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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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06PORTOFPAIN568 | CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...] | 2006-05-08 19:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN1010 | MAJOR DRUG BUST IN SOUTHERN T&T [...] On August 23, officers from the Crime Suppression Unit of Trinidad and Tobago's Police Force arrested two men for possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The police seized some 158 kilograms of compressed marijuana, worth approximately USD 250,000 (TTD 1.5 million),from the p [...] | 2006-08-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1040 | MANNING CRITICIZES USG FOR IGNORING CARIBBEAN [...] (U) GOTT Prime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday criticized the USG for ignoring the Caribbean region in general and its security, counter narcotics and trade needs in particular. Speaking at a September 5 luncheon before an audience largely comprising energy industry executives and members [...] | 2006-09-07 16:04:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1070 | DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC KDEM SU TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1080 | T&T HOMICIDE BUREAU CHIEF: DEPORTEES NOT MAJOR CRIME [...] In an extended interview with the daily Trinidad Guardian newspaper on September 12, Head of the Homicide Bureau, Assistant Commissioner of Police Maurice Piggott discussed many of the current shortfalls in T&T's policing efforts and the steps that the police force is taking to rectify the sit [...] | 2006-09-15 20:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1123 | THE DELAWARE/T&T PARTNERSHIP: TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN [...] SUMMARY: Delaware Governor Ruth Minner's recent visit to T&T under the auspices of DOD's State Partnership Program was extraordinarily successful. The Delaware/T&T partnership should serve as a model not only for expanding military to military relationships but for effecting transformational [...] | 2006-09-22 20:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR PINR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1125 | PM MANNING SAYS T&T IS A RELIABLE ALLY, SO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reprising public remarks from several days earlier (reftel),PM Manning characterized T&T as a reliable ally and energy supplier that was not receiving sufficient attention from the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Harbert and State/WHA DAS Duddy. He praised bilater [...] | 2006-09-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET MARR SNAR EAID TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1126 | PM MANNING FRUSTRATED OVER CARICOM RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Karen Harbert and WHA DAS Patrick Duddy, PM Manning voiced frustration with CARICOM colleagues over their stance on Petrocaribe but at the same time said he would go along with a "CARICOM decision" to support Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. [...] | 2006-09-22 21:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET UNSC PREL PGOV VE TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1135 | T&T FM GIFT RESIGNS [...] Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Patrick Manning who has accepted it. In a September 25 letter to the Prime Minister, delivered the day before Manning departed for Washington, Gift said that, under his watch, "the visibility and respectability of [...] | 2006-09-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1138 | ARNOLD PIGGOTT, NEW TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOREIGN MINISTER [...] On September 29, the GOTT announced that present T&T High Commissioner to Canada Arnold Piggott has been appointed Foreign Minister, replacing Knowlson Gift who resigned his position on September 25. Arnold Piggott was immediately sworn in. 2. Since an official Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2006-09-29 19:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1152 | AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES NEW T&T FM ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) During an October 3 courtesy call on new T&T Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott to congratulate him on his appointment, the Ambassador raised Venezuela,s candidacy for the 2007/2008 Latin American and Caribbean non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, drawing on the talking points in S [...] | 2006-10-04 20:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VZ TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1161 | MANNING: LIFTING IMET RESTRICTIONS VINDICATES T&T [...] (U) As reported septel, Prime Minister Patrick Manning,s October 4 budget speech, was, for the most part, devoted to a discussion of T&T,s largely energy-driven revenues and of proposed expenditures on infrastructure development, manufacturing diversification and agriculture promotion, as wel [...] | 2006-10-06 20:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KCRM MARR PGOV PREL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN119 | TRINIDAD'S (AMENDED) OSHA NEARS [...] The long-delayed Occupational Safety and Health Act came one step closer to implementation with passage of a package of amendments by the lower house of Parliament on January 23. The upper house is slated to debate the bill, as amended, on January 26, keeping it on track for implementation b [...] | 2006-01-24 19:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1213 | GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA: BREAKING THE IMPASSE [...] (C) Ambassador Austin delivered the demarche requested reftel to Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Manning yesterday afternoon October 18. He had previously spoken with Foreign Minister Piggott twice on this subject since Monday. PM Manning would not budge from GOTT support for the CARICOM [...] | 2006-10-19 20:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VZ |
06PORTOFSPAIN1214 | OPPOSITION LEADER: PM HAS TERRORIST LINKS, IS [...] (C) On October 3, the Ambassador met with Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Deputy Political Leader Senator Wade Mark, at Mark,s request. Mark said his purpose was to express to the Ambassador the UNC,s shock at the &sudden assault8 on the United States unleashed by Prime Minister Pat [...] | 2006-10-20 14:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VZ TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1230 | DEMARCHE: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY [...] On October 23, we verbally presented the talking points contained Reftel to MFA Americas Division Director Margaret Rousseau who also handles the OAS portfolio. 2. In response to a question from Rousseau, we assured her that the US delegation has worked long and hard in an effort to craft [...] | 2006-10-23 20:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PHUM PREL PTER SMIG MX XM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1262 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL AT UNGA - OPPOSING [...] Polchief delivered the talking points contained in Reftel, on November 1, to MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. He emphasized especially the inconsistency between the unbalanced resolutions calling for a renewal of the mandate of the three Palestine-related bodies, on the one han [...] | 2006-11-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1263 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE SITUATION [...] Polchief delivered the talking points contained in Reftel, on November 1, to MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. 2. Gordon was clearly uncomfortable in her justification of certain aspects of the two NAM resolutions, particularly the omission from the resolutions of any mentio [...] | 2006-11-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1270 | INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] Polchief contacted MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon, on November 3, and reminded her of the talking points contained in Reftel B presented by Poloff on August 29 to MFA Multilateral Division officer Roanna Gopaul. Department will recall that post had reported Gopaul's response [...] | 2006-11-03 19:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA ILC TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1273 | T&T TO USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO: BRING ON THE SOA [...] (C) SUMMARY: USOAS Permanent Representative Maisto met with T&T PM Manning and FM Piggott on October 20 to discuss the 2009 Summit of the Americas. Manning signaled that the country will be ready for the summit, and hopes to have a successful event that highlights the Caribbean as well as T [...] | 2006-11-06 17:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1294 | BWIA to become Caribbean Airways: A Real Transformation? [...] Summary: After years of financial struggles and failed attempts at restructuring, the national airline carrier of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T),the British West Indies Airways (BWIA),will close its doors December 31, 2006, and reopen the next day as Caribbean Airlines. Indications that this lat [...] | 2006-11-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1299 | T&T WILL REEVALUATE LONG STANDING ABSTENTION POLICY ON SOME [...] Polchief delivered the talking points contained in Reftels, on November 9, to MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. 2. Gordon reiterated T&T's long standing policy of abstaining on country specific resolutions. She argued that such resolutions are too selective and lack objecti [...] | 2006-11-09 20:17:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN131 | SPECIAL ANTI-CRIME UNIT OF T&T: LOOKING BACK, [...] (SBU) Brigadier General Peter Joseph, Director of the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) provided Poloff with a candid assessment of last year's performance in fighting crime, as well as a look forward to 2006. Joseph stated that 2005 was a year of building capacity, esp [...] | 2006-01-26 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1317 | T&T NEGATIVE ON MICHAEL MATHESON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 16:20:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA ILC TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1319 | T&T'S PRE-ELECTION POLITICS WARMING UP [...] SUMMARY: A number of recent polls as well as statements by Prime Minister Patrick Manning indicate that Winston Dookeran and his newly-formed Congress of the People should be regarded as serious new actors on the country's political stage. It now seems that the Prime Minister may have decided [...] | 2006-11-15 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1328 | T&T UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE BELARUS'S RETALIATORY RESOLUTIONS [...] The Ambassador made a number of attempts on November 15 to schedule an immediate meeting and/or make telephone contact with Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott in order to present Reftel talking points. When we received no response, Polchief faxed the talking points to the MFA and followed up on [...] | 2006-11-16 17:52:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BO TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1331 | T&T REJECTS U.S. POSITION ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION [...] Polchief delivered Reftel talking points and accompanying resolution, on November 17, to MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. 2. Gordon told Polchief that T&T would neither oppose this resolution nor abstain on it. She reminded Polchief that 10 out of 15 members of the Securi [...] | 2006-11-17 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1333 | T&T WILL NOT "SOFTEN" RESOLUTION ON ABOLITION OF [...] In a planned double-pronged approach to the MFA, Polchief shared the U.S. preferred language for preambular paragraph 8, on November 17, with MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. The Ambassador then raised the issue with Minister of Foreign Affairs Arnold Piggott, the order of con [...] | 2006-11-20 18:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1344 | MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...] | 2006-11-22 17:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1349 | SECRETARY AND CARICOM: BROAD DIALOGUE NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary Chertoff,s October 26 meeting with CARICOM representatives highlighted the potential for greater cooperation building on existing structures for Cricket World Cup 2007. CARICOM is happy to receive assistance for Cricket World Cup, and further collaboration on interdic [...] | 2006-11-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1358 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER PT 1 [...] Farewell BWIA, welcome Caribbean Airlines 2. Inflation - who's to blame? 3. Crushing blow to music pirates 4. Telecom - Digicel goes to court; Paltel drops out 5. HBO to plug Flow 6. T&T/India to sign BIT 7. U.S. consultants derailed 8. GOTT convenes smelter symposium, but... [...] | 2006-11-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELNT ETRD KIRP TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN137 | T&T PM MANNING SUPPORTIVE OF HAITI IN CARICOM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Austin met Interim Haitian Prime Minister Latortue and informed him of the desirability of immediately releasing Father Jean-Juste from prison. Ambassador also asked about the outcome of Latortue's meeting with Prime Minister Manning. Latortue stated that he would ca [...] | 2006-01-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM HA TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1372 | CONFERENCE PROMOTES CARIBBEAN ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION [...] Summary: Caribbean Energy Ministers met in Port of Spain September 6-8, 2006, at the "Energy and The Competitiveness of The Caribbean" conference to discuss opportunities for developing renewable energy to reduce the region's dependency on foreign oil. The goal of the conference was to illumin [...] | 2006-12-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EIND EINV CARICOM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1385 | SUDAN: URGING HOST GOVERNMENT'S ABSENCE FROM [...] On December 5, Polchief learned that MFA European Affairs Division Director Sandra Trotman was already in Khartoum for the December 7-8 ACP Summit meeting. Accordingly, we faxed selected Reftel talking points to the MFA for onward transmission to Miss Trotman. 2. Please note that all of M [...] | 2006-12-05 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI SU TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1388 | DEMARCHE: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR DEC 7TH UNGA OCEANS DEBATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1394 | DEALINE LOOMING ON APIS LEGISLATION [...] On December 5, Ambassador Austin delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, regarding the urgent need for enactment of legislation relative to the Advance Passenger Information System before December 25. In addition, the Ambassador raised the issue earlie [...] | 2006-12-07 18:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KJUS PGOV PREL TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN1430 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - NOV-DEC [...] Further BWIA-Caribbean Airlines Developments 2. Delta Airlines opens Atlanta-Port of Spain direct flights 3. Second Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) Named --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...] | 2006-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1431 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host countr [...] | 2006-12-18 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1432 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host countr [...] | 2006-12-18 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1445 | PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE:T&T RESPONSE [...] Ambassador Austin delivered the points contained in Reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, discussing them with the minister on three separate occasions. The Ambassador emphasized to Joseph the technical impossibility, at this late stage in the development of the software for [...] | 2006-12-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN152 | TRINIDAD: BI-WEEKLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] PM MANNING MEETS WITH HAITI'S INTERIM PRIME MINISTER 2. JAMAAT-AL-MUSLIMEEN LEADER TO STAND TRIAL FOR TERRORISM 3. OPPOSITION CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS 4. PRISONS OFFICER CHARGED 5. PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTION AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION (EBC) -- [...] | 2006-02-01 12:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN164 | T&T'S FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS CARICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gift previewed the agenda for the February 9-10 CARICOM Intersessional meeting. Gift expects PetroCaribe will generate significant debate at the meeting. He also anticipates that CARICOM's relations with Haiti will warm some after the meeting. Gift inquired ab [...] | 2006-02-02 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN165 | T&T FM GIFT POSITIVE ON UN REFORM [...] (U) Ambassador Austin met with Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift on February 1 to deliver the talking points on UN reform contained reftels. Poloff attended as notetaker, as did three representatives from the MFA's Multilateral Department. Out of the numerous points contained reftels, the discu [...] | 2006-02-02 19:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN203 | ATLANTIC LNG LAUNCHES PRODUCTION TRAIN 4 [...] SUMMARY: Atlantic LNG Train 4 has been officially launched. The train, a production facility with a capacity of 5.2 million tons (MT)/year, is the largest in the world. It will increase by 50 percent overall T&T production of LNG to 15 million MT, all of which presently is destined for U.S. [...] | 2006-02-13 17:46:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN204 | CARICOM ON CRICKET WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS [...] (U) Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada provided a mid-morning press briefing on February 9 during the CARICOM Inter-Sessional meeting on the state of play of Cricket World Cup (CWC) preparations and the status of West Indies cricket more generally. Mitchell opened by noting that West I [...] | 2006-02-13 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN217 | CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...] | 2006-02-14 20:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN229 | T&T'S UNC FRACTURING; PANDAY "ENFORCES" UNITY [...] (U) Trinidad and Tobago's opposition United National Congress (UNC) is increasingly in disarray. On February 10, Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday fired Senator Robin Montano, allegedly because he discussed internal party matters publicly. Montano strongly opposed Panday's apparent inte [...] | 2006-02-16 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN245 | UNC REARRANGES CHAIRS IN T&T'S PARLIAMENT [...] On February 14, the United National Congress (UNC) swore in two new Senators, Dr. Tim Gopeesingh and Ato Boldon to replace Robin Montano who was recently fired and Roy Augustus who recently resigned in protest (reftel). The new Senators received seats high up the line, bumping Sadiq Baksh an [...] | 2006-02-21 20:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN253 | "UNITY" RALLY WELCOMES MAHARAJ TO T&T'S UNC; [...] SUMMARY: The United National Congress (UNC) held a Unity Rally on February 19 to smooth over divisions in the party and to criticize the ruling People's National Movement. Former UNC Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj keynoted and received a warm welcome. In spite of fiery speeches, [...] | 2006-02-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SENV KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN261 | TRINIDAD LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY IPR CAMPAIGN [...] SUMMARY: The T&T government has launched an anti- piracy campaign. It will involve outreach to schools and media advertisements to the public. The launch during Carnival focuses attention on vending of pirated works and the damage it does to T&T recording artists whose creative work culminat [...] | 2006-02-24 15:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN267 | T&T FM AMENABLE TO SC MEMBERSHIP FOR GUATEMALA [...] (C) Ambassador called on Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, on March 1, to present him with Reftel talking points regarding Guatemala,s and Venezuela,s competing candidacies for election to the UN Security Council. The Ambassador began by acknowledging T&T,s own recent e [...] | 2006-03-01 20:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE UN TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN268 | TRINIDAD PETROLEUM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] The 2006 Trinidad & Tobago Petroleum Conference (TTPC),held on February 6-7 in Port of Spain, chose the theme "Harnessing the Gas Economy" to recognize the change in status of Trinidad and Tobago as an oil producing economy to a gas producing one. The conference, organized by the South Trini [...] | 2006-03-01 20:09:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EFIN TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN272 | T&T FM NONCOMMITTAL ON US-RECOMMENDED BEHAVIOR [...] (C) Ambassador called on Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, on March 1, to present him with Reftel talking points regarding official contact with representatives of the newly-elected Hamas government of the Palestinian Authority. The Ambassador noted the US and EU desi [...] | 2006-03-02 18:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
06PORTOFSPAIN294 | T&T CARNIVAL GENERALLY FREE FROM CRIME; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of National Security Martin Joseph noted that Carnival 2006 was relatively crime free, contrary to media speculation. He praised the law enforcement forces for their quick action to resolve the first kidnapping for ransom of the year. The Ministry utilized surveillan [...] | 2006-03-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN295 | TRINIDAD ABOUT-FACE ON PETROCARIBE AND CARICOM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trinidad's opposition to Petrocaribe softened at the February 9-10 CARICOM summit, as it agreed to lifting the CARICOM common external tariff so other member states could go ahead with their individual agreements with Venezuela. One reason why T&T acquiesced is its interest in jo [...] | 2006-03-08 18:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECIN TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN337 | GOTT'S CICTE VI DELEGATION [...] DCM and Political Officer delivered demarche contained reftel to Laura West, Head of the Americas Department in the MFA on March 6. Ms. West is our primary point of contact on CICTE issues in the MFA. The DCM emphasized USG support for the comprehensive nature of the draft Declaration of San [...] | 2006-03-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER OAS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN356 | T&T FRUSTRATED BY VENEZUELA BREAKING CICTE [...] (S) Ambassador delivered talking points contained reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph. Joseph is the outgoing chair of CICTE, and head of Trinidad and Tobago's CICTE delegation to the upcoming Bogota talks. Joseph (protect) spoke very candidly and expressed his extreme frus [...] | 2006-03-20 20:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | SECRET | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN357 | US PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: The U.S.-based National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ) partnered with the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service (TTPS) for their 5th annual training summit and cultural exchange in Trinidad and Tobago. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago funded this year's week-lo [...] | 2006-03-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN370 | T&T POLICE REFORM BILLS: PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's lower house of Parliament debated three bills, resulting from unusual government-opposition collaboration, aimed at reforming the police force in an effort to curb growing violent crime. The bills reconstitute the Police Complaints Authority as an indepe [...] | 2006-03-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM UK TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN371 | TOBAGO CRIME AND NARCOTICS ISSUES: LAID-BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The smaller, resort island of Tobago is relatively safer than the larger Trinidad. Understaffing, short tours of duty and a resort mentality, however, create a potential gap in GOTT counter narcotics efforts in Tobago. INL-funded computers are not being used because officers [...] | 2006-03-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN374 | TRINIDAD GOVERNMENT ALLEGES CORRUPTION IN [...] SUMMARY: The Attorney General of Trinidad & Tobago has declared that a water supply contract with desalination company Desalcott, in which GE has a 40% stake, should be terminated due to fraudulent and corrupt dealings in its negotiation during the late 1990s. The announcement came as the GOT [...] | 2006-03-24 19:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV PGOV KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN405 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH DOOKERAN ON CRIME, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 16:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN406 | 100 MURDERS IN 85 DAYS: T&T POLICE CANNOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred murders have been committed in Trinidad and Tobago in the first 85 days of 2006. Police officers attribute the problem to a combination of guns, drugs and gangs. Additionally, a track record of police incompetence and fears of repercussions keep civilians from wo [...] | 2006-03-31 18:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN411 | IS THE LAW CLOSING IN ON PANDAY? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The much-awaited corruption trial for UNC Party Chairman and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday's trial has begun. Panday is on trial for knowingly failing to disclose his interest in a London bank account as required by the Integrity in Public Life Act. Panday claimed he had no [...] | 2006-03-31 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN445 | EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN REVIEW OF CRICKET SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago is starting to seriously prepare for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC). Although we would like to assist, post operates in a complex assistance environment. The government is wealthy enough to purchase technology, but needs to invest further in its human reso [...] | 2006-04-10 19:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN462 | DHS CWC ASSESSMENT TEAM JUMP-STARTS T&T [...] (C) The Department of Homeland Security-funded Cricket World Cup assessment TEAM highlighted the need for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) to coordinate better with the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the form of its Local Organizing Committee (LOC). Fortunately, this trip [...] | 2006-04-13 17:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN486 | FM EVASIVE ON DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING [...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with Trinidad and Tobago,s Foreign Minister, Knowlson Gift, Ambassador Austin delivered reftel demarche requesting T&T to support the US protest against the Venezuela government-inspired attacks on US Ambassador Brownfield. 2. (C) Gift was emphatic in his response [...] | 2006-04-24 20:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER CARICOM VZ TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN488 | T&T LEADER OF OPPOSITION FOUND GUILTY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United National Congress Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday was found guilty on all three counts of knowingly making a false declaration of income and assets to the Integrity Commission. Panday has been incarcerated in the maximum security prison. Constitutionally, he wil [...] | 2006-04-25 11:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN489 | OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND - TRINIDAD [...] Post is pleased to comment on reftel report of a possible OPIC-supported investment fund. AIC has had a presence in T&T since 2003. We understand that it was founded and is controlled by Jamaican Michael Lee-Chin, now residing in Canada. In July 2005, Central Bank Governor Williams spoke at [...] | 2006-04-25 11:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC EFIN TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN501 | TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] (c) Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and Cuba enjoy cordial relations, and are co-members of the Association of Caribbean States. There are no substantial T&T investments in Cuba, and post is aware of no/no examples of trafficking in confiscated property or other assets. 2. (c) In the six months si [...] | 2006-04-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL TD CU |
06PORTOFSPAIN505 | PANDAY NO LONGER OPPOSITION LEADER; KAMLA STEPS UP [...] (U) Basdeo Panday is no longer Leader of the Opposition due to his April 24 conviction (reftel). The Office of the President issued a notice midday on April 25 removing Panday from his position as Leader of the Opposition as he can no longer legally function as a member of parliament. 2. [...] | 2006-04-26 19:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN521 | UNC EXECUTIVE: PNM'S OUT TO GET US, BUT PANDAY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 25 meeting with Political Section officers, the United National Congress (UNC) executive indicated their belief that former Leader of the Opposition Panday's conviction and sentence is another sign of Government harassment and abuse of the Opposition. They detailed [...] | 2006-04-28 17:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN529 | JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Energy dominated the visit of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller to Trinidad April 24-26. Regional crime, drug trafficking and security concerns relating to the 2007 Cricket World Cup also figured in discussions she had with T&T PM Patrick Manning. No new agreements came [...] | 2006-04-28 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD PREL TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN530 | PANDAY GRANTED BAIL; DOOKERAN TAKES A BACK BENCH; [...] (SBU) Justice Anthony Carmona of the Port of Spain 6th Criminal Court granted bail to former Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday on April 28. Panday spent four nights in the Golden Grove Maximum Security detention center while his bail application worked its way through the system. Carmo [...] | 2006-04-28 21:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN562 | POST AGAIN RAISES SOFA REQUEST WITH MFA [...] (SBU) During a May 3 meeting on other topics with Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, Charge again raised Embassy Port of Spain's longstanding and often-repeated request to the GOTT for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the USG. Charge told Gift that the US is well aware of the GOTT's opp [...] | 2006-05-05 16:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN568 | CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...] | 2006-05-08 19:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN583 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following units and divisions of Trinidad and Tobago for violations of human rights. Post has no derogatory information on file. 2. Information on identified participating units as provided by Military Liaison Office (commanding [...] | 2006-05-10 17:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN587 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#2-06) [...] U.S. company signs MOU for ethylene complex ------------------------------------------ Texas-based Westlake Chemical plans to build a US$1.5 billion ethylene plant in T&T. Westlake CEO Albert Chao signed a memorandum of understanding with Energy Minister Lenny Saith on April 18 for the plan [...] | 2006-05-10 19:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV EIND TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN590 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY PART 1 [...] Inflation continues with little change ------------------------------------------ The inflation rate in T&T was running at an annual rate in March of 6.6 percent, according to T&T Central Bank figures. While this was only slightly higher than 6.5 percent in February, there is still no sign of [...] | 2006-05-11 15:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EAIR EFIN TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN602 | PASTOR HINN'S SECOND COMING TESTS T&T'S [...] SUMMARY: Controversial Pentecostal Pastor Benny Hinn is scheduled for a second trip to Trinidad and Tobago in May. His "Miracle Mission" has occasioned significant dispute in the press, with Hindu leader Sat Maharaj using his media outlets to question Hinn's ministry as a sort of revenge fo [...] | 2006-05-15 18:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN615 | T&T BACCHANAL: CHIEF JUSTICE ACCUSED OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, Satnarine Sharma, stands accused of attempting to influence the outcome of the Panday Integrity Commission case (reftel). Given the seriousness of the situation, PM Manning canceled his trip to Europe for two high-level summits. Info [...] | 2006-05-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN618 | PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM [...] (C) Political officer met with Imtiaz Ali, organizer of the Caribbean Muslim Forum (CMF),on May 15. Ali mentioned that initial planning was for this year's CMF to be held Easter weekend, to establish a pattern following the 2005 CMF, but that due to difficulties with organizing it for April [...] | 2006-05-19 15:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KISL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN662 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: APPROACH TO TRINIDAD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR WTRO TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN663 | WTO WAIVER FOR CBTPA BENEFICIARIES [...] A/DCM delivered points from reftel on June 1 to Razia Ali, MFA Director for International Trade. Ali appreciated the fact that we were approaching other beneficiary countries of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Ali had raise [...] | 2006-06-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO OAS TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN666 | HURRICANE SEASON PLANNING - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] Embassy Port of Spain primary and alternate Mission Disaster Relief Officers are as follows: Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) --------------------------------------- A. David Miller Economic Chief Tour Ends: July 2006 Tel: (868) 622-6371, Ext. 2112-work Tel: (868) 632-8592-home [...] | 2006-06-01 20:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI SENV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN670 | U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN DELIVERED TO TRINIDAD [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel message to Prime Minister Manning in a June 1 meeting. A/DCM accompanied Ambassador. We had attempted to get time with the PM on May 31 without success. Ambassador did not share text of points, but gave Manning a copy of the Secretary's statement from the State [...] | 2006-06-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN671 | OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...] | 2006-06-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL XL TD MX |
06PORTOFSPAIN672 | OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...] | 2006-06-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL XL TD MX |
06PORTOFSPAIN676 | AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF WINSTON DOOKERAN'S PROSPECTS [...] (C) On May 26, Political Chief and Political Officer met for two hours with Robin Montano, the former Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Senator who had been fired earlier in the year by then Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday as part of the internecine strife within the party. Montano i [...] | 2006-06-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN677 | GUATEMALA'S UNSC CANDIDACY - APPROACH TO TRINIDAD [...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Manning June 1 to discuss ref A. A/DCM accompanied the Ambassador at the meeting. No paper was left behind. 2. (C) Ambassador informed Manning that we had heard earlier (ref B) that T&T had a favorable view of Guatemala's qualifications to be a cand [...] | 2006-06-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN690 | CWC ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: DETAILS WOULD BE [...] (U) Political Officer delivered the demarche contained reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Multilateral Affairs Desk and Protocol Office (as each office has a hand due to how this assistance is proposed to be delivered),and passed a copy to the Office of the Prime Minist [...] | 2006-06-05 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER OAS XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN698 | CARICOM URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEED [...] Acting Foreign Minister Danny Montano summoned the Ambassador to a meeting on June 6 to deliver a letter from Prime Minister Patrick Manning to President Bush (text of letter below). Political Officer accompanied the Ambassador. The letter echoes the sentiments of the letter sent by Barbado [...] | 2006-06-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PTER SNAR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN701 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY PART 2 [...] T&T going with the "Flow" -------------------------- Local cable company Columbus Communications has re- branded its services with the launch of Flow, a new digital system incorporating the "triple play" service of cable, high-speed Internet and telephone service. Columbus expects to give i [...] | 2006-06-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECPS EFIN KIPR KFLU SENV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN727 | T&T ISLAMIC EXTREMIST CLAIMS SECRET DEAL WITH [...] Yasin Abu Bakr, the jailed leader of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen (JAM),an extremist Islamic group, recently filed an affidavit as part of his defense case for the February 6 government filing that identified JAM lands to be confiscated to satisfy Bakr's debt to the State [...] | 2006-06-12 20:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN735 | T&T ACTIVELY CONSIDERING STATUTE AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 19:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ICRC TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN736 | T&T CHIEF JUSTICE SCANDAL CONTINUES [...] The furor over allegations that Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma, sought to improperly influence Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicols in the Panday corruption case (reftel) has not died down. Police investigations, including searches of the Chief Justice's office, are ongoi [...] | 2006-06-13 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN74 | T&T MINISTRY OF LABOR ON OSHA REVISIONS AND [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Mr. Devnath Roopnarine, Chief Inspector of the Occupational Health and Safety Division in the Ministry of Labor to discuss the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Roopnarine explained that the OSHA has had a long history under three differen [...] | 2006-01-13 19:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN767 | CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM IN T&T [...] (U) The 2006 Caribbean Muslim Forum took place at the Trinidad campus of the University of the West Indies on June 18-19. Pol intern attended forum. Approximately 40-50 people attended, most from Trinidad but with a handful from throughout the region. The crowd was made up of about 2/3 East [...] | 2006-06-22 18:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER KISL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN783 | NEW T&T POLITICAL PARTY LOOKS TO DOOKERAN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gerald Yetming, Member of Parliament formerly with the United National Congress has forged a new political party out of three small, struggling parties. The new party, the Democratic National Alliance, has been formed in Opposition UNC Political Leader "(Winston) Dookeran's ima [...] | 2006-06-28 20:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN786 | WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS - TRINIDAD [...] Econ Chief delivered message in reftel to Razia Ali, MFA International Trade Director. In reacting to talking points on tariff levels, Ali said T&T already had average tariffs that were comparable to those in industrialized countries. She recalled that the average T&T tariff had been less th [...] | 2006-06-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN787 | PARAGUAY TO MEET CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ON WTO [...] A brief AP story appeared in the June 28 Trinidad Express business supplement regarding Paraguay and the waiver in the World Trade Organization (reftels) for countries enjoying benefits of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). The article, reporting on a recent meeting in Guyana, [...] | 2006-06-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO EAID TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN806 | UNC EXECUTIVE/DOOKERAN DIVORCE ALMOST FINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 28, the UNC Executive passed a motion of no confidence in UNC Political Leader Winston Dookeran and dismissed three of his leading supporters. Dookeran was unmoved, as he continued his campaign trek around the country in an effort to rally UNC and broader voter support in [...] | 2006-07-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN807 | T&T MFA ON UPCOMING UN ISSUES [...] (C) Political Officer and Political Assistant/Reader met with Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ms. Roanna Gopaul, on July 5 to discuss the UN Security Council election. Gopaul indicated that T&T had not yet decided between Guatemala and Venezuela, and was well aware of the U.S. posit [...] | 2006-07-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA SMIG XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN808 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE [...] Desalcott chairman charged with fraud ---------------------------------------- After four years of investigations into alleged corruption in the US$120 million Trinidad desalination plant, Desalcott executive chairman Hafeez Karamath has been arrested on fraud charges. In January 2005, inves [...] | 2006-07-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELTN KFLU TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN809 | EXTRAORDINARY COOPERATION FROM T&T ON MOVING [...] (C) On June 29, Suriname expelled Guyanese national Roger Shaheed Khan from prison. Suriname arrested Khan for drug and weapons charges, but determined to expel him from the country after determining that he was in the country illegally and that their case against him was "insufficient." Th [...] | 2006-07-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN810 | T&T PRESIDENT'S JULY 4 MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 17:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN814 | ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR T&T CANINE ACADEMY [...] The Trinidad and Tobago Homicide Squad put a canine- in-training at the INL-supported T&T Canine Academy through his paces on July 6. After watching "Red" perform training exercises at the academy, the Squad requested that he search a wooded, mountainous area near Morvant, to the east of Por [...] | 2006-07-07 19:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR MCAP TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN841 | T&T MFA ON CARICOM'S UNSC CANDIDATE CRITERIA [...] (C) Political Officer met with Ms. Sandra Honore, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs CARICOM division on July 13. She stated, in no uncertain terms, that the CARICOM communique issued after the St. Kitts Heads of Government Meeting in early July outlines a clear set of criteria that any [...] | 2006-07-14 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN848 | GAO VISITS TRINIDAD TO STUDY MARITIME ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),Homeland Security and Justice Team, visited Trinidad June 19-23 to observe the security of energy transport infrastructure into the United States. Through meetings with ministry officials, including the T&T Coast G [...] | 2006-07-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AGAO EPET EWWT PINS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN849 | IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY DETAILS CARICOM CWC [...] (C) According to Lancelot Sellman, Director of CARICOM's Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS),the decisions made at the July 3 Heads of Government meeting will allow Cricket World Cup (CWC) security preparations to move forward at full speed. He clarified the establishment o [...] | 2006-07-18 11:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CVIS KCRM CARICOM XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN863 | TRINIDAD/VENEZUELA CLOSER TO TREATY ON USE OF [...] (U) The June 19 edition of daily paper "Trinidad & Tobago Newsday" reported on a Ministry of Foreign Affairs release that addressed a future agreement between the governments of T&T and Venezuela on shared gas reserves. Full text of the release follows in next paragraph. 2. (U) Begin Text [...] | 2006-07-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECIN PREL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN867 | T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...] | 2006-07-24 11:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN868 | T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...] | 2006-07-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN882 | YASIN ABU BAKR RELEASED ON BAIL IN T&T [...] Yasin Abu Bakr, head of the Jamaat Al-Muslimeen (JAM) group responsible for the failed 1990 coup attempt, received bail on July 14. Bakr, the first person to be charged under T&T's anti-terrorism statue, had been denied bail on two previous attempts due to the seriousness of the charges. Th [...] | 2006-07-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KISL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN884 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JULY, PART 1 [...] Caribbean Star/Sun expanding operations in T&T --------------------------------------------- ------- To better support an expansion in service from Trinidad, Caribbean Star Airlines has established a new crew base and maintenance facility at Piarco Airport in Port of Spain. The new crew bas [...] | 2006-07-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAIR EIND KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN920 | SCENESETTER FOR DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO T&T [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Secretary Chertoff, my team and I look forward to welcoming you to Trinidad and Tobago. T&T is a major political and economic player in the region, and your visit will help underscore the importance we plac [...] | 2006-08-03 18:18:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OVIP ASEC CARICOM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN922 | CHIEF JUSTICE CASE HEADED TO LONDON [...] (U) T&T continues to be captivated by the convoluted Chief Justice criminal case (ref A). Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma stands accused of perverting the course of justice by inappropriately influencing the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposi [...] | 2006-08-04 18:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN931 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 15-31 [...] Alcoa clears another hurdle 2. Alcoa partners with Bechtel 3. Laqtel launching soon 4. IMF calls for spending cuts in T&T 5. T&T leads economic growth in the region 6. Possible privatization for BWIA ------------------------------ Â [...] | 2006-08-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAVI ECON EIND EPET ETRD TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN957 | GOTT SILENT ON UNSC 1701 [...] On August 14, we faxed to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Susan Gordon UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and accompanying talking points, as specified in the August 12 demarche request. When we asked Gordon on August 15 for her reaction, she said she had not had an opportunity to read the [...] | 2006-08-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN958 | MFA STILL UNDECIDED ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY [...] On August 15, PolChief and PolAsst met with MFA Multilateral Affairs Division Director Susan Gordon and Senior Multilateral Affairs Officer Roanna Gopaul. Among other topics, we delivered the August 9 demarche(reftel)requesting confirmation of what the department reported as T&T's commitment [...] | 2006-08-16 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN972 | T&T NOT AFTER CARICOM SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA has corrected a recent press report implying a T&T push for a regional Caricom seat on the Security Council. However, we believe a T&T bid to fill an upcoming UNSC vacancy would not be surprising. According to the Guatemalan Charge here, T&T has decided to support Guate [...] | 2006-08-17 12:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CARICOM TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN974 | NEW CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF FOR T&T [...] According to press reports, T&T President George Maxwell Richards will promote Colonel Edmund Dillon to the rank of Brigadier General, on August 15, thereby officially making him Chief of Defense Staff. Dillon, who has been acting Chief of Defense staff, will succeed Brigadier General Ancil A [...] | 2006-08-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR PINR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN977 | TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST 1-15 [...] Japanese Minister announces plans to invest in T&T 2. Roof tile manufacturer opens for production 3. Central Bank raises 'Repo' rate to 7.50 4. T&T building costs on the rise 5. MoU signed on sea laws for fisheries company --------------------------------------------- -------- Â [...] | 2006-08-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EFIS EIND EINV ETRD TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1009 | Demarche on U.S. Draft Resolution on Condemning Rape as an [...] (SBU) PolCouns met October 2 with Delia Chatoor of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division and presented reftel demarche. Without committing to the specific resolution, Ms. Chatoor noted the GOTT supported the intention of the draft. She added that she would forward the text to the Attorney Ge [...] | 2007-10-05 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1019 | SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PRE-ASSESSMENT VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On behalf of Embassy Port of Spain, I look forward to welcoming your delegation to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) October 10-12. The Ambassador unfortunately is out of the country but also wishes to express his [...] | 2007-10-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EPET SENV PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1030 | ELECTIONS: THREE WEEKS TO GO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning dissolved Parliament on September 28, calling elections for November 5. His PeopleQs National Movement (PNM) comes into the race with several advantages, but also faces dissension in its ranks and public weariness over its continuance in office. The PNM [...] | 2007-10-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1031 | OAS LABOR MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECENT WORK AS THE CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE XV INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML) IN PORT OF SPAIN SEPTEMBER 11-13 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND LABOR OBJECTIVES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO BE REINFORCED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AMONG LABOR MINISTERS, I [...] | 2007-10-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI OAS XK XL XM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1047 | ELECTIONS: FRENETIC CAMPAIGNING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The past week has seen continued frenetic campaigning as Trinidad and Tobago's three major political parties jockey for position in advance of the November 5 vote. With two weeks to go, Prime Minister Manning's ruling People's National Movement (PNM) party remains the favorit [...] | 2007-10-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1062 | DEMARCHWE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 19:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1063 | DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 19:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1064 | DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION [...] (SBU) PolOff met October 22 with Ms. Delia Chatoor of the Multilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reviewed points in reftel. Ms. Chatoor replied that Trinidad and Tobago,s own small Amerindian community had recently become more vocal, and that a week dedicated to [...] | 2007-10-24 19:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1065 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff met October 22 with Delia Chatoor of the Multilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and presented the points in ref a. Regarding the request to oppose &no-action8 motions in order to permit full debate on serious human rights issue raised within the Third C [...] | 2007-10-24 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1074 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 19:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETRD PHUM TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1077 | ELECTIONS: TEN DAYS TO GO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's citizens are experiencing high intensity campaigning with only ten days until the elections, and seem convinced that this vote will have long-lasting implications. The ruling People's National Movement (PNM) seems confident of victory and a growing number [...] | 2007-10-26 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1079 | ELECTIONS: MORE VIOLENCE THAN USUAL, ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: An opposition Congress of the People candidate was attacked and injured in front of his campaign office October 27. Political leaders across the spectrum condemned the attack, but differed on its motives. Police are investigating and have promised to do all they can to protec [...] | 2007-10-29 17:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1082 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS' SICK-OUT AFFECTING INTERNATIONAL [...] Flights in and out of Trinidad and Tobago were disrupted between Thursday October 25 and Sunday October 28 when air traffic controllers called in sick to protest a lack of progress in wage negotiations for the 2004-2007 contract period. The controllers came back on the job at 11 p.m. Sunday ni [...] | 2007-10-29 18:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB OTRA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1083 | REITERATION OF DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1086 | ILO/USDOL HIV/AIDS IN THE WORKPLACE PROJECT MOVING AHEAD IN [...] SUMMARY: ILO representatives were optimistic about progress as they completed the midterm assessment of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Trinidad and Tobago HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program. After initial delays, new commitment and buy-in from the Ministry of Labor has resulted [...] | 2007-11-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI TBIO TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1099 | PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions in ref A. Questions in ref B were previously answered in ref C. Watch listing ---------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) maintains both an &alert list8 of individuals who should be immediately detained upon entry and a [...] | 2007-11-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER TD KHLS |
07PORTOFSPAIN1100 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WILL NOT ATTEND CD MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1105 | Elections: And the Winner is... [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling People's National Movement (PNM),the United National Congress (UNC) and the Congress of the People (COP) are campaigning feverishly, especially for marginal seats, in advance of the November 5 elections. Major rallies will be held November 3 (the Rev. Jesse Jackson r [...] | 2007-11-02 20:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1106 | Elections: And the Winner is... [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling People's National Movement (PNM),the United National Congress (UNC) and the Congress of the People (COP) are campaigning feverishly, especially for marginal seats, in advance of the November 5 elections. Major rallies will be held November 3 (the Rev. Jesse Jackson r [...] | 2007-11-02 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1111 | CORRUPTION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is concern in Trinidad and Tobago over alleged corruption in the public and private sectors. This is a black mark for the ruling People's National Movement (PNM) and an impediment to Prime Minister Patrick Manning's goal of achieving developed country status by 2020. Tra [...] | 2007-11-06 12:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN EPET TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1113 | PNM WINS NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Led by Prime Minister Patrick Manning, the People's National Movement (PNM) scored a convincing victory November 5, winning 26 of 41 seats in Parliament. The United National Congress (UNC) won the remaining 15, with the newly formed Congress of the People (COP) being "blanked." [...] | 2007-11-06 20:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1119 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. RESOLUTION ON RAPE [...] (U) Pol Chief met Multilateral Affairs Director Susan Gordon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs November 7, presented the background, talking points and list of U.S. compromises to date, and urged that GOTT's delegation vote in favor of the resolution, including the provision that the Secretar [...] | 2007-11-07 20:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN PHUM SOCI TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1126 | DEMARCHE ON COMPROMISE RESOLUTION ON RAPE [...] (U) Pol Chief met with Jerome Joseph in the Multilateral Affairs Division of the MFA and urged him to have the GOTT instruct its delegation at the United Nations to co-sponsor the resolution condemning rape and to vote against any amendments, and to vote for adoption of the resolution without [...] | 2007-11-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN PHUM SOCI UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1137 | COMPROMISE RESOLUTION ON RAPE: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 17:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN PHUM SOCI UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1139 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WILL ABSTAIN ON THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1150 | DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 18:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1151 | BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning's new cabinet includes a number of new faces, some members of his former cabinet who have been given different portfolios, and two who have retained their old ministries. The cabinet is noteworthy for the number of women the PM has placed in posi [...] | 2007-11-23 18:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1154 | CABLE TV PIRACY ENDS (ALMOST) IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) With the signing of a content agreement October 30, Trinidad's main cable company Flow and HBO-Latin America ended years of controversy about cable TV piracy in Trinidad. Starting December 1, Flow will pay for HBO-LA programming and discontinue unlicensed premium movie broadcast [...] | 2007-11-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN1156 | TRINIDAD REQUESTS USG HELP WITH CABLE TV PROVIDERS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. With the successful conclusion of licensing negotiations between Trinidad's main cable TV company Flow and U.S. company HBO-LA (reftel),the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has asked Flow to conclude licensing [...] | 2007-11-27 19:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1159 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S TAKE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy-rich Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is not the typical tourism-dependant, energy importing Caribbean nation, and at the upcoming UN Climate Change conference, its position may be less defined than that of its neighbors. With its industrial base and high per capita greenhouse g [...] | 2007-11-29 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1165 | UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) This cable contains updated information for required reporting under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) concerning child labor in Trinidad and Tobago (TT). A. Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) has ratified I [...] | 2007-11-30 16:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1167 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...] | 2007-11-30 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1171 | DEMARCHE ON THE ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Pol Chief met December 3 with MFA Multilateral Affairs official Kathleen Seenarine to promote the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Seenarine said the GOTT would consider the Prosper candidacy and would notify the Embassy in e [...] | 2007-12-03 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1172 | DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) PolChief met December 3 with MFA Multilateral Affairs official Kathleen Seenarine presented ref (a) points, requesting the GOTT vote against, or at least abstain, on Resolutions 61/22, 61/23, and 61/116. PolChief especially emphasized the resolution mentioned in ref (b),urging, at a m [...] | 2007-12-03 19:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1176 | DEMARCHE IN UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1187 | GOTT ACKNOWLEDGES CNIES MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 19:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL SNAR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1202 | EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-19 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL |
07PORTOFSPAIN1203 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#3-07) [...] bpTT, Energy Minister comment on Gazprom rumor 2. Gas audit: proven reserves down to 12 years 3. T&T Energy Conference charts policy directions 4. Chile joins the LNG queue 5. Uganda seeks T&T help to manage oil/gas reserves 6. Experimental methanol power plant commissioned 7. BG explor [...] | 2007-12-19 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1204 | DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST UNREGISTERED FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 18:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CJAN KJUS PREL VE AR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1205 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: SERIOUS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: With Christmas and the February 2008 Carnival season approaching, Trinidad and Tobago is gripped by fear of crime, which, fueled by media frenzy, is perceived as out of control. Many complain that the GOTT is powerless to do anything, or is unconcerned, criticizing the perform [...] | 2007-12-20 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1206 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - [...] Prime Minister on Climate Change 2. Central Bank Governor on inflation, currency value 3. Rising food prices 4. Laqtel fined by TATT 5. Increasing tourism traffic on Tobago 6. Trinidadian appointed UNEP Assistant SecGen  [...] | 2007-12-21 18:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KGHG EIND ETRD EWWT ECPS KHIV |
07PORTOFSPAIN138 | AMID THE TRAGEDY OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN T&T, A TROUBLED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN152 | PETROLEUM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES CONFRONTING T&T OIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Oil and gas companies operating in Trinidad & Tobago outlined aggressive programs to develop proven reserves in their presentations at the T&T Petroleum Conference, but several speakers raised concern that exploration may not be keeping pace with gas utilization. Energy Minister [...] | 2007-02-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV EFIN TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN168 | TRINIDAD CEDES ENERGY SUPPLIER ROLE TO VENEZUELA WHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT Foreign Minister Piggott made local headlines with a statement that Venezuela has replaced Trinidad & Tobago as the dominant energy supplier to the Caribbean. Piggott also announced that T&T and Venezuela initialed a framework unitization agreement for cross-border natural [...] | 2007-02-23 19:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECIN PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN2 | AMCHAM CONFERENCE LOOKS AT T&T'S NON-ENERGY SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EFIN EIND ELAB TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN21 | SETBACK FOR ALCOA SMELTER IN TRINIDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of controversy about plans to construct aluminum smelters in Trinidad and a day-long national symposium to discuss the development of a national aluminum industry, Prime Minister Manning announced Christmas Eve that the GOTT was discontinuing plans for the industria [...] | 2007-01-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EMIN SENV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN233 | T&T MEDIA FIRES BACK ON JAMAICA LNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The media dogfight between Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago over liquefied natural gas has escalated in response to Jamaican private sector calls for retaliation against trade with T&T. Tensions between the two CARICOM members have implications for momentum on regional integration [...] | 2007-03-15 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECIN PREL CARICOM JM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN236 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY [...] PM announces "Full Employment" 2. Inflation Continues Downward Trend 3. Central Bank Bond Issue Oversubscribed 4. Smelter Saga Continues 5. Amended OSHA debuts U.S. affiliate charged 6. Music pirates keel-hauled 7. Opposition questions U.K. consulting firm ties to CAL CEO, role [...] | 2007-03-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ECPS EFIN EIND ELNT KIRP TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN277 | DEMARCHE: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 18:46:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ZI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN281 | COURT OF APPEAL QUASHES CONVICTION OF FORMER P.M. BASDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Court of Appeal Judge Margot Warner, quashed the conviction and sentence pending against former Prime Minister and current interim Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Basdeo Panday. Warner ordered a retrial for reasons of a possible conflict of in [...] | 2007-03-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN299 | T&T PM MANNING MEETS CHAVEZ, SIGNS GAS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Patrick Manning met with BRV President Hugo Chavez for four hours on March 20 and signed a framework unitization agreement, a key step toward joint development of substantial cross-border gas fields. Manning also used the meeting as an opportunity to propose br [...] | 2007-03-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN320 | FIFTH ANNUAL SONG AND VERSE CONTEST FOCUSES ON IPR [...] (U) SUMMARY: One year after the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) launched its first anti-piracy campaign, two GOTT ministries and a local NGO The Heroes Foundation joined the Embassy to co-sponsor an Intellectual Property Rights-themed Ambassador's Song and Verse Contest. Nearly 3,000 [...] | 2007-04-02 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN336 | DEMARCHE SENT REGARDING DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KNEP IR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN353 | EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF [...] On April 11, El Salvador became the latest country to open an embassy in Port of Spain, following Spain's inauguration of its presence here in November 2006 and the establishment of South Africa's mission in December 2006. This brings the total number of foreign missions resident in Port of S [...] | 2007-04-13 18:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ES TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN355 | EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 18:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ES TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN362 | T&T TO BE WELL REPRESENTED AT US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL [...] At the April 12 weekly post-cabinet meeting press conference, Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott announced publicly that Prime Minister Patrick Manning and he will be attending the June 19-21 US-Caricom Conference in Washington. Piggott was familiar with the proposed objectives and notional agend [...] | 2007-04-13 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL OAS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN389 | T&T PRIME MINISTER SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with CODEL Engel, Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Manning voiced frustration that Washington has not engaged on his bilateral economic and security proposals, and he complained about Article 98 and low margins on LNG sales to the U.S. CODEL members ag [...] | 2007-04-20 19:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET ETRD MARR SNAR VE TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN393 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH [...] Tobago Land License for Foreigners 2. Far East Co-operation in Trade & Investment 3. GOTT committed to FTAA 4. Fishy concerns 5. T&T gets Water Pollution Rules 6. U.S. company to build Caustic Soda plant 7. Essar Steel plant approved 8. T&T Bird Flu ready 9. VAT removed on [...] | 2007-04-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD KFLU TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN436 | T&T NOT WILLING TO ASSIST NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (C) Embassy Port of Spain believes the GOTT would not respond favorably to any USG requests for troops to supplement the coalition forces in Iraq. This country has historically been opposed to sending its troops, however few in number, on military missions overseas and, even within the regio [...] | 2007-05-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MAS MOPS PREL PTER TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN456 | VENEZUELA WITHDRAWS T&T INVITATION TO SOUTH AMERICAN ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: After first inviting Prime Minister Patrick Manning to a South American energy summit in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez unexpectedly withdrew the invitation on April 17, attributing the disinvitation to a lack of consensus among the summit participants regarding arrangements for Manning's [...] | 2007-05-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PGOV VZ TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN480 | GOTT UNHCR VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN489 | T&T WILL SUPPORT BELARUS FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] MFA Multilateral Affairs Division Director Margaret Rousseau told Polchief, on May 16, that T&T has already made a commitment to Belarus to support its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, along with the candidacy of Slovenia. She claimed the GOTT had made this commitment &last week som [...] | 2007-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN494 | IMF OFFERS PRAISE AND WARNINGS TO CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While commending strong Caribbean growth and responsible fiscal and monetary policies, visiting IMF officials urged regional governments to adopt proactive measures to reduce current account deficits and public debt while economies are strong. They also recommended eliminating ta [...] | 2007-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ECIN PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN495 | T&T LAUNCHES WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago is embarking on an eight-year, US$4.4 billion upgrade of its water and wastewater treatment infrastructure. While the initial consulting contract went to Canadian firm GENIVAR, the overall program offers significant commercial opportunities for U.S. firms. END SU [...] | 2007-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO BEXP EIND SENV ECON TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN517 | RESPONDING TO PRIME MINISTER MANNING'S BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: When Prime Minister Manning visits Washington for the Caribbean 20/20 Conference in June, he will bring with him a series of bilateral proposals on trade, tax policy, and narcotics interdiction that he has been raising consi [...] | 2007-05-24 21:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN MARR SNAR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN518 | T&T RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE EITHER VENEZUELA OR IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador Austin,s demarche on the expanding relationship between Venezuela and Iran, Foreign Minister Piggott was strictly neutral, saying that T&T is primarily interested in the maintenance of peace and the solution of all conflicts through dialogue. He implied [...] | 2007-05-24 21:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR VZ PM AR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN52 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN53 | TIC FOLLOW UP - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT trade officials were disappointed that the October meeting of the US-CARICOM Trade and Investment Council meeting did not address future access to the U.S. market for CARICOM goods, but they welcomed USG interest in following up the October meeting. They reacted coolly to t [...] | 2007-01-18 19:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN541 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...] | 2007-06-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN545 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GOVERNMENT REACTS TO JFK TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning requested a meeting with Ambassador Austin June 4 to pledge continued assistance in all law enforcement and legal matters to fight terror, including efforts to extradite two of the JFK bomb plotters currently being held in Trinidad. Manning had a [...] | 2007-06-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CVIS TT |
07PORTOFSPAIN554 | TRINIDAD'S CABLE TV PIRACY DISPUTE HEATS UP [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In the latest skirmish in the long-standing Trinidad and Tobago cable TV piracy wars, HBO-Latin America launched a media blitz May 9 accusing Trinidad's cable provider Flow of ongoing cable piracy and failing to negotiate in good faith to purchase cable feeds legally. Flow respo [...] | 2007-06-06 18:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN556 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-07) [...] LNG production down 25% 2. GE opens LNG service center 3. "T&T Gas to Barbados by 2009" 4. BG/Chevron sign gas supply deal with NGC 5. BG confirms small gas find 6. Petrotrin profits down 7. Petrotrin offshore platforms shut down 8. TOFCO labor woes ----------------------- LNG PRO [...] | 2007-06-06 18:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND EINV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN590 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO WANTS U.S. WORLD BANK NOMINEE TO WORK FOR [...] (U) Post conveyed request for GOTT to support U.S. nominee for President of the World Bank Robert B. Zoellick to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Alison Lewis, who serves as alternate governor of the Bank for Trinidad & Tobago (T&T),on June 4. [...] | 2007-06-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN642 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY [...] CA adds flights to Caribbean and North America --------------------------------------------- ----- Caribbean Airlines will increase seat capacity to the Caribbean and North America by 25 percent. CA will fly double daily frequencies to New York four days a week, maintaining daily service fo [...] | 2007-07-02 18:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECPS EIND EINV SENV SOCI TD EAGR |
07PORTOFSPAIN643 | TRINIDAD'S EITI IMPLEMENTATION IS ON HOLD [...] (SBU) This is an action request for State/EEB/ESC - see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOTT has reportedly done the groundwork to prepare Trinidad & Tobago's candidacy for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),but the effort came to a stop in mid-2006, when Cabinet [...] | 2007-07-02 18:52:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN648 | 2007 REPORT FOR BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to our survey, twelve Trinidad-based companies reported US$793 million in investment generating an estimated US$1.0 billion in exports to the US under CBERA/CBTPA. CBERA preferences have contributed to rapid growth of petrochemicals, ethanol, and selected manufacturing [...] | 2007-07-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN652 | SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...] | 2007-07-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN657 | SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...] | 2007-07-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN666 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: T&T RESPONDS [...] On July 5, Ramesh Lutchmedial, Director General of Civil Aviation in Trinidad and Tobago, told Econoff that he supports the USG position on environmental emissions and not the E.U.'s Emissions Trading Scheme for aviation emissions. He offered his general support for the U.S. proposals from ref [...] | 2007-07-06 17:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN681 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 3, poloff faxed and subsequently hand-delivered demarche per reftel to Laura West, Director, Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On July 6, another copy was faxed to Gerard Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed p [...] | 2007-07-09 17:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN689 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 12, Poloff spoke with Gerald Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed Poloff that his Ministry had received the Diplomatic Note and was in the process of consulting with the relevant authorities. 2. Thompson added, "The longstandi [...] | 2007-07-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN718 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY [...] GOTT-PCS Nitrogen Partner on Model Farm 2. Cuban farmers to help set up farms 3. US$8M for Trinidad disaster preparedness 4. Inflation continues to decline 5. TSTT, Flow sign interconnect agreement 6. India invests in T&T 7. Non-energy investors hard to find 8. T&T opens trade [...] | 2007-07-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ECPS EINV ETRD SENV TD EAGR |
07PORTOFSPAIN744 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY PART 1 [...] Tsunami Warning training for Caribbean/Latin America 2. Caribbean Airlines to be privatized 3. More TV stations coming 4. T&T/Barbados fishing agreement one step closer 5. Tobago says 'All the fish/flying fish gone' 6. HBO announces new Caribbean Channel 7. Stiff penalties f [...] | 2007-07-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ECPS EFIS EINV ETRD KIPR SENV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN750 | CAL on air transport liberalization, regional integration [...] Summary: Newly hired CAL executives professed enthusiasm for regional air transport liberalization, including an Open Skies agreement with the U.S., at a recent CAL event. CAL's position on regional air integration or cooperation is less clear; while the CAL executives supported the idea of c [...] | 2007-07-31 19:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN772 | ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP CELEBRATES 1990 ATTEMPTED [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 27, the 17 annual wreath-laying ceremony occurred outside the Red House (Parliament) with Prime Minister Manning conspicuous by his absence. A former Minister with the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR),the then governing party, complained publicly that no one r [...] | 2007-08-06 17:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PTER TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN786 | TRINIDAD'S INL CANINE ACADEMY PROGRAM: AN [...] SUMMARY: On August 3, the Trinidad and Tobago Canine Academy held their most recent graduation for 9 new officers and canines. In addition, the national newspapers showcased the academy on June 14 and 15. This new unit of the T&T Police Service was established with the assistance of post's I [...] | 2007-08-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN820 | T&T ENCOURAGED BY WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's participant at the July 9 White House Conference on the Americas was enthusiastic about the conference as a morale boost and supported the idea of more regionally-based or subject-specific events in the future. T&T along with other Caribbean countries would bene [...] | 2007-08-14 17:46:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM KPAO TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN826 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY PART 2 [...] T&T economy scores with IMF 2. Inflation continues to decline 3. Tobago inflation also down 4. Chinese labor for yet another construction project 5. Marginal increase in electricity rates 6. T&T should prepare for Africa, Middle East trade  [...] | 2007-08-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ENGR ETRD TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN838 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] The following stories are mainly from media reporting and represent issues of public interest in Trinidad and Tobago with potential political implications: A. POLICE KILLING THIS WEEKEND B. CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE-AN UPDATE C. CHIEF OF IMMIGRATION RETIRED AUGUST 8 -------------- [...] | 2007-08-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN859 | T&T AID TO JAMAICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago's (GOTT) TT$20 million (US$3.2 million) in assistance to Jamaica for post-Hurricane Dean recovery efforts has attracted both criticism and commendation in T&T. While opposition criticism is fueled by upcoming elections as much as anything els [...] | 2007-08-30 17:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN891 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 1 [...] Offers of more food suppliers for T&T 2. Weak US dollar ... businessman worried! 3. T&T/Barbados fishing talks begin 4. Tobago's Development - US$500 million to be spent 5. Global warming fears prompt desalination projects 6. Call for local content policy 7. T&T chambers seek tra [...] | 2007-09-07 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ENGR ETRD TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN906 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 [...] In this edition of the Roundup: A. PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION B. ELECTION POLLS TELL DIFFERENT STORIES C. PNM DISCARDING MP'S BEFORE ELECTION D. MONTEIL SCANDAL PLAGUES PARTY ----------------------------- PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION ----------------------------- 2. On Sep [...] | 2007-09-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN931 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] (SBU) Embassy spoke September 13 with Jennifer Boucaud-Blake, Permanent Secretary (Vice Minister) of the Ministry of National Security, to check on the status of the GOTT's response to our July 3 diplomatic note seeking designation for any U.S. troops entering Trinidad and Tobago as a visiting [...] | 2007-09-13 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN947 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 2 [...] Caribbean Airlines flying high 2. Copa Airlines to fly to Trinidad 3. Inflation on the rise 4. Central Bank's authorized capital increased 5. Credit Unions' assets top US$1 billion 6. GOTT looks to financial services, investments 7. More hotels opening 8. Rapid Rail contract a [...] | 2007-09-18 21:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT SOCI TD ECON ELTN |
07PORTOFSPAIN987 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 [...] (U) In this edition of the Roundup: A. CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION B. TRADE UNIONS SUCCESSFUL IN SOLIDARITY C. MP WINS FIGHT TO BE SCREENED FOR OFFICE D. CHIEF JUSTICE TRIBUNAL SNARES MORE -------------------------------- CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION -------------------- [...] | 2007-09-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN106 | COP PARTY PLANS TO STAY VIABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Congress of the People (COP) Winston Dookeran February 27 in a discussion that focused on the opposition leader's efforts to keep his party relevant despite it failing to secure seats in last November's parliamentary vote. Dookeran, who has been under s [...] | 2008-03-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN110 | VPP FOR TOBAGO LAUNCHED [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy launched its first Virtual Presence Post, VPP Tobago, on February 19 in a ceremony attended by Tobago House of Assembly (THA) officials as well as key members of that island's artistic, education, and religious communities. After the formal launch, representatives from va [...] | 2008-03-05 12:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OEXC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN111 | NEW BARBADOS PM DISCUSSES FISH, CSME, REGIONAL TRANSPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago used their February 20 meeting in Port of Spain to reverse perceptions that bilateral relations have deteriorated in recent years, making optimistic statements about resolving their fisheries dispute, holding dialogue on the CA [...] | 2008-03-06 11:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIS EPET ETRD BB TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN115 | DEPORTEE ISSUE CONTINUES IN THE NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fed by Parliamentary bickering involving opposition attacks on the government's crime record, and media sensationalism, the deportee issue is experiencing one of its period upswings. The Embassy, through an op-ed piece from the Ambassador has pushed back, seeking to introduce s [...] | 2008-03-07 11:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KCRM PREL PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN116 | DVD PIRACY DEBATE CONTINUES [...] SUMMARY: The Trinidad and Tobago Copyrights Collective Organization (TTCO) announced on February 14 its intention to issue "mechanical licenses" to the estimated 5,000 vendors selling pirated DVDs. According to the GOTT Intellectual Property Office, TTCO does not have agreements with the DVD c [...] | 2008-03-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN117 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOREIGN MINISTER PAULA [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has made a positive impression on the diplomatic community. Given her lack of international experience, though, she is still learning her position and the extent of her influence inside the government is unclear. The FM is friendly to the [...] | 2008-03-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN119 | CHEVRON UPBEAT ON TRINIDAD PROSPECTS, CROSS-BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Chevron executives want the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Minister of Energy to reach out to his Venezuelan counterpart to revitalize negotiations on cross-border natural gas. While T&T is the "demandeur", Venezuela also needs the cross-border gas - to create jobs - and it [...] | 2008-03-07 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECIN PREL VZ TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN121 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's relations with Cuba are a mixture of pragmatism and pan-Caribbean solidarity. Along with a number of other Caribbean states, it has had diplomatic ties with Cuba since 1972. Although Fidel enjoys a positive image among the minority of Trinis who reflect on [...] | 2008-03-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL CU TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN126 | KOCH NITROGEN INTERESTED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MARKET AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Business Development Advisor for Koch Nitrogen expressed interest in further business opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago, citing the stable economic and political environment as attractive. By contrast, the Koch representative exp [...] | 2008-03-11 21:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PREL VZ CO TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN127 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] Per reftel request, Post provides the following assessment of fiscal transparency in Trinidad and Tobago. 2. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) publishes revenue and expenditure information each year in presenting its annual budget to Parliament. Current projections as well as pri [...] | 2008-03-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN128 | T&T ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 5 office call, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Energy Minister Conrad Enill welcomed U.S. engagement on energy infrastructure protection and U.S. Embassy suggestions on legislation to improve law enforcement, while also softly echoing past messages that T&T does not want to [...] | 2008-03-12 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EAGR PREL KCRM VZ XA TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN139 | DEBATING THE EU-CARIFORUM TRADE AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: A dynamic debate on February 29 about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and CARIFORUM (CARICOM and the Dominican Republic) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) highlighted concerns about the lack of civil society involvement in negotiations, the inadequacies [...] | 2008-03-18 20:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ECIN TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN144 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA DIRECTOR OF CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS [...] (U) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your April 5-9 visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Your trip presents an opportunity to reinforce engagement with T&T, building on the goodwill generated by last June's Conference on the Caribbean and in advance of next year's Summit of the Americas me [...] | 2008-03-25 20:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET SENV PGOV PTER TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN147 | COLLABORATING ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice and Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Office of the Attorney General, Embassy Port of Spain coordinated a successful three-day INL-funded intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement workshop. The event b [...] | 2008-03-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN170 | CARICOM'S CRIME MEETING LEADS TO DEPORTEE AND REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning hosted an April 4-5 CARICOM heads of government meeting on crime and security in Port of Spain. Among agreed initiatives were to increase maritime and airspace security cooperation, explore the creation of a regional rapid deployment force, develop a Caribb [...] | 2008-04-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PREF PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN185 | RISING FOOD PRICES PROVOKE POLITICAL AND PUBLIC CONCERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of rising food prices and shortages, the GOTT is under pressure to address the "food crisis." The spike in prices, now a staple of headline writers, is straining low and middle income families. The opposition asserts government neglect of agriculture is the [...] | 2008-04-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN195 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - TRINIDAD AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With food price inflation reaching 19.7% year-on-year, public concern and political fallout over the cost of food is growing. The "food crisis" has spotlighted the government's neglect of agriculture and the nation's dependence on imports. Although domestic food production meet [...] | 2008-04-30 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN204 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN208 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (U) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your May 12-13 visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Your trip presents an opportunity to reinforce engagement with T&T, building on the goodwill generated by last June's Conference on the Caribbean and in advance of next year's Summit of the Americas me [...] | 2008-05-07 19:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PGOV PTER ASEC OVIP TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN23 | CRIME PROBLEM ROILS NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: With a record number of 388 homicides in 2007 and 14 new homicides by January 8, 2008, crime remains a front burner issue. The media misquoted National Security Minister Martin Joseph in early January as stating the GOTT had failed in all its efforts to combat crime, setting off [...] | 2008-01-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN232 | GOTT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL CRIMES BEST PRACTICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Port of Spain hosted a successful financial crime workshop, led by the Department of Justice with support from Treasury and the UK Serious Organized Crime Office, to facilitate the drafting of a handbook of best practices by Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) offic [...] | 2008-05-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN PREL PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN233 | T&T RESPONSE TO ICAO AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN237 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? This can include demonstrations of support for and solidarity with the Cuban people connected to the May 21 Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, for which we have [...] | 2008-05-28 16:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN249 | CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (C) Summary: The GOTT is heavily focused on security concerns, both for domestic and regional reasons. It sees itself as under attack by criminal elements running guns and drugs from South America and is dealing with an explosion of murders -- many gang related. From its perspective, the G [...] | 2008-06-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MASS PREL PTER TD XL |
08PORTOFSPAIN253 | Secretary of Energy's visit to Trinidad reinforces [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his May 12-13 visit to Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary of Energy reinforced the US-T&T relationship by drawing attention to bilateral LNG trade and commending T&T for its open market and regional leadership. At the same time, he flagged U.S. energy company concerns tha [...] | 2008-06-10 18:17:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL ENRG EIND EINV CARICOM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN256 | TRINIDAD INL CANINE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW [...] (U) On June 6, the Chaguaramas K-9 Academy hosted its sixth graduation ceremony. Thirteen dogs and their handlers, representing the Customs and Excise and Prisons Division, demonstrated skills learned during the previous four months. The audience of law enforcement officials, family and me [...] | 2008-06-11 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN257 | HURRICANE SEASON PLANNING - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] Embassy Port of Spain primary and alternate Mission Disaster Relief Officers are as follows: Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) --------------------------------------- John Ries Economic Chief Tour Ends: July 2009 Tel: (868) 822-5940 Tel: (868) 633-2623-home Cell: (868) 684-2205 [...] | 2008-06-12 11:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI SENV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN262 | DVD PIRATES RESPOND TO NEW COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ratified on May 1, 2008, the Copyright Amendment is already having an impact on the illegal DVD trade in Trinidad and Tobago. Brick and mortar DVD stores are liquidating stock in anticipation of possible police or legal action. While local rights holder Carihome Entertainment [...] | 2008-06-16 18:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN265 | T&T UPDATES USOAS AMBASSADOR ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT Ministers and the National Summit Coordinator welcomed the visit of USOAS Ambassador Hector Morales to consult on preparations for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, April 2009 in Port of Spain. T&T aims to unveil the initial draft Summit declaration in mid-July, with text [...] | 2008-06-17 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON PREL EAGR KSUM XM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN269 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND PM MANNING DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Manning welcomed Energy Secretary Bodman's visit and delivery of a USG report on protecting T&T's LNG export infrastructure. Manning said he is anxious to do whatever is necessary to protect LNG infrastructure and willing to include that in the mission for T&T's new offshore [...] | 2008-06-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KCIP EPET ENRG PTER ASEC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN276 | CARICOM HOLDS MILITARY COMMANDERS MULTINATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Following up the April 4-5 CARICOM heads of government security meeting, the GOTT hosted in Port of Spain a June 13-14 "Caribbean Community Inaugural Technical Meeting of Military Commanders." A working-level USG interagency team from State, DoD, DHS and SouthCom participated. [...] | 2008-06-24 17:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS KCRM PREF PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN286 | T&T SUMMIT COORDINATOR DISCUSSES SOA PREPARATIONS WITH PDAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: T&T will soon share its draft Summit declaration and seeks a 10-14 day turnaround for U.S. comments. The draft will be unveiled in Washington on/about July 24, with negotiations proceeding in September (Barbados),October (Jamaica),November (possibly Bahamas) and December (pos [...] | 2008-06-30 20:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON PREL EAGR KSUM XM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN287 | WHA PDAS KELLY MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met Foreign Minister Paula Gopee 2. (SBU) Both interlocutors agreed Summit of the Americas coordination 3. (SBU) WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Sco Chinese Visit ------------- 4. (SBU) The FM arrived about 30 minutes [...] | 2008-07-01 11:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG MASS KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN288 | WHA PDAS KELLY MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on June 25 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. The FM briefed Kelly on the visit of a large PRC delegation, discussing a $400 million aluminum smelter loan the GOTT was receiving and China's role in helping T&T rea [...] | 2008-07-01 12:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG MASS KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN289 | PM MANNING MEETS WITH U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue's June 26 courtesy call on Prime Minister Patrick Manner, the PM opined that the Caribbean was neglected by Washington. Highlighting the important role Trinidad plays in U.S. energy security, Manning lamented that the U.S. ha [...] | 2008-07-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET ECIN ENRG TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN290 | T&T PRIME MINISTER RAISES CUBA'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning asked visiting USOAS Ambassador Morales what it would take for the U.S. to agree to Cuba's participation in the next Summit of the Americas. Asserting that there is "clear change" in Cuba, Manning said he hopes the U.S. would relax its stance. Morales respon [...] | 2008-07-01 16:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS CU TT |
08PORTOFSPAIN291 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] (SBU) Drawing on ref points, the Ambassador spoke June 30 with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon. The FM listened attentively, but responded that early recognition/action on Kosovo was unlikely. She explained recognition would have to be a Cabinet decision and that the stars were not curre [...] | 2008-07-01 18:18:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN292 | THE OTHER SUMMIT: PRIME MINISTER MANNING OFFICIALY LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning officially launched on June 30 the process that will lead to Port of Spain hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2009. In speaking of CHOGM, Manning posited that food security and energy prices would be central focus of th [...] | 2008-07-01 18:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN295 | REMOVAL OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FROM GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on June 30 the Ambassador contacted Minister of Foreign Affairs Paula Gopee-Scoon and Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Lenny Saith to inform them of the impending White House announcement that Trinidad and Tobago is graduating from the Generalized System of Pref [...] | 2008-07-02 19:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN297 | GSP GRADUATION SETS OFF TRADE TALK DISCUSSIONS AT ANNUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: News of Trinidad and Tobago's GSP graduation led to a trade discussion among CARICOM leaders gathered in Antigua in early July, according to Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon. The leaders' consensus was the region needs to negotiate now a more "predictable" trade relationship [...] | 2008-07-07 17:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN314 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY:HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (SBU) The MFA informed us July 16 that no decisions have yet been made on who will attend the UNGA. A discussion with the Prime Minister's Special Assistant returned a similar response, including that no decision on the PM's travel has yet been made. 2. (SBU) Comment: In 2007, the MFA [...] | 2008-07-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN315 | T&T PRIME MINISTER RAISES CUBA'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning asked visiting USOAS Ambassador Morales what it would take for the U.S. to agree to Cuba's participation in the next Summit of the Americas. Asserting that there is "clear change" in Cuba, Manning said he hopes the U.S. would relax its stance. Morales respon [...] | 2008-07-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS CU TT |
08PORTOFSPAIN318 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] (SBU) Drawing on ref points, the Ambassador spoke June 30 with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon. The FM listened attentively, but responded that early recognition/action on Kosovo was unlikely. She explained recognition would have to be a Cabinet decision and that the stars were not curre [...] | 2008-07-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN322 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] (SBU) Drawing on ref points, the Ambassador spoke June 30 with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon. The FM listened attentively, but responded that early recognition/action on Kosovo was unlikely. She explained recognition would have to be a Cabinet decision and that the stars were not curre [...] | 2008-07-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN323 | T&T PRIME MINISTER RAISES CUBA'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning asked visiting USOAS Ambassador Morales what it would take for the U.S. to agree to Cuba's participation in the next Summit of the Americas. Asserting that there is "clear change" in Cuba, Manning said he hopes the U.S. would relax its stance. Morales respon [...] | 2008-07-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS CU TT |
08PORTOFSPAIN336 | T&T Trade Ministry Gauging U.S. Interest in Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials from T&T's Ministry of Trade and Industry reiterated their government's interest in exploring possibilities for a more "sustainable" framework for bilateral trade after 2010. They do not expect CARICOM as a whole will be prepared to negotiate in the near term, [...] | 2008-07-23 12:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN343 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO JULY POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (SBU) Much like Washington, the pace in Trinidad and Tobago slows a bit in July and August, due to vacations and school being out. Parliament also will be out of session for August, the lower House already on leave with the Senate to finish its work this week. Despite the somewhat slower pac [...] | 2008-07-29 18:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN355 | GHANA PRESIDENT CELEBRATES EMANCIPATION DAY IN T&T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor visited Port of Spain July 31-August 1 to participate in Trinidad and Tobago's Emancipation Day events. The GOTT laid out the red carpet, with Prime Minister Manning, Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon and the bulk of the rest of th [...] | 2008-08-05 18:52:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN358 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID- JUNE TRHOUGH [...] China and GOTT sign loan and cooperative agreements 2. T&T to sign trade agreement with EU 3. Dubai, NYC support T&T's International Financial Center 4. T&T deposits US$200m into its sovereign wealth fund 5. No flour subsidy for T&T 6. Fuel hedge key to Caribbean Air success 7. S [...] | 2008-08-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KIPR SENV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN360 | GOTT UNABLE TO PURSUE BILATERAL OPEN SKIES [...] SUMMARY: Due to the decision by CARICOM leaders in July 2007 to pursue a "coordinated response" to open skies, the GOTT is unable to entertain the USG's proposal for a bilateral open skies agreement. However, a GOTT representative indicated that open skies is a priority for the Ministry of Work [...] | 2008-08-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN362 | DEFENSE MINISTERIALS OF THE AMERICAS - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) The GOTT delegation to the September DMA in Banff, Alberta will be led by National Security Minister Martin Joseph. Joseph will be accompanied by Chief of Defense Staff Brigadier General Edmund Dillon, Washington D.C. Defense Attache Lt. Col Anthony Phillips-Spencer, High Commissioner to [...] | 2008-08-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON MARR MOPS PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN369 | FOUR MORE EXTRADITED FOR MAHARAJ'S KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Summary: Four persons wanted in the 2005 kidnapping for ransom and murder of dual national (U.S./Trinidad) Balram "Balo" Maharaj were extradited to Washington, D.C. on August 4. Of the 15 originally arrested in the case, only three remain in T&T. The gruesome kidnapping and murder of " [...] | 2008-08-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN374 | WORKING TO END TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) met with a CBS International representative and EconOff to discuss the illegal broadcast of a CBS affiliate by T&T's major cable operator, Flow. While TATT indicated its interest in assisting in this m [...] | 2008-08-14 11:04:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN377 | CLOSER TIES UNDER DISCUSSION AS REGIONAL LEADERS MEET [...] (U) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Stevenson King of St. Lucia and President Bharat Jagdeo of Guyana joined Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada and Prime Minister Patrick Manning in Port of Spain August 14 to discuss regional issues. Durin [...] | 2008-08-15 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN378 | CLOSER TIES UNDER DISCUSSION AS REGIONAL LEADERS MEET [...] (U) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Stevenson King of St. Lucia and President Bharat Jagdeo of Guyana joined Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada and Prime Minister Patrick Manning in Port of Spain August 14 to discuss regional issues. Durin [...] | 2008-08-15 19:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN387 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION: THE JOINT DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 17:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN388 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION: THE JOINT DECLARATION [...] (SBU) An MFA source passed us the "Joint Declaration on Collaboration towards the achievement of the Single Economy and Political Integration among Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago" signed August 14 in Port of Spain (text in para four). [...] | 2008-08-26 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN395 | GUIDANCE ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on the Kosovo IJC resolution on August 29. The Minister listened attentively to the points and said that she would need to speak with others in the GOTT and consider the issue further. We will be following up with the Ministry [...] | 2008-08-29 18:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNGA KVIR TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN397 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION: "CONVERGING SOVEREIGNTIES" [...] (C) Summary: The details of what Caribbean political integration would look like remain vague, based on a reading of the closely-held draft study referred to by regional leaders when they met here on August 14. The study is still in draft form, being rewritten, not fully coherent and quite [...] | 2008-09-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN398 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-JULY THROUGH [...] Inflation reaches 11.7 % - a 14-year high 2. S&P raises T&T's long-term currency credit rating to 'A' 3. Hindu Credit Union's Assets frozen; investigation ensues 4. 1,000 Dengue Cases, GOTT Insists "No Major Crisis" 5. Security breached at Trinidad's Airport 6. USTDA awards US$390,572 gra [...] | 2008-09-02 17:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN412 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister September 10 for a wide-ranging conversation that touched upon South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Serbia's request to seek a ruling from the International Court of Justice on Kosovo, UNGA Third Committee priorities, and allowing U.S. Air Marshal [...] | 2008-09-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA |
08PORTOFSPAIN440 | NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE'S FIRST THREE MONTHS IN OFFICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although 2008 murders in Trinidad & Tobago will easily surpass last year's record of almost 400, newly appointed Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert has brought some cautious optimism to the struggle to instill a sense of societal security. Early in his tenure, this c [...] | 2008-09-29 12:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN443 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your mid-October visit to Trinidad and Tobago. Your trip is an opportunity to heighten bilateral and regional security cooperation, building on last June's Technical Meeting of Military Commanders, Defense Ministerial of the Americas conversations, a [...] | 2008-09-30 13:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP MARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN444 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-AUGUST THROUGH [...] US$2.3 billion plastics deal signed with Europeans 2. Hill International wins $285 million project 3. T&T faces labor shortages 4. GOTT increases infrastructure borrowing authority 5. NGC benefiting from high Methanol Prices 6. GOTT gives CAL tax exemption 7. Yachtie fuel crisis resolve [...] | 2008-09-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SENV ENRG KIPR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN447 | THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extradition this year to the U.S. of three Muslims (one a citizen of T&T and the other two from Guyana) to face trial for an alleged plot against JFK Airport has heightened interest in the state of Islam in Trinidad and Tobago. Variously estimated at 6-10 percent of the pop [...] | 2008-10-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL PHUM PTER TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN448 | THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extradition this year to the U.S. of three Muslims (one a citizen of T&T and the other two from Guyana) to face trial for an alleged plot against JFK Airport has heightened interest in the state of Islam in Trinidad and Tobago. Variously estimated at 6-10 percent of the pop [...] | 2008-10-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL PHUM PTER TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN474 | DOD DEPUTY SECRETARY ENGLAND AND USSOUTHCOM MILITARY DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and SouthCom Military Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Glenn Spears visited Trinidad and Tobago October 14-15. They held several meetings, highlighted by a lengthy second day session with the Prime Minister. Agreement was reached t [...] | 2008-10-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS SNAR KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN48 | PM MANNING ON VENEZUELA; INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning agreed in principle to co-host a Caribbean Basin Energy Infrastructure Security Conference, but said it would not be feasible to hold the event until late April or May. It was his strong preference to invite Venezuela; to do otherwise would be "har [...] | 2008-01-22 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECIN ENRG MARR VE TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN493 | UPDATED MDRO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] Embassy Port of Spain primary and alternate Mission Disaster Relief Officers are as follows: Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) --------------------------------------- John Ries Economic Chief Tour Ends: July 2009 Tel: (868) 822-5940-work Tel: (868) 633-2623-home Cell: (868) 684-2 [...] | 2008-11-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI SENV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN499 | GOTT SEEKS US APPROVAL WITH LEGISLATION ON CHILD [...] (U) With the October 15 proclamation of Trinidad and Tobago's new International Child Abduction Act, 2008, the GOTT believes that they are now fully compliant with The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and will seek international approval of their ascension [...] | 2008-11-10 11:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CACS TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN5 | PM MANNING REITERATES TT'S POSITION ON PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Patrick Manning reiterated January 2 that Trinidad and Tobago is unlikely to become fully involved in PetroCaribe, and continues to prefer the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). This was in resp [...] | 2008-01-04 18:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PREL VE TT |
08PORTOFSPAIN501 | CBS PARAMOUNT REACHES DEAL WITH FLOW [...] (SBU) In an ongoing effort to legitimize its content, Trinidad and Tobago's major cable TV provider Flow recently purchased the rights to all news, public affairs, entertainment, and sports content owned by CBS Paramount. Flow now holds the non-exclusive rights to broadcast these shows in Tri [...] | 2008-11-10 17:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN504 | LACK OF RESOURCES MAKES TOBAGO A DRUG-SMUGGLER'S PARADISE [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad's sister isle of Tobago continues to be a "soft" area for the transshipment of illegal drugs to Western Europe and the U.S. The anti-drug fight on Tobago is hampered by a lack of local of resources, with most GOTT anti-crime/anti-drug personnel and assets devoted to muc [...] | 2008-11-14 10:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PGOV SNAR TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN523 | STRENGTHENING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Port of Spain collaborated with the U.S. Department of Justice to provide T&T law enforcement personnel with hands-on IPR crime scene training. During a two-day INL-funded workshop, participants practiced search and seizure techniques and discussed local IPR enforcement [...] | 2008-11-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN527 | SLOW PROGRESS ON T&T'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Trinidad and Tobago's leadership has made a variety of public statements calling attention to climate change, the country still lacks a clear strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The recent creation of a dedicated climate change unit within the Ministry of Plan [...] | 2008-11-18 18:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN535 | AMBASSADORS TO THE CARIBBEAN DISCUSS HIV/AIDS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Seventh Annual Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, eight U.S. Ambassadors discussed the future of U.S. regional assistance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Focusing on the Partnership Compacts envisaged under PEPFAR II legislation, the Ambassadors as [...] | 2008-11-24 17:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID PREL OVIP TBIO KPAO TD XL |
08PORTOFSPAIN546 | A VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES: THE TRINIDAD ECONOMY AS REFLECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While not completely scientific, information provided in visa interviews opens a window on the local economy. Recognizing the limitations of such information, but also its worth, the Embassy conducted a study involving 218 randomly chosen visa applicants. The data revealed incom [...] | 2008-12-01 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON CVIS TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN55 | T&T CIVIL AVIATION DG OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago expressed optimism that a bilateral Open Skies civair agreement between the U.S. and Trinidad & Tobago could be reached as early as the end of 2008. END SUMMARY 2. In a meeting with EconOff, Ramesh Lutchmedi [...] | 2008-01-29 11:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN550 | T&T ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER CALLS FOR BALANCED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental expert Dr. John Agard, in recent remarks, called for a greater balance between economic development, environmental safety and a healthy society. He praised the increased transparency and public engagement stemming from environmental legislation passed in 2000-2001, [...] | 2008-12-02 12:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EINV ETRD TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN552 | INSULATED BUT NOT IMMUNE FROM GLOBAL SLOWDOWN, TRINIDAD AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago has avoided financial contagion but is feeling the impact of weak demand for its commodities. Two months after the GOTT delivered a record US$8 billion budget premised on oil at $70 per barrel and natural gas at $4 per MMBTU netback, Prime Minister Manning a [...] | 2008-12-02 17:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN560 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is not aware of any GOTT initiatives promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Has the host country made public statements or [...] | 2008-12-09 18:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN564 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM MID-OCTOBER [...] PM announces budget shortfall, spending cuts 2. Inflation rising, CBTT raises reserve requirements 3. Tight monetary policy slows credit growth 4. Parliament passes Financial Institution Bill 5. Bread and flour prices fall 6. Food initiatives stalled, except Cuban farm 7. Importers want [...] | 2008-12-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KIPR KCRM EAIR BEXP TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN565 | FOREIGN MINISTER MUSES ABOUT CUBA ATTENDING THE [...] (U) Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, in a December 9 press interview (done by phone from Barbados),related that the just-concluded Cuba-CARICOM summit held in Havana had agreed the USG should lift its "trade embargo" on Cuba. She added, without specificity, that this "general consensus" w [...] | 2008-12-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CU TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN569 | Changes at Trinidad's Environmental Management Authority [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a reduction in its authority to regulate quarries, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) continues enforcement efforts to protect Trinidad's water bodies from quarry impact. Dave McIntosh will end his term as CEO of EMA on December 15, 2008. He will be replaced by [...] | 2008-12-12 22:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EIND EINV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN574 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#2-08) [...] Plants Hurt by Falling Commodity Prices 2. Energy revenue projections down, spending cut 3. Budget cuts spare projects, CARICOM fund 4. New Refinery still on track 5. Alutrint Smelter Underway ... Trinis Train in China 6. TT LNG for Canadian Plant 7. GOTT Looking Down the LNG Value Chai [...] | 2008-12-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN576 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Trinidad and Tobago is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organizations. However, due to lack of border control, a lengthy judicial process, limited law enforcement resources, and occasional contacts by persons within T&T with outside radical elements, T&T is not imm [...] | 2008-12-18 17:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN577 | PM MANNING REPORTEDLY HAS SUCCESSFUL SURGERY IN CUBA [...] On December 17, Prime Minister Patrick Manning underwent a two-hour surgery at the Cimeq Hospital in Havana to remove a malignant tumor from his left kidney (ref). According to a press release from the Prime Minister's office, Manning's surgery was "very successful." Doctors will perform a p [...] | 2008-12-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CU TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN585 | POST'S RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT [...] Per request, Post conducted a post-shipment check on license 050088569 for the export of cannons to Trinidad & Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF) has not provided an official statement regarding the cannons. However, according to reasonable speculation, the UK company, MSI [...] | 2008-12-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN6 | PM MANNING REITERATES TT'S POSITION ON PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Patrick Manning reiterated January 2 that Trinidad and Tobago is unlikely to become fully involved in PetroCaribe, and continues to prefer the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). This was in resp [...] | 2008-01-04 19:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PREL VE TT |
08PORTOFSPAIN60 | T&T COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: Recent parliamentary debate on the Copyright Amendment Bill has drawn the attention of government officials and the media to the issue of intellectual property rights in Trinidad and Tobago. One Member of Parliament called for education to combat piracy and encourage good decision-mak [...] | 2008-01-31 18:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR KCRM TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN71 | SIXTH ANNUAL SONG AND VERSE CONTEST FOCUSES ON DISASTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Education and Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) joined forces with Post to co-sponsor the sixth annual "Ambassador's Song and Verse Contest." Spotlighting ODPM's public awareness campaign ("Disaster Preparedness Begins with Yo [...] | 2008-02-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SCUL SENV KCIP KPAO TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN73 | PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Post carried out reftel demarche February 11 with MFA Permanent Secretary (Vice Foreign Minister equivalent) Edwina Leacock. Along with the other ref points, we stressed the importance of early recognition as a way of helping stabilize southeast Europe. The PermSec listened closely to [...] | 2008-02-11 17:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN87 | U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon February 20 on recognizing Kosovo. The FM was upbeat on the possibility of Trinidad and Tobago recognizing Kosovo in the very near future. The Minister noted she would be tied up for much of the remaining week, but promised to [...] | 2008-02-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN88 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: GOVERNMENT TAKES CASTRO'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministry noted in an official February 19 statement that the resignation of Fidel Castro would not affect the cordial relations between TT and Cuba. The communique noted Cuban assistance to Trinidad and "saluted" Castro, but was measured in tone. Speaking on Februa [...] | 2008-02-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CU TD |
08SECTIN02OF02PORTOFSPAIN546 | A VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES: THE TRINIDAD CONOMY AS REFLECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON CVIS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN101 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN117 | TRINIDAD ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-09) [...] India-T&T joint venture signs PSC for NCMA2 2. More PSCs and bid rounds coming in 2009? 3. Upstream companies look to cut costs 4. Petrotrin 2008 loss, credit rating downgraded 5. BG/Chevron have 4 TCF of uncommitted natural gas 6. Plastics project still on stream? 7. Aluminum: Venezue [...] | 2009-03-13 23:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN119 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PRIME MINISTER MANNING [...] (C) Prime Minister Patrick Manning met CDA Charles Shapiro March 16 to discuss Summit of the Americas issues. Manning envisions a major role for the President, including an event in Port of Spain's main park (the Savannah) for 100,000s. The PM will make a quick March 18-21 trip to six natio [...] | 2009-03-17 10:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN121 | RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's lack of compliance with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML/CTF) recommendations jeopardizes its role as a regional financial leader. CFATF's executive director is calling on the GOTT to [...] | 2009-03-17 17:09:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR KTFN TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN172 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (U) Post provides the following responses to ref (A) questions on fiscal transparency in Trinidad and Tobago. A more complete assessment of fiscal transparency in T&T is contained in ref (B). 2. (SBU) QUESTION: Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. fo [...] | 2009-04-10 18:52:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN175 | MANNING HIGH ON OBAMA, WANTS TO DEEPEN [...] (C) I met with Prime Minister Patrick Manning the morning of April 21 to discuss the Summit and to take my leave of him. Also participating were the PM's Special Assistant Kirt St. Bernard and two aides; DCM Kusnitz was with me. I thanked Manning, on behalf of the President, for hosting a succe [...] | 2009-04-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN189 | PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions in ref A. Watch Listing ------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) maintains both an alert list of individuals who should be immediately detained upon entry and a watch list of people whose entry into Trinidad and Tobago ( [...] | 2009-04-28 21:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN197 | CODEL Engel meets LAC leaders at Fifth Summit of the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a Congressional delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago April 17-19, 2009. The delegation consisted of Representative Connie Ma [...] | 2009-04-30 22:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN198 | NO CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES IN TRINIDAD, PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in T&T. Seven individuals returning from Mexico were quarantined, of which six tested negative for Type A Influenza and were released and one is still under observation. No facility in T&T currently has the capacity to test for th [...] | 2009-05-01 21:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN210 | U.S.-CARIBBEAN TECHNICAL DISCUSSION TO ADVANCE CBSI [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon told the Charge May 5 that the GOTT viewed the CBSI initiative, and upcoming technical meeting, very positively. She promised to follow up on the initiative inside the GOTT. 2. (SBU) National Security Ministry International Affairs Director Antoinet [...] | 2009-05-05 22:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XL MARR MASS MOPS PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN222 | PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST EXTREMIST LEADER, YASIN ABU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 5 Privy Council ruling against Jamaat al-Muslimeen (JAM) leader Yasin Abu Bakr has cleared the way for local courts to order the sale of Bakr's real estate holdings in Trinidad in settlement of a US$5 million debt pending from the JAM's 1990 attempted coup. Bakr's perceive [...] | 2009-05-13 19:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KICC KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN223 | SHRIMP-TURTLE: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State/OES requested Post follow up on the January 2009 Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Certification Visit. EconOff spoke with GOTT Fisheries officials Elizabeth Mohammed and Luanna Martin concerning their progress. No progress has been made since GOTT failed to regain the Section 6 [...] | 2009-05-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN230 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is not aware of any GOTT initiatives promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Has the host country made public statements or [...] | 2009-05-22 23:04:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL |
09PORTOFSPAIN233 | CARICOM: HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: CARICOM heads of government met May 24 in Port of Spain to discuss a regional response to the economic crisis. They encouraged member countries intending to approach the IMF to do so sooner rather than later, but also stressed the need for a medium-term regional approach to th [...] | 2009-05-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN ECIN TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN250 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION TASK FORCE REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The long-promised report on advancing regional economic (by 2011) and political (by 2013) integration was released May 30. Weighing in at 394 pages (with a separate shorter 164-page "Summary" version),the report is in line with CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) goals of fr [...] | 2009-06-05 20:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN PGOV XL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN251 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE [...] (U) GOTT Minister of Health Jerry Narace announced Trinidad and Tobago's first confirmed H1N1 case on June 5. The patient was described as an adult female national of Trinidad and Tobago. Her history of recent travel to several countries affected by the virus makes it impossible to pinpoint w [...] | 2009-06-05 23:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN256 | US EMBASSY MEETS WITH OPPOSITION TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives met with leaders of the opposition United National Congress (UNC) party to discuss legislation to deal with Trinidad and Tobago's immense crime problem. The UNC parliamentarians agreed T&T's efforts to reduce crime would be assisted by new legislation (e. [...] | 2009-06-09 20:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN26 | 2008 COUNTRY CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] This cable contains updated information for required reporting under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) concerning child labor in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. (TT). A. Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) [...] | 2009-01-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN261 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad's social safety net for adults able to work consists of two major work programs and a variety of training programs. While successful in alleviating extreme poverty, they have not lifted individuals permanently out of poverty nor made them self sufficient. The economic d [...] | 2009-06-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL SOCI TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN28 | SUMMIT OF AMERICA LOGISTICS: A RACE TO THE FINISH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is working hard on preparations for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas, but it is somewhat behind schedule. The GOTT, however, has begun a concerted effort to pull off the event, now less than three months away. For its part, the public [...] | 2009-01-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AORC AMGT KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN289 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gopee-Scoon told the Charge July 10 she appreciated her talk with USTR on a partial scope energy agreement and on packaging. In other comments, she noted GOTT displeasure with the TIP report; it plans to send a complaint letter. The CDA raised the need for Trin [...] | 2009-07-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN295 | BFIF FY-09 PROJECTS IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Port of Spain thanks EEB/CBA for providing BFIF funding to improve Post's commercial training and outreach. To date in FY-09, Post used BFIF funding to allow the Political-Economic Officer and Economic Assistant to attend commercial training in Santo Domingo. Knowledge gaine [...] | 2009-07-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO CVIS ABUD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN302 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#3-09) [...] GOTT signs two Production Sharing Contracts 2. Fewer energy investment dollars for TT 3. BG to purchase stake in TT gas field 4. TT to develop renewable energy framework 5. TT to revisit gas supplies to Jamaica 6. Partial Scope Agreement with U.S. on energy  [...] | 2009-07-21 19:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN308 | POST'S RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-SHIPMENT [...] Per request, Post conducted a post-license pre-shipment check on license 050134513 for the export of rifles to Trinidad & Tobago. 2. The following is a list of the specific actions taken and results of the inquiry: 3. On 7/22/09 post received a Blue lantern request for the above. [...] | 2009-07-24 21:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN33 | JOINT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP FOR T&T AND COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) During a January 15 meeting with a local International Organization of Migration (IOM) representative, EmbOffs learned of a planned workshop between the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) and the Government of Colombia (GOC) to strengthen their ability to combat trafficking in per [...] | 2009-01-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN334 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Caribbean Office Director Velia De Pirro discussed the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative on August 3 with National Security Minister Martin Joseph, who expressed pleasure over the nascent program. Joseph urged a regional approach and was pleased that his thinking was consis [...] | 2009-08-08 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS EAID ECON KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN344 | 64TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 19:18:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP AORC CVIS UNGA TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN360 | DROP IN T&T PROVEN GAS RESERVES [...] (U) Summary: Ryder Scott's annual audit of Trinidad and Tobago's gas reserves released on September 2 showed a decline in the country's proven gas reserves from 16.99 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in December 2007 to 15.37 tcf in December 2008. The audit found, however, an increase in the nation's [...] | 2009-09-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN361 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY [...] Airline boss quits ---------------------- State-owned Caribbean Airlines'(CA) CEO Philip Saunders recently tendered his resignation citing personal reasons. Saunders joined the airline in October 2007, and his resignation comes amidst reports that the airline has been unable to turn a profit [...] | 2009-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB ELTN ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN370 | FY2010 BUDGET - IN THE RED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FY 2010 GOTT budget totals $7.03 billion with a projected deficit of $1.2 billion, about 5.3 percent of GDP, based on average annual oil prices of $55/barrel and natural gas at $2.75/million cubic feet. This would be the second year in a row of budget deficits after a string [...] | 2009-09-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EWWT BEXP PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN376 | BAKR ALLEGATION AGAINST PM AGAIN SURFACES [...] (SBU) Summary: A judge has directed that the 2006 allegation by Jamaat al Muslimeen (JAM) leader Yasin Abu Bakr that he cut a deal with Prime Minister Manning on the eve of the 2002 election to provide foot soldiers for the PNM campaign be investigated. Bakr claims that, in exchange, Manning [...] | 2009-09-16 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN377 | INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF TRINIDAD'S CCT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seeking to get a better handle on those fraudulently receiving benefits, the GOTT will remove on September 18 approximately 6,000 individuals from its "Smart Card" program, a conditional cash transfer (CCT) effort. The remaining 25,000 participants will receive a benefit increa [...] | 2009-09-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL SOCI TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN38 | TT POLICE IMPROVES IPR ENFORCEMENT, REQUESTS TASK FORCE [...] SUMMARY: Following recent INL funded workshops on IPR enforcement, local police conducted two successful raids on brick and mortar stores and a series of raids on street vendors selling pirate DVDs. A senior police official asked Post's assistance in generating support for IPR enforcement. END [...] | 2009-01-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | TD ETRD KCRM KIPR |
09PORTOFSPAIN39 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 2008 [...] Inflation falling says CBTT 2. Tourism slows in Tobago 3. Legislative Agenda for 2009 - 2010 4. GOTT Encourages Comparison Shopping 5. GOTT Invests US $16.3 Million in Food Security 6. PriceSmart a Good Investment  [...] | 2009-01-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN40 | AGREEMENT WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON THE STATUS [...] Post provided GOTT on January 28 with ref proposed exchange of notes that would address matters typically covered by a bilateral SOFA for U.S. personnel participating in the Summit of the Americas and other events in 2009. Since provision of the proposed note exchange, we have been following [...] | 2009-01-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN405 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 2009 [...] Foreign exchange crisis or not?! 2. Trinidad and Tobago off credit watch list 3. TT Eximbank line of credit for exports to Cuba 4. Inflation/Repo rate continues to fall 5. Ship building ... way to economic diversification 6. India to set up weather station 7. Lack of funds halts [...] | 2009-10-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND TPHY TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN409 | TRINIDAD SEEKS BILAT AGREEMENT ON SMELTER WASTE [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 3. 2. SUMMARY. Post received a letter October 15 signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and addressed to the Secretary requesting the conclusion of a bilateral agreement for the reception and treatment in the United St [...] | 2009-10-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PREL EIND ECIN EMIN EWWT ETRD ECON TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN423 | Libertad Act Review: Trinidad and Tobago [...] (U) This message responds to reftel questions. 2. (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is not aware of any GOTT initiatives promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba. [...] | 2009-11-23 19:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN430 | SETTLEMENT OFFER ON GTL DISPUTE IN TRINIDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The commercial dispute continues between U.S.-based fuel processing company World GTL (WGTL) and Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (ref). In recent weeks, the CDA has urged the GOTT to be flexible and consider a commercial settlement during separate conversat [...] | 2009-11-03 18:20:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON KIDE TRGY BTIO PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN432 | LEAHY FAST TRACK VETTING: GOTT/SAUTT FOR JCET [...] (SBU) Pursuant to STATE 87762 regarding Leahy Fast Track vetting, Post conducted Leahy vetting on 33 names contained in a fax dated October 16, 2009 under the letterhead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 (CHOGM 2009, Operations Planning and Coordinating Staff, with the refe [...] | 2009-11-03 20:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN436 | REQUEST FOR TDY CUSTOMS CONTRACT ADVISOR IN PORT OF SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOTT Customs and Excise Division (TTCED) requests technical assistance to complete an overtime study designed to help it begin nationwide 24/7 port operations. Such a study would bolster GOTT efforts against drug transshipments, providing oversight at ports at all hours, [...] | 2009-11-04 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV EWWT TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN460 | CLIMATE CHANGE TO HEADLINE COMMONWEALTH MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago hosts the 21st biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) November 27-29 in Port of Spain, with several related forums beginning as early as November 20. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are to pay a state visit just before the event, and the Qu [...] | 2009-11-19 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG KSUM EINT TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN462 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO CONTINUE VOTING YES ON UNGA ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Margaret Rousseau November 19. Rousseau said that Trinidad and Tobago will generally continue to vote in favor of resolutions on the Middle East as outlined in reftel, particularly, she said, "given recent developme [...] | 2009-11-19 20:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE |
09PORTOFSPAIN468 | WGTL SETTLEMENT DEADLINE MAY PASS WITHOUT GOTT ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World GTL's (WGTL) dispute with Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (reftels) is reaching a watershed moment as its offer for settlement expires December 3. The Minister of Trade told Charge that the GOTT considers the dispute a commercial matter, and Pe [...] | 2009-11-25 18:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN480 | PETROTRIN REJECTS DEMAND TO SETTLE WGTL DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lawyers for Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned oil company Petrotrin sent a letter dated December 2 to attorneys representing US-based World GTL (WGTL) rejecting that firm's claims that Petrotrin expropriated its property and fraudulently and negligently deprived WGTL of its inve [...] | 2009-12-04 20:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN482 | COMMONWEALTH DECLARES CLIMATE CHANGE THE CHALLENGE OF OUR [...] SUMMARY. Commonwealth heads of government issued a declaration November 28 that called climate change the "challenge of our time." The declaration, ironed out by leaders participating in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) after presentations by special guests French President [...] | 2009-12-04 21:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG KSUM TSPL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN484 | Demarche Delivered on USG Goals at COP-15 [...] (SBU) Charge Len Kusnitz delivered talking points suggested by the Special Envoy for Climate Change regarding COP-15 to Sandra Marchak, the Permanent Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister. In addition to being the head of the GOTT civil service, Marchak is a close confidant of the PM a [...] | 2009-12-04 21:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN50 | INVITATION TO FIFTH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND [...] Embassy Port of Spain has received Diplomatic Note Number 264, dated February 3, 2009, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America [...] | 2009-02-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM AORC PREL OAS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN506 | TIGHT RACE FOR BOEING IN CARIBBEAN AIRLINES DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boeing's bid to sell ten 737-800 aircraft to Trinidad and Tobago's national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reaching a watershed as an intra-governmental board is expected to decide on a vendor by early January. Boeing is competing against Airbus for a potential $790 millio [...] | 2009-12-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV PREL KPRV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN51 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COMMENTS ON MESSAGE FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN52 | T&T RESPONSE TO U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post delivered a non-paper regarding U.S. assistance programs to combat illicit trafficking in small arms to Trinidad & Tobago's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director of International Affairs in the Ministry of National Security Antoinette Lucas-Andrews; Special Advis [...] | 2009-02-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KCRM PREL PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN53 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: AMBASSADORS MORALES AND ROBINSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning received USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson on February 4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. Ambassador Morales underscored the import of getting logistical and se [...] | 2009-02-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN54 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: MEETINGS OF AMBASSADORS MORALES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson visited Trinidad February 3-4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. In addition to a session with Prime Minister Manning (septel),the Ambassadors met with the Na [...] | 2009-02-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN67 | SHRIMP-TURTLE: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO NOT RECERTIFIED UNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their January 7-9 visit, OES and NOAA officials found that T&T continues to fall short of certification requirements for the Turtle Regulatory and Conservation Program. USG officers cited three reasons for their decision: use of Turtle Exclusion Devices (TEDs) is not unifo [...] | 2009-02-19 19:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN70 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: SIDE FORUMS AND PEOPLE'S SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Private Sector Forum and the Youth Forum of the Summit of the Americas (SOA) will take place April 15-16 on the cruise ship Caribbean Princess, and the Civil Society Forum will be held the same days on the Carnival Victory. Both ships, to be docked near the SOA site at the [...] | 2009-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN78 | INVITATION TO FIFTH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND [...] Embassy Port of Spain has received Diplomatic Note Number 373, dated February 19, 2009, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago. Text follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United Stat [...] | 2009-02-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM AORC PREL OAS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN79 | COUNTERPROPOSAL - AGREEMENT WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON THE [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref counterproposal to the GOTT February 25, the first day the government reopened after Carnival. Charge contacted Foreign Minister Gopee-Scoon and Summit Inter-Ministerial Committee Chair Mariano Browne that day on the note and its urgency and also spoke to the Attorney [...] | 2009-02-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MOPS PREL PM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN85 | SWORDFISH/MARINE MAMMAL CONSERVATION LETTER DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Reftel letter regarding marine mammal conservation and swordfish exports to the US, with enclosures, was delivered on March 2, 2009 to the Acting Director of Fisheries Elezabeth Mohammed. Telephone: (868) 623-6028 Address: Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources Fisheries Divi [...] | 2009-03-02 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV OTRA TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN93 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PM ASSURES NATION ALL IS WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manning spoke to the nation March 4 on the benefits of the Summit of the Americas and preparations for the event. The PM followed his televised remarks with a press conference during which he read a letter from President Obama confirming attendance at the Summit. [...] | 2009-03-05 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN98 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN99 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN136 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: CY2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post has provided the following report on INL-funded items acquired and donated by the USG to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT). ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- A. EUM Program Coordinator 2. (SBU) EUM Program Coordinator is Ebony Custis, [...] | 2010-02-01 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM AFIN TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN142 | BOEING LIKELY TO WIN CARIBBEAN AIRLINES DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Boeing representative told us that Trinidad and Tobago's Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will endorse Boeing's bid to sell the national airline ten new 737-800 aircraft it sorely needs, a deal potentially worth USD 790 million and for which we conducted extensive advocacy. The deal [...] | 2010-02-01 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR EFIN ECON PGOV TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN168 | FAST TRACK LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FROM TRINIDAD: EX-IM [...] (SBU) Pursuant to reftel, U.S Embassy Port of Spain has reviewed paper and electronic files regarding the GOTT Air Guard and the Commanding Officer of the Air Guard, Captain Tyron Kieran Rudolfo, and has found no credible evidence of gross human rights violations committed by Captain Rudo [...] | 2010-02-10 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN170 | FAST TRACK LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FROM TRINIDAD: MLO REQUEST [...] (SBU) At the request of MLO POS U.S Embassy Port of Spain has reviewed paper and electronic files regarding Sheldon Ramnanan, Lorenzo Chariandy, Sherene Murray-Bailey, and Neptune Malisa and found no credible evidence of gross human rights violations committed by any of the aforementioned [...] | 2010-02-10 20:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN180 | CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR TRININDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) This cable contains responses per ref A to 1/TVPRA and 2/TDA in order to provide updated information concerning child labor in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA). We believe that the incidence of children exploited for labor is [...] | 2010-02-17 21:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN192 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] SUMMARY Per reftel, U.S. Embassy Port of Spain has identified Credo Foundation's Sophia House for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative. END SUMMARY 2. PROBLEM STATEMENT The Credo Foundation operates Sophia House Center for the Empowerment of You [...] | 2010-02-19 17:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL AID CDC COM TRSY TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN194 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post submits the following information regarding trafficking in persons in Trinidad and Tobago. 2. (SBU) Point of Contact: Ebony Custis; (868) 822-5922 v; (868) 822-5984 f. Thirty seven hours of work total by POLoff and POL Assistant. 3. (SBU) THE CO [...] | 2010-02-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP KMAC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN208 | OAS Elections: Trinidad Supports Current SYG and ASYG [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Affairs of the Americas Delia Chatoor told us February 24 that Trinidad and Tobago (TT) supports the candidacies of Jose Miguel Insulza for OAS SYG and Albert Ramdin for ASYG and has informed Santiago of that support. Chatoor said the decision was made at the highest lev [...] | 2010-02-24 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KDEM OAS TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN26 | POST'S RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END [...] (U) Per request, Post conducted a pre-license end-use check on licenses 050183924, 050146400, and 050136382 for the export of firearms to Trinidad and Tobago. 2. (U) The following is a list of the specific actions taken and results of the inquiry: 3. (U)On Aug 12 2009 Post receiv [...] | 2010-01-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PGOV KOMC TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN30 | TTFHA01: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S INITIAL RESPONSE ON HAITI [...] (SBU) PM Manning announced January 13 that the GOTT will send USD 1 million to Haiti. In making the announcement, the PM stated that the fiscal situation in T&T remains tight, but the country still needed to assist its CARICOM colleague. When the money will be sent, to whom, and for what purp [...] | 2010-01-14 19:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC EAID HA PREL TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN36 | CANADA MAY FUND BRITISH JUDICIAL REFORM EFFORT IN TT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada may fund a British initiative to embed an expert in judicial reform within the GOTT as early as the first half of 2010. Under the program developed from a 2007 assessment visit, an official with the British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would address several broad areas [...] | 2010-01-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN KJUS PGOV TD XL |
10PORTOFSPAIN40 | SECURED TRANSACTIONS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (U) SUMMARY: SME interest rates in Trinidad and Tobago presently average around 13.75%. SMEs are permitted to use inventory, machinery, and accounts receivable as collateral for loans while maintaining use of the asset to generate income. A top banker told us that two of the primary challenge [...] | 2010-01-20 21:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ECIN TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN42 | TFHA01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN TRINIDAD ON HAITI AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel, Charge met several MFA directors and staff to thank the GOTT for its pledge of financial assistance to Haiti (ref B) and to discuss various aspects of disaster relief efforts. We were informed that the GOTT has no unanswered offers of assistance pending with the USG [...] | 2010-01-20 22:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN60 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO ENDORSE COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] Charge delivered reftel demarche to the Foreign Minister January 15 requesting that Trinidad and Tobago (TT) associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. In addition, Post sent a diplomatic note to the MFA, and discussed the matter with the GOTT's lead technical negotiator on climate cha [...] | 2010-01-26 19:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN62 | TRINDIDAD'S OPPOSITION PARTY CHANGES GUARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's (TT) leading opposition party dramatically changed leadership January 24 when United National Congress (UNC) members overwhelmingly elected Kamla Persad-Bissessar as political leader, making her the first woman to head a major political party in the country [...] | 2010-01-27 21:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN64 | TFHA01: Trinidad Seeks Assistance/Information on Hotel [...] Post received attached diplomatic note January 27 from the GOTT seeking USG assistance in continuing search and rescue (SAR) efforts at the Hotel Montana in Port au Prince. 2. The GOTT specifically seeks assistance locating four delegates of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Ov [...] | 2010-01-28 16:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA TD |
10PORTOFSPAIN7 | REQUESTING PTO FUNDING FROM OGL TO ASSIST IN FUNDING [...] During 2007, the Port of Spain Country Office (POSCO) initiated a Priority Target, CPOT linked investigation into the Bramhanand NANDALALL Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). The POSCO imitated this Priority Target, CPOT linked investigation with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Gu [...] | 2010-02-04 18:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | DEA SNAR TD |
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