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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09STATE96011GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 16 NAC ON EXERCISE BALTIC
[...] (C) We understand that Estonia plans to raise at the September 16 NAC the question of NATO participation in Exercise Baltic Host 2010. If this issue is raised, in response USNATO is authorized to suggest that Allies begin consideration of Alliance participation in Baltic Host 2010 in the con [...]
2009-09-15 22:44:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AA MOPS RS EN LG LH BO
09STATE96017UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 b [...]
2009-09-15 23:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE96019IAEA: GUIDANCE ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEMBERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP PREL MO CM LY
09STATE96021MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: IO BUREAU OFFICIALS
[...] Mission clearance is requested for the officials from the Bureau of International Organizations Affairs, Department of State (IO),listed in para 2, who will be traveling to New York to participate in the 64th UN General Assembly during the period September 20 and October 2. 2. Begin list [...]
2009-09-15 23:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
09STATE96047DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT OF FOLLOW-UP 1820 RESOLUTION SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Embassies are requested to deliver the below points to UN Security Council (UNSC) Member States at the appropriate level no later than Thursday, September 17, 2009. Department recommends that demarche be delivered at a senior level to China, Japan, Mexic [...]
2009-09-16 00:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN
09STATE96222(S) FRENCH FIRM SELLING INFRARED DETECTORS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Paris. Please deliver the points in paragraph 4 as soon as possible. These points may be left as a non-paper. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) We have information the French firm Sofradir and its subsidiary Ulis continue to sell cooled and unc [...]
2009-09-16 15:15:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS FR CH IR
09STATE96274OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS COMPLIANCE
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests that Embassy convey to appropriate Spanish officials the policy of denial imposed on Spanish company, Elint S.A. Until further notice, Elint S.A. will not be appr [...]
2009-09-16 16:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SP
09STATE96294JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]
2009-09-16 17:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM JO
09STATE96308BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050189204 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled AH-1 helicopter parts [...]
2009-09-16 17:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE96315BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050188289 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled power t [...]
2009-09-16 17:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PK
09STATE96343BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of facemask canisters to Guyana. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check withi [...]
2009-09-16 18:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC GY KOMC
09STATE96345BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of air purification blowers to Singapore. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern ch [...]
2009-09-16 18:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SN
09STATE96371OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON ALBANIAN
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States congratulates the citizens and Government of Albania on the parliamentary elections held on June 28, 2009. The Governme [...]
2009-09-16 19:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV KDEM AL
09STATE96402OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States is pleased to take note of the recent comments by the distinguished Director of ODIHR Ambassador Janez Lenarcic o [...]
2009-09-16 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL UZ
09STATE96413PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] This is an action request. All addressees please see para 3; and USUN please see para 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. UNSCR 1540 obligates all UN Member States to develop and maintain "appropriate, effective" measures to improve their indigenous capacities to counter prolifera [...]
2009-09-16 20:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE
09STATE96445OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. Welcome, Ambassador Salber, (or Deputy Pietrusiewicz, as appropriate) to the Permanent Council. The United States applauds the valuable [...]
2009-09-16 20:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV KV
09STATE96447IMF OFFICIALS DISCUSS SBA NEGOTIATIONS, ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of senior IMF officials met with Ambassador Christopher R. Hill on September 11 to discuss ongoing negotiations for a new Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) between the IMF and the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the current situation in Iraq. IMF officials noted that negotiations [...]
2009-09-16 20:52:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ECON EFIN EPET IZ PREL
09STATE96464Personal Property Shipments - Hamilton, Bermuda
[...] Effective immediately, transportation services for personal property shipments (household effects, UAB, personal vehicles) between Hamilton, Bermuda, the U.S., and any foreign post will be provided by the Transportation and Travel Management Division, Washington, D.C. Transportation of suppli [...]
2009-09-16 21:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDATRN AFIN APER AMGT
09STATE96468DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION TO MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver President Obama's invitation (paragraph 4) to Heads of State or Heads of Government of action addressee posts to join an event that will honor the top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping [...]
2009-09-16 23:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPKO
09STATE96501SRI LANKA: A/S BLAKE RAISES IDPS AND REPORT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake urged Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama September 15 to allow freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the end of September, when monsoon rains will begin. A/S Blake stressed that the [...]
2009-09-17 00:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KAWC CE
09STATE96519ACTION REQUEST: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FROM DELIVERY TO HOST GOVERNMENTS UNTIL 25 MINUTES PRIOR TO A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 AT 9:55 A.M. (EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME - WASHINGTON, D.C.). 2. (SBU) BACKG [...]
2009-09-17 10:08:00Secretary of StateSECRETEZ MARR PREL
09STATE96526U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY AND EUROPE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT IS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009, AT 9:55 A.M. (EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME - WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The White House is exp [...]
2009-09-17 11:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL EZ
09STATE96550ACTION REQUEST: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE
[...] (U) (THIS CORRECTED COPY PROPERLY REFERENCES STATE 96526.) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FROM DELIVERY TO HOST GOVERNMENTS UNTIL 25 MINUTES PRIOR TO A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 AT 9:55 A.M. (EAS [...]
2009-09-17 11:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETEZ MARR PREL
09STATE96625FOLLOW-UP: DONOR SUPPORT URGENTLY NEEDED FOR
[...] This is an action request. 2. Action request: Ref A, transmitted July 8, 2009, requested action addressees to approach host government officials to urge them to provide support to meet urgent humanitarian needs, including food assistance, in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. If Posts have no [...]
2009-09-17 13:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN
09STATE96638SFO-DIP-09-007: U.S.-PROPOSED NEW START TREATY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: During the September 2, 2009, New START Treaty negotiations in Geneva, A/S Gottemoeller and Ambassador Antonov discussed the schedule of meetings required to successfully conclude negotiations on a treaty text befor [...]
2009-09-17 14:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START US RS
09STATE96657COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - MARSHALL ISLANDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 14:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC RM
09STATE96659COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - PALAU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 14:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PS
09STATE96677(U) ANGOLA: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ELECTORAL
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE ONGOING CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS TAKING PLACE IN LUANDA, PARTICULARLY REGARDING IF AND WHEN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD. PRESIDENT DOS SANTOS' RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WOULD PREFER INDIRECT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS THROUGH A PARTY-LIST SYSTE [...]
2009-09-17 14:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR AO
09STATE96684(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING (C-AL9-01990)
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO THANK POST FOR REFTEL, WHICH PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT READOUT OF ONE OF ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS. WE ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS OF ARGENTINE POLITICAL PLAYERS IN THE RUN-UP TO THE 2011 PRESIDEN [...]
2009-09-17 15:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PGOV AR
09STATE96693(C) SOUTHERN AFRICA: KUDOS AND FOLLOW UP
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR GABORONE 000674, "THOUGHTS ON ENGAGING WITH SADC." THE CABLE WAS INSIGHTFUL AND TIMELY, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) SUMMIT IN GABORONE. ANALYSTS FOUND REFTEL,S DISCUSSION O [...]
2009-09-17 15:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MP MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI
09STATE96751(S) UKRAINE SHIPS MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 18:10:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS BU BM
09STATE96804BURUNDI: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Burundi to help st [...]
2009-09-17 18:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG BY
09STATE96890PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION (PART ONE OF TWO PARTS)
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The White House announced a Presidential decision on September 17 regarding a U.S. European-based BMD adaptive regional architecture, which is significantly different from the Bush Administration's plan to deploy [...]
2009-09-17 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR EZ PREL
09STATE96891(S) NIAG 9130: IRAN SEEKS GERMAN-ORIGIN VALVES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Washington has information that the German firms Tavakkoli Trading Company and MIT-Weimar were coordinating the sale of valves to an Iranian entity possibly associated with the construct [...]
2009-09-17 20:54:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM
09STATE96892PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The White House announced a Presidential decision on September 17 regarding a U.S. European-based BMD adaptive regional architecture, which is significantly different from the Bush Administration's plan to deploy [...]
2009-09-17 20:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL EZ
09STATE96911TRAVEL WARNING: PHILIPPINES
[...] The State Department warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to the southern Philippine islands of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago and urges extreme caution if traveling there. This replaces the Travel Warning dated January 29, 2009, to reflect continuing threats due to terrorist and in [...]
2009-09-17 21:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC RP
09STATE96937UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TARGETS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (S/NF) The strategic objective is for the United States to begin discussions on potential targets for listing in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Somalia Sanctions Committee [...]
2009-09-18 00:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE96945AUSTRALIA GROUP: GUIDANCE FOR AUSTRALIA GROUP
[...] (U) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the Australia Group (AG) Plenary in Paris, September 21-25, 2009. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) The principal U.S. objectives at the AG plenary include: -- Maintaining the current AG position on Russian mem [...]
2009-09-18 02:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC IN CH
09STATE9696POUCH PROBLEM IN ASHGABAT
[...] (C) In response to posts reporting (reftel) that the new Chief of Airport Customs has requested a diplomatic note in order to release each diplomatic pouch on arrival in country, post is authorized to transmit the text in paragraph 2 by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Po [...]
2009-02-03 18:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALADPM AMGT PREL TX
09STATE9717364TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEA DELEGATION
[...] This is an action request. Department requests country clearance for the individuals listed in paragraph 2 below to support NEA efforts at the upcoming 64th United Nations General Assembly. Department anticipates represent atives will be involved in this support from September 20 through Oc [...]
2009-09-18 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL
09STATE97233MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): CHINA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "China's Ballistic Missile-Related Export Control Record" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) P [...]
2009-09-18 17:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE97244POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION
[...] (U) (CORRECTED COPY FOR THE RECORD. NO ACTION REQUESTED. THIS CORRECTED COPY HAS A REPLACEMENT SIXTH TICK IN THE RUSSIA TALKING POINTS IN PARAGRAPH 6. PLEASE DISREGARD THE SIXTH TICK IN THE RUSSIA TALKING POINTS IN THE EARLIER TRANSMISSIONS OF THIS CABLE. SEE REFTELS.) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Pl [...]
2009-09-18 18:09:00Secretary of StateSECRETEZ MARR PREL
09STATE97259LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 193)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend SECI Regional Center for Combating Trans-Border Crime "Fighting Organized Crime with Specialized Structures: Maximizing Cooperation, Capacity, and Expertise" September [...]
2009-09-18 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PREL MW
09STATE97420DAY 1: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND
[...] (SBU) The United States and South Africa launched a new Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue August 26 - 28 in Pretoria, South Africa. State Department Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert J. Einhorn and South African Ambassador Abdul Minty, Special Representative [...]
2009-09-18 21:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF KN IR
09STATE97434AUSTRALIA GROUP: SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDANCE FOR
[...] (U) This message provides supplmentary guidance on membership and regional nonproliferation issues for the U.S. delegation to the Australia Group plenary in Paris, September 21-25, 2009. ---------- MEMBERSHIP ---------- 2. (C//REL AUSTRALIA GROUP) Russia: -- The Del may not suppor [...]
2009-09-18 22:00:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC RS KN IR SY KZ BR CI MX
09STATE97440REQUEST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA FOR
[...] Summary. This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. Department requests Embassy Moscow,s assistance in obtaining an offer from the Government of Russia (GOR) to provide to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) up to 18 military medium transport utility helicopters (a minimum of 6 is [...]
2009-09-18 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR SU RU
09STATE97443SUPPORTING IRAQ IN THE LEAD-UP TO ELECTIONS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 8. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (S) The period between now and Iraqi national elections in January 2010 will be acutely sensitive within Iraq, both politically and in terms of security. It is extremely important that we wei [...]
2009-09-18 22:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETIZ PGOV PREL
09STATE97471FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND
[...] This is an action request. See para five. 2. On September 17, 2009, President Obama announced that the United States will act aggressively to stop the global spread of the pandemic 2009-H1N1 virus through partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) to make 10 percent of the U.S. [...]
2009-09-19 00:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO
09STATE97472NATO/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR SEPT 21 MEETING
[...] (C) This is an action cable. U.S. goals for the September 21 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) are as follows: --Provide U.S. reaction to the draft International Staff (IS) VCC Experts Terms of Reference; --If raised, provide U.S. views on Russia's Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) in [...]
2009-09-19 00:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETKCFE PARM PREL OSCE
09STATE97473SFO-V GUIDANCE-002: U.S. NON-PAPER WITH
[...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft START Follow-on treaty articles and the associated definitions annex to the Russian Federation. This cable transmits the U.S. proposals for the content of the Memorandum of Understanding (MO [...]
2009-09-19 00:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE97474SFO-VI GUIDANCE-001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S.
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the sixth round of START Follow-on treaty negotiations with Russia beginning in Geneva, Switzerland on September 21, 2009. ------------------------- SCHEDULE AND ORGA [...]
2009-09-19 00:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE97496PRESIDENT MUBARAK ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-19 05:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL MOPS PTER AF EG
09STATE97542ACTION REQUEST: CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION WITH EU
[...] (U) This is an action request for all Posts in EU Member State capitals. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) In preparation for the European Economic and Financial Affairs and Environment Council meetings October 20 and 21, respectively, and the European C [...]
2009-09-20 04:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
09STATE97566DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES
[...] (U) This is an action request (see para 4) for delivery at the most senior appropriate level of host government at OOB Monday, September 21. 2. (C) For posts in EU member states, please note that there will be an EU Political Directors meeting in NYC on Monday, September 21 and we hope to [...]
2009-09-20 20:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA
09STATE97769AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] This is an action request. Please see Paragraphs 3 - 6. 2. Background. USTR is requesting information for African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) country eligibility in 2010. AGOA requires an annual review of compliance with the Act's eligibility criteria for each country currently [...]
2009-09-21 16:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM
09STATE97909AZERBIAJAN: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Azerbaijan to help strengthe [...]
2009-09-21 20:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP AJ
09STATE97937COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG
[...] (C) Department requests country clearance for Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. Coordinator for Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874, and his delegation, listed in para 4, to travel to Abu Dhabi and Cairo from September 30-October 5 for consultations with host government [...]
2009-09-21 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAMGT KN KNNP OTRA PARM PREL EG AE
09STATE97946DEPLOYMENTS OF U.S. SPECIAL FORCES IN PARAGUAY
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph eight. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since 2006, U.S. Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) has been engaged in equipping and training Paraguay's Joint Special Forces Unit (BCFE) with the implicit support of the government of Paraguay (in [...]
2009-09-21 20:51:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNMASS PA PGOV PM PREL
09STATE97949DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION TO MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request. Embassy is requested to deliver President Obama's invitation to President Hu (paragraph 2) to join an event that will honor the top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping operation. Given the short turnaround, USUN has passed [...]
2009-09-21 21:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPKO
09STATE97951RUSSIA: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Russia to help strengthen it [...]
2009-09-21 21:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP RS
09STATE97953MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: 1540 COMPREHENSIVE
[...] Department requests mission clearance and assistance with obtaining appropriate UN credentials for the following individuals, all of whom will participate in the 1540 Comprehensive Review Meeting to be held from September 30 through October 2, 2009, at UN Headquarters. Department also request [...]
2009-09-21 22:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC AORC
09STATE98111DEMARCHE: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (U) Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div H, P.L. 111-8)("the Act"),prohibits "assistance for the central government of any country that fails to make publicly av [...]
2009-09-22 12:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL AID AO UV CM CD CF NG SO CB EG
09STATE98160JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR SIGNAL BASIC
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian official listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...]
2009-09-22 13:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM JO
09STATE98162JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR BASIC
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian official listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...]
2009-09-22 13:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM JO
09STATE98265MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO NORWEGIAN
[...] This is an action request. Post is requested to deliver the letter in paragraph 2 from Secretary Clinton to FM Stoere in response to his September 15 incoming letter. There will be no signed original to follow. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your letter of September 1 [...]
2009-09-22 16:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV PREL IS OPDC
09STATE98271SUBJECT: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Intangible Technology Transfers: Foreign National Vetting" to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC [...]
2009-09-22 16:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR
09STATE98272JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]
2009-09-22 16:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM JO
09STATE98490LEAHY VETTING FOR CANDIDATES TO ATTEND THE 33
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of September 22, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: Name: MOUKADY-BIKORUD, Parfait Rank: Captain DOB: January 18, 1969 POB: Oyem, Gabon N [...]
2009-09-22 20:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM GB
09STATE98566SFO-V GUIDANCE-004: MOBILE MISSILE MONITORING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 04:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE98567ACTION REQUEST: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Posts should make determinations about delivering the points in para 8 and 9 below based on their discretion and best understanding of how to advance USG goals identified in paras 5 and 6 with host governments. Please see para 7 for action request. Bac [...]
2009-09-23 05:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS
09STATE9857TALKING POINTS ON CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Tripoli only. Request was sent earlier to other embassies in Reftel (B),but technical difficulties precluded Department from sending to Embassy Tripoli at that time. Please see paragraph 3 and 4. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Department requests [...]
2009-02-03 21:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PREF SU CD
09STATE98639BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license checks on licenses 050175550, 050189258 and 050189260 for the export of pistols to the Philippines. Post is r [...]
2009-09-23 12:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC RP
09STATE98667MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): SYRIA,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Syria,s Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]
2009-09-23 14:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE98720DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 MEETING
[...] (U)Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald Schlicher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Meeting date, time and location: September 14, 2009, 3:15 p.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U)Participants: U.S. ---- Deputy Secretary Lew EEB Acting Assistant Secretary Dave Nelson NEA Deput [...]
2009-09-23 15:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN IS
09STATE98727MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): IRAN'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iran,s Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]
2009-09-23 15:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE98729BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050190040, 050190045, 050190058, 050190070, and 050190074 for the export of firearms to Thailand. P [...]
2009-09-23 15:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH
09STATE9874INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) This is an informational cable. Unclassified - entire text. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is sponsoring a three-week seminar on international nuclear safeguards from May 2, 2009 to May 23, 2009, in the U [...]
2009-02-03 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAG AORC EG ENRG ID KNNP MO MY OTRA TH TRGY TS VM
09STATE98748ECUADOR DEMARCHE: GROWING TIES WITH THE EXPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S/NF) The United States has information that Ecuador is coordinating with Iran to open a branch of Iran's Export Development Bank of Iran (EBDI) in Ecuador, and that Iran [...]
2009-09-23 15:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC
09STATE98749MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): MISSILE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Missile Proliferation Trends" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for d [...]
2009-09-23 15:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE98750TRAVEL ALERT - MOZAMBIQUE
[...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the potential for violence in Mozambique in association with the October 28, 2009, general election. This Travel Alert expires on November 10, 2009. 2. The Embassy has received specific reports of localized civil unrest and violence in Gaza, [...]
2009-09-23 15:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC KPAO PREL MZ
09STATE98892HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as muc [...]
2009-09-23 18:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM
09STATE98896HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as muc [...]
2009-09-23 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM
09STATE98898HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as muc [...]
2009-09-23 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM
09STATE98900HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as muc [...]
2009-09-23 18:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM
09STATE98901HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as muc [...]
2009-09-23 18:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM
09STATE9902REQUEST PERMISSION FOR BOARDING OF M/V DIPLOMAT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. BACKGROUND 2. (C) The Hong Kong flagged ship M/V Diplomat is carrying a Bladerunner 51 powerboat the U.S. believes is intended for Iran, specifically the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). The U.S. Department of Commerc [...]
2009-02-03 23:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MASS
09STATE99029SUBJECT: OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 24 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. Minister Kongatiev, welcome to the Permanent Council and thank you for your informative and insightful remarks. We appreciate your compr [...]
2009-09-23 21:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG
09STATE99030OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO KYRGYZ
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 24 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. Minister Kongatiev, welcome to the Permanent Council and thank you for your informative and insightful remarks. We appreciate your compr [...]
2009-09-23 21:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG
09STATE99056OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENEVA
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends the coordination by the OSCE, EU, and UN of the September 17 Geneva discussions on security [...]
2009-09-23 22:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE99058OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT ON
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in expressing appreciation for this very thorough report. We welcome effor [...]
2009-09-23 22:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV
09STATE99067OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT ON
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in expressing appreciation for this very thorough report. We welcome effor [...]
2009-09-24 00:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV
09STATE99068OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENEVA
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends the coordination by the OSCE, EU, and UN of the September 17 Geneva discussions on security [...]
2009-09-24 00:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE99070SFO-V GUIDANCE-003: U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT START
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the text of the U.S.-proposed Draft START Follow-on Treaty Articles, which was discussed initially during the August 31-September 3 sessio [...]
2009-09-24 00:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT KTIA PARM START US RS
09STATE99072SFO-V GUIDANCE-003: U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT START
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the text of the U.S.-proposed Draft START Follow-on Treaty Articles, which was discussed initially during the August 31-September 3 sessio [...]
2009-09-24 00:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT KTIA PARM START US RS
09STATE99073TRAVEL ALERT: GERMANY
[...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens that Al Qaeda has threatened it will conduct terrorist attacks in Germany immediately prior to and following the federal elections on September 27. This Travel Alert expires on November 11, 2009. 2. Al Qaeda recently released a video specifica [...]
2009-09-24 00:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC OTRA GM
09STATE99089SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH ESTONIAN
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Nancy McEldowney, Acting, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) September 17, 2009, 2:15 2:45 P.M., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR DAS Pamela Quanrud Spokesperson Ian Kelly NSC Director Will Schlickenma [...]
2009-09-24 02:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO EAID ENRG MARR AF RS EN
09STATE99343PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON ENERGY COOPERATION
[...] (C) This is an action cable - see para 7. 2. (C) Representatives of the Venezuelan government (GBRV) in recent weeks have reached out to USG officials in Caracas and Washington on several occasions about resuming a bilateral energy dialogue, including under the auspices of the 1997 Memorand [...]
2009-09-24 15:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON ENIV ENRG EPET VE
09STATE99390BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050187515, 050190012, and 050190221 for the export of ammunition to Argentina. Post is requested to [...]
2009-09-24 15:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AR
09STATE99410RESPONDING TO GOI QUESTIONS ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Rome, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: On April 2, 2009, we shared with the government of Japan information indicating that in mid- February 2009, Iran's Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company (FEDCO) sought servo-actuators manufactured by [...]
2009-09-24 15:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT
09STATE99461BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Departm [...]
2009-09-24 16:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MP
09STATE99466BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Departm [...]
2009-09-24 16:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC DA
09STATE99469BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99472BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99473BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99474BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99476BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99477BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99479BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99480BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IT
09STATE99481BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SN
09STATE99484BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SN
09STATE99485BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SN
09STATE99488BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CO
09STATE99489BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CO
09STATE99490BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
09STATE99491BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
09STATE99492BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 16:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
09STATE99493BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EI
09STATE99495BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99496BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99497BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99498BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99499BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99500BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99501BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99502BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99503BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EG
09STATE99504BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BK
09STATE99505BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
09STATE99520BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JO
09STATE99522BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JO
09STATE99523BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JO
09STATE99528BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KS
09STATE99530BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JO
09STATE99534BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JO
09STATE99535BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KS
09STATE99538BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KS
09STATE99543BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KS
09STATE99547BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KU
09STATE99550BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KU
09STATE99551BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KU
09STATE99553BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KU
09STATE99555BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KU
09STATE99556BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KU
09STATE99557BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC LE
09STATE99558BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC LE
09STATE99561BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09STATE99562BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09STATE99563BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09STATE99564BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09STATE99568BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09STATE99569BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MU
09STATE99570BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09STATE99571BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09STATE99574BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PK
09STATE99575BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PK
09STATE99576BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PK
09STATE99577BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PK
09STATE99580BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC RS
09STATE99581BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC RO
09STATE99583BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99584BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99586BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SP
09STATE99588BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99589BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99590BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99591BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99593BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99595BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09STATE99599BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SN
09STATE99600BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH
09STATE99602BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH
09STATE99608BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99609BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99610BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99612BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99613BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09STATE99614BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09STATE99615BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09STATE99617BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09STATE99618BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09STATE99619BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09STATE99624BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC ID
09STATE99625BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC ID
09STATE99629BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC ID
09STATE99631BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC ID
09STATE99704(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 23,
[...] (U) September 23, 2009; 10:30 a.m.; New York, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Blake Matt Lowe, Special Assistant Don Camp, UNGA Senior Area Adviser Sarah Prescott (SCA Notetaker) Tajikistan Foreign Minister Hamrokhom Zarifi Lukmon Isomatov, UN Permanent Representa [...]
2009-09-24 19:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TI ZK AF
09STATE99707FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph six. 2. Background. On September 17, 2009, President Obama announced that the United States will act aggressively to stop the global spread of the pandemic 2009-H1N1 virus through partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) to make 10 perc [...]
2009-09-24 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO
09STATE99761GABON: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Gabon to help stre [...]
2009-09-24 20:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG GB
09STATE99779JCIC-DIP-09-011: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the Parties committed to provide, in advance, information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosphere or space, i [...]
2009-09-24 21:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE99783US PARTICIPATION IN JOINT DEMARCHE TO ICELAND ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. Post is requested TO participate in a joint demarche to the Government of Iceland concerning their recent decisions regarding whaling activities. The text of the demarche is contained in paragraph 5. The United Kingdom has agreed to lead the demarc [...]
2009-09-24 21:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIS IC KSCA PGOV SENV IWC
09STATE99791(C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON IRISH LISBON
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTEL ON THE PLAYERS AND FACTORS AFFECTING POTENTIAL RATIFICATION OF THE LISBON TREATY IN THE PLANNED OCTOBER 2009 REFERENDUM. EMBASSY INSIGHTS WERE VERY USEFUL, ESPECIALLY AS THEY PROVIDED MORE CLARITY ABOUT FLUCTUATING POLL NUMBERS, THE CURRENT IRISH [...]
2009-09-24 21:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PGOV EI
09STATE99793(SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON MALI (C-NC9-01771)
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST,S CONTINUING REPORTING ON POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE MALI-AQIM RELATIONSHIP. THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN THESE REPORTS, AS HAVE SENIOR POLICYMAKERS FROM THE DEPA [...]
2009-09-24 21:42:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR ML
09STATE99804S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON PERSONALITY
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND POST FOR ITS EXCELLENT REPORTING ON LEADERSHIP PERSONALITIES AND DYNAMICS PRIOR TO AND DURING THE RECENT FATAH GENERAL CONGRESS AND THE SUBSEQUENT PALESTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL (PNC) MEETING HELD IN RAMALLAH IN MID-AUGUST. WE FOUND THE SERIES OF [...]
2009-09-24 21:45:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR IS
09STATE99831PA INTEREST IN WTO OBSERVER STATUS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Requested, for Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and USTR/Geneva: Drawing on the points and background below, please respond to requests from host government and others for the U.S. position on efforts by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to secure full observer status in the Genera [...]
2009-09-25 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD USTR WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09STATE99832REQUEST TO DEFER TRAVEL TO SINGAPORE OCTOBER 1
[...] Singapore will be hosting the INTERPOL General Assembly October 11-15 and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week November 8-15. The White House has announced that the President will visit Singapore to attend the APEC Leaders' Meeting to be held November 14-15. 2. Em [...]
2009-09-25 00:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA ASEC SG
09STATE99833DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING
[...] (U) Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald Schlicher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Date, time and location: September 15, 9:45 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Jack Lew Office Director Tom Goldberger, Office of Israel and Palestinian [...]
2009-09-25 00:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID CACS IS
09STATE9988GUIDANCE FOR 5 FEBRUARY 2009 NATO VCC AND EXPERTS
[...] (C) Objectives for the VCC and Meeting of Experts, 5 February 2009 are as follows: -- To adopt the draft International Staff (IS) paper on Implementation Coordination for 2009 (REF A); -- To provide additional edits and comments on the IS working paper on Vienna Document 1999 (DV 99) Im [...]
2009-02-04 09:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL KCFE
09STATE99893INVITATION FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE NATIONS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. Summary and Action Request. The idea for a regional approach to the common challenge of excess munitions disposal first emerged at the September 2008 Adriatic Charter Chiefs of Defense Conference. Recognizing the benefits of con [...]
2009-09-25 12:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM AL BK BU HR KV MK MW SI ZL
09STOCKHOLM1Media Reaction - Foreign Minister Carl Bildt op-ed
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-02 14:53:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM105SWEDEN'S EU PRESIDENCY: MIGRATION MINISTER ON
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Swedish Minister of Migration Tobias Billstrom discussed with us asylum and migration aspects of the "Stockholm Program." This is the planned five-year initiative that will replace the Hague Program and will aim to further harmonize EU asylum and migration policies [...]
2009-02-13 16:19:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREF PINR EU SW
09STOCKHOLM108SWEDISH COURT ACQUITS LOCAL AL-AQSA HEAD ON
[...] (U) On February 17, a Swedish court in the southern city of Malmo acquitted Khalid al-Yousef, head of the Stockholm-based al-Aqsa Spannmal Foundation, on charges of violating terrorist financing laws and violating sanctions laws. Al-Yousef had been accused of collecting nearly $500,000 throug [...]
2009-02-18 07:00:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SW
09STOCKHOLM11DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. ARCTIC POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 14:24:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV KGCC KPAO SW
09STOCKHOLM110STOCKHOLM ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (U) CRIME MOBILITY (INTO EMBOFF NEIGHBORHOODS): (B) CRIMINAL ELEMENTS GENERALLY CONCENTRATE THEIR ACTIVITIES IN HIGH-CRIME AREAS BUT SOMETIMES ENTER NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS TO BURGLARIZE RESIDENCES. Burglars in Sweden tend to capitalize on unoccupied houses in "low crime areas" during the cou [...]
2009-02-18 12:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
09STOCKHOLM112SWEDEN'S EU CORRESPONDENTS ON IRAN SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In several meetings this month, the MFA EU Correspondent's Office has offered us their views on Iran sanctions, Belarus, Turkey's EU accession, and the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. On Iran, Sweden continues to raise concerns that "blanket" trade sanctio [...]
2009-02-18 15:40:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL ENVT EU BO TU SW
09STOCKHOLM113EX GITMO DETAINEE GETS SWEDISH RESIDENCY ON APPEAL
[...] (U) On February 18, the Swedish Migration Court, which hears appeals from petitioners unhappy with rulings from the autonomous Swedish Migration Board (SMB),granted permanent residency with refugee status to Adil Hakimjan, an ethnic Uighur and former Guantanamo detainee. The SMB denied Hakim [...]
2009-02-18 16:56:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM119STOCKHOLM'S ESTA IMPLEMENTATION (NOV 2008-FEB 2009)
[...] Summary: The January 12, 2009 mandatory implementation of the ESTA program has proceeded smoothly in Sweden. Post's media outreach resulted in a series of ESTA-related articles in the national Swedish media, and this and other outreach efforts appear to have helped inform the public at-large [...]
2009-02-20 12:56:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM12DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SWEDEN OPPOSES OPPOSING IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 15:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID IR SW
09STOCKHOLM122DEMARCHE DELIVERD: DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 15:13:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEUN MR PGOV PHUM PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM124SWEDISH AID MINISTER CARLSSON TO ATTEND SHARM
[...] Swedish MFA Desk Officer for the Middle East, Maria Velasco Ullenhag, told us February 23, that Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, will represent Sweden at the Sharm conference on March 2. Sweden is still reviewing the amount it will pledge at the conference [...]
2009-02-23 12:45:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM126SWEDEN APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY TO
[...] (U) In preparation for its EU presidency the Swedish government appointed Anna Karin Enestrom as Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan on February 20. Enestrom currently serves as ambassador to Pakistan. Bildt issued a press statement that said the appointment is a step in the government [...]
2009-02-23 15:26:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR AF PK SW
09STOCKHOLM128SWEDEN PROPOSES INCLUDING AVIATION ACTIVITIES IN
[...] Sweden presented a proposal on February 23 that includes aviation activities in the Emissions Trading Scheme beginning 2012. Swedish Minister for the Environment Anders Carlgren told journalists that "air transport must bear its own environmental costs" like other modes of transport. He co [...]
2009-02-24 15:03:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU SW
09STOCKHOLM131SWEDEN - SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS 2009 REVIEW
[...] Post has been in touch with the Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) to draw their attention to the Section 1377 review process and to encourage an official Swedish response. A summary of how PTS views its efforts to ensure a good competitive situation on the Swedish market follows: 2. On Novem [...]
2009-02-26 10:47:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD USTR SW
09STOCKHOLM132Arsons connected to threats
[...] According to local press reports, in the morning of February 26, arsonists attacked four grocery stores in the Stockholm suburban city of Sodertalje. Two of the stores were set on fire with the aid of timed firebombs. Flyers posted on February 19 and again on February 25 claiming to be from an [...]
2009-02-26 11:52:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PTER SW
09STOCKHOLM135NEW IRANIAN ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE USED BELL
[...] (S) On February 25, Helicopter inspector and aviation consultant Arnold Sundquist (protect source) told us that two Iranians called from Germany to inquire about purchasing a used Bell 212 helicopter that Sundquist has advertised for sale. The two men flew to Karlsborg, Sweden to meet with Su [...]
2009-02-27 09:20:00Embassy StockholmSECRETETRD ETTC KOMC MCAP PARM MY IR SW
09STOCKHOLM136STOCKHOLM REQUESTS TWO INTERNS FOR FALL 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:15:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC
09STOCKHOLM137UPDATE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN SWEDEN: CREDIT RATING DOWN
[...] Credit rating company Moody's stated in a press release January 27 that it is worried about Swedbank's exposure to the Baltic States and has decided to lower the bank's credit rating from A1 to Aa3 with negative prospects. The lowering of the rating reflects the macro economic development in [...]
2009-02-27 15:35:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SW
09STOCKHOLM139DEMARCHE DELIVERD: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 16:03:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM141SPECIAL 301 FOR SWEDEN: POST RECOMMENDATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Stockholm recommends that Sweden continues to be placed in the Special 301 Initiative, and not be on the Watch List for 2009. We are aware of the differing recommendations of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) and PhRMA. Post recommendation is bas [...]
2009-03-02 13:57:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM148AFGHAN AMBASSADOR TO THE NORDICS ON INCREASING
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Afghan Ambassador to the Nordic countries, Jawed Ludin, met with CDA on February 26 to discuss ways to boost Sweden's role in Afghanistan. He focused on development aid as Sweden's comparative advantage. He suggested that Sweden should learn from Norway in its [...]
2009-03-04 14:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM149SWEDEN'S EU MINISTER ON COOPERATING WITH U.S. ON
[...] (C) Summary: Sweden's EU Minister Cecilia Malmstrom met Charge on March 3 to discuss Sweden's upcoming EU presidency. On the Transatlantic Agenda, Malmstrom identified climate change, EU enlargement, Israeli-Palestinian talks and Afghanistan as being most important for cooperation with the US [...]
2009-03-04 16:40:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EU AF TU SW
09STOCKHOLM153Media Reaction - Interview with Hamas leader by Swedish
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 09:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM155Media Reaction - Interview with Hamas leader by Swedish
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 09:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM16SWEDISH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 14:24:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR SW
09STOCKHOLM162 SWEDEN APPOINTS U.S.-FRIENDLY SUPREME COMMANDER
[...] On March 6, Lieutenant General Sverker Goranson was appointed the next Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. Currently, the 54-year-old Goranson is Director of the Joint Staff, making him in principle the chief aide of current Supreme Commander Hakan Syrn. Goranson will take over Ma [...]
2009-03-06 15:56:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM163 CORRECTED COPY: SWEDEN APPOINTS U.S.-FRIENDLY SUPREME
[...] On March 6, Lieutenant General Sverker Goranson was appointed the next Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. Currently, the 54-year-old Goranson is Director of the Joint Staff, making him in principle the chief aide of current Supreme Commander Hakan Syren. Goranson will take over M [...]
2009-03-06 16:06:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM169SWEDISH POLICE SEIZE LARGE QUANTITY OF PIRATED
[...] Stockholm police have seized a computer server believed to contain the largest quantity of pirated material ever discovered in Sweden. The server was located in the Brandbergen neighborhood south of Stockholm and was part of a Nordic file sharing ring known as Sunnydale, according to the Swed [...]
2009-03-11 14:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD EINT EIND PGOV TINT SW
09STOCKHOLM170SWEDEN ON MARCH GAERC AND GYMNICH
[...] (C) On March 10, Poloff discussed the March GAERC and GYMNICH with EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel; on March 6, POL Counselor met separately with EU Correspondent Magnus Scholdtz. Their comments follow: General Affairs Session: Afghanistan, Chad, Ireland ------------------------------- [...]
2009-03-12 07:48:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO MD MW BK MK SU EG EU SW
09STOCKHOLM171SWEDEN UNABLE TO SUPPORT PROPOSAL TO LIST CHINESE
[...] (S) Anette Nilsson, Deputy Director of the MFA Department for Security Policy, told post on March 10 that she has passed reftel points regarding the Chinese national Abdul Haq to other relevant Swedish agencies for their knowledge. Nilsson thanked us for this information, but stated that Swede [...]
2009-03-12 09:11:00Embassy StockholmSECRETEFIN ETRD ETTC CH SW
09STOCKHOLM172SWEDEN ON SYRIA: EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT "FAR
[...] (C) On March 12, Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarches to Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, who was recently promoted to deputy of the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department. Dannfelt said the EU Association Agreement is a "long term" project and it is "far from certain" that consensus exists withi [...]
2009-03-12 17:33:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SY SW
09STOCKHOLM174Media Reaction - Op-ed on Somali terrorist movement Hizbul
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 10:34:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM178SWEDEN ON INTEGRATING IRAQ INTO REGION
[...] (C) Summary: Sweden thinks Iraq is integrating well into the broader Middle East and that the Expanded Neighbors Process is a good vehicle. Sweden supports the International Compact with Iraq but worries that it would be hard to attract ministers to Baghdad this summer because of security con [...]
2009-03-13 17:04:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM181SWEDEN ON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 15:29:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL AF SW
09STOCKHOLM182DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 15:39:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PK SW
09STOCKHOLM186SWEDEN PONDERING CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN'S IDP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 15:29:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PK SW
09STOCKHOLM192SWEDEN ON AFGHANISTAN POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) In recent weeks, CDA and Poloffs have discussed Afghanistan with a wide range of Swedish officials in the Swedish Prime Ministry, MFA, Defense Ministry and aid agency. They confirmed that: -- Sweden will in 2009 implement last December's decision to deploy additional troops (130, for a [...]
2009-03-19 17:55:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM193SWEDEN REPLY TO DEMARCHE: SEEKING ADDITIONAL DONOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 09:57:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SO SW
09STOCKHOLM194SWEDEN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (S) In response to reftel, post would like to add Sweden's communications infrastructure to the CI/KR list. Although Sweden does not posses a direct undersea cable from the U.S., Sweden is a central European communications hub. For example, Swedish company TeliaSonera is an international car [...]
2009-03-20 13:27:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SW
09STOCKHOLM195SWEDISH FINANCE MINISTER ON FINANCIAL CRISIS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told Treasury DAS Meyer and CDA the following regarding the financial crisis, Swedish banks and the Baltics: - Swedish banks can absorb further losses given their profitability in recent years. The Swedish financial sector i [...]
2009-03-20 15:48:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV EN LG LH SW
09STOCKHOLM196Launching a U.S.-EU Alternative Energy Partnership
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 11:39:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KPAO ECON OEXC BEXP KGHG EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM201A VISIT TO SWEDEN'S BIOREFINERY COAST
[...] Summary: During a March 10-11 trip to three cities on the north east coast, embassy staff visited the heart of a traditional export industry - paper and pulp - in the process of redefining itself. These large paper and pulp mills are developing biofuels from previous waste by-products: ethano [...]
2009-03-24 10:10:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KGHG PGOV EAID SW
09STOCKHOLM202LAUNCHING A U.S.-EU ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This is a joint USEU/Embassy Stockholm cable. Action requests in para 12. Summary ======= 2. Posts propose launching a "U.S.-EU Alternative Energy Partnership" during the Swedish Presidency of the EU, July-December 2009. This partnership, based on Embassy Stockholm's successful One Bi [...]
2009-03-24 12:19:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KPAO ECON OEXC BEXP KGHG PREL EUN
09STOCKHOLM204SWEDEN LOOKS TO REFORM DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] Summary: Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, announced March 9 that Sweden is evaluating its aid to multilateral organizations and is disappointed in how several UN organizations have used Swedish development assistance, singling out the following agencies: [...]
2009-03-24 15:00:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM207 Sweden's Deputy PM Comes to Washington with climate change
[...] Summary. Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson is the pragmatic political leader of the Center Party that holds the Cabinet positions for energy, environment, industry and agriculture. She has a strong relationship with PM Reinfeldt and has worked closely with him recently to reverse [...]
2009-03-25 16:06:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL ENRG SENV KGHG SW
09STOCKHOLM209SWEDES UNLIKELY TO ATTEND SEOUL GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 14:37:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC SW
09STOCKHOLM211SWEDISH MFA CLAIMS EU FOREIGN MINISTERS TO APPROVE
[...] (C) Summary: An EU-Syria Association Agreement will be approved by EU foreign ministers meeting informally in the "Gymnich" format March 27-28, according to Sweden's senior MFA officials dealing with EU matters. Discussion at the Prague meeting is expected to be "operational" on the topic, le [...]
2009-03-26 15:55:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SY SW
09STOCKHOLM212BELARUS, EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND WESTERN BALKANS:
[...] (C) Summary: EU foreign ministers meeting informally in the "Gymnich" format March 27-28 will reach a decision on the question of Belarus' participation at the May 7 European Summit, according to Sweden's senior MFA official dealing with EU matters. A "Burma solution" that has the Belarus for [...]
2009-03-27 07:34:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL BO GG MW ZL SW
09STOCKHOLM214SWEDEN COMMITTED TO NATO KFOR MISSION THROUGH END
[...] (C) Sweden will not pull its forces out of KFOR in 2009, according to Carl Magnus Ericsson of the MFA's International Security Policy unit. Replying to demarche points (Ref A) on March 26, Ericsson explained that Parliament last fall approved a bill extending the Swedish presence in KFOR for [...]
2009-03-27 14:37:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KVIR SW
09STOCKHOLM216SWEDISH AUTO INDUSTRY ENTERS CRITICAL PHASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish State Secretary for Enterprise Joran Hagglund told CDA on March 27 that the ailing Swedish auto companies Saab and Volvo Cars are entering a critical phase; Saab is in formal restructuring. The Swedish government will not step in and take over the Swedish auto companies [...]
2009-03-27 15:40:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD ELTN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM220SWEDEN HOPES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TO BE INCLUDED IN EU
[...] This cable contains action requests at para 8. 2. Summary. Ambassador Staffan Tillander, a senior GOS climate official, expressed concern about the lack of certainty and speed in the UNFCCC process, predicting that heavier political involvement will be required. Sweden hopes for two proces [...]
2009-04-01 11:14:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM221SWEDISH EMPLOYMENT MINISTER INVITES U.S. SECRETARY
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. At a meeting requested by the Minister for Employment Sven Otto Littorin which occured on March 31, Littorin told CDA that he has invited Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to attend an informal meeting of the 27 EU ministers for employment [...]
2009-04-01 12:02:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM222SWEDES WELCOME AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN WHITE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 15:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM224VALIDATION STUDY OF IRANIAN B1/B2 APPLICANTS
[...] Summary: Embassy StockholmQs Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a two stage issuance review and validation study of Iranian B1/B2 visa applicants in 2007. Results show that StockholmQs higher issuance rate reflects a relatively refined applicant pool of doctoral students and wealthy retir [...]
2009-04-02 06:19:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD SW
09STOCKHOLM227SWEDISH FINANCE MINISTER PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE FOR
[...] Summary: Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg predicted that Sweden's unemployment rate will hit 8.9 percent in 2009, 11.1 percent in 2010 and 11.7 percent in 2011 before slipping back to 11.3 percent in 2012. Borg alsoQredicted that deflation would emerge in 2009 with the Consumer Price I [...]
2009-04-06 07:50:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM228SWEDISH HEALTH MINISTER TO INVITE NEW U.S.
[...] Minister of Health and Social Affairs Goran Hagglund told CDA on April 6 that he would like to invite the new Secretary of Health and Human Services to Sweden. Hagglund intends to invite the HHS Secretary to the informal meeting of the 27 EU ministers for employment and social affairs (EPSCO) [...]
2009-04-06 14:41:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EINT PGOV PREL TBIO TPHY SW
09STOCKHOLM229SWEDEN WILL NOT PLEDGE FUNDS AT PAKISTAN DONORS'
[...] On April 6, Acting Economic Counselor shared reftel points on Pakistan Donors Conference with Majeed Olerud-Khoso, Desk Officer at the MFA's Department for South Asia. Olerud-Khoso told post that Sweden will not pledge any funds at the Tokyo Donors Conference, but is instead examining if money [...]
2009-04-07 08:37:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PK SW
09STOCKHOLM231SWEDISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 1 meeting, EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel discussed the problematic invitation of Pres. Lukashenko to the May 7 Eastern Partnership launch; the EU's policy plans with Israel, Syria and Iran; upcoming (and rescheduled) summits, and Montenegro. Wendel told us he a [...]
2009-04-07 16:45:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU BO IS IR SY MW ZK BM SP SW
09STOCKHOLM233 SWEDEN SUPPORTS RAPID DRAWDOWN OF OHR AND ALTHEA IN BOSNIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 09:07:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM234SWEDEN RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE
[...] On April 8, CDA together with the Japanese and Pakistani Ambassadors discussed the joint demarche with Minister Wilhelm Von Warnstedt, Director of the South Asian Department at the Swedish MFA. CDA and the Japanese and Pakistani Ambassadors urged that Sweden send a ministerial level represent [...]
2009-04-08 10:43:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PK SW
09STOCKHOLM237SWEDEN'S MIGRATION MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) Swedish Minister of Migration Tobias Billstrom asked CDA to come see him on short notice on April 8 to discuss Guantanamo detainees. Saying that Sweden strongly approved of the "general approach" the Administration has taken on detainees, Billstrom stated that if Sweden can assist, it wou [...]
2009-04-09 13:47:00Embassy StockholmSECRETKAWK PHUM MOPS PREL PTER PREF EU SW
09STOCKHOLM238SWEDEN ON SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) On April 7, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Swedish MFA Deputy Director of the International Security Policy Department Carl Magnus Eriksson. Eriksson noted that the NSC recently delivered a request for a third OMLT to Sweden's Embassy in Washington, which the government "took very [...]
2009-04-09 14:26:00Embassy StockholmSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM239Media Reaction - Op-ed on the pirate standoff in Somalia
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 12:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM24DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO DELAY APPROVAL OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 16:28:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEU PREL SY SW
09STOCKHOLM240Media Reaction - Op-ed on women in Afghanistan
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 12:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM245TRIAL OF ALLEGED SWEDISH TERRORIST BEGINS IN NEW YORK
[...] On April 13, the trial began in New York of Swedish-Lebanese dual citizen Oussama Kassir. Kassir is accused of running a terrorist training camp in Oregon and hosting a web site with public access to the "The Mujahedeen Explosives Handbook." Kassir denies all charges and claims the evidence w [...]
2009-04-14 15:26:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PINS PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM247FRAUD SUMMARY - STOCKHOLM
[...] Summary: As Sweden prepares to take the June through December 2009 rotational European Union presidency, refugees remain a top priority for the country. Embassy Stockholm continues to deal with Sweden's large population of third country nationals, many with insufficient identification documen [...]
2009-04-15 08:54:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS SW
09STOCKHOLM248SWEDEN TO REINFORCE ISAF MISSION AND DEPLOY C-130 TO
[...] On April 3, the Ministry of Defense announced a strengthening of its ISAF mission to Afghanistan by 40 troops. Additionally, the military will deploy a C-130 for operations in Afghanistan from May to September. End Summary. Strengthening ISAF Mission -------------------------- 2. On Apri [...]
2009-04-15 13:20:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB AF SW
09STOCKHOLM249SWEDES LIKELY TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 14:22:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV SW
09STOCKHOLM253EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 12:33:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER SW
09STOCKHOLM254DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 09:40:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM258DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONSULTING WITH EU ON BURMA
[...] (C) On April 24, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Liselott Andersson, Head of the South East Asia Unit in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Andersson confirmed that there will be a rollover of the common position at the April 27 GAERC meeting. "The position is linked to what is happening [...]
2009-04-24 16:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EU BM SW
09STOCKHOLM259SWEDEN ON APRIL 27-28 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: We discussed Ref A GAERC points with Swedish MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall, the EU Correspondent's office, and MFA country desks April 22-24. They told us the Czechs keep changing the GAERC agenda and Sweden wants to add a point on the possibility of the EU publishing huma [...]
2009-04-24 17:51:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW
09STOCKHOLM26TERRORISM FINANCE: SWEDISH RESPONSE TO U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 13:46:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PINR SW
09STOCKHOLM262SWEDEN PUSHES GREATER ENERGY SECURITY FOR BALTIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bo Diczfalusy, Director-General for Energy at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Transportation, and MFA Baltic Desk Officer Isabella Torngren, told Econoffs on April 27 that Sweden: - views energy security as a key part of its EU Presidency focus on the Baltic Sea Strate [...]
2009-04-27 13:24:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ENRG LG LH PL RS FI SW
09STOCKHOLM263SWEDEN RECALLS CDA TO SRI LANKA FOR CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) On April 28, Sweden recalled its Charge d'Affaires to Sri Lanka for "consultations" in response to the Sri Lankan government's denial of a visa for FM Carl Bildt. FMs Bildt, Milliband and Kouchner had decided at the April 27 GAERC to travel jointly on April 29 to Colombo for talks with the [...]
2009-04-28 09:59:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU CE SW
09STOCKHOLM264MGSF01: FIVE SWEDES TEST NEGATIVE FOR SWINE FLU
[...] (SBU) According to Todd Webber, CDC Liaison at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Stockholm, Sweden has had five residents under investigation for Swine Flu as of April 27. Four returned from travel in Mexico, one from San Diego. All five tested negative. 2. (SBU) [...]
2009-04-28 14:48:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STOCKHOLM266SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER BILDT'S WASHINGTON AGENDA
[...] (S) Summary: For Bildt's May 4 visit to Washington, we recommend the following top three issues: additional contributions in Afghanistan, resettlement of Guantanamo detainees, and leadership in the EU on autonomous sanctions on Iran. Given Sweden's upcoming EU Presidency, July-December 2009, [...]
2009-04-29 15:14:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL PGOV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM268SWEDEN WILL PARTICIPATE IN GICNT 2009 PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 10:39:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM RS PREL PTER KGIC NL SW
09STOCKHOLM27SWEDISH RESPONSE TO A.Q. KHAN AND ASSOCIATES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 13:50:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN SW
09STOCKHOLM270SWEDISH FM BILDT WANTS BOSNIA TO BE AN EU
[...] (C) Summary: On April 28, poloff discussed FM Bildt's visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with BiH Desk Officer Dinka Jasarevic. FM Bildt visited Sarajevo on April 8-9 for both bilateral talks and Presidency Trio discussions with BiH officials. Bildt's main goal for his visit to Sarajevo wa [...]
2009-04-30 13:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK EU SW
09STOCKHOLM274UIGHUR HAKIMJAN GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCY, AGAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 13:46:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM275TFFLU01: One Probable Case in Sweden, Per Swedish
[...] (SBU) Sweden is currently testing one resident for possible H1N1 Influenza A infection. The woman had recently visited the United States and displayed suspicious but mild flu symptoms for several days. However, because the subject was never hospitalized and has already recovered, her tested [...]
2009-05-05 06:16:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09STOCKHOLM276SPECIAL 301 FOR SWEDEN: RESULTS DISCUSSED WITH GOS
[...] (SBU) Summary. A/DCM and Economic Specialist met with officials from the Swedish Ministries of Justice and Trade on April 29 to convey the results of the Special 301 review. The GOS welcomed the news that Sweden will not be on any watch list in 2009. They told us that the GOS gives priority [...]
2009-05-05 12:20:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM283SWEDES TO INVESTIGATE SYRIAN CONNECTION WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 08:21:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE SY SW
09STOCKHOLM284SWEDEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAY 13-14 ISLAMABAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 08:23:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKPWR ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EAID BEXP PREL AF SW
09STOCKHOLM287SWEDEN ON MAY 18-19 "SUPER GAERC"
[...] (C) Summary: On May 8, poloff met with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel to discuss the GAERC agenda for May 18-19. Wendel said it will be a "Super GAERC," to include a special meeting between the Foreign and Defense Ministers. The overall agenda would therefore be brief. Highlights o [...]
2009-05-08 16:23:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM IS GR GG RU EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM292DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SWEDEN ABOUT US WASSENAAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 09:04:00Embassy StockholmSECRETKSTC ETTC PARM PREL PTER SW
09STOCKHOLM295SWEDES TO REVIEW DEMARCHE ON ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS
[...] On May 8, EmbOff delivered reftel points to Jonatan Bergstrom-Jurisoo, Desk Officer, Section for Peace Support Operations at the Swedish MFA. Bergstrom-Jurisoo told us he needed to consult with the Ministry of Justice on this issue and will contact Post once Sweden's position is clear. Post [...]
2009-05-13 06:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA SW
09STOCKHOLM297Media Reaction - Op-ed on Foreign Minister Bildt's impact
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 07:40:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM3SWEDISH CHARTER AIRCRAFT STARTS A REGULAR FLIGHT
[...] On January 2, Nordic Airways, a Swedish private sector company, flew its first flight to Baghdad, carrying 150 passengers to Baghdad International Airport (BIA). According to Swedish press, this marks the first commercial passenger flight from Europe to the Iraqi capital since the UN imposed s [...]
2009-01-05 12:55:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM301SWEDES TO REVIEW DPRK BANKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 13:26:00Embassy StockholmSECRET//NOFORNKNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM XE ZO KN SW
09STOCKHOLM306DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UN DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) On May 15, Emboff shared reftel points with Anette Nilsson, Deputy Director, and Sofie Hillbom, Desk Officer, Security Policy Department, at the Swedish MFA. Nilsson commented that Sweden had declined to co-sponsor the designation of Abdul Haq when asked by the U.S. in April. Nilsson sa [...]
2009-05-20 13:21:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PHUM EAID CH SW
09STOCKHOLM307BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 14:03:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SW
09STOCKHOLM308SWEDEN CONTRIBUTES USD 3 MILLION TO PAKISTAN'S IDPS
[...] Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson told journalists on May 19 that Sweden is contributing $3 million in humanitarian assistance to help Pakistan's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),as follows: - $1.3 million of its total contribution through the UNH [...]
2009-05-20 14:15:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PHUM PREF PREL PTER PK SW
09STOCKHOLM309SWEDEN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER
[...] The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden, the first Congressional delegation to travel here since Rep. Larson of Connecticut visited in September 2007. The United States and Sweden share a strong and abiding relationship built on a foundation of shared values, cultural [...]
2009-05-20 15:53:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM31GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: SWEDES OUTLINE PROCESS, WAIT
[...] (S) Summary: Sweden will not decide "right away" whether it will accept Guantanamo detainees but will likely make a decision if it gets a "signal" from the Obama Administration, MFA State Secretary Belfrage told DCM on January 14. Sweden would need to think carefully about accepting ethnic Uig [...]
2009-01-15 17:10:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM311Media Reaction - Editorial on Guantanamo closure
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 10:17:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM312Media Reaction - Editorials on DPRK nuclear testing
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 10:18:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM313SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON
[...] Jonatan Bergstrom Jurisoo, Desk Officer, Security Policy Department, Peace Support Operations Section, the Swedish MFA told post on May 26 that Sweden welcomes the efforts made by the ship-owners and insurance companies regarding their work with risk awareness, lessons learned and best practice [...]
2009-05-26 12:18:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA SW
09STOCKHOLM32SWEDISH POLDIR ON GEORGIA AND EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Lyrvall told us on January 15: -- Sweden sees "eye-to-eye" with the USG on Georgia and the separatist regions, but had been frustrated that a "harder line" was being resisted by other EU members who wanted to "move on"; -- Within the EU, Sweden would co [...]
2009-01-16 07:06:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL GG SW
09STOCKHOLM322 SWEDEN CONDEMNS DPRK NUCLEAR TEST
[...] On May 25, the North Korean Ambassador to Sweden, Ri Hui Chol, was summoned to the MFA where State Secretary Frank Belfrage, the number two official in the ministry, delivered an official protest against North Korea's nuclear test. Belfrage called it an escalation of the already tense situati [...]
2009-05-27 11:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL NK SW
09STOCKHOLM327MALMO'S ISLAMISTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS CO-EXIST, UNEASILY
[...] Summary: The Charge, accompanied by the Regional Senior Commercial Officer and the Energy and Environment Outreach Assistant visited Lund and Malmo in southern Sweden May 14-15 to learn more about the Swedish side of the Oresund Region. Malmo is reinventing itself and trying to improve its re [...]
2009-05-28 14:01:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KGHG KISL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM333Sweden on Olympic Baseball
[...] Summary. Embassy Stockholm spoke with Gunilla Lindberg, one of Sweden's three International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, to seek support for the return of baseball and softball to the Olympic Games. Lindberg asserted the independence of IOC members from governmental pressure (U.S. or Swe [...]
2009-06-02 12:02:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKOLY KPAO PGOV SCUL SW
09STOCKHOLM337SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING THE AD-HOC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 14:53:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL EAID PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM338SWEDES WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR A REVIEW OF 1267
[...] (SBU) Swedish MFA Sanctions Coordinator Per Saland told us on June 1 that Sweden will continue to work to improve UNSC 1267 sanctions during its EU Presidency. Saland commented that while UN 1822, which introduced narrative summaries and improved information-sharing, was a "good start," a numb [...]
2009-06-03 14:53:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KTFN PARM PREL PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM342009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: SWEDEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 12:13:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KIDE KSPR OPIC KTDB USTR SW
09STOCKHOLM342SWEDEN'S FOREIGN AID REFORM
[...] Summary: Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson told journalists on May 7 that Swedish assistance still has a "long way to go" when she presented a comprehensive report of development assistance. She commented that Sweden must prepare and monitor programs [...]
2009-06-04 06:15:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM35SENIOR POLDIR ON IRAN AND GAZA
[...] (S) Summary: Swedish MFA Director-General for Political Affairs, Bjorn Lyrvall, told us January 15 that: -- On Iran, Sweden now backs an "intensified implementation of existing UN Security Council resolutions" that will result in EU designation of at least "one or two" more banks; -- It wo [...]
2009-01-16 17:50:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL PGOV IR IS SW
09STOCKHOLM353SWEDISH MFA STATE SECRETARY ON TURKEY, BOSNIA,
[...] (C) Summary: State Secretary Frank Belfrage met with Charge June 5 to discuss Turkey, Bosnia, Iran, and Afghanistan. --On Turkey, he welcomed U.S.-Swedish convergence of views and observed that the German position on Turkish EU membership is shifting. --He urged strong U.S. pressure on th [...]
2009-06-10 09:33:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL SW
09STOCKHOLM355 AARGH! SWEDISH PIRATES SET SAIL FOR BRUSSELS
[...] Summary and Comment: Sweden's two largest political parties, the ruling Moderates and opposition Social Democrats, saw little change over their 2004 levels of support in the June 7 European Parliament (EP) election here. Instead, the Greens and the pro-EU Liberal Party were the big winners -- [...]
2009-06-10 13:42:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL ECON KIPR SW
09STOCKHOLM356CLIMATE -- SWEDEN A BIT DISAPPOINTED IN SECOND MEF; AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The natural instinct of Sweden's climate negotiators, past and present, is to act as honest brokers - between the U.S. and Europe; between the U.S. and China; between the developed and developing world. Holding the EU Presidency will only reinforce this tendency. It is to t [...]
2009-06-10 14:16:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM358CLIMATE -- SWEDEN A BIT DISAPPOINTED IN SECOND MEF; AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The natural instinct of Sweden's climate negotiators, past and present, is to act as honest brokers - between the U.S. and Europe; between the U.S. and China; between the developed and developing world. Holding the EU Presidency will only reinforce this tendency. It is to t [...]
2009-06-11 06:51:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM361POSITIVE SWEDISH REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] (U) On Thursday, June 4, Embassy Stockholm hosted a lunch for key Muslim contacts to watch President Obama's speech to the Muslim world and discuss their initial thoughts and reactions. 2. (U) In general, the speech was well received by the Swedish Muslims. The guests highlighted appreciat [...]
2009-06-12 14:08:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PTER SW
09STOCKHOLM362SWEDEN ON JUNE 15-16 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: In preparation for the June 15-16 GAERC, Emboffs met June 11 with European Correspondent Magnus Scholdtz just prior to his meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt to review the GAERC. We also spoke earlier with Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel and other officials. They told [...]
2009-06-12 16:12:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM IS GR GG RU EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM368POST SUPPORT OF POTUS BILATERAL WITH SWEDISH PM
[...] (U) On June 16, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally requested a bilateral meeting for Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt with the President on the margins of the G8 in Italy on 8-10 July. (We understand the Swedish embassy in Washington passed this request to NSC also.) [...]
2009-06-18 17:45:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EUN IT SW
09STOCKHOLM374SAAB + KOENIGSEGG = KOENIGSSAAB?
[...] (U) Summary: On June 16, GM revealed its plans for the future of Saab Automotive as Koenigsegg Group AB confirmed the details of a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of Saab. Koenigsegg is a Swedish sports car maker, producing as few as 18 exclusive cars per year. Commentators in [...]
2009-06-23 08:31:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM375SWEDISH-IRAQI TRADE INCHING FORWARD
[...] Summary: With the opening of the new Swedish embassy in Baghdad this summer, all signs point to further strengthening and deepening of the cooperative ties between Sweden and Iraq. Trade deals between Swedish companies and Iraq partners are inching forward despite financing troubles and secu [...]
2009-06-23 13:59:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM38Media Reaction - Swedish troops in Afghanistan
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 10:05:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM384SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S JULY
[...] (U) Embassy Stockholm warmly welcomes you to Sweden. The mood in Sweden is both eager anticipation for its turn to set the agendas and chair the EU meetings, and a bit of trepidation at the daunting list of issues, starting with the financial crisis and climate change. Bilateral relations are [...]
2009-06-24 19:08:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL PGOV PINR ECON SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM385SWEDISH CLIMATE OFFICIALS EAGER TO WORK WITH OUR EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, Svante Bodin, Director at the Swedish Environment Ministry's Climate division told us the Bonn UNFCCC negotiations made progress in some areas, but more importantly did not suffer any setbacks. He appeared eager to work with Pershing and other experts to arrive at [...]
2009-06-26 12:08:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM386Swedish views on the third MEF
[...] (SBU) Lars-Erik Liljelund, PM Reinfeldt's Director General for Climate told us on June 24 that the third MEF meeting was "much better than the Paris MEF". Liljelund is pleased with the progress on financing, adaptation, and technology transfer, but is concerned about the large gaps between p [...]
2009-06-26 14:05:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM389SWEDISH MINDEF ON AFGHANISTAN AND SWEDISH DEFENSE REFORM
[...] Summary. On May 29, Swedish Defense Minister Sten Tolgfors told CODEL Tanner: 1) Sweden is focusing on development and army training in Afghanistan, but has concerns about the capabilities of the Afghan National Police; 2) Swedish defense reforms signal the capacity for more international coo [...]
2009-06-26 14:42:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP MARR EUN MOPS AF SW
09STOCKHOLM390EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S 4TH OF JULY INVITATIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 15:28:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM399SWEDEN WELCOMES "NEXT BIG THING" INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) On July 2, Swedish MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage told CDA that the "Next Big Thing" alternative energy technology initiative (NBT),as outlined in ref c, was "good news" and "exactly the kind of hands-on transatlantic cooperation we need for the Swedish Presidency." He recommende [...]
2009-07-02 10:09:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON ENRG KGHG KPAO OEXC PREL SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM4SWEDES TO PROVIDE $10 MILLION TO UNRWA'S GAZA
[...] (SBU) On January 7, Poloff and Econoff shared reftel points with Fredrik Floren, Deputy Director for Levant Affairs & North Africa, Middle East and North Africa Department, at the Swedish MFA. Floren confirmed that Sweden will donate $10 million in humanitarian and development assistance. He [...]
2009-01-07 12:55:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM400TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES TO SUPPORT IMF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 12:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PK SW
09STOCKHOLM401OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE DELIVERED TO SWEDES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 13:20:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PARM PREL NATO SW
09STOCKHOLM402DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 13:31:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM404SWEDISH COOPERATION FOR CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 14:24:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM407EMBASSY STOCKHOLM REQUESTS TWO INTERNS FOR SPRING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 13:20:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC
09STOCKHOLM408Swedes Propose Seminar to Break HLCG Redress Roadblock
[...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) Mary Ellen Callahan met with her counterparts at the Swedish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to discuss how to make progress on the final issue relating to the High Level Contact Group's agreement on the principles for [...]
2009-07-08 05:55:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS EUN PGOV PREL KCRM SW
09STOCKHOLM409SWEDES VERY PLEASED WITH PROPOSED DE-LISTINGS OF
[...] (SBU) On July 8, Acting Economic Counselor shared reftel points with Ambassador Per Saland, Sanctions Coordinator, and Sofie Hillbom, Counter-Terrorism Unit Desk Officer, at the MFA's Department for Security Policy. Saland thanked post for what he called the "very good news" that the U.S. woul [...]
2009-07-08 13:29:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER UNSC SW
09STOCKHOLM41Media Reaction - President-elect Barack Obama editorials
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 13:05:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM410TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 13:41:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID KTFN SW
09STOCKHOLM412SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON,S JULY
[...] (U) Introduction and Summary: The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden. The mood in Sweden is both eager anticipation for its turn to set the agendas and chair the EU meetings, and a bit of trepidation at the daunting list of issues, starting with the financial crisi [...]
2009-07-08 15:05:00Embassy StockholmSECRETEUN ECON USAID MARR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM413LEAHY VETTING FOR UPCOMING SWEDISH JCET
[...] (S) Post has reviewed electronic and other files on the Swedish unit, SSG S3, and its commander, Colonel Urban Molin, who have been invited to participate in a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Sweden between US Naval Special Warfare Unit Two and the Swedish Special Forces to take plac [...]
2009-07-09 11:34:00Embassy StockholmSECRETMARR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM414UPDATE ON SYRIAN EXPORT CONTROL CASE
[...] (S) Principal Administrative Officer Magnus Danielsson, Swedish Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP),and Deputy Director Ulf Lindell, Division for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Swedish MFA, told post on July 8 that ISP and the Swedish Security Service (SAPO) had concluded thei [...]
2009-07-09 13:49:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE SY SW
09STOCKHOLM41564TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 14:10:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM416SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NGO INVOLVEMENT AT
[...] (U) On July 9, Poloff spoke with Andreas Hilmerson, Deputy Director in the Department for Multilateral Development Cooperation, regarding NGO Involvement at the UN. Hilmerson expected a high-level EU ministerial declaration to be developed on NGO involvement at the UN in the next week or so, [...]
2009-07-09 14:10:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM417RWANDAN GENOCIDE SUSPECT TO BE EXTRADITED FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 14:48:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PREL PGOV RW EU SW
09STOCKHOLM418EUR A/S GORDON'S JULY 3 MEETINGS WITH THE EU
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon met with the 27 EU Member State Political Directors in Stockholm July 3. He then met with the EU Political Directors "troika," comprising Swedish PolDir Bjorn Lyrvall, EU Council Secretariat DG Robert Cooper, EU External Re [...]
2009-07-09 16:15:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV IR RS SW
09STOCKHOLM423Media Reaction - Obama trip to Moscow, G8 and Ghana
[...] On July 12, the independent Stockholm morning daily "Dagens Nyheter" in a signed editorial by Peter Wolodarski opined on the Moscow visit under the headline 'Separate worlds in Moscow': "No cheering crowds met Barack Obama in Moscow. With yet another well-formulated and benevolent speech he [...]
2009-07-13 08:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PINR PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM425DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...]
2009-07-14 05:54:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE
09STOCKHOLM426DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...]
2009-07-14 05:54:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE
09STOCKHOLM428GAERC JULY 26-7 AGENDA: SWEDEN'S PRELIMINARY ITEMS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Poloffs met with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel to discuss the July 27-8 GAERC agenda. He said that, as the Swedes intended, the agenda is short to focus discussion on the most important international issues. Currently, there are three B items: conclusions o [...]
2009-07-14 14:23:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IC NK BM SO IR KE GG UN EU SW
09STOCKHOLM430SECRETARY'S REPLY TO CZECH FM FORWARDED TO SWEDISH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 14:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ODPC PARM MNUC PREL EEC CZ SW
09STOCKHOLM431DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 14:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF ET SOM KEN SW
09STOCKHOLM440SWEDEN TO DOUBLE CONTRIBUTION TO EUPOL IN
[...] (C) Swedish officials are working to double Sweden's contribution to the EUPOL policing mission in Afghanistan to 20 personnel by the end of the year. Nils Daag, Swedish MFA Director for Security Policy, told visiting DASD James Townsend on July 17 that more and more, Swedes understand that " [...]
2009-07-20 10:26:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM AF SW
09STOCKHOLM442SWEDES PREFER TO LET U.S. TAKE LEAD ON 1267
[...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish MFA Sanctions Coordinator Ambassador Per Saland told Emboff on July 21 that Sweden is pleased with the U.S. decision to review the 1267 list, and that Sweden looks forward to a constructive dialogue on this issue. Regarding the delisting of Al-Barakaat and Moumou, he sa [...]
2009-07-21 12:47:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER UNSC SW
09STOCKHOLM444MOVING FORWARD WITH UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, Poloffs and EUR/ACE Larry Silverman met with Malena Mard, Director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asian Department, and Johan Frisell, Head of the Eastern Europe Desk. Mard gave a rundown on the challenges Sweden expects during its EU Presidency between the EU and [...]
2009-07-21 14:42:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UK BO GG EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM445JULY GAERC FOLLOW-UP WITH THE SWEDES
[...] (C) On July 17 and 20, Post followed-up on reftel GAERC demarche with Ambassador Marika Fahlen, MFA Horn of Africa Special Envoy; Johan Frisell, Georgia Desk Officer; and Magnus Scholdtz, EU Correspondent. --On Iran, they expect no "concrete steps" at the GAERC on additional sanctions until [...]
2009-07-21 16:19:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW
09STOCKHOLM446BALTIC SEA STRATEGY: A PRIORITY FOR SWEDISH EU
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Baltic Sea Strategy, a Swedish initiative that is one of its EU Presidency priorities, is a regional approach to deeper integration of environmental, economic, energy/transport, and security regulations and practices among the eight EU member states that surround the Baltic [...]
2009-07-21 16:42:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDNEI PREL ECON SENV ENRG EUR RU SW
09STOCKHOLM449SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY HOLL LUTE'S
[...] (U) Embassy Stockholm warmly welcomes you to Sweden. Bilateral relations are close and collaborative, and you will find good partners in Minister for Justice Beatrice Ask, Minister for Asylum and Migration Tobias Billstrom, and Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors. Sweden's EU Presidency priorit [...]
2009-07-22 16:57:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM450Media Reaction - Guantanamo closure
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 06:31:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PINR PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM451SWEDES POSITIVE TO NEW MEMBERS JOINING THE CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 08:17:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM452U.S.-EU JHA SENIOR LEVEL MEETING, STOCKHOLM, JULY 9-10,
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. and EU delegations met July 9 and 10 in Stockholm for the semiannual U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs Informal Senior Level Meeting. The meeting was unusually lively, substantive and outcome oriented, covering a lengthy agenda in an efficient manner. Delegates were well pr [...]
2009-07-23 10:04:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM454SWEDEN: RECENT IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] Summary: Based on stress tests, the Financial Supervisory Authority stated that Sweden would be able to handle the losses incurred by its major banks on loans made to Baltic countries. The situation in Latvia became somewhat more stable when the Government was able to present its plans to re [...]
2009-07-23 14:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM456SWEDEN TO CLOSE FIVE MISSIONS IN 2009
[...] (C) On July 23, the MFA officially announced the results of a controversy that has been brewing for some time: the closure of five of its missions abroad in 2009. This includes the consulates in New York and Los Angeles. MFA State Secretary Belfrage told CDA on June 30 that the closures and [...]
2009-07-23 15:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM457BETTER TO JOIN AL-SHABAAB THAN DRINK BEER IN THE
[...] (U) Summary: Sweden was recently the target of a recruiting visit by an al-Shabaab spiritual leader, Xasaan Xussen, and a counter-visit by the Somali Minister of Justice, Abdirahman Janaqoo. The MFA and security service are concerned about the radicalization of Swedish-Somali youth by al-Shab [...]
2009-07-23 15:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL SO EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM458SWEDEN INFORMED ABOUT MANAS; REPLIES THAT VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 16:10:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM459Media Reaction - Consulate closures
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 06:31:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PINR PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM460SWEDISH SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (U) On July 23, Poloffs raised reftel points with Carl Magnus Eriksson, MFA Director for Peace Support Operations; Brigadier General Gunnar Karlson, MFA Military Advisor; and Karin Anderman, Deputy Director in the Department of Security Policy. Eriksson directed us to a press statement indicat [...]
2009-07-24 07:26:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM461SKIRMISH, SWEDES KILL THREE EXTREMISTS IN NORTHERN
[...] (U) On July 23 at 2100 local time, Swedish troops came under fire in the Balkh district, three kilometers west of Mazar-e-Sharif, according to press and MFA sources. According to the Swedish Armed Forces, the attack on the Swedish rifle unit continued during the night. Reinforcements were disp [...]
2009-07-24 16:03:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF SW
09STOCKHOLM462SWEDES TO PROPOSE PARLIAMENTARY BILL ON 2010
[...] (C) Summary: Sweden is increasing its troop presence in Afghanistan to 500 soldiers by year-end. FM Bildt has visited Afghanistan twice in recent months, including the visit July 24 with Amb. Holbrooke. Senior MFA and MOD officials tell us the government is now preparing its annual bill to [...]
2009-07-24 17:07:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM464TREASURY COHEN TALKS SANCTIONS WITH THE SWEDES
[...] (U) Summary: On June 18, Treasury's Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Financing David Cohen, along with Treasury and Embassy Stockholm officials, met with Swedish officials involved with banking and sanctions policy. The Swedish interlocutors included Deputy Minister of Finance Mats Ode [...]
2009-07-27 12:44:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALECON TERR PREL PGOV IR NK SW
09STOCKHOLM466THE FOUR MAJOR SWEDISH BANKS REPORTING MAJOR CREDIT LOSSES
[...] Summary: Sweden's banking sector is highly concentrated, with four large banking groups (Nordea, Handelsbanken, Swedbank and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)) accounting for roughly 80 percent of sector assets. Beginning July 17, these four major banks presented their results for the seco [...]
2009-07-27 13:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM467SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY TALKS TURKEY LEFTOVERS
[...] (C) Summary: Following a July 19 DVC between EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Swedish MFA Director of EU Affairs Lars Wahlund (reftel),PolOff meet with Peder Spangberg, Turkey Desk Officer on July 23 for follow-up. Spangberg said his ideal outcome from the EU Presidency on December 31 is "handing ever [...]
2009-07-28 07:22:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU SW
09STOCKHOLM470IRANIANS BANNED FROM SWEDISH UNIVERSITIES
[...] The Swedish Security Police (SAPO),along with two other agencies - the Inspectorate of Strategic Products and the Radiation Safety Administration - recently sent letters to seven Swedish universities relaying an EU Council regulation that imposed restrictions on Iranian and North Korean stude [...]
2009-07-28 14:35:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PTER IR SW
09STOCKHOLM474MEK SET UP CAMP OUTSIDE OF EMBASSY, PROTEST CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: At 1600 on July 28 a group from the National Council of Resistance of Iran, or Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK),began an unauthorized, peaceful protest directly outside the U.S. Embassy. The groups has grown and ebbed in size, averaging 90 people. The police have authorized the protest [...]
2009-07-30 10:14:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IR IQ SW
09STOCKHOLM476SWEDISH COMMENTS ON JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 10:32:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKWBG SENV PREL IS JO SW
09STOCKHOLM478SWEDISH ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN TO INCREASE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Stockholm has obtained an internal Swedish-language copy of a Swedish Foreign Ministry report on its Afghanistan aid program announced in a July 9 press release but which is still not available to the general public. This is the second in a series of cables detailing this [...]
2009-07-31 12:37:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM484Media Reaction - Swedish Role in Afghanistan
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 07:06:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PINR EUN AF SW
09STOCKHOLM486SWEDES HOPEFUL WORLD BANK AND JORDAN-ONLY WATER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:54:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKWBG SENV PREL JO SW
09STOCKHOLM488SWEDEN HOSTS INFORMAL EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS
[...] Summary: On July 15-17, Sweden hosted an informal EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministerial outside of Stockholm. The ministerial devoted its discussions to the future "Stockholm Program", a five year program on continued cooperation within the JHA area. The Ministers met in different se [...]
2009-08-04 13:45:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PREF PREL EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM490REPORTING OF SWEDISH MONEY LAUNDERING CASES DOUBLES
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to recently released figures from the Swedish Financial Police, there were 13,048 cases of suspected money laundering amounting to $1.2 billion in 2008, an increase of 116 percent compared to 2007. Banks did a better job of reporting, increasing from 1,310 cases in 200 [...]
2009-08-05 12:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PGOV PTER SW
09STOCKHOLM491SWEDEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MTCR RIO PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 12:28:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA SW
09STOCKHOLM492SUPPORT FOR TORTURE VICTIMS AND EU ANTI-TORTURE
[...] This is Embassy Stockholm's response to reftel demarche. 2. Summary: Sweden has a long-standing commitment to support and provide treatment to torture victims. As current President of the EU, Sweden also plays a strategic role in developing a common EU policy on human rights and torture [...]
2009-08-05 13:35:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM495SWEDES REPORT THAT U.S. RESEARCH VESSEL VIOLATES
[...] (SBU) Acting Economic Counselor was summoned to meet Deputy Director Andreas Ekengren, Security Policy Department, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) on August 6 to receive a written protest from the Government of Sweden (GOS). Ekengren told Emboff that the U.S. research vessel T- [...]
2009-08-07 11:07:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KRVC PBTS TPHY PGOV PHSA SW
09STOCKHOLM496JULY GAERC DETAILS AND GYMNICH LOOKAHEAD FROM
[...] (C) Acting DCM received additional details on the July 27 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the EU,s Foreign Ministers (FMs) from Hakan Emsgard, chief of the MFA's European Section, together with ambassadors from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, and Japan. E [...]
2009-08-07 11:07:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW IR SO AF PK
09STOCKHOLM5SWEDISH OFFICIAL ON IRAN: ELECTIONS, DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary: In an initial call in December on the Swedes in their upcoming EU Presidency capacity (reftel),EUR/ERA Director Bill Lucas met with the MFA's Iran expert and deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa Division, Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt. Dannfelt said: -- The EU3 has the policy [...]
2009-01-07 15:55:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR IS SW
09STOCKHOLM500SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY'S PLANS FOR AFGHAN ELECTION
[...] The Swedish EU Presidency is working to develop an EU statement -- "a political blessing" -- to be released in conjunction with the August 20 elections in Afghanistan, MFA Afghanistan Desk Director Mathias Otterstedt told Poloffs August 11. Otterstedt, who had accompanied FM Bildt to Afghanis [...]
2009-08-11 15:48:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO AF SW
09STOCKHOLM502EU FEELING ITS WAY AHEAD WITH PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Nearly two months after the first EU-Pakistan summit on June 17, the EU is still working to identify counterterrorism and development projects that best suit the EU's capabilities and Pakistan's needs. Swedish MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Majeed Olerud told Poloffs August 7 that the [...]
2009-08-12 09:02:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL EUN PK EU
09STOCKHOLM504SWEDEN'S PLAN TO MANAGE BORDER DISPUTES BETWEEN EU
[...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by the use of EU accession as a bargaining tool in border disputes, Sweden is working on a new mechanism to solve the problem, MFA Deputy Director General for Europe Lars Wahlund told PolCouns July 19. The Swedes would like to add a "Good Neighbor Policy" as a "pseudo [...]
2009-08-12 11:42:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KVIR EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM505FUTURE SWEDISH ISAF PARTICIPATION: TIMETABLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Swedish Armed Forces will submit requirements to the government for the Swedish ISAF mission in Afghanistan by August 27, after which the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will initiate interagency meetings. The MFA will have the pen for the draft legislation extending Sweden's milit [...]
2009-08-13 06:45:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM507SWEDISH RESPONSE AND EU DECLARATION ON AUNG SAN
[...] (U) Summary: The news of Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) conviction prompted strong reactions, both from Swedish officials and from the Swedish EU Presidency. All sources condemned the verdict and weighed in on the possible effects of sanctions on Burma and against those responsible for the verdic [...]
2009-08-13 13:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL BM SW
09STOCKHOLM509SWEDEN POC FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (U) Amembassy Stockholm POC for nuclear nonproliferation issues is Economic Officer Richard W. LaRoche. Tel: 46 8 783 5326; Mobile: 46 70 783 5326; Fax: 46 8 783 5328; E-mail: larocherw@state.gov. 2. (U) The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs primary contact for nuclear nonproliferation is [...]
2009-08-14 08:59:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM51SWEDISH MFA ON JANUARY GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 13:42:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW
09STOCKHOLM510GICNT: SWEDEN INFORMED OF UNODC OBSERVER STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 09:00:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER SW
09STOCKHOLM512CLIMATE -- SWEDISH PM'S CLIMATE ADVISOR EXPRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The comparability discussion continues to be important to the Europeans, and Reinfeldt's top climate advisor thinks that the mid-term target year needs to be moved beyond 2020. The Swedes sees potential in the MEF and are curious about the prospect of a limited MEF leaders' mee [...]
2009-08-14 13:19:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM513 Discussion with Sweden on Next Steps to Launch the "Next
[...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials are enthusiastic about launching the "Next Big Thing," a U.S.-EU Alternative Energy Partnership modeled on the U.S.-Sweden partnership. State Secretary for Energy Ola Altera said he will contact Sweden's Perm Rep in Brussels as soon as he had reviewed this with [...]
2009-08-14 13:19:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09STOCKHOLM514Media Reaction - Clinton Africa visit
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 09:22:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM515A/S CARSON'S SWEDEN VISIT AND U.S.-EU TROIKA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 15:18:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEAID ETTC EUN MARR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM524SWEDES FAVOR U.S. PROPOSAL REGARDING IAEA SEARCH
[...] (C) On August 20, Deputy Economic Counselor discussed reftel points with Asa Gustafsson, Deputy Director, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Gustafsson immediately characterized this as a very "complicated issue." She stated that Swe [...]
2009-08-21 10:52:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC PREL PARM IAEA EG IS SW
09STOCKHOLM525SWEDISH RESPONSE: IAEA NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
[...] (SBU) Deputy Economic Counselor shared reftel points regarding IAEA nuclear fuel bank with Asa Gustafsson, Deputy Director, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs on August 20. Gustafsson commented that Sweden had mentioned the fuel bank pr [...]
2009-08-21 10:53:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG IAEA EU SW
09STOCKHOLM526PREVIEW OF EU TROIKA'S AGENDA FOR S/E STERN'S AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish Environment Minister Carlgren, who will head the EU troika in its Washington meeting with S/E Stern, wants to talk comparability, financing, and coordination of approaches to China and other key emerging economies. DCM suggested that the EU troika be prepared to focus [...]
2009-08-21 13:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM529SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SOY ISSUE AT
[...] (SBU) On August 20, Emboff shared reftel points regarding the soy issue with Carina Knorpp, Senior Advisor at the Swedish Ministry of Agriculture. Knorpp commented that she was well aware of the findings of unapproved biotech corn dust in soybean meal imports from the U.S., and added that she [...]
2009-08-24 09:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TBIO SW
09STOCKHOLM54SWEDEN PREPARES FOR G-8 IN JULY AND POSSIBLY G-20
[...] (SBU) PM Reinfeldt's foreign policy advisor, State Secretary Gustav Lind, told Charge January 20 that he would be Sweden's sherpa for the July G-8 Summit in Italy. Lind explained that Reinfeldt would represent the EU Presidency, as one of the three EU leaders at the Summit (EC President Barro [...]
2009-01-23 15:51:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM542SWEDISH ARTICLE ON ISRAELI ORGAN HARVESTING OF
[...] (U) An August 17 article in the largest selling Swedish tabloid "Aftonbladet" alleged that Israeli soldiers harvested organs from Palestinian youths for sale on international markets, and it tied this allegation to a NYC-based organ trafficking ring. This resulted in a diplomatic feud between [...]
2009-08-24 14:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IS SW
09STOCKHOLM543SWEDEN, COLUMBIA AND THE FARC
[...] (C) Summary: Swedish Foreign Ministry officials noted their dismay with recent evidence that Swedish arms, originally sold to Venezuela, were diverted to the FARC. They said this evidence would be sufficient to prevent any future proposed arms sales from Sweden to Venezuela and promised that t [...]
2009-08-25 05:37:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09STOCKHOLM545SWEDEN ASKS ABOUT U.S. EXPECTATIONS FOR THE G-20 SUMMIT;
[...] (SBU) Summary: As EU President, Sweden has asked what sort of political success the U.S. is seeking from the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. State Secretary for Finance Per Jansson noted the need to show concrete progress in handling the financial crisis, and on climate change. He also discusse [...]
2009-08-25 09:39:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SENV PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM546PIRATE BAY CLOSED AS RESULT OF COURT INJUNCTION
[...] (U) Notorious BitTorrent tracker site "The Pirate Bay" was closed down on August 24 after a court injunction. The Stockholm District Court ordered the Internet Service Provider Black Internet to stop supplying the file sharing site The Pirate Bay with capacity. Faced with a fine of 500,000 k [...]
2009-08-25 11:10:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM549AUSTRALIA GROUP: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SWEDEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 12:40:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC SW
09STOCKHOLM551SWEDISH LEGAL OBSTACLES TO EXPRESSING REGRET FOR
[...] Tensions between Israel and Sweden continue over an August 17 article in Sweden's largest tabloid newspaper, Aftonbladet, which alleged that Israeli troops harvested organs from Palestinian prisoners for sale on international markets. Press reports indicate Israel is asking for the GOS to cond [...]
2009-08-26 13:40:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM552NEW SWEDISH DEFENSE PRIORITIES: SWEDEN PUTS
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy (DASD) James Townsend met with Ministry of Defense (MoD) Director General for Political Affairs Johan Raeder for bilateral defense consultations (BDCs) on July 17-18, the first such talks of what is expected to be an annual [...]
2009-08-26 16:43:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKPKO KVIR MARR NATO PREL EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM553SWEDISH RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) On August 25, Emboffs discussed reftel points regarding the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference with Deputy General Director Christer Ahlstrom and Deputy Director Asa Gustafsson Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs [...]
2009-08-28 13:25:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM557AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid his first call on Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt August 28. The tone of the meeting was very positive, yet casual, as they exchanged anecdotes about their common experiences in the world of information technology. Highlights of the meeting included: [...]
2009-08-31 15:43:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF TU SW
09STOCKHOLM558SWEDISH NOTES ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH AND GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: European Foreign Ministers will discuss the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak),and improving the EU as a global actor at their informal Gymnich meeting in Stockholm 4-5 September. EU Secretariat Deputy Director Jonas Wendel and officer Wouter Vidlund, seconded from the [...]
2009-08-31 15:57:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IR IZ PK IS AL CE EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM56FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES GROUND SWEDISH FLIGHTS TO
[...] On January 24, the Swedish Transport Agency (STA) revoked the operating license of Nordic Airways, a carrier operating flights between Sweden and Iraq. The Stockholm District Court turned down a request by Nordic Airways, which had been operating with a temporary license, to extend the period [...]
2009-01-27 07:28:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM565SWEDES OFFER MORE DETAIL ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH
[...] (C) Sweden's MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall provided Pol Counselor with details on Swedish plans for discussions of the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak),and improving the EU as a global actor at the informal gathering of EU foreign ministers ("Gymnich meeting") in Stockholm [...]
2009-09-03 13:18:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IR IZ PK IS AL CE EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM567CLIMATE - ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WANTS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON
[...] Summary: On September 2, Environment Minister Carlgren told the Ambassador that the EU Troika meetings with U.S. Special Envoy Stern were very useful in increasing EU understanding of U.S. thinking. He put his public statements that the U.S. needs to do more on climate change in context by sa [...]
2009-09-04 14:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM569 SWEDISH DEPUTY PM URGES SENIOR USG VISITS TO SWEDEN DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 2, Deputy Prime Minister Olofsson pressed for the strong U.S.-Sweden cooperation in alternative technology to show results. She urged a ministerial-level U.S. official come to the October 14-16 Informal meeting of EU Competitiveness Ministers to present U.S. effor [...]
2009-09-08 05:22:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EUN ECON EIND KGHG SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM570SWEDEN,S PLANS FOR THE G-20, CONCERNS ABOUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the U.S. Ambassador, Sweden,s Finance Minister Anders Borg praised the new mind set of the U.S. Administration that has us participating in international institutions. He urged the U.S. to keep countries focused on the political need to prevent an economic coll [...]
2009-09-08 08:34:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM572"SWEDISH" CARS SOON CHINESE?
[...] (U) Summary. Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automobile announced on September 8 that it is still interested in purchasing Volvo, now all of it. The news hit Sweden as Koenigsegg's Saab deal receives Chinese funding, creating fear among Swedish employees and workers unions that Swedish car ma [...]
2009-09-09 13:25:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM573PRIME MINISTER REIGNS IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON U.S.
[...] (C) The Swedish Prime Minister's office has issued an internal directive to reign in government officials following a series of inconsistent public statements on climate change, including statements by Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren that the U.S. needs to do more. The Ambassador had rai [...]
2009-09-09 13:54:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM574AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENLARGEMENT, AFGHANISTAN WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on the Minister for EU Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, the minister expressed Sweden's eagerness to work together with the United States on climate issues and in Afghanistan. She cautiously said the Swedish EU presidency so far was going "okay" and [...]
2009-09-10 12:43:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL TU SW
09STOCKHOLM576AMBASSADOR TALKS CLIMATE, GUANTANAMO WITH SWEDISH
[...] (C) Summary: On September 2, the Prime Minister's State Secretary for Foreign and EU Affairs Gustaf Lind told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Reinfeldt was looking forward to his visit to Washington for the U.S.-EU Summit and that Reinfeldt hoped for meetings that would favor substance over [...]
2009-09-10 14:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPHUM SENV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM577FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS AFPAK, IRAN, MEPP AT
[...] (C) Summary: At the September 4-5 informal foreign ministers' meeting (Gymnich) in Stockholm, the Swedes deliberately limited the meeting agenda to provide adequate time for more thorough discussions, and the Swedes insisted on strict anonymity in reporting, a format that was broadly praised [...]
2009-09-10 15:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALAF AL CE EUN IR IS IZ PGOV PK PREL SY SW
09STOCKHOLM578 INVITATION FOR SECRETARY CLINTON AND SPECIAL ENVOY STERN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: If the Secretary and Special Envoy Stern are unavailable, Post recommends Deputy Secretary Lew or a similarly high-level USG official attend EU Development Days October 22-24 in order to present U.S. development priorities to EU Development Ministers and the [...]
2009-09-11 05:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN OVIP EAID ECON EIND KGHG SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM585SWEDISH DEFENSE MINISTER INVITATION TO GEN.
[...] (C) Summary: Swedish Minister of Defense Tolgfors very much hopes ISAF Commander General McChrystal will be able to attend a working dinner in Mazar-e Sharif on September 15, according to senior MOD officials. EU Special Representative to Afghanistan Sequi will attend the dinner, and UN Specia [...]
2009-09-11 14:26:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF SW
09STOCKHOLM586AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, CAUCASUS AT THE SEPTEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministers will address Afghanisan and Pakistan (AfPak),Iran, and the South Caucasus at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) September 14-15. AfPak talks will center on fleshing out the EU's new regional strategy, reaction to final election results, [...]
2009-09-11 14:57:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALAF EUN IR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM591SWEDISH REPLY TO AUSTRALIA GROUP
[...] (U) On September 10, Econoff received a more detailed technical response to the Australia Group Plenary meeting reftels (A, B, C, D, E) from Ulf Lindell, Deputy Director, Department for Disarmament and Nonproliferation at the Swedish MFA. Lindell also noted that the Swedes will send their exp [...]
2009-09-15 12:28:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC SW
09STOCKHOLM592SWEDES WILL ATTEND INITIAL SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 12:29:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP SW
09STOCKHOLM593SWEDISH MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 13:50:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM594SWEDEN: ATTENDANCE AND OBJECTIVES AT THE AD-HOC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 14:44:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL EAID PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM596PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE: SWEDEN ON RUSSIAN ARMS
[...] (C) Summary: Sweden, in a bilateral manner and not as EU President, briefed EU Member States at the September 4 COARM meeting on the discovery that 1980s-era Swedish-origin missile launchers sold to Venezuela ended up in FARC arms caches in Colombia (reftel A). They also plan to issue a "stat [...]
2009-09-18 11:08:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09STOCKHOLM597RISE IN AFGHAN AND SOMALI MINORS TO SWEDEN, NORWAY
[...] (U) Summary: A sharp rise in unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan and Somalia has been reported in Sweden, Norway and Finland, according to UNHCR's regional office in Stockholm. UNHCR explains that the teens are smuggled through Europe in order to escape deteriorating security and economic s [...]
2009-09-18 14:28:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL UNHCR EUN NO FI SW
09STOCKHOLM598SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY CALLS FOR DELIVERY ON DONOR
[...] (C) EconOffs met with Foreign Ministry Middle East and North Africa Department officers on 18 September to follow-up on a previous demarche regarding the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting on 22 September (reftel). The Ministry's Palestinian Affairs desk officer reiterated the urgency of a dura [...]
2009-09-21 14:00:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKPAL EAID PGOV IS SW
09STOCKHOLM599WHO IS CARL BILDT?
[...] (C) Summary. As Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt heads to New York and Washington, we wanted to give you some background on this independent-minded individual who nevertheless wants very much to work with the United States to solve a variety of international problems. --A product of the C [...]
2009-09-21 14:08:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AF IR RU SW
09STOCKHOLM60SWEDES SOUR ABOUT U.S. TRADE SANCTIONS ON LINGONBERRIES
[...] In a January 19 reference to the recently announced U.S. trade sanctions on a large number of European products, Swedish Minister for Trade Ewa Bjorling issued a press statement that Sweden was "disappointed that the U.S. has chosen to escalate the hormone-treated meat conflict, not least in a [...]
2009-01-28 14:28:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM600SWEDISH RESPONSE: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES
[...] (C) On September 21, Pol Counselor delivered reftel points to Andres Jato, Chief of Staff for MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall. Jato replied September 22 that Lyrvall had sent him the following message: "With respect to the Political Director's meeting, we agreed on a line of policy to ha [...]
2009-09-22 15:26:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM603Media Reaction - President's UN climate speech
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 13:08:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG OPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM604SWEDEN URGES THE EU-US SUMMIT NOTE COOPERATION ON
[...] (U) Summary: Sweden's Minister of Health has urged the U.S. to support Sweden's efforts to have the Leaders Declaration from the US-EU Summit state that the US and EU will work together against the silent pandemic of antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance, especially on providing needed incentive [...]
2009-09-23 13:10:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV EU SENV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM605SWEDISH VIEWS ON RECENT TURKEY/CYPRUS DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Swedish MFA officers told us September 23 that "those closest" to the on-going Cyprus talks, including UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer, were optimistic about a "break-through" in November. With regards to Turkey, the Swedes admit there is a deal in place between French Presiden [...]
2009-09-23 15:10:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM606SWEDISH ENVOY TO HORN OF AFRICA TALKS ABOUT SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: On September 15, Emboffs met with Swedish Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Ambassador Marika Fahlen to discuss her 12 day visit to Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti. Fahlen strongly emphasized the need for a combination of a bottom-up and top-down approach to stabil [...]
2009-09-24 13:42:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PTER KECF KGHA SW
09STOCKHOLM607SWEDISH ENVOY TO HORN OF AFRICA TALKS ABOUT SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: On September 15, Emboffs met with Swedish Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Ambassador Marika Fahlen to discuss her 12 day visit to Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti. Fahlen strongly emphasized the need for a combination of a bottom-up and top-down approach to stabil [...]
2009-09-25 06:07:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PTER KECF KGHA SW
09STOCKHOLM609DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT IN SWEDEN
[...] Summary: Diaspora communities are vibrant and visible in Swedish life. Many of these groups arrived because of war and conflict at home. Some of the largest diaspora groups in Sweden include Iraqis (110,000),Iranians (80,000). Kurds (60,000) and Somalis (25,000). In-country outreach to imm [...]
2009-09-25 12:41:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BEXP BITO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM610KREMLIN COLD SHOULDER: EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT SET FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Moscow finally agreed to attend the EU-Russia Summit to be hosted by the Swedish EU Presidency in Stockholm on November 18. But the Russians are still refusing a bilateral leaders' meeting between President Medvedev and PM Reinfeldt. Comment: The agreed summit date relieves some [...]
2009-09-25 12:50:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN RU SW
09STOCKHOLM615"WE LOOK UNCOORDINATED": SWEDES "EMBARRASSED" BY
[...] (C) In a September 25 discussion with Poloff, Swedish Desk Officer for Iran, Ulf Samuelsson, confirmed media reports that Sweden, as EU President, did not/not walk out during Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad's UNGA speech on September 24. He said the red lines agreed upon by the EU-27 -- the denial o [...]
2009-09-25 14:04:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR UN EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM616COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES SECRETARIAT CALLS FOR U.S.
[...] (U) Summary: The USG is invited to the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Annual Consultation between the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) and the CBSS Observer States, in Stockholm on October 6. At a September 24 preparatory meeting, the CBSS Secretariat Director asked of Observer State [...]
2009-09-28 05:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM62IRANIAN MUJAHEDIN-E-KHALAQ (MEK) PROTESTS IN SWEDEN
[...] (C) In advance of the January 25 GAERC, hundreds of exile Iranians demonstrated in downtown Stockholm to have Mujahedin-E-Khalaq (MEK, also known as the People,s Mujahedin Organization of Iran or POI) removed from the EU Terrorist list. After MEK's removal by EU foreign ministers at the Janua [...]
2009-01-29 09:26:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM620 SWEDES WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPTED BY THE PROSPECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 25 meeting, Swedish Environment Ministry officials continued to resist U.S. urgings that the U.S. and EU speak with one voice to pressure emerging economies on climate change, but showed some weakening in their resolve when the conversation turned to the speci [...]
2009-09-29 13:23:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM624SWEDISH SUPPORT TO THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (U) Summary: During his one-day visit to Stockholm on September 3, Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region Howard Wolpe outlined three themes for U.S. engagement in the Great Lakes: peace consolidation, regional economic integration, and interstate cohesion on security issues. The Swe [...]
2009-09-30 11:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALBE EMIN MARR MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL XW ZF ZU
09STOCKHOLM625SWEDEN ASKS FOR U.S. VIEWS ON CHINESE PURCHASE OF VOLVO AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Swedish State Secretary for Enterprise Goran Hagglund described "very strong Chinese interest" in buying 100% of Volvo-cars, which is owned by Ford, and 30-40% of Saab which is owned by GM. He said his government had asked the companies to [...]
2009-10-01 05:17:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EINV ETRD PREL SW CM
09STOCKHOLM629SWEDISH DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN: "PLEASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Swedish Defense Minister Tolgfors spoke primarily about Afghanistan. Highlights included: -- Security in Sweden's PRT was good during the elections but is declining overall. Swedish troops are patrolling more aggressively as a res [...]
2009-10-06 09:12:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PMIL PGOV KPAO AF SW
09STOCKHOLM63SWEDISH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR AL-QAIDA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 13:33:00Embassy StockholmSECRETEFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR SW
09STOCKHOLM630MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH POC IN SWEDEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 11:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT SW
09STOCKHOLM631SWEDISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICALLY PRESSURES LATVIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials publicly chastised the Government of Latvia for its inability to present a 2010 budget that would satisfy IMF and EU conditions during the annual IMF meeting this weekend. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Andres Borg warned Riga that [...]
2009-10-07 05:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ECIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM632SWEDISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICALLY PRESSURES LATVIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials publicly chastised the Government of Latvia for its inability to present a 2010 budget that would satisfy IMF and EU conditions during the annual IMF meeting this weekend. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Andres Borg warned Riga that [...]
2009-10-07 05:22:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ECIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM64SWEDISH RESPONSE: TERRORISM FINANCE:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 13:35:00Embassy StockholmSECRETEFIN PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM640SWEDISH DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CARLSSON INVITES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 12:25:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM KWMN SW
09STOCKHOLM641SWEDEN ON P5+1 IRAN TALKS: RUSSIAN TRR SUPPORT IS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 15:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM649SWEDISH MFA STATE SECRETARY FRANK BELFRAGE ON USEU
[...] (C) DCM discussed U.S.-EU Summit preparations and climate change with MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage (DepSec equivalent) on October 13, two days before Belfrage's trip to Washington for talks with NSC and State counterparts. --Sweden still agreed with A/S Gordon's views expressed at the [...]
2009-10-13 15:08:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV PGOV IR SW
09STOCKHOLM65PLANNED SPRINGTIME VISITS BY SENIOR SWEDISH OFFICIALS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 15:44:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL OVIP SW
09STOCKHOLM653SWEDEN SUPPORTING EU-POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 13:59:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL PREL PHUM PTER EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM654SWEDISH PREVIEW OF OCTOBER GAERC
[...] (SBU) Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel told poloff on October 16 that the October 26-7 GAERC will be done according to the "Bildt Format," which begins with a dinner on the 26th, and a full day of discussions on the 27th. The dinner topics are: --Iran non-proliferation issues, and maybe [...]
2009-10-15 15:15:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR AF CE ZL ZF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM66DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES ISAF, KFOR WITH CDA
[...] (S) On January 30, CDA, DAO and poloff met with Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors. CDA thanked Sweden for its continued contributions to ISAF and KFOR and said the U.S. supports expansion of Sweden's international military operations. Tolgfors' points were: -- ISAF: Tolgfors said possible [...]
2009-01-30 16:54:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPMIL AF BK XZ ZB SW
09STOCKHOLM660SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ADMINISTRATOR FULGHAM's OCTOBER
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden. The Government of Sweden is focusing its EU Presidency on several global priorities, including the financial crisis, climate change and development issues. Bilateral US-Sweden relations are close [...]
2009-10-20 06:29:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL IZ IR SW
09STOCKHOLM662FRAUD SUMMARY - STOCKHOLM
[...] Summary: As Sweden hosts the Presidency of the European Union from June through December 2009, one of the top priorities at the EU and national level remains refugees. Embassy Stockholm continues to deal with Sweden's large population of third country nationals, many with insufficient identif [...]
2009-10-21 12:38:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS SW
09STOCKHOLM666DISCUSSED CONCERN OVER EC/SWISS POSITIONS ON GEOGRAPHICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS has come to the conclusion that the Geographical Indications issue (GIs) is hugely important to some five EU Member States; it is perhaps the primary Doha issue for some MS. The GOS determination is that it can "stomach it", as a necessary component of an EU-wide comp [...]
2009-10-23 13:22:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EU SW
09STOCKHOLM667SWEDEN LEADS EU TROIKA TO NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Poloffs met with MFA Director General for Asia Klas Molin October 22 to deliver reftel points and discuss the EU Troika's planned visit to North Korea October 27-31; we also spoke earlier with North Korea desk office Emma Nordlund. Sweden holds the rotating EU Presidency, so Molin will lead [...]
2009-10-23 14:21:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NK EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM668SWEDEN LEADS EU TROIKA TO NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Poloffs met with MFA Director General for Asia Klas Molin October 22 to deliver reftel points and discuss the EU Troika's planned visit to North Korea October 27-31; we also spoke earlier with North Korea desk office Emma Nordlund. Sweden holds the rotating EU Presidency, so Molin will lead [...]
2009-10-23 14:24:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NK EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM669SWEDISH MFA: EU TESTING THE WATERS WITH BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 14:54:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BM SW
09STOCKHOLM672SWEDEN TRIPLES ITS TOKYO PLEDGE TO PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 07:53:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PK SW
09STOCKHOLM674COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES SEEKS MORE COLLABORATION WITH
[...] Summary: On October 6, REO and Embassy staff attended the annual consultations between the Council of Baltic Sea States and its observer states (including the U.S.). CBSS officials presented priorities for the upcoming year and highlighted successful ongoing cooperation under CBSS experts gro [...]
2009-10-27 13:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM676'SPOTIFY FOR MOVIES' PARTNERS WITH BREDBANDSBOLAGET
[...] Summary: Voddler, also known as 'the Spotify of Movies,' was launched Tuesday Oct. 27. The service which offers access to movies online using streaming instead of downloads is expected to be a great success. End summary. 2. Voddler and Bredbandsbolaget, the second largest broadband provi [...]
2009-10-28 14:06:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM677SCENESETTER FOR SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER REINFELDT
[...] (C) Mr. President, You will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt next week when he leads the EU Troika delegation at the U.S.-EU Summit in Washington. Reinfeldt was an early public supporter of your candidacy and strongly endorses many aspects of your global agenda, including cli [...]
2009-10-28 17:32:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL ECON ETRD EFIN SENV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM678SWEDISH VIEWS OF LATVIA'S 2010 BUDGET PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Summary: Sweden is optimistic about Latvia's 2010 budget proposal, but Stockholm is concerned about the income distribution effects of the measures. Sweden's appeals to shift more of the fiscal adjustment burden from expenditure cuts to tax increases have been rejected by Riga so far. Supp [...]
2009-10-29 14:09:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM679WHO IS SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER FREDRIK REINFELDT?
[...] (C) Summary: As Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt heads to Washington, we wanted to give you some background on this composed and reflective individual. This cable draws on personal observations of Post personnel and a review of recent public documents, and sketches Reinfeldt's most salient pe [...]
2009-10-30 07:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM680SWEDEN AND EU INVITE USG TO ATTEND DONOR
[...] On October 26, Post received an invitation (ref) to attend an information meeting at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA)to discuss mobilizing grant funding from donors for a support fund to help achieve greater energy efficiency and energy security in Eastern Europe. The invitation [...]
2009-10-30 07:19:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG ECON EAID EPET ECIN ENRG UK SW
09STOCKHOLM685OBAMA-REINFELDT DOMINATE HEADLINES IN SWEDEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: All major news outlets covered the bilateral meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Reinfeldt on November 2 and focused on the climate change discussion. Outlets relayed Reinfeldt's sentiments on the importance of an agreement at the summit in December with an understa [...]
2009-11-03 13:58:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM686OPPOSITION SOCIAL DEMS PLAN FOR 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Sweden's opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP),the largest party in Parliament, held its 36th annual conference October 28-November 1. At the conference, the party decided its future domestic and foreign policy platforms -- all with an eye on the September 2010 general elections, when [...]
2009-11-03 15:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM687SWEDISH RESPONSE TO SUDAN STRATEGY
[...] (U) Poloff shared reftel points with Fredrik Folkunger, Desk Officer, Department of West Africa and the Horn of Africa on November 3. Folkunger expressed enthusiasm for the new U.S. Sudan strategy and emphasized that the Swedes "see no real divergent opinions" in the text. Sweden supports co [...]
2009-11-04 11:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SU SW
09STOCKHOLM688U.S. EU SUMMIT CONTINUES TO RECEIVE MAJOR MEDIA ATTENTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: All major Swedish news outlets covered the U.S.-EU summit on November 3, focusing on the U.S.-EU search for common ground on climate. Outlets conveyed cautions from both sides that there should be no expectation of a binding international climate agreement in Copenhagen. Media fe [...]
2009-11-04 13:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM69SWEDEN PREPARES TO LEAD ON CLIMATE ISSUES DURING EU
[...] This cable contains action requests at para 8. 2. Summary. The Government of Sweden is organized to actively lead the EU during its Presidency, with the climate issue as its top priority -- and no close second. In a February 2 meeting between Embassy and Sweden's top climate officials, the [...]
2009-02-04 15:18:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM691SWEDISH LEFT PARTY'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS: TROOPS
[...] (C) Summary: On November 4, MP Hans Linde, the Left Party's foreign affairs spokesman, gave poloff a preview of his party's policy priorities, including on labor rights and Afghanistan -- two issues which are obstacles to consensus within the opposition Red-Green Coalition. Coalition parties [...]
2009-11-05 14:03:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TU EUN AF SW
09STOCKHOLM692MORE TURKEY TIDBITS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 14:03:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM693DEMARCHE ON USG CONCERNS ABOUT SRI LANKAN DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 14:18:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN CE SW
09STOCKHOLM694SWEDEN APPROVES NORD STREAM PIPELINE
[...] Summary: On November 5, the Government of Sweden approved the request by Nord Stream AG to lay two pipelines to transport natural gas through international waters within Sweden's economic zone in the Baltic Sea. The pipeline would supply Germany with natural gas from Russia. In announcing the [...]
2009-11-06 06:38:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV PREL RU GM SW
09STOCKHOLM698EMBASSY STOCKHOLM REQUESTS TWO INTERNS FOR SUMMER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 13:23:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC SW
09STOCKHOLM699SWEDES SEND BILATERAL COMMENT TO IMF CHAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 13:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN CE SW
09STOCKHOLM701SWEDISH BANKING SECTOR STABLE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] Summary: All four major Swedish banks continued to see deteriorations to their credit portfolios in the third quarter primarily as a result of exposure to the Baltic region and Ukraine, but signs of improvement appeared in the form of decelerating credit losses. Market commentators continued t [...]
2009-11-09 06:15:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM702SWEDISH BANKING SECTOR STABLE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] Summary: All four major Swedish banks continued to see deteriorations to their credit portfolios in the third quarter primarily as a result of exposure to the Baltic region and Ukraine, but signs of improvement appeared in the form of decelerating credit losses. Market commentators continued t [...]
2009-11-09 06:15:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM703 SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Sweden is not a significant illicit drug producing country. However, police report that Sweden is increasingly becoming a transit country for illegal drugs to other Nordic countries and Eastern European states. The fight against illegal drugs is an important government priority and enjoys stro [...]
2009-11-09 13:29:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM704 SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 13:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM705 SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Sweden is not a significant illicit drug producing country. However, police report that Sweden is increasingly becoming a transit country for illegal drugs to other Nordic countries and Eastern European states. The fight against illegal drugs is an important government priority and enjoys stro [...]
2009-11-09 14:46:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM706SWEDES SAY NO BAN ON SELLING INSURANCE TO IRISL, BUT SALE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Swedish government officials said that EU rules prohibit Sweden from following the UK's ban on the sale of protection & indemnity insurance to certain Iranian entities, but note that the Nordic market insurance sellers are unlikely to sell to Iranians for business reasons. En [...]
2009-11-10 07:58:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KNNP SW
09STOCKHOLM707SOCIAL DEM LEADER SAHLIN MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: On November 9, Ambassador met with Social Democratic Party (SDP) Leader Mona Sahlin. Highlights of the conversation were: SDP supports Sweden's continued mission in Afghanistan; Sahlin would like to see increased cooperation with the U.S. on environment and cultural issues; and th [...]
2009-11-10 09:44:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM708IRAN - STATEMENT ON EMBASSY TAKE-OVER ANNIVERSARY
[...] On November 4 representatives of "The Green Movement of the People of Iran" delivered the statement in para 2 to U.S. Embassy Stockholm. They stated that the group was delivering the same statement to thirty (30) other U.S. Embassies. Embassy Stockholm received the document without comment. [...]
2009-11-12 07:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC SW IR
09STOCKHOLM709SWEDEN'S STATE SECRETARY SPILLS ON IRAN, ISRAEL,
[...] (C) Summary: On November 9, DCM and acting PolCouns met with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Frank Belfrage, to review Swedish perspectives on the November 3-4 US-EU Summit. Belfrage relayed EU thinking on Iran (expert level groups are in constant discussions on appropriate types of sanc [...]
2009-11-12 12:16:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN IR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM711SWEDISH GOSSIP ON NEW EU POSITIONS
[...] (C) On November 11, Swedish Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel gave acting PolCouns the Swedish scoop on the wheeling and dealing for new positions in Brussels. Reinfeldt has already spoken with each EU Member State and the announcement of the November 19 extraordinary meeting is an indicati [...]
2009-11-12 13:15:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM712SWEDEN'S MENU FOR THE NOV. 16-7 SUPER GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: On November 11, Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel discussed November 16-7 Super GAERC points with Acting PolCouns. Highlights include: improving EU-NATO cooperation; deciding on a way forward with Russia; preparing for the EU-Ukraine Summit; extending sanctions on Belarus; impr [...]
2009-11-12 13:24:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN RU AF IS SW
09STOCKHOLM713SWEDISH SOLDIERS CRITICALLY INJURED IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] On November 11, five Swedish soldiers on patrol west of Mazar-e-Sharif were injured by an IED roadside bomb; their local interpreter died. Two of the soldiers suffered life-threatening injuries. The attack is the most serious for Swedish troops since November 2005, when two lieutenants were k [...]
2009-11-13 10:55:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM714GOVERNMENT OF SWEDEN STIMULATES THE ECONOMY, AND VOTERS,
[...] (U) Summary: On September 21, the Swedish Government presented its Budget Bill for 2010 to Parliament. The Budget is geared to both combat the economic recession, and garner votes in 2010 national elections. According to the Swedish Government, the SEK 32 billion (USD 4.6 billion) in new spe [...]
2009-11-13 12:26:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM715Swedish EU Presidency Minister for Communications Visit to
[...] This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. Summary and Action Request: Post recommends appropriate policy-level Washington officials meet with Swedish Minister of Communications Asa Torstensson during her November 30-December 3 visit because she is seeking U.S. input into her [...]
2009-11-13 12:45:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECPS KIPR ETRD EINT OVIP PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM718Update on Swedish EU Presidency Minister for Communications
[...] (U) Summary: In Reftel, Post recommended appropriate policy-level Washington officials meet with Swedish Minister of Communications Asa Torstensson during her November 30-December 3 visit because she is seeking U.S. input into her efforts to "set the starting position" for discussions of the [...]
2009-11-16 13:00:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETTC KIPR SENV EINT ETRD OVIP PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM719SWEDEN AND EU INVITE SECRETARY CLINTON TO ATTEND
[...] Desk Officer Erik Holmqvist, Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Development Division at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, told post on November 17 that Sweden has invited Secretary Clinton to attend a donor conference on Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environmental P [...]
2009-11-17 12:34:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG ECON EAID EPET RECIN ENRG UK SW
09STOCKHOLM72SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO
[...] Summary: On February 3, the Government announced a U.S. $6 billion rescue package for the banking sector, utilizing the Stability Fund introduced in October of 2008. The package is designed to enable banks to increase lending to businesses and households. Sweden's major banks continue to st [...]
2009-02-05 10:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SW
09STOCKHOLM720SWEDES ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT NOVEMBER 18
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs on November 6 met with Swedish MFA Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Tobias Thyberg to discuss the November 18 EU-Russian Summit in Stockholm. The summit agenda will focus on climate change, the financial crisis, and energy issues. Leaders are also expec [...]
2009-11-17 13:48:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN RU SW
09STOCKHOLM723 MINISTER MALMSTROM ANNOUNCED AS SWEDEN'S NEW EU
[...] On November 17, PM Reinfeldt announced Cecilia Malmstrom, Minister for EU Affairs, as Sweden's new EU Commissioner. "She is a devout European with genuine academic background and experience as MEP", said Reinfeldt. Despite rumors that the position would be kept within the Moderate Party, PM [...]
2009-11-18 10:50:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL EU SW
09STOCKHOLM724SWEDES WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 12:25:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA UK SW
09STOCKHOLM727CHEMICAL TERRORISM CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 08:04:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC SW
09STOCKHOLM728SWEDES DENY EGYPTIANS' ASYLUM APPEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 09:48:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM729SWEDEN ON OUR CONCERNS WITH SERBIA'S PROPOSED ANNEX AT
[...] (U) Post relayed reftel points to Foreign Ministry desk officer for Serbia and Kosovo, Ms. Asa Pehrson. She was aware of the issue, as her Kosovo contacts have expressed concern about Serbia's proposed Annex at the ITU Study Group 2 meeting underway in Geneva. She was happy to get additional [...]
2009-11-20 10:33:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDIO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU SW
09STOCKHOLM73ISRAELI AND IRAQI AMBASSADORS TALK IRAN AND
[...] (S) Summary: On February 2, at a dinner hosted by the CDA, Iraqi Ambassador Ahmad Bamarni and Israeli Ambassador Benny Dagan held a friendly and thought-provoking discussion on the Middle East. UK Ambassador Andrew Mitchell, Swedish MFA Director General for the Middle East Robert Rydberg, and [...]
2009-02-05 10:24:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL PINR MEPP IS IR IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM730IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA DELIVERED TO SWEDES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 13:12:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA SY SW
09STOCKHOLM732STOCKHOLM: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF
[...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel. 2. (C) Has Sweden worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? -- The official position of the Swedish MFA is that to "support democratic forces" and to contribute to "positive changes [...]
2009-11-23 12:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PGOV CU SW
09STOCKHOLM733SWEDEN: INTERNET PIRACY UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Implementation of the European Union's Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) continues to be controversial in Sweden. During their recent party congress, the opposition Social Democrat Party decided that the legislation needs to be changed. On a positive note, [...]
2009-11-24 06:43:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR EINT ECPS ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM734Sweden's Economic Outlook Improves, But Problems Remain
[...] (U) Summary: Sweden's economy continues to recover. Although still in recession, the 2009 fall in GDP is projected to be less at 4.6 percent. Unemployment will peak earlier than expected, and at a slightly lower level of 10.7 percent. Finance Ministry projections remain somewhat more negativ [...]
2009-11-24 06:44:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM736CONCERNS ABOUT ACTA NEGOTIATIONS AND IPR UPDATE: IPRED,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish media and the usual blogger-circles have expressed similar concerns about the on-going ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) negotiations as we have seen in many other countries, mostly focusing on the secrecy and the internet chapter with its reported demands for [...]
2009-11-24 12:31:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR EINT ETRD ECON PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM738SWEDISH FM CARL BILDT ON IRAN AND SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: Swedish FM Bildt is skeptical but not dogmatic about the likely effectiveness of Iran sanctions. His experts tell him sanctions on the energy sector will not be enforceable, and while sanctions on the financial sector would have an immediate effect, Iran would quickly develop "wor [...]
2009-11-25 09:32:00Embassy StockholmSECRETEUN IR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM739SWEDISH FM CARL BILDT ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On November 24, Swedish FM Carl Bildt told the Ambassador that if EU development efforts were better coordinated, "we could have twice the effect for half the cost." The EU "will be as supportive as we can" when the results of the U.S. Af/Pak strategy review are made public in De [...]
2009-11-25 14:08:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM740SAAB: HOPE NOW WITH THE CHINESE AS KOENIGSEGG DEAL
[...] (U) Summary. Luxury car maker Koenigsegg announced on November 24 that they will not pursue their purchase of Saab, blaming the "time-consuming bureaucracy" of the European Commission and other major players. All hope is now with the Chinese because the Swedish government reiterated that it [...]
2009-11-25 14:09:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN EIND PGOV CH SW
09STOCKHOLM741 SWEDISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP EXTENSION IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 06:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM743LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON DELIVERED TO SWEDISH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 09:28:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL EAID PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM746 TWO DPRK DIPLOMATS ARRESTED IN SWEDEN FOR SMUGGLING
[...] On November 20, all Swedish media reported that two North Korean diplomats - a man and a woman in their fifties - were arrested by Swedish customs officers for attempting to smuggle 230,000 cigarettes by ferry from Mariehamn, Finland. The couple protested and tried to claim diplomatic immuni [...]
2009-11-27 11:09:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM747SWEDISH RESPONSE: GVA CONSULTANTS SAY THEY
[...] (C) On November 30, Emboff shared reftel points on reported investment in the Iranian oil and gas sector with Per Saland, Sanctions Coordinator, Department for Security Policy at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Holger Eriksson, Managing Director of the Swedish company GVA [...]
2009-11-30 11:45:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM749CORRECTED COPY: SWEDISH FM CARL BILDT ON
[...] (C) Summary: On November 24, Swedish FM Carl Bildt told the Ambassador that if EU development efforts were better coordinated, "we could have twice the effect for half the cost." The EU "will be as supportive as we can" when the results of the U.S. Af/Pak strategy review are made public in De [...]
2009-11-30 14:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM750SWEDEN ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Parliament's smooth approval of legislation extending Sweden's military presence in Afghanistan through 2010 augurs well for a long-term troop presence, and there is strong support for a three-year, USD 170 million assistanc [...]
2009-11-30 15:37:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM751SWEDISH PLAN FOR EU ADVISORY MILITARY MISSION TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On November 30, Carl Magnus Eriksson, Deputy Director for the MFA International Security Policy Department, and Brigadier General Lennart Bengtsson, MFA Military Advisor, briefed Poloffs on Swedish plans for discussion of the EUFOR A [...]
2009-11-30 16:26:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EUN NATO BK SW
09STOCKHOLM752SWEDEN PLEDGES NEARLY $560 MILLION FOR FOOD
[...] (SBU) Director for Development Policy at the Swedish Foreign Ministry (MFA) Ann Uustalu told Post on December 1 that Sweden estimates its overall assistance for food security, agriculture and rural development in support of the l'Aquila agenda at nearly 375 million Euros (roughly $560 million) [...]
2009-12-01 13:25:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SW
09STOCKHOLM754SWEDEN CLAIMS NOTHING NEW IN DRAFT FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 15:04:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN IS SW
09STOCKHOLM755READOUT OF EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: The EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm did not result in significant breakthroughs, but Sweden delivered on tangibles such as the launch of five cross border cooperation programs to which Russia contributed EUR 103 million ($155 million),the start of expert level talks on a framework [...]
2009-12-03 15:49:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN RU SW
09STOCKHOLM756SWEDEN ON DECEMBER GAC/FAC AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff discussed the December 7-8 GAC/FAC agenda with Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel on December 3. The General Affairs Council (GAC) will discuss enlargement problems regarding Turkey (slow progress on Ankara),Macedonia (name problem),and Serbia (Serbian authorities t [...]
2009-12-03 16:12:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM758SEARCH FOR NEXT HEAD OF UN OFFICE OF INTERNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 14:38:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL AMGT
09STOCKHOLM759SCENESETTER FOR WHITE HOUSE ONDCP DIRECTOR R. GIL
[...] (U) Embassy Stockholm warmly welcomes you to Sweden. Your visit provides an opportunity to further cement close and collaborative bilateral relations with a nation and a government whose outlook on key international issues closely matches ours. For example, Sweden's foreign and defense minis [...]
2009-12-04 14:38:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PTER AF SW
09STOCKHOLM76SWEDEN'S AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAM
[...] Summary: The Swedish automobile industry (Volvo Cars - owned by Ford; Saab Automobile - owned by GM) has shed about 7700 jobs since the financial crisis began in September 2008. Sales are down in January 2009 by 50 percent, compared to last January. The Swedish government has issued a rescu [...]
2009-02-06 09:34:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD SENV PREL WTO SW
09STOCKHOLM765SHRAPNEL FROM SWEDEN'S AFGHAN DESK OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 14:38:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF SW
09STOCKHOLM769SWEDEN'S RESPONSE TO CYSTIC FIBROSIS STUDY PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 07:54:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OSCI ABUD AFIN TBIO SW
09STOCKHOLM770DEMARCHE ON OUTREACH FOR ASSISTANCE TO WFP IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 11:54:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PK SW
09STOCKHOLM776EU PATENT BREAKTHROUGH DURING SWEDISH PRESIDENCY AND
[...] (U) Summary: The EU Competitiveness Council, chaired by Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling, managed to broker a deal after over 40 years of efforts to agree on a unified EU patent system. Swedish Minister for Communications, Esa Torstensson discussed Swedish concerns about the ongoing ACTA [...]
2009-12-14 13:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EINT ETRD ECON PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM778SWEDISH-IRANIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS: BUSINESS AS
[...] (S) Summary: Behind the Swedish government's reluctance to support further sanctions in Iran, especially unilateral European measures, is a dynamic (though still fairly small) trade involving some of Sweden's largest and most politically well-connected companies: Volvo, Ericsson and ABB to nam [...]
2009-12-15 07:10:00Embassy StockholmSECRETECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM779SNAPSHOT OF MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SWEDEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: As in other European countries, Muslim communities in Sweden are fast-growing and diverse. Muslims represent between 2.7% to 4.4% of the total Swedish population of 9.2 million, some 250,000 to 450,000 persons. Prominent communities are from Iraq and other Arabic-speaking count [...]
2009-12-15 09:26:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM780SWEDEN LAUNCHES EASTERN EUROPE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
[...] (U) Summary: On NOvember 26, Sweden launched the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership by hosting a donor conference, which raised more that EUR 90 million in pledges from European countries and the US to finance energy efficiency projects. Poloff attended donor conferen [...]
2009-12-15 11:51:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECIN ECON EIND ENRG PGOV PREL SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM782SWEDEN GRABS THE LAST OF THE TURKEY
[...] (C) Both Hakan Emsgard, MFA Director General for Europe, and Peder Spangberg, Turkey desk officer, confirmed to us today that Sweden was moving forward with the opening of Turkey's environment chapter of the EU acquis. The report is "technically finished," Spangberg said, and is currently bei [...]
2009-12-15 14:23:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL TU CY EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM784MUSLIM COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE IN SWEDEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 30% or 400,000 of Sweden's foreign-born population comes from a Muslim-majority country. Despite generous government-sponsored social services for newcomers, immigrants routinely face racial, ethnic and religious discrimination. Immigrants often live in segregate [...]
2009-12-16 11:49:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM785SWEDEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED PRIORITIZING DJIBOUTI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 15:02:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM787SWEDEN'S PROGRAM OF PREVENTING ISLAMIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Swedish Security Police (SAPO) have three specific areas of concern when it comes to combating Islamist radicalization and violent extremism: (1) individuals who travel from Sweden to Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq; (2) growing isolation and alienation felt by some me [...]
2009-12-18 14:28:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM790DPRK DIPLOMATS CONVICTED TO 8 MONTH IN PRISON FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 09:01:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM791COP-15 SUMMIT REPORTING IN SWEDEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The domination of COP-15 in Swedish media was only temporarily broken when General Motors announced the closure of car manufacturer SAAB on December 19. All outlets relayed a sense of disappointment on the outcome of the conference, calling it a 'failure' and delivering a 'weak res [...]
2009-12-22 10:26:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM792CORRECTED COPY: DPRK DIPLOMATS CONVICTED TO 8
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 11:44:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM793SWEDEN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 15:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM794SWEDISH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told CDA that: --FM Bildt's recent meeting with his Burmese counterpart offered a good opportunity to convey EU concerns. --Implementing the EU Action Plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan is a top priority, and the lo [...]
2009-12-22 15:16:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL AF IR BU UN EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM796SWEDEN'S INTERIM REPLY ON DRAFT MOU ON LIFE,
[...] (SBU) On December 21, POL Counselor delivered ref A points to Carl Magnus Ericsson, Deputy Director of the MFA International Security Policy Department, and Cecilia Helander of the MOD Security Policy Department. Ericsson stated that Sweden very much welcomes Washington's general approach of [...]
2009-12-23 10:06:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM797SWEDEN'S CONCERNS ON TURKISH PRT IN JOWZJAN,
[...] (C) Sweden officially welcomes the possibility of Turkey launching a PRT in Jowzjan Province (Ref A),which the Swedes currently patrol, though Stockholm is increasingly concerned over Ankara's unwillingness to take responsibility for provincial security and force protection for civilians trav [...]
2009-12-23 10:08:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM799 Post Gets Clarification of Sweden's Post COP-15 Public
[...] (SBU) Summary: Charge called Prime Minister Reinfeldt's climate change advisor Lars Erik Liljelund to discuss recent public criticism of the United States by Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren. Liljelund agreed it was wrong to criticize U.S. efforts at Copenhagen, noting that the [...]
2009-12-28 06:15:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG SW
09STOCKHOLM800 Post Gets Clarification of Sweden's Post COP-15 Public
[...] (SBU) Summary: Charge called Prime Minister Reinfeldt's climate change advisor Lars Erik Liljelund to discuss recent public criticism of the United States by Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren. Liljelund agreed it was wrong to criticize U.S. efforts at Copenhagen, noting that the [...]
2009-12-28 06:16:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG SW
09STOCKHOLM802 ONDCP DIRECTOR KERLIKOWSKE'S STOCKHOLM VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director R. Gil Kerlikowske on 8 December met with Stockholm County Police Commissioner Carin Gotblad, the Youth Chapter of the Stockholm Police Narcotic Division, Minister of Public Health Maria Larsson, and World Forum Against Dru [...]
2009-12-29 06:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KCRM AF SW
09STOCKHOLM803GICNT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TERMS OF REFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 12:32:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC SW
09STOCKHOLM81PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-ARABIYA RECEIVES
[...] Swedish media gave broad and factual coverage to the President's interview with Al-Arabiya. Number two national daily Svenska Dagbaldet provided a full page, with a screen shot of the interview. Selected quotes focused on the President's expression of respect for the Muslim world. A side-b [...]
2009-02-09 13:04:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL
09STOCKHOLM83SWEDISH TRADE MINISTER ON PROTECTIONISM, TRADE WITH IRAN,
[...] This cable contains an action request at para 4. 2. On February 3, Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade, Ewa Bjorling, discussed with Charge the following issues: -- Fears of protectionism Bjorling expressed Swedish concerns about protectionist tendencies detected in the "Buy American" [...]
2009-02-09 14:42:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL IZ IR SW
09STOCKHOLM85TERRORIST FINANCING TRIAL IN SWEDEN SHINES LIGHT
[...] (SBU) On February 5, Acting Economic Counselor shared reftel on Countering Terrorist Abuse in the Charitable Sector with Sofie Hillbom, Desk Officer, Department for Security Policy, Counter-Terrorism Unit at the Swedish MFA. Hillbom thanked post and added that Sweden continues to scrutinize t [...]
2009-02-11 14:54:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SW
09STOCKHOLM86SWEDISH OPPOSITION LEADER ON PARTY'S FUTURE, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Senior career diplomat, UN mediator and Social Democratic Party (SDP) elder Jan Eliasson met with CDA on February 8 to discuss the Transatlantic Partnership, Iran, Israel, Russia and Swedish domestic politics. He made the following points: -- U.S. and EU should deepen relations [...]
2009-02-11 15:43:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU IR IS RU SU SW
09STOCKHOLM88SWEDEN REVERSES BAN ON NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS
[...] Summary: The four center-right governing Alliance party leaders announced the removal of the ban on construction of new nuclear power reactors February 5. This is a key element of the GOS' Climate and Energy policy bill, which it will send to Parliament in March. New reactors may be built to [...]
2009-02-12 13:16:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM91SWEDISH VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC AGENDA ITEMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 15:48:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW
09STOCKHOLM95SWEDEN TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] Jonatan Bergstrom-Jurisoo, Desk Officer, Security Policy Department at the Swedish MFA, told Emboff on February 13 that Sweden will join the Piracy Contact Group (reftel). He commented that Sweden believes that joining is very important, especially since Sweden will assume the EU Presidency i [...]
2009-02-13 08:22:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA SW
09STPETERSBURG102009 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - ST. PETERSBURG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 11:07:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC
09STPETERSBURG103LOCAL AUTO INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The economic crisis has severely disrupted the auto industry in the St. Petersburg region, with all manufacturers having sharply curtailed production over the past several months. A key part of the regional economy, the auto industry has endured a series of production halts and [...]
2009-08-13 14:16:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS ECON EIND
09STPETERSBURG104PARATROOPERS DAY COINCIDES WITH APPARENTLY RACIALLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three attacks against ethnic non-Russians took place in the aftermath of the August 2 Paratroopers Appreciation Day in St. Petersburg and its environs, resulting in the death of one man. Law enforcement officials have been reluctant to characterize the attacks as hate crimes, al [...]
2009-08-13 15:13:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG115CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ZORKIN: INDEPENDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial and surprisingly open conversation with Ambassador and Consul General August 27, Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, underscored the importance of strengthening judicial independence and the rule of law in Russia, welcomed the possibility [...]
2009-09-02 08:00:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG116PIKALYOVO'S DILEMMA UNRESOLVED: COMPANIES KICK THE CAN
[...] (U) Summary. Companies involved in the controversy surrounding the industrial complex in the town of Pikalyovo, Leningrad oblast, have agreed to extend until the end of 2009 the agreements PM Putin forcefully persuaded them to sign in June during a visit there. The extension will allow the i [...]
2009-09-02 09:54:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV ECON EIND
09STPETERSBURG117ST. PETERSBURG AUTHORITIES CONTINUE HARASSMENT OF OPPONENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The St. Petersburg police recently conducted a raid, with questionable justification, on the offices of a local offshoot of the Communist Party which had been vocally criticizing the city government. Separately, the city authorities denied permission to civil rights activists t [...]
2009-09-03 11:13:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG118LGBT FILM FESTIVAL FACES CONTINUED LOCAL HOSTILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Last year's St. Petersburg LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) community "Side-by-Side" film festival generated an intense media and political backlash, with access to several planned film venues repeatedly shut down due to strong political pressure. "Side-by-Side" organi [...]
2009-09-08 12:08:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG121KALININGRAD OUTREACH: DESPITE COOL RECEPTION, SOLID INTEREST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers traveled to Kaliningrad recently for public diplomacy and consular outreach. Despite a cool reception at Kaliningrad's main university and amidst rumors of misdeeds associated with the collapse of the region's main airline, Conoffs managed to meet with hundred [...]
2009-09-30 08:35:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS CVIS KFRD OEXC SCUL
09STPETERSBURG132FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 09:24:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS
09STPETERSBURG139SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CRY FOUL OVER CITY'S EVICTION PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A running property dispute between local small-business owners and the St. Petersburg city administration has escalated, as the administration recently announced it will evict the entrepreneurs in January 2010 from a market they leased from the city in 2001. The lease expired in [...]
2009-12-15 15:02:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM
09STPETERSBURG2GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HITS ST. PETERSBURG
[...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing economic downturn is increasingly being felt in St Petersburg and threatens to jeopardize many of the achievements of St. Petersburg's economic development over the last several years. The city government has been forced to recalculate its budget, several ambitious [...]
2009-01-12 08:13:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYRS ECON
09STPETERSBURG22ST. PETERSBURG HR OMBUDSMAN - NOT YOUR EVERYDAY OMBUDSMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 10 meeting with the Consul General, the St. Petersburg Human Rights Ombudsman Igor Mikhaylov expounded on his interpretation of human rights and political views. The discussion ranged over his view of the raid on Memorial's headquarters, migrant workers, the rig [...]
2009-02-18 14:01:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM PGOV
09STPETERSBURG27VOLOGDA OBLAST: KEEPING AFLOAT - SO FAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. While Vologda Oblast's dependence on the ferrous metallurgy industry -- particularly steel exports -- renders it vulnerable to the global economic downturn, regional authorities thus far have managed to mitigate much of the impact thanks to Moscow's financial assistance and the [...]
2009-03-10 11:27:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS ECON EIND
09STPETERSBURG28UNITED RUSSIA WINS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Numerous elections were held in Northwest Russia on March 1st at the oblast, city, and local levels. With turnout low, United Russia won everywhere resoundingly with only minor setbacks. The Communists and Liberal Democrats had relatively poor showings, and other opposition gr [...]
2009-03-17 12:10:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG29GRYZLOV JR.: A LESSON IN KNOWING YOUR PLACE IN ST.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dmitriy Gryzlov, son of the State Duma Chairman, lost his electoral bid as an independent candidate in the St. Petersburg municipal elections on March 1st. After his loss, he was quick to accuse United Russia of unfair campaigning and election fraud. Gryzlov said also that the [...]
2009-03-17 12:10:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG30KARELIA: STRIVING FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STABILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Worsening economic conditions and the uncertain prospects of recovery dominated the Consul General's meetings in Petrozavodsk. Local officials and business people are skeptical that the regional administration can solve the problems of the export-oriented Karelian economy, and [...]
2009-03-19 08:30:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV ECON
09STPETERSBURG31REBELLIOUS GOVERNOR OF MURMANSK OBLAST REPLACED
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev has relieved Murmansk Oblast Governor Yuriy Yevdokimov of his position and replaced him with Deputy Head of the State Fishing Committee Dmitriy Dmitriyenko. Medvedev's decision followed United Russia's recent election defeat in the city of Murmansk where the [...]
2009-03-23 15:02:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
09STPETERSBURG32PSKOV OBLAST - VERTICAL OF POWER WITHOUT APOLOGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pskov Oblast and City has a new political hierarchy with strong Kremlin ties -political and financial. The opposition sees these personnel moves as an effort to consolidate Muscovite control over the region. Local authorities say the oblast's and city's economies have not suff [...]
2009-03-24 10:29:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV PREL ECON EN LG
09STPETERSBURG33CHARUSHEV - FACTS MURKY: PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT OR POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vadim Charushev, coordinator of a number of popular opposition political internet communities, was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital on March 7 where he underwent treatment. While the exact circumstances of his hospitalization are unclear, he allegedly wrote in [...]
2009-03-24 10:36:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG40ANTI-SEMITIC BOOK REMOVED FROM UNIVERSITY BOOKSHELVES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 14:38:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG43FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 10:36:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS
09STPETERSBURG46MATVIYENKO: REPORTS OF HER IMMINENT DEPARTURE EXAGGERATED?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rumors have circulated quietly in recent weeks that St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko may soon leave office, either of her own accord or be forced out. There's little solid evidence that she is on the way out, but that's not surprising given the sensitive nature of th [...]
2009-04-13 20:45:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG48AMBASSADOR BEYRLE MEETS WITH ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting together, the Ambassador and Governor Matviyenko discussed the economic crisis, U.S. investment, international relations, and various housekeeping issues related to the Consulate. The meeting was cordial and Governor Matviyenko was clearly will [...]
2009-04-22 08:18:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS ASCH BTIO ECON EINV
09STPETERSBURG49MURMANSK - POTENTIAL POLITICAL UPHEAVAL QUELLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 2009 replacement of Murmansk Oblast Governor Yevdokimov following his split from United Russia and support of successful mayoral candidate Sergey Subbotin created an uncertain political environment for the new mayor, with rumors that his election would be overturned in [...]
2009-04-22 08:20:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG51AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING IN NW RUSSIA - DOWN BUT NOT OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The St. Petersburg region - "Russia's Detroit" - is home to the largest concentration of foreign car manufacturing plants in Russia. These plants have suffered substantially from the economic crisis, and have significantly cut their production in recent months in the wake of a [...]
2009-04-24 08:41:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS ECON EIND EINV
09STPETERSBURG54ST. PETERSBURG'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS POST SCRIPT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While United Russia won the March 1 municipal elections in St. Petersburg by a wide margin, its victory was tainted by accusations of electoral fraud. Allegations by opposition groups range from improper denial of candidate registration to outright vote stealing, and were fairly [...]
2009-04-27 10:38:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG62YOUNG GRYZLOV AND PUTINA: LEADING THE FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dmitriy Gryzlov , the son of the Russian State Duma Chairman, and Vera Putina, cousin of the Prime Minister, are aiming to reshape youth policies in St. Petersburg by establishing and heading the city's Youth Parliament and Youth Government. Though the St. Petersburg branch of [...]
2009-05-15 13:20:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG68PUTIN INTERVENES TO MEET WORKERS' DEMANDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a display of political drama broadcast on national television, Prime Minister Putin rode into the small town of Pikalyovo in Leningrad Oblast on June 4 and forced a resolution to a simmering labor dispute, meeting workers' demands and publicly humiliating the Leningrad Govern [...]
2009-06-10 09:15:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV ECON
09STPETERSBURG7ST. PETERSBURG COURT ORDERS RETURN OF MEMORIAL PROPERTY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 20, the St Petersburg court ordered the city's Prosecutor's Office to return computer hard drives and research materials confiscated in a December 4, 2008, raid on a local office of the human rights organization, Memorial. Memorial's victory in the case is not untar [...]
2009-01-21 14:16:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV PHUM
09STPETERSBURG70ARCHANGELSK DOCTOR'S ATTEMPT TO HEAL HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Around 300 people assembled in the central square of Archangelsk on May 29 to protest inadequate funding and equipment shortages in local hospitals and the lack of transparency in budget spending. The organizers of the protest were primarily surgeons from various regional hospitals. Arc [...]
2009-06-11 11:06:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV SOCI
09STPETERSBURG71RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH REACHES OUT TO ST PETERSBURG'S
[...] (SBU) Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill addressed an audience of over 8,000 students at the Ice Palace Stadium in St. Petersburg on May 29, the second in a series of large-scale appearances made recently by the Patriarch. The Patriarch's hour-long address struck a very Western tone and at time [...]
2009-06-11 12:26:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV KIRF
09STPETERSBURG73DISPUTED ST. PETERSBURG MUNICIPAL ELECTION SEAT SAGA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Controversy continues to surround St. Petersburg's March 1 municipal elections. In the city district of Morskoy Okrug, a local court cancelled the allegedly forged final election figures which deprived Yabloko candidate Boris Vishnevskiy of his apparent victory. But, Vishnevsk [...]
2009-06-16 13:24:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG75UNITED RUSSIA WINS PETROZAVODSK MAYORAL ELECTION TWO WEEKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karelia's Governor Katanandov appointed former opposition politician and mayoral candidate Davletkhan Alikhanov to the position of governor's representative in Russia's Federation Council. In exchange, Alikhanov withdrew from Petrozavodsk's mayoral election, which many thought [...]
2009-06-18 08:49:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG79SUSPECT IN 1998 MURDER OF DUMA DEPUTY STAROVOITOVA ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Police arrested former Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Duma Deputy Mikhail Glushchenko in St. Petersburg on June 16 as he attempted to renew his passport. On June 23 he was officially charged with extortion in a 2004 case and with the triple murder of Russian citizens in Cyprus [...]
2009-06-25 10:40:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG8PETROZAVODSK MAYOR RESIGNS IN ROW WITH GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Petrozavodsk Mayor Viktor Maslyakov opened the new year by abruptly resigning in response to last year's decision by the regional government to move up the mayoral elections from 2010 to 2009. Several analysts believe the elections were moved forward because Karelian Republic G [...]
2009-01-21 14:16:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG87UNITED RUSSIA CANDIDATE WINS PETROZAVODSK MAYORALTY
[...] (SBU) United Russia candidate Nikolay Levin won, as expected, the July 5 mayoral election in Petrozavodsk with 59% of the vote, according to the Karelian Central Election Commission. After his main rival and previous opposition leader Davletkhan Alikhanov dropped out of the race in mid-June (r [...]
2009-07-08 12:39:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG9RUSSIAN GAS SALES IN THE BALTIC REGION - A COOPERATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The history of the international gas trade from northwest Russia to its Baltic neighbors is an example of an extraordinary smooth and successful shift towards market principles. The main factors that facilitated this were the financial willingness and ability of the Baltic cons [...]
2009-01-23 10:46:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS ECIN EPET EN LG LH FI
09STPETERSBURG90RUSSIAN POSTAL SERVICE FIRES OPPOSITION ACTIVIST FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The St. Petersburg branch of the Federal Postal Service forced an employee to resign on June 24, reportedly after its management discovered information regarding his past political activities. Both the company and the employee publicly stated that the "separation" was based on [...]
2009-07-17 12:25:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG92ST. PETERSBURG CITY GOVERNMENT INTERVENES TO RESOLVE PAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Workers at one of St. Petersburg's oldest and largest construction materials production companies - DSK-3 -- went on strike in early July after the firm failed to pay full staff salaries for five consecutive months. The company had blamed the salaries shortfall on non- payment [...]
2009-07-24 13:58:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS PGOV ECON ELAB
09STPETERSBURG93ECONOMIC CRISIS IMPACTS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 14:19:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDECON RS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG94NW RUSSIA REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to President Obama's recent Moscow visit generally has been positive in Northwest Russia, despite some lingering apprehensions about the future course of U.S.-Russian relations. Local polls show the general attitude towards the United States in St. Petersburg following [...]
2009-07-28 05:09:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDRS OPRC PREL
09STRASBOURG15COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -- A PILLAR OF THE COE
[...] (SBU) The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (COE) focuses on national and international trends in the 47 COE member states. Publicizing systematic failures to uphold the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and promoting the role of national courts and o [...]
2009-07-10 15:14:00Consulate StrasbourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM COE FR
09STRASBOURG16COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) The Council of Europe (COE),involved in democratic consolidation in Kosovo over the past decade, takes a "status-neutral" approach to Pristina; many COE member states that have recognized Kosovo independence, including the UK, are cautious about promoting Kosovo's potential COE membership. [...]
2009-07-17 13:07:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE KV FR
09STRASBOURG17COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND GEORGIA: LITTLE TO SHOW AFTER AUGUST
[...] (C) Summary: The Council of Europe (COE) has had a very limited effect on post-conflict relations between Russia and Georgia. The "quiet diplomacy" of the COE Commissioner of Human Rights has achieved only modest results. While Georgia may seek the suspension of the Russian COE parliamenta [...]
2009-07-29 09:54:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE FR GG RU
09STRASBOURG18COUNCIL OF EUROPE REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP WITH OBSERVER STATES
[...] (C) Summary: The Council of Europe reviewed its relationship with observer states September 10 in the COE's Foreign Relations Committee. Most member states characterized the relationship as positive. Portugal asked what COE initiatives had been taken to obtain at least moratoria on the death [...]
2009-09-11 08:38:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE FR
09STRASBOURG19COUNCIL OF EUROPE: STRUGGLING OVER ACCESS IN GEORGIA'S
[...] (U) Summary: The Council of Europe (COE) discussed Russia-Georgia September 9. Russia called for direct dialogue between the international community and authorities from South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Georgia noted that Russia continues to violate its ceasefire commitments, including by denying [...]
2009-09-11 09:26:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR GG RS
09STRASBOURG20LEGAL ADVISER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal Adviser Harold Koh and European Court of Human Rights President Jean-Paul Costa supported increased contact between the U.S. and the Court during a meeting in Strasbourg September 11, with Costa noting that both face many of the same challenges. Koh outlined increased U. [...]
2009-09-15 14:13:00Consulate StrasbourgUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL COE FR
09STRASBOURG21COUNCIL OF EUROPE: OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE NEW SECGEN;
[...] (C) The Council of Europe's (COE) Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) is expected to elect the next Secretary General of the COE (REF A) September 29 or 30; a ranking Department official should consider reviewing our human rights agenda with the new SecGen soon - please see para two. The Georgians are pu [...]
2009-09-24 09:06:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE FR GG KV RS
09STRASBOURG22COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PRIORITIES IN ARMENIA
[...] (SBU) Several Council of Europe (COE) ambassadors have pointed to COE programs and influence in Armenia as one of the COE's success stories. Our contacts, including the Armenian Ambassador, have highlighted a positive COE role, including the COE's Parliamentary Assembly's (PACE) enhanced moni [...]
2009-09-24 17:33:00Consulate StrasbourgUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL COE AM FR
09STRASBOURG23COE: NEW SECRETARY GENERAL; RUSSIA, GEORGIA, CLIMATE
[...] (U) The Council of Europe's (COE) Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) elected September 29 Thorbjorn Jagland of Norway as the new COE Secretary General. The PACE noted that Georgia had met most and Russia had met almost none of their respective COE commitments post-August 2008. The PACE rejected, however [...]
2009-10-02 13:44:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SENV COE FR GG NO RS
09STRASBOURG24COE: TAGLIAVINI REPORT ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA; DEATH PENALTY
[...] (U) Russia and Georgia traded barbs at the COE October 7 over the Tagliavini Report, with the Russian Ambassador calling on the COE to end debate on the consequences of the war. In light of the "European Day Against the Death Penalty" -- October 10 -- the COE Chair (Slovenia),the Swedish EU [...]
2009-10-08 14:57:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE FR GG RS
09STRASBOURG25CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM STRASBOURG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 12:58:00Consulate StrasbourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FR US
09STRASBOURG27STRASBOURG AND ISLAM: MOVES FORWARD; DISCRIMINATION STILL
[...] (C)Strasbourg City Hall takes an pro-active approach toward the Muslim communities in the city, including via political and financial support for the construction of a new Grand Mosque. Our Muslim interlocutors are split along generational lines when they discuss discrimination - with young p [...]
2009-11-06 15:31:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL FR
09STRASBOURG28NEW COE SECGEN: I WILL HELP ON GITMO RESETTLEMENT
[...] (C) New Council of Europe (COE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland agreed November 9 to raise the resettlement of detainees from Guantanamo with officials from all 47 COE member-states, including his native Norway. Jagland stressed that the COE needs to reach out to positive forces in Russia [...]
2009-11-09 15:09:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BO FR KV NO RS
09STRASBOURG3COE: GEORGIA TOUGHENS STANCE; RUSSIA DOES NOT GIVE AN INCH
[...] (C) The Council of Europe continued February 4 to discuss the consequences of the war between Russia and Georgia. Georgia toughened its rhetoric and called for the COE to issue a statement should Moscow veto UNOMIG's extension. Russia continued to refuse monitoring of its COE commitments. [...]
2009-02-04 17:16:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL AORG FR GG RU
09STRASBOURG30COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY DECLINES TO OBSERVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 13:36:00Consulate StrasbourgUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL COE FR XG
09STRASBOURG31COUNCIL OF EUROPE LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING
[...] (U) Mission France received December 1 a letter (pouched to EUR/ERA) from Council of Europe (COE) Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President de Puig asking us to forward a letter from de Puig to President Obama regarding Copenhagen. 2. (U) Begin text: Strasbourg, 30 November 2009 Dear [...]
2009-12-02 09:45:00Consulate StrasbourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV COE FR
09STRASBOURG32BELARUS AND COE: INCREASED ENGAGEMENT, BUT NOT MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) The Council of Europe (COE) seeks increased engagement with Belarus; if the GOB issues a death penalty moratorium the GOB likely will be invited to participate in more COE activities and negotiate accession to the COE Convention on Human Trafficking. While some COE member-states want eve [...]
2009-12-14 09:32:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE BO
09STRASBOURG33SAVVY RUSSIAN MOVES ON COE PROTOCOL 14
[...] (U) Russian Ambassador Alekseev told Council of Europe (COE) plenary sessions December 9 and 14 that the Duma may ratify Protocol 14 in 2010 in light of written assurances that the European Court of Human Rights cannot specify how a member-state should implement court decisions. Most member-s [...]
2009-12-15 15:57:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE FR RS
09STRASBOURG5EASTERN FRENCH VIEWS ON WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Most local and regional officials caution that the French public's tolerance for continued French fighting in Afghanistan will sharply decrease if there are waves of French casualties. Viewed from the eastern France, the Central Government has thus far not demonstrated any conce [...]
2009-02-19 08:51:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS AF FR
09STRASBOURG6COUNCIL OF EUROPE: MORE EFFECTIVE AROUND THE EDGES THAN AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Europe (COE) likes to portray itself as a bastion of democracy, a promoter of human rights, and the last best hope for defending the rule of law in Europe - and beyond. It is an organization with an inferiority complex and, simultaneously, an overambitious agenda. In eff [...]
2009-03-10 10:51:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL COE FR
09STRASBOURG9COUNCIL OF EUROPE: RANCOR IN THE RANKS
[...] C) SUMMARY: The Council of Europe´s (COE) election for its next secretary general has produced internecine warfare between resident ambassadors and the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE),with the former having short-listed only Thorbjorn Jagland of Norway and Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland fo [...]
2009-05-04 10:11:00Consulate StrasbourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE FR GG RU
09SURABAYA10EAST JAVA: GOVERNOR'S RACE ENDS WITH MURKY LESSONS FOR 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's most populous province has finally elected a new governor after one general election and two run-off elections. Unprecedented televised testimony in Indonesia's Constitutional Court triggered a second runoff after vote buying in Madura was revealed. In a province of n [...]
2009-02-03 11:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ID KISL KIRF
09SURABAYA101EXXONMOBIL'S CEPU PROJECT: LOCAL POPULATION PERSPECTIVE MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's operation of the Cepu oil field has come under harsh media criticism for failure to meet production targets and the expectations of the local population. The situation on the ground, however, paints a different picture. While eager to see more economic impact from [...]
2009-10-26 08:26:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV PGOV PREL ID
09SURABAYA105PRESS RAISE FEARS OF A SECOND MUD DISASTER; CNPC SUBSIDIARY
[...] (U) Press sources report that on Wednesday, 28 October a mishap at an oil field on Madura Island, East Java Province caused a well to begin spurting water, mud, and gas, raising the specter of a repeat of the Lapindo mud disaster in Sidoarjo. The well is operated by oil company SPE Petroleum, a [...]
2009-10-30 05:55:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG SENV ECON ID
09SURABAYA106JPIP COMPETITION ENCOURAGES GOOD GOVERNANCE, EXPANDS INTO
[...] (U) In 2001, Indonesia began a political transformation from the centralized system of the Suharto era to a decentralized system characterized by high levels of local autonomy. During the intervening eight years, some regency and city governments have used this new-found authority to improve t [...]
2009-10-30 09:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID ID
09SURABAYA107DECENTRALIZATION: AN EDUCATION TUG-OF-WAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eight years after the government began pushing decision making to the local level under a policy of regional autonomy, the central government remains deeply involved in local-level education. The Constitution requires that local governments devote 20% of their annual budget to e [...]
2009-11-05 05:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID ECON ID
09SURABAYA109SHARIA IN EASTERN INDONESIA WANING
[...] Summary: While Aceh has gained international attention for new laws mandating stoning for adultery and banning pants for women, sharia law has gained little traction in Eastern Indonesia. Since 2003, 11 local governments have issued just 16 bylaws, most commonly to mandate the giving of alms, [...]
2009-11-09 09:44:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL KIRF ID
09SURABAYA11FIRST USN SHIP VISIT TO BALI SINCE 2002 SPOTLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time since 2002, a U.S. Naval ship paid a visit to the resort island of Bali, spotlighting Indonesia's much improved security situation and deepening U.S.-Indonesia security and counterterrorism cooperation. The visit by USS LASSEN and its crew is the latest exampl [...]
2009-02-04 03:31:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO ASEC ID
09SURABAYA111FISHERY LAW THREATENS MALUKU TRADITIONS, ECONOMY,
[...] SUMMARY: Jakarta recently passed a law that sets a 12-mile off-shore boundary outside of which the national government controls. This law threatens the local traditions that have governed fishing practices, and sustained coastal resources, in the Maluku islands for centuries. Local groups are [...]
2009-11-13 09:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SENV EFIS PHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA113EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER MITIGATION,
[...] SBU(U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has taken over full responsibility for mitigation efforts at the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster. Due to financial difficulties, Lapindo has not met the original compensation deadline. However, most victims have accepted an installment payment system that L [...]
2009-11-24 04:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EINV SENV ENRG SOSI PGOV ID
09SURABAYA115MALUKU: ELECTRICITY WOES PLAGUE AMBON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Technical and maintenance problems at Ambon's power plants have left the island without electricity for up to 14 hours a day. While repairs are expected to be completed soon, long-term development needs require increased electricity capacity. Planned Ambon projects are plagued [...]
2009-12-01 08:16:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ID
09SURABAYA116MANADO'S TRADITIONAL FISHERMEN AND FISH STOCKS FACE NUMEROUS
[...] Representatives from the local NGO KELOLA and the North Sulawesi Traditional Fisherman Association (ANTRA) are trying to raise awareness about threats to the livelihood of traditional fishermen in North Sulawesi. Local fishermen established ANTRA, with a current membership of 1500, earlier thi [...]
2009-12-03 06:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV PGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA120INDONESIAN BAHA'I FACE DIFFICULTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent proselytizing activities have created difficulties for a small Baha'i community in East Java. The local Council of Muslim Clerics decided not to ban the Baha'i because they are a distinct religion. While Baha'i regularly encounter administrative difficulties due to their [...]
2009-12-16 10:57:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA122EAST JAVA MINIMUM WAGE LEVELS DISPUTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local governments revise the monthly minimum wage on an annual basis. Revisions are based on annual cost of living surveys conducted by Wage Councils. The Wage Councils represent government, business, labor, and academia. In East Java, labor is concerned that the 2010 minimum [...]
2009-12-23 10:59:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ID
09SURABAYA123SURABAYA B1/B2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary: The Consular Section of U.S. Consulate General Surabaya recently conducted a validation study of B1/B2 visa issuances for the six month period between December 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. Ninety eight percent of these recipients had either not yet traveled or properly returned to Indo [...]
2009-12-24 02:06:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
09SURABAYA124SURABAYA TIP SEMINAR: DIFFICULTIES REMAIN IN COMBATTING TIP
[...] (SBU) Several attendees at a recent Trafficking in Persons (TIP) seminar in Surabaya described prosecutors and judges as a weak link in the enforcement of TIP laws. Recently tightened government regulations were said to have made less-educated workers more vulnerable to trafficking. The Indo [...]
2009-12-24 05:55:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA13EAST JAVA: CHINESE SWEAT AND DIPLOMACY -- TRYING TO BUILD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The bridge linking Surabaya and the nearby island of Madura is nearing completion. The Chinese continue efforts to transform their reported USD 1.6 billion in loans and financing into a milestone representative of China's increasingly close economic ties with Indonesia. China's V [...]
2009-02-09 10:03:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ID CH
09SURABAYA16EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: U.S. ADVISOR BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: After almost two months on site, the U.S. mud advisor Van Williams has built a strong working relationship with officials at the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS). The collapse of a major directional dike at the mudflow's epicenter has hampered BPLS's efforts to move large qu [...]
2009-02-13 09:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA17EAST JAVA: BOY HEALER GIVING HEALTH MINISTER A BLACK EYE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking a cure from water blessed by a ten year old boy, thousands are flocking to a small village near the East Java city of Jombang. Provincial authorities have tried to stop the flood of potential patients, but with marginal success. Four have died while queuing to see the boy [...]
2009-02-19 07:52:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA20LOMBOK: LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS AHMADIYAH CAN RETURN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ahmadiyah refugees in Lombok's Transito Camp have received word via a local government spokesman that they can return home after nearly three years away. Members of this minority Islamic sect are determined to return despite limits that will remain on their religious practice. [...]
2009-03-03 08:41:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA23EAST JAVA: FEMALE CANDIDATES UNAFRAID OF COMPETITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: East Java's female legislative candidates are not worried about their ability to compete in upcoming national elections despite the effective cancellation of a quota requiring that women account for 30% of candidates. More than gender, a lack of experience and education are th [...]
2009-03-12 07:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL ID
09SURABAYA25FRAUD SUMMARY - (SURABAYA)
[...] Please find below the semi-annual fraud report for U.S. Consulate General Surabaya for the period September 2008 - February 2009. A. Country Conditions Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,500 islands spanning three time zones and 3,400 miles along the Equator. Its population of 245 [...]
2009-03-13 09:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ID
09SURABAYA26LOMBOK: AHMADIYAH'S RETURN POSTPONED
[...] (SBU) Summary: As reported Reftel, members of the Ahmadiyah community in Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Tengah (NTB),intended to return to their home villages in the West Lombok Regency on March 14. At the request of the West Lombok government, the Ahmadis resident in Transito Camp have agreed to de [...]
2009-03-16 07:35:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA27SURABAYA RIVER POLLUTION LEADS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Surabaya City faces immense challenges to its water supply: pollution, seawater intrusion, and dwindling ground water. The Surabaya River, which provides 90% of the city's tap water, is being overwhelmed with industrial waste. Enforcement of environmental regulations has been i [...]
2009-03-19 04:56:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
09SURABAYA28EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CONTINUES TO HAMPER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Subsidence north and west of the mudflow epicenter continues to hamper efforts by the Sidoarjo Muflow Mitigation Agency (BPLS) to pump mud into the Porong River. BPLS officials met with scientists from the National Geological Agency for a technical discussion but produced no new [...]
2009-03-20 09:11:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA33EAST JAVA: NEW BREED, OLD PROBLEMS, LOCAL OFFICIALS CHART
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since elections started changing the face of Indonesian politics nearly a decade ago, cities and regencies in East Java are increasingly electing officials with private sector experience and clear plans for local development. Congen Surabaya visited Trenggalek Regency and Kedir [...]
2009-04-09 09:15:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV ID
09SURABAYA36SOUTH SULAWESI: MORE YAWNING, LESS YELLING WHILE GOLKAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 Legislative elections in South Sulawesi were marked by a dip in turnout and a generally orderly process. This was in stark contrast to the angry crowds held back by concertina wire following the hotly contested 2007 South Sulawesi governor's election. Early results sho [...]
2009-04-13 20:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID
09SURABAYA38MALUKU: HIGH TURNOUT, ENTHUSIASM, ETHNICITY NOT RELIGION
[...] (SBU). Summary: The parliamentary elections in Maluku were peaceful and voter turnout was high. Despite the area's history of sectarian conflict, the outcome of this and recent local elections demonstrated that religion is no longer the primary factor in choosing political leadership. Voters te [...]
2009-04-17 10:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL ASEC PHUM ID
09SURABAYA4EAST JAVA AND CENTRAL SULAWESI: RHETORIC HEATS UP PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations against Israeli military action in the Gaza strip remain peaceful in Surabaya. Four recent demonstrations have focused on the Consulate itself and one on the Consular Agency in Bali. In Surabaya, protestors led by a local leader in the Islamic Cleric's Associa [...]
2009-01-13 10:15:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF PINS ID PHUM KISL
09SURABAYA40LOMBOK: FOUR AHMADI FAMILIES RETURN HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT
[...] The Ahmadiyah representative in Lombok told Congen April 24 that the head of the Ketapang district office visited the Transito camp on April 14 to request the Ahmadis once again delay their return to their homes in the Gegerungan Village in West Lombok Regency for security reasons. The official [...]
2009-04-24 10:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA43NEWMONT'S FUTURE IN SUMBAWA
[...] (SBU) Summary. ConGenOff visited western Sumbawa from April 21-24, meeting with Newmont representatives as well as government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGO). The General Manager of Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) said the recent arbitration ruling offers clarity in regard to [...]
2009-04-30 14:42:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV PREL SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA45TFFLU01: BALI'S REACTION TO THE H1N1 INFLUENZA THREAT
[...] (U) Summary. While there are no reports of H1N1 infected persons on the Hindu tourist island of Bali, local Airport, Health, and Department of Animal Husbandry officials are all reportedly prepared for the possibility of H1N1 cases in Bali. Airport officials are utilizing thermal scanning equi [...]
2009-05-05 11:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SURABAYA48EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS THIRD ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sidoarjo mudflow has buried over 700 hectares over the past three years and threatens critical infrastructure. While the East Java Governor is pushing speedy construction of a new transportation corridor around the mudflow, landowners are demanding compensation equivalent to [...]
2009-05-13 03:29:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA52EAST JAVA: AFGHANS BREAK OUT OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION,
[...] (SBU) Ten Afghan men are still at large after escaping from an East Java immigration detention center in the early hours of May 19. Indonesian immigration officers say the fugitives broke through a barred window and escaped leaving behind an ill compatriot and seven Iraqis. Indonesian immigr [...]
2009-05-22 04:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN ID AF
09SURABAYA55METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI
[...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09SURABAYA56METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI
[...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09SURABAYA59CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY
[...] Summary: Supervisory Consular Officer (SCO) Terry Mobley visited Bali from June 8 - 9 to conduct the annual Consular Agency management review. During the visit, SCO and outgoing Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch and newly hired Consular Agent Joseph Curtin reviewed Consular Agency opera [...]
2009-06-10 09:34:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC CPAS ID
09SURABAYA60EAST JAVA: A DUEL OVER THE ROLE OF INDONESIA'S GOVERNORS
[...] (U) Summary: Do Indonesian governors represent the central government? Or, are they independent local leaders who must operate like corporate CEOs? Two well-known governors debated their roles during decentralization at a seminar sponsored by the Jawa Pos Institute of Pro Otonomi (JPIP). De [...]
2009-06-11 03:03:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ID
09SURABAYA62SURABAYA: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S LONGEST BRIDGE OPENS--BUT IMPACT
[...] (U) Summary: After decades of sporadic planning, Indonesia's longest bridge opened on June 10th. Empty pockets and grass roots opposition stymied the span that now links the islands of Java and Madura. Burdened with symbolism before it carried its first car, skepticism over promised economic [...]
2009-06-19 01:43:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EINV SOCI ID CH
09SURABAYA66EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TAKE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three years after the Sidoarjo Mudflow disaster began, the Indonesian government signaled an intent to take over responsibility for mitigation from Lapindo Brantas, citing Lapindo's financial difficulties. If it follows through, the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) will ex [...]
2009-07-08 01:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA68EASTERN INDONESIA: ISLAMIC VOTERS NOT SWAYED BY RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential candidate Vice President Jusuf Kalla struggled to burnish his image as the choice of Islamic and non-Javanese religious voters during the campaign. However, early results suggest voters from Indonesia's largest Islamic organizations did not heed their leaders' cal [...]
2009-07-09 09:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA70EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: HOMES DISAPPEAR IN 10 SECONDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several houses west of the epicenter of the Sidoarjo mudflow collapsed into a sinkhole on July 14. Approximately 200 houses were damaged, 40 houses heavily. The local Government is assisting with evacuation and compensation, but some residents refuse to leave. Severe and sudden [...]
2009-07-17 10:15:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA71VISAS VIPER: SURABAYA JULY 2009 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 06:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PTER ASEC PINR ID
09SURABAYA73DECENTRALIZATION BRINGS LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO HEALTH SERVICES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's decentralization program has created significant leeway for local governments to prioritize community services and spending. Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, has focused its attention on improving health services and allocated significant budget resources to [...]
2009-08-11 01:12:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA74EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: POLICE DROP CASE AGAINST LAPINDO;
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 5, the East Java Provincial Police Chief (Kapolda) announced that his office was dropping its investigation into the cause of the Sidoarjo mudflow. This decision effectively absolves the Lapindo company and its staff of responsibility for causing the mudflow, which ha [...]
2009-08-13 01:54:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA76INDONESIAN FLEET REVIEW: U.S. NAVY DOMINATES THE SHOW AND
[...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Navy, led by the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, dominated "Sail Bunaken" at the Indonesian Fleet Review (IFR) 2009, hosted by Indonesia in North Sulawesi August 12-20, 2009. Indonesian officials, the media, and the general public expressed overwhelming appreciation for the partici [...]
2009-08-27 03:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MARR PHSA ID
09SURABAYA79VISAS VIPER: SURABAYA AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 07:55:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PTER ASEC PINR ID
09SURABAYA81EAST JAVA: SURABAYA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH MAKES A POSITIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The staff of ConGen Surabaya extended their hands to 1500 Indonesians during the first three weeks of Ramadan. Surabaya hosted seven Iftaar events (known locally as Buka Puasas) throughout East Java and gave eight presentation on "Muslims in America" at local schools. The Iftaar [...]
2009-09-17 09:34:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL SOCI KISL ID
09SURABAYA87FRAUD SUMMARY - (SURABAYA)
[...] Please find below the semi-annual fraud report for U.S. Consulate General Surabaya for the period March - August 2009. A. Country Conditions Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,500 islands spanning three time zones and 3,400 miles along the Equator. Its population of 245 million com [...]
2009-10-01 09:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ID
09SURABAYA92NTT: CNN HERO'S ORPHANAGE FACES FUNDING PROBLEMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: CNN hero Soehardi Budi operates and funds the Roslin Orphanage in Kupang, the capital of Nusa Tenggara Timor (NTT). This orphanage provides refuge for 46 children, operates a farm and provides mobile library services to surrounding villages. Mr. Budi was recently fired from his [...]
2009-10-09 05:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI ECON PGOV ID
09SURABAYA93NTT: LONG-TERM CONDITIONS GENERATE HIGH INFANT/MATERNAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, one of the poorest in Indonesia, faces serious health challenges, especially high maternal and infant mortality rates and child malnutrition. Experts blame problems with access, a lack of medical personnel, a lack of education and information, [...]
2009-10-09 08:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV ID
09SURABAYA94BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, BUT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Breast cancer diagnostic facilities are difficult to access in Indonesia, especially outside provincial capitals. Once a case of cancer is diagnosed, treatment is too expensive for all but the wealthiest individuals. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, ConGen Surabaya is [...]
2009-10-16 05:09:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KWMN KPAO PGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA98BALI'S JEMBRANA REGENCY: A MODEL OF EFFICIENCY
[...] The Regency of Jembrana is recognized as a model for decentralization by prominent Indonesian media outlets, including Tempo. On a recent trip by Chargi d'Affaires Ted Osius to Jembrana, Jembrana's Regent, Prof Winasa, demonstrated the Regency's use of technology to improve operational effic [...]
2009-10-22 09:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ID
09SURABAYA99NGOS RATE SURABAYA'S OFFICIAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP: POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of local NGOs gave Surabaya's official efforts to combat trafficking in persons a failing grade overall. While generally praising the efforts of the police, the NGOs said the police were too under-resourced to be truly effective. The NGOs universally criticized [...]
2009-10-23 06:14:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP ECON PGOV ID
09SUVA102FIJI'S LEADERS MEETING SETS STAGE FOR A PALAVER
[...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with Fijian political and government leaders, EAP/ANP Director Alcy Frelick heard a wide range of views about the recent Leaders of Political Parties (LOPP) meeting held on March 13, in which all of Fiji's political parties participated. Although the views [...]
2009-03-20 03:45:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA105Fiji's Government Intimidates the Opposition; Bainimarama
[...] (U) Summary: A recent spate of late-night vandalism targeting opponents of Fiji's interim government (IG) ratcheted up a notch Sunday night with two unsuccessful fire-bombings. Meanwhile, a group of young men verbally harassed Interim Prime Minister Bainimarama on March 14 during two apparentl [...]
2009-03-25 05:53:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA107FIJI LEAHY REPORTING: CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF GROSS
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Suva submits the following credible evidence of gross human rights violations by members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces and the Fiji Police. We have listed the individuals by name and then included a summary of the human rights abuses for which there is credible [...]
2009-03-25 23:59:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MARR FJ
09SUVA124FIJI APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST BAINIMARAMA; DECLARES COUP
[...] (U) Summary: Fiji's Court of Appeals today ruled against interim Prime Minister and Armed Forces Commander Frank Bainimarama by overturning an October 2008 High Court judgment legitimizing his interim government (IG). Delivering its judgment just a day after closing arguments, the court declare [...]
2009-04-09 08:47:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA13AGEING BUT HEALTHY FIJI PRESIDENT PRAYS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Fiji President Iloilo, despite memory challenges likely caused by early Alzheimer,s disease, can be remarkably lucid and is well aware of the political situation in Fiji. Iloilo longs to retire but feels he must remain in office until a new government is elected, in order to pr [...]
2009-01-13 05:26:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL FJ
09SUVA130DIMINISHING MEDIA FREEDOM IN FIJI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Media censorship in Fiji is at an all-time high and rising following the abrogation of its constitution on April 10. Under two decreed Public Emergency Regulations, the interim government (IG) is censoring news, placing military officers in key news rooms, deporting foreign jo [...]
2009-04-16 03:34:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO FJ KDEM
09SUVA131FIRST STEPS IN DEALING WITH POST-CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The abrogation of Fiji,s 1997 Constitution and the reinstatement of Fiji,s military-led interim government (IG) is the denouement of a series of IG blunders that has compounded the serious racial and economic problems already confronting ethnic and Indo-Fijians. The challenge [...]
2009-04-16 08:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALFJ KDEM PGOV PREL
09SUVA152ANXIOUS FIJI MAINTAINS SURFACE CALM
[...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the abrogation of its constitution, life largely continues as normal in Fiji. Beneath the surface, many Fijians remain fearful and angry over the recent events. Some Embassy contacts warn of civil unrest in the upcoming months, but most discount the likelihood. [...]
2009-04-24 07:32:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM FJ
09SUVA157Non-communicable Disease: the Number One Killer in the
[...] Summary: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for approximately 75 percent of annual deaths in the Pacific islands sub-region. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have recently joined forces to develop and implement "the Pacific Framework [...]
2009-04-27 07:04:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO FJ XV
09SUVA16Disaster Declaration for Flooding in Fiji - This is an
[...] Excessive rainfall and tidal surges on Fiji's main island of Viti Levu has caused the death of nine and displacement of an estimated 9,000 residents. The Government of Fiji (GOF) has declared a state of emergency and is enforcing a curfew to safeguard lives and property. Early assessments fr [...]
2009-01-14 04:59:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM FJ
09SUVA171AMBASSADOR?S MEETING WITH PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM
[...] (U) Summary: On May 4, I met with Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) to discuss Fiji's May 1 automatic suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) for failing to schedule elections by the end of 2009. Slade said that the unanimous decis [...]
2009-05-04 08:18:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FJ KDEM EFIN PINR
09SUVA176AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PM CHAUDHRY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, I met with former prime minister and leader of the Fiji Labor Party (FLP) Mahendra Chaudhry. We discussed the situation in Fiji following the abrogation of its constitution and possible ways forward for the country. He said that the abrogation was a lost opportunity [...]
2009-05-08 20:08:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA189C O R R E C T E D C O P Y SUVA 176 AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, I met with former prime minister and Fiji Labor Party (FLP)leader Mahendra Chaudhry. We discussed the situation in Fiji following the abrogation of its constitution and possible ways forward. He said that recent events amounted to a lost opportunity for the interim g [...]
2009-05-11 07:47:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM FJ
09SUVA196SITIVENI HALAPUA'S PROPOSED ROADMAP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting in his personal capacity, long-time regional interlocutor Sitiveni Halapua has proposed an alternate path to democracy to Fiji's de facto government. The proposal envisions a two-stage dialogue process followed by a constituent assembly, all conducted outside government c [...]
2009-05-12 05:48:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREM KDEM FJ
09SUVA197AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRC AMBASSADOR HAN ZHIQIANG
[...] (SBU) On May 12, PRC Ambassador Han Zhiqiang, accompanied by counselor Fei Mingxing and a note-taker, paid a friendly courtesy call on Embassy Suva. This was the first time the PRC ambassador had visited the U.S. embassy, though we have had previous meetings at his embassy and residence. Han [...]
2009-05-13 02:53:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREM FJ
09SUVA21FIJI FLOOD REQUIRING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] Embassy reported reftel that conditions affecting thousands of Fijians have worsened. 2. Since January, above average rainfall and tidal surges have caused floods on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, particularly affecting the towns of Ba, Nadi, Sigatoka, and Rakiraki in the western region. [...]
2009-01-16 00:55:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM FJ
09SUVA213FIJI REGIME DETAINS PROMINENT LAWYERS FOR
[...] (C) On May 20, armed with a search warrant, at least ten Fiji Police officers entered the legal offices of Munro Leys, confiscated equipment and detained two senior partners. The police erroneously suspected that the lawyers were the source of Auckland-based anti-regime blog rawfijinews. [...]
2009-05-21 03:46:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM FJ
09SUVA215AMBASSADOR CONCLUDES SHIPRIDER AGREEMENT WITH TONGA
[...] (U) ON May 15,Ambassador McGann, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) District 14 CPT. David Swatland, DAO CMDR Robert Forwood and POL/ECON Chief James Crowe met with Tonga Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs Viliame Va'inga Tone, Solicitor General 'Asipeli 'Aminiasi Kefu and other government officials in [...]
2009-05-21 23:32:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PREL EFIS TN
09SUVA216FORMER PM CHAUDHRY REQUESTS URGENT MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20, I met with former prime minister and leader of the Fiji Labor Party (FLP) Mahendra Chaudhry at his request. Chaudhry has yet to see Bainimarama since the abrogation but still wants a meeting to discuss the situation in Fiji. Chaudhry and deposed PM Laisenia Qarase ha [...]
2009-05-21 23:32:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR FJ KDEM
09SUVA219FIJI DE FACTO GOVERNMENT APPOINTS JUDGES AND WEAKENS LAW
[...] (SBU) On May 22, Fiji's senior judicial positions were partially repopulated, as the de facto government appointed a new Chief Justice and four Judges of the High Court six weeks after the constitution was abrogated and the judiciary sacked on April 10 (reftel B). Five High Court Judges led by [...]
2009-05-26 05:59:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM FJ
09SUVA220Kiribati Requests U.S. Support for its Inter-American
[...] We have received a diplomatic note from Kiribati (FAI: 13/4/163) dated 21 May 2009 requesting U.S. Support for its application to join the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. 2. The text of the note follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Republic of Kiribati pr [...]
2009-05-26 06:00:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PREL KR IATTC
09SUVA233FIJI REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH RELEASE OF FIJI NATIONAL HELD
[...] We have received a diplomatic note from the Fijian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Civil Aviation (Note No. 268/2009) dated 01 June 2009 requesting U.S. assistance in securing the release of a Fiji national being held hostage by Somali pirates. We request Department [...]
2009-06-03 03:30:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EWWT PTER FJ SO
09SUVA24Fiji's First Comprehensive Environmental Law Comes into
[...] Summary: The Environment Management Act of 2005 and the subsequent regulations of 2007 have come into effect from January 1, 2009. This landmark measure is the first comprehensive environmental law in Fiji's history. Businesses generating waste or pollution are now required to obtain a perm [...]
2009-01-20 22:00:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV FJ
09SUVA245AMBASSADOR LUNCHES WITH TAIWAN'S TRADE MISSION
[...] On June 4, I met with Victor Chin, Taiwan's Trade Mission Representative, for an informal luncheon to discuss Taiwan's goals in the region. Chin assured me that Taiwan was honoring its pledge to withhold any direct payments to Fiji's de facto PM Bainimarama. Chin recalled that immediately aft [...]
2009-06-10 21:48:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM TW FJ
09SUVA247POLITICAL INTRIGUE AROUND A LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A letter calling for Tongan Prime Minister Dr. Feleti "Fred" Sevele to resign caused a stir at the May 28 opening of Parliament. Senior parliamentarians and nobles alike reportedly supported the letter, which was written by a close confidant of the king. End summary. ------ [...]
2009-06-10 23:13:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TN AS
09SUVA250PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTION PLAN PROMOTES PACIFIC ISLANDS
[...] Since the election of President Obama, Pacific Island media has portrayed the United States in unprecedented favorable terms. We plan to further promote U.S. values and objectives through a variety of targeted public diplomacy activities. These initiatives will promote the development of de [...]
2009-06-12 03:16:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM FJ
09SUVA251NOTED ACADEMIC'S SPEECH BANNED BY FIJI'S DE FACTO
[...] (U) On June 12, Fijian police banned the opening session of the Fiji Institute of Chartered Accountants annual congress in Nadi because Fiji lawyer and outspoken critic of the de facto government Graham Leung and Dr. Brij Lal, Professor of Pacific and Asian History at the Research School of Pa [...]
2009-06-12 03:16:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA253FIJI'S REGIME MIGHT REVEAL ITS ELECTIONS ROADMAP IN TWO
[...] (U) Fiji strongman Frank Bainimarama announced June 14 that his military-led regime plans to reveal a national roadmap to elections that will replace the defunct President's Political Dialogue Forum (PPDF) process. Bainimarama said that the roadmap will be announced in a "couple of weeks." H [...]
2009-06-16 04:50:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA255FIJI GOVERNMENT BANS METHODIST CONFERENCE
[...] Summary: On May 28, Fiji's military-led government banned the Methodist Church from holding its annual national conference after deeming the conference a threat to national security under the Public Emergency Regulations (PER). The agenda for the August conference reportedly included a discus [...]
2009-06-16 21:25:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ KDEM PINR
09SUVA26Fiji Investment Climate Statement 2009
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Fiji, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment In light of political events in Fiji and concerns about the treatment of some established foreign investors by Fiji authorities, potential investors [...]
2009-01-22 05:07:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
09SUVA264FIJI CONFIRMS ITS FIRST TWO CASES OF H1N1
[...] Fiji recorded its first two confirmed cases of Influenza A/H1N1 over the weekend. According to press reports, a 36-year-old male resident of Fiji, who returned home from Melbourne on June 10, sought treatment from a private physician after he became ill and after family in Australia advised h [...]
2009-06-22 04:41:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC AMED KFLU FJ
09SUVA265Nauru to Join the International Renewable Energy Agency
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 05:18:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KGHG NR
09SUVA267AUSTRALIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) Australian high commission and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) secretariat officials reported that the Pacific Leader's Meeting and Post Forum Dialogue (PFD) chaired by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, August 4-7 in Cairns, would center on economic development in the Pacific region. Th [...]
2009-06-26 05:03:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA27Tonga Investment Climate Statement 2009
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Tonga, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Tonga seeks to be welcoming to business and investors. Many Tongans have lived in or visited the United States, and American prod [...]
2009-01-22 05:08:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
09SUVA271FIJI H1N1 UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Suva met on June 26, 2009, to discuss additional reported cases in-country of the H1N1 Influenza. END SUMMARY. 2. Doctor Salanieta of the Fiji Ministry of Health confirmed that four additional individuals have tested positive in Fiji for the H1N1 [...]
2009-06-28 23:31:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC AMED KFLU ASEC KSAF KSEO KPAO FJ
09SUVA277FIJI ROADMAP TO DEMOCRACY LEADS NOWHERE
[...] (U) On July 1, Fiji strongman Bainimarama gave a national address entitled "Fiji's Strategic Framework for Change" (text provided septel). Bainimarama outlined his regime's plans to establish a new constitution for Fiji by September 2013 and to lead the country to "true democratic, non-commun [...]
2009-07-01 05:36:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR AMGT FJ
09SUVA282MELANESIAN SPEARHEAD GROUP LEADERS TO MEET FIJI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Papua New Guinea (PNG) High Commissioner Peter Eafeare warns that the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting planned for July 10 must reaffirm directly to Fiji strongman Bainimarama MSG support for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) position regarding Fiji. Otherwise, MSG retreat [...]
2009-07-06 05:25:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM FJ
09SUVA285Chinese Ambassador Discusses Fiji and the Upcoming PIF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador of the Peoples Republic of China in Suva Han Zhiqiang and Ambassador McGann met on June 29 to compare understandings regarding the August 4-7 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders meeting in Cairns. Han, who wanted to meet prior to departing Suva for Beijing, observe [...]
2009-07-07 04:57:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AMGT PINR FJ
09SUVA303FIJI METHODIST LEADERS ARRESTED OVER PLANNING TO HOLD
[...] Summary: Fiji's influential Methodist Church which claims to be the largest denomination with 270,000 members decided to defy Bainimarama's regime and continue to make plans to convene its annual conference from August 30-Sept 4, 2009. Police are questioning 9 senior church officials after the [...]
2009-07-21 05:37:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FJ KDEM PINR
09SUVA32CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE: EXPANDING U.S. OPORTUNITIES IN FIJI,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Direct air links between the United States and Fiji will likely expand as Air Pacific seeks new destinations for its forthcoming five Boeing 787 Dreamliners. While direct negotiations between the USG and Fiji's interim government are off the table, Air Pacific seeks informal di [...]
2009-01-27 06:20:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FJ KI
09SUVA33012th Pacific Roundtable for Nature Conservation Meets in
[...] Summary: The Pacific Roundtable on Nature Conservation held its 12th annual Meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands from June 27 to July 3. The meeting focused on improving roundtable support to countries in implementing their national nature conservation strategies. It adopted a monitoring framew [...]
2009-08-11 00:33:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID BP XV
09SUVA346SCENE-SETTER FOR PACOM VISIT TO TONGA
[...] (C) Your visit to Tonga comes at a time when the benefits of our increased engagement are coming to fruition. This past year, the Tonga Defense Service (TDS) completed a successful deployment to Iraq. The U.S. Navy,s Pacific Partnership 2009 mission took place in July. This joint effort wa [...]
2009-08-31 04:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TN FJ PGOV PHUM
09SUVA347Shiprider Agreement Nets Four Million Dollars for Kiribati
[...] The High Court of Kiribati advised Deputy Chief of Mission Pruett on August 27 that it had upheld AUD 4.7 million (USD 3,967,743 million) of a lower court's judgment of AUD 5.1 million in fines against a fishing company for unlicensed fishing near Kiritimati (Christmas) Island in the Northern [...]
2009-09-01 03:47:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV PREL KR
09SUVA350KIRIBATI PRESIDENT SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION
[...] In a discussion with Kiribati Chief of Protocol Bwena Maunaa, Deputy Chief of Mission Pruett learned that Kiribati President Anote Tong had survived a parliamentary no-confidence motion August 31. The motion failed on a vote of 20-25. 2. This was the second no-confidence motion against Ton [...]
2009-09-02 23:19:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KR
09SUVA386SEMI-ANNUAL COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY REPORT - EMBASSY SUVA
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS The countries in Suva's diverse consular district (Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, and Tuvalu) are small and remote nations with struggling economies. Political uncertainty in some of these island states contributes to their respective economic instability. Fiji's military [...]
2009-09-30 21:01:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CVIS CMGT CPAS KFRD FJ
09SUVA421DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 05:25:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHIM KIRF UN FJ
09SUVA441AMBASSADOR MCGANN MEETING WITH FIJI FM KUBUABOLA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 00:06:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CONS FJ
09SUVA53PRELIMINARY PIF SECRETARIAT READOUT ON PT. MORESBY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Pruett met briefly on February 3 with Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat officials to seek their views on the January 27 PIF Special Forum Leaders Meeting in Port Moresby. The Secretariat officials: confirmed that public pronouncements aside, the un [...]
2009-02-10 05:39:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR FJ XU XV PP NH CH
09SUVA63UN-COMMONWEALTH MEDIATORS SEEK REASSURANCE
[...] (SBU) A joint UN-Commonwealth team has visited Suva seeking reassurance from Fiji,s interim government (IG) that it still wants the UN and Commonwealth to mediate Fiji,s political crisis through a &President,s Political Dialogue Forum8 (PPDF). Interim Prime Minister Bainimarama has refused to [...]
2009-02-18 05:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALFJ PGOV PHUM
09SUVA73 Ambassador McGann Presents Credentials in Nauru and Tuvalu
[...] On February 6-8, 2009, Ambassador C. Steven McGann traveled to Nauru to present his credentials to President Marcus Stephen. During his time in Nauru, the Ambassador met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Commerce, Industry & Resources, Minister for Transport, Minister for Heal [...]
2009-02-26 05:17:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PGOV PREL ODIP FJ
09SUVA82PRC VICE PRESIDENT XI'S VISIT TO FIJI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The recent stop-over in Fiji of China's Vice President Xi Jinping enroute to his Latin America visits provided Beijing an opportunity to strengthen incrementally its growing economic, security, and political relationship with Suva. For Fiji's interim government (IG),the timin [...]
2009-03-05 03:49:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID FJ CH
09SUVA96FIJI'S RULE OF LAW IN "DIRE STRAITS"
[...] (U) Summary: The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) released a report entitled "Dire Straits: A Report on the Rule of Law in Fiji" on March 3. The IBA completed the report despite being banned from visiting Fiji by the Interim Government (IG). The report concludes [...]
2009-03-15 20:14:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ
09SUVA99FIJI POLITICAL LEADERS AGREE ON AGENDA FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary: Fiji's political leaders met with Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama on March 13 and agreed on the agenda for a political dialogue being brokered with the support of the UN and the Commonwealth. It was the second time Fiji's 18 political parties have met since the [...]
2009-03-19 02:50:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SYDNEY13MINISTER EXPECTS FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT,
[...] (C/NF) The Australian Government has accepted it is heading towards its first federal budget deficit in eight years, according to Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, but remains committed to a muscular fiscal policy to prevent a deep or protracted recession. In a private lunch [...]
2009-01-12 23:45:00Consulate SydneyCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN AS
09SYDNEY227SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MISSION AUSTRALIA
[...] Country Conditions: Australia is a low-fraud environment for consular services. Local economic and governmental conditions make for a qualified visa applicant pool. Host country identity documents are highly reliable. Challenges in the area of consular work are mostly a result of the growin [...]
2009-10-28 00:48:00Consulate SydneyUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AS
09SYDNEY246 BLUE LANTERN: BROKER BARRY J. BARNES: BROKER INQUIRY
[...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney conducted a site visit of BDBC PTY LTD, located at 168 Warrimoo Avenue, St.Ives, NSW (a suburb of Sydney) on November 2. The following information was gathered during an on-site interview and inspection of the business premises: -- BDBC was founded in 2006 by Bar [...]
2009-11-08 22:28:00Consulate SydneyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AS
09SYDNEY247 BLUE LANTERN: BROKER CARL LUNDBERG: BROKER INQUIRY K-2389
[...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney conducted a site visit of APAC SECURITY PTY LTD, located at 9/32 Campbell Avenue, Cromer, NSW (a suburb of Sydney) on November 2. The following information was gathered during an on-site interview and inspection of the business premises: -- APAC was founded in 20 [...]
2009-11-08 22:28:00Consulate SydneyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AS
09SYDNEY272 BLUE LANTERN: BROKER JOHN WILLIAM KINGSTON: BROKER INQUIRY
[...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney conducted a broker check of Strategic General Services (SGS) PTY LTD, located in Buderim, Queensland, on December 17. The following information was gathered during a phone interview and email exchange with SGS: -- SGS was founded in 1998 by John William Kingston a [...]
2009-12-21 07:24:00Consulate SydneyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AS
09SYDNEY60FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER COMMENTS ON RUDD AND AN
[...] (C/NF) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has taken a tactical, rather than strategic approach to the economic crisis, according to former opposition leader Brendan Nelson. As a result, Nelson predicts Rudd will back off of other strategic efforts, like the proposed emissions trading scheme and defen [...]
2009-03-13 05:01:00Consulate SydneyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MASS AS
09SYDNEY70LABOR COULD FALL IN QUEENSLAND STATE ELECTION
[...] (C/NF) Queensland's Labor state government is dangerously close to losing reelection in the state's March 21 polls. The Labor party has dominated state politics for the last eight years, winning three consecutive elections and amassing a commanding 15-seat majority in Parliament. Public opinio [...]
2009-03-19 06:53:00Consulate SydneyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AS
09SYDNEY81MARCH 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MISSION AUSTRALIA
[...] Country Conditions: Australia is a low-fraud environment for consular services. Local economic and governmental conditions make for a qualified visa applicant pool. Host country identity documents are highly reliable. Challenges in the area of consular work are mostly a result of the growin [...]
2009-03-30 03:01:00Consulate SydneyUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AS
09TAIPEI1TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR "MODEST" REACTION
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Timothy Yang on December 31 told the AIT Acting Director that Taiwan hoped the United States reaction to the expected Legislative Yuan decision to ban imports of some U.S. beef products would be as "modest as possible." He urged the United States to work with Presi [...]
2009-12-31 20:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TW
09TAIPEI10TIBETANS END SIT-IN, TAIWAN TO ISSUE TEMPORARY
[...] (C) Summary: A group of 107 ethnic Tibetans, who ended their 24-day outdoor sit-in on January 1, are now waiting for temporary residence permits that the government has promised to issue on January 9. The Tibetans arrived in Taiwan at different times since 2002, generally bearing travel docum [...]
2009-01-06 11:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL TW
09TAIPEI1004POLITICAL HEAT RISING IN WAKE OF TYPHOON MORAKOT
[...] (C) Summary. Vice Foreign Minister Andrew Hsia became the first political victim of Typhoon Morakot, stepping down to accept responsibility for his Ministry's initial decision to refuse international aid. Members of Taiwan's opposition party- and some ruling party legislators - are calling fo [...]
2009-08-18 10:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR AEMR PGOV XE TW
09TAIPEI1005MORAKOT SITREP 6: HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY PASSES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The death toll from Typhoon Morakot has hit 127, with an additional 522 deaths likely to be confirmed in the coming weeks. Taiwan is moving into a second phase of disaster response, with operations focusing on sheltering and relocating victims. USAID/OFDA Acting Regional Advi [...]
2009-08-18 23:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AEMR CASC PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI1010H1N1 UPDATE: SECOND DEATH RECORDED AS CASES TOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan authorities estimate there are over 9,000 individuals in Taiwan currently infected with H1N1. The island recorded its second H1N1 death last week, and a further three individuals are still hospitalized with severe cases. Taiwan CDC (TCDC) is reviewing treatment guidelines [...]
2009-08-19 08:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO XE TW
09TAIPEI1011MORAKOT SITREP 7: RELIEF EFFORTS MAKING HEADWAY AS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The death toll from Typhoon Morakot has risen slightly, but is likely to more than double at some point in the near future as more than 400 missing persons are unaccounted for in areas buried by mudslides. Rescue and evacuation efforts are largely complete and restoration of w [...]
2009-08-19 10:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON AEMR CASC PREL PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI1013MORAKOT SITREP 8: TAIWAN SHIFTING FOCUS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The typhoon death toll stands at 141, with 440 individuals listed as missing. Services such as water, communications, and electricity have been restored to nearly 100 percent of affected households. The Central Emergency Operations Center is standing down, and will be replac [...]
2009-08-20 08:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AEMR CASC PREL PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI102TAIWAN CDC DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT ON IHR
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 22 press conference, Taiwan,s CDC Director announced an agreement to give Taiwan a direct point of contact with the WHO to implement the International Health Regulations (IHRs). Taiwan officials privately expressed appreciation for U.S. coordination at the recent [...]
2009-01-23 04:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALWHO PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1029CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT TO TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in response to Typhoon Morakot during the August 20-22 visit of CODEL Berman. President Ma Ying-jeou and opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen both underscored the importance of U.S. security commitments to Taiwan, including th [...]
2009-08-25 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALOREP OVIP MASS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM TW CH
09TAIPEI1039PRESIDENT MA WELCOMES DALAI LAMA VISIT TO TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary. President Ma approved in principle a visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan during the week of August 31-September 3. Earlier in the week, Kaohsiung Mayor (and the opposition DPP Party's most senior elected official) Chen Chu invited the Dalai Lama to come to Taiwan to offer comfort t [...]
2009-08-27 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL TW CH IN
09TAIPEI1042PRESIDENT MA STRUGGLES TO RECOVER POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou is working full time to regain his political footing after widespread criticism he reacted far too slowly to Typhoon Morakot. With opinion polls showing a precipitous decline in his popularity, Ma went to the worst-hit villages to console victims, apologize [...]
2009-08-28 00:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR AEMR PGOV XE TW
09TAIPEI1043BROAD PUBLIC, OPPOSITION SUPPORT FOR U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Officials, academics and other AIT contacts associated with the ruling KMT party, as well as Taiwan's opposition, voice support for an extradition agreement with the United States. Media and public opinion polling also suggests that pursuing an agreement will be relatively non- [...]
2009-08-28 04:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KCRIM TW
09TAIPEI1049REVIEW COMMITTEE REJECTS OPPPOSITION'S ECFA
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Executive Yuan committee on August 27 rejected an opposition bid to hold a referendum on a proposed trade liberalization agreement with China. The proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is a key component of President Ma Ying-jeou's policy to improve cross- [...]
2009-08-28 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI1065FOREIGN MINISTER URGES PROGRESS ON BILATERAL TIES,
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan hopes the restoration of mutual trust in the bilateral relationship will result in concrete progress on bilateral issues, Foreign Minister Ou Hong-lien told the Director during their introductory meeting. The Director said the United States also wants to deepen the relatio [...]
2009-09-01 10:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS ECON ETRD EAIR SENV UNGA TW US
09TAIPEI1069H1N1 HIGHLIGHTS TAIWAN'S SHORTCOMINGS IN RISK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. H1N1 has caused five deaths in Taiwan, and although the illness' trajectory is not atypical relative to other areas with outbreaks, more severe cases and deaths are expected in the coming months. Taiwan has placed an order for Tamiflu and an H1N1 vaccine from Swiss sources, an [...]
2009-09-02 08:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO XE TW
09TAIPEI1072TAIPEI COURT CONVICTS FORMER FIRST FAMILY MEMBERS
[...] (C) Summary. A Taipei court on September 1 convicted four members of former President Chen Shui-bian's family of perjury and sentenced them to jail terms of six months to one year. No jail time is imminent because of the possibility of appeal and converting the sentences to community service. [...]
2009-09-02 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1081PREMIER CALLS FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT COOPERATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Premier Liu Chao-shiuan agreed with the Director during their September 3 introductory meeting that Taiwan and the United States should strengthen disaster management cooperation. Liu, who is spearheading Typhoon Morakot reconstruction efforts, suggested that the Dalai Lama's vis [...]
2009-09-03 08:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TW CH
09TAIPEI1092PRESIDENT MA SEEKS TO REGAIN POLITICAL FOOTING
[...] (C) On September 7, President Ma Ying-jeou accepted the resignation of Premier Liu Chao-shiuan and the entire Cabinet in a bold effort to regain his political footing after the Government's much-criticized typhoon response. Ma chose two savvy politicians to lead the new Cabinet, Kuomintang (KM [...]
2009-09-08 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TW CH
09TAIPEI1093TAIWAN MAKES A CASE FOR UNFCCC PARTICIPATION AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan is seeking U.S. assistance in a proposed bid to join the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as an "emissions entity." Taiwan argues it should be allowed to actively participate through the UNFCCC in global environmental discussions that may af [...]
2009-09-09 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALAORC SENV PGOV PREL UNGA XE CH TW
09TAIPEI1103LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON TYPHOON MORAKOT
[...] (C) Summary. Cross-Strait relations would not suffer long-term or significant damage because of the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan, Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director in a September 4 introductory meeting. Wang said the invitation to the Tibetan spiritual leader issued [...]
2009-09-10 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEINV PGOV PREL TW CH SENV UN
09TAIPEI1104TAIWAN'S MAINLAND AFFAIRS MINISTER GIVES UPBEAT
[...] (C) Summary: Mainland Affairs Council Chair Lai Shin-Yuan gave a particularly upbeat assessment of cross-Strait ties during Director Stanton's introductory meeting on September 9. She said China's objections to the Dalai Lama's visit and to the U.S. military's typhoon relief efforts in Taiwan [...]
2009-09-10 09:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TW CH
09TAIPEI1105VICE MINISTER ASKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister David Lin called in DDIR September 10 to detail Taiwan's strategy for expanding its meaningful participation in international organizations, programs and conventions and, in particular, its plans for the upcoming UNGA session. Taiwan had already decided to adopt a "m [...]
2009-09-10 10:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR SENV UNGA TW CH
09TAIPEI1106OPPOSITION LEADER: DPP SUPPORT WILL GROW AS RULING
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on September 10 she anticipated no policy shifts under President Ma Ying-jeou's new Cabinet and predicted the new Premier would have a tough time managing the executive branch. The ruling Kuomint [...]
2009-09-11 07:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW
09TAIPEI1107CABINET RESHUFFLE: MANY NEW FACES, BUT NO MAJOR
[...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou's policy of pursuing improved ties with China should continue apace under the new Cabinet sworn in September 10. In addition to naming a new Premier and Vice Premier, Ma put new faces atop key Ministries such as Defense, Foreign Affairs and Economics in th [...]
2009-09-11 07:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TW CH
09TAIPEI1109LIFE SENTENCES FOR FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN, FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Taipei District Court on September 11 convicted former President Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-jen on multiple corruption charges including embezzlement, money laundering, and bribery. The presiding judge handed down life sentences for both and $16 million in fines. [...]
2009-09-11 10:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1111TAIPEI MAYOR SUPPORTIVE OF NEW OFFICE COMPOUND
[...] (C) Summary: The Taipei municipal government would ensure that land adjacent to the New Office Compound (NOC) site would be available should AIT want to expand the project, Mayor Hau Lung-bin told the Director at their introductory meeting on September 11. Hau said he already had stopped plan [...]
2009-09-14 08:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ABLD CH TW
09TAIPEI1112FORMER PREMIER SAYS OPPOSITION PARTY HAS A CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Former Premier Su Tseng-chang told the Director on September 14 he was optimistic the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) could return to power by regaining the people's confidence. The former DPP chairman criticized the current party leader as ineffective and hinted he wanted to [...]
2009-09-15 07:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PG TW PGOV
09TAIPEI1121DPP HEAVYWEIGHT FRANK HSIEH: OPPOSITION MUST CHECK
[...] (C) Summary. The opposition needed to play an oversight role in Taiwan politics, given KMT dominance of the executive and legislative branches, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) former Presidential candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director during their introductory meeting. In particular, the D [...]
2009-09-16 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1125Taiwan Telecom: Carlyle Sells Kbro to Taiwan Mobile
[...] (SBU) Taiwan Mobile Company announced September 16 it will spend NTD 32.8 billion (USD one billion) to buy Kbro Company, Taiwan's second-largest cable TV system operator, from the Carlyle Group. Taiwan mobile will be the market leader among cable TV system operators, providing service to one-th [...]
2009-09-17 08:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECPS TW
09TAIPEI1141TAINAN COURT ACQUITS KEY DPP PLAYER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Tainan Mayor Hsu Tian-tsai, the opposition politician most vocal in demanding a fair trial for former President Chen Shui-bian, was himself recently acquitted of corruption charges. The Tainan District Court last month ruled in favor of Hsu in a corruption case related to a local [...]
2009-09-21 02:25:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1145SEPTEMBER 26 BY-ELECTION GIVES TAIWAN OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has a strong chance to capture a Legislative Yuan seat in a closely watched by-election this week because of a local split in the ruling Kuomintang (KMT). A victory for the struggling opposition could provide momentum going into i [...]
2009-09-21 08:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1146THE DIRECTOR MEETS NEW FM YANG
[...] (C) Summary: Although the results of President Ma's "diplomatic truce" with the PRC were mixed, Taiwan would continue efforts to improve cross-Strait ties, newly-appointed Foreign Minister Timothy Yang told the Director during their very cordial September 21 introductory meeting. Taiwan woul [...]
2009-09-21 10:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD AMGT UNGA MARR EAGR CVIS ABLD
09TAIPEI1149UIGHUR DOCUMENTARY AT CENTER OF LATEST
[...] (C) Summary: At the urging of the city government, a Kaohsiung film festival rescheduled the screening of a documentary about Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer in hopes of lessening possible PRC repercussions on the local economy. Several mainland tourist groups have cancelled visits to Kaohsiung [...]
2009-09-22 10:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CH TW
09TAIPEI1150DIRECTOR MEETS KMT LEADERS IN KAOHSIUNG
[...] (SBU) Summary: In separate September 17 meetings in Kaohsiung with the Director, two local KMT "heavyweights" underscored the KMT's need to accelerate typhoon reconstruction and economic growth in southern Taiwan. Executive Yuan Southern Office CEO Lo Shih-hsiung praised U.S. typhoon relief [...]
2009-09-22 22:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID EINV SENV TW
09TAIPEI1153FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN'S TRIAL A BAROMETER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former President Chen Shui-bian (reftels) demonstrated that no one is above the law in Taiwan, even as it also revealed shortcomings in Taiwan's relatively young judicial system, according to the U.S.-Asia Law Institute's Jerome Cohen. Although Taiwan's judicial sy [...]
2009-09-23 05:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM CH TW
09TAIPEI1157NEW TAIWAN PREMIER SAYS PRESIDENT MA REGAINING
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Premier Wu Den-yih told the Director on September 23 that President Ma Ying-jeou was regaining the public's support after it fell precipitously in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Morakot. On cross-Strait ties, Wu said he didn't foresee long-term harm from the Dal [...]
2009-09-23 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ABLD AMED CH TW
09TAIPEI1161DETENTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN EXTENDED AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary. The Taiwan High Court judges who will hear former President Chen Shui-bian's appeal of his guilty verdict and life sentence for corruption decided on September 24 to extend his detention for three months. Although opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders have criticiz [...]
2009-09-25 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1166DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH STRAITS
[...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Ping-kun (P. K. Chiang) told the Director on September 24 the pace of cross-Strait working-level negotiations had increased after a dip that was partly attributable to China's displeasure over the Dalai Lama's visit. Chiang said se [...]
2009-09-25 10:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TW EINV ETRD PGOV
09TAIPEI1169TAIWAN NSC: WHAT IS THE JDF DOING ON YONAGUNI?
[...] (C) During a conversation on a separate issue (reftel, NOTAL) National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi asked the Director if the United States had more information about Tokyo's recent focus on the island of Yonaguni. Specifically, Su said, Taiwan was curious about the motivation beh [...]
2009-09-28 06:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA TW
09TAIPEI1170TAIWAN OPPOSITION SCORES DOUBLE VICTORY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Big wins by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in a September 26 legislative by-election and a separate referendum on a (government-backed) plan to allow casino resorts on one of Taiwan's offshore islands gave the DPP a much-needed morale boost and will energize s [...]
2009-09-28 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1177Penghu Says No to Casinos
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 26, Penghu rejected Taiwan's first local referendum on allowing a casino resort, with 56.4 percent of the voters casting 'no' votes. Although only 42 percent of Penghu's registered voters turned out for the vote, the result is binding. Taiwan officials think the refe [...]
2009-09-29 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV TW
09TAIPEI1184TAIPEI REPLY ON INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT APEC FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan has few domestic food-security concerns, but relies on imported food for 65 percent of its people's diet. Taiwan's main food-security concern is that, without access to most international organizations that address food security, Taiwan can neither access the latest infor [...]
2009-09-30 10:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG PGOV APEC TW
09TAIPEI1185JUSTICE MINISTER LAYS OUT THREE PRIORITIES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In her introductory meeting with Director Stanton on September 30, Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng laid out three priorities on which she hoped Taiwan and the U.S. could strengthen cooperation. She urged progress toward a U.S.-Taiwan extradition agreement, an issue she said en [...]
2009-10-01 07:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PHUM TW CH
09TAIPEI1189KMT GRANDEE LIEN CHAN CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan told the Director he favored gradual implementation of confidence-building measures to further improve relations with China. Lien spoke warmly about his relationship with China's President Hu Jintao, but appeared less enthusiastic abou [...]
2009-10-02 08:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR APECO TW CH
09TAIPEI1190FORMER VP ANNETTE LU CALLS FOR CAUTIOUS TIES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 1 introductory meeting with the Director, former Vice President Annette Lu said Taiwan should engage China but do so cautiously and on clear terms. She added that any important agreements President Ma Ying-jeou reached with Beijing should be subject to legisla [...]
2009-10-02 08:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KCRM TW CH
09TAIPEI1195TAIWAN READIES FOR TYPHOONS PARMA AND MELOR
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on October 2 predicted course tracks for typhoons Parma and Melor that would bring potentially torrential rains to northern and eastern areas of Taiwan October 4-8. Lighter rains are expected in central and southern areas, which are still [...]
2009-10-02 08:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AEMR CASC PREL PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI1196VISA WAIVER FOR TAIWAN: THE U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST
[...] (C) Summary: One of the most pro-United States places in the world, Taiwan has a highly literate, technologically advanced, and well-educated population, no links to terrorism, a low rate of fraud related to U.S. visas and immigration, and strong commercial, travel and educational links to th [...]
2009-10-05 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCVIS PREL TW
09TAIPEI1201THE DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting with Director on October 5, Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu reiterated that F-16 C/Ds, submarines, utility helicopters and the two remaining batteries of PAC-3 air defense missiles were Taiwan's most pressing priorities. Minister Kao also noted the continu [...]
2009-10-06 07:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS TW CH
09TAIPEI1219KMT ENTERING LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN WEAKENED
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) on October 11 expelled seven mavericks who launched challenges to official party candidates in December elections for 17 mayors and county magistrates. The insurgents could foil the campaigns of at least a few KMT candidates, thereby providing momentum [...]
2009-10-13 06:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1235MOFA URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN ICAO AND UNFCCC
[...] (C) On October 13, Taiwan's diplomatic allies sent letters to the UN Permanent Representatives of all ICAO and UNFCCC member states (except the PRC),urging them to support Taiwan's meaningful participation in those organizations, MOFA International Organizations Director General Paul Chang an [...]
2009-10-16 09:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR SENV TW
09TAIPEI1236PRESIDENT MA TAKES OVER KUOMINTANG CHAIR IN MOVE
[...] (C) Summary. President Ma Ying-jeou's accession to Chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) should give a boost to his efforts at rapprochement with China. Analysts argued Ma was now better positioned to pass legislation in support of his China policy and to further strengthen ties between his [...]
2009-10-19 06:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CH TW
09TAIPEI1258OPPOSITION POLITICIANS ENDORSE U.S. EXTRADITION
[...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wholeheartedly supported an extradition agreement with the United States, senior figures from Taiwan's major opposition party told Director Stanton during an October 21 dinner meeting. The politicians also expressed concern that President M [...]
2009-10-23 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS CH TW
09TAIPEI1261KAOHSIUNG MAYOR IN THE LIMELIGHT AS SHE RATTLES
[...] (C) Summary: Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu has suddenly emerged as a star of the beleaguered opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). She won widespread kudos in July for her city's successful hosting of the World Games, a rare international event for diplomatically isolated Taiwan. She subse [...]
2009-10-26 03:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CH TW
09TAIPEI1266MAINLAND CHINA TOURISM PROVING DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
[...] (U) This is the first of two reports on political implications of newly launched people-to-people cross-Strait exchanges. This cable looks at the influx of Chinese tourists to Taiwan. Septel will look at mainland university students in Taiwan. 2. (C) Summary: Tour groups from nearly every c [...]
2009-10-28 07:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PREL ETRD SOCI CH TW
09TAIPEI1274MA ADMINISTRATION "VERY GLOOMY" OVER U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi told the Director on October 30 that widespread public criticism of the recently signed U.S.-Taiwan protocol left him feeling very pessimistic about its prospects. He cited opposition from lawmakers who could derail the pact as p [...]
2009-10-30 05:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR TW
09TAIPEI1286CROSS-STRAIT SCHOLAR PREDICTS LOOSENING TIES
[...] (C) Summary. One prominent cross-Strait scholar told AIT he foresaw that shifts in &three pillars8 of U.S.-Taiwan relations -- educational, economic and political/military ties -- would likely loosen our bilateral bonds. Arthur Ding, Research Fellow at the Institute of International Affairs [...]
2009-11-03 00:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TW PGOV
09TAIPEI1293FLOW OF CHINA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO TAIWAN STARTS
[...] (U) This is the second of two reports on the political implications of people-to-people cross-Strait exchanges. This cable looks at Chinese students coming to Taiwan. Reftel examined the influx of mainland Chinese tourists. 2. (C) Summary: Cross-Strait educational exchanges have developed m [...]
2009-11-04 06:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EDU PINR KPAO TW CH
09TAIPEI1308FORMER PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI ON BEEF,
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 introductory meeting with the Director, former President Lee Teng-hui mainly attributed the current impasse on U.S. beef imports to the Kuomintang (KMT) administration's failure to inform Taiwan's people of its plans. The public needed to be assured that the [...]
2009-11-05 22:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW
09TAIPEI1324NEXT STEPS FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS ON TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary: Engaging Taiwan labor authorities remains a key goal for local U.S. counter-trafficking efforts. Recent high-profile anti-trafficking events, including G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca's October 23 DVC on labor trafficking, AIT Deputy Director's October 26 speech calling for increas [...]
2009-11-09 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1336LEGISLATURE FREEZES PART OF BUDGET FOR PURCHASING
[...] (C) Summary. The Legislative Yuan Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee froze nearly USD 200 million from the 2010 defense budget, most of which would buy U.S. weapons in the procurement pipeline or on Taiwan's &wish list.8 A well-placed legislative staff member said the freeze was a result o [...]
2009-11-10 06:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW CH
09TAIPEI1341FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN SUFFERS SETBACKS IN
[...] () Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian has suffered several legal setbacks since receiving a guilty verdict and life sentence in the first stage of his corruption trial. Taiwan's constitutional court rejected Chen's argument to dismiss the case because of legal irregulaties. His upcoming [...]
2009-11-12 05:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV TW
09TAIPEI1350U.S. BEEF IMPORTS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE IN YEAR-END
[...] (C) Summary: During recent reporting trips to three counties in north and central Taiwan, PolOffs found little evidence the controversy over expanded imports of U.S. beef would be a major issue in upcoming local elections. Although the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and even so [...]
2009-11-13 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL ETRD TW
09TAIPEI1368TAIWAN'S HUGE HAKKA POPULATION MUCH SOUGHT AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's political narrative long has centered on relations between mainland Chinese who fled here with the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 1940s and the island's Hoklo majority, whose ancestors migrated from southern Fujian province generations earlier. That analysis, however, fails to a [...]
2009-11-17 07:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TW CH
09TAIPEI1383GREENING TAIWAN, PART II: ELECTRIC VEHICLE
[...] (U) Reftel introduced Taiwan's plans to develop a "green technologies" industrial base through a USD 1.5 billion public investment plan, which the authorities hope will attract a further USD 6.25 billion in domestic and foreign investment over the next five years, create 110,000 new jobs, and [...]
2009-11-20 10:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY TSPL TW XE
09TAIPEI1397DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH KAOHSIUNG MAYOR CHEN CHU
[...] (SBU) Summary: In her November 18 meeting with Director Stanton, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu reiterated familiar DPP themes, maintaining that the KMT was rolling back Taiwan's democracy and using the judiciary to persecute the DPP. Mayor Chen chided President Ma for tilting too far toward China [...]
2009-11-25 03:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID EINV SENV TW
09TAIPEI1398ACADEMIC TALKS SET MILESTONE IN CROSS-STRAIT
[...] (C) Summary: A November 13-14 conference in Taipei on cross-Strait relations marked a milestone in PRC-Taiwan political discussions. The PRC delegation, which included distinguished academics and retired senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers, was the highest-profile group from the M [...]
2009-11-25 04:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PM PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1399AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S NOVEMBER 24 MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AIT Chairman Ray Burghardt met with Ma Ying-jeou and National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi on November 24 to brief them on President Obama's recently-concluded trip to Asia and to discuss prospects for U.S.-Taiwan relations. Because of improvements in U.S.-Taiwan ti [...]
2009-11-25 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ETRD EAGR TW CH
09TAIPEI140KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON DOMESTIC POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. Although the global economic environment would make 2009 a tough year for Taiwan's ruling party, the KMT was in relatively good shape to face the electoral challenges ahead, KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director during a wide-ranging February 9 dinner. The December race f [...]
2009-02-10 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR WHO CH TW
09TAIPEI1410AIT CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, BEEF
[...] (C) Summary: President Obama strongly reaffirmed U.S. policy on Taiwan during his recent trip to China, AIT Chairman Ray Burghardt told ruling Kuomintang (KMT) officials and opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)leaders during his November 22-25 visit to Taipei. Taiwan officials urged [...]
2009-11-30 10:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD EAGR TW CH
09TAIPEI1412PRESIDENT MA, OPPOSITION PARTY SEEK POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Both President Ma Ying-jeou and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) view the December 5 elections for county magistrates, city mayors and local council members as crucial to resurrecting their battered political fortunes. Ma has been racing around the island to cam [...]
2009-12-02 08:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALTW PGOV
09TAIPEI1418BRIEFING TAIWAN ON THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON
[...] (C) The Director briefed National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi on the contents of reftel during a December 1 conversation. The United States would commit significant new additional civilian and military resources to the region, but this would not be an open-ended commitment, the [...]
2009-12-02 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK TW
09TAIPEI1419YILAN COUNTY KEY BATTLEGROUND IN YEAR-END TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Yilan County magistrate race has emerged as the key battleground in the Dec. 5 elections for 17 city mayors and county magistrates. President Ma Ying-jeou has campaigned repeatedly for the Kuomintang (KMT) incumbent, who is facing a strong challenge from the opposition Democr [...]
2009-12-03 03:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL TW
09TAIPEI1420CLARIFYING U.S. POLICY ON TAIWAN PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan has one of the world's largest fishing industries, and already plays an active role in various regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). Taiwan's participation in these RFMOs helps meet U.S. conservation and economic interests, as would its participation in new [...]
2009-12-03 07:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIS PGOV PREL PHSA SENV CH TW XB
09TAIPEI1422AIT DIRECTOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 3 introductory meeting with the Director, Interior Minister Jiang Yi-huah reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment to continued close cooperation with the United States on border security and anti-human trafficking issues. Jiang also said he hoped for progress on entering the [...]
2009-12-03 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCVIS KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1424PRESIDENT MA, OPPOSITION PARTY SEEK POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Both President Ma Ying-jeou and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) view the December 5 elections for county magistrates, city mayors and local council members as crucial to resurrecting their battered political fortunes. Ma has been racing around the island to cam [...]
2009-12-03 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TW CH PREL
09TAIPEI1426AIT NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) AIT is pleased to nominate SHIH Cheng Yen for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. (U) Cheng Yen is a Buddhist nun, teacher, philanthropist, and the founder and leader of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation. Cheng Yen established the Tzu Chi F [...]
2009-12-04 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TW
09TAIPEI1435TAIWAN SEEKS U.S. HELP WITH WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is seeking U.S. assistance in its efforts to participate as an observer at the January 18-23 World Health Organization Executive Board (WHO EB) meeting and to contribute 500,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine via the WHO. As a first step, Taiwan hopes the U.S. Mission in Geneva can [...]
2009-12-07 09:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL WHO
09TAIPEI1437LOCAL ELECTIONS A SETBACK FOR PRESIDENT MA
[...] (C) Summary: The results of December 5 elections for 17 city mayors and county magistrates were a political setback for President Ma Ying-jeou and could have implications for his controversial opening to China. In capturing nearly as many votes as Ma's ruling Kuomintang (KMT),the opposition D [...]
2009-12-07 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CH TW
09TAIPEI1450SENIOR OPPOSITION ADVISOR SLAPPED WITH CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Bikhim Hsiao, international affairs director for the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),has become the latest party figure accused of being entangled in the corruption investigation of former President Chen Shui-bian. A shocked Hsiao confirmed to PolOff on December 9 [...]
2009-12-09 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1453TAIWAN'S GHG REDUCTION STRATEGY FACES CARBON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan is one of the world's largest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). Officials, academics, and civil society have found common cause in the idea of creating a "low-carbon society" in Taiwan, motivated by political, economic, and disaster mitigation goals. The cen [...]
2009-12-09 22:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY PREL TSPL TW XE
09TAIPEI1457DIRECTOR URGES TAIPEI MAYOR TO END ANTI-U.S. BEEF
[...] (C) Summary: AIT Director Stanton on December 10 urged Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin to end the city's campaign against sales of U.S. beef offal and ground beef, which were permitted under a recently signed U.S.-Taiwan protocol. The Director reiterated that U.S. beef was safe to consume and that t [...]
2009-12-10 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD TW
09TAIPEI1484TAIWAN CONFIRMS SETBACKS ON WHO VACCINE, EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Section Chief Jonathan Sun confirmed the information contained in ref, telling AIT Pol Chief on December 14 that the WHO would not accept a contribution of 500,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine because Taiwan was not &pre-qualified8 to donate [...]
2009-12-14 09:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL WHO TW CH
09TAIPEI1492WU CHIH-YANG POSSIBLE KMT UP AND COMER
[...] (C) Summary. Among the winners in the Dec. 5 local elections for city mayors and county magistrates, Wu Chih-yang is garnering particular attention as an up-and-comer in the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party. The scion of KMT royalty, Wu is the third generation of his family to be elected magistr [...]
2009-12-15 07:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV TW
09TAIPEI1496FORMER USPACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S OFFICE CALL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ma and Admiral (Retired) Keating discussed cross-strait relations, confidence building measures, US-Taiwan relations, PRC military development, and arms sales during a December 15 meeting. Improved cross-Strait ties bolstered regional security, Ma said, but needed to [...]
2009-12-16 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MAS PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1499PRESIDENT MA UNSHEATHS THE "POCKETKNIFE" IN BID TO
[...] (C) Summary: King Pu-tsung, a longtime trusted ally of President Ma Ying-jeou, returned to Taiwan from the Brookings Institution on December 16 to assume the post of Secretary General of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party. The hurried recall of King indicated Ma's deep concern after the KMT's p [...]
2009-12-17 06:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1502KMT TO HOLD COURSE ON CROSS-STRAITS POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: The senior Kuomintang (KMT) official on cross-Strait policy told the Deputy Director (DDIR) on December 16 that the party's setback in local elections earlier this month would not lead to substantive changes in President Ma Ying-jeou's opening to China. Chang Jung-kung said he b [...]
2009-12-17 09:20:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV TW CH
09TAIPEI1509LATEST TAIWAN THINKING ON ICAO, WHO PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan believes that meaningful participation in ICAO would include observing its decision-making bodies and technical meetings, participating in mechanisms such as the Public Key Directory (PKD),and being able to contact ICAO and its Asia Pacific (APAC) office directly, according [...]
2009-12-18 05:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL WHO TW
09TAIPEI1511DPP PROTESTS PLANNED AHEAD OF CROSS-STRAITS TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan,s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) hopes to attract 100,000 people to a December 20 protest of cross-Strait talks that opens two days later in Taichung City. Smaller protests are likely to greet the lead Chinese negotiator when he arrives the following day and to continu [...]
2009-12-18 05:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TW CH
09TAIPEI1521CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN RESTORES DPP CONFIDENCE, GAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tsai Ing-wen is enjoying her highest level of support since becoming Democratic Progressive Party Chair in May 2008. The crowd at the December 20 DPP rally against President Ma Ying-jeou's cross-Strait policy rousingly welcomed Tsai to the stage, a marked contrast to the lukewar [...]
2009-12-23 06:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TW CH PREL
09TAIPEI183DPP CHAIRPERSON TSAI ING-WEN ON CROSS-STRAIT
[...] (C) Summary: DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on February 17 that she was concerned about the lack of transparency in the KMT government's dealings with Beijing on WHA and a possible Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Tsai worried that President Ma, anxious to [...]
2009-02-18 11:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI194LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON CROSS-STRAIT
[...] (C) Summary. Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director on February 18 that Taiwan will continue to take a cautious approach to cross-Strait relations, ensuring that its fundamental security and sovereignty are not threatened. While agreeing on the need for dialogue betwee [...]
2009-02-19 09:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD CH TW
09TAIPEI197FM OU ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, TRA ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Ou assured the Director on February 18 that the Foreign Ministry will keep AIT fully abreast of its planning for events related to the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and said no events are being planned on or around April 3, the anniversary of [...]
2009-02-20 09:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CVIS CH TW
09TAIPEI201KMT AND DPP BRACE FOR UPCOMING ELECTION CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: Currently enjoying a dominant position in Taiwan politics, the ruling KMT is expected to do well in two legislative by-elections in March. In early December, however, the Ma Ying-jeou administration will face a much tougher "mid-term exam" when elections are held for county magi [...]
2009-02-20 10:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI209NSC DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL ON ARMS SALES,
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's arms sale requests, including those approved but not yet notified and those pending U.S. approval are an essential part of the Ma Administration,s defense and cross-Strait strategies, NSC Deputy Secretary General Ho Sze-yin told the Acting Director February 24. NSC Secre [...]
2009-02-24 10:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH ETRD MARR PGOV PREL EAID WHO TW
09TAIPEI212 Taiwan IPR: 2009 301 Watch List Submission
[...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement over the past 12 months. The long-awaited specialized IP Court started accepting cases in July 2008, and by year's end had a caseload of 694 cases. The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) [...]
2009-02-25 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TW
09TAIPEI2222008-2009 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 06:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09TAIPEI223NO LACK OF DRAMA IN FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] (C) Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian used pre-trial hearings this week to attack the credibility of several prosecutors, to plea for release from detention, and to claim he was being unfairly singled out for political reasons. As expected, Chen pleaded not guilty on all corruption-rel [...]
2009-02-27 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI228KMT VICE CHAIRMAN WU DEN-YIH DISCUSSES ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Ruling KMT Vice Chairman Wu Den-yih told the Acting Director on February 25 his party cannot take lightly two upcoming legislative by-elections in Blue-majority Miaoli County (March 14) and Taipei City (March 28),given public dissatisfaction with the government over the economic [...]
2009-03-02 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI236HOW TAIWAN GETS ITS NEWS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Surveys show that fewer than half of the people in Taiwan read newspapers. All but 5% of the population watch several hours of TV daily. 90 percent of Taiwan's 15 million internet users are under age 35. Almost all educated young people turn to the Internet as their primary sou [...]
2009-03-04 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO TW OIIP
09TAIPEI238NSC OFFICIAL LEE HAI-TUNG ON DEFENSE REVIEWS, ARMS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's arms requests, including those approved, but not yet notified and those pending U.S. approval, are an essential part of the Ma Administration's defense and cross-Strait strategies, NSC Deputy Secretary General Lee Hai-Tung told the Acting Director on March 2. Lee identi [...]
2009-03-04 10:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH TW
09TAIPEI241MAC CHAIRWOMAN HINTS AT EARLY MAY SEF-ARATS MEETING
[...] (C) Taiwan,s legislative calendar may mean the next SEF-ARATS talks could be scheduled for early May, MAC Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan told the Director March 4. The Legislative Yuan will need to approve agreements that require a change in law to take force, though the government does not envisio [...]
2009-03-05 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON TW CH
09TAIPEI254PRESIDENT MA ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES AND U.S.
[...] (C). Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou discussed bilateral relations, cross-Strait ties and Taiwan's domestic situation during a cordial one-hour meeting March 6. The President expressed confidence with the pace and direction of relations with China, noting that U.S. support for the process, in th [...]
2009-03-06 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH EAGR ECON ETRD MARR PREL TW WHO
09TAIPEI26 2008 IPR Wrap-up: Progress Continues, Trouble Spots
[...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued combating intellectual property rights (IPR) violations over the past 12 months. The long-awaited specialized IP Court started accepting cases in July 2008, and by year's end had a caseload of over 700 cases. The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) [...]
2009-01-08 08:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR ETRD PGOV TW
09TAIPEI260OPPOSITION LEADER ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES AND TAIWAN
[...] (C) Taiwan will pay and unacceptably high political and economic cost for President Ma's proposed trade liberalization agreement with China, opposition DPP party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen predicted during a meeting with the Director March 9. Tsai also criticized Ma for his lack of transparency [...]
2009-03-09 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ETRD PGOV ECON TW CH
09TAIPEI276VFM HSIA ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES, FTA, VWP,
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan appreciates U.S. support, including Secretary Clinton's comments concerning its defense needs, Vice Foreign Minister Hsia told the Director during a March 11 meeting. Hsia expressed optimism about the prospects for obtaining WHA observer status, but admitted that he was not [...]
2009-03-12 10:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL KJUS WHO TW CH
09TAIPEI280MIAOLI COUNTY GEARS UP FOR BELLWETHER LEGISLATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Miaoli County's first district head to the polls on Saturday, March 14 to replace KMT legislator Lee I-ting, whose 2008 election was nullified because of vote buying. The KMT nominee, Lee's wife Chen Luan-ying, is heavily favored to defeat her opponent, a former KMT m [...]
2009-03-13 08:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI289KMT WORKS TO RALLY SUPPORTERS FOLLOWING SURPRISE
[...] (C) Summary: Independent Kang Shih-ju won a narrow upset victory over the KMT's Chen Luan-ying in a by-election in Miaoli County's first legislative district on March 14. The outcome appears to have hinged on local politics and the very thin resume of Chen, who was running as a surrogate for h [...]
2009-03-16 10:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI293FORMER DPP PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG ON ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. Despite President Ma,s unpopularity, the opposition DPP will have a hard time in December elections holding the offices it now controls, former Premier and DPP party elder Su Tseng-chang told the Director March 13. Su would not confirm whether he will seek the nod for the Taipei [...]
2009-03-17 10:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI3TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA OFFERS OPTIMISM ON WHA,
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is likely to make progress on its desire for more meaningful participation in the activities of the WHA and WHO, President Ma Ying-jeou told the Director during a cordial 45-minute meeting December 31. The President promised action in early January on efforts to open full [...]
2009-01-02 08:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV TW CH
09TAIPEI30TAIWAN DEPUTY NSA OFFERS INITIAL READOUT ON HU
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Ho Sze-yin offered the Deputy Director his preliminary assessment of Hu Jintao,s &six point8 speech on Taiwan. Although the speech repeats many earlier themes and phrases, President Ma is likely to focus on the signs of flexibility it offers. The speech se [...]
2009-01-09 07:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV TW CH
09TAIPEI301AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The Obama administration views progress in cross-Strait relations in very positive terms, visiting AIT Chairman Burghardt told President Ma Ying-jeou during their March 18 meeting. U.S. officials have made clear both publicly and in private with Chinese officials that the United States re [...]
2009-03-19 02:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL GPGOV ECON ETRD EAGR MARR WHO CH TW
09TAIPEI304CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND DPP CHAIR TSAI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: AIT Chairman Burghardt told DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen on March 18 that the United States is pleased with President Ma Ying-jeou's efforts to improve cross-Strait ties. Tsai cautioned that DPP supporters are dissatisfied, believing Ma is moving too quickly and in a non-transparent w [...]
2009-03-19 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI308AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng, AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt underscored U.S. security commitments to Taiwan and urged prompt legislative approval of Taiwan's WTO GPA accession. Wang expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for Taiwan's [...]
2009-03-19 09:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH TW
09TAIPEI314AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH MAC
[...] (C) Chairman Burghardt opened his March 18 meeting with Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) by expressing the good will of the incoming Obama administration and emphasizing U.S. support and satisfaction with the pace and substance of cross-Strait talks. MAC,s ultimate goal and responsibility is to [...]
2009-03-20 09:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PAS
09TAIPEI320AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]
2009-03-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH ES PM
09TAIPEI339TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, at a date to be determined. North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng would lead Taiwan's delegation, at least for the first of what MOFA envisions to [...]
2009-03-25 09:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI341TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, at a date to be determined. North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng would lead Taiwan's delegation, at least for the first of what MOFA envisions to [...]
2009-03-25 09:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI342TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing holding U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, notionally in May or June, with Taiwan's delegation led by a Vice Foreign Minister. A key MOFA goal for the talks, which it envisions as an annual event, would be [...]
2009-03-25 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI343TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing holding U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, notionally in May or June, with Taiwan's delegation led by a Vice Foreign Minister. A key MOFA goal for the talks, which it envisions as an annual event, would be [...]
2009-03-25 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI344TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing holding U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, notionally in May or June, with Taiwan's delegation led by a Vice Foreign Minister. A key MOFA goal for the talks, which it envisions as an annual event, would be [...]
2009-03-25 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI349TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, at a date to be determined. North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng would lead Taiwan's delegation, at least for the first of what MOFA envisions to [...]
2009-03-26 05:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI352SUBSTANTIVE TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following two months of pretrial hearings, the Taipei District Court opened the substantive portion of former President Chen Shui-bian's trial on March 26. On the first day, the court heard testimony accusing Chen of accepting bribes in connection with the Lungtan land deal, on [...]
2009-03-26 10:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI356KMT TO FACE NEXT TEST IN TAIPEI LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: KMT candidate Chiang Nai-shin is expected to win Saturday's by-election in the Blue-majority Da'an District in Taipei City, though the KMT isn't taking any chances. DPP candidate Chou Po-ya has a slight chance if pan-Blue independent Yao Li-ming unexpectedly succeeds in siphoning [...]
2009-03-27 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI367KMT WINS BY-ELECTION IN TAIPEI BUT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling KMT's Chiang Nai-hsin won the March 28 legislative by-election in Taipei's Da'an District by a relatively slim 10 percentage margin over the DPP's Chou Po-ya. KMT leaders welcomed the victory but promised to reflect over the party's substandard performance in one of th [...]
2009-03-30 10:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI374Taiwan Chiropractic Faces Long Road to Legalization
[...] (SBU) Taiwan does not recognize chiropractic as a legitimate medical practice, and chiropractors operate in a legal gray area. Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) authorities recommend that chiropractors establish a chiropractic school or course of study in Taiwan as an intermediate step to full [...]
2009-04-01 05:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
09TAIPEI377THE DIRECTOR'S MARCH 31 MEETING WITH PREMIER LIU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 31 meeting with the Director, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said opening Taiwan's market to the full range of U.S. beef imports is only a matter of timing. He predicted the opening could take place as early as May or early June. The Premier saw no obstacles to Legislative Yu [...]
2009-04-01 07:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EAGR PREL CVIS KIPR TW
09TAIPEI382FRANK HSIEH TO URGE FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] (C) Summary: Former Premier and presidential candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director on April 1 that he would use his radio program later in the day to strongly urge former Chen Shui-bian to stop interfering in DPP politics. The party desperately needs to distance itself from the former pres [...]
2009-04-01 10:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI388SOUTHERN TAIWAN: DPP NOMINEE IN DEEP-GREEN TAINAN COUNTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Not normally accustomed to the political spotlight, deep-Green Tainan County, former President Chen's home district, grabbed headlines on April 1 when the DPP announced its nominee for this December's county magistrate race. Despite some local DPP polls showing a clear edge fo [...]
2009-04-03 01:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON TW
09TAIPEI39TAIWAN NSC ON PIRATES, BEEF, HU JINTAO SPEECH AND
[...] (C) Summary. This is an action request; please see paragraph 11. During a January 12 meeting with Director Young, NSC Secretary General Su Chi told us Taiwan is not seriously considering sending naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden to protect its merchant ships. This was more a PR effort follo [...]
2009-01-12 11:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR TW CH
09TAIPEI40FORMER PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG ON DPP POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: Many supporters are urging him to run for county magistrate, either in Taipei County or another district in the December local elections, former Premier Su Tseng-chang told the Director. Meanwhile, other DPP partisans were advising him to avoid local politics and keep his sights [...]
2009-01-12 11:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI416PRO-GREEN ACADEMICS WORRY TAIWAN IS BEING
[...] (SBU) Summary: A number of Taiwan and international participants at a recent conference on the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) expressed concern that the rise of China, Taiwan's growing economic dependence on the PRC, and cross-Strait detente are drawing Taiwan increasingly [...]
2009-04-07 10:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI417REPRESENTATIVES LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART AND MARIO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart expressed support for the Taiwan Relations Act and for President Ma's strategy for improving cross-Strait relations during a cordial April 7 meeting. Ma emphasized the continued need for U.S. security assistance, noting [...]
2009-04-07 10:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD OVIP TW CH
09TAIPEI430KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON DECEMBER LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director on April 8 that dissatisfied voters had sent a message to President Ma and the KMT in two recent legislative by-elections, where the party did not do as well as in 2008. Nonetheless, Wu did not expect the city and county elections in D [...]
2009-04-08 10:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI433CROSS-STRAIT POLICY UNDER PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU
[...] (C) Ma Ying-jeou is the central player in a vigorous, if at times poorly coordinated, effort to reshape Taiwan,s ties with China. While his approach to cross-Strait issues represents a dramatic shift from that of his predecessor, it is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Ma will focus on [...]
2009-04-09 07:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINR ECON WHO TW CH US
09TAIPEI438OPPOSITION DPP FACES DIFFICULT CHALLENGES IN
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition DPP hopes to begin a comeback in key year-end local elections, but faces difficulties stemming from former President Chen's corruption trial, friction in the candidate nomination process, and a shortage of campaign funds. Too many politicians want to run in the Gre [...]
2009-04-09 10:20:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI461CROSS-STRAIT DETENTE FUELS WORRIES ABOUT RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent pro-government conference on the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA),panelists, mostly from the U.S., expressed support for the Ma administration's efforts to improve cross-Strait relations and stressed that the U.S. will continue to provide Taiwan wi [...]
2009-04-15 10:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI462DPP LEGISLATOR TRONG CHAI ON PARTY POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPP legislator Trong Chai (Tsai Tung-jung) told the Director on April 13 that he was "not too optimistic" about his party's chances in the December local elections. Chai assessed the DPP would have a hard time retaining the six city and county magistrate seats it curre [...]
2009-04-15 02:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI467GOVERNMENT TIGHT-LIPPED AS RUMORS OF WHA OBSERVER
[...] (C) Despite widespread media speculation, Taiwan officials have been tight-lipped, both publicly and in private, about possible talks with China on Taipei's bid for WHA observer status. Although there are a number of sensitive political issues to be resolved, public statements by President M [...]
2009-04-15 10:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV WHO TW CH
09TAIPEI476Taiwan Telecom: Cable Appeals Stuck in EY
[...] (SBU) Since fall 2008, Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has added financial conditions to license renewals by foreign-owned cable companies. The Carlyle Group-owned Kbro Company has appealed the NCC's licensing decisions to the Executive Yuan (EY) Appeals Committee, but the NC [...]
2009-04-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ECPS TW
09TAIPEI480MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL CHAIRWOMAN LAI SHIN-YUAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 22 meeting with the Director, Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan said the April 25-26 third round of cross-Strait talks in Nanjing will result in agreements on anti-crime and financial cooperation and scheduled passenger flights, as well as a joint statem [...]
2009-04-22 10:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EAIR TW CH
09TAIPEI486FORMER FM CHIEN ON BOAO FORUM: BEIJING WANTS MA TO
[...] (C) In an April 22 meeting with the Director, former Foreign Minister Fredrick Chien said he was received warmly by PRC Premier Wen Jiabao at last week's Boao Forum, and also had two long private meetings with Wang Yi, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO). Chien, who claimed he was no [...]
2009-04-23 10:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09TAIPEI488DPP CHAIR ON U.S. TRIP, TAIWAN POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director during an April 23 meeting that the main purpose of her visit to the United States in early May was to "touch base with" supporters. DPP International Affairs Director Bikhim Hsiao added that fundraising was another important tr [...]
2009-04-24 07:20:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI489REPRESENTATIVES LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART AND MARIO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan officials expressed their appreciation to Representatives Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart for their efforts to reaffirm U.S. commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) during their April 6-8 visit to Taiwan, and emphasized the importance of the U.S. relations [...]
2009-04-24 07:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD OVIP TW CH
09TAIPEI49TAIPEI MAYOR HAU LUNG-BIN ON POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Director on January 12, Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin maintained that KMT party-government relations are smooth but admitted that President Ma and his core advisors have on occasion not communicated well with the KMT legislative caucus prior to controversial dec [...]
2009-01-13 10:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW
09TAIPEI494TAIWAN PREPARED FOR CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING
[...] (C) Summary. According to Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF),the April 25-26 talks in Nanjing between SEF and its counterpart, the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),will produce three agreements on cross-Strait flights, liberalization of the financial [...]
2009-04-24 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI505NEW DPP SECRETARY GENERAL WU NAI-JEN DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary. New DPP Secretary General Wu Nai-jen and the Director discussed the party's prospects for the December local elections and cross-Strait developments during an April 27 meeting at DPP headquarters. Wu, a senior DPP campaign strategist, characterized the December elections as "very [...]
2009-04-28 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI510TAIWAN ANNOUNCES BREAKTHROUGH AGREEMENT ON WHA
[...] (C) Based on an April 28 personal invitation from WHO Director General Margaret Chan, Taiwan Health Minister Yeh Ching-chuan will lead a delegation to observe the May World Health Assembly meeting, VFM Andrew Hsia told the Director during an April 29 meeting. The invitation is the result of T [...]
2009-04-29 10:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV WHO TW CH
09TAIPEI514TAIWAN AVIATION INDUSTRY HAS MUTED REACTION TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The response in Taiwan to the agreement on passenger and cargo flights signed on April 26 in Nanjing (Reftel) has been mainly positive. Most industry representatives applaud the increase in the number of flights and more destinations. Some, however, question why only certain [...]
2009-04-30 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI515APRIL 30 SWINE FLU UPDATE FOR TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of midday local time April 30, no cases of the H1N1 virus have been detected in Taiwan. Taiwan health officials believe they are well-prepared to meet the latest challenges posed by the H1N1 virus. Airports have beefed up thermal screening of incoming passengers, and the a [...]
2009-04-30 10:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO TW CH
09TAIPEI516PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANTE ON CROSS-STRAIT MOMENTUM,
[...] (C) The announcement that Taiwan will take part in this year's WHA meeting is part of President Ma's larger effort to create momentum behind cross-Strait engagement, Taoyuan county magistrate and presidential confidante Eric Chu told the Director during an April 29 meeting. This momentum will [...]
2009-04-30 10:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TW WHO CH
09TAIPEI517LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON WHA,
[...] (C) Summary: Although recent progress in cross-Strait relations is generally positive, the pace of detente and the content of agreements like those recently signed in Nanjing need to take better account of Taiwan's sovereignty, security considerations, and the interests of the Taiwan people, L [...]
2009-04-30 10:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI518STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN P.K. CHIANG
[...] (C) Summary: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang told the Director on April 30 that President Ma Ying-jeou had hoped to put the proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) on the agenda for the next round of cross-Strait talks later this year. However, during t [...]
2009-04-30 10:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
09TAIPEI529TRYING TIMES FOR DPP CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN
[...] (C) Summary: Tsai Ing-wen continues efforts to overcome challenges and revitalize Taiwan's major opposition party as she nears her first anniversary as DPP Chairperson. Tsai's moderate and cautious approach has drawn criticism from some DPP supporters who want the party to take a more confron [...]
2009-05-01 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TW
09TAIPEI537TAIWAN OFFICIAL ON CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING
[...] (C) Summary. On May 1, Vice Chairman Fu Don-cheng of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),provided an overview of the April 25-26 talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS). He characterized the aviation ag [...]
2009-05-04 10:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI539MOFA ISSUE-BY-ISSUE REVIEW OF BILATERAL TIES
[...] (C) MOFA North American Affairs Division Deputy Director General Michael Hsu covered the range of bilateral issues during an April 30 meeting with visiting EAP/TC Deputy Director Deena Parker. MOFA wants to improve the security of Taiwan's passport, Hsu said, but worries that the new procedur [...]
2009-05-05 10:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON CVIS TW
09TAIPEI542 TFFLUO1; MAY 6 TAIWAN H1N1 VIRUS UPDATE
[...] Summary. Taiwan remains free from the H1N1 virus, although authorities are still vigilant in screening international arrivals, and in preparing for any possible outbreak. Taiwan,s Center for Disease Control (TCDC) has requested the US CDC provide a sample of the H1N1 virus. End Summary. [...]
2009-05-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC AMGT CASC TBIO KFLU KFLO MARR PREL
09TAIPEI543STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION (SEF) CHAIRMAN P. K.
[...] (C) Summary: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P. K. Chiang tendered his resignation to President Ma Ying-jeou on May 4, citing his age (76) and physical condition. On May 6, Ma expressed his strong hope that Chiang would stay on and told the media he had rejected Chiang's resignat [...]
2009-05-06 11:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI559PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU ON WHA, JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou told the Director on May 7 that Taiwan plans to focus on participation in WHA and WHO activities for the present and not push to join other international organizations. Taiwan will proceed cautiously because Beijing is worried the WHA observership breakthro [...]
2009-05-08 11:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR CH TW
09TAIPEI570TAIWAN HOPES CROSS-STRAIT LEGAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Cross-Strait Joint Crime-Fighting and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (cross-Strait MLAA) signed in Nanjing on April 26 (See ref B for text of agreement),is intended to expand and regularize the judicial cooperation already enjoyed on a case-by-case basis under the 1990 Kinm [...]
2009-05-12 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRIM KJUS PGOV CH TW
09TAIPEI571FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN TO REMAIN IN
[...] (C) Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian's detention was extended for another two months (May 26 - July 25) by the Taipei District Court on May 11. The decision came after a distraught Chen appeared in court on May 7 to appeal emotionally for his release from detention. Complaining to t [...]
2009-05-12 10:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI577TAIWAN STOCK EXCHANGE OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF
[...] (SBU) Taiwan opened its securities markets to Chinese institutional investors in early May, but the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) is not expecting a large influx of portfolio investment from China anytime soon. Senior TSE executives tell AIT that the biggest impact of loosening Taiwan restric [...]
2009-05-13 08:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09TAIPEI578TAIPEI MAYOR HAU ON NEW OFFICE COMPOUND, DPP
[...] (C) Summary. Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin (KMT) accepted the Director's invitation to attend AIT's New Office Compound (NOC) site dedication ceremony on June 22. Hau also indicated that his staff had approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) about acquiring the plot of land adjacent to t [...]
2009-05-13 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALAMGT ABLD PREL PGOV EAIR TW CH
09TAIPEI579DEEP GREEN LEADERS FRET OVER CROSS-STRAIT AND
[...] (C) Summary: At a dinner for the Director on May 12 hosted by DPP Legislator Trong Chai, a group of Deep Green leaders registered their concerns about President Ma "selling out" Taiwan to the PRC. Trong Chai expressed hope the U.S. would take a more balanced approach to Taiwan politics and n [...]
2009-05-13 10:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI580Taiwan Telecom: Broadband Deployment Initiatives
[...] (SBU) As you would expect of one of the world's leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) hardware manufacturers, Taiwan's broadband infrastructure is well-developed and growing. Since the year 2000, the Taiwan authorities have appropriated almost USD five billion to fund a seri [...]
2009-05-14 08:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECPS TW
09TAIPEI588TFFLU01: MAY 15 H1N1 VIRUS UPDATE FOR TAIWAN
[...] Taiwan continues to have close calls with the H1N1 virus from arriving airline passengers who have been in proximity to H1N1 carriers on their journey. As of noon, May 15, however, there are still no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Taiwan. At the CKS International Airport May 12, seven [...]
2009-05-15 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU TBIO TW CH KFLO
09TAIPEI589DPP AND PRO-GREEN GROUPS PLAN MAY 17 RALLY AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DPP and pro-Green organizations are gearing up for demonstrations in Taipei and Kaohsiung on Sunday, May 17, timed to coincide approximately with President Ma Ying-jeou,s first anniversary in office (May 20). After the demonstration in Taipei in front of the Presidential Of [...]
2009-05-15 11:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI590MAC CHAIR ON CROSS-STRAIT TALKS AND OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cross-Strait talks continue to be successful, Mainland Affairs Council Chair Lai Shin-yuan stressed to the Director on May 14, and she dismissed opposition criticisms as baseless. Plans to open financial services markets on both sides of the Strait, along with investment oppor [...]
2009-05-15 23:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI594OPPOSITION DPP AND PRO-GREEN ALLIES STAGE LARGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DPP and pro-Green organizations held large demonstrations in Taipei and Kaohsiung on May 17 to protest the cross-Strait and other policies of President Ma Ying-jeou, who is just completing his first year in office (ref A). Both venues attracted large turnouts, although est [...]
2009-05-18 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI605FORMER PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG DISCUSSES DPP
[...] (C) Summary: The May 17-18 demonstrations against President Ma Ying-jeou and his policies were "satisfactory,"former Premier and opposition DPP heavyweight Su Tseng-chang told the Director during a May 19 meeting. The DPP-organized demonstrations gave a boost to Tsai Ing-wen, but the DPP Ch [...]
2009-05-19 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI606TAIWAN VICE PREMIER SAYS ECONOMY IMPROVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 18 meeting with Director Young, Vice Premier Paul Chiu said he believes the worst is over for the economy and expects a turnaround by the end of the year. China's stimulus and other efforts directed towards Taiwan could have some positive effect, he stated. Chiu did not [...]
2009-05-19 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI609TFFLU01: TAIWAN CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (SBU) On May 20, Taiwan health authorities confirmed the first occurrence of H1N1 in Taiwan. The infected passenger arrived on May 18 at 9:30 pm on Cathay Pacific flight CX 468 from Hong Kong, having started his trip in New York. The 52-year-old Australian national had a fever when he arrived [...]
2009-05-20 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO PREL HHS TW
09TAIPEI610TAIWAN RATIFIES TWO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANTS
[...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou on May 14 signed the instruments of ratification for the U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Local human rights advocates hailed the passage as a [...]
2009-05-20 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM TW CH
09TAIPEI622TFFLU01: TAIWAN CONFIRMS FOUR ADDITIONAL H1N1
[...] SUMMARY. On May 21, Taiwan health authorities confirmed the second, third, fourth and fifth cases of H1N1 in Taiwan. All cases with the exception of one came on flights originating in the U.S. The exception is a Taiwan female who flew in from Manila. To date no community spread of the virus [...]
2009-05-22 10:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO PREL HHS TW
09TAIPEI623TAIWAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM: RELIABLE BUT ROOM FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's judicial system is fundamentally reliable and independent, say legal scholars, practitioners, and officials, but there is room for reform - as evidenced by the controversy surrounding the prosecutions of former president Chen Shui-bian and other Democratic Progressive Par [...]
2009-05-22 10:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRIM PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI624PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU RIDING HIGH AFTER FIRST
[...] (C) Summary: Independent polling shows public satisfaction with President Ma Ying-jeou's performance has risen from 29 to 39 percent over the past two months. Much of the improvement appears due to the recent rise in the stock market and public expectations of a better economy in the future. [...]
2009-05-22 11:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAGR MARR PINR US CH TW
09TAIPEI625DPP CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND
[...] (C) Summary: DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director she decided to visit former President Chen on May 14 because the "absolutely absurd" court decision to continue Chen's detention had made her "very mad." Tsai said the DPP's May 17-18 protest demonstration against Ma administration polici [...]
2009-05-22 12:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI626TAIWAN CONFIRMS NINE CASES OF H1N1 FLU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU TBIO TW
09TAIPEI637SENIOR KMT OFFICIALS ON BILATERAL TIES, DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Director on May 26, Taoyuan County Magistrate Eric Chu and Taichung Mayor Jason Hu said PRC Taiwan Affairs Office Director Wang Yi had made a special effort to give them a good impression at the recent Fujian Cross-Strait Forum. Also, Wang had been q [...]
2009-06-01 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR HK CH TW
09TAIPEI640KINMEN CIVILIAN OFFICIALS EAGER FOR CLOSER PRC TIES
[...] (C) Summary. Kinmen, a group of small islands held by Taiwan but situated just a few kilometers away from the prosperous Chinese city of Xiamen, stands as a symbol both of the decades-long military confrontation between China and Taiwan as well as of a possible future of closer economic integ [...]
2009-06-02 08:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON TW CH
09TAIPEI650KMT CHAIRMAN ON CROSS-STRAIT TALKS, TAIWAN POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao is committed to step-by-step progress on cross-Strait ties, KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director during their June 3 meeting. Wu, just returned from an 8-day trip to China, was optimistic about prospects for reaching a framework trade deal with [...]
2009-06-03 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR CH TW
09TAIPEI651TAIWAN INTEREST IN EXTRADITION PACT REFLECTS
[...] (C) Summary: During his May 27 Los Angeles transit, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou reiterated that signing an extradition agreement is a top priority for Taiwan's relations with the United States. Already, popular dissatisfaction with U.S. inability to return Taiwan fugitives is putting at risk [...]
2009-06-03 09:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KJUS PGOV CVIS KFRD TW CH
09TAIPEI659C-AL9-00948: TAIWAN ESTABLISHES JOINT COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of ongoing efforts to improve economic and trade relations, Taiwan announced the formation of a new Taiwan-Hong Kong cooperation mechanism after a June 5 meeting between Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam and Mainland Affairs Council Vi [...]
2009-06-05 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL PINR TW HK CH
09TAIPEI660TAIWAN CONFIRMS 17 CASES OF H1N1 FLU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since our last report Taiwan health officials have confirmed 17 cases of the H1N1 virus, including a case of locally contracted H1N1 virus. Authorities have downgraded Taiwan from a pandemic alert level of "Yellow 3" to "Yellow 2" since no new cases of local transmission have [...]
2009-06-05 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO TW CH
09TAIPEI67H5N2 OUTBREAK TESTS TAIWAN'S PREPAREDNESS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A low-pathogenic H5N2 virus outbreak, discovered on a Kaohsiung chicken farm in October 2008, but not reported for two months, underscores the need for transparency at the Council of Agriculture (COA) regarding virus outbreaks among poultry and animals. The authorities' slow re [...]
2009-01-16 09:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA ETRD PGOV TW
09TAIPEI670STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION (SEF) CHAIRMAN P. K.
[...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P. K. Chiang confirmed he will be in China between June 16-21, with plans to meet Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin to initiate preliminary talks on the timing and agenda for the next round [...]
2009-06-08 10:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TW EINV ETRD PGOV
09TAIPEI671KMT HONORARY CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON CROSS-STRAIT
[...] (C) Summary: KMT Honorary Chairman Lien Chan told the Director on June 5 that he viewed PRC President Hu Jintao as more capable and much more flexible on cross-Strait policy than his predecessor Jiang Zemin. Lien thought cross-Strait discussions on an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement [...]
2009-06-08 10:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR CH TW
09TAIPEI673MOFA: PRC PRESSURES UN SECURITY OFFICE TO REFUSE
[...] (C) Summary. At China's urging, the United Nations security office recently formalized a policy of not accepting documents issued by Taiwan for identification purposes, according to Taiwan MOFA International Organizations Division Director General Paul Chang. This is despite comments by Chin [...]
2009-06-09 06:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UN TW CH
09TAIPEI683PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU TO RESUME KMT CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (U) President Ma Ying-jeou and KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung held a joint press conference on June 10 to announce that Ma will run, and Wu will not, in the upcoming party chairman election. Ma said he made the decision to run for chairman not to expand his power, but to bear full responsibility, [...]
2009-06-10 11:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI713TAIWAN VISIT OF PRC OFFICIAL LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR
[...] (C) The KMT announced on June 10 that the fifth round of the Cross-Strait Economic and Cultural Forum (aka the KMT-CCP Forum )will be held in Changsha on July 10-11. Senior officials of the KMT's National Policy Foundation (NPF) and Zheng Lizhong, Deputy Director of the PRC's Taiwan Affairs Of [...]
2009-06-16 07:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TW CH
09TAIPEI716TAIWAN MAY SEEK GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH ICAO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a series of meetings with U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives June 3-4, officials of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) stated that Taiwan wishes to participate, in some manner, in the meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organization [...]
2009-06-16 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PREL PGOV TW CH
09TAIPEI718TAIWAN TIP REPORT DELIVERED
[...] (C) On June 16, AIT Pol Chief delivered the Taiwan TIP Report narrative to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of North American Affairs Harry Tseng. Tseng expressed particular interest in whether there were any significant changes compared to last year's report and whether Taiwan's [...]
2009-06-17 06:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM PGOV KPAO SMIG TW
09TAIPEI725DIRECTOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON MAINLAND AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: During the Director's farewell call on June 16, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairperson Lai Shin-yuan noted Taiwan's hope to expand meaningful participation in WHO activities and other functional international organizations following its success in becoming an observer at the r [...]
2009-06-17 10:25:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAIR CH TW
09TAIPEI73 Taiwan Biotech: 2009 Outreach Proposals
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6, 7, and 12. Background ---------- 2. (SBU) Taiwan is the U.S.'s sixth-largest agricultural export market. In 2007, the United States exported more than USD 3.2 billion of agricultural, fish and forest products to Taiwan, half of which was [...]
2009-01-20 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD KPAO OEXC OIIP SENV TBIO TW
09TAIPEI737Penghu in Lead to Open Taiwan's First Casino
[...] (SBU) Summary: Penghu County recently submitted an application to the Executive Yuan (EY) to establish a casino on the island, and will hold a legally-required referendum on the issue in August. The Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) will soon establish an interagency casino c [...]
2009-06-22 02:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV TW
09TAIPEI754DIRECTOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPP CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN
[...] (C) Summary. The opposition DPP will issue a call for fairness in Taiwan's judicial system and for former President Chen Shui-bian's immediate release from detention, party Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director during his June 22 farewell call. The party's proposed referendum on a planned Econ [...]
2009-06-23 09:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI756TAIWAN CONFIRMS 61 CASES BUT DOWNGRADES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 19, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TCDC) confirmed Taiwan's 61st case of H1N1 and also downgraded the virus from a Category I Notifiable Infectious Disease to Category IV, meaning that medical doctors and hospitals are only required to report "severe" H1N1 cases [...]
2009-06-24 02:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO TW CH
09TAIPEI759PROPOSED DATES FOR TAIWAN POL/MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) inquired earlier this month about Washington's views on its proposal to hold U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington. MOFA offered August 31 - September 2 as its preferred window for the meeting. MOFA again stressed that t [...]
2009-06-24 08:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI760Taiwan Pharma: 6th PVS Underway, Big Pricing Reforms
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TW
09TAIPEI763Taiwan Pharma: 6th PVS Underway, Big Pricing Reforms
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TW
09TAIPEI778THE DIRECTOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT MA
[...] (C) Summary. The United States does not agree with the PRC view that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan are out of step with improving cross-Strait ties, the Director told Ma Ying-jeou during his June 25 farewell call on the President. Taiwan arms purchases are intended solely to replace older systems [...]
2009-06-26 10:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR TW CH
09TAIPEI781MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATION LOWERS STAKES FOR BOTH
[...] (C) Summary. On June 23, a Ministry of Interior panel endorsed proposals to elevate Taipei County to a special municipality, to upgrade and merge Taichung City and County into a special municipality, and to merge Kaohsiung County into Kaohsiung City, which is already a special municipality. [...]
2009-06-29 03:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TW
09TAIPEI790THE DIRECTOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Improvements in Taiwan-China relations have come at the expense of Taiwan's traditionally close relations with the United States and other partners, and of the island's long-term viability as a sovereign state, Lee Teng-hui warned the Director during his June 26 farewell call on t [...]
2009-06-30 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TW CH JA
09TAIPEI847COURT SLAPS FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN WITH TWO MORE
[...] (C) Summary. The Taipei District Court ruled on July 13 to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention period by two additional months. This marks the third time that the Court has extended Chen's detention. Chen, who was previously scheduled to be released on July 25, now is slated [...]
2009-07-14 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW PREL KJUS
09TAIPEI854TAIWAN DISASTER REDUCTION CENTER EXPECTS MORE
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan's National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) expects to broaden an already solid base of international cooperation in the future, including with its counterpart agency i [...]
2009-07-15 23:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALAEMR ECON ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL APEC TW XE
09TAIPEI876Taiwan IPR: Taiwan to Target Indirect Patent Infringement
[...] (SBU) The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently announced preliminary plans to amend the Patent Law to protect against indirect patent infringement. The changes would allow patent-holders to bring suit against upstream and middle-stream component suppliers who abet downstream prod [...]
2009-07-22 07:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TW
09TAIPEI896DPP EXPELS MEMBERS FOR ATTENDING KMT-CCP FORUM
[...] (C) Summary. The DPP expelled former legislator Hsu Jung-shu and former Council of Agriculture head Fan Chen-tzung from the party on July 27 for ignoring a party ban and attending the KMT-CCP Fifth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum in China. The DPP's stern stance demonstrates [...]
2009-07-27 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI903DPP CHAIR TSAI ON KMT CHAIRMAN-ELECT MA, CHINA
[...] (C) Summary. DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen dismissed the idea of having a dialogue with President Ma Ying-jeou once he assumes the KMT chairmanship. Ma's overtures to meet with her were not genuine, Tsai told the Acting Director in a July 28 meeting. Although concerned about Ma's perceived pro-un [...]
2009-07-28 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI904MA YING-JEOU, HU JINTAO EXCHANGE LETTERS THROUGH
[...] (C) Summary. President Ma Ying-jeou, elected Kuomintang (KMT) Party Chairman on July 26, received a congratulatory letter the same day from Hu Jintao, in his capacity as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ma sent a reply the following day thanking Hu for his message and c [...]
2009-07-28 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI912TAIWAN ECONOMY STRUGGLES IN FIRST HALF OF 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan's economy continued to struggle through a steep slowdown during the first half of 2009. Foreign trade, domestic sales, and industrial production posted significant year-on-year declines. Inbound and outbound investment decreased sharply, inflation eased, and unemploymen [...]
2009-07-30 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI913DPP CHAIR TSAI HOLDING STEADY BUT HURDLES REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary. DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen appears to have a firm handle on party politics this summer, partly due to initiatives on a referendum on President Ma's proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China and on judicial fairness. Tackling these projects that appeal to broad se [...]
2009-07-30 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI914DPP CHAIR TSAI HOLDING STEADY BUT HURDLES REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary. DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen appears to have a firm handle on party politics this summer, partly due to initiatives on a referendum on President Ma's proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China and on judicial fairness. Tackling these projects that appeal to broad se [...]
2009-07-30 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
09TAIPEI915MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL CHAIR LAI ON U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan told ADIR in a July 28 meeting that the overall message she received from U.S. officials and academics on her recent visit was support for Ma's cross-Strait policy and a strengthened U.S.-Taiwan relationship. Lai said, despi [...]
2009-07-30 10:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI926PRESIDENT MA, CHAIRMAN MA: THE EFFECT OF MA'S
[...] (C) Summary. As expected, President Ma Ying-jeou was elected Chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party in a July 26 election in which Ma was the lone candidate (reftel). Ma's decision to assume the Chairmanship reflects his pragmatic assessment of the need to exercise greater control over [...]
2009-08-03 09:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TW CH
09TAIPEI937TAIWAN EXPRESSES INTEREST IN GLOBAL FORUM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan's high-tech electronics industries annually produce millions of CO2-equivalent tons of greenhouse gases (GHG). Despite successful voluntary GHG emission reduction programs, more action will be required under the likely implementation of a GHG emissions cap now under revie [...]
2009-08-05 06:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALTW XE ENRG OIIP TRGY TSPL SENV
09TAIPEI939THE KMT-CCP CROSS-STRAIT FORUM UNDER CHAIRMAN MA
[...] (C) Summary. President Ma Ying-jeou, who was uncontested in the July 26 election for Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT),is likely to continue the KMT-CCP Cross-Strait Forum. The event, which held its fifth meeting July 11-12 in Changsha, Hunan, on educational, cultural, and social issues, has [...]
2009-08-06 02:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI941REPRESENTATIVE GINGREY'S MEETING WITH TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan must be confident in its security and its relations with the United States if it is to continue to pursue its goal of reducing cross-Strait tensions, President Ma Ying-jeou told visiting Congressman Phil Gingrey during an August 6 meeting. Specifically, Ma urged the United [...]
2009-08-06 07:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL ETRD ECON CVIS TW CH
09TAIPEI964RECOMMENDATION FOR FOREIGN POLICY REFUSAL OF VISA
[...] (C) Summary. AIT recommends that the visa application for Chen You-hao (among the ten "Most Wanted" criminal fugitives in Taiwan) be denied on the basis of foreign policy considerations. Visa issuance would seriously undermine U.S. law enforcement cooperation with Taiwan and, further, could a [...]
2009-08-11 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCVIS KFRD KJUS PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI966DEATH TOLL FROM TYPHOON MORAKOT RISES, RESCUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The death toll and damages caused by Typhoon Morakot continue to rise as rescue workers fan out across central and southern Taiwan to ascertain the typhoon's full impact. Penetration into remote areas by rescuers, including members of the Ministry of National Defense's "speci [...]
2009-08-11 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON AEMR CASC PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI973VISIT OF REPRESENTATIVE PHIL GINGREY TO TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary. During the weather-shortened visit to Taiwan by Representative Phil Gingrey, Taiwan officials expressed appreciation for the U.S. and Congressional Taiwan Caucus role in ensuring peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and stressed the importance of continued arms sales and a U [...]
2009-08-12 08:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH CVIS ECON ETRD MARR MCAP OVIP PREL TW MASS
09TAIPEI974TYPHOON RECOVERY UNDER WAY AS USG DONATES
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST - PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The official death toll from Typhoon Morakot continues to rise, hitting 67 in the latest count, and estimated economic losses have mounted to at least USD276 million in the agricultural sector alone. Infrastructure rep [...]
2009-08-12 09:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AEMR CASC PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI979TAIWAN REQUESTS USG TYPHOON RELIEF ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST - PLEASE SEE PARAs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) Taiwan Vice Foreign Minister Andrew Hsia contacted A/DIR August 13 to offer thanks for the U.S. contribution to the Taiwan Red Cross relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Morakot (ref) and to request additional U.S. assistanc [...]
2009-08-13 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MCAP MARR AEMR CASC PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI992MORAKOT DEATH TOLL REACHES 117 AS TAIWAN WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The death toll from Typhoon Morakot has reached 117 individuals. The agricultural sector has lost an estimated USD300 million, and road repair costs are already topping USD420 million. Local areas see continued improvements in infrastructure and sanitation conditions as rescu [...]
2009-08-14 09:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AEMR CASC PGOV SENV XE TW
09TAIPEI996MORAKOT SITREP 5: DEATH TOLL CLIMBS AGAIN AS U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The estimated losses from Morakot continue to mount, suggesting this could be the most deadly weather-related disaster to hit Taiwan in fifty years. Relief and rebuilding efforts are gaining momentum. The arrival here of supplies provided by DoD received wide media coverage. [...]
2009-08-17 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AEMR CASC PGOV SENV XE TW
09TALLINN10TRAVEL & TOURISM: ESTONIA'S HIDDEN ECONOMIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The travel and tourism industry in Estonia accounts for an estimated one-fifth of GDP, and is increasingly important as the economy moves away from its old manufacturing base. In-bound and out-bound tourism from Finland, Sweden, Russia and elsewhere is thriving, and the cruise s [...]
2009-01-08 14:52:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
09TALLINN102ESTONIA: YES ON KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance and the Bank of Estonia confirmed Estonia will vote yes on Kosovo's application for World Bank and IMF membership, as requested reftel. DECKER [...]
2009-04-15 09:20:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL ICJ KV EN
09TALLINN106ESTONIA TO CODEL BERKLEY: U.S. VALUES MAKE WORLD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 14-15 visit to Tallinn by the Congressional delegation led by Representative Shelley Berkley (D-NV) provided an occasion for a clear affirmation of the strong U.S.-Estonia relationship. Media coverage was widespread and positive. All Estonian interlocutors urged caut [...]
2009-04-17 11:05:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ENRG OREP AMGT ASEC RU EN
09TALLINN110Estonia Hopeful but Expects Little from Baltic
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Estonia (GOE) and Eesti Energia are hopeful the discussions at the April 27 Baltic Prime Ministers' Council will be positive, but they don't expect concrete results this weekend. Eesti Energia feels the new Lithuanian government does not grasp the complexity of [...]
2009-04-24 14:21:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG KGHG RU LH LG EN
09TALLINN114ESTONIA'S PESSIMISTIC APPROACH TO RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 14:44:00Embassy TallinnSECRETPREL PGOV RS GG EN
09TALLINN120ESTONIA ENDORSES U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A and accompanying Diplomatic Note to Eve Sirp, Counsellor for International Organizations at the Estonian MFA. Sirp confirmed Estonian support for the U.S. candidacy in the upcoming elections to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The GOE followed up [...]
2009-05-05 13:04:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL EN
09TALLINN124TFFLU01: ESTONIAN PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLANNING
[...] There are no suspected or confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza A in Estonia at this time. The Estonian Government has dusted off a pandemic influenza action plan prepared in 2006, when concerns about avian influenza were at their highest. Post has spoken with GOE officials and private practiti [...]
2009-05-06 14:15:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09TALLINN125SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PM ANSIP'S U.S. VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip will visit Washington and New York May 12-15. Estonia's longest- sitting Prime Minister is ardently pro-American, a leading advocate for Estonia's military engagements abroad and the face of Estonian fiscal restraint. In his meetings, the Prime Minist [...]
2009-05-08 11:13:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON EN
09TALLINN135ESTONIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN HAGUE GI PLENARY
[...] (SBU) Estonia will participate in the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in The Hague, Netherlands June 15-16, 2009. In April, Poloff and her counterpart from the Russian Embassy jointly delivered reftel invitation to Paul Teesalu, Director of Divi [...]
2009-05-13 11:18:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KGIC PTER PREL EN
09TALLINN140ESTONIA: LIBERTAD ACT INFORMATION
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions: Estonia does not have significant economic or political interests in Cuba. DECKER [...]
2009-05-15 13:17:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PREL EN
09TALLINN144IMF CALLS ESTONIAN ECONOMY 'RESILIENT' AS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Ansip's May 21 dismissal of junior coalition members - including his Minister of Finance - demonstrate how contentious the recent debates over budget cuts have been. Estonia's first quarter GDP in 2009 fell 15 percent over the same period in 2008. The GOE needs to make pai [...]
2009-05-22 14:32:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
09TALLINN145ESTONIA'S PM DIMISSES COALITION PARTNER BUT
[...] (C) On May 21, Prime Minister Ansip jettisoned the smallest partner (Social Democrats - SDE) in the ruling coalition after the Government failed to reach agreement on 383 Million EUR (6 billion eeks) in budget cuts. This weekend, Ansip's Reform Party and its remaining coalition partner (Isamaa [...]
2009-05-22 14:36:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EN
09TALLINN156ESTONIA HAS JOINED IRENA, PREFERS BONN AS HQ
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MinEcon),which handles energy issues. 2. (U) Our contacts in the government of Estonia (GOE) had the following responses to reftel questions: -- Est [...]
2009-06-18 05:53:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV EN
09TALLINN169H1N1 STRIKES AMERICAN STUDENT GROUP IN ESTONIA
[...] Summary. H1N1 has emerged among a U.S. school group comprised of 33 high school students and 3 teachers (all American citizens except for one) traveling through Estonia on a bus trip through Eastern Europe. The group's plans to continue from Estonian to Latvia were delayed when five tested [...]
2009-06-26 13:46:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TALLINN17 TALLINN'S BFIF FY09 PROPOSAL
[...] Summary: Embassy Tallinn proposes one FY09 project for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund connected to the upcoming launch of the Commerce-State Post Partnership Program MOU for Fee Collection. Post requests funding to send our Economic/Commercial/EU LES for training in Foreign Commerci [...]
2009-01-14 14:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD BTIO EINV EN
09TALLINN182009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA
[...] (U) The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...]
2009-01-14 14:40:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC
09TALLINN187TALLINN'S BFIF FY09 REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Tallinn received USD 3,090 from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to send our Economic/Commercial Assistant to the Pow Wow trade fair and training in Miami on May 15-May 21. Post used 3,036.34 USD for the project. End Summary. 2. (U) Post initiated in 200 [...]
2009-07-17 12:51:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD BEXP ABUD AFIN BTIO EINV EN
09TALLINN193Estonia Response to July GAERC Topics
[...] (U) PolCouns met with Kristina Meius, Director of the MFA's European Division on July 22 to discuss reftel GAERC topics. Meius provided the following Estonian positions: 2. (C) Georgia: Meius stated the only possible long-term solution respects Georgia's independence, territo [...]
2009-07-22 14:03:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EN EUN
09TALLINN20ESTONIA SUPPORTS US-ISRAEL MOU
[...] (U) On January 16, we delivered points in reftel to Juri Kahn, Division Director for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Estonian MFA. Kahn confirmed that Estonia shares the view that weapons transfers into Gaza must be stopped and that the international community has a role to play in this field. [...]
2009-01-16 11:55:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EU IS EN
09TALLINN201ESTONIA: 64th UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) Please find below preliminary 2009 UNGA attendance information for the Government of Estonia. Post will provide more updates as the information becomes available. 2. (SBU) Head of State: President Toomas-Hendrik Ilves will attend. A. (U) Arrival and departure information for Pre [...]
2009-07-29 12:43:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA
09TALLINN205ESTONIA?S NATIONAL CYBER DEFENSE AGENDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Unprecedented and wide-spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 galvanized Estonia to think strategically about the security of its critical IT infrastructure. Estonia's brainstorming has culminated in a new national cyber defense policy for 2009-2011, focused on strengthening ties [...]
2009-07-30 12:22:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
09TALLINN207ESTONIA?S NATIONAL CYBER DEFENSE AGENDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Unprecedented and wide-spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 galvanized Estonia to think strategically about the security of its critical IT infrastructure. Estonia's brainstorming has culminated in a new national cyber defense policy for 2009-2011, focused on strengthening ties [...]
2009-07-30 12:22:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
09TALLINN219Estonia Assistance to Afghanistan Beyond the Elections
[...] Polcouns and DATT delivered reftel demarche to Paul Teesalu, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Division, and to Kadri Peeters of the MOD's America's desk on July 29. Teesalu stated that Estonia would be unlikely to increase its troop contributions after the August elections. The GOE doubl [...]
2009-07-31 06:52:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF EN
09TALLINN223Estonia Likely to Accept Gitmo Detainee(s)
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a meeting with the Estonian Foreign Minister Paet on July 29 in Tallinn, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, Ambassador Daniel Fried, requested the Estonian government consider receiving detainees currently held at Guantanamo, who the U.S. government cannot return [...]
2009-08-03 14:03:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDRG EN
09TALLINN231ESTONIA?S NATIONAL CYBER DEFENSE AGENDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Unprecedented and wide-spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 galvanized Estonia to think strategically about the security of its critical IT infrastructure. Estonia's brainstorming has culminated in a new national cyber defense policy for 2009-2011, focused on strengthening ties [...]
2009-08-04 13:53:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
09TALLINN235Scenesetter for A/S Gordon's Visit to Estonia
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thank you for coming to Tallinn. Estonians and their government are strongly pro-American, joining us in Afghanistan and other missions abroad from a sense of common values, but also to buttress Estonian security. Estonians very much look to NATO (and the U.S. in particular) to [...]
2009-08-05 12:32:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EN
09TALLINN237AFHGAN ILLEGAL MIGRATION CORRIDOR THROUGH ESTONIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 09:16:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SMIG PHUM PREF KFRD KCRM EN
09TALLINN243Estonia Calls for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 12:06:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV BM EN
09TALLINN245Estonia's Q2 GDP Falls 16.6 Percent, but Fall is Slowing
[...] According to Statistics Estonia, Estonia's GDP fell 16.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter in 2009. Most of the decrease can be explained by reduced manufacturing, construction, wholesale trade, and financial intermediation. The good news is, the drop in GDP seems to be slowing. GDP [...]
2009-08-14 12:20:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EN
09TALLINN247A/S GORDON'S AUGUST 13 VISIT TO ESTONIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first official visit to Tallinn on August 13, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon and Estonian FM Urmas Paet discussed a wide range of issues and agreed there was much the U.S. and Estonia could do together to reinforce democracy in Eastern Eu [...]
2009-08-19 15:50:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO EN
09TALLINN251GOE AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SHIPMENTS OF COMMERCIAL DOD CARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 06:38:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF EN
09TALLINN252Estonia: Soy Issues for EU ACM Delivered
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 11:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EUN TBIO EN
09TALLINN253RECALL 09 TALLINN 253
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 13:00:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EN
09TALLINN255Estonia Still Committed to Georgia
[...] (C) One year after Russia's invasion of Georgia, Estonia remains strongly committed to helping Georgia overcome the aftermath and avoid further hostilities. Estonia is driven both by a desire to share its own successful transformation with other post-Soviet states, and a fear that it too could [...]
2009-08-26 14:07:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EN GG
09TALLINN257UPDATE: 64th UN General Assembly: Estonia High Level
[...] (U) Please find below updated 2009 UNGA attendance information for the Government of Estonia. Post will provide more updates as additional information becomes available. 2. (SBU) Head of State: President Toomas-Hendrik Ilves will attend. A. (SBU) Arrival and departure information fo [...]
2009-09-02 14:08:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA
09TALLINN259Estonian Economy Falling, Euro Adoption in Trouble
[...] (C) Summary: On August 27, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) predicted the Estonian economy would contract by 14.5 percent in 2009, with positive growth only occurring in 2011. Unemployment will remain above ten percent for at least the next four years. In a meeting the same day with visiting Tre [...]
2009-09-02 14:09:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ECIN EN
09TALLINN261Estonia's Gymnich Agenda
[...] (U) PolCouns met with Kristina Meius, Director of the MFA's European Division, on September 3 to discuss reftel Gymnich topics. Meius provided the following Estonian positions for the four main Gymnich topics: 2. (SBU) Iran: The GOE is concerned about the deteriorating human rights situ [...]
2009-09-03 11:36:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN EN
09TALLINN263GOE SAYS ETS WILL NOT APPLY TO MILITARY FLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 14:22:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SENV EUN EN
09TALLINN265AUSTRALIA GROUP: DEMARCHES AND NON-PAPERS DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 08:45:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC EN
09TALLINN267Estonian Response to September GAERC Points
[...] Pol Chief delivered reftel points to Kristina Meius, Director of the MFA's European Division, on September 10. Meius provided the following responses: 2. Iran: Iran was discussed the previous week at the Gymnich, and there is little new. The GOE believes diplomatic pressure must rema [...]
2009-09-10 13:28:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN EN
09TALLINN269ESTONIA'S PRIORITIES FOR UNGA 64
[...] On 4 September, Poloff shared reftel USG priorities with Director of the MFA's International Organizations Division Eva-Maria Liimets, UN Affairs Desk Officer Helen Kaljulate, and USA Desk Officer Jaan Salulaid. Liimets expressed gratitude for the U.S. UNGA 64 priorities and affirmed that they [...]
2009-09-10 13:57:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA XG EN
09TALLINN27ESTONIA CONCLUDES IRAQ MILITARY MISSION BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22 the Government of Estonia (GOE) announced publicly its decision to end its participation in coalition operations in Iraq, bringing to a close five years of cooperation with the U.S. on the ground near Baghdad. The reason: the GOE --after repeated effort and strong s [...]
2009-01-23 14:18:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ EN
09TALLINN277ESTONIA: ATTENDANCE AT UNGA FOOD SECUIRTY EVENT CO-HOSTED BY
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered letter and draft statement on Thursday, September 10. As of Monday, September 14, the Government of Estonia has not determined if it will send a representative to this meeting. Post will send additional information on Government of Estonia attendance at this eve [...]
2009-09-14 13:06:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PREL EAID ETRD EAGR
09TALLINN281Estonians Calm on Missile Defense Announcement
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered reftel points to Paul Teesalu, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Division, on September 17. Teesalu said he had been expecting such an announcement, and that he understood the reasoning for changing U.S. missile defense plans. He added that Estonia looks forward t [...]
2009-09-18 13:09:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL EN
09TALLINN289Estonia and UNGA Red Lines
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 09:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
09TALLINN293U.S.-Baltic Annual CFE Consultations: Support for CFE, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: The three Baltic states used this year's annual CFE consultations in Tallinn to express regret that U.S.-Russia discussions on CFE were not progressing due to Russia's repetition of old ideas, but insisted the U.S. continue to lead on CFE in order to maintain a unified NATO appro [...]
2009-09-25 15:02:00Embassy TallinnSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL NATO KCFE EN
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