] | 2009-01-29 03:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1204 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, approximately one million Tajiks out of a populati [...] | 2009-11-05 05:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1206 | HIGHER EDUCATION IN TAJIKISTAN: HIGHER BRIBES, LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Education is one of the most corrupt sectors of Tajikistan's society. Bribes, rather than aptitude, often govern which students succeed. Prospective students must pay as much as $15,000 in bribes to enter the country's most prestigious universities, while even provincial colle [...] | 2009-11-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL PGOV KCOR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1209 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER [...] Site Assessments a) On October 14 the EXBS Advisor and Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. They resolved several ongoing construction issues. They instructed the contractor to reinforce the inte [...] | 2009-11-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE121 | Power Situation in Tajikistan Worsens [...] (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan's national electricity carrier announced January 27 that, effective that day, Dushanbe residents would receive only 15 hours of electricity per day. Power rationing is far worse outside of the capital, with some towns receiving as little as one or two hours of electr [...] | 2009-01-29 08:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1210 | RUSSIA'S ROLE IN TAJIK ECONOMY -- BIG FISH IN SMALL, MURKY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia is Tajikistan's largest trade and investment partner. Russian foreign direct investment in Tajikistan amounted to $325 million in 2008, although it has fallen off because of the financial crisis. Russian firms, many of them state-owned, are involved in the energy, banki [...] | 2009-11-09 05:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL RS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1211 | THE SUGHD REGION: HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCHES FOR ISLAMISTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A raid by government security forces on a house in Isfara on November 18 was the latest in a string of violent incidents in Sughd Oblast. Though Tajikistan's second largest city, Khujand, considered by many Tajiks to be the center of Tajikistan's intelligentsia, is in Sughd, [...] | 2009-11-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1212 | TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR VISITS THE RASHT VALLEY, WHERE FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 3-4 visit to the Rasht valley, an opposition stronghold during the civil war, Ambassador Gross met with local government officials, NGO and international organization representatives, and residents of a village which benefits from USG Food for Peace funding. De [...] | 2009-11-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR KPAO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1215 | TAJIKISTAN WARNS IT WILL CUT WATER SUPPLY TO UZBEKISTAN IN [...] (U) This is an Action Request - Please see Paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: With Uzbekistan leaving the Central Asian power system, the Government of Tajikistan is threatening to cut water supplies to Uzbekistan next summer if Uzbekistan does not allow transit of energy from Turkmenistan th [...] | 2009-11-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR UZ TI |
| 09DUSHANBE124 | TAJIKISTAN: DECEMBER 2008 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Tajik law-enforcement authorities continued seizing significant amounts of narcotics in 2008, over six tons and drafted an interdiction and demand reduction plan through 2012. Border skirmishes continued unabated as Tajik border guards intercept armed traffickers from Afghanistan. D [...] | 2009-01-30 03:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1241 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Komron Komilov in the General Section at the MFA on 13 November 2009. Komron agreed to deliver the demarche to the appropriate office though provided no substantive response, as the office responsible was, for the time being, short-staffed and unavaila [...] | 2009-11-16 06:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE125 | TAJIKISTAN'S INTRACTABLE WATER ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's plans to develop hydro-power projects on rivers that feed transboundary water systems remain at the center of its poor relationship with Uzbekistan. The debate about water use has intensified this winter, as Tajikistan has accused Uzbekistan of blocking energy impor [...] | 2009-01-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EAGR ENRG PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1263 | 2009 TAJIKISTAN INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) This is in response to Reftel request. 2. (SBU) The government of Tajikistan prosecuted 22 people for crimes related to TIP in the first half of 2009, according to a report released by the Government of Tajikistan's Inter-Agency Commission on TIP. The Inter-Agency Commission coord [...] | 2009-11-17 04:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE130 | TAJIKISTAN: CORRIDOR REP OF NEW MVD MINISTER LOOKS GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, President Rahmon appointed Abdurahim Abdulahadovich Qahhorov from Khudjand as the new Minister of Internal Affairs replacing Mamadnazar Solehov. The appointment of Qahhorov, previously the police commander for Khujand, could be a merit based promotion because he m [...] | 2009-02-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1316 | DEFENSE TEAM IN TAJIKISTAN TO LOOK AT PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A team of U.S. military purchasing specialists visited Tajikistan last week to investigate possibilities for procuring non-lethal goods on the Tajik market for delivery to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The team tentatively agreed to purchase bottled water from Tajik manufacturer [...] | 2009-11-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MASS ETRD TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1319 | TAJIK TIP COMMISSION: EVOLVING DESPITE A SOVIET DINOSAUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent meetings on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) highlighted progress the Government of Tajikistan (GOTI) is making in fighting TIP, and the barriers -- mainly organizational and intellectual -- that impede progress. The GOTI's Inter-Ministerial Commission on Combating TIP is de [...] | 2009-11-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1321 | LET MY PEOPLE GO! POLITICAL PRISONERS LEFT OUT OF AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though the impetus for President Rahmon's November 6 announcement of a 10,000-prisoner amnesty was the dangerous overcrowding of the country's prisons, the amnesty was also the government's latest effort to bolster its populist credentials in advance of winter electricity shortages [...] | 2009-11-25 05:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1329 | CULTURE CLASH AT ROUNDTABLE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a UN-sponsored roundtable to discuss the endemic problem of violence against women in Tajikistan, representatives of NGOs and the international community forcefully argued for passage of a comprehensive, national law against domestic violence. An American Bar Association (ABA [...] | 2009-11-27 06:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1330 | SECOND ANNUAL RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE: SHOWING THE WAY, [...] SUMMARY. Dushanbe hosted the Second Annual Renewable Energy Conference on November 9, sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC),and the Renewable Energy Association of Tajikistan (REAT). Attendees came from all the [...] | 2009-11-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV ECON ZK TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1333 | EMBASSY DUSHANBE NOMINEES TO PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] Following is Embassy Dushanbe's list of ten nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (reftel). More background can be provided upon request for any nominee. Embassy notes that though most nominees are members of successful companies in Tajikistan, this is a very poor country, and [...] | 2009-12-01 04:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1335 | TAJIKISTAN ELECTION COUNTDOWN - OPPOSITION PARTY SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of February, 2010 Parliamentary elections, Tajik opposition parties are initiating hopeful campaigns despite systemic obstacles and their own disorganization. The Islamic Renaissance Party plans to run an active, national campaign with appeal beyond its religious base [...] | 2009-12-01 04:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1336 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER [...] Site Assessments a) On November 5 the EXBS Advisor, Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The EXBS funded construction of the calibration laboratory is mov [...] | 2009-12-01 06:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1348 | RAHMON LAMBASTS UZBEK ENERGY GRID WITHDRAWAL, ASKS FOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon convened a surprise meeting of international donors in Dushanbe on November 20 to discuss the energy situation and request assistance in the face of an economic crisis compounded by Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the regional energy system. He lambasted Uzbekista [...] | 2009-12-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ENRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1349 | TAJIKISTAN - DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (U) On December 3, poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on defamation of religions resolution to Idibek Kalandarov, Deputy Chief of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Organizations. Kalandarov said he would advise the Minister of Foreign Affairs on USG vie [...] | 2009-12-03 11:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNGA UN TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1350 | G/TIP VISIT: COMBATTING TIP ON A HALF TANK OF GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 30 - December 1 visit, G/TIP Tajikistan desk officer Megan Hall and emboffs met government officials and representatives of NGOs and IOs to discuss Tajikistan's progress in addressing trafficking in persons and forced labor during the cotton harvest. Government [...] | 2009-12-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1362 | G/TIP VISIT: COMBATTING TIP ON A HALF TANK OF GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 30 - December 1 visit, G/TIP Tajikistan desk officer Megan Hall and emboffs met government officials and representatives of NGOs and IOs to discuss Tajikistan's progress in addressing trafficking in persons and forced labor during the cotton harvest. Government [...] | 2009-12-04 06:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1364 | MESSY DIVORCE AS UZBEKS PULL OUT OF ENERGY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As of December 1, Uzbekistan has withdrawn from the unitary Central Asian power grid, precipitating an acrimonious war of words with Tajikistan. Dushanbe responded by promising to hold back as much water as possible from rivers feeding downstream Uzbekistan, saying it needed th [...] | 2009-12-04 11:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1365 | NEW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SIGNED INTO LAW DECEMBER 3, [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 3, 2009, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, signed into law a new criminal procedure code (CPC) that will go into effect on April 1, 2010. It enhances the power of the judiciary and introduces adversarial procedures to Tajik justice system. INL assistanc [...] | 2009-12-04 12:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1394 | TAJIKISTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Other than geographically limited and small-scale hashish cultivation, Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics. It is a major transit country. Significant amounts of opium/heroin are trafficked north from the 1344-km Tajik-Afghan border along the established land-based routes and [...] | 2009-12-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1398 | ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RAHMIDDIN SHARIPOV (ISN [...] (C) Per Reftel A request, on December 9, 2009, emboff visited Rahmiddin Sharipov in the Ministry of Justice pre-trial detention facility in Dushanbe where he is now held. The meeting took place in an office of the administration of the detention facility, with two officers of the facility pres [...] | 2009-12-10 10:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1410 | TAJIKISTAN RESPONSE: 2010 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) The Arab League Trade Boycott of Israel does not appear to have any impact on U.S. firms or products in Tajikistan (reftel). Very few U.S. products are on the market in Tajikistan, but this is due to the distance and small size of the market. The government of Tajikistan has not made any [...] | 2009-12-11 04:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KBCT TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1427 | JIHAD DECLARED AGAINST OMON [...] (C) SUMMARY: OMON (Militia Special Purpose Detachment) Commander Colonel Makhmadshoev Khurshed believes that the IMU declared a jihad against OMON in retaliation for the killing of suspected IMU militants. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the RSO, Colonel Khurshed desc [...] | 2009-12-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE143 | TAJIKISTAN - FEB 11 HEARING ON RFE/RL TAX BILL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 11 the Economic Court in Dushanbe will hold a hearing regarding $110,000 in unpaid taxes that Tajikistan's tax committee alleges are owed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Tajikistan bur [...] | 2009-02-04 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KDEM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1433 | STATE COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY DEFENDS CIVILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on December 11, State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Deputy Chairman for Counterterrorism General Abdullo Sadulloevich Nazarov described the terrorist threats facing Tajikistan, argued that authoritarian measures were necessary to defend civilization agai [...] | 2009-12-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1434 | TAJIKISTAN'S NORTH GETS BIGGER SLICE OF SMALL PIE [...] (SBU) Summary: Separated from the rest of Tajikistan by a formidable mountain range, and surrounded on three sides by an unfriendly Uzbekistan, Sughd faces a particular set of difficulties. Chief among these is finding enough energy for its agricultural, residential, and industrial needs. Th [...] | 2009-12-16 18:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ENRG PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1435 | TAJIKISTAN - MOST MINORITY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES COMPLETE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tajik Ministry of Culture says it will succeed in re-registering most of the country's 84 non-Islamic churches and 300 large Friday prayer mosques before a January 1, 2010 deadline imposed by the April 2009 Law on Religion. However, government officials admit that they will n [...] | 2009-12-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE144 | COTTON FORCED LABOR PROSECUTIONS IN THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors in Tajikistan's Khatlon Region have begun pursuing charges against officials for forcing students to participate in the cotton harvest. These are the first such cases filed in Tajikistan, and demonstrate that at least some officials are prepared to uphold the law. End [...] | 2009-02-05 08:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAGR ELAB TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1443 | GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY - TAJIK GOVERNMENT USES THE HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government has launched an expansive campaign to browbeat the public into buying shares in the long-delayed Roghun hydro-electric project, which it considers to be a "life or death" initiative to achieve energy security. The President summoned the Tajik press corps to [...] | 2009-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV EINV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1445 | TAJIKISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy Dushanbe for Tajikistan's Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Tajikistan's security forces confronted and neutralized members of extremist groups in Tavildara district in spring and summer 2009. Government forces killed several suspecte [...] | 2009-12-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1454 | DRUG CONTROL AGENCY BENCHMARK REVIEW, JULY - DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, INL Dushanbe and DEA Dushanbe participated in an International Working Group (IWG) meeting at the Drug Control Agency (DCA). General Nazarov is exposing his executive staff to donors and DEA, a change in behavior. While donors made up a 23,000 USD shortfall in [...] | 2009-12-24 05:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1455 | AMBASSADOR VISITS KHUJAND: CONFLICTING VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 16-18 visit to Khujand, the capital of the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan, Ambassador met with local government officials, OSCE representatives, and several NGOs. Topics covered a range of issues but focused on the economy, energy, upcoming elections, agr [...] | 2009-12-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD PTER TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1456 | NEW TAJIK BUDGET PRIORITIZES ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: President Rahmon signed the 2010 "anti-crisis" budget on November 14, three days after it was approved by the Parliament and a month earlier than previous practice. Despite the financial crisis, the new budget is Tajikistan's biggest ever, totaling over 6.5 billion somoni (about [...] | 2009-12-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1457 | TAJIKISTAN - H1N1 SITUATION, INFORMATION SCARCE [...] (SBU) Summary: About one fourth of all people in Tajikistan will contract influenza by February 2010, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) Adviser. This number includes all forms of influenza, not just H1N1. In a worst-case scenario, about 1,000 of those infected would die. There [...] | 2009-12-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID KFLU CDC WHO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1458 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: IRPT CONGRESS; CRONY ELECTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmon set February 28 as the date for national Parliamentary polls and appointed mostly pro-government loyalists to the national commission overseeing the election. The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held its congress and nominated a party list of pa [...] | 2009-12-24 05:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE146 | TAJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS COOL, ONLY TO WARM AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Tajik-Russian relations seem to have hit a rough patch, mainly over perceived Russian support for Uzbekistan in Tajik-Uzbek water sharing disagreements. Resentments over mistreatment of Tajiks working in Russia and lack of work opportunities there has added to tensions. President [...] | 2009-02-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1464 | COTTON IS DESPOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The past year has been a break point in Tajikistan's dysfunctional relationship with cotton. After losing money on cotton cultivation for years, no lender was prepared to front a single penny to finance cotton. The government responded by financing planting from the budget via [...] | 2009-12-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EAID KCOR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE147 | TAJIKISTAN GOVERNMENT SHUFFLE - STRIKE A BLOW FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the annual Tajik government reshuffle, President Rahmon replaced the heads of major state enterprises and a variety of district heads and deputy ministers. Like last year's reshuffle, government changes were mainly at the district and deputy minister level. The only cabinet l [...] | 2009-02-06 07:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE154 | RAHMON INVITES AMBASSADOR TO "SEND A SIGNAL" [...] (C)Summary: For the first time during her two-and-a-half year tour, Rahmon invited Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting. He briefed Ambassador on: -- the argument with Russia over President Medvedev,s statement in Tashkent on water management, -- his recent visit to Moscow and Russian "ho [...] | 2009-02-06 12:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE156 | TAJIKISTAN: JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM GRANT AWARD [...] Summary: Post requests INL Washington approve and sign a grant for $33,435 to the NGO Child Rights Center to implement a portion of the mission's overall justice reform program. The International Narcotics and Law office Dushanbe solicited proposals for grants to reform the Justice Sector. Th [...] | 2009-02-10 03:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE157 | ENERGY SITUATION WORSENS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Sanat Rahimov, the new chair of the national electricity company Barqi Tojik, dismissed as ridiculous the notion that Tajikistan either could or should hold back water in the spring to replenish its hydroelectric reservoirs. He said Tajikistan must "live within its energy means" a [...] | 2009-02-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON PREL UZ TI |
| 09DUSHANBE166 | RFE/RL TAX TRIAL BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: EmbOff attended the first hearing Feb. 11 in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty tax trial. Representatives of the State Tax Committee and the station presented their main arguments. The judge asked both sides to provide more information and set a date for the next hearing. After t [...] | 2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM PHUM KPAO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE167 | RFE/RL TAX TRIAL BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: EmbOff attended the first hearing Feb. 11 in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty tax trial. Representatives of the State Tax Committee and the station presented their main arguments. The judge asked both sides to provide more information and set a date for the next hearing. After t [...] | 2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM PHUM KPAO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE174 | RFE/RL TAX TRIAL BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: EmbOff attended the first hearing Feb. 11 in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty tax trial. Representatives of the State Tax Committee and the station presented their main arguments. The judge asked both sides to provide more information and set a date for the next hearing. After t [...] | 2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM PHUM KPAO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE184 | HUMAN RIGHTS SECTOR MEETING COVERS A BLEAK WATERFRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions among international organizations and NGOs at the monthly OSCE-hosted Human Rights Sector Meeting on February 11 in Dushanbe revealed little movement on human rights issues. None of the organizations has been able to substantially engage the Government of Tajikistan [...] | 2009-02-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON TI |
| 09DUSHANBE185 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION - NO TAJIK POSITION [...] (C) Pol/Econ Officer discussed reftel demarche with Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev, Second Secretary of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Higher ranking officials were unavailable because they were traveling with President Rahmon to Europe. Ubai [...] | 2009-02-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE2 | PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...] | 2009-01-02 09:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE201 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES LOSE AGAIN, BUT PRESS ON [...] (SBU) On February 12, Tajikistan's Supreme Military Court denied the Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal of the government's ban on their activities (reftel). The following day, the Ambassador met with Greg Olds and Mario Moreno, the group's U.S. lawyers who had flown in for the hearing. 2. (S [...] | 2009-02-18 11:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE21 | Power Politics: Uzbeks Hold up Critical Winter Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan concluded an agreement to buy a critical 1.2 billion Kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity from Turkmenistan from November 2008 through April 2009. Although Uzbekistan agreed to transmit the first 400 million KWh through its grid in November and December, it has so far [...] | 2009-01-08 03:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EAID PGOV PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE224 | A SLIGHT WARMING IN TAJIK-UZBEK RELATIONS? [...] (C) Summary: The meeting of an Uzbek-Tajik intergovernmental commission appears to have been a qualified success, with agreements on some of the power and water issues that have been dividing the two countries. This should pave the way for renewed transit of Turkmen electricity to Dushanbe. Bu [...] | 2009-02-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UZ TI |
| 09DUSHANBE225 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN [...] (U) Summary: Programs that teach English language and develop the skills of local English teachers are among the most popular and necessary public diplomacy offerings in Tajikistan. Learning English is viewed as the key to a better life for many young Tajiks, and U.S. programs fill the gap crea [...] | 2009-02-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE228 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER AND THE AMBASSADOR ARE ON THE SAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Minister of Internal Affairs Abdurahim Kaharov revealed Tajikistan's new chief policeman wrestling with, but undaunted by, enormous challenges. Kaharov was trying to retain SWAT forces who were leaving for better paying jobs, train [...] | 2009-02-25 13:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCRM EAID KJUS PINR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE230 | GOVERNMENT WORKS TO CRUSH FEW BRIGHT SPOTS IN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The poorest of the former Soviet republics, Tajikistan's development indicators wallow near the bottom of international rankings. Its agriculture is antediluvian; its infrastructure is inadequate; its heavy industry is heavily subsidized. There are nevertheless a few precious s [...] | 2009-02-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV ELTN TI |
| 09DUSHANBE231 | USTRANSCOM MEETINGS WITH TAJIK OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on General Petraeus's Northern Distribution Network (NDN) discussions with President Rahmon in January (Ref A),Rear Admiral Mark Harnitchek, USTRANSCOM Director of Strategy, Policy, and Logistics, met with Tajikistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrohon Zarifi, Min [...] | 2009-02-26 06:56:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL AF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE233 | TAJIKISTAN INITIAL INPUT TO AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) PolEcon Chief delivered Ref A points to Khusrav Nosiri, MFA Director for North America and Europe on February 20. Nosiri had no substantive reply at the time. On February 26 MFA North America Desk Officer Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev informed PolEcon Chief that the MFA had sent the points to the [...] | 2009-02-26 11:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TI |
| 09DUSHANBE234 | TAJIKISTAN - REQUEST APPROVAL TO SEND DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON [...] (SBU) On February 20 Ambassador passed to Foreign Minister Zarifi a draft diplomatic note on transit of goods to Afghanistan (Reftel). On February 26 the MFA informed Embassy that Zarifi had agreed to an exchange of dipnotes to authorize transit of goods to Afghanistan as part of the Northern [...] | 2009-02-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM EAID AF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE241 | TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMY IN DIRE CONDITION, INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are predicting a very difficult year ahead for Tajikistan as a result of the global financial crisis. Economists at both institutions say the situation is far worse than they had [...] | 2009-02-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB TI |
| 09DUSHANBE242 | AN INSIDE LOOK AT TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior's investigation of an embassy employee's alleged involvement in a visa scam gave EmbOffs an inside look at how Tajik law enforcement officers conduct criminal investigations. The embassy employee was ultimately cleared of criminal liability, but the invest [...] | 2009-03-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE245 | FOOD DISTRIBUTION TENSE IN SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)provided Tajikistan with $3.35 million for emergency winter food distribution for the most vulnerable in Tajikistan. On February 26, visiting Assistance Coordinator Dan Rosenblum visited Hiloli village in a Khatlon province in Souther [...] | 2009-03-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EAGR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE248 | MISSION RIGHTSIZING GOAL [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fifth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look at what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. For our rightsizing goal all agencies [...] | 2009-03-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KMPP ASEC EAID APER ABLD TI |
| 09DUSHANBE250 | KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students in a spi [...] | 2009-03-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE251 | TAJIKISTAN - POWER SUPPLIES FROM TURKMENISTAN RESUME, POWER [...] (SBU) On February 27 electricity from Turkmenistan resumed flowing to Tajikistan via Uzbekistan. Barqi Tojik lifted electricity rationing in Dushanbe, which had been instituted since January 27 in many parts of the city. Rationing in the provinces continues. Barqi Tojik sources told news med [...] | 2009-03-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ENRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE290 | TO WHOM DO TAJIKS LISTEN? MEETING THE IMAMS [...] (C) Summary: As the Government of Tajikistan's credibility deteriorates and economic conditions worsen, Tajikistan's independent imams are becoming increasingly popular. These imams are attracting thousands of worshippers during Friday prayers, expanding their mosques, and enjoying a degree of [...] | 2009-03-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE301 | BRINGING HOME NEW IDEAS -EXCHANGES IN ACTION [...] Summary: City planners, loan managers, librarians and hospital administrators - groups of each of these have visited the United States in the last seven months under the USAID-funded Community Connections program. This program for mid-level professionals provides many benefits. Participants g [...] | 2009-03-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PCUL SOCI EFIN TBIO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE302 | TAJIKISTAN FINALLY TO TRAIN AFGHAN BORDER GUARDS [...] Summary: After months of deliberation and several public and private pronouncements by President Rahmon, General Gafarov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for National Security, told INL, EXBS and OSCE officers on March 2 that Tajikistan was prepared to go forward with joint training of Afgha [...] | 2009-03-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV AF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE306 | WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS FARMERS PRACTICE GRASS ROOTS [...] (U) Summary: Assistance Coordinator for Europe Dan Rosenblum visited USAID-supported Water Users' Associations (WUAs) during a recent visit to Tajikistan. The WUAs are already known as assistance success stories in Central Asia. They have organized farmers to cooperate in meeting their irrigati [...] | 2009-03-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE307 | TAJIKISTAN: TWO TAJIK DCA OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2009, the acting head of the Tajik Drug Control Agency's (DCA) operational department provided a written report to the DEA Dushanbe Country Office regarding the Tajik DCA/Tajik Border Guard joint investigation and the events occurring on February 27-28, 2009. 2. (SB [...] | 2009-03-11 11:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE308 | FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS CHANGING THE FACE OF MEDICINE [...] Summary: The USAID-funded Zdrav-Plus program has been promoting family medicine in Tajikistan through Centers of Excellence, where family health practice is carried out and where doctors from nearby areas can receive training and support for practicing family medicine. There are four such cente [...] | 2009-03-11 11:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TBIO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE316 | FOOD DISTRIBUTION PEACEFUL BUT POVERTY STRIKING IN SOUTHERN [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) provided Tajikistan with $3.35 million for emergency winter food distribution for the most vulnerable in Tajikistan. On March 5, Ambassador Jacobson visited Vaksh village in Khatlon province in Southern Tajikistan to see food being [...] | 2009-03-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EAGR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE334 | TAJIKISTAN FACING DIRE FOOD INSECURITY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The food situation in Tajikistan remains precarious. The challenges the country has faced over the past year read like the Old Testament: after the worst winter in recent history, during which families fa [...] | 2009-03-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE341 | TAJIKISTAN - SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Post recommends that Tajikistan remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. While Tajikistan has made slight progress in improving IPR legislation, it has far to go in devoting resources and political will to stopping the widespread importation and selling of pirated goods in the c [...] | 2009-03-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETTC ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI |
| 09DUSHANBE345 | TAJIKISTAN: MILITARY SUPPLY ROUTES AND BASE QUESTIONS SPARK [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The February negotiations with governments in Central Asia over supply routes for coalition military operations in Afghanistan put Western media on hair trigger alert, so much so that otherwise responsible, fa [...] | 2009-03-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE346 | THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...] | 2009-03-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE347 | TAJIKISTAN'S NEW LAW ON RELIGION - USHERING IN A NEW ROUND [...] (C) Summary: Parliament has passed a new Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations (Religion Law),and President Rahmon is poised to sign the bill into law. The law is full of internal contradictions, and codifies numerous restrictions that government officials have been preempti [...] | 2009-03-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE354 | TAJIKISTAN - ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) PolEcon Chief raised reftel matter informally with Khusrav Nosiri, MFA Director of European and North American Affairs on March 20. Nosiri said Tajikistan's position on Abkhazia and South Ossetia had not changed, nor was there much likelihood that the position would change. Tajikistan doe [...] | 2009-03-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE357 | EMBASSY DUSHANBE REACHES OUT TO RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs and William Trigg, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor based in Bishkek, travelled to the Ferghana Valley in Northern Tajikistan to conduct outreach events with young people and members of the religious community. EmbOffs met students at a madrassa and worshippers [...] | 2009-03-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE401 | THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...] | 2009-03-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE402 | TAJIKISTAN - REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Following is post's response to reftel tasking: A. Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Yes. Tajikistan receives U.S. technical assistance, but not direct financial support, through USAID funded p [...] | 2009-03-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE404 | TAJIKISTAN - CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) On March 30 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel information to Khusrav Nosiri, Chief of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nosiri had no immediate comment on the conclusions of the strategic review, but undertook to convey it to his superiors. He added t [...] | 2009-04-01 06:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK TI |
| 09DUSHANBE406 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN - HASSAN ASADULLOZODA DONATES A [...] (SBU) Summary: The local and international press have reported that presidential brother in law - and purported mensch - Hassan Asadullozoda donated a building to Tajikistan's Jewish Community for use as a synagogue. The reports have painted the donation as an attempt to atone for destroying t [...] | 2009-04-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE409 | GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT [...] (SBU) ON 03/31/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHI FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF THREE NARCOTIC INVESTIGATIONS IN [...] | 2009-04-02 05:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE413 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who seek to leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, according to unofficial statistics, more th [...] | 2009-04-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE416 | GOVERNMENT SMOTHERS COVERAGE OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan continues to use smoke and mirrors in discussing its religious policy. Government officials deflected criticism of the new religion law (reftel A) at a March 30 press round table without providing any substantive basis for their comments. The governmen [...] | 2009-04-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE418 | UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) REF: A) ON 04/03/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CU [...] | 2009-04-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE419 | GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT [...] (SBU) ON 04/03/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CURRENT D [...] | 2009-04-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE42 | Mission Law Enforcement and Stability Goals [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provides a good snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the first in a series of cables to provide a goal by goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. The Border and La [...] | 2009-01-09 04:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID MASS PREL KCRM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE423 | IS TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY AT A CROSSROADS? [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's new religion law puts Tajikistan's Islamic Revival Party in a difficult position. The party's inability to influence either the legislative process or the government's religious policy, calls into question its reason for being. The party's silence on major issues cha [...] | 2009-04-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE429 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S APRIL 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Boucher. Following is an overview of the key issues we face in Tajikistan. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ------------------- 2. (C) Tajikistan has been hit hard by the global recession. Remittances, which in 2008 were equivalent [...] | 2009-04-10 05:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE43 | Birth of Tajik Ag Working Group and Appeal to Donors [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government recently convoked the first meeting of a new agricultural working group, at which it made a number of not entirely convincing statements on agricultural reforms, especially in the cotton sector. Donors urged strict requirements on further lending for cotton [...] | 2009-01-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON TI |
| 09DUSHANBE44 | TAJIKISTAN - NEWSPAPER EDITOR ATTACKED IN KULYAB [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Abdumumin Sherhonov, editor-in-chief of an independent weekly newspaper and a part time reporter for RFE/RL, was beaten by a group of young men in Kulyab January 6 when he tried to help two female journalism st [...] | 2009-01-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KDEM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE449 | KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students [...] | 2009-04-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE45 | TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 17 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus. Following are an overview of the situation and key issues we face in Tajikistan. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (C) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan borders Afghanistan (1200 kilometers),China, Uzbekistan and [...] | 2009-01-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE458 | WHITHER TIFA? RETHINKING OUR DIALOGUE WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Given the new administration, the broad review of our engagement in this region, and the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld, this is a good opportunity to take a fresh look at the most effective way to engage in a meaningful trade and investment dia [...] | 2009-04-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV BEXP PREL ENRG KIPR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE46 | Financial Crisis Could Make Bad Situation Worse [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to ref A, seeking information on the effects of the world financial crisis. The crisis is likely to affect Tajikistan via three routes: falling prices for its two largest exports, cotton and aluminum; declining remittances from Tajik migrant workers in Russia [...] | 2009-01-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ETRD PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE466 | DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS DELIVERED [...] (C) On April 6, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Husrav Noziri, the Head of the Americas and Europe Division of Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Noziri could not provide specific feedback on reftel requests, but he forwarded them to the individuals. It is unclear how and when the [...] | 2009-04-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE467 | RUSSIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LOOK BETTER ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: According to the Russian embassy, Russia plans and implements its assistance to Tajikistan in a basic manner that is politically driven, does not take account of development needs, and relies excessively on the Tajik government for distribution. Russian diplomats share our frustra [...] | 2009-04-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON RU TI |
| 09DUSHANBE474 | TAJIKISTAN: UPDATE ON POWER PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The power situation in Tajikistan has eased since the winter crunch. Water levels at the Nurek hydropower station remain low, although this spring's abundant rains may help. The fourth and final generator of Russian-built Sangtuda-1 is expected to go online in mid-May. Iranian-b [...] | 2009-04-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE475 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR DAUSTR CLAUDIO LILIENFELD'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld. Following is an overview of key economic and trade issues in Tajikistan. Overview -------- 2. (SBU) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan is critically [...] | 2009-04-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE476 | REQUEST OF INFORMATION FROM DEA SOD REGARDING NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEA ASHGABAT COUNTRY OFFICE (ACO) IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A REGIONAL-RELATED TRAFFICKING PROFILE. THE PROFILE WILL BE USED TO ANALYZE TRAFFICKING INFORMATION DEVELOPED BY THE TURKMENISTAN STATE COUNTER-NARCOTIC [...] | 2009-04-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE477 | UI-09-0004/WEH1F/MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH SUMMARY [...] MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; DATE OF BIRTH: 1976; RESIDENT OF THE SHAURABADSKIY REGION, JAMOAT SARI-CHASHMA, SECTOR, KAVOK, TAJIKISTAN. MADAYOMOV WAS WANTED BY THE TAJIK AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO OTHER DRUG CHARGES. 2. KODIROV, RAJABALI GADOEVICH: [...] | 2009-04-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE478 | TAJIKISTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On April 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche and supporting documents to Muzafar Khuseinov, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations. Khuseinov said that the government was still considering our request for support. He said that Tajikistan had [...] | 2009-04-16 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA |
| 09DUSHANBE480 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 04:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE485 | TAJIKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] (U) Post has assigned Poloff William von Zagorski as Primary Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Econoff Daniel Kronenfeld as Alternate TFCO. Both officers are PCS at Post through the summer of 2010. 2. (SBU) Contact Information: Primary TFCO [...] | 2009-04-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER TI |
| 09DUSHANBE487 | THE RICHARD BOUCHER FAN CLUB - TAJIKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT PRESS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) MFA Spokesman Davlat Nazriyev summoned PAO April 22 for questioning, along with his deputy and the director for Europe and North America, to discuss why the embassy's press office had failed to inform the official [...] | 2009-04-24 09:49:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KDEM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE488 | UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) ON 04/21/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE COUNTER NARCOTICS UNIT CHIEF OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI) OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. (THE DCO H [...] | 2009-04-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE489 | BOUCHER FINDS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, BUT REFORM ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings in Dushanbe on April 20, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized several key issues with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi: -- the need for increased cooperation and engagement on Afghanistan; -- the need [...] | 2009-04-24 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE50 | Mission Economic Growth and Development Goals [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plans provided a good snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the second cable to provide a goal by goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. Work towards the Economic Growt [...] | 2009-01-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EAGR ELTN TI |
| 09DUSHANBE508 | ZARIFI BLOWS A GASKET OVER AUDIT OF NATIONAL BANK AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Helwig met with Foreign Minister Zarifi on April 24, to discuss elections, trafficking in persons, freedom of religion, economic reform, Afghanistan, and the work of the OSCE in the region. Zarifi made comments virtually identical to those he made to A/S Boucher on these [...] | 2009-04-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE509 | OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS TELL BOUCHER THERE IS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) Summary: Three leaders of opposition political parties told South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher they had little hope for the development of democratic government in Tajikistan, then tried to blame this on lack of support from the United States Government. They offered no pl [...] | 2009-04-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE51 | TAJIKISTAN'S - ABILITY TO RESEARCH OR FREEZE ASSETS OF SUSPECT TERRORIST ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 07:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KCRM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE510 | DEPUTY ASST US TRADE REP FINDS TAJIK GOVT MORE INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld visited Dushanbe April 21-22 to review U.S.-Tajik trade relations and the status of the U.S.-Central Asian Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Matlubkhon Davlatov, the P [...] | 2009-04-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL UZ TI |
| 09DUSHANBE514 | MIFFED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND VOTE, TAJIK FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: With the Tajik government highly annoyed that the United States dared to oppose a new IMF loan, Foreign Minister Zarifi called in the Ambassador April 27, accompanied by the DCM and RSO. In a departure from normal practice, Zarifi, who is comfortable in both Russian and English, i [...] | 2009-04-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ASEC CVIS PHUM EAID TI |
| 09DUSHANBE52 | TAJIKISTAN: INL PROJECTS DECEMBER 2008 STATUS UPDATE [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe border security, policing, anti-crime programs, and justice sector reform projects update for December, 2008. INL Dushanbe provides the following status report on ongoing projects under Assistance Letters of Agreement 5,6,7,8. End summary. Border Security 2. INL [...] | 2009-01-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE529 | TAJIKISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. BID FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us by diplomatic note that the Government of Tajikistan will support the United States candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council. 2. Point of contact on this issue is Greg Naarden, NaardenGL2@state.gov. JACOBSON [...] | 2009-05-05 11:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA TI |
| 09DUSHANBE53 | ROCKING DUSHANBE - MIDNIGHT EARTHQUAKE PARTY FINALLY BRINGS [...] (SBU) In a rare show of national unity, residents of Dushanbe and other large cities poured into the streets late on January 9, remaining outdoors in the tens of thousands until early morning, because of rumors that a powerful earthquake would occur between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. The Government, wh [...] | 2009-01-13 09:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SENV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE530 | TAJIKISTAN: FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan drug traffickers killed two Drug Control Agency officers and wounded three Border Guards at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon's Shurabad district. Border Guards killed six Afghan drug traffickers in Shurabad district. The Drug Control Agency reported early 2009 seizure [...] | 2009-05-06 11:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE533 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by the PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, RSO, DAO and EXBS. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2.VVP Coordinator [...] | 2009-05-07 03:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE563 | GFUI-09-9322/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE REQUEST FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) On April 29, 2009, The DCO received an official request from the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan (TDCA) for assistance in obtaining subscriber and toll data for the following three Afghani telephone numbers: [93] 7797567165, [93] 799146416 and [93] 700508066. [...] | 2009-05-08 12:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE564 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...] | 2009-05-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE565 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...] | 2009-05-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE569 | UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SAROV, NOSIR-FIRST DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) DURING MARCH 2009, THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO) INITIATED A JOINT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF TAJIKISTAN (MVD),TARGETING THE NOSIR SAROV DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). THE SAROV DTO IS BASED IN AFGHANISTAN AND TAJIKISTAN. THE MVD HAS IDENTIFIED [...] | 2009-05-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE570 | AUDIT OF TAJIK NATIONAL BANK REVEALS MAJOR FRAUD; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The recently-released executive summary of an audit of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) documents fraudulent and other questionable activities. The Bank's chairman personally approved hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and guarantees to entities in which he had a perso [...] | 2009-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE571 | UI-09-0003/YEH1K/NOSIRI, SARAF- DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE [...] (SBU) THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY DUSHANBE, INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTION (INL),HAVE COMBINED RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE APPLICATION OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MVD [...] | 2009-05-12 12:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE575 | TAJIKISTAN'S NEW SYNAGOGUE: BUSINESS, CENTRAL ASIA STYLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KPAO SCUL ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE6 | PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...] | 2009-01-05 07:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE602 | UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR - TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/15/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD),COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO TELEPHONE TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ONGOING WIRE INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIO [...] | 2009-05-21 04:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE617 | TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...] | 2009-05-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE618 | GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRISIS, BUT SHADOW OF [...] (C) Summary. Last week the Tajik government convened a donor meeting to discuss the effects of and potential responses to the world economic crisis. Little of the information was new. Tajik officials described the difficulties the country is facing -- falling remittances, sharply lower expo [...] | 2009-05-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE619 | TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...] | 2009-05-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE62 | Mission Investing in People Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the third cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. With our Investing in People goal we s [...] | 2009-01-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE620 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER IN TAJIKISTAN FOR MUDSLIDES AND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT A SERIES OF DISASTERS CAUSED BY CONTINUOUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS SPRING IS BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, AND T [...] | 2009-05-22 18:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE628 | UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/20/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD),COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO THE JOINT DEA/MVD INTERCEPT INVESTIGATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). 2. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORI [...] | 2009-05-22 19:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE64 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put significant research and effort into market development. Tajikistan, which lags behind most of its neighbors economically, remains not only the poorest of the former Soviet republics but one of the poorest co [...] | 2009-01-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE653 | TAJIKISTAN ARRESTS MUSLIM MISSIONARIES: ARE THEY [...] (C) Summary: In April and May 2009, Tajik law enforcement officials arrested members of the Jamoat-i-Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group. Most of those arrested have been released, but an unknown number remain in custody, and it is unclear when or if criminal proceedings will be initiated agains [...] | 2009-05-29 04:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE664 | TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) On May 28, the Regional Security Officer met with Colonel Khaidar Makhmadiev, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Interior and the former Chief of Staff, to get more information about the security situation in Tavildara (reftels). The Regional Security Officer has worked with Makhmadiev for [...] | 2009-05-29 12:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE665 | FY2009 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID TI |
| 09DUSHANBE668 | UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/20/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD) COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION/UI-09-0003/YEHIK (DTO). 2. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORIEV OB [...] | 2009-06-02 11:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE669 | UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR, TAJIK MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) ON 05/29/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD) COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO TELEPHONE TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ONGOING WIRE-INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION [...] | 2009-06-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE670 | AFTER Q1 FINANCIAL RESULTS, TAJIKS BEG DONORS FOR CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29 the Tajik Ministry of Finance briefed donors on the country's economic performance over the first quarter of 2009. With declining exports, falling remittances, and a weakening currency, budget revenues are expected to fall 20-25% short of initial projections. Official [...] | 2009-06-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE688 | TAJIK IMAMS RETURN FROM UNITED STATES WITH NEW OUTLOOK ON [...] (U) Summary: On June 1 CAO and PolOffs met with Domullo Numonkhon and Mullo Abdurahim, two of the five independent Tajik imams who traveled to the United States on the International Visitor Leadership Program. Numonkhon and Abdurahim are both conservative, and both had criticized U.S. foreign [...] | 2009-06-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KIRF KISL PINR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE7 | PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...] | 2009-01-05 07:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE702 | NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROPOSES CLOSER COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call on the Ambassador, the newly arrived Russian Ambassador said Russia's chief interest in Tajikistan was maintaining stability and asked about Tajik and U.S. concerns about possibly greater activity of the Taliban in the north. He proposed greater coordination and [...] | 2009-06-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG TI RU UZ |
| 09DUSHANBE703 | MORE INDICATIONS THAT TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY IS AT A [...] (C) Summary: Mahmadali Hait and Vohidkhoni Qosiddin, Deputy Chairmen of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),maintain that their party ranks continue to grow because of the government's unpopularity, but there are still questions about their ability to lead an effective opposition pa [...] | 2009-06-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE704 | RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OFFICIALS IN TAJIKISTAN: WHO'S RUNNING THE [...] (C) Summary: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met with Tajik officials June 1-4 to discuss the country's religious policy. USCIRF has placed Tajikistan on a list of countries of concern because of government restrictions on re [...] | 2009-06-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE712 | ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS, NOT SUCH A BRIGHT IDEA [...] (SBU) Summary. In April President Rahmon signed a decree obligating all residential and commercial entities in Tajikistan to begin switching to energy-saving lightbulbs by May 1. The President said the change from incandescent lighting would save millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity annu [...] | 2009-06-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD TI |
| 09DUSHANBE723 | JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM GRANT RECIPIENTS [...] Summary: Via recently launched Justice Sector Reform program, INL Dushanbe Issued eight grants totaling $300,000 to Tajik non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to carry out programs in court monitoring, legal aid to indigents, legal education, legal representation of minors, and third party arb [...] | 2009-06-09 04:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE724 | TAJIK AUDIENCE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND RECEPTIVE TO OBAMA [...] (U) Summary: In Tajikistan, an extremely poor country where 97% of the population is Muslim, few people watched the speech, either because it was broadcast in English or because it was available only via satellite and few had receivers. An audience of 40 came to watch the speech at the embassy [...] | 2009-06-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KISL KDEM PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE725 | UNIVERSITY HIJAB BAN: STUDENTS SPEAK OUT, OFFER VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Administrators at the National University of Tajikistan in Dushanbe recently expelled several students for failing to comply with a ban on wearing the hijab in class. On May 28, EmbOffs spoke to four students -- two men and two women -- who criticized the government's heavy-ha [...] | 2009-06-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE727 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT - MAY 2009 [...] Site Assessments a) On May 15, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Program Assistants visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to examine the recently installed luggage x-ray equipment at the pedestrian passenger terminal. An end-use review of EXBS donated equipment was also conducted and it wa [...] | 2009-06-11 04:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE737 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on June 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, DATT, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOf [...] | 2009-06-15 03:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
| 09DUSHANBE741 | TAJIKISTANI GOVERNMENT INFORMED REGARDING UPCOMING [...] (C) On June 1, Poloff delivered points in reftel, concerning negotiations with Moscow about potential transport of materiel via Russia to Afghanistan, to Khusrav Nosiri, head of the Department of European and American affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nosiri clearly appreciated [...] | 2009-06-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV EFIN TI |
| 09DUSHANBE742 | TAJIKISTAN - INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (IRENA) [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organization Affairs Muazzafar Husseinov on June 16. Husseinov said Tajikistan's Ambassador to Egypt would represent Tajikistan at the Egypt meeting, and that Tajikistan supported the United Arab Emirate [...] | 2009-06-17 03:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE743 | TAJIKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) DEMARCHE [...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche and Tajikistan TIP narrative to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe and North America Khusrav Nosiri on June 16. Emboffs outlined a possible anti-TIP action plan for GOTI consideration, and discussed Tajik participation in a Digital Video Conferenc [...] | 2009-06-17 03:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP TI |
| 09DUSHANBE774 | TAJIKISTAN FACES ONGOING FOOD INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan continues to face serious food insecurity. According to the World Food Program (WFP),1.4 million of Tajikistan's 7 million inhabitants are food insecure, half of them chronically so. The global financial crisis has exacerbated the situation, as have rising food pric [...] | 2009-06-23 11:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE782 | TAJIKISTAN: MAY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jacobson and Tajik Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrokhon Zarifi signed Amendment 9 to the INL Letter of Agreement which provides almost $9.5 in additional counter-narcotics, law enforcement, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan, and a Memorandum of Understandi [...] | 2009-06-24 04:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE785 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...] | 2009-06-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE786 | WHO KILLED FORMER TAJIK INTERIOR MINISTER SOLEHOV? [...] (SBU) Summary: Competing explanations have emerged regarding last week's death of former Tajik Minister of Internal Affairs Mahmadnazar Solehov. Initial reports indicated that Solehov, for whom an arrest warrant was issued the day before his death, killed himself to avoid arrest. The governme [...] | 2009-06-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PGOV SOCI KCRM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE792 | HEAVY RAIN AND MUDFLOWS THREATEN RURAL LIVELIHOODS, TAJIK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Heavy rainfall in recent months has left several communities in Tajikistan under water or mud. Districts in Khatlon province south of Dushanbe have been hardest hit. The situation will have several short-term effects on health and local hygiene. Damage to crops and livestock pos [...] | 2009-06-30 09:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SENV SOCI TI |
| 09DUSHANBE798 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE [...] Site Assessments a) To monitor EXBS and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) equipment end-use, and to get information on additional equipment and training needs, the EXBS Advisor, EXBS Program Management Assistant, Director, ODC, and the ODC Program Management Assistant (hereafter the EX [...] | 2009-07-01 10:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EAID MNUC PARM PREL KSTC SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE824 | TAJIK RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) Tajikistan responded to our reftel request for assistance in Afghanistan by diplomatic note on June 11. Tajikistan replied to our request that they extend operations of the Nizhny Pyanj bridge to 24 hours a day saying that an agreement is currently pending with the Afghan side to increase [...] | 2009-07-08 03:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS SMIG ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TI |
| 09DUSHANBE828 | TAJIKISTAN - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING [...] (SBU) Tajikistan scores poorly across the board on implementation of human dimension commitments. In response to reftel, post suggests highlighting the following issues in a demarche on OSCE human dimension implementation: -- Law on Religion: Tajikistan's recently enacted "law on freedo [...] | 2009-07-09 10:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE831 | THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION AND BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Extreme levels of outmigration from Tajikistan have left the country with few skilled citizens to address its complex problems, and at the same time, is warping the social fabric in ways that have serious consequences for future stability. While skilled professionals leave with t [...] | 2009-07-10 11:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI EAID AMGT RU TI |
| 09DUSHANBE840 | TAJIKISTAN - A/S BLAKE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In Dushanbe on July 6, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Robert Blake gave an overview to President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of Tajikistan in this effort. He proposed the Unite [...] | 2009-07-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE845 | TAJIKISTAN - FORMER UTO COMMANDER ZIYOEV KILLED [...] (C) Summary: On July 11 former United Tajik Opposition (UTO) commander and Minister of Emergency Situations Mirzo Ziyoev was killed in mysterious circumstances in Tavildara district. He was with the armed group led by Ne'mat Azizov and Mullo Abdullo in the week preceding his death. There are [...] | 2009-07-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PTER KCRM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE846 | AGRICULTURAL REFORMS IN TAJIKISTAN: MORE MANURE? [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of May President Rahmon signed a decree calling for writing off over half a billion dollars in debt owed by cotton farmers to agricultural investors and, ultimately, the National Bank of Tajikistan. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) required the passage of a debt [...] | 2009-07-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PGOV EFIN TI |
| 09DUSHANBE855 | HOLLYWOOD IN TAJIKISTAN: L.A. MOVIE WORKER SEES FLEDGLING [...] (U) Summary: Jon Green, a film industry worker from Los Angeles, met with local movie enthusiasts on a recent trip to Dushanbe. Green's discussions yielded insights on local culture, the effects of endemic corruption on the development of fledgling industries, and Tajiks' impressions on Americ [...] | 2009-07-16 13:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI TI |
| 09DUSHANBE865 | TAJIKISTAN: LINKS BETWEEN FOOD INSECURITY AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan faces serious ongoing food insecurity, and the situation may worsen as the year progresses. While the link between poverty and political instability is not simple, experts here agree that a decline in the availability of food in Tajikistan will contribute to political [...] | 2009-07-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM EAGR ECON PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE866 | TAJIKISTAN ASKS FOR ANOTHER BORDER ACADEMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Deputy of the State Committee for National Security requested U.S. assistance to construct a new Border Guard Academy on the grounds of a soon-to-be-handed-over Russian military base near Dushanbe. End summary. 2. (SBU) First Deputy of the State Committee for [...] | 2009-07-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM EAID PINR MASS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE869 | TAJIKISTAN - ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (U) On July 8, per reftel, Post sent a request for information regarding Tajikistan's plans to send high-level officials to this year's United National General Assembly. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post by diplomatic note on July 14 that four Tajik officials plan to attend. [...] | 2009-07-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA TI |
| 09DUSHANBE877 | WITH NEW ONE-STOP-SHOP, U.S. BUSINESS OPENS IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan, which consistently ranks near the bottom of most comparative business rankings, with assistance from USAID recently instituted a "one-stop-shop" business registration process. Several days after the law's passage, an American citizen, Sanjeev Sonar, successfully took [...] | 2009-07-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE886 | JOINT ODC/EXBS END-USE MONITORING TRIP REPORT [...] Summary: Monitoring results of U.S. funded communications equipment in Tajikistan are positive. The equipment is being used along the porous Tajik-Afghan border as intended and is being maintained to the highest degree of serviceability. Some issues were identified, but could be easily overco [...] | 2009-07-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID MASS ECPS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE899 | CAIRO SPEECH FOLLOW UP: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM [...] Summary: To share President Obama's vision of partnership and opportunity here in Tajikistan, we will have to overcome the country's extreme poverty and isolation. While urban youth and educated elites were generally receptive to his June 4 speech, they represent a small minority of Tajiks. T [...] | 2009-07-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SOCI TNGD TSPL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE900 | TAJIKISTAN: JUNE 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik border guard wounded and Afghan drug trafficker killed in a skirmish on the border in the southern Khatlon province. Counter Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seized 101 kilos of heroin in Sugd. Traffic Police Officers seized 50 kilos of heroin in a [...] | 2009-07-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE932 | FLYING BY NIGHT: TAJIK AVIATION ILL-EQUIPPED, UNDER-FUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's aviation sector faces many challenges: lack of capacity and oversight, limited flights, high costs, poor planning, aging infrastructure, and unrealistic expectations. During a recent visit to Dushanbe by senior Moscow-based Federal Aviation Administration representa [...] | 2009-07-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE944 | AFGHAN, PAKISTANI, RUSSIAN, AND TAJIK PRESIDENTS CONVENE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Russia descended on Dushanbe July 28-31 for bilateral and multilateral meetings, where they discussed energy, trade, security, military cooperation, and other issues. The most substantive news to emerge from the summit was a possible [...] | 2009-08-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ETRD TI RS AF PK |
| 09DUSHANBE945 | THE IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION ON EMBASSY TURNOVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The high rate of emigration, especially of those with marketable skills as reported reftel, results in a very high level of staff turnover at Embassy Dushanbe. Though for the purposes of setting salaries we look to local employers, our real competitors are employers abroad, in R [...] | 2009-08-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ELAB SOCI AMGT TI |
| 09DUSHANBE95 | TAJIKISTAN BANS THE SALAFIS - WHO'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: The Tajik Supreme Court pronouncement outlawing the Salafis is the latest step in the government's attempts to reduce the influence of religion in Tajik politics. The measure may reduce the influence of the group, primarily because ) unlike other government restrictions ) traditi [...] | 2009-01-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE954 | CHINESE INTEREST IN TAJIKISTAN INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's largest and most powerful neighbor, China plays an increasingly central role in Tajikistan's economic development. It has made massive state-led investments in Tajikistan's infrastructure, including roads and energy transmission lines, and Chinese imports increasin [...] | 2009-08-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL ENRG ELTN TI CH |
| 09DUSHANBE955 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 14-16 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE957 | PROMINENT FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER TURAJONZODA SHARES VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Embassy PolOffs and two DRL representatives met with Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a charismatic religious leader who was among the top leaders of the United Tajik Opposition during Tajikistan's civil war. Despite his continued harsh criticism of President Rahmon, Turajonzod [...] | 2009-08-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE966 | TAJIK RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff met on August 10 with Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Larisa Kislyakova to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on October 8 (ref A). She said her ministry supports the dr [...] | 2009-08-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON EINV EFIN TI |
| 09DUSHANBE968 | TAJIKISTAN - POST CONCURRENCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (C) Embassy Dushanbe concurs with reftel listing of Cotton produced in Tajikistan as being subject to E.O. 13126. Per the annual Trafficking in Persons report for Tajikistan, and other post- and department-generated reports, children continue to be forced to participate in the cotton industry [...] | 2009-08-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TI |
| 09DUSHANBE969 | TAJIKISTAN -- IMF SEES PROGRESS BUT STILL NOT SURE GLASS IS [...] (C) Summary: After initial assurances that the financial crisis would not affect Tajikistan, government officials now frequently cite dropping remittances, exports, and imports as serious signs of the crisis here. International Monetary Fund Resident Representative Luc Moers said the situation [...] | 2009-08-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE970 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY [...] Site Assessments a) On July 15, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The EXBS-funded renovation of the laboratory is moving forward and the contractor has made substantial pr [...] | 2009-08-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE971 | TAJIKISTAN: JULY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A clash between government forces and an unknown armed group took place in Nurobod. Results of the first phase of the Poppy 2009 anti-drug operation are summarized. Drug control officers seize a large amount of hashish in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. Two Tajiks suspected of sup [...] | 2009-08-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE99 | TAJIKISTAN - COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that it has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor (ref A). The evidence supports the inclusion of Tajik cotton on the list (refs B and C). We would like to add some context [...] | 2009-01-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB KTIP TI |
| 09DUSHANBE990 | TAJIKISTAN - MANAGING AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's leadership wants stability in Afghanistan, and sees President Karzai as the country's best bet to continue toward that goal. The Tajik government insists it takes no sides in the election, and is not interested in meddling in the ethnic power balance in Afghanistan. [...] | 2009-08-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE996 | FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES APPROACH EMBASSY, REQUEST [...] (C/NF) On August 12 Shafi Rakhimovich Salikhov (as spelled in his Tajik passport) walked into the embassy, and asked to speak with an embassy officer. Local guards briefly interviewed him, then referred him to the Assistant Regional Security Officer. Salikhov explained to the A/RSO that he had [...] | 2009-08-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE997 | IRAN'S ROLE IN TAJIKISTAN: LIMITED BUT INCREASING? [...] (SBU) Summary: After a slow start, Iran has become a major economic player in Tajikistan. The vast bulk of Iranian investment in Tajikistan is direct state loans and grants for major infrastructure projects, including the Sangtuda-2 hydropower station, the Istiqlol tunnel, and several highway [...] | 2009-08-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL TI IR |
| 09DUSSELDORF10 | IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...] | 2009-04-22 17:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF16 | TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR BEING [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] | 2009-04-27 16:14:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF17 | CORRECTED COPY: TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] | 2009-04-27 16:34:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF19 | LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN GERMAN MUSLIM COUNCIL; LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Concluding his six-month rotating leadership of Germany's Muslim Coordination Council (KRM),spokesman Erol Puerlue called for patience in judging its work. He said it was a challenge to deliver tangible results, partly because of differences within the KRM but also because the [...] | 2009-05-08 15:19:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF27 | FORMER PKK LEADER IN GERMANY SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM [...] (U) Former Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader for Germany, Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),was sentenced on July 31 to three years and nine months in prison on charges of leadership of a criminal organization and coercion by the Higher Regional Court in Duesseldorf. The coercion cha [...] | 2009-08-03 16:21:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF29 | NEW EDITION OF ANTI-EXTREMISM COMIC BOOK "ANDI 3" EXPECTED [...] (U) Continuing their series of comic books designed to combat extremism amongst German youth in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),the state's Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) is expecting to release a third volume of the Andi series, Andi 3 (see reftel),by the end of the [...] | 2009-08-07 14:45:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF3 | REGULATORY OFFICIAL REJECTS BUNDESBANK-BAFIN MERGER RUMORS [...] (U) Summary: A senior financial regulator at BaFin in Bonn recently confirmed to us that plans to merge BaFin with the Bundesbank have been dropped. He predicted that more Landesbanken would merge, leading ultimately to only two or three such banks nationally. He commented that WestLB, the [...] | 2009-01-23 15:12:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF30 | U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GERMANY WERE PRIME TARGETS, IJU [...] (U) Summary: The leader of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell, Fritz Gelowicz (29),made a full confession in the ongoing terrorist trial at the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court (reftels) on August 10, confirming that U.S. military personnel in Germany were the primary target for [...] | 2009-08-12 15:44:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF32 | RIGHT-WING PARTIES IN NRW ELECTIONS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY [...] (U) Summary: While right-wing extremist parties are likely to make gains in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state-wide municipal elections at the end of August, their electoral success will actually be meager in the grand scheme of things. Despite historic difficulty in the region, extreme right [...] | 2009-08-19 16:04:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF35 | ATTACK ON RAMSTEIN AFB PLANNED FOR ITS SYMBOLIC VALUE, [...] (U) Daniel Schneider, one of the defendants in the ongoing terrorist trial of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell (reftel),testified before the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on September 15 that the group considered attacking the U.S. Air Force Base in Ramstein for its symbolic [...] | 2009-09-21 07:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF36 | CANDIDATES STUMP HEAVILY IN GERMANY'S MOST POPULOUS STATE [...] (U) During the last week of the Bundestag election campaign, the leaders of all major parties campaigned heavily in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),Germany's most populous state with almost 22 percent of the German electorate. With 13.5 million eligible voters, the state has often played a deci [...] | 2009-09-25 09:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF37 | DECREASE IN REPORTED TIP CASES IN NRW COULD HIDE ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The number of human trafficking perpetrators and known victims in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) decreased significantly from last year, but the statistics likely do not capture the full numbers of trafficking perpetrators and victims. Most victims are non-German with many coming [...] | 2009-09-25 10:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF38 | STEPPED-UP SECURITY IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; TAKING THE [...] (U) Security has been further ratcheted up in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as a result of the pre- and post-Bundestag election alerts. Armored personnel carriers and stepped up armed police presence are in evidence at airports, and there is a visible increase in police presence at the Duesse [...] | 2009-09-25 14:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF39 | SPD RECEDES DRAMATICALLY IN TRADITIONAL STRONGHOLD: NORTH [...] (U) Summary: Until now, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and its industrial Ruhr region were Germany's Social Democratic heartland. No longer. The CDU is now the strongest party in NRW. The Bundestag election returns in Germany's most populous state of NRW, with few exceptions, reflected the na [...] | 2009-10-02 15:18:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF44 | WHAT IS STIRRING NRW M-P RUETTGERS ON HIS ROAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: During an October 28 introductory call by the Consul General, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers, newly returned from hosting federal coalition negotiations at the NRW representation in Berlin, took stock of national topics and the state of major pol [...] | 2009-11-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB SENV PL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF46 | COLOGNE MOSQUE/CULTURAL CENTER CORNERSTONE LAYING - A [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the cornerstone for the Turkish Islamic Union's (DITIB) Cologne mosque and cultural center was laid in the presence of 2,000 guests, including senior representatives from the German and Turkish governments, and representatives of major religious communities Afte [...] | 2009-11-16 14:23:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PHUM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF47 | NRW STATE MINISTER EXPLAINS GERMANY'S INTEGRATION CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) Minister for Generations, Women, Families and Integration Armin Laschet told the Ambassador and Dusseldorf CG November 18 that Germany has a multi-faceted integration problem that must be immediately addressed. The Minister noted Germany's long-t [...] | 2009-11-24 11:30:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL |
| 09DUSSELDORF48 | GERMAN POLITICAL ICON COUNT OTTO LAMBSDORFF PASSES AWAY [...] (U) Summary: Germany's political establishment remains in shock after Count Otto Lambsdorff -- a strong force in transatlantic relations and one of the country's most prolific politicians in the post-World War Two era -- passed away on December 5. Lambsdorff served as the Free Democratic Par [...] | 2009-12-07 17:38:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF50 | RUETTGERS LOOKING TO THE EAST AFTER SUCCESSFUL CHINA TRIP [...] (U) Summary: A recent visit to China by North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers (CDU),the first by a NRW Minister-President since 1988, focused on trade, economics, science and cultural matters, but political issues, such as the role of the Dalai Lama, were also rai [...] | 2009-12-22 09:54:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EINV ETRD CH GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF51 | NRW'S SPD LEADER SEES DAYLIGHT AT END OF LANDTAG OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) opposition leader and SPD national vice chair Hannelore Kraft sees the May 2010 NRW Landtag election as wide open; the current black/yellow government does not have a lock on the state. She believes she was named national vice chair for a reaso [...] | 2009-12-22 21:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GM |
| 09ECTION03OF05MANILA924 | CANDIDATES BEGIN JOKEYING FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR RP PGOV |
| 09EFTOASMARA34 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS [...] Withdrawal of all foreign forces from their lands (from Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and others). 2. Offering a new reconciliation with them. 3. Allowing serious political change from the corrupt governments in their countries. 4. Opening scientific processes in commercial, politcal e [...] | 2009-01-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SO ER |
| 09EFTOASMARA373 | ERITREA SEEKS "CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT" WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) AMBASSADOR CALLED IN ------------------------------ Foreign Minister Osman Saleh convoked the ambassador October 26 and spoke at length about Eritrea's (professed) view of the need for the United States and Eritrea to improve relations for each country's mutual benefit. He characteri [...] | 2009-10-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ER SU |
| 09EFTOHELSINKI235 | IRANIANS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED, BUT DON'T ATTEND [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki invited Iranian Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission to the Independence Day reception, which was held on Wednesday, June 17. (July is the traditional holiday month in the Nordic region.) The invitees regretted the invitations, and did not attend. 2. (SBU) During [...] | 2009-06-22 09:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP PREL IR FI |
| 09EFTOLONDON2187 | DELIVERY OF AGENDA FOR P-3 MEETING ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 13:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2211 | UK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING U.S.INVITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 15:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KTBT KNNP UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2239 | "NEW" UK FUNDING FOR PAKISTAN BORDER AREAS: NOT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: UK PM Gordon Brown,s announced GBP 50 million (USD 80 million) in additional assistance for Pakistan,s border areas will come from the current GBP 665 million (USD 1 billion) already designated for aid to Pakistan and is unlikely to be in place until spring 2010. End Summary. [...] | 2009-09-29 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2240 | WALES ASPIRES TO BE A CHAMPION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. Wales is an active player on climate change and has produced its own strategy calling for a three percent cut in carbon emissions as an annual target beginning in 2011. Welsh Assembly Government officials are coordinating with HMG's overall low carbon strategy. This cooper [...] | 2009-09-30 07:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON EINV UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2363 | UK SUPPORTS PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU/NF) ESTHOff delivered reftel to relevant contacts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on October 15. Steve Walsgrove, Assistant Director of the Nuclear Unit at DECC, told ESTHOff on October 16 that HMG is "joined up" with the [...] | 2009-10-19 12:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2468 | TAMIL EXPATRIATES CALL FOR RESETTLEMENT OF IDPS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. In an October 21 meeting with four UK citizen Tamils from "Expatriate Tamils," a UK-based diaspora advocacy group, requested that the USG "prevail upon the Sri Lankan government" to allow for timely resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),including 250,000 plus [...] | 2009-11-02 16:37:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM XD CE UK PREF |
| 09EFTOLONDON2521 | UK RESPONSE: REQUEST FOR UK PRESENCE AT JANUARY [...] (SBU/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sharon McDonald, CBRN Terrorism Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on November 3. McDonald said she had already discussed the GICNT EPG Meeting with her supervisors, but that no decisi [...] | 2009-11-06 17:30:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2618 | UK RESPONSE: FMCT POSITIONS FOR P-3 DISCUSSION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 17:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TRGY MNUC UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2688 | UK INITIAL RESPONSE: PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR [...] (SBU/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Philip Richards, Nuclear and Radiological Security Desk Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on December 2. Richards said he would closely review the Voluntary Fund explanation, objectives, and potential projects as left in non-pape [...] | 2009-12-02 17:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2858 | UK RESPONSE: APPROACH TO 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nick Low, Head of the Nuclear Issues Section in the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on December 14. In a follow-up meeting on December 17, Low told Poloff that he had passed the reftel talking points to c [...] | 2009-12-18 11:00:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ENRG IAEA MNUC KNNP UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2884 | P3 DISCUSS UNSCR 1540 WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15, representatives of the P3 (France, the UK, and the U.S.) who handle UNSCR 1540 implementation met in London for an agreed update on the Comprehensive Review outcome, the USG proposal for a 1540 Voluntary Fund, and to identify objectives for the 2010 Program of Wo [...] | 2009-12-23 13:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO RS CH FR UK |
| 09EFTOLONDON2905 | UK RESPONSE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON DISSUADING ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA CDG |
| 09EFTOMONTEVIDEO137 | REQUEST FOR FUNDING/MANTRAP FOR MONTEVIDEO [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) U.S. Embassy Motevideo has a critical need for a mantrap. Recently, a survey team from DS/PSD/PSPCB and OBO/SEB came to post to survey three different possible locations for the installation of a mantrap. The surveyors recomme [...] | 2009-03-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ASEC |
| 09EFTORIYADH1110 | SAUDI ARABIA: ASSISTANT INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES [...] (U) Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MbN),Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs, escaped an assassination attempt on August 27 when a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Prince's palace in Jeddah. MbN was treated for minor injuries and then released. There were no other casualties. [...] | 2009-08-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER SA |
| 09EFTOSANAA433 | REFUGEE FLOWS INTO YEMEN STRAIN AN ALREADY BURDENED SYSTEM [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: Pressing on an already overburdened system, the number of refugees in Yemen continued to increase in 2008. The ROYG is beginning to feel the increasing pressure from the existing population of refugees, along with these new arrivals, as evidenced by a draft law to end the poli [...] | 2009-03-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM |
| 09EFTOTRIPOLI704 | LIBYAN PROTOCOL CHIEF CONFIRMS QADHAFI WILL NOT STAY IN [...] (SBU/NF) In an August 29 meeting, Libyan Protocol Chief Nuri al-Mismari confirmed that plans for Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi to stay in Englewood, NJ are off. Instead, the GOL is focusing on finding accommodations for Qadhafi in Manhattan. According to Mismari, the most likely outcome is [...] | 2009-08-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAIR OVIP UNGA LY |
| 09EFTOUSUNNEWYORK584 | UK HOSTS LUNCH FOR UN COMMITTEE ON CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 4, 2009 the UK Mission hosted a lunch for members of the Committee on Contribution (COC) to discuss the scale of assessment models and general views of the committee on the scales debate. In addition to CoC delegates from Germany, Australia, the UK, Romania, Portugal, J [...] | 2009-06-11 14:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
| 09EFTOYEREVAN540 | EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE FRAUDULENT ASYLUM CLAIM - [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Evidence has come to light during a Visa 92 following-to-join interview that suggests Mr. Vahram ASATRYAN, Alien Registration Number 89780549, submitted a fraudulent claim for asylum. As per 9 FAM Appendix O, 1207.2-5(A),Post is reporting these details to CA/VO/F/P, CA/FPP [...] | 2009-08-04 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD PHUM PREF AM |
| 09EFTOYEREVAN559 | EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE FRAUDULENT ASYLUM CLAIM - [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Evidence has come to light during a Visa 92 following-to-join interview that suggests Mr. Georgi TOROSYAN, Alien Registration Number 89882674, submitted a fraudulent claim for asylum. As per 9 FAM Appendix O, 1207.2-5(A),Post is reporting these details to CA/VO/F/P, CA/FPP [...] | 2009-08-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD PHUM PREF AM |
| 09EFTOYEREVAN677 | EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE FRAUDULENT ASYLUM [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Evidence has come to light during a Visa 92 following-to-join interview that suggests Arakelyan NAKHSHUN, DOB 16 MARCH 1969, A099-039-244, submitted a fraudulent claim for asylum. As per 9 FAM Appendix O, 1207.2-5(A),Post is reporting these details to CA/VO/F/P, CA/FPP and [...] | 2009-09-29 07:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM CVIS KFRD PHUM PREF |
| 09EFTOYEREVAN678 | EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE FRAUDULENT ASYLUM CLAIM- [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Evidence has come to light during a Visa 92 following-to-join interview that suggests Ms. Ruzan Alekyan, Alien registration number A99587355 submitted a fraudulent claim for asylum. As per 9 FAM Appendix O, 1207.2-5(A),Post is reporting these details to CA/VO/F/P, CA/FPP an [...] | 2009-09-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM CVIS KFRD PHUM PREF |
| 09EFTOYEREVAN874 | EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE FRAUDULENT ASYLUM CLAIM - [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Evidence has come to light during a Visa 92 following-to-join interview that suggests Lusine TERTERYAN DOB 11AUG1972, submitted a fraudulent claim for asylum. As per 9 FAM Appendix O, 1207.2-5(A),Post is reporting these details to CA/VO/F/P, CA/FPP and USCIS. End Summary. [...] | 2009-12-18 15:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM CVIS KFRD PHUM PREF |
| 09FLORENCE11 | SAN MARINO PARLIAMENT ELECTS NEW HEADS OF STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 15:40:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SM |
| 09FLORENCE17 | SAN MARINO SUPPORTS KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 09:31:00 | Consulate Florence | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV SM |
| 09FLORENCE19 | FRAUD SUMMARY (SAN MARINO) [...] Relations between the United States and the Republic of San Marino (RSM) were upgraded in 2006 from Consular to Diplomatic. For consular purposes, the republic is within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Florence for all functions except for immigrant visas, which are processed at t [...] | 2009-05-05 14:14:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SM |
| 09FLORENCE22 | SAN MARINO: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are post's answers to the questionnaire in Reftel for the Republic of San Marino. . 2. (SBU) Section A: Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection - - - - - - - - - - -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries a [...] | 2009-06-03 14:15:00 | Consulate Florence | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SM |
| 09FRANKFURT1487 | STRONG REACTIONS TO OPEL/MAGNA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, just a day before GM filed for bankruptcy, the tug-of-war for the car manufacturer Opel broke loose, resulting in a deal for Austro-Canadian car supplier Magna to take over Opel from GM and the German federal and state governments pulling together EUR 1.5B in immediate [...] | 2009-06-08 05:45:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
| 09FRANKFURT1576 | CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION OBSERVES GERMAN ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: A staff delegation from the House Committee on Administration visited Elections Offices in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden with ConOff to explore German procedures for registering voters and conducting elections on a citywide and national scale. Substantially all eligible German voters are [...] | 2009-06-15 14:20:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GE EU |
| 09FRANKFURT1583 | COMMUNAL ELECTIONS IN SW GERMANY BRING INSIGHT INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: Communal elections in three southwestern German states on June 7 generally mirrored the European election results (reftel),with voters drawn away from the larger CDU and SPD to the smaller parties -- the FDP, Greens, and the Left Party. Bucking the SPD's national slide, , the [...] | 2009-06-16 07:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT167 | Hesse Election: CDU Stays on with FDP's Help, SPD in [...] Summary: The CDU gained only a marginal victory out of the SPD's disastrous loss in the Hesse election as swing voters gravitated toward smaller parties. CDU Minister President Roland Koch will stay on, but must now share power with the FDP. The CDU-FDP government will also end the Grand Coa [...] | 2009-01-20 11:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT1712 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 13:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
| 09FRANKFURT1722 | FRANKFURT'S IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT VALIDATION STUDY [...] SUMMARY: Consulate General Frankfurt conducted a validation study of Frankfurt's 2007 Iranian B-1/B-2 travelers. Of the 288 applicants who traveled to the United States, 19 (6.6%) claimed asylum, adjusted status or overstayed. For the vast majority who returned from the United States without [...] | 2009-07-01 08:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD IR GM |
| 09FRANKFURT1931 | KURT BECK BRINGS SPD TROUBLES FROM HIS HOME STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 08:32:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2257 | The Politics of Porsche Buyout Could Hurt Merkel's [...] SUMMARY: The takeover of one of Baden-Wuerttemberg's (B-W)archetypal firms, luxury sports car manufacturer Porsche, by Lower-Saxony based Volkswagen (VW),has local business people grumbling, and the fallout could cause problems for the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) as it gears up for the S [...] | 2009-08-28 13:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2258 | SAARLAND STATE ELECTION: ALL PARTIES NERVOUS ABOUT [...] Summary: Saarland will hold its state election on August 30, and recent polls suggest the race is wide open with a number of coalitions possible. The uncertainty is making all the parties nervous, particularly with federal elections just four weeks away and the likelihood that the results, wh [...] | 2009-08-28 13:02:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2274 | GREENS KINGMAKERS IN SAARLAND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Saarland voters gave incumbent Minister-President and Christian Democrat Peter Mueller a political lashing in the August 30 state parliamentary elections, and showed their continued affection for former Social Democratic Party (SPD) chief and current Left Party leader Oskar Lafont [...] | 2009-09-01 06:22:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2318 | SAARLAND ELECTION AFTERMATH: GREENS TAKING THE SLOW ROAD [...] Summary: (SBU) Torn between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as prospective coalition partners, the Saarland Greens have chosen to postpone a decision until after the 27 September Bundestag elections. Instead they will conduct informal talks with all [...] | 2009-09-04 12:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT239 | State Steps in to Ensure Bank Consolidation in Germany [...] Summary: Both Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank are speeding up efforts to complete takeovers despite deteriorating balance sheets and losses in the fourth quarter. Finance Minister Steinbrueck has taken a firm position in favor of consolidation, stepping in to assure that the deals go through in [...] | 2009-01-23 13:09:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
| 09FRANKFURT241 | Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License End-Use Check on [...] (SBU) Reftel requested that post conduct a bona fides site visit to Zeltmann GmbH and a pre-license check on application 050136522. ConGen Pol-Econ Off conducted the site visit with junior directors Peter Zeltmann and Achim Zeltmann on January 14. Established in 1964 by current senior directo [...] | 2009-01-23 14:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SP GM |
| 09FRANKFURT25 | Super Election Year in Germany Begins with Probable CDU-FDP [...] Summary: The state of Hesse kicks off Germany's "Super Election Year" with its own state elections on January 18, in what will likely be a win for the CDU and FDP and a painful loss for the SPD. The CDU and FDP are also courting each other as partners at the national level. After an inconclus [...] | 2009-01-06 14:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2523 | Merkel Under Pressure in Germany's Southwest [...] SUMMARY: No clear predictions can be made in Germany's southwest states as to which parties will prevail in the upcoming federal election. Polls show that the Christian Democrats (CDU) have lost ground in Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W),typically a CDU stronghold, however have gained slightly in [...] | 2009-09-25 13:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2525 | NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS COULD IMPACT SAARLAND COALITION [...] (U)SUMMARY: Saarland, the small, picturesque German state on the French border, remains in transition following its August 30 state elections, when no party won a clear majority. Despite its uncertain state, the Saarland parliamentary session opened this week on September 23. Speculation abou [...] | 2009-09-25 15:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2579 | International Regulatory Cooperation top theme at Luncheon [...] Summary: (SBU)CG Alford hosted a luncheon at his residence on September 16, 2009 for Ambassador Philip Murphy and leaders from the Frankfurt financial community. Guests discussed a variety of political and financial issues, with a focus on maintaining good relations between governments during [...] | 2009-10-05 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2648 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2670 | GREENS IN SAARLAND TURN RIGHT, SETTING POLITICAL PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party in Saarland set a new political precedent October 11 when it decided overwhelmingly to form a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),a so-called "Jamaica" coalition based upon the parties' colors (Black, Yellow and G [...] | 2009-10-14 05:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2800 | German Financial Sector Reactions to Pittsburgh G-20 Summit [...] (SBU) Summary: The consensus in German banking circles and the ECB is that the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh set the stage for financial reforms and a new architecture that together will help reduce the dangers of another meltdown. In recent meetings with Economic Minister Counselor Robert Pollard [...] | 2009-10-30 07:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2978 | First German "Jamaica" Coalition Government Takes [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 16:32:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM PGOV |
| 09FRANKFURT2979 | First German "Jamaica" Coalition Government Takes [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 06:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 09FRANKFURT3012 | New German Government Plans for Reform of Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: As one of its first decisions, the new coalition government in Germany agreed to concentrate banking supervision, which has previously been shared by Germany's financial supervisor, BaFin, and the German central bank, Bundesbank, in the hands of the central bank. Proponents of t [...] | 2009-11-20 12:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT3013 | EU FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM: CHIEF REGULATOR HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conversation between Consulate Representatives and Joachim Sanio, the President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin),revealed concerns over strong French influence in the new EU financial regulatory agencies currently being created. Sanio comm [...] | 2009-11-20 12:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
| 09FRANKFURT3135 | Green Party in Southwest Germany Seeks the Center, New [...] SUMMARY: The Green Party used its recent conventions in Hesse and Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W)on November 14 and 21 respectively to discuss a political strategy for attracting centrist voters from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Despite coming in fourth p [...] | 2009-12-07 09:33:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT3222 | A Single Young Female for Germany's New Minister of [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Germany's new Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth is Kristina Koehler, a 32-year old unmarried, childless Christian Democratic Union (CDU) representative of the German parliament from Hesse. Koehler was a surprise pick for the post, which became vacant [...] | 2009-12-17 11:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ELAB GM |
| 09FRANKFURT3274 | ECB'S EXIT STRATEGY AND REACTION TO GREECE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, European Central Bank (ECB) officials told a visiting Treasury delegation that the financial crisis will increase growth differentials among Eurozone countries, ultimately increasing pressure on the ECB to address imbalances. The ECB, however, remains committed to [...] | 2009-12-23 12:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT3283 | EURO FINANCE WEEK PARTICIPANTS CALL FOR STRONGER U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 14:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT3284 | EURO FINANCE WEEK PARTICIPANTS CALL FOR STRONGER U.S. [...] Summary: During the 12th Euro Finance Week 2009 in Frankfurt, top representatives of the European and international financial community agreed that the financial crisis is not yet over. The key lessons from the crisis include: that banks are essential to the real economy but need better interna [...] | 2009-12-23 14:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT429 | Stuttgart Rebellion Threatens LBBW Bailout and Merger [...] SUMMARY: Plans to inject capital into Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) and merge it with Bavarian counterpart BayernLB have hit a roadblock as one owner, the city of Stuttgart, has said it will not support risking taxpayer money to fund a bank that is losing money. Stuttgart has split wit [...] | 2009-02-11 09:35:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GM |
| 09FRANKFURT687 | ECB Sees Fiscal Crises in Central and Eastern Europe and [...] Summary. In a conversation with a Treasury delegation, ECB officials indicated they could deal with worsening financial turmoil in Central and Eastern Europe, seeing little chance that crises there would destabilize the euro zone. They saw a debt default from a euro zone member such as Greec [...] | 2009-03-12 10:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
| 09FRANKFURT787 | Grand Coalition Fatigue Sets Off Unrest in State CDUs [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the September 2009 general election approaching, Chancellor Merkel's CDU faces declining poll numbers nationally, with gains going largely to the FDP. (The CDU's coalition partner and arch-rival, the SPD, has faced troubling polls for months now.) State CDUs are urging Mer [...] | 2009-03-20 15:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09FRANKFURT846 | Blue Skies for Frankfurt Airport Expansion, Partly Cloudy [...] Summary: Construction of a fourth runway for Frankfurt Airport began at the start of 2009, following years of debate and political wrangling. The runway and a new terminal will take several years to complete, meeting Frankfurt's anticipated capacity needs through 2020 and ensuring its future [...] | 2009-03-26 12:34:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EU GM |
| 09FRANKFURT88 | FDP Keeps Distance from CDU/CSU at Start of Campaign [...] SUMMARY: The FDP outlined its national campaign strategy January 6 for the September 2009 national elections, but did not clearly signal a strong preference for forming a government with the CDU/CSU. While both the CDU/CSU and FDP see each other as preferred partners and the FDP is desperate [...] | 2009-01-13 14:42:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09FREETOWN102 | PUJEHUN BYE-ELECTIONS POSTPONED DUE TO ALLEGED [...] The National Electoral Commission (NEC) postponed the planned March 14 bye-election in Pujehun District, based on allegations of politically-motivated violence and their subsequent inability to adequately prepare for the election on-site. National Election Watch (NEW) released a statement on M [...] | 2009-03-17 17:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN103 | JUSTICE QUESTIONS KEMOH SESAY'S INVOLVEMENT WHILE [...] (C) Summary: Two of the accused in the ongoing cocaine trial had their charges dismissed on March 16, an additional sign that the case is quickly being brought to a close. Civil Aviation employees Badara Allieu Tarawalley and Ebenezer Adetunji Macauley were released based on the lack of evidenc [...] | 2009-03-17 18:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS SL |
| 09FREETOWN104 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO FREETOWN [...] (C) Summary: The UN Executive Representative of the Secretary General (ERSG) convened a meeting of the diplomatic corps on March 17 to discuss the political violence that occurred on March 13 and 16 (reftel A). The ERSG relayed information from a meeting held earlier that morning with Presiden [...] | 2009-03-17 18:08:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN106 | MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONVENES DIP CORPS, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura met with the Diplomatic Corps and donors on March 17 to present the government's response to the violent events on March 13 and 16 (reftel A). Bangura reported that the government believes the situation is unacceptable, given the progress the country [...] | 2009-03-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN109 | POLICE SETS PIPELINE ABLAZE: EXPLOSION KILLS 11, [...] (C) Summary: On March 22, the pipeline supplying oil to the National Petroleum terminal, a pipeline often illegally tapped by the local community of Kissy-Quarry, sprang a significant leak. According to various sources, Sierra Leone Police (SLP) officers were unable to contain the small crowd [...] | 2009-03-23 16:54:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS SL |
| 09FREETOWN110 | APC U.S.-BASED BLOG ATTACKS, THREATENS U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Please see action request, para 7. 2. (C) An All Peoples Congress (APC) blog called "All Peoples Communication" has issued a scurrilous, untrue polemic attacking Ambassador's meeting with opposition party (SLPP) at the destroyed SLPP headquarters site. It does not indicate that the Amba [...] | 2009-03-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN113 | COCAINE CASE CLOSES: WILL OUR WINDOW OF [...] (C) Summary: The cocaine case closed on March 23, following final statements from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the defense teams. Justice Browne-Marke adjourned the court, stating that he would reconvene no later than four weeks from now to render his decision. While the def [...] | 2009-03-24 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS SL |
| 09FREETOWN115 | PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER APOLOGIZE TO U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWMN PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN118 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST AND QUESTION: DO BAD APPLES [...] Embassy requests human rights Leahy vetting for the nominees listed below to attend the FBI National Academy. training: a) Sheku Tejan SESAY DOB 06/22/1976 POB Kadongha, Lungi, Sierra Leone ID number N24041976220015 Captain, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces-Military Police b) Os [...] | 2009-03-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN12 | EAC FREETOWN CONVENES ON PROPOSED LIBYAN UN DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Post convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 8 to review our security posture in advance of the potential USUN veto of Libya's proposed draft resolution on Gaza. The EAC was chaired by CDA, and attended by RSO, POL, MGMT, CONS, PAO, and Legatt. End S [...] | 2009-01-08 10:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC IS PREL PTER UN SL |
| 09FREETOWN120 | SIERRA LEONE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN121 | AN IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE: FIRST LADY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: First Lady Sia Koroma called on Ambassador Perry on March 28 at the CMR to apologize for the threats made against the Ambassador in an online APC blog, as well as offer her views on the opposition party and their culpability in the March 13 and 16 incidents (reftel A). Koroma also [...] | 2009-03-31 17:21:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SL |
| 09FREETOWN122 | AMBASSADOR PERRY VISITS KONO WITH UN DELEGATION [...] Summary: On March 18, Ambassador Perry joined a UN-led delegation on a one day tour of Koidu City and its environs in the Kono District of Eastern Sierra Leone. The group met with local leaders and observed several ongoing development projects to evaluate the region's future needs. The delegati [...] | 2009-03-31 17:27:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SCUL SL |
| 09FREETOWN123 | AMBASSADOR PERRY VISITS KONO WITH UN DELEGATION [...] Summary: On March 18, Ambassador Perry joined a UN-led delegation on a one day tour of Koidu City and its environs in the Kono District of Eastern Sierra Leone. The group met with local leaders and observed several ongoing development projects to evaluate the region's future needs. The delegati [...] | 2009-03-31 17:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SCUL SL |
| 09FREETOWN127 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2009-04-03 08:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL |
| 09FREETOWN128 | GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION AGREEMENT: JOINT [...] (SBU) Following two weeks of talks with the international community core Ambassadors (U.S., U.K., EU, China) under the aegis of the UN, the ruling All People's Congress Party (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) signed a joint communiquQ on April 2, 2009. The ceremony r [...] | 2009-04-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
| 09FREETOWN129 | MARCH POLITICAL ROUND-UP -- FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: March was a politically active and volatile month in Sierra Leone. Two violent clashes between the APC and SLPP resulted in the banning of political radio stations, and differences between the parties were negotiated with the international community acting as mediators. The SLPP he [...] | 2009-04-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN13 | DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: December was a quiet month in Sierra Leone, with most government and private offices closing for extended holidays. This month President Koroma hosted the 66th Mano River Union Summit, including a Heads of State Conference. This took place less than two weeks before the death of L [...] | 2009-01-08 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN134 | ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN: INFLUENCE IN STATE HOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Perry recently met with two of the President's closest advisors: Emmanuel Osho Coker, Secretary to the President, and Joseph Koroma, newly-appointed Minister of Presidential Affairs. Both are highly experienced technocrats, having served in the Foreign and Civil services [...] | 2009-04-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN135 | MARIJUANA CULTIVATION SEEN AS NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 11, a highly-placed security sector source provided Poloff with a classified assessment from the Office of National Security (ONS) on the proliferation of cannabis cultivation. Drafted for the President, the assessment states that Sierra Leone is "gradually emerging as [...] | 2009-04-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
| 09FREETOWN136 | IMF REPS CONCERNED BUT PATIENT REGARDING SIERRA [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Ambassador met with IMF representatives to discuss their private views on GoSL performance since December 2008. Resident Representative Alvin Hilaire, Chief of Mission Norbert Toe and incoming Chief of Mission Jan Mikkelsen, discussed their disappointment that promises [...] | 2009-04-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN SL |
| 09FREETOWN140 | FIRST LADY SIA KOROMA TO ATTEND AFRICAN HEALTH [...] (SBU) On April 4, Sierra Leone's First Lady, Mrs. Sia Koroma, confirmed to Ambassador her attendance at the First Ladies' African Summit. She told me she planned to depart Freetown on April 19. Mrs. Koroma also requested that we try to obtain a presentation slot for her during the conference. [...] | 2009-04-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR OVIP SCUL EAID SL |
| 09FREETOWN146 | PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENTS ON KOROMA'S STRONG [...] (SBU) The following paragraphs provide further background information (paras. 2-5) on the Ambassador's meeting with President Koroma on April 15, and proposed press statements for the White House (para. 6) and Department (para. 7),per reftel D. Please note that the draft press statements must [...] | 2009-04-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR SL |
| 09FREETOWN148 | U.S. AND OTHER DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request for information on amounts and sources of contributions for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Court's Liaison Office provided up-to-date figures. In sum, the United States has contributed a total of USD 60,399,000 to date, amounting to 3 [...] | 2009-04-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC EAID SL |
| 09FREETOWN152 | LANDMARK NARCOTICS CASE ENDS: DEFENDANTS NOT GOING [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sierra Leone's judicial system completed its landmark narcotics case (reftel A) on April 20, finding all defendants guilty. The first case tried using the national Narcotics Control Act of 2008, this creates valuable legal precedent, while also sending a message to na [...] | 2009-04-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN154 | DRUG DESTRUCTION MAY BE FINAL STEP IN COCAINE SAGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV SL |
| 09FREETOWN157 | LAND MARK COCAINE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN [...] SUMMARY: Justice Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke, Justice of the Appeals Court and Presiding Judge on the Sierra Leone's cocaine case (reftels A and B),handed custodian sentences and fines to all fifteen accused persons on Tuesday April 21. For the accused Sierra Leoneans, the fines ranged from 2 [...] | 2009-05-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN162 | SIERRA LEONE TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN17 | STUDENT DIES DURING FRATERNITY INITIATION CEREMONY [...] Summary: An 18 year old freshman in the Faculty of Arts Fourah Bay College died on December 22, allegedly due to injuries he sustained during an initiation ceremony in one of the social clubs on campus called the Island Club. The Office of the President issued a press release December 24, indef [...] | 2009-01-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN173 | AMBASSADOR PERRY AND FIRST LADY KOROMA DISCUSS HEALTH IN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Perry visited Sierra Leone's First Lady at Mrs. Koroma's request on May 5 for a briefing on the First Lady's recent participation at the African First Ladies Health Summit in Los Angeles. Mrs. Koroma was overjoyed by the conference, convened by African Synergy and U.S. [...] | 2009-05-12 17:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN174 | NEW PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS SIGNED AS PRESIDENT [...] Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma renewed his business-like approach to government on May 7 with a performance contract signing ceremony for his cabinet ministers. The recent move, which complements the President's cabinet reshuffle in late February, underlines his attempt to streng [...] | 2009-05-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN192 | CONVICTS' PRISON LOCATION STILL A CONCERN FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the Special Court, as well as Binta Mansaray, his Deputy, on 21 May to discuss his two main concerns regarding Court operations and proceedings. Mr von Hebel, who is leaving his post in Sierra Leone as of 22 May, also thanked the Ambassa [...] | 2009-05-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SL |
| 09FREETOWN20 | ANNUAL CRIME SAFETY REPORT - FREETOWN 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KSAC OASCC SL |
| 09FREETOWN203 | OPPOSITION LEADER VISA ISSUE PLAYS OUT IN PRESS: [...] (C) Summary: SLPP party leader John Benjamin's potential inadmissibility to enter the United States has resulted in a series of attacks on the Embassy and the CDA by outlets aligned with Benjamin's party. Benjamin is the third member of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) junta to [...] | 2009-06-03 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PGOV PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN209 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUINEA'S "GIFT FROM HEAVEN" [...] (C) On June 5, CDA and Poloff took advantage of a routine meeting with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura to discuss her views on two key issues impacting Sierra Leone's security: drugs, and Guinea. FoMin expressed some alarm over the threat posed by marijuana cultivation, and then stated her can [...] | 2009-06-08 18:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR SL GV |
| 09FREETOWN216 | PRESIDENT LAYS OUT SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: On May 19, President Koroma presented his new poverty reduction strategy, the "Agenda for Change" focusing on four priority sectors: Power and Water Upgrades; Agricultural Output; Transportation Networks; and Human Development (Education and Health). President Koroma noted that hi [...] | 2009-06-11 17:03:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL PGOV SL |
| 09FREETOWN217 | MAY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma continued to focus in May towards reconciling the country's two major political parties, urging them to implement the communiquQ signed following the unrest in March. On the heels of the Cabinet reshuffle, Ministers have signed new performance contracts. The disin [...] | 2009-06-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN22 | BYE-ELECTIONS IN PUJEHUN AND FREETOWN REFLECT APC STRENGTH [...] (U) Summary: Opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and the ruling All People's Congress (APC) candidates have each won a seat in the just concluded parliamentary bye-elections in Pujehun, Southern Province and Freetown, Western Area, respectively. Neither outcome came as a surprise, alt [...] | 2009-01-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN221 | SIERRA LEONE REVISES MONEY LAUNDERING ACT [...] Summary: On May 21, the Bank of Sierra Leone organized a seminar to discuss a draft amendment to the 2005 Anti Money Laundering Act. Since its introduction, the Act has failed to effectively use advanced technology to prevent money laundering or to counter the financing of terrorism in Sierra [...] | 2009-06-15 15:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SL |
| 09FREETOWN222 | LIMITED CAPACITY, RISING CRIME: SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) Summary: The security situation in Sierra Leone, always fragile, appears to have grown increasingly tenuous in recent weeks. Concerns over rising levels of violent crime, both in Freetown and across the country, are compounded by the decreasing capacity of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) to [...] | 2009-06-16 10:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SL |
| 09FREETOWN229 | CORRUPT OFFICIAL WITH TIES TO IRAN BACK IN BUSINESS [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Umaru Wurie, ousted Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, resurfaced on June 18 as the newly-appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Political Affairs. Wurie's insubordination and alleged corruption (reftels A, B) led to his remov [...] | 2009-06-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV ENRG EMIN MNUC PREL PINR IR SL |
| 09FREETOWN23 | GIBRILLA KAMARA PAYS COCAINE DEFENSE TEAM BILLS [...] (S/REL UK) A source from the cocaine defense team disclosed on January 15 that two members of the legal team met with Gibrilla Kamara (aka GK) in Conakry prior to the Guinean coup in December, 2008. The source initially stated that GK was contacted to provide case-related information, but late [...] | 2009-01-15 17:38:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN230 | SIERRA LEONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN TROUBLE? [...] (C) Summary: The telecommunications industry, viewed as a success story of foreign business investment in Sierra Leone, is clashing with the GoSL in its attempts to remain profitable. The three main Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular operators, Zain, Comium, and Africell, w [...] | 2009-06-19 09:35:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINV PGOV SL |
| 09FREETOWN231 | STUDENTS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER IN FBC HAZING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12 the Magistrate Court conducting the preliminary investigations into the death of an eighteen year old freshman in the Faculty of Arts Fourah Bay College found all ten accused guilty of murder, rather than manslaughter. The defendants must now face official murder char [...] | 2009-06-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SL |
| 09FREETOWN24 | SIERRA LEONE 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, please see Embassy Freetown's 2009 Investment Climate Statement below. The document will also be sent via e-mail on the unclassified system. Embassy POC for this report is Political/Economic Officer Amy LeMar (lemaran.@state.gov). A. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Gov [...] | 2009-01-15 18:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV ETRD KTDB USTR OPIC SL |
| 09FREETOWN249 | WORKING DAY AND NIGHT: SL CORRUPTION FIGHT [...] Summary: Sierra Leone continues to struggle against pervasive corruption, particularly in the public sector, despite the strength of the Anti-Corruption Act amendment passed in 2008. As investigative reporting organizations such as Transparency International begin to include Sierra Leone in th [...] | 2009-06-30 17:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS SL |
| 09FREETOWN255 | SMOOTH CRIMINAL? PARTY "ENEMY" OF THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Lands, Housing, Country Planning and the Environment, Dr. Dennis Sandy, testified before Parliament on June 5 that his ministry is the most corrupt and that Members of Parliament are involved in shady land deals. He tendered documents implicating the Majority Leade [...] | 2009-07-02 16:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN256 | JUNE POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: Despite steps forward to improve the investment climate of the country in June, a violent incident targeting a U.S. company (and Embassy contractor) demonstrated that such improvements have not trickled down to the local level. Parliament updated laws inherited from the Colonial e [...] | 2009-07-02 16:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN258 | DON'T STOP TIL YOU GET ENOUGH: OVERFISHING, [...] Summary: Fishing is a huge potential source of revenue for Sierra Leone, as well as the primary source of protein for the population, yet the sector remains under-developed. The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) estimates that the country loses at least $30 million in revenue per year to illega [...] | 2009-07-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS MCAP PHSA SL |
| 09FREETOWN262 | SL MAY LOSE GRIP ON CURRENCY [...] (C) The Sierra Leonean economy has not been known in recent years for robustness: years of corruption and bad governance, exacerbated by the civil war, destroyed export-oriented industry and the infrastructure needed to sustain it. In the long road to recovery from the war, a measure of econom [...] | 2009-07-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN263 | SL HANDLES FAKE COUP THREAT, EXTORTIONIST ARRESTED [...] (S/NF) Highly-placed sources within the Sierra Leonean intelligence community shared details on July 7 and 8 of a fake coup plot and extortion attempt that came to light on July 2. A presumed Sierra Leonean national approached the Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to Ghana and shared details of [...] | 2009-07-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN266 | CORRUPT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ARMS DEAL THREATENS SL [...] (S/NF) On July 7, CDA and PolOff met with a high-level, reliable source with access to intelligence across civilian and military agencies. Source informed emboffs of an attempted arms deal brokered by Minister of Defense Palo Conteh, in collaboration with Chief of Defense Staff Major-General A [...] | 2009-07-08 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS PINS PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN270 | COKE, TOKES, AND INEPT FOLKS: CAN SL STAY TOUGH ON DRUGS? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL SL SNAR |
| 09FREETOWN280 | KOROMA MEETS WITH GUINEAN JUNTA DESPITE POLITICAL [...] (U) On July 13, President Koroma held a bilateral discussion with Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara (reftel C). The Mano River Union Heads of State Summit, scheduled for July 14, was canceled, but Koroma chose to speak with Dadis Camara without other Heads of State present. The likely t [...] | 2009-07-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL GV |
| 09FREETOWN288 | SIERRA LEONE: BROKER FOR REGIONAL STABILITY? [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 20 with Foreign Minister Bangura following President Koroma's travel to Conakry for an aborted Mano River Union summit July 14. Minister Bangura was defensive about the need for Sierra Leone to stay engaged with coup leaders Dadis Camara despite ECOWAS, AU and [...] | 2009-07-23 08:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
| 09FREETOWN29 | COUPS RUN THE GAME: SIERRA LEONE BETWEEN A ROCK [...] (C) Summary: CDA discussed reftel demarche topic with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on January 16. Bangura's response reflected the constant struggle facing Sierra Leone to maintain democratic principles and regional commitments in the face of sub-regional threats to peace and security. The [...] | 2009-01-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN299 | SIERRA LEONE STOCK EXCHANGE LAUNCHED [...] Summary: The Sierra Leone Stock Exchange was launched by President Koroma on July 17, 2009 amidst great fanfare. The decision to form a stock exchange in Sierra Leone was made in 1999, with a technical committee formed in 2001. However, due to the lack of expertise and strong financial institut [...] | 2009-07-27 15:33:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV SL |
| 09FREETOWN30 | POTENTIAL OPIC INVESTMENT IN REGION: SIERRA LEONE [...] Per reftel, Sierra Leone needs increased private investment, though the investment climate is still highly problematic, even for those prepared to accept an unusually high level of risk. Post welcomes the opportunity to respond to specific investment proposals to maximize the limited resources [...] | 2009-01-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SL |
| 09FREETOWN304 | GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SIERRA LEONE [...] Summary: Gender-based violence (GBV) and inequality are tragic norms in Sierra Leone. Long-entrenched in the culture and reinforced during the civil war years, GBV is one of the most significant human rights issues facing Sierra Leone today. Though policy-makers, organizations, and the interna [...] | 2009-08-03 17:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN ASEC KJUS KCRM SL |
| 09FREETOWN309 | KOROMA'S GUINEAN STRATEGY IS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT [...] (U) President Koroma's speech to the Sierra Leone-Guinea Joint Technical Committee on the Yenga border dispute effusively praised junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara. Koroma seemed proud that the countries have bilaterally resolved the dispute without assistance from the international community, [...] | 2009-08-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN317 | JULY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] Summary: President Koroma's need for a disciplined, effective civil service was reinforced in July through the launch of the Public Sector Reform Unit and a campaign against lateness and absenteeism. The National Registration Secretariat will soon be empowered to issue national ID cards and EC [...] | 2009-08-11 16:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN321 | FINANCE MINISTER UNPERTURBED BY ECONOMIC PRESSURES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Finance Minister Samura Kamara on August 11 to discuss the state of the Sierra Leonean economy. Minister Kamara downplayed the ongoing currency devaluation (reftel),focusing instead on long-term financial and development strategies, such as the GoSL's approach [...] | 2009-08-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN322 | SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY TANKING FASTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Sierra Leone currency is suffering a continued significant decline. The Leone is trading at rates approaching 4,000 to USD 1.00, surprising independent analysts who had forecast the devaluation to go no further than a 3,600:1 ratio (reftel). Banking officials had been more pes [...] | 2009-08-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN323 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PMDC PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Charles Margai, leader of the PMDC party, at his request, called on Ambassador Perry August 13 (Poloff participated in the meeting). He discussed his views on a variety of topics, including political tolerance, corruption, and the role of the international community in Sierra Leone [...] | 2009-08-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN325 | DIPLOMATIC CORPS VIEWS: CRY ME A RIVER [...] (C) Summary: Through mainly one-on-one meetings over the past two weeks with Western, African and Middle Eastern envoys, plus the United Nations, Ambassador has detected both a desire to support Sierra Leone's stated goals and a frustration that to do so is difficult. President Koroma's lauda [...] | 2009-08-17 16:54:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN326 | KOROMA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO BRAZIL [...] President Koroma is currently enjoying the first ever Sierra Leonean state visit to Brazil after landing in Brasilia on August 18. Accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Information, and Agriculture, Koroma will meet with President Lula da Silva on August 19 to sign a Memorandum of U [...] | 2009-08-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SL BR |
| 09FREETOWN327 | U.S. PLANE DETAINED IN SIERRA LEONE AFTER ILLEGAL [...] (S) At approximately 1800 GMT on August 19, a U.S.-registered plane (N-748AA) illegally landed at Lungi Airport. The airport crew told the aircraft, reportedly a "Kruman 154," that they would have to identify an alternate landing site, since they did not have a landing permit. The plane eventu [...] | 2009-08-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR PBTS SNAR EG UK SL |
| 09FREETOWN328 | UPDATE ON PLANE LANDING: CONTINUED DETENTION [...] (S) Summary: Embassy learned at 1930 GMT on August 20 that the eight detained individuals connected to the reftel plane were released by the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) following brief interviews. However, the individuals were then re-detained at 1000 GMT at the orders of the Vice President, and [...] | 2009-08-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PBTS SNAR EG UK SL |
| 09FREETOWN33 | SIERRA LEONE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Per reftel, Embassy Freetown provides the following updates to inform the 2008 TDA Report. 2. In 2007, Sierra Leone passed the Child Rights Act aimed at protecting children under 18 from early marriage, conscription into the armed forces, trafficking, domestic violence and exploitation. It [...] | 2009-01-27 17:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN336 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes you to Sierra Leone. Your visit comes at a prescient time, and will hopefully support increasingly robust engagement on a variety of issues, including the pending Status of Forces Agreement. Sierra Leone is known worldwide as a country beset with challenges, many of w [...] | 2009-08-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MCAP PGOV PREL OVIP SL |
| 09FREETOWN34 | SIERRA LEONE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL TRAINING [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Freetown's Law Enforcement Working Group was convened on January 23 to discuss law enforcement and judicial capacity. Responses to reftel questions are presented in the following paragraphs. Please note that judicial capacity, including the court system and Depar [...] | 2009-01-29 16:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM ASEC SL |
| 09FREETOWN344 | U.S. COAST GUARD SEIZURE ENDS SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Combined U.S. Coast Guard Cutter LEGARE-Sierra Leone seizure of a 750 ton Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel August 17th ended Sierra Leonean complacency on Fisheries, and may cost a Minister her job. The seizure was initially met with considerable jubilation by both the Min [...] | 2009-09-02 07:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS PGOV PREL ECON SL |
| 09FREETOWN355 | AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS FROM SIERRA LEONE [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone hosted an African Caucus meeting for Bank Governors and Finance Ministers from around the continent, its largest conference since the conclusion of the war. The Independent Media Commission presented its annual report to President Koroma, who again pledged his support for [...] | 2009-09-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN36 | UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS - SIERRA LEONE [...] The mandate for the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) ended in September, 2008. Prior to that, its Human Rights and Rule of Law Section was active, both in Freetown and the field, conducting activities and regularly reporting its finding to the Government of Sierra Leone and member [...] | 2009-01-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN364 | SMALL BOAT CAPSIZES: OVER 200 PASSENGERS BELIEVED [...] Summary: On September 8 a small boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing over 200 passengers on board. Overloading of both passengers and cargo, improper monitoring, poor weather and a slow rescue response have been blamed for the disaster. The country is in mourning as the chance [...] | 2009-09-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHSA EWWT SL |
| 09FREETOWN374 | MOB ATTACKS POLICE STATION: SLP OPEN FIRE, WOUND 11 [...] At around noon on September 17, a mob of approximately 100 people attacked a small police station outpost near the Lungi International Airport. According to sources, the mob was angry at recent arrests of community members suspected of committing armed robberies in the area. The Sierra Leone P [...] | 2009-09-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PINS SL |
| 09FREETOWN379 | ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAD HAND IN FISHERIES CORRUPTION [...] (C) Per reftel, Minister of Marine Resources Haja Afsatu Kabba nearly released the seized fishing vessel, the Yu Feng 102, in return for a small bribe from its Taiwanese owners. In an additional revelation of corruption, the Chief Justice passed to the CDA on September 16 that the Attorney-Gene [...] | 2009-09-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIS KCOR SL |
| 09FREETOWN383 | GUINEA CLAIMS SL "MERCENARIES" SEEK TO OVERTHROW [...] (S/NF) Poloff received information from a highly-placed security contact that the Guinean junta suspects an army of Sierra Leonean "mercenaries" will attempt to overthrow their regime. A letter sent from the junta to the Sierra Leonean Office of National Security (ONS) during the week of Septe [...] | 2009-09-25 12:03:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PINS GV SL |
| 09FREETOWN385 | SIERRA LEONE'S INITIAL REACTIONS TO GUINEA TROUBLE [...] (S//NF) Poloff spoke with a high-level intelligence contact on September 29 to gauge the Government of Sierra Leone's response to recent events in Guinea. Source reported that President Koroma, as expected, is very concerned. The Office of National Security (ONS) requested that border posts re [...] | 2009-09-29 10:37:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL GV SL |
| 09FREETOWN388 | PRESIDENT KOROMA SPEAKS PUBLICLY ON GUINEA [...] (U) President Koroma held a press conference on September 29 to discuss his participation in the UNGA. Members of the media used the opportunity to pose questions to the President about the situation in Guinea, which he called a "critical development." He stated that he is "still digesting" the [...] | 2009-09-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR GV SL |
| 09FREETOWN389 | SIERRA LEONE RAISES ALARM OVER GUINEAN [...] (S/NF) CDA and Poloff met with a highly-placed intelligence contact on September 30, who stated concerns that narcotics traffickers are exploiting the current instability in Guinea for their own ends. Source said that he had received information that two known Colombian drug traffickers, "CiCi [...] | 2009-09-30 16:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV SNAR PINR GV SL |
| 09FREETOWN390 | INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS ASSASSINATION PLOT AGAINST [...] (S/NF) On September 30, CDA and Poloff met with a highly-placed intelligence source who reported that warlords aligned with Charles Taylor are planning a destabilizing campaign in Liberia. The apex of this campaign, allegedly, is an assassination attempt against President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf [...] | 2009-09-30 17:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN391 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2009-10-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL |
| 09FREETOWN392 | SEPTEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: Political controversy continued to be relatively mild during the month of September, with the nation focused on the potential for a major offshore oil discovery by U.S.-based company Anadarko, and highlighted problems within the health and education sectors. The findings of the Co [...] | 2009-10-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCOR SL |
| 09FREETOWN393 | POLICE-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP STRAINED [...] (C) Summary: Though a rivalry has always existed between the civilian and military branches of the security apparatus, the relationship between the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) is starting to show increased strain. Small-scale incidents that oc [...] | 2009-10-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC SL |
| 09FREETOWN4 | SIERRA LEONE'S PRIVATE PESSIMISM ABOUT GUINEA [...] (C) Sierra Leone's moderate public response to the Guinea coup should not be misinterpreted as complacency. The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) appears to be approaching the situation warily, welcoming the coup leaders for bilateral discussions while concurrently preparing for possible insec [...] | 2009-01-05 17:47:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN400 | KOROMA SHOWS PARANOIA IN RESPONDING TO CRIME SPIKE [...] (C) President Koroma called a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on October 6 to discuss the recent increase in violent armed robberies in the Freetown area. Home invasions, illegal vehicular checkpoints, and muggings are on the rise, targeting those with known wealth or the appearance of [...] | 2009-10-14 17:49:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN404 | PRESIDENT KOROMA WANTS HIGH LEVEL USG [...] (U) On October 12, President Ernest Bai Koroma passed through his personal assistant a request that the United States Government endorse Sierra Leone's Consultative Group (CG) meeting in London November 18-19 by sending a high level delegation. The meeting, which is broken down into a Trade an [...] | 2009-10-15 12:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN408 | SIERRA LEONE RESPONSE ON GUINEAN DEMARCHES [...] (S/NF) CDA and Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to President Koroma on October 16, prior to his departure for the emergency ECOWAS summit in Abuja. Koroma stated that the Guinean situation is deteriorating, and that if it is "not arrested now...the tragedy might worsen beyond that which [...] | 2009-10-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM GV SL |
| 09FREETOWN410 | MILITARY MANIPULATING KOROMA? [...] (C/NF) Poloff was informed by a high-level security contact on October 15 that the civilian security sector blames the Minister of Defense and his inner-circle for influencing the President to call a premature Military Assistance to the Civil Power (MACP) in response to the recent spate of arm [...] | 2009-10-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
| 09FREETOWN411 | KOROMA OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH OPTIMISM [...] (U) Summary: At the opening of Parliament on October 9, President Koroma outlined the blue print for his government for the coming year. In his two hour speech he outlined his achievements, touted his Agenda for Change, and criticized the opposition for fanning the flames of tribalism in the c [...] | 2009-10-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN42 | SIERRA LEONE ARMY "DREAM TEAM" AIRS GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary: An anonymous letter released in Freetown has accused the Minister of Defense of making appointments and promotions favoring his own ethnic group, corruption and misuse of government resources, and threatens "another war is possible" if the accusations raised in the letter are not [...] | 2009-02-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SL |
| 09FREETOWN424 | CONFIDENCE WANING IN CORRUPT POLICE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) With the President seemingly placing greater civilian security authority in the hands of the military due to an increase in crime (reftel D),the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is currently facing significant criticism both within and outside of government. Brima Acha Kamara, a hold-over [...] | 2009-10-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV SNAR SL |
| 09FREETOWN425 | VICE PRESIDENT MAY BE BOOTED FOR ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) Vice President Samuel Samsumana has been named as a third party defendant in a civil suit in Perry County, Arkansas. The original suit was filed against the West family of Perry County, who borrowed money to buy equipment to be used in an logging enterprise in Sierra Leone; the Wests in tu [...] | 2009-10-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR SNAR SL |
| 09FREETOWN430 | SIERRA LEONE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see the following draft of the Sierra Leone 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, keyed to reftel: 2) Summary Sierra Leone has taken steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and has mounted efforts against drug abuse. I [...] | 2009-11-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN434 | OCTOBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: October highlights include an investigation into acts of political violence and intolerance, concern over the Bankole Thompson Commission of Inquiry report on the March riots, intra-party tensions, and new commercial interest in Sierra Leone from the Iranians. The country hosted a [...] | 2009-11-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN435 | MINISTER OF HEALTH INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES; [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma removed the Minister of Health and Sanitation and the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office from their duties on November 4 due to allegations of corruption. Minister of Health, Sheiku Tejan Koroma, was indicted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) f [...] | 2009-11-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SL |
| 09FREETOWN443 | PRISONERS RIOT OVER DELAYED JUSTICE [...] On November 10, inmates at the Bo Prison rioted to protest lengthy remands, adjournment of cases, and subsequent prolonged detentions. Windows were broken and some prison property destroyed, and the rioters threatened to lynch prison officers; the Office of National Security's Provincial Secur [...] | 2009-11-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN445 | ATTORNEY GENERAL STAKES HIS CLAIM ON SPECIAL COURT [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, A/DCM and the British High Commissioner met with Attorney General Abdul Serry-Kamal to discuss issues related to the Special Court. Namely, the meeting was called to address an exchange of letters between the Special Court Management Committee (MC) and the Governme [...] | 2009-11-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS SL |
| 09FREETOWN449 | SLPP PULLS NO PUNCHES TO DISCREDIT GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, the SLPP released to the media a letter from party Chairman John Benjamin to President Koroma. The letter outlines four pages of alleged grievances, ranging from corruption and nepotism to inter-party squabbles. While the letter was dated November 12, its release w [...] | 2009-11-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KCOR SL |
| 09FREETOWN453 | SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LIBEL LAW [...] Summary: On November 10, Sierra Leone's Supreme Court dismissed a suit brought by the Sierra Leone Association of journalists (SLAJ) that sought to repeal portions of the 1965 Public Order Act criminalizing libel, nearly two years after the action was instituted. The country's journalists' ass [...] | 2009-11-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS SL |
| 09FREETOWN456 | BOMB SCARE AT AIRPORT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) On November 8, an "electronic cigar" was found on an inbound British Midlands (BMI) flight from London. The cigar, found by a cleaning crew once on the ground in Freetown, caused alarm because it was found hidden beneath a blanket under a seat, with wires protruding from either end. Breach [...] | 2009-11-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC EAIR PINS PTER SL |
| 09FREETOWN462 | SIERRA LEONE NARCOTICS WRAP-UP, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Sierra Leone continues to stay invested in the narcotics issue, and attempting to become more pro-active operationally despite resource constraints. International actors, including post, UK/SOCA, and the UN remain sources of support and encouragement, while also advancing our own [...] | 2009-11-30 19:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN465 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART I: POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a series of four that seeks to analyze Sierra Leone's current level of stability, and the threats and weaknesses challenging it. In the political realm, the country is already gearing up for the 2012 national, parliamentary, and local elections. Even tho [...] | 2009-12-01 17:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN466 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART II: ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of four cables that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's security (reftel A). The national economy continues to be in a state of woe, built on the precarious foundation of a weakening currency, decreasing imports and exports, reduced food security, and [...] | 2009-12-01 17:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN470 | B-K ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Khadijatu Bashir, normally the number four person in the Ministry but currently acting Foreign Minister (the incumbent returns from the Hajj on December 3, with other senior officials also abroad). The a [...] | 2009-12-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SL |
| 09FREETOWN471 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART III: SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a four-part series (reftels A/B) that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's stability. Given recent events in the sub-region and Sierra Leone's own blighted history, the ability of the security sector to maintain peace is an ongoing, critical concern. While [...] | 2009-12-02 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINS SNAR KCOR SL |
| 09FREETOWN48 | Four Women Journalists Captured by FGM Practitioners [...] Summary: On Saturday, February 6, four journalists were detained by a women's secret society - referred to locally as "Bondo" -- in Kenema for alleged association with media campaigns to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone. The women were released Sunday follow [...] | 2009-02-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV OIIP KPAO SL |
| 09FREETOWN495 | A CHINA'S PD EFFORT FIZZLE IN FREETOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 18:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN496 | SIERRA LEONE AMLEP MISSION RESULTS IN FOUR SEIZURES [...] (U) SUMMARY: An Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operation December 6-14 resulted in four fishing vessels seized by Sierra Leonean authorities in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy. The operation built on a previous AMLEP conducted in August (reftel),and provi [...] | 2009-12-16 18:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS PREL PGOV MARR SL |
| 09FREETOWN497 | SIERRA LEONE MINISTER OF FINANCE PRESENTS 2010 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and Economic Development Samura Kamara presented the Sierra Leone Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies for the financial year 2010, titled "Confronting the Future," to Parliament on December 4. The budget includes a comprehensive [...] | 2009-12-17 19:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV SL |
| 09FREETOWN5 | SOUNDS OF SILENCE: QADHAFI TALKS BUT SAYS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Muammar Qadhafi's unexpected visit to Freetown ended on January 3, leaving little in his wake beyond confusion regarding his motivations. Accompanied by an entourage of 500, including a heavily armed security detachment, Qadhafi made no public promises of support for Sierra Leone [...] | 2009-01-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LY SL |
| 09FREETOWN51 | IRAN, RUSSIA, LIBYA VIE FOR URANIUM IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (S/NF) A single source reported that Russia, Iran, Libya, and others are competing for the mining rights to recently discovered uranium deposits in Kono, Sierra Leone, and that key local players have sent out feelers for the best international offer. The source fears that the Russian governmen [...] | 2009-02-12 17:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | EMIN PINR PREL IR RS LY SL |
| 09FREETOWN518 | FOREIGN MINISTER UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura appears increasingly at risk of losing her job in the next cabinet reshuffle, with corruption charges, frequent absences from Freetown, and incompetence cited by the media as the leading reasons. Her favored position with the President (reftel A) [...] | 2009-12-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SL |
| 09FREETOWN519 | SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN SIERRA LEONE: QUIETLY IN THE [...] Summary: Sierra Leone has an archaic and seldom (if ever) enforced law against homosexual behavior on the books, but societal prejudices, rather than legal consequences, keep homosexual orientation hidden. There are no current initiatives to revise, eliminate, or enforce current legislation [...] | 2009-12-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SL |
| 09FREETOWN52 | SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR PERRY [...] (U) Summary: On February 9th, the President of the Special Court (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter of Austria, and the Sierra Leonean Deputy Registrar, Binta Mansaray, discussed with Ambassador Perry their recent visit with the Management Committee and ongoing court related issues. End Summary. [...] | 2009-02-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC KJUS PINR USUN SL |
| 09FREETOWN53 | SIERRA LEONE RESPONSE TO CARTAGENA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 14:46:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD SL |
| 09FREETOWN56 | SIERRA LEONE 2009 TIP SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone continues to struggle in the fight against trafficking. Internal politics and competing priorities overshadowed the TIP issue in terms of attention and financial support in 2008. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender, and Children's Affairs and the Sierra Leone Police contin [...] | 2009-02-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL |
| 09FREETOWN6 | FREETOWN: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RAMIFICATIONS OF [...] (SBU) EAC Freetown was convened on December 23 to discuss the possible ramifications of Guinean President Conte's death to security in Sierra Leone. Though Conakry is reported to be calm, EAC is concerned about potentially rapid deteriorations to the situation that may result in spillover effec [...] | 2009-01-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC SL |
| 09FREETOWN60 | SIERRA LEONE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SL |
| 09FREETOWN61 | DEFENDANTS GUILTY IN RUF TRIAL [...] The final Freetown-based trial for the Special Court for Sierra Leone concluded on February 25 with a judgment against three Revolutionary United Front defendants. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon, and Augustine Gbao all faced 18 charges during the five-year trial, including terrorism, collecti [...] | 2009-02-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KAWC PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN64 | FOREIGN MINISTER UNHAPPY, AND PERHAPS UNLOVED [...] (C) The Ambassador met Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on February 16 to provided a tour d'horizon of the new U.S. Administration's priorities and the Secretary's stated interest in assistance programs. The Minister had just returned to Sierra Leone on February 13 following a [...] | 2009-02-26 17:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN65 | SL PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS RIGHT TIME TO NAB GK [...] (C) On February 27, Ambassador met with President Ernest Bai Koroma to discuss pending bilateral issues and relay the new administration's domestic and foreign policy priorities. She was accompanied by DCM and Poloff, and Koroma by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura. Key bilateral and multilateral [...] | 2009-02-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SL |
| 09FREETOWN78 | KOROMA MAKES PROGRESS ON DRUGS; WE URGE SWIFTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Koroma on February 27 to discuss the new administration's policy goals and pending bilateral issues, underlining the President's importance in the region as a bulwark of stability. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura, DCM, [...] | 2009-03-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MASS SNAR PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN79 | THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, the long-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle was announced, putting an end to months of media speculation. Government contacts had been reporting possible reshuffles since before the President's inauguration anniversary in November (reftel),but Emboffs had been told tha [...] | 2009-03-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN81 | FEBRUARY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Koroma February 27 and elicited a positive response in a pending request to expel wanted criminals and needed informants to the United States. Koroma reshuffled the cabinet after months of rumors, creating some controversy but largely satisfying S [...] | 2009-03-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM EAID SL |
| 09FREETOWN82 | OUR CLOSEST ALLIES? MEETING WITH INCOMING BRITISH [...] (C) Incoming British High Commissioner Ian Hughes paid an office call on the Ambassador February 25. Deputy High Commissioner Rachel Cooper and DCM Glenn Fedzer also attended. The Ambassador discussed President Obama and Secretary Clinton's foreign policy objectives and areas of mutual int [...] | 2009-03-04 16:46:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR PREL PGOV UK SL |
| 09FREETOWN83 | PMDC MEMBER ATTACKED: WERE THE MOTIVES PERSONAL OR [...] (U) On March 2, PMDC Publicity Secretary Mohamed Bangura's home was attacked by a group of armed men. Allegedly shooting at Bangura's guards, the burglars splashed acid around his compound prior to absconding with a plasma TV, three laptop computers, and other items. Bangura escaped the attack [...] | 2009-03-04 17:24:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN85 | COCAINE CASE NEARLY IMPLODES: PRESIDENT INTERVENES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On March 5, emboffs learned from a well-placed source within the government that the Attorney General (AG) had secretly secured a deal with the foreign defendants in the cocaine case to grant their release in exchange for USD 2.5 million. According to our knowledge of the deal, the [...] | 2009-03-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN94 | SPECIAL COURT FUNDING ISSUES REACHES GOSL EARS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on March 16 to discuss a variety of pending bilateral issues. Bangura closed the conversation by stating that she had received a letter from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),informing her of a budgetary shortfall of USD 6 millio [...] | 2009-03-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SL |
| 09FREETOWN95 | FREETOWN EAC MEETING MARCH 16, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 16, 2009 to review the security situation in Freetown following politically-motivated riots on March 13 and March 16. The EAC was chaired by the AMB, and attended by DCM, RSO, POL, MGMT, DAO, CONS, APAO, CLO, and [...] | 2009-03-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PREL PTER SL |
| 09FREETOWN96 | IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF URANIUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 17:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC AF IR AL |
| 09FREETOWN97 | DESPERATELY SEEKING THE SOFA: INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Rosaline Turay met with DCM and Poloff on March 11 to discuss the pending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). While the need for a SOFA has been discussed by Ambassador and others many times with Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) officials, [...] | 2009-03-16 17:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SL |
| 09FREETOWN98 | SIERRA LEONE FORIEGN MINISTER: ICC INDICTMENT NOT [...] (U) Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura summoned the Diplomatic Corps on 5 March to inform them that President Koroma was taking a vacation and undergoing a routine medical checkup in New Delhi as a guest of the Indian Government. Bangura also expressed concern that the ICC indictment of Sudanes [...] | 2009-03-16 17:49:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN99 | FREETOWN UNDER FIRE: POLITICAL VIOLENCE CREATES [...] (C) Summary: APC and SLPP members clashed on the evening of March 13, and despite a calmer weekend, Freetown erupted with violence on March 16 as political battles continue to be waged. Party events on March 13 led to SLPP Headquarters being stoned, and several vehicles owned by SLPP leadership [...] | 2009-03-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FSINFATC1533 | Capturing Recent Crisis Management Experience [...] (U) With the summer transfer and leave season rapidly approaching, FSI asks personnel from posts that have faced significant crises in the last 18 months to consider sharing their experiences when back in Washington. FSI's Crisis Management Training division (CMT),in our Leadership and Manage [...] | 2009-06-17 20:53:00 | DIR FSINFATC | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC YI CD CM YM BM GG BL CU BF |
| 09GABORONE1001 | BOTSWANA 2009 REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Botswana has a low terrorism threat. No acts of domestic or international terrorism occurred in Botswana during 2009. 2. While there was no evidence of terrorists using Botswana in this way in 2009, two reports in recent years suggest that terrorists could use Botswana as a transit point du [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR BC |
| 09GABORONE1024 | Blue Lantern License 050205274 Response [...] SUMMARY. In response to action request contained reftel, post spoke to Mr. Maheshbhai Patel of Clover Industrial Supplies ("Clover") and the Deputy Commissioner of the Botswana Police Service ("BPS") - Support Services to obtain information related to the pre-license check for Clover. Post has [...] | 2009-12-23 09:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETRD ECON BC |
| 09GABORONE1052 | HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS PERTAINING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND [...] While most people in Botswana appear to believe homosexuality is illegal, there is nothing in the penal code to that specifically criminalizes homosexuality. The perception may stem from provisions of the penal code that penalize "unnatural acts," and the widespread belief that this is targete [...] | 2009-12-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BC |
| 09GABORONE122 | BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the Department of Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Kelatotswe said that Botswana has still not recognized Kosovo and was not likely to do so at this time. He [...] | 2009-02-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV BC |
| 09GABORONE123 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS JANUARY 2009 [...] This is the first edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from January 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Botswana Stock Exchange Awaits GOB Budget News - Consumers and Businesses Brace for Tough Year - Botswana's Economic Freedo [...] | 2009-02-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN KHIV BC |
| 09GABORONE126 | BOTSWANA: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered the information from refetel demarche to Mrs. D. Malagas in the office of the Permanent Secretary at Botswana's Ministry of Trade and Industry on February 12. Post will also pass the same points to the office of the Permananent Secretary at the Ministry of Environmen [...] | 2009-02-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO BC |
| 09GABORONE127 | BOTSWANA: 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) The existence of a human trafficking problem in Botswana is suspected but cannot currently be corroborated by reliable reporting. Few people in the country accurately understand the concept of human trafficking, although local religious and NGO groups are currently working to raise awar [...] | 2009-02-17 04:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC |
| 09GABORONE130 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nolan delivered the points from reftel to Botswana's Minister of Foreign Affairs Phandu Skelemani on February 18. In addition, Pol/Econ Chief delivered a non-paper regarding the Durban Review Conference to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the MFA's Europe and the [...] | 2009-02-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC BC |
| 09GABORONE131 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS FEBRUARY 2009 [...] This is the second edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from February 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Inflation Drops Again in January 2009 - Diamond Exporters Should Look East? - Botswana Stock Exchange Falls on Fear of Bu [...] | 2009-02-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN ENRG BC |
| 09GABORONE138 | BOTSWANA: U.S. COMPANY MAY PROVIDE TEMPORARY POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM and Pol/Econ Chief met February 19 with Paul Marcroft of Florida-based APR Energy regarding the company's proposed short-term contract to generate 70 megawatts of electricity for the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). The contract, which is not yet signed and has been unde [...] | 2009-02-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD BC |
| 09GABORONE153 | BOTSWANA: RESPONSE ON CANDIDATE FOR UN JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) In response to the action request contained in State 16118, post contacted Botswana's Attorney General, Dr. Athaliah Molokomme, for her personal views on the suitability of Botswana candidate Justice Ebrahim-Carstens to serve in the referenced judicial position at the United Nations. A [...] | 2009-02-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KUNR UNGA BC |
| 09GABORONE157 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ TALKING [...] (SBU) On March 2, Pol/Econ Officer delivered the points from reftel to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the MFA's Europe and the America's Division and delivered a non-paper regarding the U.S. Policy in Iraq. The GOB was already familiar with the new policy announced by President [...] | 2009-03-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MOPS PREL BC |
| 09GABORONE158 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] (SBU) On March 2, Pol/Econ Officer delivered the points from reftel to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the MFA's Europe and the America's Division and delivered non-papers regarding the Durban Review Conference and the U.S. resumption of participation as an observer at the approp [...] | 2009-03-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR BC |
| 09GABORONE174 | ZIMBABWE, SADC, THE WEST -- WHO OWNS THE STORE? [...] (C) Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani convoked resident G-8 Missions France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and the UK as well as the EU on March 6 to brief on current GOB thinking on Zimbabwe and Sudan (septel). He and President Khama had "had a chat" earlier in the day and discussed, inter alia, t [...] | 2009-03-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN BC ZI SADC |
| 09GABORONE175 | BOTSWANA TO RESPECT ICC RULING, EXIT SUDAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani convoked resident G-8 Missions France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and UK, as well as the EU on March 6 to brief on current GOB thinking on Sudan and Zimbabwe (septel). Taking note of the International Criminal Court indictment again Sudan President Bashir, [...] | 2009-03-09 04:35:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM MASS BC SU |
| 09GABORONE189 | Botswana Political Briefs February 2009 [...] (U) The following is a compilation of February 2009 political highlights from Botswana. This cable covers: - University of Botswana Re-Opens - First Cholera Death Reported in Botswana - Red Cross Completes Refugee Fund Project - BDP May Change Party Leadership Rules - BDP Wants to Improve [...] | 2009-03-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SCUL SOCI BC |
| 09GABORONE190 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS MARCH 2009 [...] This is the third edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from February 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Financial Intelligence Agency Coming - Mmamabula Power Project Ready to go by Mid-Year - Diamond Exports Plunge 90 Percent [...] | 2009-03-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN PTER ENRG BC |
| 09GABORONE209 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON SADC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan had his first office call with Dr. Tomaz Salomao, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC),at SADC headquarters in Gaborone March 13. The Ambassador presented the letter designating him as the Secretary's Special Represent [...] | 2009-03-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS ETRD EAID ZI BC |
| 09GABORONE21 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (SBU) On January 8, A/DCM Heather Merritt met with Mr. Ernest Mwemutsi, Senior Finance Officer for SADC at the organization's headquarters in Gaborone. Mwemutsi is the "Officer in Charge" at SADC this week, as all other senior officials are out of the country. A/DCM delivered reftel demarche [...] | 2009-01-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SADC ZI BC |
| 09GABORONE233 | BOTSWANA: U.S. DIAMOND FIRM WAITING OUT THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. diamond manufacturing and distribution company Lazare Kaplan International (LKI) recently completed construction of a $10 million factory in Gaborone, but has suspended local operations and retrenched staff due to the global economic crisis. LKI's Botswana Managing Direc [...] | 2009-03-20 07:44:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EMIN EFIN EAID BC |
| 09GABORONE235 | WESTERN BOTSWANA: STILL STRUGGLING DESPITE GOB [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 09:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SENV PHUM PINR BC |
| 09GABORONE240 | MOST SAN CHOOSE ASSISTANCE OVER TRADITION [...] (SBU) Summary. PolOff traveled with a San guide to the ghost town of Xade, a former San settlement within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) as well as the village of New Xade, a new San community near but outside the reserve. New Xade's population is almost entirely dependent on GOB a [...] | 2009-03-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV PHUM PINR BC |
| 09GABORONE25 | BRITISH VIEWS ON BOTSWANA, ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and A/DCM met with the British High Commissioner to Botswana Frank Martin January 7 at his office. The meeting was a continuation of long standing close cooperation and information sharing between the U.S. Embassy and UKHC in Gaborone. Martin recently returned [...] | 2009-01-09 07:26:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI BC |
| 09GABORONE265 | BOTSWANA POLITICAL BRIEFS FOR MARCH 2009 [...] The following is a compilation of March 2009 political highlights from Botswana. This cable covers: - BDP Proposes More Special MP's - Controversy over Child Rights Bill - President Khama Refuses Three Judicial Appointments - BNF In-Fighting Continues - Visit by UN Expert on Indigenous Pe [...] | 2009-04-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM MARR KHIV BC |
| 09GABORONE273 | BOTSWANA: SEEKING CLOSURE ON ART/REFUGEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan met with Minister of Health Lesego Motsumi to try to bring closure to the long-pending issue of whether and how to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) to registered refugees in Botswana infected with HIV/AIDS. The Ambassador explained that the USG's commitme [...] | 2009-04-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KHIV EAID PGOV BC |
| 09GABORONE275 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS APRIL 2009 [...] This is the fourth edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from March 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Moody's Downgrades Botswana - Botswana Inflation likely to hit Single Digit in 2009 - Botswana Ranked No. 1 in Africa for Mi [...] | 2009-04-03 04:25:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EAIR PGOV BC |
| 09GABORONE277 | BOTSWANA READOUT ON ZIMBABWE, MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani spent two hours on April 3 briefing Ambassador Nolan and other Chiefs of Mission on the proceedings of the March 30 SADC Summit. Skelemani was frustrated by the unconstitutional change of power in Madagascar, and he was disappointed that the situation [...] | 2009-04-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO ZI MA BC |
| 09GABORONE307 | BOTSWANA: PRESIDENT KHAMA SHUFFLES CABINET [...] (U) On April 3 Botswana's President Ian Khama announced a series of cabinet changes. He dropped prominent Minister Daniel Kwelagobe and appointed two new Assistant Ministers. Daniel Kwelagobe had served as the Minister in the Office of the President responsible for Public Service since April [...] | 2009-04-15 12:31:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM BC |
| 09GABORONE309 | BOTSWANA: MADAGASCAR DEMARCHE [...] On April 15 Pol/Econ Chief delivered the demarche (Ref A) to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director for Europe and the America's at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nkoloi said that the GOB's unhappiness at the turn of events in Madagascar is clear, and he referenced the Ministry's March 18 press [...] | 2009-04-15 14:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BC MA |
| 09GABORONE310 | BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche April 15 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Europe and the Americas Division at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nkoloi said that Botswana has not yet decided whether or not to recognize Kosovo and made no indication of whether or not Bo [...] | 2009-04-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN BC KV |
| 09GABORONE313 | BOTSWANA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] Per reftel instruction, Embassy Gaborone has designated the following officers as responsible for Terrorism Finance Coordination in Botswana: Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (Principal) Heather Merritt Political/Economic Section Chief Phone: 267-395-3982, x2251 Email: MerrittHC@s [...] | 2009-04-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN BC |
| 09GABORONE315 | BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy Gaborone delivered the message in Ref A to the Government of Botswana via diplomatic note on April 16. Pol/Econ Chief also discussed the USG's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council with Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director for Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Aff [...] | 2009-04-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BC |
| 09GABORONE322 | BOTSWANA: DIAMOND MINES REOPEN, FLOODS IN NORTHWEST [...] On April 15, Debswana (the mining company that is a joint venture between DeBeers and the Government of Botswana) re-opened its three main diamond mines at Jwaneng, Letlhakane and Orapa. Debswana's mines are normally closed for 4-6 weeks over the Christmas holidays, however this year the holid [...] | 2009-04-21 08:19:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON CASC SENV BC |
| 09GABORONE323 | Clinton Foundation and Malaria No More Donate Nets to the [...] This message is a revision of reftel. 2. Summary: The village of Gumare in the Okavango District in North West, Botswana was buzzing with excitement on February 14, 2009, when most people in the village converged at the Kgotla to launch and celebrate the generous donation of Long Lasting Ins [...] | 2009-04-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAID AO BC |
| 09GABORONE326 | BOTSWANA'S BUDGET IS TRANSPARENT [...] In response to reftel Embassy Gaborone provides the following information about the Government of Botswana's budget: - The GOB is receiving FY09 assistance. - The budget for the GOB is publicly available. Budget information is available online at http://www.gov.bw and through the gove [...] | 2009-04-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL BC |
| 09GABORONE336 | BOTSWANA FM BRIEFS ON ZIM, MADAGASCAR, LESOTHO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani invited a select group of resident diplomats to a briefing at the Ministry on April 24. Skelemani clarified recent press reports regarding GOB financial assistance to Zimbabwe, explaining that the only support Botswana could offer would be loan guarante [...] | 2009-04-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KN MA LT ZI BC |
| 09GABORONE346 | BOTSWANA: STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI VOTES [...] Pol/Econ Chief transmitted the information from Ref A to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, the Director for Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 4. He offered no substantive reply to our demarche, which is the same result as the last time we demarched on this subject (R [...] | 2009-05-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KV BC |
| 09GABORONE371 | GOB ON MADAGASCAR DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan met with Botswana Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani on May 11 to deliver reftel Madagascar demarche. Ambassador was accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief and Skelemani was accompanied by MFA Director for Europe and the Americas Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi. Because Minister Skele [...] | 2009-05-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MA BC |
| 09GABORONE372 | SADC: "DRIVE-BY DEMARCHE" DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: After a solid week of calls and letters to the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone requesting a meeting with the SADC Executive Secretary, Ambassador Nolan was fortunate to make a rare sighting of the elusive Dr. Tomaz Salomao May 13 at a meeting and luncheon for resident Chiefs of Missio [...] | 2009-05-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SADC MA BC |
| 09GABORONE400 | GABORONE SSHF STATUS REPORT FOR FY 2008 [...] Summary: During FY 2008, Embassy Gaborone received an allocation of USD 40,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self Help Fund Program (SSHF). Five projects were selected for funding according to SSHF selection criteria and Post objectives expressed in the Mission Strategic Plan. Providing sewin [...] | 2009-05-22 09:39:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID BC |
| 09GABORONE444 | GOB TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF ABU HAQ AKA [...] (SBU) PolOff met with the Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe May 22. PolOff discussed the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee approval to add Pakistan-based Chinese [...] | 2009-06-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QT |
| 09GABORONE445 | BOTSWANA: HCOC DEMARCHE REPLY [...] (SBU) PolOff met with the Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe May 22. PolOff discussed the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation ("HCOC") and [...] | 2009-06-04 10:28:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BC |
| 09GABORONE448 | BOTSWANA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Gaborone reports that there are no investment disputes in Botswana which would be candidates for inclusion in the annual report. NOLAN [...] | 2009-06-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV BC |
| 09GABORONE457 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SADC DIRECTOR FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of post's ongoing efforts to increase engagement with SADC, Ambassador met with Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Tanki Mothae, the Director of the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security, at the SADC headquarters in Gaborone on June 8, 2009. The Ambassador reiterated our request that U.S [...] | 2009-06-09 05:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID KPKO SADC BC |
| 09GABORONE460 | BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ICSC CANDIDATE [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche June 9 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Department of Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff stressed Ms. Myers long experience in personnel matters, including her exemplary service on the ICSC. She also noted [...] | 2009-06-09 08:23:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA BC |
| 09GABORONE475 | MEDIA FRENZY OVER SUSPECT SHOT BY SECURITY OFFICERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13 at approximately 2300 hours, John Kalafatis, a suspected criminal, was shot and killed in Gaborone, allegedly by military intelligence officers. Though government spokespersons say that Kalafatis was killed during an exchange of gunfire while resisting a legitimate arr [...] | 2009-06-11 08:14:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC KCRM BC |
| 09GABORONE479 | SADC SECURITY CHIEF IMPRESSED BY ILEA [...] (C) On June 11 Ambassador Nolan and P/E Chief Merritt accompanied Lieutenant General (retired) Tanki Mothae, SADC's Director of the Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security on a visit to the U.S.-funded International Law Enforcement Acadey (ILEA) in Otse, approximately 45 minutes outsideof Gab [...] | 2009-06-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR MASS SADC BC |
| 09GABORONE480 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS MAY 2009 [...] This is the fifth edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from May 2009. Topics of this edition are: - China - Botswana's Potential Diamond Market - World Bank Praises BEDIA - Botswana Edges Closer to Recession - A Boost for Moru [...] | 2009-06-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EMIN ENRG BC |
| 09GABORONE481 | SADC REQUEST TO TOUR IBB FACILITY IN SELIBE-PHIKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Gaborone received a diplomatic note from the Government of Botswana late in the afternoon June 15 requesting that a delegation from the SADC troika team "investigating the allegation that Botswana trained MDC cadres" be granted permission to visit the IBB Transmitting Stat [...] | 2009-06-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC SADC BC |
| 09GABORONE485 | SADC TROIKA "INVESTIGATES" IBB FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SADC investigation team embarked June 17 on a tour of alleged training facilities and other sites allegedly used by Botswana to harm Zimbabwean interests. The delegation's first stop was the U.S. government's IBB/VOA transmitter station in Selibe-Phikwe. The Ambassador and Pol [...] | 2009-06-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIIP SADC ZI BC |