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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07JERUSALEM1893SEPARATION BARRIER PREVENTS EFRAT FROM EXPANDING
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited Efrat settlement, met with Mayor Eli Mizrachi, and viewed the route of the separation barrier north of Bethlehem that cuts off Eitam Hill from Efrat. The Mayor said his main challenge is finding space for outward expansion and he wants to see Eitam included in th [...]
2007-09-09 12:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1898PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ALTERS ELECTIONS LAW
[...] (C) Summary: President Abbas issued a presidential decree amending the PA elections law on September 2. The new law modifies the electoral system to be fully proportional; requires the president to obtain an absolute majority of votes; and requires candidates to accept the PLO as the sole, [...]
2007-09-10 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1905BILIN CELEBRATES COURT VICTORY, BUT WILL CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: Bil'in residents celebrated the Israeli High Court's decision to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit on September 7 and described the decision as a victory for non-violent resistance. However, Bil'in activist Muhammad al-Khatib said [...]
2007-09-10 13:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1907MAYOR OF ARIEL: FORGET LAND FOR PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mayor of the Ariel settlement Ron Nachman told PolOff during a lengthy August 29 meeting that the USG pursuit of land for peace is "a big mistake" and proposed splitting the West Bank between Israel and Jordan. For thirty years, Nachman has been the Mayor of Ariel, which is home [...]
2007-09-11 07:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1917AKKRAM HANIYEH REVIEWS PALESTINIAN POLITICS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, al-Ayyam Editor Akkram Haniyeh said we have the "best administration in the history of the PA" and now is time to seize the moment. The GoI, he said, must show flexibility on basic "quality of life" issues; i.e., access and movement a [...]
2007-09-11 15:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM193640,000 ULTRA ORTHODOX SETTLERS NOW IN MODIIN ILLIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Founded only thirteen years ago, the ultra-orthodox settlement bloc of Modiin Illit now has 40,000 inhabitants, according to Mayor Yakov Gutterman. The residents of this settlement east of the green line and west of the separation barrier are motivated primarily by economic and [...]
2007-09-12 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1952SETTLERS LEVERAGE CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the northern West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron on 15 August to meet with Sondra Oster Baras, the Jewish director of the Israel office of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC). Baras is a well-known settler activist and Amcit who, in her words, work [...]
2007-09-19 08:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1965HEBRON: 450 SETTLERS IN THE CENTER OF A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hebron settler spokesman David Wilder led Poloff on a September 7 three hour tour of downtown Hebron. Hebron's 450 settlers (plus 250 yeshiva or religious school students) are known for their disruptive presence in the center of a large Palestinian city. Wilder told PolOff that [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL ASEC IS
07JERUSALEM1994PM FAYYAD DESCRIBES PA EFFORTS TO COMBAT MONEY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister and Finance Minster Salam Fayyad recently told a Treasury Department delegation that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is committed to taking aggressive action against groups and individuals involved in terrorism financing. Fayyad urged the USG to pass him relevant [...]
2007-09-24 08:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1995PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY GOVERNOR OUTLINES
[...] (C) Summary: Banks continue to operate normally in Gaza, without any direct contact with Hamas, according to Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor George Abed. Two Gaza-based Palestinian banks will complete the transfer of their headquarters to the West Bank by the end of September 20 [...]
2007-09-24 08:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN PGOV EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1999FAISAL HUSSEINI FOUNDATION IFTAR DISRUPTED
[...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Faisal Husseini Foundation told PolOff September 21 that Israeli police attempted to cancel the Foundation's annual Ramadan fundraising Iftar on September 20, but eventually allowed the dinner to proceed without fundraising activities. One official said he fe [...]
2007-09-24 13:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2004UN OCHA: ISRAELI INFRASTRUCTURE NOW COVERS 38
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) released a 147 page report on August 30 on the humanitarian impact of settlements and their infrastructure in the West Bank. The report finds that 38 percent of the West Bank is "taken up by Israeli infrastructure, [...]
2007-09-25 06:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2018ISRAELI BANK CUTOFF PORTENDS GAZA BANK CLOSURES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Hapoalim's decision to sever ties with banks in Gaza, and an expected move by Israel Discount Bank to do the same, could result in cash shortages, bank closures, and a suspension of commercial imports into Gaza, most of which are food, according to Palestinian banking sect [...]
2007-09-26 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2020UK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REGARDING PLANS TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with PolChief, the British Consul General requested USG support to prevent demolition of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem and the construction of an Israeli apartment complex in its place. Local contacts say a new Israeli development in East Jerusal [...]
2007-09-26 15:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS IS PREL
07JERUSALEM204WORK ONGOING AT E-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 15:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2044SETTLERS TEMPORARILY ERECT 5 NEW OUTPOSTS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Settler activists ascended five West Bank hilltops to establish new outposts on September 30. IDF forces and Israeli police maintained a low key presence at each site and began removing settlers and temporary dwellings on October 1. At Hashmonaim, west of Ramallah, four activi [...]
2007-10-01 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM206EU'S SOLANA ON PALESTINIAN SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: EU High Representative Javier Solana told U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith Dayton on January 21 that he wants to discuss EU COPPS assistance to Palestinian Civil Police at the February 2 Principals Quartet meetings. He said he supports placing the Police under governor [...]
2007-01-31 15:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2060MAALE ADUMIM MAYOR: NEXT PHASE OF E-1 CONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel told Poloffs September 25 that the E-1 police station is "finished, except for the road" and the next step is to construct 1200 housing units. Kashriel said he is frustrated with American resistance to the expansion of Maale Adumim into E-1 an [...]
2007-10-02 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2061PALESTINIAN POLLSTER SHIKAKI'S VIEWS OF THE WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 25 meeting with USSC LTG Keith Dayton, Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (www.pcpsr.org) assessed that West Bank Palestinians have high expectations of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),but low expectations [...]
2007-10-02 15:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV IS
07JERUSALEM2067WESTERN WALL SYNAGOGUE PROMPTS PALESTINIAN CONCERN
[...] (C) Summary: The al-Aqsa Foundation and Mufti of Jerusalem have publicly criticized the opening of a synagogue located adjacent to the Western Wall Tunnel, close to sensitive Jewish and Muslim holy sites. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation told PolOff that the synagogue is not new, but was [...]
2007-10-03 08:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2096PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRISONER RELEASE, HOPE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Israel released 87 Palestinian prisoners October 1-2, including members of most Palestinian factions other than HAMAS. Palestinians welcomed the release and urged that the GoI release larger numbers and coordinate with the Palestinian Authority on which prisoners will be releas [...]
2007-10-05 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM PHUM
07JERUSALEM2100SETTLERS AND ACTIVISTS ENGAGE IN TIT FOR TAT AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25 Poloff visited the Susiya settlement in the Southern Hebron Hills. Susiya is small, but known for its extremism (and proximity to the Hebron settlers). Susiya settlers have claimed five nearby hilltops since 2001 and have difficult, even violent relations with [...]
2007-10-09 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2104HEBRON SETTLERS BRACE FOR ANOTHER EVICTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers in Hebron are bracing for another eviction after Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered on October 1 that eviction orders proceed against two settler families squatting in Hebron's triangle market. According to Peace Now, which filed the original complaint agai [...]
2007-10-10 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2124WEST BANK LAND CONFISCATION TAKES ONE STEP CLOSER
[...] (C) Summary: Ha'aretz reported October 9 that the GoI confiscated more than 1,100 dunums of Palestinian land to build a road for Palestinians to travel between Abu Dis and Jericho without traversing the E-1 area. PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat is [...]
2007-10-11 16:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2131PALESTINIANS CONDEMN LAND CONFISCATIONS SOUTH OF
[...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinians harshly condemned the recent Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land for a road near the Ma'ale Adumim settlement bloc, which they believe will contribute to the eventual development of the E-1 area. Mayor of the neighboring town of al-'Azariya Issam Far [...]
2007-10-12 15:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2153TOURISM: PALESTINIAN EXPECTATIONS RISE, BUT TOUR
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israeli Ministers of Tourism met October 9 for the first time since cooperation was suspended after the March 2006 formation of a Hamas-led government. The ministers agreed to re-establish a joint committee and working-level technical commit [...]
2007-10-18 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2154CONCERNS ABOUT EXPECTED INCREASE IN EAST JERUSALEM
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff October 5 that according to Jerusalem Municipality sources the Municipality intends to use its remaining home demolition budget in the coming months. He said his organization received a num [...]
2007-10-18 12:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2156PA CONCERNED ABOUT ENHANCED GOI RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary. PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami complained to ConGen political specialist that recent Israeli Prison Service (IPS) decisions are undermining the PA's standing among prisoners and the Palestinian public. He pointed to an IPS prohibition on the entry of 16 tons [...]
2007-10-19 10:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2171FAYYAD PREPARING FOR DONORS' CONFERENCE; ACTS TO
[...] (S) Summary. Meeting with the Consul General in Ramallah on October 18, PM Salam Fayyad said the PA is preparing a comprehensive development plan, covering all key sectors, in advance of the December Donors' Conference in Paris. He said he wants the Conference organizers to coordinate fully [...]
2007-10-19 16:49:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PREL IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2174FAYYAD TELLS LOCAL DONORS: PA MUST "OWN" REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told local donor representatives on October 18 that it is critical to his government's success that it be seen to own the reform and development plan to be presented at the December donors' conference in Paris. Fayyad said [...]
2007-10-22 09:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2183PM FAYYAD REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON DEMOLITION
[...] (C) Summary. PA PM Salam Fayyad requested USG intervention to prevent demolition of an East Jerusalem apartment building in a phone conversation with the Consul General on October 19. The developer and his attorney claim that they had obtained the necessary permits from the Municipality, bu [...]
2007-10-22 16:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2184FAYYAD RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF "REVOLVING DOOR"
[...] (S) Summary. PA PM Salam Fayyad provided the Consul General (in October 19-22 calls) a detailed chronology of PA actions concerning suspects in an alleged assassination plot against Israeli PM Ehud Olmert. Fayyad confirmed that the suspects are now in PA custody. He said PA procedures on s [...]
2007-10-22 16:43:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG IS PGOV PTER PREL
07JERUSALEM2187HEAD OF SETTLER COUNCIL ON CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
[...] (C) Summary: Settler leader and Chairman of the Yesha Council Danny Dayan told Poloff on October 16 that Israeli Defense Minister Barak is "blackmailing" settlers by ceasing to issue permits for West Bank construction until there is an agreement on outposts. Dayan also told Poloff that he i [...]
2007-10-23 14:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2188RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) does not control borders or administer border crossings. It does not collect information on travelers who enter the West Bank/Gaza from Israel or Israeli-administered crossing points. Response to Ref A's specific information requests follow: 2. (C) A [...]
2007-10-23 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PINR ASEC PTER CVIS KHLS
07JERUSALEM2199MUGHRABI GATE RAMP PLAN PROGRESSING, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal official Irene Rubin told PolOff October 19 that the Regional Planning Committee approved blueprints for a new Mughrabi Gate ramp and there is now a period of public review during which interested parties can present objections to the plan. Jerusalem attorney [...]
2007-10-24 15:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM220BARDALA/BISAN CROSSING IS POSITIVELY IMPACTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian farmers in the JV reported that the January 15 opening of the Bardala/Bisan agricultural crossing has allowed their fruits and vegetables to be exported to Israel within a day of being picked, resulting in higher prices for farmers. Farmers continue to experience s [...]
2007-02-02 09:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2200GAZA: BANK CASH SHORTAGE THREATENS UNRWA AND PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Banks operating in the Gaza Strip face a liquidity crisis and will have difficulty paying UNRWA and/or Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries, according to bank representatives. Bank officials say that Israeli authorities continue to severely restrict the frequency, volume and c [...]
2007-10-24 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PHUM PREF KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2205PA CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO KETZIOT PRISON RIOT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 22, one thousand Palestinian prisoners rioted at Ketziot Prison in response to a search by Israeli Prison Service (IPS) officials for cellular phones. PIJ member Muhammad al-Ashqar was killed, and nine Palestinian prisoners and 15 IPS officials were wounded. On Octo [...]
2007-10-25 13:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2206BANK OF PALESTINE DENIES PASSING CASH TO PALESTINE
[...] (C) Bank of Palestine (BoP) General Manager Hashim Shawa vehemently denied allegations contained in a September 27 Reuters report that BoP branches in Gaza transferred cash to the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB),which in turn deposited the funds into accounts held by Hamas Executive Force members [...]
2007-10-25 13:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2208DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR THE WEST BANK AND
[...] (SBU) Post continues to exert diplomatic and programmatic efforts to support peace between Israelis and Palestinians and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. There have been significant developments in the West Bank and Gaza since the Department approved post,s strategy in Augus [...]
2007-10-25 15:11:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO
07JERUSALEM2210BANKS AWAIT NOVEMBER 30 CUTOFF OF ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Bank of Palestine (BoP) and Arab Bank have been told by their Israeli correspondent banks that they will terminate all correspondent banking services effective November 30. BoP and Arab Bank have no clear indication if the Israeli state-owned Postal Bank is willing to provi [...]
2007-10-26 12:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2226DISTRICT COURT APPROVES BEIT HANINA HOME DEMOLITION
[...] (C) Summary. The District Court upheld the order to demolish a Beit Hanina apartment building on October 24. Advisor to Mayor Lupolianski Elad Halevy told PolOff the Municipality has 30 days to implement the court decision. According to the Municipality's October 25 press release, a building [...]
2007-10-26 15:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM224GAZA'S WOOD AND FURNITURE INDUSTRIES STARVED OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Restricted throughput at the Karni/al-Mintar crossing has deprived Gaza's wood and furniture manufacturing sector of raw materials, driven up transportation costs, and severely limited access to the industry's sole export market: Israel. Industry representatives say about 10 [...]
2007-02-02 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EIND EAID KWBG IS EG
07JERUSALEM2240PRESIDENT ABBAS SIGNS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DECREE
[...] (C) On October 27, President Abbas signed a presidential decree enacting anti-money laundering legislation intended to make it harder for groups such as Hamas to obtain funds (reftels). Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad told the Consul General that the legislation would be enacted by decree, g [...]
2007-10-29 16:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM2245PA MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS VISITS KETZIOT
[...] (C) PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami met with fourteen prisoners from various political factions at the Israeli prison at Ketziot. On October 28, he told ConGen political specialist that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) allowed the visit, but only if supervised by IPS o [...]
2007-10-30 14:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM225GREEK PATRIARCH: RECOGNITION, BEIT SAHOUR HOME
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the Consul General and Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, discussed the Greek Orthodox Church's role in inter-faith dialogue. Theophilos requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli recognition of him as Patriarch and to pre [...]
2007-02-02 16:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2259ISRAEL ENACTS LAND EXPROPRIATION IN EAST JERUSALEM
[...] (C) Summary: Ir Amim Executive Director Amos Gil confirmed to PolOff press reports that in March 2007 the GoI implemented an expropriation order for 30 dunums of East Jerusalem olive orchards, part of a 40 dunum property known as Karam ha-Mufti. Ten dunums were not expropriated. Following t [...]
2007-11-01 07:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2265CEMENT BARRIERS BLOCK ACCESS TO JAMMA'IN VILLAGE
[...] (C) According to Ahmad Hussein, a resident of Jamma'in village in the central West Bank between Salfit and Nablus, Israeli bulldozers placed large cement blocks in front of the entrance to the village (population 8,000) on October 29, preventing vehicle or pedestrian access from Route 505. H [...]
2007-11-01 13:39:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2293NABLUS DEPLOYMENT: PATROLS/ARREST OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. According to the PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and other PA security forces (PASF) contacts, NSF-led forces are patrolling Nablus, inspecting vehicles at six major checkpoints, and have surrounded Balata refugee camp in an operation to a [...]
2007-11-05 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2319SURVEY OF WEST BANK ROAD OBSTACLES: SOME
[...] (C) Summary: ConGen officers visited 21 of 23 West Bank obstacles to movement that the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) identified as recently dismantled (reftel) on November 2. While the removal of some will facilitate local movement, the overall impact of this step will not significantly [...]
2007-11-06 16:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON PHUM IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2328RACHEL'S TOMB UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 19, PolOffs visited Rachel's Tomb, outside of Bethlehem. The tomb is surrounded by the separation barrier, and access is allowed only from Jerusalem. Rachel's Tomb has been the site of more than fourteen reported security incidents in 2007. A representative of the [...]
2007-11-07 12:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2330NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 7: IDF ACTIVITIES
[...] (C//REL UK, CAN) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) sources reported that NSF-led forces are manning six fixed positions in Nablus and conducting vehicle and foot patrols around the city. Mukhabarat and PSO issued summons to 30 individuals and arrested 2 HAMAS members. More summons wil [...]
2007-11-07 17:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2336NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 8: CITY GENERALLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts report Nablus is generally quiet as of 1500 local November 8, and the NSF continues to operate checkpoints and mobile patrols throughout the city. A workman accidentally triggered a boobytrap in Nablus' old city (Qasbah) at 1230, killin [...]
2007-11-08 16:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2342QUARTET ENVOYS MEETING: SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS
[...] (C) Summary. Quartet envoys expressed support November 1 for the Annapolis meeting and agreed to meet before it takes place. Envoys discussed rallying Arab support for the meeting. A/S Welch stressed that that meeting will not be an "end in itself," but rather a catalyst for negotiations. [...]
2007-11-09 11:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2344DENIAL OF DOLLARS TO GAZA BANKS HELPS HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cash shipments of NIS sufficient to cover October Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries entered the Gaza Strip November 6, but Israeli authorities continue to deny bank requests for USD and Jordanian dinar (JD) cash transfers, according to bank representatives. Bank officials a [...]
2007-11-09 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN
07JERUSALEM2347NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 9: PASF SEIZE ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) soldiers are operating checkpoints and mobile patrols throughout Nablus November 9, and Friday prayers proceeded without incident. The security situation is quiet as of 1630 local. PA police and intelligence units report seizing several weapons in [...]
2007-11-09 16:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2374SENIOR PA OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ANNAPOLIS MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. In November 13 meetings with PolChief, senior PA officials, Minister of Local Government Ziad al-Bandak, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar, and Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami offered support for the Annapolis meeting, but said the USG must push the GoI for changes o [...]
2007-11-15 14:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2377PALESTINIAN INTERLOCUTORS SEE DISCONNECT BETWEEN
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian interlocutors told ConGen officers that success at the Annapolis meeting depends on tangible improvements to Palestinian life. Advisor to President Abbas Adnan Husseini said GoI home demolitions and land confiscations undermine the prospects for progress at Annapoli [...]
2007-11-15 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2381KEY GAZA CONTACTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE ANNAPOLIS
[...] (C) Summary. Key Gaza political contacts told PolOff that they have low expectations for the Annapolis meeting and believe it is less relevant to Gazans' lives than Hamas threats or GOI-imposed closures of crossings. Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa said concrete results on core issues are n [...]
2007-11-16 12:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG PTER IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2390KIRYAT ARBA MAYOR PROUDLY GUIDES TOUR OF ILLEGAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kiryat Arba Mayor Zvi Katsover showed Poloff an encampment of five caravans near the settlement on November 14. Katsover said the outpost was built over the last three years "in the middle of the night," piece by piece, without required permits, and "despite President Bush." [...]
2007-11-19 12:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2392NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 16-19: PASF BESIEGE
[...] (C) Summary. PA National Security Forces (NSF) continued a cordon/arrest operation to arrest 4 PFLP gunmen in Ein Bayt al-Ma' Refugee Camp ("Camp 1") for a second day on November 19. The raids follow PA Interior Minister (MoI) Abd al-Raziq al-Yahya's November 17 public pledge to disband all [...]
2007-11-19 15:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2393GAZA: FUEL IMPORTS CUT; FARMERS HOPE TO EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fuel imports have been reduced by roughly one-third since October 27. Gaza-based WHO contacts report that Gazans are receiving an "all time low" level of medical care. Humanitarian and commercial shipments have continued to enter Gaza in reduced quantities. Gaza farmers [...]
2007-11-19 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2400OUTPOSTS CONTINUE TO GROW AMIDST SETTLER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Congen Poloff and Peace Now Settlements Watch Director Hagit Ofran visited 13 West Bank outposts believed to be on the GoI's list of 26 outposts for possible removal. Each of the outposts has five to sixty caravans (mobile homes) on hilltops in the vicinity of exi [...]
2007-11-20 13:26:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2415CHIEF JUSTICE ON CASE BACKLOG AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 13 meetings with PolChief, Chief Justice of the High Judicial Council (HJC) Issa Abu Sharar said the significant case backlog in the Palestinian justice system derives from too few judges; inadequate training for judges; and movement restrictions that impede judges [...]
2007-11-21 14:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2416MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS: PRIORITIZING
[...] (C) Summary. Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that the GOI had approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami told the press that the release was based on GOI criteria without consultation with the PA. According to A [...]
2007-11-21 14:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2419SETTLER LEADER SAYS OUTPOST REMOVAL IMPOSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that he intends to evacuate ""illegal outposts,"" Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff that this is ""technically impossible"" and will produce violent reactions from settlers. Dayan said the Yesha previously thought the G [...]
2007-11-21 15:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2429JORDAN VALLEY SETTLER: ANNAPOLIS "IRRELEVANT"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman Dubi Tal told PolOffs 20 November that economics are the key to peace, and Israelis and Palestinians are only in the Jordan Valley "to make money." He did not press his previous claim (reftel) that GOI control of the Jordan Valley is crucia [...]
2007-11-23 11:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2431OFRA: A "FLAGSHIP" PESSIMISTIC AND ANGRY ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Ofra told Poloffs November 16 that convening Annapolis is a mistake and they will stay in Ofra regardless of USG policy or political developments. Six long-time residents of this settlement movement "flagship" said the USG ignores lessons [...]
2007-11-23 11:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2445PA SECURITY ADVISORS: ANNAPOLIS DECLARATION AND
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential security advisor Haj Ismayil and the Prime Minister's security advisor, BG Hazem Attallah, told PolOff on November 28 that the Annapolis declaration's target timeline for negotiations and U.S. monitoring/assessment are very positive. They welcomed U.S. assessment o [...]
2007-11-28 15:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2447PEDUEL: "ISRAEL'S FRONT PORCH"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peduel spokesman Yehoshua Ben David told PolOff during a November 23 visit to Peduel that the settlement is continuing to expand and settlers are concerned about Annapolis-related political developments. He noted an increase in security incidents along the road to the settleme [...]
2007-11-29 08:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2453HAMAS AND PA DUEL FOR CONTROL OF HAJJ PILGRIMAGE
[...] (C) Deputy Waqf/Religious Affairs Minister Salah Zuhaykah told PolOff November 29 that Hamas is obstructing PA efforts to move Hajj pilgrims out of Gaza through Erez Crossing in an effort to force the use of Rafah crossing and avoid Israeli screening of pilgrims. He said only 200 (out of over [...]
2007-11-29 16:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG PBTS IS PREL PTER JO EG
07JERUSALEM2454WEST BANK POLITICAL REACTION TO ANNAPOLIS MIXED;
[...] (C) Summary. West Bank political contacts gave mixed reviews to the Annapolis joint understanding and speeches. Most offered praise for elements of the joint understanding, especially the USG monitoring role, but expressed doubts about Israeli seriousness to meet Roadmap obligations or condu [...]
2007-11-29 17:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2458GUSH ETZION LEADERSHIP: ANNAPOLIS "INSANE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shaul Goldstein told PolOff November 28 that USG efforts toward a two-state solution are "insane" and will result only in increased terrorism. He blamed PM Olmert and DefMin Barak for the language in President Bush's speech on settlement gro [...]
2007-11-30 10:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2464PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT AMBULANCES OPERATE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Dr. Amin Abu Ghazali of the Red Crescent Maternity Hospital in East Jerusalem told ConGenOffs that the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) operated five additional ambulances in East Jerusalem and Israel after the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) approved the ambulances and [...]
2007-11-30 15:13:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2472SETTLEMENT SUBURBIA: BUILDING GOES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In suburban settlements between the green line and the separation barrier, construction continues, property values are high, and settlers dismiss recent political developments. Poloff visited four such settlements - Barkan, Elkana, Oranit, and Hashmonaim - the week of 26 Novemb [...]
2007-12-04 13:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2473BEIT EL RECEIVES NEW TRAILER WITH IDF PERMISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Beit El Settlement Mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff November 29 that he had received a new trailer with IDF permission. He said Givat Haor, the hillside outpost occupied by Beit El youth and removed in November, was only a ritual bath but he wants it to be reestablished as an e [...]
2007-12-04 13:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2476JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES THREE HOMES
[...] (SBU) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad HaLevy and members of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition (ICAHD),the Municipality demolished a multi-story house under construction in Bayt Hanina (belonging to the Hajluni family) and a house foundation in Abu Tor for lack of [...]
2007-12-04 13:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2500NEW HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM
[...] (SBU) The GOI Interior Ministry demolished Amcit Mahir Siaj's home in Bayt Hanina, East Jerusalem on December 5. PolOff visited the site while the demolition was in progress and was told by Siaj that Israeli police had forced him, his wife and four children from the house at 0730. He said the [...]
2007-12-05 13:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2514GAZA: REDUCED FUEL IMPORTS RESULT IN GAS STATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli restrictions on fuel shipments to Gaza, imposed on October 27, remain in effect, according to the head of the Palestinian Petroleum Corporation (PPC) in Gaza. In reaction, Gaza gas station owners began a work stoppage on December 1, despite the continued importation of [...]
2007-12-07 12:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2517ABOUD VILLAGE: SEPARATION BARRIER, UNEMPLOYMENT,
[...] (C) Summary. Father Firas Aridah told ConGenOffs December 4 that the separation barrier near Aboud village is not yet complete, but when finished, the 130 foot-wide fence and ditch barrier will cut off the village from 36 percent of its agricultural land. Aridah said he has been the primary [...]
2007-12-07 13:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2519PA SECURITY NEXT STEPS: READYING SHIFT TO
[...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) officers report the MoI has directed them to plan security operations in Bethlehem starting mid-December to encourage Christmas tourism and move ahead on Roadmap Phase One obligations. An Israeli undercover unit shot and killed an NSF soldier in B [...]
2007-12-07 14:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
07JERUSALEM252MUGHRABI GATE RAMP EXCAVATIONS AT HARAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EXCAVATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP TO THE MUGHRABI GATE TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF HAVE INFLAMED TENSIONS IN JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY. THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE WAQF SAID ISRAELI POLICE HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FOR THE PAST TWO D [...]
2007-02-07 15:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2524NEW HAR HOMA/JEBEL ABU GHNEIM TENDER RENDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the GOI's December 2 publication of a new tender for 307 housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim, Palestinians publicly and privately condemned the action and urged the USG to act quickly to reverse it. On December 5, PolOff visited the site to confirm its location [...]
2007-12-07 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2527SECRETARY ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH PALESTINIANS
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright December 6 that the Annapolis conference was a "big success" and that permanent status negotiations, which are scheduled to start December 12, and the December 16 Paris Donors' Conference wi [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2528LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700 MAN BATTALION (3 OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, last name Mahmoud Jalal Mahmoud Khaleel POB: Nablus D [...]
2007-12-11 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM253CONSUL GENERAL PRAISES CANCER CARE AT EAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL VISITED AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL (AVH) IN EAST JERUSALEM JANUARY 31 TO COMMEMORATE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM (MECC). AVH IS THE ONLY PALESTINIAN HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH A RADIOTHERAPY MACHINE, AND MECC IS [...]
2007-02-07 16:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID EFIN PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2539FATAH LEADERS ADVOCATE CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (C) Summary. In December 7 and 10 meetings with Polchief Fatah leaders Azzam al-Ahmed and Nabil Amre advocated replacing some members of PM Fayyad's cabinet with Fatah members. They said the current cabinet is weak and isolated, and the PA must draw on Fatah's popular strength. PolChief exp [...]
2007-12-12 12:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2540QADURA FARES SAYS MARWAN BARGHOUTI SUPPORTS PM
[...] Summary. Qadura Fares, a close ally of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, told PolChief December 10 that PM Salam Fayyad should concentrate on governing and ignore those voices from Fatah who want to see a change in government. He said Barghouti supports PM Fayyad and his government, but [...]
2007-12-12 13:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2541PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER SALEH RAFAT ON
[...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (EC) member Saleh Rafat told PolChief December 10 that the GoI issuance of a tender for housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim is an obstacle to permanent status negotiations and that some PLO-EC members had advised PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maz [...]
2007-12-12 13:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2542MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES OLD CITY HOME
[...] (SBU) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished a Palestinian home in Jerusalem's Old City for lack of permits on December 11. About 100 police cordoned off the site and removed the family's belongings while contractors demolished the fully-built, 12x25 meter house off al-Wad Street in the Musl [...]
2007-12-12 14:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2554PASF DECEMBER 11 UPDATE TO LTG DAYTON ON NABLUS
[...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) commanders told USSC LTG Dayton December 11 that the security campaign in Nablus is a success, but sustained law and order in Nablus requires the IDF to relax its control over the city. They said PA courts refuse to detain individual [...]
2007-12-13 12:30:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2555AL-NUEMAN VILLAGE: CAUGHT BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND
[...] (C) Summary. Mayor of al-Nueman and village residents told Poloffs November 30 that they "feel trapped" in their own homes, noting that al-Nueman is within the 1967 Jerusalem municipal boundaries, but two-thirds of residents have West Bank IDs. Residents said they are surrounded by the sep [...]
2007-12-13 12:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2568PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS URGE "MARSHALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian business leaders told Treasury DepSec Kimmitt that the economic situation in the West Bank and Gaza is getting worse, particularly in Gaza where Israeli restrictions on the flow of goods are most severe. They asserted that the capital necessary to stimulate the ec [...]
2007-12-14 13:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2584MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE RISKS RAISING TEMPERS
[...] (C) Summary. The Director of the Waqf and Jerusalem's Grand Mufti responding to Israeli press reports criticized the unilateral nature of the GoI decision to renew Mughrabi Gate excavations and said such action undermines Muslim and Palestinian confidence that Israel will cooperate with the P [...]
2007-12-18 10:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2589GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH SAID TO BE OFFICIALLY
[...] (C) Summary. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III received official Israeli recognition on December 16. Theophilos told PolOff December 18 that the Patriarchate will honor previous agreements with the GoI and treat the issue of properties sold to Israelis as a legal matter. He said forme [...]
2007-12-18 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2602TRANSITION UNDERWAY IN YESHA COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: The settlers' Yesha Council is in transition following the late November election of candidates from outside the traditional settlement pioneer leaders. Settler pioneers Benzi Lieberman and Pinchas Wallerstein are finishing their terms in office, having been accused of "losing t [...]
2007-12-21 14:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2606HAMAS REJECTS COOPERATION WITH PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Mohammed Al Madhoun, Hamas spokesman and aide to Hamas leader Ismael Haniyah, said on December 25 that Hamas "will not coordinate with the Palestinian government in Ramallah regarding the opening of the Gaza crossings." Quoted by Al Ayyam, Madhoun said "any initiative to open (the cross [...]
2007-12-26 15:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD IS KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM2628PA ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN KILLING OF OFF-DUTY IDF
[...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad and PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) have confirmed that PA security officers arrested two suspects in the killing of two off-duty IDF soldiers outside Hebron on December 28 and will prosecute them. PA security officials say the suspects will be moved to Jer [...]
2007-12-31 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
07JERUSALEM265FURTHER UPDATE ON E-1 DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IR AMIM FOUNDER DANNY SEIDEMANN VISITED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE ISRAELI POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM WITH POLOFF FEBRUARY 8. POLOFF AND SEIDEMANN OBSERVED LEVELING OF THE GRADED AREAS AT THE SITE HAS CONTINUED. (NOTE [...]
2007-02-08 16:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM266WAQF ADMINISTRATOR: EXCAVATIONS AT HARAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH WAQF ADMINISTRATOR ADNAN HUSSEINI, GRAND MUFTI MOHAMMED HUSSEIN AND SHEIKH ABDEL AZIZ SALHAB FEBRUARY 8 TO DISCUSS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT. HUSSEINI SAID THE GOI HAD NOT COORDINATED WITH THE WAQF ON THIS PROJECT. HUSS [...]
2007-02-09 07:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS KHUM KWBG KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM272INITIAL PALESTINIAN REACTION TO AGREEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian political contacts all characterized the February 8 national unity government (NUG) agreement as positive, but expressed mixed views on whether Hamas will abide by its agreements and if the NUG will end Palestinian infighting. A Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee me [...]
2007-02-09 12:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER
07JERUSALEM274VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT
[...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...]
2007-02-09 16:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM275VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT
[...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...]
2007-02-09 17:26:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM28COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: The Coordination and Evaluation Committee (CEC) met in an "extraordinary" session January 3 to discuss Prime Minister Haniyah's irregular passage by vehicle through Rafah crossing on December 28 and the after-hours processing of Gaza-bound bus passengers in the absence of EU-BAM [...]
2007-01-05 10:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM291JERUSALEM MAYOR DELAYS CONSTRUCTION; EXCAVATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following several days of clashes in the Old City, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski announced February 11 that construction of a new ramp to the Mughrabi Gate would be postponed to allow for discussion of the plans by the Municipalities Planning and Construction committees. Howev [...]
2007-02-12 16:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM30FACTIONAL VIOLENCE AGAIN FLARES IN GAZA AS ABBAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. After nearly a week of relative calm, Fatah-Hamas violence surged January 1-4. Hamas military wing gunmen killed two Preventive Security Organization (PSO) officers (including the PSO's Inspector General for Gaza),a Fatah official and two bodyguards on January 4, while one H [...]
2007-01-05 14:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM33GAZA: HANIYAH REENTERS AFTER INSPECTION; RAFAH OPEN
[...] (C) PA Prime Minister Haniyah (accompanied by Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahar, Interior Minister Sa'id Siyam and acting PLC speaker Ahmad Bahar) entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing January 4 at 1645 local, according to EU-BAM Operations Chief Patrick Delval. Delval said that Egyp [...]
2007-01-05 15:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM339MUGHRABI GATE: JERUSALEM MAYOR OPEN TO TALKING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: JERUSALEM MAYOR URI LUPOLIANSKI TOLD CONSUL GENERAL FEBRUARY 16 HE IS WILLING TO MEET WITH MUSLIM LEADERS TO TRY TO DISPEL THEIR CONCERNS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. HE NOTED THAT EXCAVATIONS HAVE CONTINUED DESPITE HIS FEBRUARY 12 DECISION TO POSTPONE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP AT THE [...]
2007-02-16 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM358USG-FUNDED PHARMACEUTICALS BLOCKED FROM ENTERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the GOI has been more aggressive in efforts to stop the flow of Palestinian-produced pharmaceuticals to East Jerusalem pharmacies and hospitals, according to ConGen contacts. Israeli Ministry of Health inspectors have stepped up warnings and inspections of pha [...]
2007-02-21 14:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM367UPDATE ON MUGHRABI GATE
[...] (C) Tourists and visitors were allowed access to the Temple Mount/Haram a-Sharif via the Mughrabi Gate February 21 for the first time in more than two weeks. Access had been restricted by Israeli officials following protests and occasional violence surrounding the excavations at the Mughrabi G [...]
2007-02-22 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM401UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Economic Advisor to the PA Presidency, British Gas (BG) continues to negotiate with the Israeli government on the sale of natural gas from the offshore Gaza natural gas fields. British Gas is the operator of the consortium licensed to commercially develop the fi [...]
2007-02-27 08:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM411PA DRAFT BUDGET REJECTED; PA SPENDING CHALLENGED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Budget and Financial Affairs Committee of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) rejected the PA government's draft general budget law for fiscal year 2007. In a January 31 report, the Budget Committee cited unrealistic expectations -- such as assumptions on levels of [...]
2007-02-27 15:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM437NABLUS INCURSIONS ENDS AFTER ONE KILLED, DOZENS
[...] (C) Summary. According to Palestinian security commanders and Arabic-language press, Israeli security forces departed Nablus late March 1 after four days of intermittent operations. The West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander told Poloff that the IDF entered Nablus February 25 an [...]
2007-03-02 16:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM443WAQF DIRECTOR REPLACED WHILE OUT OF THE COUNTRY
[...] (C) Adnan Husseini was replaced March 2 as director of the Waqf by the Jordanian government while he was out of the country trying to gather support in Turkey and Qatar for protests against excavations by the Israeli Antiquities Authority at the Mughrabi Gate ramp. Husseini is being replaced b [...]
2007-03-05 14:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM449PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO PALESTINIAN HOMES IN A-TUR SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION MARCH 6 RECEIVED A ONE-WEEK STAY ORDER. FOUR HOMES IN THE SAME AREA WERE DEMOLISHED IN FEBRUARY, AND ACTIVISTS WITH THE ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOME DEMOLITIONS (ICAHD) SAID THAT THE HOMES ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR [...]
2007-03-06 13:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM459WFP/FAO REPORTS ON PALESTINIAN FOOD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The latest WFP/FAO food security report states that one-third of Palestinian households are highly dependent on food assistance, as financial hardship greatly reduced Palestinian access to food in 2006. Forty-six percent of Palestinians fell below the USD 2.20 per capita per [...]
2007-03-08 13:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID ECON EAGR KWBG
07JERUSALEM46SEVERAL CENTRAL WEST BANK CHECKPOINTS REMOVED OR
[...] (S) Summary. Following discussion on easing movement restrictions inside the West Bank between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Poloff surveyed the changes in Palestinian access/movement in the Nablus/Salfit/Ramallah area on January 5. The changes do not all [...]
2007-01-08 16:57:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL KWBG PBTS KPAL PINR IS
07JERUSALEM460UPDATE ON WORK AT E-1
[...] (C) INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND GRADING OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE ISRAELI POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS CONTINUING IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. POLOFF OBSERVED ON MARCH 8 TWO ADDITIONAL GRADED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE LARGE GRADED AREA SOUTHWEST OF THE POLICE STATION. (NOTE: THE LAR [...]
2007-03-08 15:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM489NEW WAQF DIRECTOR, BUT NO POLICY CHANGE OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE WAQF SAID MARCH 13 THAT ISLAMIC AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP AND THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP THERE. HE SAID THAT LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, NEITHER HE NOR ANY WAQF OFFICIAL WILL MEET WITH JERUSALEM'S MAYOR OR [...]
2007-03-13 14:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM493FATAH REFORM: GAZA COMMITTEE CHIEF SAYS RAPID
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 6 DVC with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, Gaza Fatah Committee chairman Majid Abu Shammali said 18 years without democracy in Fatah decision-making is principally to blame for the faction's "catastrophic" defeat in January 2006 elections. He said the loss was a needed wake [...]
2007-03-14 14:16:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV KPAL IS KISL PREL
07JERUSALEM496EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIANS PURSUE LIMITED HOUSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Advocates of improved housing for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem report that privately-financed development proposals have elicited some positive response from the Jerusalem Municipality. Israeli restrictions on movement and the near completion of the separation barr [...]
2007-03-14 14:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM504UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TENDERS
[...] (C) The Kuwaiti mobile provider Wataniya Telecom, which won the second mobile telecom operator license in the West Bank/Gaza on September 18, 2006, continues to wait for a frequency to be allocated by the GOI (see ref A),according to Enas Abu Laban, a policy advisor in the PLO's Negotiations [...]
2007-03-15 16:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM509NEW LAGOON TO IMPROVE NORTH GAZA SEWAGE SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of the donor-financed Northern Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant (NGWTP) began in February. The plant's new storage lagoon began receiving wastewater from the nearby Beit Lahiya sewage lake in early March in order to provide relief to the area's overflowing sewage [...]
2007-03-16 12:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM512GAZA INDUSTRIAL ZONE TALKS BY TURKS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish business interests continue to promote plans to revitalize the Palestinian Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ),but progress has been slow, according to the Turkish DPO. President Abbas has reportedly agreed that Presidential Guard forces will guard the zone's perimeter while a [...]
2007-03-16 17:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV EIND KWBG TU IS
07JERUSALEM529POSSIBLE NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COMPANY ATTEMPTS
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian truckers and businessmen allege that a new Israeli-Palestinian transport company is seeking complete control over goods transiting the Karni/al-Mintar crossing. The new company reportedly includes Israeli firms already involved in manipulating the crossing's current [...]
2007-03-21 13:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KCOR KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM535NEW CONSTRUCTION NEAR ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FIRST OF 50 HOUSING UNITS IN NOF HASHARON, NEAR THE WEST BANK SETTLEMENT OF ALFE MENASHE. POLOFF VISITED THE SITE ON MARCH 19. THE MAYOR OF ALFE MENASHE SAYS NOF HASHARON IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIS MUNICIPALITY AND THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS AN EXT [...]
2007-03-21 16:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM575WAQF DIRECTOR HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT UNESCO
[...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF MARCH 27 THAT HE HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE UNESCO REPORT RELEASED ON THE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. THE REPORT, RELEASED MARCH 13, RECOMMENDS THAT THE GOI IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE SITE AND DEFINE A PLAN T [...]
2007-03-28 12:03:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM576SETTLERS SEEK TO RETURN TO HOMESH
[...] (C) According to local press, all of the roughly 300 settler activists who remained at the former settlement of Homesh following a March 26 march to the site had been evacuated by the IDF by mid-morning March 28. Dozens of settler activists burned tires and damaged IDF vehicles March 27 in an [...]
2007-03-28 13:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM577SETTLEMENT EXPANSION WILL CONNECT WEST BANK
[...] (C) Danny Seideman, founder of the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim told poloff March 27 that plans to expand the West Bank settlement of Adam, also known as Geve Binyamin, have been approved by the Higher Planning Council. He said the plan would expand the settlement of about 1500 people sou [...]
2007-03-28 13:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM585STRIKING GAZANS AGAIN CLOSE KARNI/AL-MINTAR
[...] (SBU) Palestinian truckers and merchants closed the Gaza side of Karni/al-Mintar crossing for several hours March 26 to protest continued restrictions on throughput at the crossing, particularly for exports. The strikers displayed banners calling on Secretary Rice to reactivate the AMA agree [...]
2007-03-28 16:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM590UPDATE ON GAZA'S POWER SUPPLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The reconstruction and development of the Gaza electricity supply continues, with 202 MW available for an estimated demand of 225 MW. The Gaza Power Plant's (GPP) reconstruction is scheduled to be complete by October, which will enable supply to exceed demand. The proposed [...]
2007-03-30 07:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PHUM KWBG IS EG
07JERUSALEM607HEBRON BUSINESSMEN SURVIVING BUT FEAR GREATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hebron business leaders told Econoffs March 28 that they fear their current access to Israeli markets through Tarqumiya crossing could quickly deteriorate if back-to-back procedures are implemented there, since their products cannot easily be transferred back-to-back. In addi [...]
2007-04-04 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM623CODEL WOLF MEETS WITH PA MINISTERS OF TOURISM AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on April 3, PA Minister of Tourism Dr. Khulud Dabis (independent, nominated by Fatah) told Congressmen Wolf, Pitts, Aderholt and Smith that the national unity government (NUG) needs the support of the U.S, Israel and the international community to strengthen mod [...]
2007-04-05 15:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
07JERUSALEM630CODELS PELOSI AND WEXLER MEET WITH ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary. Codels Pelosi and Wexler, including Representatives Lantos, Waxman, Rahall, Hobson, Slaughter, and Ellison, met with PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) April 3. Abu Mazen said he signed the Mecca agreement to prevent a Palestinian civil war - one that Hamas might have won. [...]
2007-04-06 08:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM639ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTER TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM
[...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 6 THAT RIGHT-WING ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTERED THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM A-SHARIF COMPOUND ON APRIL 4 AND 5. AL-KHATIB SAID ON APRIL 4 SIXTY ACTIVISTS ENTERED THROUGH THE MUGHRABI GATE AND TOURED THE COMPOUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, ESCORTED BY ISRA [...]
2007-04-06 12:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM649CONSTRUCTION ON BARRIER AND POLICE STATION
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed April 6 that construction is active and ongoing on two sections of the separation barrier around the Ma,ale Adumim/E-1 settlement bloc. In addition, grading continues at the E-1 police station. (Note: Photos of the barrier construction and of E-1 sent by email to N [...]
2007-04-10 14:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM670RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT AND ACCESS CRIPPLE NABLUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS AND MOVEMENT CONTINUE TO DEGRADE THE NABLUS ECONOMY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL BUSINESSMEN. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION HAS PLUMMETED, TRANSPORTATION COSTS KEEP RISING, BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED OR, IN SOME CASES, MOVED TO NEARBY CITIES OR OUT OF THE WEST BANK. UNEMPLO [...]
2007-04-13 11:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD EINV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM687FATAH REFORM IN GAZA: INTERNAL DIVISIONS THREATEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 10, senior Fatah activist Ahmad Hillis organized a conference attended by 1,700 Fatah members in Gaza City. While the conference's theme, "Our Message," was intended to energize grassroots Fatah activists around Fatah's public message and political program, the speake [...]
2007-04-16 13:47:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL
07JERUSALEM688CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on April 12. Abbas said he was preparing for an April 15 meeting with Israeli PM Olmert. He noted that PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad would soon be in Washington and hoped he would be [...]
2007-04-16 14:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM689CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad on April 9 and Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr on April 10. Fayyad focused on the impact of financial restrictions, the importance of security reform, and Fatah,s lack of internal reform. In his first meeting with a US [...]
2007-04-16 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM700PALESTINIANS COMMEMORATE PRISONERS' DAY
[...] (U) PALESTINIAN POLITICAL LEADERS COMMEMORATED PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' DAY (APRIL 17) WITH RALLIES AND PRESS STATEMENTS. RALLIES WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, INCLUDING AT ICRC OFFICES IN GAZA CITY AND RAMALLAH. PM HANNIYEH ADDRESSED HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS' RELATIVES IN GAZA CITY [...]
2007-04-18 13:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM704RAFAH SECURITY WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: USSC Dayton chaired the Security Working Group (SWG) on the Rafah Crossing April 15. All sides agreed to create a sub-working group on persons of concern. The GoI provided an approved list of goods of concern. The next SWG meeting is tentatively scheduled for May 16. 2. (C) [...]
2007-04-19 14:13:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM71ISRAELI ARABS PROVIDE SILVER LINING TO ANOTHER
[...] (C) THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN BETHLEHEM WAS THE WORST IN FIVE YEARS FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND RETAIL SALES, ACCORDING TO BETHLEHEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (BCCI) OFFICIALS. HAVING SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE AREA DURING ISRAELS CONFLICT WITH HIZBALLAH LAST SUMMER, RECORD NUMBERS OF ISR [...]
2007-01-16 08:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM716LIMITED ACCESS TO PROFITABLE FISHING FOR GAZANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fishermen cannot operate more than six nautical miles (n.m.) from the Gaza coast, devastating an industry that supports an estimated 30,000 Gazans, according to the April 2007 OCHA Special Focus report. As the sardine season approaches, the 3,000 registered Gaza fishermen [...]
2007-04-20 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM717PALESTINIANS FAVOR TURKISH INDUSTRIAL ZONE
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian business leaders support the Turkish initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, but they want more details on how the Palestinian economy will benefit. Palestinian companies expect to be partners in industrial zone joint-ventur [...]
2007-04-20 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV EIND PREL KWBG IS TU
07JERUSALEM718EASTER BRINGS FEW PALESTINIAN PILGRIMS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pilgrims crowded Jerusalem's Old City for Easter in 2007, with approximately 85 percent coming from abroad, and the rest from within Israel. Despite GOI assurances that more generous access would be provided to Palestinian pilgrims for the holiday, very few Palestinian Christ [...]
2007-04-20 14:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM719NEW TARQUMIYA CROSSING FACILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, USAID, USSC, and Econoffs walked through the new Tarqumiya crossing facility under construction 300 meters inside the West Bank. The new commercial crossing terminal will use a container scanner that will allow containers to be transferred between Palestinian and [...]
2007-04-20 14:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM735QASSAM ATTACKS SPIKE; CONFLICTING HAMAS STATEMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility for a number of Qassam rockets and mortars on April 23-24. These were the first rocket attacks claimed by Hamas since the November 2006 "tahdiya" (calm) was put in place. On a Hamas military-wing website, spokesman Abu Ubaydah s [...]
2007-04-25 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS KPAL PTER KISL
07JERUSALEM75PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR NOTES POSSIBLE PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SA'EB EREKAT, ISRAELI AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY AGREED TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIAL PERMITS TO FACILITATE THE TRAVEL OF PROMINENT PALESTINIAN BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERS INTO ISRAEL, IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN LABORERS ALLOWED INTO [...]
2007-01-17 13:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM815AZARIYAH: POSSIBLE LAND CONFISCATION
[...] (C) Summary: Azariyah Mayor Isam Far'un told PolChief on April 23 that the route of the separation barrier will divide the town, east of Jerusalem, from 2000 dunums (about 510 acres) of its municipal land. Of this land, 800 dunums (205 acres) is a hill that the municipality zoned for commercia [...]
2007-05-07 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM838TULKARM BUSINESSES TURN TO ISRAELI SETTLERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian businessmen in Tulkarm complain that delays, road conditions, and the Israeli requirement to palletize all cargo processed through the Tulkarm/Sha'ar Efraim crossing have limited exports at the crossing to only 40 trucks daily. Some businesses have turned to Israe [...]
2007-05-10 07:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM867NEW ROADS, GRADING AND TERRACING AT E-1 POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF OBSERVED MAY 10 THAT CONSTRUCTION IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM HAS CONTINUED AT A HEIGHTENED PACE SINCE POLOFF'S APRIL 27 VISIT. SUBSTANTIAL ROADWORK HAS BEGUN, TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN GRADED, AND ONE NEW AREA HAS BEEN TERRACED. (NOTE: PHOTOS SENT TO [...]
2007-05-11 12:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM869JENIN AND JORDAN VALLEY FARMERS FACE LOSSES DUE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FARMERS FROM JENIN AND THE NORTHERN JORDAN VALLEY COMPLAIN THAT CHECKPOINT DELAYS, MISHANDLING OF PRODUCE, LIMITED CROSSING HOURS, AND LACK OF TRAVEL PRIVILEGES TO ISRAEL ADVERSELY AFFECT LOCAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE. JENIN FARMERS ALSO COMPLAIN THAT ISRAELI AUTHORITIES ARBITRARI [...]
2007-05-11 12:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM876TURKISH ADVOCATE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guven Sak, the Turkish coordinator of an initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, reported May 8 that only minimal progress has been achieved since the project was first conceived and currently "nothing is moving." He noted there has be [...]
2007-05-14 10:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD BEXP KWBG IS TU
07JERUSALEM891AT LEAST 8 KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACK ON PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. In the most serious factional clashes since January 2007, Hamas military-wing gunmen assaulted a Presidential Guard (PG) training compound near Karni/al-Mintar, ambushed a National Security Forces (NSF) truck and killed its occupants, according to Gaza NSF and PG commanders. Du [...]
2007-05-15 14:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM894GAZA FISHERMEN REPORT RECORD SARDINE CATCH
[...] (SBU) Gaza fishermen have caught record numbers of sardines over the last two weeks, bringing down Gaza's market price for sardines from 25 NIS to 13 NIS per kilo. Gaza-based Assistant Project Director of USAID's Palestinian Agribusiness Partnership Activity (PAPA) project Sa'lem al-Rais told [...]
2007-05-16 09:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS EAID IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM899GAZA: AT LEAST 16 MORE DEAD AS HAMAS STRIKES AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF FIGHTING BETWEEN HAMAS- AND FATAH-ALIGNED FORCES, 43 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND OVER 110 INJURED SINCE MAY 12. HAMAS ATTACKS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON KEY LEADERSHIP/FACILITY TARGETS, WITH MILITARY-WING GUNMEN KILLING 6 FATAH BODYGUARDS AT INTE [...]
2007-05-16 14:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM905GAZA: CEASEFIRE DECLARED, BUT FIGHTING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SEPARATE CEASEFIRES ORDERED BY HAMAS AND PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) HAD A CALMING INFLUENCE EARLY MAY 17, BUT VIOLENCE RESUMED BY 1330 LOCAL. FIGHTING SPREAD TO RAFAH AND THE CENTRAL GAZA STRIP, WITH 5 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES AS OF 1700 LOCAL. PRESIDE [...]
2007-05-17 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM929GAZA: FRIDAY MORE CALM, BUT SOME FIGHTING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite multi-faction agreement to enforce a ceasefire, violence continued (albeit at a reduced level) late May 17 through 1600 on May 18, with two Palestinians killed and at least 18 injured in factional clashes. 21 Qassam rockets landed in Israel since the last update (Ref [...]
2007-05-18 14:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM93NEW HAR HOMA HOUSING UNITS PART OF "VERY OLD PLAN"
[...] (C) Summary: The construction of 1000 new housing units in Har Homa southeast of Jerusalem, announced January 8, are part of an existing plan and are not the result of the cancellation of the "Safdie plan" to build 20,000 housing units in the hills west of Jerusalem, according to both the For [...]
2007-01-18 15:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM933FOEME CALLS FOR WORLD BANK TO CONSIDER JORDAN
[...] (SBU) On May 10, regional NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) held a conference in Jerusalem on the proposed Red Sea - Dead Sea Conduit (RDC) and the organization's recently-completed socioeconomic and environmental impact study, which was fully-funded by USAID's Middle East Regional [...]
2007-05-21 12:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KWBG IS JO
07JERUSALEM940GAZA: INTERNAL CONFLICT SHIFTS TO HAMAS-GOI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following a new, Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreed to at 1500 local on May 19, internal Palestinian fighting has subsided to sporadic levels. One Palestinian was killed in Fatah-Hamas clashes May 18 (prior to the ceasefire). 25 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes [...]
2007-05-21 15:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM955GAZA: HAMAS-FATAH TENSION SIMMERS, AS QASSAMS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence remained at a low level May 21-22, but Hamas-Fatah shootings left three injured, and deaths from injuries in previous fighting raised the toll from factional clashes to 56. 20 Qassam rockets struck Israel from 1400 (local) May 21 to 1600 May 22, killin [...]
2007-05-22 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM964GAZA TENSE BUT QUIETER AS IDF SHIFTS OPERATIONS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. There was sporadic factional and clan violence in Gaza late May 22 to mid-day (local) May 24. Hamas and Fatah both submitted lists of the other's ceasefire violations to the Follow-up Committee. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Gaza and met with PM Ismayil Haniyah M [...]
2007-05-24 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM970JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE CHAIR: PLAN FOR
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING FEBRUARY 28 AND MAY 10 HAARETZ REPORTS OF EAST JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION PLANS, JERUSALEM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWN PLANNERS AND ATTORNEYS CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOSHUA POLLAK DISCUSSED SEVERAL RE [...]
2007-05-25 11:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PBTS KPAL PGOV
07JERUSALEM980MINOR FACTIONAL CLASHES; CONTINUED QASSAM ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. HAMAS GUNMEN RAIDED A FATAH "SPECIAL FORCE" TRAINING AREA IN CENTRAL GAZA MAY 24, BUT NO INJURIES RESULTED. SENIOR FATAH CONTACTS SAY A HIGH-LEVEL FATAH DELEGATION WILL GO TO CAIRO MAY 26 TO MEET WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AND SENIOR HAMAS FIGURES TO SOLIDIFY THE FACTIONAL CEASE [...]
2007-05-25 13:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM983ASSESSMENT OF FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES AND PASF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FACTIONAL CLASHES THAT FLARED MAY 13-18 DEMONSTRATED THE WILLINGNESS OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF) TO FIGHT HARD TO DEFEND MAJOR INSTALLATIONS, BUT ALSO SHOWCASED SUBSTANTIAL HAMAS ADVANTAGES IN TACTICS, EQUIPMENT AND MOTIVATION. END SUMMARY. METHODOLOGY ----------- [...]
2007-05-25 14:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS PREL KPAL IS PTER MOPS
07KABUL17PRT JALALABAD: INTELLECTUAL SHURAS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During three separate "intellectual shuras" in Nangahar province, PRT Jalalabad heard views from local citizens on a range of issues that touched their daily lives. Locals expressed specific concerns about the role and activities of ISAF, particularly ISAF searches and convoys. S [...]
2007-01-03 13:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL4005CANADA'S MANLEY PANEL IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian DCM Hoffman on December 4 provided the Charge with an assessment of the 10-day visit to Afghanistan by the Panel on the Future Role of Canada in Afghanistan (Manley Panel). Hoffman emphasized repeatedly that the Panel,s report will be critical to the future of the Canad [...]
2007-12-06 14:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KAMPALA1426SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC
[...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KATHMANDU2023NEPAL NONCOMMITTAL ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNGA IS NP
07KATHMANDU2055NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 09:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS NP
07KHARTOUM1165BASHIR ADVISOR: SUDAN AT END OF TETHER WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Meeting with CDA Fernandez on July 25, Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin mused about the deterioration of the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Recalling the last 18 years of National Congress Party (NCP) rule in Sudan, Salaheddin said that Khartoum was at "the end of its tether" in [...]
2007-07-25 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SU
07KHARTOUM142 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Advance Team for
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for the advance team for former President and Mrs. Carter and delegation to Khartoum and Juba on February 3 to 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. Th [...]
2007-01-30 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1554SPLM TELLS S/E NATSIOS NCP IMMUNE TO PRESSURE, IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-06 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM156 Pres. Advisor Claims U.S. Seeks to Undermine Sudan from
[...] (U) The United States seeks to dismantle Sudan, said Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, according to a January 31 account in the Sudan News Agency, a state-operated media outlet. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs also is quoted as stating that the U.S. strategy towards Sudan had s [...]
2007-02-02 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV US SU
07KHARTOUM1567RIZEIGAT: WE CAN EITHER BE WITH YOU...OR AGAINST YOU
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abd al-Raheem Hamdan Dagalo, a son of the notorious and influential Rizeigat umda Juma Dagalo, described the marginalization of the Arab tribes in Darfur as worse than that of those in IDP camps. The Arab tribes were an integral part of [...]
2007-10-08 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1848IN "HISTORIC SHIFT", SUDAN AGREES TO ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 08:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALAMGT KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS SU
07KHARTOUM195 SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMY WENDT AND FRUZSINA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Amy Wendt and Fruzsina Csaczar, for the purpose of conducting monitoring and evaluation of PRM-funded projects in Southern Sudan from February 17-24. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for [...]
2007-02-11 04:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA APER PREF ET SU
07KHARTOUM196 SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KENT (SAM) HEALY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sam Healy, for February 17 to 27, 2007 for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating PRM-funded projects in Tambura, Yei, Kajo, Keji, Twic East/Duk (Panyagor/Bor) and Juba. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas [...]
2007-02-11 04:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREF AMGT SU
07KHARTOUM1968JANJAWID WARLORD: WE WANT AMERICA AS OUR PATRON
[...] Summary: Alleged Janjawid turncoat Juma Dagalo claims that his well-armed movement is sincerely opposed to Khartoum, despite sketchy evidence to the contrary, and has forged new ties with mostly African Darfur rebel groups. He seeks American moral and political support for a confrontation with [...]
2007-12-12 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM256UNSYG REP DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN, PEACEKEEPING AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with CDA Hume, the acting head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) described the Sudanese government's obstruction of UN operations, the deteriorating security environment confronting the humanitarian community, and the difficulties in implementation [...]
2007-02-20 16:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY UN US
07KHARTOUM332AHMADINEJAD: DOWN, DOWN USA; COME TO JESUS
[...] (C) Summary: In a speech March 1 at the Chinese-built Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excoriated the U.S. for its role in the region, support for Israel and opposition to Iran's nuclear program, as well as heaped criticism on the United Nations and Israel. L [...]
2007-03-02 13:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU IR
07KHARTOUM373 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for SPG Desk Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for SPG Desk Officer Rebecca Jovin to travel to Khartoum and Darfur for consultations from March 10 to 17, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudane [...]
2007-03-11 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM65 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for TDY Econ Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF WAE Econ Officer Curtis Stewart to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 17 to mid-May, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese [...]
2007-01-16 08:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM757COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...]
2007-05-15 03:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ
07KHARTOUM76 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Jason Small and Herb
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sudan Programs Group Deputy Director Jason Small and Worldwide Humanitarian Program Manager Herb Bentz to travel to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan, from January 19 - 25, 2007. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review [...]
2007-01-18 16:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM78 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for AF/SPG Josh Drake and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Josh Drake of AF/SPG and Ann Truitt and Kelly Bracey from A/LM/AQM to travel to Sudan from January 20 - 29. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review specific travel requests upon his return; permission to travel [...]
2007-01-18 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM88 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for S/CRS Eythan Sontag
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 27 to April, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese Government has i [...]
2007-01-22 09:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KIGALI1104RWANDA ON IRAN AND ISRAEL DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 14:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNGA RW IR IS
07KIGALI639RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]
2007-07-10 11:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI737Methane Development Continues Despite Disputes
[...] SUMMARY. Lake Kivu still contains hope for Rwanda to solve one of the biggest obstacles to its development - the unreliability and high cost of energy in the country. The GOR partnership and concession granted to Dane Associates has been dissolved, but several other companies have appeared to [...]
2007-08-17 08:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW CG
07KIGALI754FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]
2007-08-22 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KINSHASA1111Patriot Day Activities
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...]
2007-09-18 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA125GDRC DIAMOND SECTOR UPDATE - IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's 2006 diamond export revenues will likely be well below 2005 levels, largely due to a drop in production by the diamond mining parastatal, MIBA. Not only have production, export quantities, and export values decreased compared with 2005 figures, but hoped-for export re [...]
2007-02-01 13:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON EINV ETRD CG
07KINSHASA1370DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - OPPOSING UNGA
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on December 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Minister Plenipotentiary in the International Organizations Office of the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Kimpembe said that the DRC is in favor of peace in the Middle East and would consider our reque [...]
2007-12-17 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS
07KINSHASA425DRC MINING SECTOR - THE MAJOR ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The mining sector has traditionally been the key driver of the DRC's economy, but it will need substantial reform before it can realize its full potential. Key issues facing the sector include: 1) ensuring the transparency and fairness of existing and future mining contracts; 2) [...]
2007-04-12 17:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ETRD ECIN CG
07KINSHASA49DRC DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - The Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves remain below target. - Several artisanal miners died after a clash with police in Katanga province. - DRC's water authority terminated two managers for alleged corruption. - Spanish/Congolese airline Bravo Air Congo increased its domes [...]
2007-01-18 16:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KOLKATA126KOLKATA PUBLIC AFFAIRS REACHES OUT TO EASTERN INDIA'S MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Students and faculty at Muslim schools (madrassas) in West Bengal are enthusiastic to interact with U.S. government officials generally and have been appreciative in particular with the outreach by the Kolkata American Center through participation in MicroAccess English-languag [...]
2007-04-18 06:30:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI SA IN
07KUALALUMPUR1059SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE
[...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]
2007-06-20 10:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1166MALAYSIA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. OIC ENVOY DECISION;
[...] (C) Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ibrahim Abdullah, speaking with us on July 13, reiterated that Malaysia welcomed the U.S. decision to appoint a special envoy to the OIC, and he encouraged the envoy to visit Malaysia as the OIC chair. The OIC Secretary General asked Malaysia to identify an [...]
2007-07-18 09:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPKO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-07-31 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-08-23 09:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1551ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]
2007-10-22 10:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1552ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]
2007-10-22 23:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1567MALAYSIA BACKS MEPP, EXPECTS INVITE TO U.S.-HOSTED
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Abbas sought Malaysia's general backing in future peace talks with Israel and discussed Malaysian aid to Palestine during his October 20 meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, according to the Foreign Ministry. Malaysia understands that the [...]
2007-10-25 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-11-27 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR184SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]
2007-01-31 10:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR467MALAYSIAN OIC DIPLOMAT ON HAMAS VISIT, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) The March 3 visit of a senior Hamas leader was in line with Prime Minister Abdullah's desire to engage directly and in more detail on Middle East issues, Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah told polchief March 9. The Pakistan initiative represents a "repackaging" o [...]
2007-03-12 11:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KISL KNNP OIC IS PK IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR618SENIOR MOFA OFFICIAL SEEKS BACKGROUND ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge' and Economic Counselor met April 4 with Malaysian Ambassador-at-large Ghazzali S.A. Khalid at his request to brief him on the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). Ghazzali, formerly Malaysia's Ambassador in Washington, maintains a watching brief on U.S. affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]
2007-04-04 08:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV ETRD MY IR
07KUALALUMPUR651SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]
2007-04-11 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR924SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE,
[...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]
2007-05-24 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUWAIT1024PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PREDICTS PASSAGE OF KATRINA AND
[...] (SBU) Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador June 30 he expected Parliament would pass the remaining $400 million of the $500 million aid package Kuwait pledged in September 2005 to assist victims of hurricane Katrina (ref C) before it goes into summer recess sometime mid [...]
2007-06-30 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LE KU KATRINA AID
07KUWAIT1063KUWAITI DEPUTY PM SAYS KUWAITI DEMOCRACY SETTING
[...] (C) During a July 4 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Moahammed Al-Hajji Boukhadour, the Minister commented that the recent performance of the Kuwaiti parliament was leading others in the region to question the efficacy of democracy. Coming of [...]
2007-07-04 08:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKU PGOV PINR PREL GCC
07KUWAIT1072007 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2007 Kuwait Investment Climate Report: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- [...]
2007-01-24 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPIC EINV KTDB USTR KU
07KUWAIT108KUWAIT "100 PERCENT WITH THE PRESIDENT" ON IRAQ
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call by visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah expressed full agreement with the President's strategy for bringing sta [...]
2007-01-25 12:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IZ KU
07KUWAIT1107KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERS ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior leaders in or close to the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, have said in recent meetings that the U.S. has made a major tactical error in refusing to deal with Hamas. Citing their close ties to Hamas leader K [...]
2007-07-11 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KISL EG IS KU
07KUWAIT112KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-27 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1135KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN: RED MOSQUE SEIGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 10:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1140KUWAITI REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 16 SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Kuwaiti reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East has been limited so far, but what has appeared is generally skeptical or negative. A positive view came from Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohamme [...]
2007-07-18 10:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS KMDR KU OPRC PGOV PREL XF PPAO
07KUWAIT1159KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, U.S. POLICY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-22 08:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1170SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES' VISIT
[...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, we and the senior Kuwaiti leadership look forward to your visit to Kuwait on August 1. The Kuwaitis are strongly committed to the strategic relationship with the U.S. and will value this opportunity to consult with you on regional security, but especially on Iraq and Ir [...]
2007-07-26 10:33:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1188KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PEACE PROCESS, KUWIAT-U.S. SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 10:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT124KUWAITI SPEAKER TELLS CODEL PELOSI DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a January 25 meeting with Kuwaiti Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, and Deputy Speaker Dr. Mohammed Al-Bousairi, CODEL Pelosi expressed gratitude for Kuwait's support for OIF and emphasized the importance to the U.S. [...]
2007-01-29 08:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP PREL PTER CVIS IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1399NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY COMMENTS ON IRAQ,
[...] (SBU) On August 27, Charg paid a courtesy call on Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Deputy Director Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah. On September 5, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo also met with SIPDIS Shaykh Thamer and later provided a briefing of hi [...]
2007-09-16 10:25:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU PM PINR
07KUWAIT1400COURTESY CALL ON MOD'S SHAYKH SABAH AL-NASSER AL
[...] (C) Summary. On September 6, Charg and Chief, OMC-K paid a courtesy call on Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Under Secretary Shaykh Sabah Al-Nasser Al Sabah. The Under Secretary offered his thoughts on an ongoing investigation of aircraft engine sales to Iran, his dreams of upgrading the Kuwaiti [...]
2007-09-16 11:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU PINR PM
07KUWAIT1429AMIR: IRAN SHOULD COOPERATE WITH IAEA; IRAN AMB
[...] (U) On September 19, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah urged neighboring Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was quoted as saying, "We believe in the importance of reaching a peaceful so [...]
2007-09-20 14:49:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU KPAO PM
07KUWAIT1741SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 11-12
[...] (C) Mr. President, your January 11-12 visit to Kuwait offers a timely opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable cooperation of a key regional ally, and also to press the Government of Kuwait (GOK) to do more on issues of vital interest to the United States - especially Iraq and counterterroris [...]
2007-12-17 23:35:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV ECON KCIP OVIP KU IZ IS EAID KPAO
07KUWAIT195PARLIAMENT UNLIKELY TO PASS NO CONFIDENCE MOTION
[...] (C) Summary: Islamist MP Khudair Al-Enezi told Poloffs that a no confidence motion on the Minister of Health was likely to be submitted after his February 19 grilling, but was unlikely to pass. Al-Enezi said that while he personally opposed the grilling, he would support it in Parliament as [...]
2007-02-13 10:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KPAL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT217KUWAITIS WELCOME MECCA AGREEMENT, CONDEMN AL-AQSA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaitis welcomed news of the agreement between Fatah and Hamas in Mecca and praised Saudi Arabia for hosting the reconciliation meeting. In a February 11 statement, the Council of Ministers hailed the agreement as "a step in the right direction" and praised Saudi King Abdulla [...]
2007-02-14 12:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAL IS KU
07KUWAIT22(S/NF) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KUWAIT AND ISRAEL
[...] (S/NF) Kuwait does not have diplomatic relations nor does it share intelligence with the Israeli government. All travel to and trade with Israel is technically illegal in Kuwait. However, Kuwait does not strictly enforce the Arab League's economic boycott of Israel and there are sometimes ru [...]
2007-01-08 15:15:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR IS KU
07KUWAIT257UPDATE ON SHI'A-SUNNI RELATIONS IN KUWAIT: STABLE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite a recent surge in sectarian rhetoric, the majority of our contacts insist there is no near-term threat to Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Most Kuwaitis describe the overall relations between the two communities as "very good," and say leaders on both sides and the Go [...]
2007-02-20 13:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT26SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JAN 16-17, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit. In addition to your meeting with the GCC 2 Foreign Ministers, hosted by Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, you will likely have separate bilateral meetings with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Prime Mi [...]
2007-01-09 12:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID OVIP KU
07KUWAIT291DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MFA U/S SAYS GCC FOREIGN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 28 CDA DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 3 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY KHALED AL-JARALLAH. AL-JARALLAH EXPRESSED OPTIMISM THAT THE MECCA AGREEMENT AND RECENT EFFORTS BY THE QUARTET WERE REINVIGORATING THE PEACE PROCESS. THE CHAR [...]
2007-02-28 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS IZ LE SO SU IR
07KUWAIT310KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND ZIONISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-04 07:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT318FIVE MPS SUBMIT LEGISLATION TO BAN ALL CONTACTS
[...] (SBU) Five parliamentarians - two Shi'a Islamists, two Sunni Islamists, and one populist - submitted draft legislation March 3 calling for a complete ban on all Kuwaiti interaction, both official and unofficial, with "the Zionist entity" (i.e. Israel). The bill "seeks to prohibit government [...]
2007-03-04 13:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAL IS KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT356KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-11 08:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT371KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 06:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT409SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL
[...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for th [...]
2007-03-21 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT416SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL
[...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for the [...]
2007-03-24 06:43:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT427SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S APRIL 3 VISIT TO
[...] (S/NF) Welcome to Kuwait, Admiral Fallon. I regret that I will be away during your visit but look forward to greeting you on your next visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, and First Deputy Prime [...]
2007-03-26 10:50:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT440KUWAIT NSB DEPUTY AIRS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ AT
[...] (C) Summary. NATO member embassies met March 21 to discuss NATO cooperation with Kuwait under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and the upcoming visit of a NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation. The Poles briefed on the March 5-6 Contact Point Embassy meeting in Brussels highlightin [...]
2007-03-28 11:43:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL MNUC PTER NATO PGOV IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT467KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 09:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT48KUWAITIS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PRESIDENT'S NEW IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Kuwaiti government welcomed the President's new Iraq strategy, the Kuwaiti public was more skeptical. While praising the strategy's ultimate goal of stabilizing Iraq, Kuwaitis expressed doubt that a temporary increase in the number of troops would achieve this obj [...]
2007-01-14 14:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMDR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT491KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PELOSI VISIT, IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-07 07:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT55GCC +2 STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 12:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KU GCC
07KUWAIT576KUWAITI POLITICAL FIGURES EXPRESS CONCERN,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A broad cross section of prominent Kuwaiti political figures expressed concern and uncertainty regarding Iraq, Iran and regional strategic issues at an Embassy-hosted diwaniyya (traditional evening gathering) featuring visiting Army War College Professor Dr. W. Andrew Terril [...]
2007-04-18 12:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT59MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR: WE WILL
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told Ambassador January 16 that in March his Ministry would begin a campaign to bring Kuwaiti charities into compliance with existing laws regulating charitable contributions so that the Ministry could better [...]
2007-01-18 07:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT593KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 09:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT649KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S POLICIES AND HEGEMONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 09:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT691KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, AND ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-06 06:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT781FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON RECENT VISIT TO IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Foreign Affairs Chairman and Inter-Arab Parliament (IAP) Speaker Mohammed Al-Sager gave PolOffs a read-out of his recent visit to Iran. Al-Sager said Iranian officials he met, including Rafsanjani, asked for Kuwaiti mediation with the U.S. and called on Kuwait to play [...]
2007-05-16 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT783KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR MAY 22 GULF SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) The second round of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) with Kuwait will convene on May 22in Kuwait City. The National Security Bureau (NSB),the Kuwaiti government body responsible for coordinating security policy, is organizing the May 22 meeting. In addition to NSB President Shaykh A [...]
2007-05-17 07:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PARM KU
07KUWAIT801KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 10:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT807KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT81U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN KUWAIT: WOMEN IN
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky visited Kuwait January 9 to participate in the Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering Conference (reftel). She also met with key Kuwaiti governmental and non-governmental figures. Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, the first and only femal [...]
2007-01-21 14:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR PGOV PHUM PREL KSCA KWMN KU
07KUWAIT817KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND PALESTINE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 08:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT870NATO VISITS LAY GROUNDWORK FOR EXPANDED
[...] (C) On June 2, the Polish Embassy, the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Kuwait, briefed resident NATO member embassies on recent NATO visits to Kuwait. From May 6-7, NATO officials conducted a workshop on Civil Emergency Planning and Crisis Management in Kuwait. The team emphasized radiological [...]
2007-06-04 12:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KU
07KUWAIT873U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]
2007-06-05 06:45:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KUWAIT889SPEAKER DOWNPLAYS PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION RUMORS;
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador June 5 he did not think the Kuwaiti Amir would dissolve Parliament, despite his frustration with opposition MPs' constant attacks against the Government. Al-Khorafi believed if there was a dissolution it would be cons [...]
2007-06-06 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KPAL LE IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT89KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND RICE'S VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 07:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT897KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, IRAN, AND KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-10 08:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT904KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 06:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT905KUWAIT DEFENSE MINISTER: BASES NOT TO BE USED IN
[...] (C) On June 11, Kuwait Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak said that Kuwait would never allow itself to be used as a launch pad for an attack against Iran or any other country. He also stated that the U.S. had not asked for permission to use Kuwait's territory to attack any country in th [...]
2007-06-12 06:54:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR IR KU
07KUWAIT932WASTING THE WINDFALL: A BREAKDOWN OF KUWAIT'S
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Kuwait's fiscal surplus for FY 2006/7 was $20 billion, after the allocation of 10 percent of revenues to the Reserve Fund for Future Generations (RFFG). While revenues increased by 12.8 percent, mostly due to high oil prices, fiscal expenditures grew by a whopping 60 [...]
2007-06-17 07:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EPET EAID KU
07KUWAIT942KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, LEBANON, AND PALESTINE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 07:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT990KUWAIT REVIEWING OUTSTANDING PLEDGE FOR THE
[...] (C/NF) During a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah said that Kuwait had not yet disbursed aid pledged to the Palestinians. Shaykh Mohammed asked whether the Israeli government had freed tax revenues owed to the Palestinians. Ambassador said [...]
2007-06-26 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID PREF IS KU ECON
07KYIV118UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Refs A and B contained parts one and two of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. The third and final part of the ICS is below. Text Continued: A.9. Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment BANKING The Ukrainian banking system consists of the National Ban [...]
2007-01-18 14:25:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV220UKRAINE: USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON SILICON METAL
[...] Post provides the following information regarding silicon metal production in Ukraine in response to reftel request. This response contains no business proprietary information. Overview of Metallurgy Industry ------------------------------- 2. Metallurgy is one of the Ukrainian economy's [...]
2007-01-31 11:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON UP
07KYIV2752UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FINALLY TO VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Embassy DCM Shahar Arieli confirmed that President Victor Yushchenko plans to visit Israel in mid-November and that he would also visit Ramallah and meet with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, although he noted that previous planned visits did not m [...]
2007-11-06 08:20:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IS UP
07KYIV3034UKRAINE: MOI AND MFA DISCUSS PLANS TO FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Ukrainian Government is taking steps to combat the increase in racially-motivated crimes in Ukraine this year. Acting Minister of Interior Korniyenko highlighted to the Ambassador several initiatives undertaken by the Ministry including increased security for di [...]
2007-12-10 13:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UP
07KYIV3071UKRAINE COAL MINE DISASTER: HOW CORRUPTION KILLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A November 18 explosion at the Zasyadko Coal Mine killed 101 miners in Ukraine's worst coal mine accident since independence. Subsequent explosions killed another five miners and mine rescuers. The Zasyadko mine has one of the country's worst safety records. Its director, Yuk [...]
2007-12-17 09:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN PGOV ELAB EAID UP
07KYIV666UKRAINE: RAIDS AIMED AT LUTSENKO WIDEN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 20 Prosecutor General Office (PGO) early morning raid on former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko's apartment (ref A),on March 21, police allegedly broke into the Kyiv office of the Anti-Criminal Choice NGO (without a warrant) headed by Lutsenko's brother S [...]
2007-03-22 15:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR UP
07KYIV764UKRAINE: AN AD HOC ISRAEL POLICY -- BALANCING
[...] (C) Summary: Israel is home to a half million Ukrainian immigrants and the two countries had $372 million in bilateral trade in 2006. Despite Ukraine's remaining Jewish population and the large diaspora in Israel, Ukraine's relations with the Jewish State were characterized as "ad hoc" by se [...]
2007-04-02 03:34:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS UP
07LAGOS54SHOUTING IN THE EAR OF A DEAF GOVERNMENT:
[...] (C) Summary: Bunkerers tapping into crude oil pipelines, vandalized refineries too costly and dangerous to repair or maintain, organized looting of downstream pipelines, complicated import procedures that encourage corruption and force importers to bear the costs of the fuel price subsidy, c [...]
2007-01-26 12:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAPAZ2456BOLIVIA MOVING TOWARDS FORMALIZING TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (U) Bolivian press reported that President Evo Morales signed a commercial agreement September 5 with Iran's Ambassador to Venezuela Abdulat Zisan (alternate "Zifan") for the establishment of six milk processing plants. Morales noted the "historic" commercial agreement would be a start toward [...]
2007-09-06 23:03:00Embassy La PazSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2686LA PAZ ON IRANIAN NUKES: SEE NO EVIL
[...] (U) Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca defended Iran's nuclear program October 3, contrasting Iran's development of "peaceful" nuclear technology with countries like France, Russia, Israel, and the United States that use the technology to make "atomic bombs." He also lumped Iran in [...]
2007-10-04 20:28:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR BL
07LAPAZ3136BOLIVIA DEMARCHE REPLY: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 28 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Rubin Viduarre. Viduarre said matters pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are typically discussed with Latin American counterparts at the United Nations (Grupo Latina America). Although Bolivi [...]
2007-11-29 21:14:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UN IS BL
07LAPAZ3150GAS, GOVERNMENT, AND TAKEOVERS: ELECTRICAL
[...] (C) Summer rains and resulting hydroelectric production will provide a seasonal buffer for Bolivian electricity supplies, but come June or July the country will likely suffer shortages, brownouts, and possible blackouts. Demand should continue to grow over the following year, but supply wil [...]
2007-11-30 21:45:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
07LAPAZ3330BOLIVIA: EVO'S 2007 REPORT CARD
[...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales's second year in office has been even more contentious than his first. On the international front, this year has included diplomatic scuffles with neighbors and increasing attacks against the United States and our mission in Bolivia. Domestically, conflict [...]
2007-12-26 22:08:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EMIN PINR MNUC BL
07LILONGWE894MALAWI: UN EVALUATION OF MDF PEACEKEEPERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: November 23-24, a UN High Ranking Operational Training and Advisory Team (HROTAT) visited Malawi to inspect the Malawi Defense Force's (MDF) readiness to deploy a battalion to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). HROTAT said the MDF passed the initial inspection and would rema [...]
2007-12-03 15:03:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MI MOPS PREL
07LIMA2275COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - GEORGE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Civil Engineer for Office of Airports, FAA, George Israel Legarreta from July 28 to Aug. 4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to represent the U.S. FAA and chair the ICAO GREPECAS Task Force Runway End Safety Areas and Runway S [...]
2007-07-03 22:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA354PERU'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CONCEPT PAPER
[...] SUMMARY: The GOP's MCC Coordinator, Ben Schneider, will visit Washington February 12-13 to meet with State, USAID, MCA indicator institutions, and to present the GOP's draft Concept Paper to the MCC. The concept paper focuses on two of the most important indicators that Peru failed, Control of [...]
2007-02-07 12:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKMCC PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SNAR PE
07LIMA3782FOLLOW-UP REPORTING ON PERUVIAN MILITARY
[...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the feedback offered by Washington analysts in ref A and offers the following responses to questions raised regarding the status of Plan VRAE. (Ref A questions regarding internal political and congressional matters will be answered septel.) 2. (C) Has the Peruvian [...]
2007-12-07 16:46:00Embassy LimaSECRETPINR MOPS PGOV PINS PE
07LISBON1800PORTUGAL: REACTION TO US VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Pol-econ officer delivered reftel points underscoring deep USG unhappiness with the results of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) 5th Session with MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights and International Affairs Susana Vaz Patto. Patto replied that the Portuguese were also quite unhappy with t [...]
2007-07-10 14:57:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UN EUN PO
07LISBON1858U.S.- EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSSES KOSOVO,
[...] (SBU) A/S Fried met July 13 in Lisbon with Political Directors (PolDirs) from the 27 EU member states and with the EU Troika political directors. The agenda included Kosovo, Russia, NATO coordination in Afghanistan, conflicts in Africa, institution building in the Palestinian Territories, and [...]
2007-07-18 17:35:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALCVIS MOPS PHUM PREL PO EUN UN XA AF ZL RS
07LISBON2054PORTUGUESE MFA ON MIDDLE EAST, EU-AFRICA SUMMIT,
[...] (C) MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos told the Charge on August 8 that Portugal has not yet decided whether it will contribute troops to the new UN mission in Darfur. He expressed confidence that the EU-Africa summit would take place in December -- saying the EU and Africa have much t [...]
2007-08-09 15:44:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO
07LISBON2229IN BEIRUT, AMADO UNDERSCORES EU INTEREST IN
[...] (C) FM Luis Amado traveled to Beirut on August 22-23 to express EU concern about Lebanon's upcoming elections. He and his staff spoke with a variety of leaders, including PM Siniora and Speaker Berri, and encouraged all sides to act responsibly and engage constructively. His staff also trave [...]
2007-08-31 12:52:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO
07LISBON2296IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: PORTUGAL AGAINST
[...] (C) On September 5, Pol/Econ Officer conveyed reftel talking points to senior analysts Rui Caroco and Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha in the MFA's Office of International Organizations and Economic Affairs. According to Caroco, the GOP wants to avoid the addition of any country-specific item t [...]
2007-09-07 09:37:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALEUN PARM PREL IAEA PO
07LISBON2438INFORMAL ECOFIN/EUROMED: EU ECONOMY SOUND, FOCUS
[...] On September 14-15, EU Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and Commissioners joined together in an informal ECOFIN gathering focused on state of the economy, fiscal consolidation and structural reform. Eurozone peer pressure would be necessary to keep France on track to reduce its defic [...]
2007-09-19 15:15:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EUN
07LISBON2570MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: AN UPBEAT ABBAS IN
[...] (C) During a one-day visit to Lisbon on September 29, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with the entire senior leadership of Portugal, which currently holds the EU's rotating six-month presidency. Abbas said he was encouraged by his talks with the U.S. and others in New York [...]
2007-10-04 15:57:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO
07LISBON2750US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Iran, all parties agreed on the need for concerted action in response to its nuclear program and pretensions for regional hegemony, as well as its deteriorating human rights situation. On the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the EU emphasized its support for the planned int [...]
2007-10-30 16:01:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
07LISBON2929PORTUGAL RESPONSE IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 19-20
[...] (U) In advance of the November 19 GAERC, Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on reftel points, including the upcoming summit with Africa, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq, the Middle East, Burma, and Pakistan. She further mentioned that the GAERC plans to raise the p [...]
2007-11-16 18:02:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALIR IS IZ LE SY PREL PGOV PO
07LISBON3071PORTUGAL LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 15:45:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS PO
07LISBON3116PORTUGUESE VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC
[...] (U) Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to ref A policy interests with the Portuguese views in advance of the GAERC meeting on December 10 and 11. In addition to reftel points, Rocha mentioned that ministers would review conclusions on Lebanon and would consider proposals to [...]
2007-12-07 17:13:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALIR IZ IS PREL PGOV PO
07LISBON369PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON FEBRUARY EU FOREIGN MINISTERS'
[...] (U) On February 8, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the Ref A demarche points by offering Portugal's views on the Balkans, Middle East, and African policies. 2. (C) BALKANS - Rocha saw this as the most important area for discussion since it would be the first oppo [...]
2007-02-09 17:52:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL EU PO
07LISBON533PORTUGAL'S THOUGHTS ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Officer met MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha to solicit Portugal's views on the March GAERC issues. Energy, the UN Human Rights Council, and climate issues do not fall under Rocha's portfolio, so she did not comment. 2. (SBU) BOSNIA: The EU unanimously supports t [...]
2007-03-05 11:56:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALYI IR KPAL PREL PGOV ENRG PO
07LISBON966SPEAKER PELOSI'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a courtesy call on Portuguese Parliament President Jaime Gama on April 6 during a Lisbon stopover following her trip to the Middle East. The hour-long meeting was cordial and broad ranging. Speaker Pelosi underscored that the dele [...]
2007-04-13 09:42:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PO EUN XF ZP AF
07LJUBLJANA118SLOVENIA ON MARCH GAERC
[...] (C) Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih March 1, 2007. --Balkans-- Arih expected Bosnia and discussion of the extension of OHR to the be top subject in this category. On Serbia and Kosovo, Slovenia remains in agreement. --Israeli-Palestinian Iss [...]
2007-03-01 14:14:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG KPAL SI
07LJUBLJANA121SLOVENIA: HOLOCAUST ISSUES SPECIAL ENVOY VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues J. Christian Kennedy held meetings with Slovene officials and research institute, diplomatic and Jewish community representatives February 19 and 20 to press for a fair and timely resolution of long-standing Jewish communal property restitution [...]
2007-03-02 14:27:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF SI
07LJUBLJANA469SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JULY GAERC
[...] (C) Acting PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Office of EU Affairs representative Aljaz Arih July 18. Kosovo - Arih expressed hope that a UN resolution can be reached within the additional 120 days allocated for negotiation but is not optimistic. Slovenia has made no official deci [...]
2007-07-20 12:09:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA563URGING SLOVENIAN SUPPORT FOR CONSENSUS PACKAGE ON
[...] (C) In separate August 30 meetings with Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry's Security Policy Division and with Dr. Andrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Charge d'Affaires urged Slovenia to support a consensus outcome, or, failing that, [...]
2007-08-30 13:49:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEG EUN PARM PREL IAEA IS JA SI
07LJUBLJANA632SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an action request cable, please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 9, P/E Chief delivered reftel's points to MFA Director of EU Affairs Matej Marn. He offered the following: WTO/DDA ------- 3. (C) Marn commented that WTO/DDA would be a short point on the GAERC agenda - Com [...]
2007-10-09 11:13:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ
07LJUBLJANA71SLOVENIA RESPONSE TO FEBRUARY GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Polecon Chief met with MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih to discuss reftel points February 9. -- Kosovo/Serbia: The GOS sees Ahtisaari's presentation of his draft plan as a significant step toward settlement of Kosovo's status and agrees with the USG that a firm timeline should be maint [...]
2007-02-09 12:51:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA717SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN
[...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel's non-paper to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on November 15. Arih remarked that we were on the "same line" on most issues, including Bosnia, Iran, and Pakistan. He requested that the U.S. consider inviting Slovenia to the Annapolis meeting. EU-China Sum [...]
2007-11-15 15:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07LJUBLJANA728SLOVENIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) On November 27, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of the United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to urge Slovenia to vote against UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias, per reftel. Kepic asserted that Slovenia and other EU [...]
2007-11-27 14:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS SI
07LJUBLJANA749SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC
[...] (U) Emboff delivered Department's points to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on December 6. EU Enlargement -------------- 2. (C) Arih said that Slovenia, as one of the strongest advocates for EU enlargement, agreed with our points. He noted that the EU was still drafting the Europe [...]
2007-12-07 10:44:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY
07LJUBLJANA95SLOVENIA WRESTLING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS IN NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia's commitment to NATO and to international security took a giant leap forward this week as the Slovenian Armed Forces began a six month, 600 troop deployment -- the largest overseas operation in the history of independent Slovenia -- to take over the Western Sector of KFOR [...]
2007-02-16 14:18:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PINS NATO SI
07LONDON1196UK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN
[...] (U) UK priorities for the upcoming GYMNICH meeting are maintaining EU unity in support of 1) Ahtisaari's Kosovo plan; 2) a "middle ground" approach to the new Palestinian Unity Government, and 3) moving forward on EU-specific Iran sanctions. Martin Shearman, the Foreign Office's European Corr [...]
2007-03-28 15:32:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EUN XG IS IR ZI FI UK
07LONDON3175IRAN: BROTHER OF IRGC'S SAFAVI SAYS A U.S. TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. xxxxxxxxxxxx Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) xxxxxxxxxxxx told London Iran Watcher xxxxxxxxxxxx that Iran's cooperation on security in Iraq, though not yet evident, would be forthcoming, but in the same breath argued that a U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC would prevent any [...]
2007-08-17 08:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK
07LONDON3923XXXXXXXXXXXX ARGUES TIME IS RIPE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Islamic republic of Iran decision-makers lack the confidence to initiate an offer to the West to soften Iran's nuclear or regional posture, but are now, due to internal political conditions, hoping for a Western-initiated proposal on [...]
2007-10-12 16:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IR UK
07LONDON4045EUR SENIOR ADVISOR PANDITH AND S/P ADVISOR COHEN’S
[...] (C) Summary. EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith and S/P Member Jared Cohen met with a wide range of UK government leaders, community activists, think tanks, artists, and Muslim youth during their October 9-14 visit to the UK. Government officials stressed that the UK's problem w [...]
2007-10-25 16:38:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER SCUL UK
07LONDON4472SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS’ DECEMBER 7 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your December 7-8 visit to London comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finished putting his own stamp on the government, following this summer's transition from Tony Blair's tenure, and begins focusing on governing. It also comes at a time during which major infrastructure pro [...]
2007-12-05 11:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ICAO ECON SENV ELTN UK
07LONDON809UK EXPECTATIONS FOR MARCH EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) The UK Government expects Iran and Bosnia to be issues of focus at the March General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Martin Sherman, FCO's EU External Affairs head, provided Poloff on March 1 with a readout of UK expectations for the GAERC in response to ref non-p [...]
2007-03-02 15:26:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KPAL PGOV BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ UK
07LUANDA1014LUANDA'S DIAMOND FACTORY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Lev Leviev Diamond Corporation's (LLD) diamond cutting and polishing factory in Luanda is only operating at 20 percent of its designed capacity thanks to less than promised supplies of rough diamonds. Low throughput contributes to a high (USD 100 per carat) production co [...]
2007-10-03 12:55:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ECON AO
07LUANDA204ANGOLA BLUE LANTERN UPDATE ON LICENSES 05-928494
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 06:30:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AO
07LUSAKA372ZAMBIA MARCH 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 08:16:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAIR ZA
07LUXEMBOURG367LUXEMBOURG WILL SEEK COMMON EU POSITION RE: IAEA
[...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on 29 August. Our contact at the MFA took note of the U.S. position regarding an Israel-specific agenda item and told us that this was exactly the sort of topic on which Luxembourg belie [...]
2007-09-07 15:16:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL LU
07MADRID1021SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Dear Secretary Rice: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit is a milestone in our work, together with you, to overcome the differences over Iraq with the Spanish government and convince them that further [...]
2007-05-25 11:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOTRA PREL SP
07MADRID104SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 22 GAERC
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Emboff discussed Spanish views in advance of the January 22 GAERC meeting with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA Subdirector General for the EU, on January 18. Fernandez-Arias highlighted the following areas of special Spanish interest. The EU expects to issue a communique either fr [...]
2007-01-19 11:17:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID1202SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...]
2007-06-19 10:56:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AF
07MADRID1251SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...]
2007-06-22 15:58:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AF LE
07MADRID1265SPANISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN LEBANON; GOS AND MAJOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 24, a car bomb attack killed six and wounded two Spanish soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon. Spain has 1100 troops in UNIFIL and leads a multi-national brigade. Hizballah condemned the attack. Suspicion for the attack centers on Fatah al Islam, li [...]
2007-06-26 13:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS SP LE IR
07MADRID1357UNHRC: SPAIN LOOKING FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights told Poloff July 11 that Spain, while understanding U.S. concerns, was "not deeply unhappy with the results" of the UNHRC institution building process. Fernandez-Arias said that the package deal agreed to in Geneva was the best outco [...]
2007-07-12 10:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN UNHRC SP
07MADRID1492SPAIN WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY
[...] (U) Dear Madame Chairwoman: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. In addition to being a beautiful, historic and culturally rich nation, Spain is a valued U.S. partner and an important geostrategic player. Spai [...]
2007-07-30 16:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL SP
07MADRID1494SPANISH DEFENSE POLDIR ON LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on July 26 that Spain believes that the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon is helping. He rejected press reports that Spanish troops in Lebanon had been working with Hizballah. Cuesta said that MOD would be working throughout [...]
2007-08-01 07:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP LE AF
07MADRID1499SPANISH FM MORATINOS IN SYRIA AND LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the last week of July, Foreign Minister Moratinos met with top leaders in Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, including Syrian President Assad, in a declared effort to support US and European efforts in Palestine and Lebanon. According to MFA Middle East DG Alvaro Iranzo, Moratinos [...]
2007-08-01 17:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP IS LE SY IZ
07MADRID174SPANISH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MEPP, LATIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently buoyed by recent contacts with top US diplomats and the prospect of a visit by the Secretary, a very agreeable MFA Political Director Rafael SIPDIS Dezcallar told DCM on February 1 that Spain strongly supports the Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan and is implemen [...]
2007-02-01 18:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP AF VZ YI
07MADRID1774SPAIN/CT OVERVIEW: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Mr. Ambassador, the visit to Madrid of your interagency delegation comes during a time when the Spanish government is already in a heightened state of terrorist alert, both from the Basque terrorist group ETA and from Islamist extremists threatening to strike at the heart of t [...]
2007-09-13 13:34:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL SP
07MADRID1802SPANISH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SYRIA BORDER PLAN, NOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish DG for the Mideast, Mediterranean and Africa Alvaro Iranzo told DCM September 13 that Spain had received generally positive EU feedback to its non-paper on a Syrian border force, noting that certain EU members, including the French, had expressed a desire to wait until a [...]
2007-09-17 16:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN SP SY IS LE
07MADRID2034EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]
2007-10-25 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2046EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID -
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]
2007-10-29 15:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2182OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 bi-lateral meeting, U/S Burns and DAS Bryza met with FM Ali Babacan and the Turkish delegation at the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid in a productive exchange on critical issues: Annapolis Summit, Kosovo final status, and Turkey's relations with Cyprus. On Annapolis Su [...]
2007-11-30 18:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE TU
07MADRID227SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 12 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on February 9 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the February 12 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias said that the EU's external statements of unity on Kosovo would not reflect [...]
2007-02-12 08:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN SP YI SR BK AL IS IR AF
07MADRID382SCENESETTER FOR MUSLIM OUTREACH COORDINATOR FARAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Madrid is a welcome opportunity to broaden our knowledge of and relations with the Islamic community in Spain. In your meetings with community leaders, private citizens, and government officials, we believe you will take away an impression that the large and growi [...]
2007-03-02 11:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV SCUL OVIP OPRC SP
07MADRID383SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...]
2007-03-02 11:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KISL SP
07MADRID394SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 1 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the March GAERC meeting (ref A). Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC discussion would be mainly theoretical and analytical this month, a [...]
2007-03-02 17:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID452SPAIN ON IRAN, MEPP, WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss a variety of issues on March 2. Dezcallar said that he would look into moving along the internal approval process for the draft NCIS agreement. He offered a brief summary of Foreign Minister M [...]
2007-03-09 10:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KPAL MO IR WI
07MADRID482PROGRESS MINGLED WITH COMPLACENCY: MUSLIM
[...] (U) Senior Advisor to A/S Fried Farah Pandith did not have the opportunity to clear this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In her March 4-7 visit to Madrid, Senior Advisor to A/S Fried for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith met with a broad variety of concerned parties, including represe [...]
2007-03-14 17:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID514ZIMBABWE: SPAIN WOULD SUPPORT BUT NOT LEAD IN UNHRC
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Sub-director General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on March 19. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain is appalled by the abuses in Zimbabwe and he noted that Spain has issued a strong condemnation of the abuses on March 15. (NOTE: Text of c [...]
2007-03-20 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNHRC PHUM PREL ZI EUN SP
07MADRID707SPANISH POLDIR: MY TRIPS TO KABUL, TEHRAN, HAVANA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish MFA DG for Policy Rafael Dezcallar told DCM on April 17 that his recent trip to Afghanistan left him newly optimistic because NATO-ISAF is on the offensive and Afghan ministers and troops are starting to play a serious role. He said that the GOS will soon begin an initiat [...]
2007-04-18 15:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP IR AF CU AG MO WI IZ KZ UZ
07MADRID71SPAIN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE RAISES AWARENESS
[...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Madrid January 10-11 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. On the government side, Schulte met with National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, Deputy Foreign [...]
2007-01-12 17:32:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC MASS PINS PTER SP
07MADRID78MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE: MORATINOS URGES EXPANSION
[...] (U) Summary. Participants in a high level event to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 Madrid Middle East Conference recalled the spirit of the 1991 Conference, discussed the problems facing current Middle East peace negotiators, urged deeper USG engagement in resolving the Israeli-P [...]
2007-01-16 16:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SY LE SP
07MADRID807SPANISH VIEWS ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points April 24 to MFA Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, requesting Spanish thoughts on the U.S. agenda for the May PrepCom for the 2010 NPT RevCon. Sanchez, who had clearly given considerable thought to the U.S. nonpaper, relayed GOS views to ESTHOFF during [...]
2007-04-30 11:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NPT SP
07MADRID859ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...]
2007-05-10 13:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID9993RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...]
2007-05-24 15:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS
07MANAGUA2016NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT STILL CONTROLS EXXON FUEL
[...] (C) Summary: Ten days after the government seized one of Esso/Nicaragua's fuel depots at the Port of Corinto, it refuses to return the facility to Esso without preconditions. The government wants Esso to honor third party contracts involving the use of the depot; for safety and liability rea [...]
2007-08-31 00:06:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEINV EPET ETRD NU
07MANAGUA2265NICARAGUA: BLUE LANTERN 050056562
[...] On September 20, Econoff and ARSO met with Salvador Luna, owner of Armeria Magnum, at his store located in Centro Comercial, a large shopping center in Managua. In response to Reftel questions, Luna told Emboffs that he founded Armeria Magnum in 2000. Before then, Luna had worked for many y [...]
2007-10-05 16:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC NU
07MANAGUA2540DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 21:19:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA NU
07MANAGUA357ORTEGA ACTIONS TEST TRIPWIRES
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With less than one month in office, President Daniel Ortega and Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) lawmakers have already touched off a number of our tripwires and placed opposition parties and civil society, international financial institutions (IFIs),and [...]
2007-02-07 14:52:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KDEM MARR NU PARM PINR PREL PTER
07MANAGUA487RE-MOLDING THE CONTRAS INTO A POLITICAL FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Convergence (Convergencia) leader and lawmaker Elia Galeano believes that the Resistance movement will continue to be ineffective as a political force in Nicaragua without robust political and leadership training. She proposes transforming an association of ex-combatant [...]
2007-02-23 21:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA788NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Energy and Mines Emilio de Jesus Rappaccioli Baltodano on February 14 to introduce himself and discuss energy issues in Nicaragua. Rappaccioli summarized recent changes to energy sector governance, including the creation of the Minist [...]
2007-03-23 21:06:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN TBIO SENV EINV PINR VE NU
07MANAGUA791ORTEGA DESIRES CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Magda Enriquez, the Director of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Office, believes President Ortega sincerely desires constructive relations with the United States, but she concedes that some Sandinista party hardliners object. While she acknowledges that Ortega consider [...]
2007-03-26 21:20:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL UNGA IZ IR
07MANAMA1010IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 10:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1021IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-12 12:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1067FM CLASHES WITH MPS OVER LIVNI MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 04:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS BA
07MANAMA112FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS KENYAN-BAHRAINI RUNNER
[...] (C) In a February 6 meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa the early January incident involving Kenyan-Bahraini runner Musher Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru) and reports that the GOB had stripped him of his ci [...]
2007-02-07 12:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA IS REGION
07MANAMA147BAHRAIN: PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) THE DCM DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE FEBRUARY 14 REGARDING PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT TO MFA ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY FOR COORDINATION AND FOLLOW UP SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA. AFTER LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE POINTS, SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ [...]
2007-02-15 13:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KISL KWBG BA IS REGION
07MANAMA184SCENESETTER FOR MARCH VISITS OF BAHRAINI CROWN
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa will both visit Washington in early March. Shaikh Khalid will arrive first for meetings beginning on March 1 and he plans to remain in the Washington area for more than a week until the [...]
2007-02-27 11:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR BA BILAT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA195BAHRAIN: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN
[...] (C) The Ambassador March 1 delivered reftel demarche concerning the March 3-4 Arab League (AL) Foreign Ministers meeting in Cairo to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Al Baharna, who will represent the GOB at the meeting. (Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa is in Wa [...]
2007-03-01 14:46:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA REGION
07MANAMA197DEPUTY PM, EDB CHIEF DISCUSS GROWTH AND TRADE WITH
[...] (C) Deputy PM Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson February 5 that he welcomed the idea of a wider regional free trade agreement, but stressed that problems in Iraq and Iran's ideology of expansion could have a negative impact on regional economic integration. In [...]
2007-03-01 14:46:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS
07MANAMA225AL WIFAQ LEADER OUTLINES CONCERNS ABOUT OVERCOMING
[...] (C) Secretary General of Shia political society Al Wifaq and MP Shaikh Ali Salman told the Ambassador March 5 that there was "nothing encouraging" about the current parliamentary session, which opened in mid-December 2006. He complained that although Shias represent 75 percent of the elector [...]
2007-03-08 10:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL BA POL
07MANAMA272BAHRAIN: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarches on the Arab League (AL) summit and UNSCR 1747, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid said the summit would deal primarily with two issues: Israel-Palestinian peace and Iraq. He emphasized the importance of Saudi Arabia hosting the summit and taking a leading role [...]
2007-03-26 11:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM BA REGION
07MANAMA291BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 14:14:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07MANAMA3REACTIONS TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION BREAK ALONG
[...] (C) Reactions in Bahrain, a Shia majority country with a Sunni ruling family, to Saddam's December 30 execution followed predictable lines. The government has issued no official statement about the execution. Two small Baathist political societies condemned the trial and execution and opene [...]
2007-01-03 13:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA REGION
07MANAMA302CROWN PRINCE AND ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon March 23 that Bahrain was proud to work with the United States in the coalition maritime task forces and noted that it took Bahrain's participation to get Saudi Arabia to join. In response to Admiral Fallon's comments about [...]
2007-04-02 12:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA319FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE,
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador April 4 that he had praised the Arab peace initiative in a recent interview because it was an attempt to get outside "the bubble of historical conflict" over Israel. There will be a meeting of the Arab League peace initiative action comm [...]
2007-04-04 15:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA IS IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA34FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GCC PLUS TWO, REGIONAL
[...] (C) During their January 15 meeting, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador that Bahrain had no problem with a statement being issued at the January 16 GCC Plus Two meeting in Kuwait, but he thought the Saudis and Kuwaitis were concerned with aspects of the paragraph on Iraq. Bahr [...]
2007-01-15 14:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA343MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (S) Minister of Defense General Shaikh Khalifa Al Khalifa told Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway April 5, that he had received intelligence about an Iranian submarine that had entered Saudi waters recently, but when the information was passed to the Saudis, they did not act on it. [...]
2007-04-15 05:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MCAP BA BILAT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA370BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP WELCOMES NEW NAVCENT/FIFTH
[...] (C) In a series of introductory calls with the Bahraini leadership, NAVCENT/Fifth Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff heard a consistent message of support for Bahrain's long-standing relationship with the U.S. Navy and Bahrain's commitment to continued future support. "You can always count [...]
2007-04-20 06:52:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS BA REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA404FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES NEED TO REACH OUT TO
[...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR, IN AN APRIL 30 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED AL KHALIFA, ASKED ABOUT RECENT ARAB LEAGUE (AL) CONSULTATIONS IN CAIRO ON THE PEACE INITIATIVE. NORMALLY OPTIMISTIC, SHAIKH KHALID SAID HE WAS NOT ENCOURAGED BY THE MEETING. THE RESULT, THAT EGYPT AND J [...]
2007-05-01 14:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA IS REGION
07MANAMA412ARAB NATIONALIST CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) A three-day Arab nationalist conference in Bahrain was marked by the comments of an Iraqi cleric calling for closer coordination between the insurgency and Al Qaeda, and the showing of a supposed "documentary" on violence in Iraq that had a subtitle reading, "This is what happens to Sunnis [...]
2007-05-06 08:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA REGION
07MANAMA44CROWN PRINCE BRIEFS CNO PANEL ON REGIONAL,
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told CNO Executive Panel co-chairs Zakheim and Skinner January 9 that the two issues of greatest concern in the region are Iran and perceived limitations on the U.S.'s ability to project power. With changes in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran had been freed of its na [...]
2007-01-17 13:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM BA REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA47DEFENSE MINISTER AND CNO PANEL COVER REGIONAL
[...] (C) CNO Executive Panel co-chairs Dr. Dov Zakheim and Dr. Kiron Skinner met January 9 with Minister of Defense GEN Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa for a discussion of regional issues, including Hizballah, Iran, India, and Bahrain's defenses. Dr. Zakheim described the mission of the CNO E [...]
2007-01-17 14:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA584FORMIN CRITICIZES QATAR'S ROLE AT ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador June 21 that while the planned multilateral meeting on the Palestinian situation in Egypt on June 24 was a "really good start," the Arab League meeting held in Cairo June 15 did not go well. He particularly cited Qat [...]
2007-06-21 14:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA REGION
07MANAMA669FUTURE OF BAHRAIN: AMBASSADOR'S PARTING THOUGHTS
[...] (S) Bahrain faces numerous challenges as it attempts to deal with transitional issues of economic development and political reform. Because the country's Sunni-Shia sectarian divide so dominates the local landscape, the path forward is potentially more treacherous for Bahrain's leadership than [...]
2007-07-19 06:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ETRD ECON BA POL OFFICIALS
07MANAMA674AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid, during the Ambassador's July 17 farewell call, had high praise for the bilateral relationship, urging that Bahrain and other GCC countries move from being "allies" to becoming true "partners." In that connection, he welcomed the July 31 meeting of [...]
2007-07-19 10:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA REGION
07MANAMA79KING AND DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY ENGLAND CONFER
[...] (C) King Hamad and Deputy Defense Secretary England discussed bilateral relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, U.S. policy in the region and Bahraini domestic affairs during a January 22 lunch meeting. The King declared that Bahrain is proud of its relationship with the United States and pledged that [...]
2007-01-26 11:48:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON PGOV KDEM BA REGION BILAT
07MANAMA93SHIA COMMEMORATE ASHURA WITH LARGE, ORDERLY CROWDS
[...] (C) An estimated 100-150,000 people crowded into downtown Manama the evening of January 29 to participate in or observe processions commemorating the Shia holiday of Ashura. By all accounts, events were peaceful and orderly. Sermons and speakers in the run-up to the holiday called for the un [...]
2007-02-01 16:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KIRF BA POL
07MANAMA968FM DEFENDS HIS MEETING WITH LIVNI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS BA
07MANILA2011PHILIPPINES ON HRC FIFTH SESSION ISSUES
[...] (C) Poloff on June 15 discussed U.S. views on Human Rights Council issues (ref a) with Gunther Sales, Assistant Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations. He highlighted U.S. priorities regarding preserving country-specific rappor [...]
2007-06-18 05:07:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL RP
07MANILA717PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ISSUES
[...] (C) The Philippines is "very concerned" that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) may table a potentially stronger resolution on defamation of religion at the fourth regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),according to Noel Servigon, Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) [...]
2007-03-06 08:58:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC RP
07MARSEILLE9HEAD OF LOCAL MUSLIM COUNCIL LOOKING FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 23, 2007 Abderhammane Ghoul, (protect) President of the Regional Council of the Muslim Cult, Province Cote d'Azur Region (CRCM-PACA),discussed with Marseille Consul General his reasons for optimism about 2007. Major mosque projects in his region are advancing, and the [...]
2007-01-26 14:18:00Consulate MarseilleCONFIDENTIALFR PREL PINR PGOV
07MASERU34AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY REPORT ON SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 14:12:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PGOV PREL CVIS LT
07MASERU340LESOTHO: GUNMEN FORCIBLY DISARM MINISTERIAL GUARDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the night of June 10, unknown gunmen carrying automatic rifles attacked, disarmed, and kidnapped Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) guards at the residences of the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Motloheloa Phooko and the Minister of Trade and Industry Popane Lebesa. No sho [...]
2007-06-12 15:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC LT
07MASERU436LESOTHO: ARMY AND POLICE RECOVER STOLEN WEAPONS AMID NEW
[...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) launched a joint operation to recover weapons stolen from army guards outside of ministerial residences (ref B). In their first major success in locating these weapons, the LDF and LMPS recover [...]
2007-07-23 14:34:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU452LESOTHO: RSA REPORTEDLY GRANTS ASYLUM TO ACCUSED COUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republic of South Africa has reportedly granted temporary asylum to six Basotho men accused by the GOL of involvement in alleged coup plotting. Two of the men claim torture, and in a recent press interview all denied any involvement in attacks on ministerial residences. Th [...]
2007-07-31 15:40:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS LT
07MASERU487THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...]
2007-08-14 23:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT
07MASERU488THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...]
2007-08-14 23:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT
07MEXICO1209DEMARCHE TO MEXICO ON USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Benavides, Director of International Policy on Political and Civil Rights, and Mariana Salazar, Director of International Policy on Cultural, Social, Economic and Minority Rights, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. 2. (C) Con [...]
2007-03-08 23:51:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR MX
07MEXICO2947NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...]
2007-06-06 19:36:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07MEXICO3297JUNE 2007 PRE-CANCUN IPR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) President Calderon's National Development Plan included a paragraph on the importance of IPR protection. Calderon had IPR talking points for his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G-8, but told the press he didn't have time to raise the issue. The Chairman of the lower hous [...]
2007-06-22 21:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR PINS ECON ETRD MX CH
07MEXICO5190MX #2007-228, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Terrorism Recognition Course, 10/12/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2007-09-26 21:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5497MX #2007-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Curso de Forense Digital, October 26, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response on or before October 25, 2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]
2007-10-17 21:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5523AMENDED MX05497 -- MX #2007-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This cable amends list in paragraph 3 of MX05497. Please delete DIEGO GUADALUPE RUIZ ROBLES, DOB 12 Dec 1970 and MARTIN GUTIERREZ OLVERA, DOB: 25 Jul 1963 from the list. The amended list is reflected in paragraph 3 of this cable to include: 1) JOSE LUIS CHINO HUITZIL, DOB 22 OCT 1969; AND [...]
2007-10-19 19:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5607MX #2007-243, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS, on Polygraph Course, November 13, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2007-10-26 17:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5719MX #2007-251, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Mediacion De Conflictos En El Ambito Laboral, November 20, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...]
2007-11-05 19:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5834MX #2007-259, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interview Techniques, November 23, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 23, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]
2007-11-14 13:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5876MX #2007-263, DHS/CBP LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/CBP, on Search Trauma and Rescue Training, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2007-11-20 17:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5896MX #2007-266, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Criminal Investigative Techniques, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-11-21 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5982OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) The Deputy Political Counselor met with Julian Juarez, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director of its United Nations office, November 28 to urge Mexico reconsider its long-standing support for a long list of UN resolutions on the Middle East that undermine UN credibility and do little t [...]
2007-11-30 18:46:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS MX
07MEXICO6085MEXICO ON PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 19:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL PVOV KWBG IS MX
07MEXICO6229MEXICO IPR: 301 UPDATE; INTERNATIONAL POSTURE; USG
[...] (SBU) There has been some progress on a number of concerns included in the Mexico Special 301 Initiative demarche (e.g., increased enforcement activity, improved cooperation with local governments, no new patent linkage problems),but other concerns remain unaddressed (e.g., ex officio authorit [...]
2007-12-19 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD PINS MX
07MEXICO6274MX #2007-285, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Criminal Investigations, January 11, 2008 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2007-12-27 15:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MINSK104BELARUS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN: MOTIVES
[...] (SBU) On January 21 and January 27, the Belarusian Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs held meetings with their Iranian counterparts and the Iranian president in Tehran. Although the Belarusian state media mysteriously ignored the trips, Iranian and independent Belarusian news sources re [...]
2007-02-02 10:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ETRD BO IR
07MINSK1061RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON REFORM IN BELARUS: FREE
[...] (C) Ambassador met December 19 with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov to compare notes on recent Presidential interactions with Belarus -- the December 7 White House meeting with a delegation of Belarusian opposition leaders and the December 13-14 visit to Minsk of Vladimir Putin. Surikov, [...]
2007-12-28 14:15:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PINR BO RS
07MINSK486EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 8, 2007
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Benefits Cuts for Children (para. 2) - Holocaust Memorial Unveiled at Former Ghetto Site (para. 3) - Youth Activists Receive Short Jail Sentences (p [...]
2007-06-08 12:38:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK561EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 29, 2007
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - GOB and Russian FMs Discuss Union, Missile Shield (para. 2) - Official Israeli Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 3) - Vietnam Military Delegation V [...]
2007-06-29 14:20:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK886EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 19, 2007
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Minority Leaders Arrested in Grodno (para. 2) - Supreme Court Denies Leftist Union Registration (para. 3) - Milinkevich Founds European Integration Council (para [...]
2007-10-19 16:16:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK904EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 26, 2007
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Party Establishes Youth Wing (para. 2) - Activists Protest Expulsions (para. 3) - Activist Re-Arrested Immediately Following Release (para. 4) - Commemorati [...]
2007-10-26 14:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK922AMBASSADOR HONORS STALIN VICTIMS AT KURAPATY
[...] On November 2, Ambassador, several EU Heads of Mission, and the Israeli Ambassador visited Kurapaty, a wooded area outside Minsk where Stalin's secret police murdered thousands of victims and buried them in mass graves during the 1930s and 1940s. The Heads of Mission held the ceremony in obse [...]
2007-11-05 15:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK973REQUEST DELIVERED TO BELARUS TO OPPOSE RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points to the MFA November 23. No substantive comment has been received to date. 2. (SBU) On November 26, Pol/Econ Chief discussed the upcoming votes with Andrey Rzheusskiy, Counselor in the MFA's USA and Canada Department, and noted that abstentions by [...]
2007-11-27 06:07:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA BO IS
07MONROVIA1359LIBERIA: GOL AND UNMIL RESPOND QUICKLY TO LAC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Executive Mansion has called the murder of Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC) General Manager Michael Bruno "unacceptable" and vowed to find and prosecute the perpetrators as soon as possible in order to protect Liberia's investment climate. The Mansion also expressed concer [...]
2007-11-21 15:35:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AMGT EAGR PTER LI
07MONTEVIDEO1053MERCOSUR SUMMIT: POLITICAL ATMOSPHERICS IMPROVE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents from the four Mercosur countries plus Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela met in Montevideo on December 18 at Mercosur%s 34th Common Market Council. Unlike in previous meetings, and contrary to pre-Summit expectations, the gathering was diplomatic and pleasant. Uruguayan Pre [...]
2007-12-19 21:37:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD AR BOL BR CH PY VZ XR UY
07MONTEVIDEO569URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON CUBA, BELARUS AND PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Per instructions, PolCouns orally presented reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Fernando Lugris at the first available opportunity. Lugris said that Human Rights Office Director Alejandra De Bellis was in Geneva attending the Human Rights Council's Fifth Session along [...]
2007-06-14 19:50:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UY
07MOSCOW1001U/S JOSEPH-RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK MEETING ON
[...] (C) Summary. On January 29 in Moscow, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak co-chaired a meeting on the Strategic Security Dialogue. They discussed a range of issues, including: -- Joint Ini [...]
2007-03-09 15:07:00Embassy MoscowSECRETIAEA KACT KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS START
07MOSCOW1236RUSSIAN MFA: AFGHANISTAN POST-FM VISIT; IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting, MFA Director Maryasov said Russia was evaluating further arms donations to Afghanistan, finalizing the debt relief documents, pushing for CSTO-NATO counter-narcotics cooperation, and sending a drug control official to Kabul in the "nearest future." During [...]
2007-03-22 14:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AF IR RS
07MOSCOW1355GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A US-Russia working-level meeting at the MFA March 27 discussed the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),and considered recruitment efforts with both the EU and the OSCE to broaden participation in the Global Initiative. [...]
2007-03-28 11:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL PTER PINR KGIT RS
07MOSCOW1392MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON NUG, IRAQ, LEBANON, WESTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA STRESSED IN A RECENT MEETING THAT THE FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED A MILESTONE IN HAMAS' SLOW EVOLUTION AND SUGGESTED THE QUARTET SHOULD REVISIT ITS POLICIES ON CONTACTS AND ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. MFA DIRECTOR FOR T [...]
2007-03-29 14:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IZ LE MO WI SU RS
07MOSCOW1710RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH UAC DG
[...] (C) Summary. In a April 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Aleksey Federov said that he had joined the industry effort to lobby GOR officials, particularly Presidential Aide Igor Shuvalov, for a "balanced" aviation policy to build good re [...]
2007-04-16 05:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV PGOV PARM PINR RS
07MOSCOW1722EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: FSUE
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, FSUE Germanium, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS li [...]
2007-04-16 11:09:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1877US-RUSSIA STRATEGIC SECURITY TALKS, APRIL 17
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Missile Defense (MD) dominated the all-day Strategic Security talks in Moscow April 17. The Russian side, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, contended that the proposed placement of MD interceptors and a radar in Poland and the Czech Republic, respectively, occurred along [...]
2007-04-23 14:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP MARR PINS PREL PTER RS
07MOSCOW259DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...]
2007-01-23 10:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE
07MOSCOW2658SOFT POWER IN ACTION: MOSCOW PROMOTES RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow has ramped up its efforts to promote the Russian language in both the former Soviet Union and throughout the world. Observers say the program is aimed at using "soft power" to maintain Russia's dominance in its neighborhood and underline that Russia remains a great powe [...]
2007-06-05 15:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW327AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN TRANSPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Igor Levitin pressed for resolution of the state flights issue and urged the next round of bilateral civil aviation negotiations be held in Moscow. He suggested that armed marshals on U.S. flights to Russia [...]
2007-01-26 07:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PREL RS
07MOSCOW3434RUSSIA AND IRAN: MOSCOW'S SHIFTING VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program has posed an increasing challenge to Russia's foreign policy as Moscow tries to balance its strong interest in preventing a nuclear armed Iran against the political and economic considerations that have traditionally driven relations with Tehran. However, [...]
2007-07-13 11:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETRD MASS IR RS
07MOSCOW3521MIDDLE EAST: RUSSIAN MFA'S INITIAL REACTION TO
[...] (C) The MFA's initial, informal reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East was positive, with particular GOR interest in the President's call for an international meeting on the Middle East. MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East Peace Process Oleg Ozerov told us July 17 [...]
2007-07-18 13:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW3803ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...]
2007-08-02 14:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW382GERMANY: BUSINESSLIKE PUTIN-MERKEL MEETING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 21 meeting in Sochi between President Putin and Chancellor Merkel was businesslike but not particularly warm. There was a sharper tone in the political exchanges than there had been in the past. Putin told Merkel Russia would not accept a forced solution for Kosovo. [...]
2007-01-30 17:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EU GM RS
07MOSCOW4067BLOGGING IN RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Blogs are the fastest-growing and least constrained mass media in Russia. The popularity of blogs has increased exponentially in Russia as the internet has become more accessible, especially among people in their 20s and 30s. Although most Russian blogs do not deal with poli [...]
2007-08-21 08:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4305DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov expressed strong support for the upcoming Quartet meetings and the Middle East Peace Conference. Saltanov proposed bilateral consultations in Washington or New York following his planned Septe [...]
2007-08-31 11:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW4418KASPAROV, KASYANOV'S OPPOSITION: LARGELY
[...] (C) The movements led by Other Russia's Garry Kasparov and ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov seem to have fallen prey to an inability to forge coalitions with colleagues similarly inclined to reject the limited opportunities offered by the current electoral cycle. Kasparov's Other Russia appe [...]
2007-09-07 15:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4939RUSSIAN EXPERTS ON MOSCOW'S APPROACH TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: "Balance" is the word used to describe Russia's Iran policy by Moscow's leading Iran watchers. Putin is sufficiently concerned about Iran's nuclear program to keep Russia engaged on the issue. According to the MFA, he will reinforce the point with Ahmadinejad in Tehran October 1 [...]
2007-10-10 11:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MASS ETRD IR RS
07MOSCOW5057RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER
[...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...]
2007-10-18 13:27:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS
07MOSCOW5106CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...]
2007-10-23 08:01:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS
07MOSCOW5154ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES
[...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]
2007-10-26 02:25:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07MOSCOW5387RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, BILATERAL,
[...] (C) Summary : In a November 14 meeting (other topics septel),DFM Kislyak told the Ambassador that the postponed Solana-Jalili dialogue, potential Chinese FM visit to Tehran, and imminent IAEA report may have prompted Chinese cancellation of the November 19 P5 1 meeting. Kislyak expected l [...]
2007-11-15 10:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR EAIR KCRM KJUS RS
07MOSCOW5457RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS' MEETING
[...] (C) On November 19, Counselor in the MFA Middle East Peace Settlement Office Timur Zabirov elaborated on GOR interest in holding a high-level experts' meeting on the Middle East Peace Process in Moscow following the Annapolis Conference. The GOR intended this forum to maintain momentum toward a [...]
2007-11-20 15:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS RS
07MOSCOW5478DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, BELARUS, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin requested the USG's understanding of the "erroneous" Ukrainian interpretation of "Holodomor (1932-33 famine)" and other events that happened during WW2. He urged that the USG lift the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasur [...]
2007-11-21 19:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5523MFA ON LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov told Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri during their November 20 meeting that the GOR would not support a specific candidate for the Lebanese presidency and hoped the country's political factions could agree [...]
2007-11-26 15:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS LE RS
07MOSCOW5524RUSSIA WILL ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 15:16:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS RS
07MOSCOW5702DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS, LEBANON, IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov underscored Putin's positive assessment of Annapolis, praised the Secretary for her "tireless" efforts, and highlighted Russia's interest in discussing a post-Annapolis meeting in Moscow during the December 17 Quartet meet [...]
2007-12-04 15:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW5781NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Federation Council International Relations Committee Chairman Margelov told visiting NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick on December 11 that he was very satisfied with Putin's selection of First Deputy PM Medvedev as his successor. Margelov described Medvedev as the "best case scen [...]
2007-12-11 15:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW579RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER ON IRAN, MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Member Margelov briefed the Ambassador on efforts to deepen engagement with the U.S. Senate, including reaching out to GOR critics. He flagged his upcoming trip to Tehran and said that Iranian duplicity and obduracy were making it difficult to defend the regi [...]
2007-02-09 08:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP RS IR
07MOSCOW749CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Tom Lantos, meeting with FM Lavrov February 19, underlined the importance of building strong ties between Russia and the U.S. by reinvigorating links between legislators and working together on issues like nuclear nonproliferation. Lavrov welcomed closer legislati [...]
2007-02-21 11:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS
07MOSCOW753HIRC Chairman Lantos Meeting with Russian Security Council
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, HIRC Chairman Lantos announced his intent to introduce legislation repealing Jackson-Vanik and inaugurate a formal congressional working group with Russian Duma Chairman of the International Relations Com [...]
2007-02-21 12:47:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS
07MOSCOW828AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS VISIT, SYRIA, AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov told the Ambassador February 27 that the MFA saw Hamas as evolving in its views on Israel following a February 26-27 Moscow visit by Hamas Politburo Chief Mishal. While Mishal was not willing to directly address publicly the question of recogni [...]
2007-02-27 16:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS LE SY IZ SA RS
07MUNICH81PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...]
2007-02-12 17:28:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS
07MUSCAT1040OMANIS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) In attempt to get an unvarnished view of U.S. foreign policy from well-educated Omanis, who are normally reluctant to openly share their opinions on political topics, the Ambassador convened on November 6 the first of a planned series of small-scale discussion groups. Entitled "First Tue [...]
2007-11-13 11:58:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM MU
07MUSCAT1061SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MORAN'S VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (U) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on November 25 to discuss regional stability and economic development issues in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In order to fulfill these objectives, we are seeking an [...]
2007-11-19 12:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM MU
07MUSCAT1065OCTOBER 31 U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S/NF) During the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat, Omani officials -- led by MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi -- claimed that SIPDIS current U.S. policy towards Iran, including the use of sanctions, was pushing the region into a crisis and emboldenin [...]
2007-11-20 14:23:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU
07MUSCAT1079SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES'
[...] (SBU) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. We have requested an audience for you with Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman's head of state, as well as a meeting with your Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defense Affa [...]
2007-11-27 10:14:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP
07MUSCAT1091OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER TALKS UP FTA BENEFITS WITH
[...] (SBU) Oman's Commerce and Industry Minister spoke highly of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement's (FTA) potential to strengthen bilateral economic relations during a November 26 visit to Muscat by a U.S. Congressional delegation. The Agreement, according to the Minister, would assist government [...]
2007-12-04 07:39:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT1096CODEL MORAN MEETING WITH OMANI DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, the Omani Deputy Prime Minister praised U.S.-Oman relations and welcomed U.S. engagement in the region. He characterized Iran as a country determined to win respect from the international community and discounted inf [...]
2007-12-05 06:31:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KPAL ECON ENRG IR MU
07MUSCAT1122OMAN DOUBTFUL ON IRANIAN SUSPENSION OF NUCLEAR
[...] (C) During a December 12 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the Ambassador drew from refs A and C to emphasize continuing U.S. concerns over Iran's nuclear enrichment and ballistic missile development programs following the release of the Nation [...]
2007-12-12 12:01:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
07MUSCAT1125OMANI OFFICIALS WARN THAT SETTLEMENT EXPANSION
[...] (C) In discussing Oman's plans for the December 17 donors conference in Paris (reftel),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi told the Ambassador SIPDIS on December 12 that while financial support for the Palestinian Authority was important, it was "not enough [...]
2007-12-12 12:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS MU
07MUSCAT129SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P.
[...] (S) General Abizaid: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to seeing you and hearing your perspective on activities in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in [...]
2007-02-06 15:15:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
07MUSCAT152OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS DAMASCUS; PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs reported that Syrian officials were preoccupied with the large number of Iraqi refugees in Syria during his recent visit to Damascus. The Syrians, he contended, were hopeful for an amicable resolution to the political crisis in Beir [...]
2007-02-14 13:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER IR IZ LE MU
07MUSCAT154OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO ISRAELI MINISTER LIVNI:
[...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi met privately this week with Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Madrid. Their brief talks focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the announcement of a Palestinian national unity government, which Oman sees a [...]
2007-02-14 14:12:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS MU
07MUSCAT167SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Regional threat issues continue to be a prominent concern for Oman's leadership. Oman is disturbed by Iran's growing influence in the region and its inability to come to [...]
2007-02-20 07:33:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL ECON MU
07MUSCAT25MEDIA REACTION: SKEPTICISM ABOUT GREATER MIDDLE EAST
[...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" blames "illegitimate invasion" for crises in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon. "Al-Watan" and government-owned "Oman" regret Palestinian infighting, and call for unity and "patient resistance" against Israel. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. [...]
2007-01-08 13:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT263WELCOME MESSAGE FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL
[...] (S) Admiral, I warmly welcome you in your new command. Though I know your immediate attention will be focused on critical issues elsewhere in the region, I want to take this opportunity to highlight some issues related to one of our longest standing and most reliable allies in the region. [...]
2007-03-14 05:23:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MNUC MOPS PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU
07MUSCAT286MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI REACTION TO PALESTINIAN NATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" and privately owned "Al-Watan" express the importance of acknowledging the new Palestinian national unity government and taking it seriously in order to maintain peace in the region. The dailies suggest that while the Arab world hailed the new Palestinian gove [...]
2007-03-20 12:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT303MEDIA REACTION: NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, U.S. ROLE IN
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" emphasizes the role of the international community in pushing the peace process forward and not accepting the "obstacles" Israel creates; "Oman" also condemns the latest escalation between Fatah and Hamas. Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses the U.S. of trying [...]
2007-03-26 12:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT309DOD ACTING A/S MARY BETH LONG REVIEWS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with Acting DoD A/S Mary Beth Long, Omani MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi emphasized the need to find a "political solution" to the situation in Iraq, noting that violence there was fueling the spread of extremist ideology. He urged the U.S. to [...]
2007-03-27 13:47:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PTER KPAL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT374MEDIA REACTION: FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF BAGHDAD'S FALL,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 12:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT400MEDIA REACTION: VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS, ARAB NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 12:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT416SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM
[...] (S) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your wife to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to meeting you and hearing your perspective on events in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. As one of our oldest allies in the Mid [...]
2007-04-29 13:11:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
07MUSCAT43MEDIA REACTION: NEW IRAQ STRATEGY, ARAB-ISRAELI CRISIS
[...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses America of giving "false promises" to Arabs when it needs their support, and also posits that the crises facing America and Israel in the Middle East are increasing as time goes by. Government-owned "Oman" thinks Democrats' objections to a troop inc [...]
2007-01-16 06:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT452MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH IRAQ SUMMIT, HAMAS
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says that regional cooperation is "vital" to stop violence in Iraq, and said that lifting the "blockade against the Palestinians" can advance the Peace Process. Privately owned "Al-Watan" calls on the EU to be "more understanding" of Arab political concerns, mor [...]
2007-05-08 09:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT488SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO
[...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi is looking forward to his visit to Washington, and particularly to his meeting with the Secretary. As the long-time de facto Foreign Minister for SIPDIS one of our oldest and most reliable friends in the Gulf, he [...]
2007-05-16 11:36:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT503CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, Commander of USCENTCOM, received a warm welcome during his first office call with Lieutenant General Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF). The COSSAF expressed a strong desire to continue Oman's close working relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces [...]
2007-05-20 12:34:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ MU
07MUSCAT512MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN-OMANI RELATIONS, AMBASSADOR
[...] SUMMARY: Iranian President's visit to Muscat garners heavy local media coverage; Ambassador Grappo's op-ed on trafficking published in two local dailies; Ambassador Grappo visit to Dhofar University; president of International Republican Institute visit to Muscat. State-run "Oman" newspaper sa [...]
2007-05-21 12:59:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT536MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE,
[...] SUMMARY: Government-run daily "Oman" says Israel is the sole beneficiary of inter-Arab strife, whether in Lebanon or Palestine; privately owned "Al-Watan" worries that Likud's "weakness" spawns Israeli military operations in Palestine; "Oman" says that there is a "mutual responsibility" to achi [...]
2007-05-30 07:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT545RARE OMANI CANDOR: AMBASSADOR HEARS LOCAL VIEWS OF
[...] (SBU) From May 16-22, the Ambassador traveled overland from Muscat to Salalah and on to the Yemeni border - a trip of more than 1,300 kilometers - meeting with tribal sheikhs and other local officials along the way. The trip provided a unique opportunity to reach out to Omanis at the grassroot [...]
2007-05-30 12:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL KPAO KISL IR IS IZ MU
07MUSCAT570MEDIA REACTION: REGIONAL CONFLICTS, LEBANON VIOLENCE, OMAN
[...] SUMMARY: "Oman" government daily compares crises in Somalia and Sudan to violence in Palestine and Iraq; also says national reconciliation in Lebanon is more vital than ever; privately owned "al Watan" says that election Majlis al Shura candidates on a tribal basis is not a solution to challeng [...]
2007-06-05 11:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT64MEDIA REACTION: THUMBS DOWN AND UP ON SECRETARY'S TRIP;
[...] SUMMARY: Privately owned daily "Al-Watan" denigrates Secretary's Middle East trip while state-owned "Oman" lauds it as a "vital" diplomatic initiative. "Oman" criticizes President Bush's new Iraq strategy and says that the "only choice" is a gradual troop withdrawal. "Oman" also lauds Sultan [...]
2007-01-23 12:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT648MEDIA REACTION: VIOLENCE IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ, CYCLONE
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the ongoing violence in Iraq and Palestine. Dailies also reported on the recovery from cyclone Gonu, and elicited local volunteers to clean up cities and beaches. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. All dailies continu [...]
2007-06-25 12:02:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT669MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH INITIATIVES, IRAQ VIOLENCE,
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the efforts of Arab leaders to foster dialogue between Hamas and Fatah through the Sharm El-Sheikh summit, and also lamented the increasing violence in Iraq. There was limited coverage of POTUS Islamic Center address. Dailies reporte [...]
2007-07-03 06:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT700OMANI REACTION TO JULY 16 POTUS SPEECH
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 18, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi commended the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East peace process, emphasizing that "this is an opportunity that cannot be missed." He qualified his otherwise optimistic [...]
2007-07-18 12:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MU
07MUSCAT705GCC+2 MEETING: OMANI VIEWS
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi recommended that the upcoming GCC plus 2 meeting focus primarily on the peace process and Iraq. Bin Alawi hoped that an agreement coul [...]
2007-07-23 10:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ MU
07MUSCAT716MEDIA REACTION: PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE,
[...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies welcome President Bush's call for a Middle East peace conference; youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" reports final closure of popular online forum "Al-Sablah;" editorial in government-owned "Oman" says proposed peace conference "will not be easy, especially not if Israel is [...]
2007-07-25 14:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT73C-NE6-02218: OMAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Oman maintains contacts with the Israeli government and has quietly welcomed official Israeli visitors. Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi has spoken to Israeli Foreign Minister Livni on several occasions, and met with an Israeli delegation in Muscat in D [...]
2007-01-24 15:50:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL IS MU
07MUSCAT760OMAN MEDIA REPORTING ON SECRETARY'S EGYPT VISIT
[...] Omani print media outlets generally carried positive, direct news reports on the Secretary's July 31 meetings with Arab ministers in Sharm el-Sheikh. English-language dailies the "Times of Oman" and the "Oman Daily Observer" ran upbeat, front-page headlines on August 2 highlighting the Secreta [...]
2007-08-05 12:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KPAL MU
07MUSCAT773MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE; MILITARY AID;
[...] Government-owned daily "Oman", August 4 (circulation 38,000); editorial: "The Weather Changes": The invitation of American president George Bush came yesterday for the great powers to hold a meeting next September in Washington to discuss climate change, in an attempt to put in place long-te [...]
2007-08-08 12:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT786SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S WELCH VISIT TO MUSCAT (AUG
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Omani officials look forward to meeting with you to receive updates on issues concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, and Iran. While Oman remains a strong friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subject [...]
2007-08-15 13:35:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL KNNP ECON PDEM MU
07MUSCAT870SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Since your visit here four months ago, Oman continues to be concerned with regional issues, especially events in Iraq and Iran, participated in the June Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) meeting in Washington, D.C., and was struck by a m [...]
2007-09-11 12:22:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP
07MUSCAT894MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 COVERAGE, AMBASSADOR TIP INTERVIEW,
[...] SUMMARY: All dailies carry Ambassador's 9/11 message; privately-owned "Al-Watan" and "Oman Tribune" interview Ambassador about Trafficking in Persons; in an editorial about 9/11, "Al-Watan" condemns the "beastly acts" of the American army that was unable to protect Americans despite consuming [...]
2007-09-18 12:45:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT915ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON MEETINGS WITH OMANI
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, met with Lieutenant General (LTG) Ahmed bin Harith Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF) and with Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi on 19 September in Muscat. Both the COSSAF and [...]
2007-09-29 05:50:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT916MEDIA REACTION: TIP INTERVIEW, HUMAN RIGHTS AS "AMERICAN
[...] SUMMARY: "Times of Oman" and "Al-Shabiba" highlight G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon's interview on trafficking; "Al-Watan" criticizes Ambassador Grappo's defense of the Trafficking in Persons report and calls the report part of "American Blackmail." Other "Al-Watan" editorials criticize human ri [...]
2007-09-29 06:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT984SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes Ambassador Mull and the U.S. delegation to the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat. Post expects that the meeting will increase understanding and strengthen bilateral cooperation on mutual security issues facing the Gulf region [...]
2007-10-24 12:40:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU
07NAIROBI1150COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...]
2007-03-12 12:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1221KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...]
2007-03-15 11:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKE PREL SENV
07NAIROBI2764KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-07-06 05:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KE PGOV PREL
07NAIROBI4441Kenya Air Services Negotiations; Questions from Kenya
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya Airways sees no real benefit from Kenya signing an Open Skies Agreement with the U.S. until Kenya achieves Category 1 status. In fact, it is concerned about the potential competition from U.S. airlines that could ser [...]
2007-11-14 05:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA ECON KE
07NAIROBI4615DEMARCHE DELIVERED OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 13:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS KE
07NAIROBI927KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-02-27 11:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI973KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF S/WCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-03-01 06:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NEWDELHI1097DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOURTH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC BM IN
07NEWDELHI1275HIZBOLLAH AND HAMAS DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegates of the "International Conference on War, Imperialism and Resistance: West Asia," held in New Delhi March 12-14, adopted a resolution urging the Indian government to change its Middle East policy, break ties with Israel, and promote dialogue with Iran. Hizbollah spokes [...]
2007-03-15 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IS IR IN
07NEWDELHI1676CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES 123 AGREEMENT, CONGRESSIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a joint meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran, Codel Lowey outlined their concerns on the civil-nuclear agreement, including fears that the Government of India (GOI) had come to the conclusion that the U.S. Congre [...]
2007-04-09 14:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI1921HINDU RIGHT WING PLANNING AN ANTI-MAOIST COALITION
[...] (C) Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, told DepPolCouns April 23 that he is headed to Nepal April 26 to meet "secretly" with King Gyanendra and publicly with Prime Minister Koirala, whom he described as "an old friend." Swamy was a m [...]
2007-04-23 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI210COMMUNISTS COPECETIC WITH UPA REGIONAL APPROACH,
[...] (C) Summary: The Left Front (LF) and UPA are locked in agreement when it comes to South Asian regional policy, but differ sharply when it comes to the US and countries with which the US has disputes, such as Iran. In preparation for his January 13-14 Pakistan visit, External Affairs Minister [...]
2007-01-16 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR KDEM IN PK BT BG
07NEWDELHI2126HINDU RIGHT WINGER SAYS CLEAR-CUT NEPAL POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, gave DepPolCouns May 1 a read-out of his April 26 visit to Nepal. Swamy said he met one-on-one with the following: -- King Gyanendra -- Gyanendra's son Crown Prince Paras -- Prime [...]
2007-05-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI2766DELHI DIARY, JUNE 6 - 13
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 6 - 13, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: POL-MIL: -- India, China announce joint military exercises -- Russian Ground Force commander visits India -- Russia continues to gouge I [...]
2007-06-13 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PGOV MASS MARR KOMC KSTC RS
07NEWDELHI2792HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...]
2007-06-15 01:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2918INDIAN OFFICIALS PRESS PDAS WARLICK ON UN REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary. In side meetings around the U.S.-India Peacekeeping Joint Working Group, Indian officials: -- pressed PDAS Warlick to support India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council; -- briefed on India's efforts within the G4 and the wider UN membership for the perm seat; -- agreed o [...]
2007-06-25 01:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR IN
07NEWDELHI2935KASHMIR ANXIOUS WITH LITTLE SHORT-TERM HOPE FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Unknown terrorists threw a grenade at a bus stop in Doda in J & K June 25, wounding 15, three critically. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, both Shi'a and Sunni, staged minor, non-violent street actions and chanted anti-US slogans June 14 and 15 to protest the Iraq Samarra Mosque bom [...]
2007-06-25 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI3248DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...]
2007-07-16 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS
07NEWDELHI3467 NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF July 23 -
[...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office visited the Agra Bear Rescue Facility; hosted world-renowned climate scientist Dr. Jagadish Shukla; convened the Avian Influenza Working Group in response to the H5N1 outbreak in Manipur; attended the Rotavirus Vaccine Project Committee meeting in Hyderab [...]
2007-07-31 10:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3844DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...]
2007-08-22 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS
07NEWDELHI406INDIA MULLING TALKS WITH KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS
[...] (S) Summary. Deputy PolCouns met with one of India's chief negotiators with the Kashmiri separatists, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz, himself a Kashmiri, to discuss Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's visit to Pakistan, New Delhi's response to the Mirwaiz's statements de [...]
2007-01-25 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI4414DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27
[...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...]
2007-09-28 05:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI
07NEWDELHI456INDIAN EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN ABOUT MIDEAST AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 24th roundtable on the Middle East, aka &West Asia8, Indian experts and Emboffs and PolCouns discussed the U.S. and Indian roles in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Gulf. The Indian experts urged greater [...]
2007-01-30 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN
07NEWDELHI4767MEA INSISTS INDIAN POLICY ON U.S.-LED MISSILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 24 trilateral meeting in Harbin, China, reporters asked Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee if India was going to join a U.S.-led missile defense system. Mukherjee dismissed the idea as "groundless." Despite press reports here signaling an [...]
2007-10-29 01:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MCAP MARR IN RS CH
07NEWDELHI5059MOHAMMAD SALIM SPOUTS COMMUNIST LINE ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) Member of Parliament Mohammad Salim justified the violence in Nandrigram to PolCouns November 20 by claiming that the Communists drove out violent Maoists and restored law and order in the area. Now, he asserted, the CPM will prioritize pe [...]
2007-11-21 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5099DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI UN RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26, urging the GOI to vote no or at a minimum abstain in voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in reftel. Agarwal affirmed that he will consult within the Minist [...]
2007-11-27 07:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA KPAL IS IN
07NEWDELHI5230NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 3-7, 2007
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 3-7, 2007. INVESTMENTS KEEP ROLLING INTO SOUTH INDIA ------------------ 2. (U) Seeking to take advantage of Tamil Nadu's revised industrial policy, both Dell and Nokia announced expansion p [...]
2007-12-07 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5234GOI APPROACHED ON SUPPORTING UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on December 6, seeking GOI support to ratify these resolutions in the upcoming UNGA Plenary vote. Agarwal confirmed that he had passed the request onto the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, wh [...]
2007-12-07 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNGA IN IR KN
07NEWDELHI5237GOI APPROACHED ON OPPOSING UNGA PLENARY
[...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on December 7, reinforcing the USG desire that the GOI vote no or at a minimum abstain in voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in ref A. Agarwal affirmed that he will [...]
2007-12-07 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS IN
07NEWDELHI5319DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 10-14
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 10-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Disqualifies Third Political Party. -- India Finally Offers Balanced Assessment of Israeli-Palestini [...]
2007-12-14 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KPAL IS IN BT
07NEWDELHI909SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]
2007-02-23 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07NEWDELHI944MOD ASSURES STAFFDEL FARKAS INDIA WILL CHOOSE
[...] (C) Summary. On February 23, MOD Acting Joint Secretary for Planning and International Cooperation Kiran Chadha, Chadha told Steffdel Farkas: -- India's procurement policy is guided by the Defense Procurement Policy of 2006; -- promised that in upcoming procurements India will be "choosin [...]
2007-02-26 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
07NICOSIA120CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...]
2007-02-08 15:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY
07NICOSIA168REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-336 [...]
2007-03-01 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07NICOSIA45CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 15:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
07NICOSIA568CYPRUS TOES EU LINE ON UNHRC DECISIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 13:58:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDCY EUN PHUM UNHRC
07NICOSIA675FEW BIDS FOR EXPLORING OFFSHORE CYPRUS
[...] (SBU) On August 16, the GoC announced the results of bids to obtain oil and gas exploration licenses off the south and southeast coasts of Cyprus. Despite speculation that the 11 available blocks could contain gas and liquids valued up to USD 400 billion and strong marketing efforts by the GoC, [...]
2007-08-17 14:29:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD EINV ECON CY
07NICOSIA696RUMORS OF DEVELOPMENT SHAKE CYPRUS'S KARPASS
[...] (U) Summary: The pristine Karpass peninsula, the long finger of land stretching northeast "like a dagger toward the heart of Anatolia," has dominated north Cyprus newscasts nightly this summer. A sleepy corner of the island known more for its turtle hatcheries and unbroken surf, Karpass has [...]
2007-08-27 11:56:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SENV CY TU
07NICOSIA896THIRD-PLACE CANDIDATE STILL OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polling that shows him well behind front-runner incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos and left-wing challenger Dimitris Christofias troubles DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides little. In a meeting with Embassy officers November 8, the soft-spoken but articu [...]
2007-11-09 09:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO CY
07NICOSIA932ELDER STATESMAN TROUBLED BY ELECTORAL THEMES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The possible re-election of incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos deeply concerns former President and DISY founder Glafcos Clerides. In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, the octogenarian Clerides noted that many Cypriots realized the dangers "five more years of Tassos" would [...]
2007-11-19 15:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY
07NICOSIA945CYPRUS DEFENDS MEMBERSHIP IN BIASED, ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 14:38:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS PGOV IZ CY
07NICOSIA986CYPRUS: SESAME REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT -- STILL NOT QUITE
[...] (U) Summary. On December 11 and 12, 2007, Cyprus hosted the Eleventh Meeting of the Council of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). Per Ref e-mail, Post ECON Officer and ECON Specialist attended the meeting to follow up on developments. [...]
2007-12-14 13:57:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO CY
07NOUAKCHOTT357PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE
[...] (U) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published April 8, is quoted as saying "the last word on (Mauritanian-Israeli) relations belongs to the Mauritanian people." He added, "the reality is that there is an I [...]
2007-04-10 14:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT487CHARGE,S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CHARGE PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL MAY 22 TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION MOHAMED SALECK OULD MOHAMED LEMINE. THE MINISTER SAID U.S.-MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WERE "IMBALANCED" TOWARD POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND HOPED THAT THE USG COULD PROVIDE COMMEN [...]
2007-05-29 12:04:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETIS MARR MR PGOV PHUM PREL
07OSLO1099PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION?
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...]
2007-11-08 15:28:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO
07OSLO264NORWAY EXPLAINS DECISION TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, MFA Political Director Kai Eide briefed the EU/NATO ally countries on the GON decision over the weekend to have direct political contacts with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). He explained that the GON welcomed the NUG because: --the NUG is taking [...]
2007-03-19 15:55:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ISPA KPAL IS NO
07OSLO292NORWAY MAINTAINS THAT DECISION TO RECOGNIZE
[...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the DCM, Kai Eide, Political Director of Norway's MFA, stated that Norway's relations with Israel have not been damaged by Norway's decision to recognize the Palestinian Unity Government. Eide said that Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere spoke at length with Isra [...]
2007-03-23 15:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ISPA KPAL IS NO
07OSLO31NORWAY CONSIDERS WHETHER TO ASSIST IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 11 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen on the President's Iraqi speech. The Ambassador highlighted that success is critical for Iraq, for the region and for the world and emphasized the focus on reconstruction and reconciliation-issue [...]
2007-01-11 15:55:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ NO
07OSLO313THE UNLIKELY OSLO PEACE CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. A Norwegian NGO seeks to draw heads of state of various governments to Oslo for an ill-defined peace conference and concert. A recent organizational meeting highlighted the challenges of bringing this to fruition. End Summary. 2. (C) An Oslo NGO, Foundation Dialogue for Pe [...]
2007-03-30 11:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO
07OSLO362NORWAY NORMALIZING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (U) Summary: Palestinian Finance Minister Fayyad's April 12 visit to Oslo highlighted the economic aspect of Norway's March 17th decision to normalize relations with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). FM Stoere stated that Norway is ready to resume direct, broad budgetary suppor [...]
2007-04-13 11:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IS KPAL PINS PREL ISPA NO
07OSLO404SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 15:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP NO
07OSLO425STOERE/ABBAS STOCKHOLM MEETING SUMMARY
[...] (C) On April 23 we met with Norwegian MFA Middle East Section Head Joern Gjelstad concerning the recent confidential Stockholm meeting between Palestinian President SIPDIS Mahmoud Abbas and Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere. The meeting was split into two sessions. During the first sessi [...]
2007-04-25 07:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEFIN IS KPAL PINS PREL ISPA NO
07OSLO504COOL WELCOME FOR IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN OSLO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki received a cool welcome from his Norwegian hosts during his May 8 visit to Oslo. Mottaki appeared to be seeking deeper political and economic relations with Norway but Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere stressed repeatedly that Iranian statements on Is [...]
2007-05-10 14:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEPET PINR PREL NO IR IZ
07OSLO525CLUSTER MUNITIONS: NORWAY ASKS U.S. TO PROVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met on May 16 with key MFA and MOD members of the Norwegian cluster munitions task force to deliver reftel points on our objections to the Lima text. The Norwegians continue to maintain that they are not seeking a total ban, and that the text was not designed to be a start [...]
2007-05-18 14:33:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO NO
07OSLO814HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO815HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OTTAWA130CANADA TO PRESS EUROPEANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Canada shares our take on the way ahead in Afghanistan and at the NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Brussels on January 26. Foreign Minister MacKay will press our European partners to deliver on the promises they have made on Afghan security and reconstruction. The FM will tr [...]
2007-01-24 22:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PINS MARR CA
07OTTAWA1511NSG: CANADA'S INTERIM RESPONSE TO PROPOSED EXPORT
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-proliferation Craig Weichel on August 1, and followed-up twice thereafter. 2. (SBU) Weichel told us on August 8 that he expected GOC technical experts would not/not vi [...]
2007-08-08 18:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG KNNP IS CA
07OTTAWA1697NSG: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSED EXPORT OF HIGH
[...] (SBU) Upon receipt of ref A, we followed up ref B interim response with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel on September 6. 2. (SBU) Weichel told us that Canada would not/not consider U.S. export authori [...]
2007-09-07 20:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ENRG KNNP IS CA
07OTTAWA2125SCENESETTER FOR CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Stephen Harper leads one of the most stable minority governments in Canadian history. He is a Western conservative who came to power on a domestic agenda but has been surprisingly focused on foreign affairs. Harper's foreign policy style includes a halting transition from "peac [...]
2007-11-20 23:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA
07OTTAWA2133CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...]
2007-11-21 21:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA2170 CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAUDS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, in a November 27 statement, praised the "historic" undertakings of the Annapolis Conference and offered Canada's continued support as the parties move forward toward the goal of two states living in peace and security. Full text in para 2. Bernier led t [...]
2007-11-28 19:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XF CA
07OTTAWA2215CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. In November 28-29 meetings with senior Canadian officials, U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) for the Israel-Palestinian Authority Lt. General Keith Dayton expressed his high appreciation for Canadian contributions to his staff and asked for additional assistance on staff and pro [...]
2007-12-06 18:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG EAID WE IS GZ CA
07OTTAWA2272CANADA COMMITS $300 MILLION FOR THE PALESTINIAN
[...] (U) As anticipated (ref a),Canada has made a sizable commitment -- $300 million over the next five years -- in support of the Palestine Authority and the Middle East peace process. At the Paris donors' conference on December 17, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier pledged to "increase our part [...]
2007-12-17 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS CA
07PANAMA1813PANAMA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 16:41:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS PM
07PANAMA1827PANAMA: WEIGHING "OVERALL POLICY REVIEW" OF
[...] (C) "Panama is considering an overall policy review of its positions on the various Israel resolutions that come up every year in the UN General Assembly (UNGA)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on December 3 in response to reftel A demarche. Lewis added, "I don't know if there wou [...]
2007-12-03 22:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS PM
07PANAMA221PANAMA: IO PDAS WARLICK'S UNSC CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) "Panama wants to be a constructive and pragmatic partner of the U.S. on the UN Security Council," 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis told visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (IO PDAS) James Warlick on February 5. Mr. Warlick expressed app [...]
2007-02-13 15:38:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC PM
07PARAMARIBO121DUTCH WANT ENERGY, NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Ambassador-at-large Maurice De Hond told EmbOffs that the Dutch have &good relations8 with Venezuela, their &neighbor8 through the Antilles. De Hond also indicated interest in alternative energy sources in South America, particularly ethanol out of Brazil. The Dutch appea [...]
2007-03-13 15:30:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG NL VE NA NS
07PARAMARIBO618DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Government of Suriname had no immediate response. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive reaction from the Government of Surina [...]
2007-12-04 14:57:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS NS
07PARIS1 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE;
[...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...]
2007-01-03 05:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1066 (SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION
[...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...]
2007-03-19 16:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS1116 OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...]
2007-03-22 13:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OECD
07PARIS112FRENCH SHARE VIEWS ON LEBANON CONFERENCE, UNSCR
[...] (S) Summary: EB PDAS Liz Dibble and NEA DAS Robert Danin met with the MFA's Herve Besancenot (DAS-equivalent for the Levant) and the Elysee's Dominique Boche (Chirac's Middle East advisor) on January 9 to discuss preparations for the January 25 Lebanon conference (septel to follow) and options [...]
2007-01-10 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1220FRANCE/GYMNICH: FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT ON ALL ISSUES
[...] (U) We shared reftel points with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet (all points),Bosnian desk officer Michel Clerx (Bonsia points),and Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume (Serbia and Kosovo points). 2. (C) Bosnia: Clerx said Bosnia is not on the Gymnich agenda. That said, the French agre [...]
2007-03-27 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI
07PARIS1242FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD
[...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...]
2007-03-28 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK
07PARIS1307JOHNNY ABDO: DISTRUSTFUL OF SAUDI DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, Former Lebanese Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he distrusts the recent flurry of Saudi diplomatic activity on Lebanon, and faulted the Saudis for not taking Saad Hariri seriously. A March 14 supporter, Abdo nevertheless criticized the March 14 leadersh [...]
2007-04-02 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1334OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement
[...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...]
2007-04-04 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS147Reporting Cable: NINTH OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE
[...] The draft agenda (ENV/EPOC/WGWPR/A(2006)1) was accepted without comment, as was the Summary Record of the Eighth Meeting. AGENDA ITEM 3: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS --------------------------------------------- --- 2. Several countries including the US, gave brief synopse [...]
2007-01-12 15:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR
07PARIS151COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]
2007-01-16 07:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS1597MUBARAK AND ABBAS BID ADIEU TO CHIRAC
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac received Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris on April 16, and then met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on April 17. While both visits were essentially courtesy calls, Chirac seized the opportunity to press Mubarak for support on [...]
2007-04-20 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAL EG FR IS PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1692(S) TERRORIST ABDALLAH IN THE HOSPITAL; SIGNS GOOD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Convicted terrorist and political assassin, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, remains in prison. His parole request is not likely to be decided until June 2007. The Ministry of Justice has assured the Ambassador that it opposes parole. Abdallah's worsening health, however, could potent [...]
2007-04-27 05:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PTER FR
07PARIS170CHIRAC'S ENVOY TO IRAN -- WHAT'S PROMPTING THIS
[...] (S) LE MONDE'S JAN. 17 EDITION RAN A FRONT-PAGE STORY ON CHIRAC,S INTEREST IN PURSUING A DIALOGUE WITH IRAN ON LEBANON, THUS CONFIRMING WHAT MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GERARD ARAUD TOLD THE AMBASSADOR DURING THEIR JAN. 15 MEETING. WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF UNTOWARD POLICY INITIATIVES BY CHIRAC DUR [...]
2007-01-17 14:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1799SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COMBATING
[...] (U) SUMMARY.: Government and NGO sources report an overall increase in anti-Semitic incidents in 2006, with a much sharper increase in physical attacks on persons. More recently, March and April witnessed a spate of anti-Semitic crimes including cemetery profanations and physical attacks. P [...]
2007-05-07 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF SCUL SMIG SOCI FR
07PARIS1844ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...]
2007-05-10 09:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS
07PARIS1870CWC CONSULTATIONS WITH FRANCE, UK AND GERMANY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French hosted consultations on the Chemical Weapons Convention with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 3, 2007 preceded on May 2 by biological weapons discussions (reported Septel). Due to new French and UK Heads of Delegation, this round of Close Allies discussions brou [...]
2007-05-11 13:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL FR GM UK
07PARIS1883HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AOUN'S HENCHMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WE MET MAY 10 WITH MICHEL AOUN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS, SIMON ABI RAMIA, AND CHALLENGED HIS TEDIOUS ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. SHOULD REGARD AOUN AS AN ALLY. WE ARGUED, INTER ALIA, THAT AOUN IS BEING USED BY HIZBALLAH, THAT ABI RAMIA'S "AOUN IS YOUR ALLY" MESSAGE HAS LOST ALL CRED [...]
2007-05-11 15:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1887FRANCE: GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON GAERC ISSUES
[...] (U) We shared reftel points on May 11 with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Cohet indicated that Bosnia is unlikely to be discussed. Regarding Serbia, he indicated that France shares our position on the new government and on cooperation with the ICTY. On Kosovo, [...]
2007-05-11 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF
07PARIS195MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...]
2007-01-18 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR
07PARIS1999OECD: EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN ADDRESSES
[...] (SBU) EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan addressed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level (MCM) during the May 16 session on "Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement." A/S Sullivan applauded on the decision to enhance relatio [...]
2007-05-18 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS2004ENGAGING SARKOZY'S GOVERNMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Further to the recommendations made reftel on engaging President Sarkozy's government on a number of key foreign policy issues (including Iraq and Iran),this cable provides additional thoughts on how we might strengthen our partnership with France on the broad range of our mutual [...]
2007-05-18 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY MEPP
07PARIS2072VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE,
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...]
2007-05-21 12:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF
07PARIS2137CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...]
2007-05-23 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR
07PARIS218 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN; SECRETARY RICE IN THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Iran dominated international news this week with the visit to Latin America of Iranian president Ahmadinejad, the deployment of an American aircraft carrier to the Gulf (described as a "warning to Iran" by right-of-center Le Figaro on January 16); and President Chirac's initiative to send [...]
2007-01-19 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS223FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES, BUT
[...] (U) Poloff shared reftel points January 19 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet said France and the U.S. are in complete agreement on the need for unity between the U.S. and EU, particularly in supporting UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari. 3. (C) Serbi [...]
2007-01-19 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN YI SR BK IS IR
07PARIS232FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2007-01-22 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS2405MFA MIDDLE EAST CHIEF: A MIDDLE EAST LANDSCAPE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 6, JEAN FELIX-PAGAGNON, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU, PAINTED A RELENTLESSLY DEPRESSING TABLEAU OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HE TRACED PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES, BEGINNING WITH NORTH AFRICA (VITAL TO SARKOZY'S PLANS TO RESHAPE FRANCES IMMI [...]
2007-06-07 14:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR LE PREL
07PARIS243SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24-25 VISIT TO
[...] (C) MADAM SECRETARY, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 25 PAGE 02 RUEHFRA0243 C O N F I D E N T I A L INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEBANON, AND THE STRONG U.S. FINANCIAL PACKAGE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON AND THUS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH AND CHIRA [...]
2007-01-22 16:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE FR
07PARIS2511FRANCE SHARES HRC "RED LINES" BUT DEMURS ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet. Pellet stated that France wanted to maintain the country-specific rapporteur mandates, consistent with the EU position. Pellet equally agreed on the necessity to avoid any specific ant [...]
2007-06-12 09:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM HR PREL UNGA FR
07PARIS257FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE
[...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...]
2007-01-22 17:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS2604FRANCE/GAERC: LARGELY IN SYNCH WITH U.S. POSITIONS
[...] (C) On June 15, MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet indicated France's general agreement with U.S. views in advance of the June General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Of note, he said that the EU Common Position on Cuba will not be weakened or strengthened and that decisiv [...]
2007-06-15 17:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF FR
07PARIS2723A/S FRIED'S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH FRENCH SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and Department Counselor Cohen met June 24 with French Special Envoy Cousseran, FM Kouchner's point man for the Lebanese dialogue meeting to be held in Paris in mid-July. Cousseran had just concluded a visit to Tehran, meeting there with national security chief Larija [...]
2007-06-25 17:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE FR SY
07PARIS2725ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES
[...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]
2007-06-26 07:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07PARIS2726U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...]
2007-06-26 08:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR
07PARIS2743U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...]
2007-06-26 15:42:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR
07PARIS2787A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]
2007-06-28 11:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2827U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC
[...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...]
2007-07-02 07:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR LE UNSC PREL
07PARIS2889CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY'S
[...] (C) Summary: Congressman Wexler and Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Jean-David Levitte discussed Hizbollah and Lebanon, Darfur, Kosovo, Turkey and Iran during a July 2 meeting. Levitte emphasized that Sarkozy continued to hold to the view he espoused during the presidential campaign that Hiz [...]
2007-07-05 07:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
07PARIS2890CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]
2007-07-05 07:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3032SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-07-13 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3039SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-07-13 14:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3062FRENCH-HOSTED LEBANESE GATHERING MEETS LOW
[...] (U) The French-hosted "inter-Lebanese meeting" just outside Paris concluded the evening of July 15 with no dramatic breakthroughs and in accord with the modest expectations French officials had expressed in the days leading up to it. French FM Bernard Kouchner told a July 15 press conferenc [...]
2007-07-16 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS307A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON
[...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...]
2007-01-26 09:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS309NEA DAS DANIN PITCHES INFORMAL LEBANON CONTACT
[...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Robert Danin met separately on January 23 with his MFA counterpart, Herve Besancenot, and with President Chirac's Middle East adviser, Dominique Boche. Danin proposed establishing a contact group on Lebanon (with the likely participation of the U.S., France, Italy and Ger [...]
2007-01-26 12:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS3107FRANCE/LEBANON: TO DAMASCUS AND BEYOND
[...] (U) The unexpected July 17 visit to Damascus by French envoy for Lebanon Jean-Claude Cousseran has for the past couple of days vied with news about an expected imminent visit to Libya by President Sarkozy in connection with the "Bulgarian medics" case as the top international story. This wa [...]
2007-07-19 16:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS317 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: LEBANON DONORS' CONFERENCE, STATE
[...] (SBU) The Lebanon Donors' Conference, held in Paris in the presence of Secretary Rice and Lebanese PM Siniora, received a fair amount of coverage and gave President Chirac personally a publicity boost in France, while the rioting prior to Siniora's departure from Beirut elicited commentary on L [...]
2007-01-26 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS3295SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-08-06 07:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3402MUSLIM OUTREACH -- SENIOR ADVISOR FARAH PANDITH'S
[...] (SBU) In meetings in Paris July 25 - 26 with a wide range of figures from France's large and diverse Muslim community and France,s new government, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith underlined U.S. interest in respectful dialogue and exchange of ideas with France's Muslim population, the larges [...]
2007-08-14 07:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PTER PGOV EUN FR PINR ECON
07PARIS343OFFICIAL - INFORMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 11:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETAMGT FR
07PARIS3579PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]
2007-08-28 18:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS3734FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3735FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3737GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S.
[...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3738GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S.
[...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3772FRENCH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR LEBANON
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche late the afternoon of September 7 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille. He was a bit surprised to receive such a message so late, i.e., after FM Kouchner had already left to attend the Gymnich. After confirming the message was address [...]
2007-09-11 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY EU
07PARIS3874FRENCH NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON THE
[...] (C) Polmincouns called on French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon September 17 to request a readout from FM Kouchner's visit September 10-14 to the Levant before Kouchner travels to Washington. Felix-Paganon, accompanied by DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, focused on [...]
2007-09-17 16:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE
07PARIS3919FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]
2007-09-18 17:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS403A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...]
2007-02-01 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS4201FRANCE: DAS ANDERSON BILATS ON UN REFORM, WIPO, ICAO, UNEP,
[...] (SBU) On October 3, DAS Gerald Anderson met with MFA PDAS-equivalents Marc Giacomini of the Directorate for UN and International organizations, and Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel of the Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament. Anderson presented an overview of the U.S. transparenc [...]
2007-10-05 17:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON UN ETRD EAIR FR
07PARIS4223TERRORIST ABDALLAH DENIED PAROLE; APPEAL EXPECTED
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris was informed by Embassy Counsel Georges Kiejman on the afternoon of October 10 that the Paris Tribunal refused parole for convicted terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. We expect that Abdallah will file an appeal with the Paris Court of Appeals within the next ten days (the [...]
2007-10-10 13:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL FR
07PARIS4254FRANCE/GAERC: BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES
[...] (C) On October 9, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the October 15-16 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers. On October 12, PolOff delivered ref B demarche to MFA DAS-equiva [...]
2007-10-15 05:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ
07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4362YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...]
2007-10-26 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR
07PARIS4393LUKEWARM FRENCH INTEREST IN ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) We contacted French FM Kouchner,s adviser on NEA issues, Christophe Bigot, October 29, who indicated that Kouchner,s priority was to have a one-on-one with the Secretary to discuss Lebanon as well as the SIPDIS Israeli/Palestinian peace process (before the Secretary,s next visit to Is [...]
2007-10-30 15:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR LE
07PARIS4516GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the November 19-20 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. EU-CHINA SUMMIT: The GOF agrees with the USG position on worki [...]
2007-11-16 15:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07PARIS4635FRENCH REACTION TO THE NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) We passed the key judgments for the Iran nuclear NIE and accompanying non-paper to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Franck Gellet late December 3 and followed up with an office call December 4 (when we gave him the secret releasable paper). We also gave the French Presidency [...]
2007-12-04 17:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR
07PARIS4670DECEMBER GAERC: FRENCH POSITIONS CLOSE TO U.S.'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the December GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. KOSOVO: Cohet said that the U.S. and France share an approach, fully [...]
2007-12-07 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN IR IZ IS BM SU KV FR
07PARIS4685YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]
2007-12-11 15:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS4743FRENCH BELIEVE MAJOR PUSH ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA
[...] (C) We passed reftel points November 27 to French MFA desk officer for Israel/Palestinian affairs Adrien Pinelli, who had no immediate response but said he would pass them to the appropriate people in his immediate chain of command as well as to the MFA,s IO directorate. We followed up with [...]
2007-12-19 17:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL FR IS
07PARIS4750FRENCH PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC ADVISER RICHIER
[...] (C) We passed reftel points to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States Franck Gellet on December 13. PolMinCouns and poloff also passed these points on December 13 to French Presidency strategic affairs adviser Francois Richier. Richier commented that the points were [...]
2007-12-20 16:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNUP FR IR EU RU CH
07PARIS480FRANCE?S AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PLANNING:
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. --------------------------------------------- ------ Paris Eager For Collaboration With U.S. Authorities --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) Embassy ESTH officers recently met with Ministry of Health officials, who expr [...]
2007-02-07 15:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU FR AIAG
07PARIS510AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met on February 6 with Michel Barnier, former foreign minister (2004 - 2005) and now Senior Foreign Affairs advisor to Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy. Barnier addressed the state-of-play in the French presidential campaign and [...]
2007-02-08 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS516FRENCH WELCOME FORMATION OF PALESTINIAN UNITY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 9 to Herv Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant. Besancenot said that the MFA was finalizing a statement that would be put out later that same day, possibly by FM Douste-Blazy himself. The statement would welcome the formation of the NUG [...]
2007-02-09 10:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS KDEM KPAL PGOV PREL
07PARIS525 OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OECD members are divided on a number of key issues regarding enlargement and enhanced engagement. A February 5 Council discussion highlighted differing views on how to deal with the BRICS, whether Russia should be invited to begin discussions on accession negotiations, whether [...]
2007-02-09 14:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OECD
07PARIS540US-DESIGNATED TERRORIST GROUP SUING WIESENTHAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The public trial for defamation brought against Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, by the Committee for Welfare and Aid to the Palestinians (CBSP) concluded on February 2, after two days and 13 hours of testimony. The CBSP, [...]
2007-02-09 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PREL PREF PINS PHUM EAID FR IS
07PARIS571PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCEREF:
[...] (SBU): We shared reftel points February 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent fo CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, who responded with the following comments on February 12. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet stressed that while the GoF shares USG support for Ahtisaari, the MFA does not believe short delays in resolving the matte [...]
2007-02-12 15:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KPAL
07PARIS613GHASSAN SALAME: LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER LEBANESE CULTURE MINISTER GHASSAN SALAME SHARED WITH US ON FEBRUARY 14 A BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POLITICAL SITUATION. SALAME SAID LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS BROKEN, THAT BOTH SIDES WERE LOSING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS, THAT SYRIA WAS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND THA [...]
2007-02-16 11:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS692FRENCH SEEKING TO OPEN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After five years of cool relations, France hopes to open a "strategic dialogue" with Pakistan based on shared security concerns. Notwithstanding the 2002 terrorist attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, the Pakistan desk officer said the MFA now believes it would only [...]
2007-02-23 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF PK FR MASS KNNP
07PARIS701WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]
2007-02-23 18:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS702WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]
2007-02-23 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS710CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...]
2007-02-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS73CHIRAC REMAINS TRUE TO FORM IN NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE
[...] (C) In the traditional New Year's remarks to the Diplomatic Corps on January 5, President Chirac delivered a distillation -- with only a few months left in office, perhaps his last -- of his exceedingly "Gaullist" (France-centric) world view. He broke no new ground, restating long-held Frenc [...]
2007-01-08 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS775ACTION REQUEST; TERRORIST ABDALLAH UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On February 27 we were contacted by, and subsequently received a letter to the Ambassador from Georges Kiejman who was legal counsel for the USG (as a civil party) during the prosecution of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Abdullah was con [...]
2007-02-28 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER FR
07PARIS776FRENCH POLICY PLANNER SHARES VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Christian Nakhle, the MFA's lead policy planner for the Middle East, told us on February 27 that he just returned from a 10-day trip to the Gulf and was deeply worried about Bahrain's internal stability, saying he foresaw the possibility of serious political unrest developing withi [...]
2007-02-28 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS IZ LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS777SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY
[...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...]
2007-02-28 17:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL
07PARIS779 JERUSALEM ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The excavation work at the Temple Mount site in Jerusalem has prompted calls at UNESCO by six Arab states for a rare special session of the Executive Board. Based on the its interpretation of a resolution negotiated between the Palestinian observer and the Israeli Ambassador i [...]
2007-03-01 05:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS807WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?;
[...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]
2007-03-02 12:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS812FRENCH ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points Feb 28 to MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS- equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Director Natacha Rimbon (Energy Issues). 2. (C) Energy: Rimbon told us that France would push for a target of 20 percent renewable [...]
2007-03-02 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK IS LE
07PARIS830OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...]
2007-03-05 14:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS864BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]
2007-03-07 07:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PARIS921FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...]
2007-03-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM
07PHNOMPENH551 MONDULKIRI PROVINCE: TRADITION, ELECTIONS AND THE CHINESE
[...] (U) Summary. During the Embassy's recent election monitoring program, Emboffs visited Cambodia's remote Mondulkiri Province on the Vietnamese border. Mondulkiri is a rapidly-changing region that encapsulates most of the major issues affecting Cambodia and its minority population -- property [...]
2007-04-13 08:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM ENV CB
07PORTAUPRINCE1871HAITI NONCOMMITAL ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolCouns drew from reftel points in a meeting November 23 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste. PolCouns emphasized how these three committees over the years hav [...]
2007-11-27 16:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE817VETTING REQUEST: FOURTH (4TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding one name following the consular section's NIK process. 4. [...]
2007-05-03 19:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE863LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SIXTH (6TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-11 13:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1172DEMARCHE 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 19:37:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS 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 21:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD EFIN MARR SNAR TD
07PRAGUE1156IRANIAN DELEGATION VISIT: CZECH REPUBLIC SEEKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Parliamentarian Majlis Alaeddin Boroujedi of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee met with Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg and several parliamentary groups during his visit to Prague October 15-17. Based on conversations with the Foreign Minister, M [...]
2007-10-18 14:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE1177CZECHS PREPARATIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 14:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1283CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the December 10 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on: Iran, Israel, Kosovo, Burma, Chad and European Neighborhood [...]
2007-12-07 13:30:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
07PRAGUE133CZECHS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HAMAS/FATAH
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with the Czech MFA Director of the Middle East and Africa Department Josef Rychtar on February 9 to discuss the announcement that Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a new Palestinian government. Rychtar agreed the announcement seems to be a positive step, but noted press repo [...]
2007-02-09 16:26:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS XX EZ
07PRAGUE201PART II OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report -
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ---------- PREVENTION (ref Para 28 SECSTATE 202745) ---------- G) The First Deputy Minister of the Czech Interior Ministry has primary responsibility for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Fight A [...]
2007-02-28 13:44:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ
07PRAGUE236CZECHS HESITANT ON SPECIAL SESSION ON BURMA AT UN
[...] (C) Summary: While the Czech MFA has not reached a final decision, MFA staff are concerned about the timing and tactics of hosting a UNHRC special session on Burma. Czech unease relates to the possibility that a special session could undermine efforts to complete UNHRC institution building p [...]
2007-03-07 14:25:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA UNSC BM EZ
07PRAGUE527CZECH REPUBLIC ON OECD ENLARGEMENT: QUALITY OVER
[...] SUMMARY: Emboffs met May 11 with MFA Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Section Head Petr Bambas to deliver reftel demarche. Bambas will be on the Czech delegation at the May 15 - 16 OECD MCM. The GOCR supports the "package deal" for Slovenia, Estonia, Chile, Israel and Russia to [...]
2007-05-11 15:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON OECD EUN EZ
07PRAGUE667ERA PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - NEW
[...] (C) Summary: ERA Corporation plans to develop a more portable version of the VERA passive surveillance detection system, as well as cooperate with Lockheed Martin on passive coherent location technology. This may present new regulatory challenges in coming years. Post looks forward to working [...]
2007-06-08 13:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE707CZECHS ON UNHRC REFORM FIFTH SESSION PACKAGE
[...] (C) The Czechs are strongly in favor of maintaining the UNHRC country mandates for all countries, including Cuba and Belarus, but have not yet determined how they will vote. In discussions on June 14 with Czech MFA Human Rights Director Veronika Stromsikova and June 15 with MFA Political Direc [...]
2007-06-15 11:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EZ
07PRAGUE717CZECHS ON JUNE 18-19 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs expect the EU will not reach consensus on Cuba and that the June measures will remain in place. The Czech Republic supports the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo and will seek solutions to the Iranian nuclear program issue. The GOCR is preparing to offer [...]
2007-06-15 14:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN KPAL PREL XG IS AF EZ ETTC PARM PGOV
07PRAGUE899CZECH REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Ministry of Defense America Desk Officer LtCol Lubor Koudelka July 30 about LD Aviation's request to export radar components to Slovakia. Koudelka confirmed LD Aviation is licensed by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade to import and export defense articles. In [...]
2007-08-02 11:21:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC LO EZ
07PRETORIA1961SAG INTELLIGENCE MINISTER LED OFFICIAL DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SAG INTELLIGENCE MINISTER RONNIE KASRILS LED AN OFFICIAL SAG DELEGATION TO PALESTINE IN EARLY MAY AND MET PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS AND PRIME MINISTER ISMAIL HANIYAH, AMONG OTHERS. KASRILS MADE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND THE APARTHEID ERA, CHARACTERIZING [...]
2007-05-31 10:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER IS KPAL SF
07PRETORIA2395IRANIAN DEPFORMIN ARAGHCHI DEFENDS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking July 4 at the University of Pretoria, Iranian DepForMin Araghchi argued that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful, but stressed that Tehran will not give up its NPT right to enrich uranium. Iran remains open to "creative" ideas on building confidence about the peaceful [...]
2007-07-06 10:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR IZ IS SF
07PRETORIA3061SOUTH AFRICA RESPONDS TO GNEP INVITATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG is interested in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) and is considering whether Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica can change her travel schedule in order to participate. Defining a role for South Africa in GNEP might support U.S. efforts to sell [...]
2007-08-30 16:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA SF
07PRETORIA3772IBSA: SECOND HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT
[...] (U) Summary: The Heads of State of India, Brazil and South Africa met in Johannesburg on October 17 for the 2nd Annual India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summit. The leaders issued a declaration covering economic, political, environmental and other issues. Although the Summit produced few co [...]
2007-10-26 07:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD IMF PREL SF BR IN
07PRETORIA3891DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - MAYBE - MAYBE NOT
[...] SUMMARY: The Diamonds - Source to Use 2007 Colloquium in Johannesburg offered contrary views on African diamond reserves. Some pundits expect output to increase significantly from West Africa, Botswana, Angola and the DRC, but others foresee a sustained decline in world diamond production. A [...]
2007-11-07 10:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF
07PRETORIA4002South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-11-20 11:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07PRETORIA4103South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zi [...]
2007-12-03 11:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07QUITO211HELICOPTER COLLISION KILLS MINDEF AND DAUGHTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter Claudia Avila Larriva, and five Ecuadorian Army officials were killed in a collision of two helicopters at 8:19 pm on January 24 in Manta, Manabi province. While details on the exact cause of the collision [...]
2007-01-25 21:36:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO575GOE REACTION TO HRC OBJECTIVES
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on March 9 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for multilateral affairs. Puma confirmed that Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinoza will attend the opening sessions of the Human Rights Council, as well as the disarmament commission. [...]
2007-03-12 21:29:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL AORC SNAR UN CO EC
07RABAT1046BRIEFING MOROCCO ON AFRICOM
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of an interagency delegation headed by PDUSD Ryan Henry to Morocco June 11 to brief on AFRICOM helped reassure the government and provided the opportunity to alert the public to the proposed new command. The delegation briefed a GOM interagency group headed by MFA Dire [...]
2007-06-22 16:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMARR MO PTER PREL
07RABAT1062MOROCCO: GOM STRONGLY BACKING FATAH, BUT PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI wrote to Palestinian President Abbas on June 15 to express the GOM's support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the letter to us as "the highest expression of support for Abu Mazen we can provide." Despite the Moroccan government's firm support for Abbas [...]
2007-06-26 13:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MO XF
07RABAT1161THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 16 SPEECH ON ARAB-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Mohammed Azeroual, Director-General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told polcouns on July 18 that Morocco "welcomed all initiatives" aimed at restarting the Arab-Israeli peace process and was eager to learn more about the modalities of the U.S. proposal unve [...]
2007-07-18 16:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
07RABAT1258MOROCCO CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Speaking after the July 30 Arab League meeting, Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Benaissa expressed support for President Bush's July 16 Middle East peace initiative. "We detected several positive elements in the recent speech of the U.S. president on the Palestinian issue which, we [...]
2007-08-06 09:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS XF MO
07RABAT1340STAFFDEL CAMMACK: CAN MOROCCO BE FRANCHISED?
[...] (SBU) During an August 8-10 visit, Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack heard that reformers in Morocco, unlike in many other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, already have a safe space within which to operate, and are working to expand existing [...]
2007-08-23 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO OVIP
07RABAT143ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENTS THWART OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 19, A PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY ADVISED THE EMBASSY THAT IT WAS "POSTPONING" AN INVITATION TO THE AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON JANUARY 23. THE UNIVERSITY'S DECISION WAS APPARENTLY IN REACTION TO PRESSURE COORDINATED BY A COALITION OF DOMESTIC NGOS. PULLI [...]
2007-01-26 13:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1433DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRAN/IAEA; THE LATEST FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley conveyed ref. B ministerial demarche to MFA Min-Del Fassi Fihri, who accepted the point but would not commit to a statement. Fassi Fihri had benefited from the receipt of the substance of ref. A from his I/O Chief, Nasser Bourita. Bourita, who had just returned [...]
2007-09-11 07:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IAEA IR MO
07RABAT1513MOROCCO ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE 62ND UN GENERAL
[...] (C) Drawing from ref A, Polcouns provided MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita an overview of U.S. priorities for the upcoming UN General Assembly session during a September 18 meeting. Bourita reacted to several points in the presentation: -- On Iraq, he noted Morocco's consisten [...]
2007-09-21 16:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1721MOROCCO: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON ANNAPOLIS,
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director-General for Multilateral Relations Amb. Mohammed Azeroual stressed Morocco's support for the Annapolis peace conference and the Kingdom's "excellent" contacts with Israel during a November 7 meeting. Azeroual, who is de facto P-level and focused mainly on Arab and Is [...]
2007-11-08 16:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO XF
07RABAT1730NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS
[...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...]
2007-11-09 18:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV
07RABAT1818IRAN SCORES POINTS IN DEBATE: "NUCLEAR IRAN: WAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Some Iranian arguments resonated with students at a debate, "Nuclear Iran: War and Peace," held on November 23 at a graduate school in Rabat. Iran,s Ambassador argued for Iran,s right to nuclear technologies, including uranium enrichment, citing sovereign right, peaceful inten [...]
2007-12-06 17:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT1862MOROCCO: ATTENDANCE AT OSCE MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR
[...] (SBU) PolCouns raised reftel request for Moroccan participation in the OSCE Tel Aviv Seminar with Directors General for Bilateral Affairs Yussef Amrani and for International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual (P-level) on December 13 and 14, stressing its importance to the partnership. Amrani c [...]
2007-12-19 12:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SOCI OSCE EG MO XF
07RABAT225MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PJD GEARING UP FOR PRIME TIME
[...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) may emerge from elections later this year as Morocco's single largest party in the directly-elected lower house of parliament. In recent conversations, key party leaders indicated confidence that the PJD could double (or more than [...]
2007-02-06 18:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL MO
07RABAT375MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]
2007-02-27 11:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL MO
07RABAT376MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]
2007-02-27 11:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL MO
07RABAT395A "CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS" IN MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) wants to become known for its observance of human rights and has mounted what appears to be little more than a public relations campaign. On February 26, Prime Minister Jettou and Driss Benzekri, the president of the Consultative Council on Huma [...]
2007-03-01 10:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT417MOROCCO ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Hassan Hami, MFA Director for Arab Multilateral Affairs, on the morning of March 2 to convey U.S. positions on the Arab League's Ministerial agenda (reftel). Hami confirmed that Foreign Minister Benaissa would lead the Moroccan delegation to the March 3-4 Cairo ta [...]
2007-03-02 18:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL XF
07RABAT458MOROCCO ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) On March 7, poloff met with Karim Halim, Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Interpol Secretariat's recommendation to issue six Red Notices related to the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (reftel). Reca [...]
2007-03-12 10:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IR MO AR
07RABAT638A MODERATE ISLAMIST MAYOR - THE PJD IN MEKNES
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Bakr Belkora, the moderate Islamist mayor of Meknes, told poloff he was wrestling with poverty and governance issues during an April 10 visit to the city. Meknes is Morocco's sixth largest city and the largest local government controlled by the (moderate Islamist) Party of Jus [...]
2007-04-12 15:55:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV MO
07RABAT745PJD LEADERS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: The leadership of the Islam-oriented Party of Justice and Development told the Ambassador on April 17 that all Moroccans condemned the recent terrorist attacks against U.S. facilities in Casablanca, but said that feelings of "injustice" prompted by U.S. policies in the region were [...]
2007-04-26 14:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER PREL MO
07RABAT890S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER VISITS MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials discussed the GOM's holistic approach to combating terrorism and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer's visit in the contex [...]
2007-05-18 16:30:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KISL ASEC MO
07RABAT974MOROCCANS RECEIVE ISRAELI DELEGATION
[...] (C) During a June 5 meeting with DAS Carpenter (septel) Moroccan MFA Director-General Amrani said that he had received an Israeli MFA delegation for a full day of discussions in Rabat during the last week of May. The Israeli delegation was led by Policy Planning Chief Abramovitch and also the [...]
2007-06-08 18:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
07REYKJAVIK192Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...]
2007-07-03 08:02:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO SENV ENRG IC
07RIGA102LATVIAN VIEWS ON FEB 12-13 GAERC
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered points in reftel to Veronika Erte, MFA A/S-level official responsible for EU affairs, on February 7. Latvia's GAERC positions had already been set, but Erte welcomed the US points. Latvian positions are very close to US views on the issues discussed. Kosovo and S [...]
2007-02-09 14:56:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EUN LG
07RIGA669IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: LATVIAN POSITION UNCLEAR,
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points September 1 to Sanita Krumina of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA. Krumina responded on September 7 that the GOL was still clarifying with other EU states regarding its position on any Israel-focused agenda item at the IAEA Gener [...]
2007-09-10 06:05:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EUN IAEA IS LG
07RIYADH1047AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz emphasized the importance of U.S.-Saudi Arabia ties during Ambassador's courtesy call on May 16. The Prince stated that Saudi Arabia has no issues with nor is it a burden to the United States and discussed the important role tha [...]
2007-05-20 05:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CVIS SA
07RIYADH1375KING ABDULLAH'S 2007 EUROPEAN TOUR - PART 1
[...] (U) King Abdullah kicked off a week-long series of state visits to both European and Arab nations on June 18. The King has already visited Spain, France, and Poland, and will next visit the Kingdom of Jordan before concluding his tour at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt, where he will meet with Egypti [...]
2007-06-26 12:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH1437SAUDI AND EGYPTIAN LEADERS CALL FOR DIALOGUE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah discussed Lebanon, Palestinian issues, Iran, Iraq, and bilateral relations with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during their June 26 meeting in Sharm al-Sheikh. The meeting immediately followed the quadripartite meeting on the West Bank and Gaza situation also hel [...]
2007-07-07 14:35:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1454GCC MINISTERIALS -- MORE OF THE SAME ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministers of defense, foreign affairs, and national security met on July 3 in Riyadh. This second extraordinary meeting of the GCC ministers focused primarily on Iraq, and was followed on July 4 by a meeting of the GCC foreign ministers. The m [...]
2007-07-08 15:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH1529SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH'S INITIATIVE, CALLING
[...] (U) The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) issued an official statement on July 17 welcoming President Bush's initiative, announced on July 16, to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian crisis. The statement specifically supported the President's call to "end occupation, establish an independent and contiguo [...]
2007-07-18 13:38:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH1691SAUDI PRINCE BANDAR TRAVELS TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan traveled to Moscow on July 31-- the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense SIPDIS Robert Gates were in Jeddah meeting with top SAG officials. According to Saudi and international press repo [...]
2007-08-12 11:50:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RS SA
07RIYADH1787MAY 27 - JUNE 5, 2007 VISIT BY U.S. COMMISSION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited the Kingdom from May 27 to June 5, 2007, traveling to Jeddah (Ref A),Dhahran, and Riyadh. Describing itself as independent -- but part of the USG, the Commission met with SAG ministries [...]
2007-08-26 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PTER SA
07RIYADH1889GCC "100 PERCENT" BEHIND PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers met on September 1, 2007, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for their 104th session, which was led by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani. The resulting communiqu renounced terrorism, reiterated the GCC's position t [...]
2007-09-10 14:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECIN PTER IZ IS SA
07RIYADH1905KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with King Abdullah on September 11 to discuss the ongoing Palestinian crisis. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the King and President Abbas also discussed ways to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process. Palestinian Ambassador to Saudi Arab [...]
2007-09-13 11:56:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS SA
07RIYADH2044COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants country clearance for Professional Staff Member Bradley Bowman from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to visit Riyadh from October 26-30, 2007 (reftel). 2. (U) The Mission must directly charge all visit support costs. Countr [...]
2007-10-02 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN SA
07RIYADH212SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...]
2007-02-01 12:35:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA
07RIYADH2182SAUDI LEADERSHIP ON PEACE CONFERENCE -- FAILURE IS
[...] (S) The Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister (FM) Prince Saud Al Faisal on the margins of First Lady Laura Bush's October 23 meeting with King Abdullah. The FM told the Ambassador that the key for ensuring the success of the upcoming peace conference is for the U.S. to pressure the Isr [...]
2007-10-31 06:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR IS SA
07RIYADH2260SAG SAYS STOP IRAN FROM GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his late October 2007 visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffer Bradley Bowman met with MFA,s HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal, Head of the Political Affairs section on October 28. The discussion focused on Iranian nuclear issues. During the mee [...]
2007-11-13 13:38:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2348DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 26. Post suggests providing an Arabic translation to all Arabic-speaking posts to ensure uniformity of the message and to reduce duplication of effort. GFOELLER [...]
2007-11-26 13:00:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2356THE "SAUDIZATION" OF SERMONS IN THE EP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to conversations with worshippers at various Eastern Province mosques, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA) began a policy of "Saudizing" the delivery of the Friday sermon during the late summer of 2007. The alleged policy allows only Saudi citizens licensed by the [...]
2007-11-27 09:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SA
07RIYADH2404SAG MFA ANNAPOLIS OBSERVER REPORTS CONFERENCE A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Director Dr. Riyadh Krimley, who attended the November Annapolis conference with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, told PolOffs during a December 1 meeting that the conference was a success in working towards peace on several i [...]
2007-12-05 09:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2437USC A/S HERNANDEZ EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF IPR
[...] In a meeting on December 3, 2007, with Fawaz al-Alamy, Advisor to the Minister of Commerce & Industry, U.S. Department of Commerce A/S Israel Hernandez emphasized that enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) is important because it encourages innovation, raises living standards and ensur [...]
2007-12-09 12:24:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV SA
07RIYADH296CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BACKS THE KING IN FAMILY
[...] (S) Summary: The Al Saud are a political party as well as a family. As with any political party, there are always internal rivalries and policy disputes. Ruling family disputes currently center on the role of seniority in succession, policy towards Israel, and cuts in royal compensation. [...]
2007-02-12 12:50:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV SA
07RIYADH318UNOFFICIAL SAUDI REACTION TO PUTIN VISIT: CLEARLY
[...] (U) Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded on February 12 a two-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- the first ever by a Russian head of state. Described by some analysts as an "historic visit," Putin was accompanied by a delegation that included approximately 60 businessmen. The [...]
2007-02-16 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET RU SA
07RIYADH367APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Francis Fragos Townsend covered both counterterrorism cooperation and regional political issues in her meeting with Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at his home in Jeddah on February 6. Saud described the Feb [...]
2007-02-24 12:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN MEPP KPAL SA
07RIYADH428COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA LABS BYRON GARDNER
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Byron H. Gardner, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, Sandia Laboratories, to participate in the Joint Working Group and related meetings from March 3-20. 2. [...]
2007-03-01 10:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ASEC AMGT
07RIYADH479COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARCH 9-11 CLDP VISIT
[...] (SBU) Although country clearance has not been formally requested, due to the importance of this program, the U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for a visit to Riyadh March 9-12 by Mr. Thomas Moritz, U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Develo [...]
2007-03-07 15:19:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL
07RIYADH551SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, IRAQ
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Talal Al Maliki told PolOff on March 13 that he is not convinced that the recent public statements of the Israelis that they are ready to "treat seriously" the 2002 Saudi proposed Arab Peace Initiative carry any weight. He claimed that the Israelis typ [...]
2007-03-19 15:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM IZ SA
07RIYADH631KING ABDULLAH ANNOUNCES NO CABINET CHANGES- DOES
[...] (U) King Abdullah issued a decree on March 22 extending the term of the entire Council of Ministers for four years and preserving their current portfolios. Media reported positively on this announcement generally commenting that it supports political stability in the Kingdom. The media also [...]
2007-03-28 12:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH63619TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: OPENING SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah used his speech to the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 28 to criticize publicly U.S. policy in Iraq by referring to the "illegal foreign occupation" of that country, albeit without naming the U.S. or the Coalition Forces. The King issu [...]
2007-03-29 10:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH63819TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: CLOSING SESSION
[...] (C) The closing session of the 19th Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 29 issued the "Riyadh Declaration," which calls for the implementation of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, demands the removal of weapons of mass destruction from the region, and supports the development of nuclear progra [...]
2007-03-30 11:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH651AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]
2007-04-01 08:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07RIYADH67PLANNED FEBRUARY VISIT OF PUTIN TO THE KINGDOM
[...] (C) The Russian Embassy to the KSA confirmed January 8 media reports that Russian President Putin will visit the KSA in February, fulfilling a promise made over three years ago. Putin will be the first Russian President to visit the KSA. His visit follows up on the September 2003 visit to Rus [...]
2007-01-14 17:14:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV SA RS
07RIYADH711COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky (Senior Professional Staff Member Alan Makovsky, Professional Staff Member David Weinberg, and Professional Staff Member Yevgeny Gurevich) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee to visit Riyad [...]
2007-04-09 12:05:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN SA
07RIYADH881CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA
[...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...]
2007-04-28 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA
07RIYADH966GCC ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DR. ABDULKARIM HAMADI SIPDIS TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 24 THAT HE FEARS A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IS CONFIDENT THAT IRAN WILL PROCEED WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. HE SAID INTERNATIO [...]
2007-05-08 15:05:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KISL KNNP SA
07ROME1122ITALY ON SYRIA'S SHAM PRESIDENTIAL "REFERENDUM"
[...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel points to Luciano Pezzotti, Director of the MFA Office for Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. PMC urged an Italian and/or EU statement addressing Syria's pending presidential referendum. He said the Syrian Government should [...]
2007-05-24 14:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN IT
07ROME1388ITALY AGREES HYBRID AU/UN FORCE IN DARFUR A
[...] (C) Summary: During June 21 meetings with Italian officials, IO/PSC Office Director Douglas Wake discussed Sudan, Lebanon, Chad, and peacekeeping operations. On Darfur, Wake stressed the need to move forward quickly with the hybrid force while remaining willing to consider sanctions if Khart [...]
2007-06-25 13:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL LE XF SU CD UN IT
07ROME1584ITALY WILL CONSIDER UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 16:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALUNESCO IT
07ROME162A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE
[...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...]
2007-01-25 08:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT
07ROME163ITALIAN FM: NO MORE ON MILITARY SIDE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) A/S Fried urged FM D'Alema to bring to the NATO ministerial on Afghanistan ideas for an enhanced commitment, including on caveats, to the multinational effort there. D'Alema responded flatly that Italy could not do more on the military side, although it would confirm its commitment. When [...]
2007-01-25 08:52:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO IT
07ROME175ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE
[...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...]
2007-01-26 11:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC IT
07ROME1842ITALY: SANNINO ON KOSOVO, IRAN, MEPP, SYRIA -
[...] (C/NF) In a wide-ranging conversation over breakfast August 29, the Ambassador discussed Kosovo, Iran, Hamas and Syria with the PM's Senior Diplomatic Advisor (National Security Advisor-Equivalent) Stefano Sannino. Sannino agreed that a UNSCR on Kosovo was unlikely and suggested that the inte [...]
2007-08-29 16:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KV IR IS WE SY JO IT
07ROME1872GOI RESPONSE TO USG 2007-2008 SPECIAL 301
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST (see para 11). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered information on the USG Special 301 Initiative and an IPR Action Plan to Mauro Masi, the Government of Italy's (GOI) Delegate on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Chief of Cabinet to Massimo D'Alema in his r [...]
2007-09-04 16:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PGOV IT
07ROME1917ITALY: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) On September 7, SciCouns met with Alessandra Molina, Head of Office VII of the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights to deliver points in para 9 of reftel. Counselor Molina is the "IAEA Desk Officer" (among other responsibilities) and as such will [...]
2007-09-10 14:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA IT
07ROME192PRESSING ITALY ON AFGHANISTAN CAVEATS AND IRAN
[...] (C) Visiting EUR/WE director Allegrone urged GOI officials to look hard at ways to enhance Italy's military contribution in Afghanistan. MFA officials responded that they were doing so, but had to tread carefully to avoid a veto of mission funding by far-left members of the governing coaliti [...]
2007-01-29 10:19:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV XF AF IR IZ LE KNNP IT
07ROME1949D'ALEMA/IRAN: OPEN TO FURTHER UNSC SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) The Ambassador engaged FM Massimo D'Alema on Iran and Syria in a meeting on September 12, shortly after the minister returned from trips to the EU GYMNICH, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. The conversation also followed recent visits to Italy of Syrian VP al-Shara, Iranian DFM Jalili, Isr [...]
2007-09-12 16:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AF LE XF UN KNNP IT
07ROME2046ITALY: YOUR MEETING WITH FM D'ALEMA SEPTEMBER 27
[...] (C/NF) Summary. While the issues on Italy's international agenda in the near future will for the most part track with ours, the GOI's tactics and desired outcomes may not. D'Alema will want to discuss Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, Afghanistan and Sudan. You may [...]
2007-09-24 15:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UNSC IT
07ROME209IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES
[...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...]
2007-02-01 16:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT
07ROME2131S/P GORDON ENGAGES GOI ON KOSOVO, IRAN,
[...] (C) S/P Director David Gordon engaged senior GOI officials on Kosovo, Russia, MEPP, Iran, Lebanon, UNSC reform, Darfur, Afghanistan and climate change during October 1 consultations. On Kosovo the Italians said the goal should be a UNSCR, and that the Kosovars should be persuaded to postpone [...]
2007-10-04 16:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XF AF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT
07ROME2147U.S. AIR CARRIERS BALK AT PROPOSED TERMINAL
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian civil aviation authorities at Rome's Fiumicino airport are mandating that U.S. air carriers transfer their check-in operations from their current location to a more distant and inconvenient terminal at t [...]
2007-10-10 09:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD IT
07ROME2166IDENTIFYING CREDIBLE VOICES: MISSION ITALY RESPONSE
[...] (U) This cable is Mission Italy's response to reftels. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Rome is providing these carefully vetted names -- individuals who are already well known and who have taken public stands in favor of moderation or against extremism. The individuals named below are well-known pro-wes [...]
2007-10-11 14:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SCUL SOCI IT
07ROME2287IRAQ-ITALY: S/I STEPHENSON IN ROME: GOI PUSHING
[...] (C) Summary. S/I Barbara Stephenson visited Rome on October 30 after the IRRFI conference in Bari to discuss Iraqi political and security developments with GOI officials. Stephenson told the Italians that the international community needed to take advantage of a dramatic decrease in violence [...]
2007-11-02 09:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO IZ SA IR IT
07ROME2360ITALIANS DISCUSS IRAN SANCTIONS, LEBANESE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 15, S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield met in Rome with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gianludovico De Martino and MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini. De Martino said Italy wanted to see greater on-the-ground coordination of donor progra [...]
2007-11-21 12:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV LE SY IZ IR IS IT
07ROME2362ITALY-MIDDLE EAST: DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN,
[...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray exchanged views on Iran and discussed the Annapolis conference with PM Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East Marco Carnelos on November 15 in Rome. Gray emphasized the unwavering U.S. commitment to prevent a nuclear Iran. Carnelos said Italy was committed to encouragi [...]
2007-11-21 16:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF IR ZR XI IT
07ROME2384ITALY TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA UN Affairs Deputy Director Leonardo Bencini November 26, and urged Italy to change its abstentions on anti-Israel UNGA resolutions to "no" votes, especially in this season of renewed peace efforts. Bencini said Italy sought to maintain an even-handed [...]
2007-11-27 14:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS IT
07ROME2419ITALY AND 301: SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS, BUT NO ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 08:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD PGOV IT
07ROME2467ITALY TO ANNOUNCE 60 MILLION EURO DONATION AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 08:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV
07ROME2518MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (known as EXACT) December 10-11 in Rome. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Israeli [...]
2007-12-28 17:03:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TPHY XF IS JO KWBG UK EU NL SW
07ROME256IRAN: REPORTS OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ITALY
[...] (C) Iran Daily reported online (in English) January 30 and 31 that the Government of Iran will "take legal action against Italy,s decision to suspend its banking cooperation with Iran." Government of Italy contacts believe the proposed legal action by Iran is not linked to UNSCR 1737 or rec [...]
2007-02-08 09:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON EFIN IR IT
07ROME386LARIJANI VISIT TO ITALY: LOOKING FOR A DEAL?
[...] (S/NF) Iranian nuclear negotiator Larijani came to Rome February 21 for meetings with PM Prodi and senior Italian officials. He reportedly told them Iran wants a deal that will not be humiliating and that recognizes its rights under the NPT. It would stop enrichment in place, the Security Co [...]
2007-02-26 17:33:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR IT
07ROME393ITALY SUGGESTS IDEA OF LEBANON CONTACT GROUP WITH
[...] (C) During February 22 and 23 meetings with senior Italian MFA officials, NEA DAS Robert Danin discussed the idea of an informal contact group on Lebanon to discuss implementation of UNSCR 1701's arms embargo. Danin suggested the informal group's members could include France, Germany, Italy, [...]
2007-02-28 11:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF UN LE IT
07ROME400ITALIAN MOD SAY LEBANESE ARMY STILL HAS A LONG WAY
[...] (C) NEA DAS Danin met with senior Italian MFA and MOD officials to discuss developments in the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Lebanon during February 22 and 23 meetings in Rome. The Italians were receptive to the idea of establishing an informal working group (see reftel),but suggeste [...]
2007-03-01 09:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF UN LE IT
07ROME710ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE,
[...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...]
2007-04-06 10:09:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO UNSC EUN IT
07ROME912LEBANON: ITALY OPEN-MINDED ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) A/S Welch urged his GOI interlocutors to support establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon under UNSC chapter VII authority, asked for Italian engagement in pushing Maronite Leader Sfeir (who was scheduled to visit Rome at end of April) to unite Christians in Lebanon, and stressed [...]
2007-05-02 14:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF LE IT
07ROME96FRIED PRESSES PRODI ON AFGHANISTAN, DAL MOLIN BASE
[...] (S) PM Prodi opened his January 11 a meeting with A/S Fried by questioning the wisdom of the US strike in southern Somalia (he later reiterated this in public). Fried replied that the targets were suspected al-Qaeda terrorists and it must be made clear that Al-Qaeda has no sanctuary anywhere. [...]
2007-01-17 15:48:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MARR NATO IT
07ROME992ITALIAN VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCIAL
[...] (U) Summary. According to the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, the GOI is already heavily engaged in discussion at the OECD Council on OECD enlargement and financing reform. Regarding OECD enlargement, the GOI is especially concerned that enlargement proceed in such [...]
2007-05-10 15:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON OECD EUN IT
07SANAA1186BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING,
[...] (C) Summary. At the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting on June 3 in Sanaa, participants tentatively agreed on December 4 or 5 as the date of the Forum, pending confirmation of Foreign Ministers, schedules. U.S. delegation leader, NEA DAS Scott [...]
2007-06-28 13:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM YM
07SANAA1220MEPI: PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS
[...] SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding, combined with our diplomatic clout, has enabled the USG to shape Yemen's national reform efforts of the past 18 months. MEPI's flexibility, responsiveness to post needs, and support for Embassy goals have brought positive change to [...]
2007-07-03 12:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2054FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATE: MEETING AT THE MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 12:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA221SAADA: CASUALTIES MOUNT, SALEH PREPARES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Casualties continue to mount since the third round of fighting in Saada erupted on January 27. Government sources report that at least 42 soldiers have been killed and another 81 wounded, while casualties among the al-Houthi rebels are unknown. Military officials have confirmed [...]
2007-02-06 13:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR YM
07SANAA226ZAYDI SHI'IS, THE AL HOUTHIS, AND SUNNIS: WHAT IT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The third outbreak of major clashes between al-Houthi insurgents and the Yemeni regime has once again brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi (Shia) population. Misunderstanding about Yemeni Zaydi practices and beliefs have led some in the regional and international com [...]
2007-02-07 11:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINR PREL YM
07SANAA297(C) YEMENIS ASK CODEL FOR HELP IN SAADA; PRESENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh asked CODEL Reyes on February 19 to support on an urgent basis the Yemeni Government's military campaign against insurrectionists in Saada with intelligence, equipment and armored vehicles. Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi warned that anti-government fighters in [...]
2007-02-26 06:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS MASS SO YE
07SANAA395SAADA JEWS SAFE IN SANAA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met on March 13 in Sanaa with Jewish families displaced by fighting that erupted in Saada in late January (reftels). Poloffs met, under the auspices of the MFA and Interior Ministry, with approximately 30 people from two major families. All members of the Jewish communit [...]
2007-03-14 13:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINR PREL YM
07SANAA414(C) LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Charg received a letter from President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a meeting held on March 17, 2007 (reftel). The letter is addressed to President Bush. The signed Arabic original will follow. Please forward the following infor [...]
2007-03-19 13:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL YM
07SANAA852JEWISH COMMUNITY'S SECURITY PERCEPTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30 - May 1 Damon Stevens, from the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, conducted separate meetings with members of the Jewish communities from Saada and Reyda, who expressed serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in norther [...]
2007-05-08 09:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IS YM
07SANAA907SAADA HISTORY: HUSSEIN AL-HOUTHI - PARLIAMENTARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 2004, the ROYG has fought three wars in the Saada governorate with the al-Houthis, with each round more intense and prolonged than the last. History is key to understanding why this conflict began and continues to reemerge. The roots of the conflict lie with the late Hussein [...]
2007-05-19 05:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
07SANJOSE1106COSTA RICA RECOGNIZES CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 6, Costa Rica announced normalized relations with China, ending ties with Taiwan dating back to 1944. President Arias said the decision was based on "fundamental realism," and he expressed hope that informal relations could be retained with Taipei. The announcement ca [...]
2007-06-08 22:38:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TW XK CS
07SANJOSE426COSTA RICAN TELECOM UPGRADE ON TRACK
[...] Summary. Costa Rica's parastatal telecom monopoly, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE),announced plans to invest US$59.8 million for installation of a nationwide fiber optics network upgrade to improve its broadband internet capacity and coverage. This investment is being made so [...]
2007-03-05 20:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV TINT CS
07SANSALVADOR1343EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 1
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the first of three cables and [...]
2007-07-11 22:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR2347EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) On November 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Official in Charge of UN and Multilateral Fora. Argueta acknowledged the US position on such resolutions and added that El Salvador strongly supports the Middle East peace process. He also said th [...]
2007-12-04 21:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS ES
07SANSALVADOR276EL SALVADOR ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 19:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX ES
07SANSALVADOR588INTERVIEW WITH IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 11, leading El Salvador daily La Prensa Grafica published an interview in its Sunday magazine with Mohammed Roohi Sefat, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico (also accredited to Nicaragua),about his opinions of the Salvadoran Armed Forces presence in Iraq. The int [...]
2007-03-29 21:26:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ES IZ MX NU VE IR KNNP
07SANTIAGO104MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On January 18, Megavision's morning news program featured a commentary by international pundit Libardo Buitrago on Iran's President Ahmadinejad to Latin America. He said, "He is a very controversial President of a Muslim, religious, Shiite nation.... He has a particular relationship with Hugo [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO153MEDIA REACTION: CHILEANS CRITICAL OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION
[...] On January 29, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 4,200) carried a column by Raul Sohr entitled, "Chileans Condemn Bush." Quote: 2. "The majority of Americans and the rest of the world condemn Bush's policies.... The BBC commissioned a survey in 25 countries... [...]
2007-01-29 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
07SANTIAGO1708MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST: PROSPECTS FOR ARAB/ISRAELI
[...] On October 20, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sat. circ. 173,049) published the following editorial: "US Diplomacy: Back to the Middle East." Quote: 2. "It is a surprise that the White House took so long to launch an aggressive diplomacy to try to resolve the [...]
2007-10-22 16:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO348MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE ROLE OF IRAN
[...] On February 28, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by Gabriela Mistral University assistant dean Ricardo Riesco, entitled, "Failing in Iraq Would be a Disaster." Quote: 2. "The collapse that characterizes any territorial fragmentation could have very [...]
2007-02-28 18:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTIAGO418MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN TIES WITH VENEZUELA
[...] On March 11, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sun. circ. 260,108) carried an editorial entitled "Iran's Diplomacy in Latin America." Quote: 2. "Iran is actively engaged with the President of Venezuela to increase its influence in Latin America.... An eventual [...]
2007-03-13 13:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTODOMINGO1872LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - IAAFA NCO ACADEMY, OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2624OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL: DOMINICAN
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israel Bias" to Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his reply, Blandino did not directly address how the Dominican Republic would [...]
2007-11-26 17:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2703OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS:
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israeli Bias" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on SIPDIS board but had no immediate reply. We will report any [...]
2007-12-10 20:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2758IRAN NIE DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) ECOPOLCOUNS delivered talking points/non-papers contained reftels to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 17 to Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols, who had just returned after two weeks out of the country. Trullols said that Iranian activities were "a matter of worry and s [...]
2007-12-19 12:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PARM KNPP IR DR
07SAOPAULO117MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 10:27:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO152MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 12:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO221MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 15:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO368MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: ISRAEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE:
[...] "Report Converts Israel Into 'Razed Land'" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (5/3): "Following the preliminary conclusions of the Winograd Committee report on the war between Israel and Lebanon last year, Prime Minister [...]
2007-05-03 14:31:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO371MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 10:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO537MIDEAST: HAMAS-FATAH CLASHES; SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 12:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO599PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH HOLD WHITE HOUSE
[...] "Late and Modest Attention" Editorial on liberal Folha de S. Paulo (7/11) comments: "The re-discovery' of Latin America by the White House comes late, it is a reactive measure and does not promise glaring results. It comes late because George W. Bush already displays all the symptoms ...of a [...]
2007-07-11 16:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO641MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: UK PRIME MINISTER BROWN'S VISIT TO
[...] Iraqi Question May Break 'Privileged Relation'" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (7/31): "In his first visit to Washington, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown adopted a tranquilizing posture. Yes, there is a privileged [...]
2007-07-31 12:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO673MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN; SCO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 13:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO74MIDDLE EAST: PROSPECTS FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN DIALOGUE;
[...] "End Of A Cycle" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/31) editorialized: "The Israeli Army's unilateral withdrawal from the Palestinian territories - an idea in which most Israelis placed their hopes for peace - did not work.... The unilateral withdrawal plan conc [...]
2007-01-31 12:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO90MIDEAST: CHIRAC ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PLANS; WESTERN
[...] "Middle East Is A Politicians' Swamp" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (2/2): "Concerned with the idea that the world will be an orphan - when he leaves the presidency in two months - French President Jacques Chirac wan [...]
2007-02-05 14:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO916MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S VISIT TO
[...] "Self Coup In Pakistan" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's editorial remarked (11/10): "The US and its allies are facing an extremely difficult situation in Pakistan. They cannot support the violent abandonment of democratic appearances, nor can they impose sancti [...]
2007-11-14 10:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO942MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] "Israeli View Of The Summit" An op-ed by Israeli Ambassador in Brazil Tzipora Rimon in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (11/27) reads: "For Israel, the Annapolis conference is an opportunity to reach a common understanding in order to allow the negotiations to ad [...]
2007-11-27 12:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO945MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 11:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO947MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 12:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO954MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SARAJEVO2409BOSNIA: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON JEWISH
[...] (U) Ambassador held an introductory meeting with Jewish Community leader Jacob Finci on November 5 to discuss the community's state of affairs. Finci noted that the Bosnian Jewish community, which currently numbers around 1000 members but faces a declining birth rate, is heavily focused on [...]
2007-11-08 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI BK
07SARAJEVO356BOSNIA: HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 16:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX BK
07SECTION01OF03ANKARA365ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07SEOUL1774ROKG SUPPORTS HRC COUNTRY-SPECIFIC MANDATES,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 07:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KS
07SEOUL217POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 2: ENERGY
[...] (C) S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner and his delegation met with Korean and Japanese counterparts January 10-11 for a trilateral policy planning dialogue (ref a). Over lunch on January 11, the three delegations discussed energy security, peacebuilding, and UN reform. Both Korea and Japan, [...]
2007-01-23 07:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL AORC KUNR KPKO KS JA US
07SEOUL2675(S) ROKG PLANS TO ALLOW SYRIA-BOUND STEEL
[...] (S) On August 31, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, informed poloff that the ROKG had decided to allow the transshipment of Syria-bound steel that had been seized by ROK authorities in June. Kim said that the [...]
2007-09-04 08:09:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS SY CH
07SEOUL3367ROK UNLIKELY TO CHANGE POSITION ON ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) Kim Eun-jeong, MOFAT Deputy Director of the United Nations Division, said that the ROK was unlikely to change its stance of abstaining on the three anti-Israel resolutions mentioned in reftel. The ROKG's position has been consistent over the years, Kim explained, and there was "not a high [...]
2007-11-23 06:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS KS
07SEOUL421ROKG WELCOMES HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-12 07:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KWBG KS IS
07SEOUL673ROKG COMMENTS ON U.S. GOALS FOR FOURTH HRC SESSION
[...] (C) On March 5, poloff delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities at the Human Right Council fourth session to Kim Pil-woo, Deputy Director of MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division and requested ROKG views. On March 7, Kim responded with an initial assessment, adding that MOFAT was [...]
2007-03-07 07:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC KS
07SHANGHAI6CODEL BARTLETT'S VISIT TO SHANGHAI: JANUARY 1-2
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 1 meeting with Zhou Muyao, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, CODEL Bartlett discussed China's efforts to address energy issues, especially in the rural sector. Zhou highlighted the strong ties between the United States and Shanghai and gave [...]
2007-01-04 03:16:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ENRG CH
07SHANGHAI756PROMOTING ANHUI TOURISM TO AMERICANS: A HARD SELL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Anhui Province, the poorest province in Shanghai's consular district, hopes to jump-start its economy by promoting tourism. Although home to many beautiful natural and historical sights, Anhui is finding it difficult to attract mass numbers of Western tourists, and Americans in p [...]
2007-11-23 05:47:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND PGOV EINV ELTN EAIR ECON CH KS
07SHANGHAI790CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI ACADEMICS
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early December on China-Russia relations, Shanghai's leading academic experts on Russia characterized the bilateral relationship as "very good." They noted the excellent personal relationship between the two countries' leaders, which, they claim, ensures [...]
2007-12-13 08:44:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG PARM MCAP CH RS
07SINGAPORE2190U/S BURNS' DEC. 3 MEETING WITH SINGAPORE FM YEO
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore and ASEAN should step up the pressure on the Burmese regime, U/S Burns told Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo on December 3. FM Yeo said ASEAN would stand aside on the Burma issue now that Burma had made it clear through its actions at the ASEAN Summit that it woul [...]
2007-12-12 10:19:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALBM PREL ASEAN SN XF
07SINGAPORE480DEMARCHE ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 06:33:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALIR AR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL
07SINGAPORE587SM GOH'S VISIT TO IRAN AND SINGAPORE'S COOL
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore's relations with Iran remain cool, despite Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's visit to Iran this month and the city-state's broader effort over the last three years to expand its links with the Middle East. In 2004, Singapore had Iran in its sights as a potential economic [...]
2007-03-23 10:12:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON PGOV EPET SN IR
07SKOPJE129MACEDONIA ON HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 13:32:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAL KWBG PREL MK
07SKOPJE283MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRIME MINISTER FOR
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with PM Gruevski April 11 to press him for greater flexibility in meeting eAlbanian opposition DUI's demands in exchange for DUI's commitment to end its boycott of Parliament. Gruevski asserted he had already conceded much of what DUI wanted in terms of a list of laws r [...]
2007-04-16 06:48:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MK SY
07SKOPJE753MACEDONIA: NEW DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
[...] (SBU) On September 11, President Crvenkovski appointed Viktor Dimovski, who had been serving until then as Macedonia's Ambassador in Belgrade, to be the director of the Macedonian Intelligence Agency (MIA). Dimovski replaced Kire Naumov, who resigned, "due to personal reasons," at the end o [...]
2007-09-14 12:07:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MK
07SKOPJE923MACEDONIA: LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 10:42:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA MK SI
07SOFIA1333BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 12:03:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS
07SOFIA181BULGARIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Bulgaria - 2007 Investment Climate Statement ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime; a top government priority is to attract foreign investment, especially American. The government foc [...]
2007-02-13 09:44:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
07STATE111591MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------------------------ Summary and Introduction ------------------------ 2. (U) The Executive Council (ExCouns) of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) held its twentieth meeting in Salalah, Om [...]
2007-08-09 17:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV XF MU IS JO KS KWBG JA NL QA
07STATE11796DEMARCHE: TURNING OFF THE CEIRPP UN-SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests USUN urge UN Undersecretary General Gambari and/or Secretary General Ban to persuade the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) to cancel its event on Israel-Palestine scheduled for March 22-2 [...]
2007-01-30 21:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS
07STATE121298GUIDANCE FOR AUGUST 29 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON THE
[...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the following points in its statement at the August 29 UNSC open debate on the Middle East. Begin points. -- Mr. President, on July 16, President Bush called for an international meeting this autumn of nations that support a two-state solution, rejec [...]
2007-08-29 03:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL IS LE
07STATE125576AFRICAN MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ISRAEL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7 - 10. 2. (C) Summary. Dept continues to be concerned about African migrants, asylum seekers, and potential refugees moving from Egypt to Israel -- an issue which is not likely to go away soon and which has already resulted in some [...]
2007-09-07 14:07:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EUN IS SU EG
07STATE129764U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 - 5. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On October 1, 2007, on the margins of this year,s UN General Assembly (UNGA),Mali, the Chair the Community of Democracies (CD),will host a short meeting of Ministers that will set the stage for its bi [...]
2007-09-14 20:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07STATE131595(S) CHINESE-ORIGIN STEEL BEING SHIPPED TO SYRIA'S
[...] This is an Action Request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) BACKGROUND (FOR POST ONLY): On July 6, 2007, South Korean officials informed the USG that on June 19, the ROK had intercepted a shipment of Chinese-origin steel en route to Syria. The ROK had taken this action in [...]
2007-09-18 23:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KS SY
07STATE132715GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 20 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON THE
[...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the following points in its statement at the September 20 UNSC open debate on the Middle East. -- Mr. President, a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a key priority of President Bush. The ongoing bilateral dialogue between P [...]
2007-09-20 16:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL IS LE
07STATE134596(S) DEMARCH REQUEST: POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. ---------- Objective ---------- 2. (S) Prevent the Government of Thailand (GOT) from transferring -- temporarily or otherwise -- to Iran AN/PRC-77 radios for upgrading. Avert a potential violation of UNSCR 1747, which prohibits th [...]
2007-09-24 22:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KSTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS TH IR
07STATE137352IRAQ ALLIES AMBASSADORS' MEETING - SEPTEMBER 18
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 18, Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed diplomats from non-troop-contributing allies. Amb. Satterfield underscored key themes from Amb. Crocker's congressional testimony the previous week. I [...]
2007-09-28 18:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IR IZ MOPS PREL SY
07STATE138346(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S SEPTEMBER 28,
[...] (U) September 28, 2007, 3:00 p.m., New York. 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S David Welch, NEA Randall Kaailau, NEA/MAG (note taker) Morocco FM Mohamed Benaissa Amb. El Mustafa Sahel, Ambassador to the United Nations Amb. Youssef Amrani, DG of Bilateral Relations Mr. Nasser [...]
2007-10-01 20:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINS KPKO XI UN
07STATE138404(U) NEA A/S WELCH,S SEPTEMBER 28, 2007, MEETING WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER MIGUEL MORATINOS AND DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EAST ALVARO IRANZO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 21:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP DAVID UNGA PREL KPKO SP XI XF DAVID WELCH
07STATE141316APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15-
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15 [...]
2007-10-06 03:39:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS
07STATE147946GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER 24 OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE
[...] USUN is instructed to draw upon the following points for the October 24 UNSC open debate on the Middle East: -- Mr. President, the United States remains committed to President Bush's vision of Israel and Palestine living as two states side by side in peace and security. In July President Bu [...]
2007-10-23 22:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL IS LE
07STATE148605DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraphs 2- 5. For Moscow, Beijing, G7, and all NEA Posts, Washington requests delivery of the talking points at the Ministerial level. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Secretary Rice and Secretary Paulson will go on camera at 0900 EST on Thu [...]
2007-10-25 11:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07STATE151360BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of riot control equipment to Cameroon. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check [...]
2007-11-01 14:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCM ETTC IS KOMC
07STATE154555DEMARCHE: EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The EU has recently expressed interest in resuming its human rights dialogue with Iran. This cable provides guidance on supporting that dialogue providing certain conditions are met, and requests that post demarche the EU to issue statements on two Iranian political activists. [...]
2007-11-09 12:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM IR PREL EUN PGOV KDEM
07STATE156094NUCLEAR POWER MEETINGS IN JORDAN
[...] (U) On August 9, Alex Burkart, Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN/NESS),Jody Daniel, Office of Regional Affairs (ISN/RA),and Embassy Econoff held several meetings with Jordanian officials to discuss [...]
2007-11-14 15:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL
07STATE156474APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 17. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on November 19-2 [...]
2007-11-15 03:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK SY ZI
07STATE159143INSTRUCTIONS -- G-77 AND CHINA RESOLUTION "ON THE
[...] (U) As of November 20, negotiations on this draft resolution were not completed. The EU, OIC, and Israel are still discussing wording involving foreign occupation put forth by the OIC (OP 14). To balance the foreign occupation wording, Israel had proposed including wording containing the con [...]
2007-11-21 17:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN UNGA SOCI
07STATE159204INSTRUCTIONS -- G-77 AND CHINA RESOLUTION "ON THE
[...] (U) As of November 20, negotiations on this draft resolution were not completed. The EU, OIC, and Israel are still discussing wording involving foreign occupation put forth by the OIC (OP 14). To balance the foreign occupation wording, Israel had proposed including wording containing the con [...]
2007-11-21 18:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN UNGA SOCI
07STATE160491REVISED INSTRUCTIONS -- WSSD RESOLUTION.
[...] State 159204 was an instruction cable, sent on November 21, on the G-77/China resolution "On the Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the Twenty-Fourth Special Session of the General Assembly." This cable supplements those instructions. 2. Paragr [...]
2007-11-27 15:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN UNGA SOCI
07STATE164396VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND EOV FOR AGENDA ITEM 54:
[...] Mission is instructed to call for a vote and vote "no" on A/C.2/62/L.21 - Oil Slick on Lebanese Shores and deliver the Explanation of Vote (EOV) in paragraph 2. 2. Begin EOV text: Mr./Madam Chairperson, The United States cannot support this resolution. The resolution's language [...]
2007-12-06 23:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PREL SENV LE IS
07STATE166087GUIDANCE: UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 CONSULTATIONS,
[...] (U) USUN may draw from the points in para 2 below during UN Security Council consultations on the implementation of UNSC resolution 1701 (2006) currently scheduled for December 12. 2. Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary-General's report and the briefing by Mr. Pedersen (and Ge [...]
2007-12-12 15:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC LE IS PREL PBTS
07STATE27000DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On February 26, Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Assistant Secretary Silverberg attended an event on Burma hosted by the Czech Republic Embassy with former President Vaclav Havel, at which they [...]
2007-03-05 14:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA UNSC BM
07STATE29082DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...]
2007-03-08 04:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT
07STATE33268PRESSING AFRICANS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: The United States believes the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) should respond to the extremely brutal attacks -- which resulted in at least one death -- by Zimbabwean authorities against opposition members during and after a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Posts are instructe [...]
2007-03-15 20:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PHUM PREL ZI
07STATE33284PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ACTIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The United States believes the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) must respond to the extremely brutal attacks -- which resulted in at least one death -- by Zimbabwean authorities against opposition members during and after a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Posts are instructed [...]
2007-03-15 20:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PHUM PREL ZI
07STATE35404EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE AT
[...] At the current session of the Human Rights Council, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) tabled a resolution that would extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967 until the end of Israeli occupation. [...]
2007-03-21 00:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNHRC PREL PHUM
07STATE37360INSTRUCTIONS ON RESOLUTION REQUESTING OBSERVER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per reftel, USUN was instructed on March 16 to join consensus on the resolution granting UNGA observer status to the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB). Following receipt of reftel, USUN was approached by the Israeli Mission to the [...]
2007-03-23 17:08:00Secretary of StateSECRETOFDP PTER UN
07STATE43312DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS,
[...] (C) This is an action request, see para 2 below. Department requests that USUN encourage the Secretary General to include a strong statement verifying non-compliance with the arms embargo and clarifying the SYG's process on Sheba'a delineation during his briefing of the UN Security Council on [...]
2007-04-03 20:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC LE IS PREL PTER
07STATE43361GUIDANCE: STATEMENT FOR UNSCR 1701
[...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during consultations on UNSC resolution 1701 currently scheduled for April 5. 2. (U) Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary General's report on progress in the implementation on UNSC resolution 1701 and express our ap [...]
2007-04-03 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC LE IS
07STATE43362RELEASABLE INFORMATION ON 1701 ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests USUN share the information in para 2 below on violations of the 1701 arms embargo with Permanent Representatives and Deputy Permanent Representatives of all members of the UNSC. Please emphasize to Permanent Representatives and Deputy Perm [...]
2007-04-03 22:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETUNSC LE
07STATE88011INSTRUCTIONS: CONFIRMING LANGUAGE ON SHEBA'A IN
[...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN confirm with the UN Secretary General (SYG) the specific language that it will use on the Sheba'a Farms issue in the upcoming UN Security Council resolution 1701 report. End action request. 2. (C) USUN should pursue the following [...]
2007-06-24 21:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC SY LE IS PREL
07STATE88122COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR VISIT OF NEA S&T
[...] This is an action cable. Please see para. 7. 2. Background: One of the major projects of the Middle East peace process Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources is the Regional Water Data Banks Project. Regional participants are Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian water experts and [...]
2007-06-25 13:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV OTRA JO IS KWBG
07STATE9168MEPP: MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------------------------ Summary and Introduction ------------------------ 2. (U) The Executive Council (ExCouns) of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) held its nineteenth meeting in Muscat, De [...]
2007-01-24 21:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV XF MU IS JO KS KWBG JA NL
07STATE91929CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 091539:
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2-6. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Action requested: Posts, except for Ottawa, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, and London are requested to approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to convey deep USG unhappiness with the resu [...]
2007-07-02 14:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EUN UNHRC
07STOCKHOLM1352SWEDEN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S MEETING WITH FM
[...] (c) On October 30, Ambassador Schulte's and Ambassador Wood's 90-minute exchange with Bildt focused on the international response to Iran,s nuclear ambitions. Ambassador Schulte lunched with journalists and gave a speech hosted by two Swedish think tanks. Ambassador Schulte's disarming and fr [...]
2007-11-05 16:37:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA AORC KNNP PREL PGOV IR IZ SW
07STOCKHOLM1389SWEDEN ON NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 17:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN PK SW CH BM IS LE KV SY ZI
07STOCKHOLM1453BILDT ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt discussed the way forward on Kosovo on December 11. Bildt said 26 of the EU states (except Cyprus) would likely recognize Kosovo independence in some form as early as February, but there were a number of important issues that remained to be [...]
2007-12-12 16:38:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF YI SW
07STOCKHOLM1454BILDT ON POST-ANNAPOLIS PROCESS
[...] (C) In a December 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Bildt said: -- Annapolis went better than Europeans expected. America had an opportunity but faced suspicion in taking on the role of honest broker. -- The regional context to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict affected th [...]
2007-12-12 16:40:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS IR KPAL
07SURABAYA63JAWA POS: FIRST HAND-COVERAGE OF BURMA CRISIS, INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit by the Surabaya Principal Officer, Public Affairs Officer, and Public Affairs Assistant to the Surabaya headquarters of the Jawa Pos Group October 19, Jawa Pos editors and journalists described their efforts to provide accessible and relevant news coverage to read [...]
2007-10-25 09:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PGOV PHUM ID BM NS IS
07SUVA146CUBA'S JAKARTA EMBASSY REACHING OUT TO NAURU
[...] (S) Jakarta-based Cuban Ambassador Jorge P. Leon Cruz advised the Nauru Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in a February 9 letter that he is prepared to travel to Nauru in March to present his credentials. No date for the proposed visit by Leon was given. The letter, left openly visible on [...]
2007-03-04 21:12:00Embassy SuvaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV TBIO CU NR
07TAIPEI25CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT: TAIWAN ANNOUNCES
[...] (C) Summary: On December 29, 2006, Taiwan announced that semiconductor manufacturers could apply for permission to produce chips with 0.18-micron feature size in the PRC. The move comes after years of lobbying from Taiwan firms. More delays are possible before any firms are actually approved [...]
2007-01-05 04:33:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEINV ETTC ECON PREL CH TW
07TALLINN259ESTONIA IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 23-24 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. On April 20, we delivered Reftel points on U.S. positions in advance of the EU's April 23-24 GAERC meeting to Kart Juhasoo-Lawrence, MFA Counselor for U.S. Affairs, and Kristel Kase, EU GAERC Desk Officer. The majority of the meeting was devoted to discussing the upcoming U.S.-E [...]
2007-04-20 14:45:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALEUN ETRD KPAL PREL EN
07TASHKENT1058UZBEKISTAN 2007 FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS (FLT) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 09:39:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1292GOU CRACKDOWN ON CASH "SMUGGLING"
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbek law requires that cash brought in to, or taken out of Uzbekistan, be declared and establishes limits on the amount of cash that can be taken out of the country. Enforcement of these regulations, historically weak, appears to have been stepped up in recent months, particular [...]
2007-07-16 08:02:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV CASC UZ
07TASHKENT1301AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE HANFORD MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan from June 25 to June 30, Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met several of Uzbekistan's religious leaders, including the Mufti and the head Imam of Tashkent, the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, th [...]
2007-07-16 14:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF UZ TX TI
07TASHKENT1520TIP: PROPOSED PROJECTS TO ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT
[...] This is an Action Request; see Para 6 2. (C) Post has experienced greater transparency, cooperation, and engagement with the Uzbeks on TIP matters during the last six weeks than in the past two years. We believe that imposing sanctions at this point will only serve to discourage further [...]
2007-08-21 05:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1607UZBEKISTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY MAP OF THE WORLD
[...] (C) Summary: In an Independence Day speech to the Tashkent Diplomatic Corps August 28, FM Norov outlined Uzbekistan's foreign policy, rank-ordering relations with five tiers of countries and international organizations. Not surprisingly, he extolled relations with Russia and Russian-supporte [...]
2007-09-13 10:37:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1829NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING OBSERVATIONS FROM KEY NGO
[...] (C) Summary. On October 16, DCM, poloff, and visiting G/TIP officer met with anti-TIP NGO Istiqbolli Avlod to discuss new trends. New data on assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Uzbek victims through the NGO indicates that the UAE is still the largest destin [...]
2007-10-23 11:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN AE RS KZ GG IS TH
07TASHKENT1988MINI-DUBLIN GROUP ALARMED BY AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and poloff attended a meeting of the Central Asian Mini-Dublin Group on November 13 to discuss regional narcotics trends and donor country projects. UNODC presented "an increasingly alarming trend" in Afghanistan drug production and described "a record harvest" [...]
2007-11-16 10:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM EAID AF UZ
07TASHKENT2029RESOURCE NATIONALISM: GRAB WHAT YOU CAN \
[...] (C) The natural resources sector is strictly controlled by \ the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). Its equipment and \ infrastructure is antiquated and, out of economic necessity, \ it relies on foreign firms to help extract and export \ resources. Foreign firms operate in joint ventures with \ sta [...]
2007-11-26 07:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN EPET PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT352UZBEKISTAN INFORMATION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. This information covers the period from March 2006 to March 2007. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the GOU, Organization for Secu [...]
2007-03-05 00:41:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF
07TASHKENT799MAFIA BOSSES HAIL "SALIM THE GREAT"
[...] (C) Summary: A well-connected contact distantly related to mafia chieftain Salim Abduvaliyev has given Post a DVD of Salim's May 2006 birthday party held at his mansion outside Tashkent. The guests consisted of Russian, Georgian, and Ukrainian mafia and criminal figures including Lev Chorny ( [...]
2007-04-18 10:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCOR PGOV PINR KZ UZ
07TASHKENT809UZBEKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 08:46:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG UZ
07TBILISI1169Georgia Bi-Weekly Update May 18
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of May 5-18. Opposition Pulls Out of Parliamentary Group ------------------------------------------- 2. Both of the opposition members of the Parliamentary inter-faction group o [...]
2007-05-18 12:59:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1320ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ARVELADZE ON
[...] (C) In a May 28 meeting, Georgian Minister of Economic Development Giorgi Arveladze described to Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgia's efforts and successes in attracting foreign investors in a broad range of sectors. Arveladze said the government's ph [...]
2007-06-05 07:01:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON GG
07TBILISI1446Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 15
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 2-15. Meeting of Georgian and Russian Presidents ------------------------------------------ 2. Georgian President Saakashvili and Russian President Putin had a 50-minute [...]
2007-06-15 11:01:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2084WHO'S RUNNING GEORGIA: IT'S THE EKA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Amid the crowd of young, talented, Western-educated officials in Georgia, one feature often stands out: many of those in key power positions are women. In addition to the prominent role held by the Speaker of Parliament,Nino Burjanadze, one of the founders of the Rose Revolutio [...]
2007-08-21 07:31:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM GG
07TBILISI2415OKRUASHVILI THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 25, former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili made the long-awaited announcement on the establishment of his political party - Movement for United Georgia. In his announcement and a subsequent television interview, Okruashvili for the first time harshly attacked P [...]
2007-09-26 13:50:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2664GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 26
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 13-26. Deputy Governor Resigns, Levels Charges --------------------------------------- 2. Deputy Governor of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region Beso Sabashvili announced h [...]
2007-10-26 12:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI3002WHY PATARKATSISHVILI SCARES THE GOG
[...] (C) Summary. The Georgian government accuses oligarch and presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili of moving from ordinary politics to fomenting revolution over the course of 2007. It has taken steps against him personally and against his business interests in an attempt to blunt his in [...]
2007-11-30 13:12:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KBIO GG
07TBILISI3179TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/28/2007
[...] (U) ODIHR's second report was released on December 28 and notes that the campaign environment has been soured by allegations of use by Saakashvili of budgetary funds, unequal campaign conditions, intimidation, and vote buying. OSCE ODIHR has received information and first hand accounts which [...]
2007-12-28 13:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI379PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI SHARES HIS VIEWS ON CASPIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel SIPDIS Sullivan, Georgian President Saakashvili gave the Assistant Secretary a tour d'horizon of Caucasus and Caspian region SIPDIS politics. He spoke positively of Karim Mas [...]
2007-02-26 07:53:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ECON GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1694HONDURAN FIRM PRODUCES BIODIESEL FROM TILAPIA
[...] (U) Summary: Aguafinca, a Honduran firm with Swiss capital and an Israeli manager, claims to be the only company in the world producing biodiesel from tilapia. It produces 3,000 gallons of biodiesel a day, which powers its entire vehicle fleet and meets 50 percent of its power generation ne [...]
2007-10-23 19:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO
07TELAVIV1019ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his government would release the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift t [...]
2007-04-05 08:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1029ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Detention and Release of UK Sailors ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Israel Radio reported that around two weeks ago IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit's captors passed on to him a pair of glasses sent by his father. The r [...]
2007-04-06 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1038ISRAEL BUILDING SUPER HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY
[...] (C//REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, AND GBR) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO DAN WEINSTOCK, DIRECTOR OF THE ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY AT THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PAYMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 161-KILOVOLT (KV) POWER LINE FROM THE ISRAELI CITY OF NETIVOT TO NORTHERN GAZA IS ONE-THIRD COMPLETE. HOWEVER [...]
2007-04-06 14:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1048ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media reported on slight progress in negotiations toward the release of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. On Sunday leading media reported that Hamas demands the liberation of 1, [...]
2007-04-10 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1062ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1063ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...]
2007-04-11 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS
07TELAVIV1075ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 09:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1086CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...]
2007-04-13 10:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1088ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that, during their meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will discuss the "diplomatic horizon." Yediot reported that Olme [...]
2007-04-13 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1094ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-16 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1104ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Visit of US Secretary of Defense in Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the U.S. administration will present in the following weeks to the Israelis and the Palestinians a list with benchmarks aimed to p [...]
2007-04-17 09:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1110FM LIVNI: ARAB LEAGUE PEACE COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The MFA reports that FM Livni has been actively lobbying both her Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts prior to the meeting of the Arab League's "Follow-Up Committee" scheduled for April 18 in Cairo (reftel). Senior GOI officials, including PM Olmert, have made public [...]
2007-04-17 15:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPN KPAL ARABL JO IS
07TELAVIV1113ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...]
2007-04-18 06:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV1114CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) Summary. Representative Gary Ackerman (D, New York),Chairman of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu at the Knesset April 11. The discussion covered Netany [...]
2007-04-18 06:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 09:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1143ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Gates to Israel, April 18-19, 2007 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post prominently covered the visit of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to Israel. Yediot and Maariv did not report on th [...]
2007-04-19 08:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1147DID MK AZMI BISHARA PASS SECRETS TO HIZBALLAH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli-Arab MK and Balad party leader Azmi Bishara left Israel in early April amid rumors that the security services were preparing a case against him for unspecified security offenses. While a gag order prevents public discussion of the case by GOI officials, contacts have t [...]
2007-04-19 13:06:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates ended his short visit to Israel on Thursday with a meeting with PM Olmert and FM Tzipi Livni. Ha'aretz said that the [...]
2007-04-20 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1201ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel's 59th Independence Day 2. Mideast 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media prominently and extensively covered, and commented on, events related to Israel's Memorial Day and Independence Da [...]
2007-04-23 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1208GENERAL MISHLEV SEES NO QUICK SOLUTION TO STALLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POL/C and ECON/C met with Major General Yossef Mishlev, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT),at the Ministry of Defense April 19. POL/C conveyed the Ambassador's concerns on access and movement issues, specifically approval of five Palestinian Red Cresc [...]
2007-04-23 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ECON KPAL KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1211POLITICAL DECISION LACKING IN HEBRON SETTLER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE'S (MOD) ASSERTION THAT THEY WILL EVACUATE THE NEWLY-ESTABLISHED HEBRON OUTPOST -- BET HASHALOM -- EMBASSY CONTACTS DOUBT THAT SUCH ACTION IS IMMINENT. BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL, FORMER ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ, TOLD ECONC [...]
2007-04-23 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1212MK BISHARA RESIGNS FROM KNESSET; REPLACED BY DRUZE
[...] (U) MK Azmi Bishara, leader of the Arab nationalist Balad Party, resigned his Knesset seat at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on April 22. According to press reports, Bishara entered the Embassy unannounced and, accompanied by fellow Balad MK Wasil Taha, presented Israeli Ambassador Shalom Cohen [...]
2007-04-23 15:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1213MOD DECLARES IDF HAS "FREEDOM OF ACTION" IN GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Sneh publicly announced April 25 that the IDF now has "freedom of action" in the Gaza Strip as a result of Hamas taking responsibility for firing rockets and mortars from Gaza April 24. He added that Israel is not interested in seeing an escalati [...]
2007-04-25 09:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1218ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Similar to other media, Ha'aretz quoted senior IDF officers as saying that on Tuesday the IDF foiled a Hamas attempt to kidnap a soldier on the Gaza border. Apparently as pa [...]
2007-04-26 05:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1223ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]
2007-04-26 08:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1229FISCHER SAYS ISRAELI ECONOMY BOOMING AS FINANCE
[...] (C) In an April 25 meeting Stanley Fischer, the Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI),had no comment for the Ambassador on Finance Minister Hirschson's suspension/resignation, but commented that Olmert has been a good Finance Minister in the past. He said that the economy is in excellent sha [...]
2007-04-26 15:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IS
07TELAVIV1246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the US administration has presented Israel and the PA with benchmarks by which the sides will be required to abide, in accordance with [...]
2007-04-27 09:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1257WINOGRAD IN APRIL: OLMERT'S CRUELEST MONTH?
[...] (C) Summary: Israel is on tenterhooks, ready to dissect the long-awaited "interim report" of the Winograd Committee that PM Olmert's cabinet appointed to look into the events of the "Second Lebanon War." There have been no known leaks of the contents of this report, which is cloaked in secre [...]
2007-04-27 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1258CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH PM OLMERT
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert told CODEL Pelosi April 1 that he would continue to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas despite Abbas' failure to deliver on his commitments. Olmert was adamant that his talks with Abbas not include the final status issues of refugees, Jerusalem a [...]
2007-04-27 15:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1262WINOGRAD INTERIM REPORT SLAMS OLMERT, PERETZ,
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Channel 10 news reported extensive leaks from the Winograd interim report on the conduct of last summer's Lebanon War late on April 27. These apparently credible leaks have fed a blitz of early commentary (see septel for media reaction). The official text is scheduled [...]
2007-04-30 09:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1263ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Winograd Probe Into 2nd Lebanon War 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend Channel 10-TV unofficially disclosed the basic points of the interim report of the Winograd Commission probing the Second Lebano [...]
2007-04-30 09:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1283ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1288 CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION, SYRIA, AND IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY FM Livni met with CODEL Pelosi and emphasized that Israel and the U.S. share challenges and values. Speaker Pelosi and the Representatives reaffirmed their commitment to an Israel at peace with its neighbors. Livni stressed that the missing soldiers and the trafficking of arms to [...]
2007-05-01 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1293ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 09:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1299ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1305 WINOGRAD FALLOUT AND POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY/OVERVIEW: PM OLMERT SURMOUNTED TWO HURDLES IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE APRIL 30 RELEASE OF THE WINOGRAD COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT ON THE SECOND LEBANON WAR: A MAY 2 COALITION MEETING AND A MAY 2 KADIMA FACTION MEETING THAT COULD HAVE SPELLED AN IMMEDIATE END TO HIS POLIT [...]
2007-05-03 13:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB IS LE
07TELAVIV1324ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1328 DEMONSTRATORS CALL ON LEADERS TO RESIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The May 3 Tel Aviv demonstration gathered more than 100,000 people, but its diverse assortment of students, reservists and settlers will not compel political action such as early elections. Some analysts speculated, however, that the demonstration may strengthen the hand of t [...]
2007-05-04 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB IS LE
07TELAVIV133ISRAELI POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF ON RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (S) On January 8, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad shared with the Ambassador the results of his recent visit to Russia and meetings with Russian intelligence officials to discuss Iran and Syria. Gilad said that the Russians believe it will take twice as long as the Isra [...]
2007-01-11 16:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP ETTC MASS SY IR EG RS
07TELAVIV1330BENCHMARKS LEAKED TO HA'ARETZ
[...] (SBU) The May 4 edition of the intellectual, left-leaning daily Ha'aretz featured a front page article on the benchmarks, including criticism of them by unnamed sources in the Prime Minister's office and security establishment, along with an inside page leak of the verbatim text. The focus of [...]
2007-05-04 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON MOPS KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1331JORDANIAN DELEGATION PITCHES IDEA FOR A FEDERATION
[...] (C) Abdul Salam Majali, a former Prime Minister of Jordan and member of the Jordanian Upper House of Parliament, led a small Jordanian delegation to Israel for private meetings with the Israeli political class -- both within and outside the GOI -- during which he advocated reviving a proposal [...]
2007-05-04 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PREF KPAL IS JO
07TELAVIV1335ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast 3. France: Presidential Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on a Qassam rocket attack on Sunday afternoon that wounded two people at a gas station near Sderot. The media c [...]
2007-05-07 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1343ISRAEL MFA AND MOD CONTACTS ON POSSIBLE SUMMER WAR
[...] (S) An MOD working-level official suggests that Hizballah in southern Lebanon is not seeking a fight with Israel this summer, but is intent on quietly rebuilding its capabilities, and reasserting itself south of the Litani River. The official does not rule out that Syria might try to provoke a war [...]
2007-05-07 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MCAP MARR SY LE IS
07TELAVIV1348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot, Israel Radio, and other leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as saying in his daily briefing on Monday that he would not ex [...]
2007-05-08 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1351ISRAELI POCS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (SBU) Responding to ref A request for Global Initiative (GI) point-of-contact (POC) information, Israeli MFA Strategic Affairs Division Minister Counselor Eyal Propper informed polmiloff May 8 that Israel's points of contact for the GI will be the following persons: A. Overall GOI POC / Dip [...]
2007-05-08 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIT PARM PREL PINR PINS KNNP IS
07TELAVIV1358ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1363UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: ISRAEL TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 08:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC IS
07TELAVIV1365ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 09:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1376COALITION SURVICES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTES; BARAK AND NETANYAHU
[...] (U) PM Olmert kept the Kadima Party and the coalition together despite last week's resignation of the coalition chairman, Avigdor Yitzhaki, and shaky support from the Labor Party, defeating opposition attempts to pass no-confidence votes on May 7. Olmert's supporters bruited the possibility o [...]
2007-05-11 04:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM IS
07TELAVIV1383GERMAN FM STEINMEIER FINDS OLMERT FOCUSED ON SAUDI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN AMB. HARALD KINDERMANN SAID THAT FM FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER'S MAY 6 MEETING WITH PM EHUD OLMERT FOCUSED LARGELY ON SAUDI ARABIA, WHILE HIS MAY 7 DISCUSSION WITH FM TZIPI LIVNI WAS DOMINATED BY SYRIA. KINDERMANN TOLD AMB. JONES THAT OLMERT IS LOOKING FOR A SYMBOLIC GESTURE F [...]
2007-05-11 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG GM IS
07TELAVIV1384ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1401ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported on Sunday that Minister Amir Peretz has instructed the officialin charge of security for the ministry, Yehiel Horev, to begin an official investigation on whether an official [...]
2007-05-14 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1425ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1436ISRAEL AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON UNSCR 1267; TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER UNSC IS
07TELAVIV1438ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the shelling of Sderot with Qassam rockets and the internecine fighting in the Gaza Strip. The media reported that more than 20 Qassam rockets fell on Sderot on Tuesda [...]
2007-05-16 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1476ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1483GOI RESPONSE TO ROCKET ATTACKS
[...] (C) FOLLOWING A SECURITY CABINET MEETING MAY 16, PM EHUD OLMERT ANNOUNCED THAT THE IDF WOULD CARRY OUT STRIKES AGAINST QASSAM LAUNCHERS, HAMAS MILITARY COMMANDERS AND "TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE." THE PM'S SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCED THAT "ISRAEL CANNOT CONTINUE TO SHOW RESTRAINT WHEN ITS CITIZENS A [...]
2007-05-17 16:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1492ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in US Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to highlight Qassam rocket attacks on the western Negev and related developments, mainly a limited Israeli military response to the rocket [...]
2007-05-18 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1508NEW EAST JERUSALEM SETTLEMENTS FAR FROM APPROVED
[...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Dr. Chaim Fialkoff, Senior Deputy Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) clarified to econoff that the May 10 Ha'aretz article stating that the Jerusalem municipality had approved three new neighborhoods was i [...]
2007-05-18 13:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1514ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that last night the Israel Air Force bombed the house of Hamas parliamentarian Khalil al-Haya in Gaza. He was slightly injured in the attack, but eight others including [...]
2007-05-21 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1524ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Jonathan Pollard Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night the attacks on Sderot claimed the life of one woman, whose vehicle was struck by a rocket. Two other Sderot residents were wounded in [...]
2007-05-22 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1535MOF DG WANTS TO REMOVE TRADE IRRITANTS
[...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with A/DCM Weinstein and A/EconCouns, Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Ariav expressed the strong desire to find a solution to U.S. trade concerns, and offered to spearhead a GOI inter-agency effort to deal with the problem areas. Regarding a visit of U/S Burns to Israel, [...]
2007-05-22 15:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IS KWBG
07TELAVIV1536SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL BLASTS IDF
[...] (C) Summary: Haggai Alon, Senior Political Advisor to Defense Minister (DM) Peretz, criticized the IDF in a Ha'aretz interview for serving as the "settlers' army," defying High Court of Justice (HCJ) rulings on the separation barrier and stonewalling AMA (Agreement on Movement and Access) i [...]
2007-05-22 15:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1540ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1545ISRAELI MFA INFORMED OF U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
[...] (S/NF) On May 24, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch, stressing the following points: -- President Bush has authorized Ambassador Crocker to meet with his Iranian counterpart to discuss Iraq. -- The USG believes that Iran's participation in the Marc [...]
2007-05-24 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV1546ISRAELI MFA INFORMED OF URGENT REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL LE IS
07TELAVIV1549ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian Option ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited both Israeli and American officials as saying that neither Jerusalem nor Washington has changed its views on talks with Syria. This reaction came in response to recent [...]
2007-05-25 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1558NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES
[...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...]
2007-05-25 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL
07TELAVIV1569ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. US and Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that former prime minister Ehud Barak won Monday's first round of the Labor Party primaries. Barak finished with 35.6 percent of the votes to Ayalon's 3 [...]
2007-05-29 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1572ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Nothing to Worry About" Senior diplomatic correspondent Shimon Shiffer wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (05/30): "The combative sounds being made by the Labor Party candidates should not cause undue excitement.... Whether Barak is elected or Ayalon -- either of them [...]
2007-05-30 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1579ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "The Great Fiasco" Eytan Haber, veteran op-ed writer and assistant to the late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, opined in an editorial of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (05/31): "Policy makers and decision takers in Washington are frightened ... They have no answer to what is h [...]
2007-05-31 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1587ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel is waiting for Hamas to forward it another list of Palestinian prisoners whom it proposes to exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. The paper noted tha [...]
2007-06-01 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1589RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE
[...] (SBU) Acting upon reftel, Embassy Blue Lantern Officer and commercial specialist visited the office of Fury International Consultant, Ltd. in Haifa on April 18, and met with the owner and founder of the company, Shlomo Cohen. Based on the interview, the following was learned about Fury Interna [...]
2007-06-01 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC IS
07TELAVIV1590CODEL PRICE AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS LEBANON, SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Price met with PM Ehud Olmert on May 30, and asked for updates on Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians. Rep. Rahall (D-WV) encouraged Olmert to take up Syrian President Asad's offer to talk "without preconditions." Olmert replied that he had never said "no" regarding Syria [...]
2007-06-01 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SY LE KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1604ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Senior commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in the popular, pluralist Yediot: "The current government has three negotiation tracks that require discussion.... Each track involves great risks, but refraining from making a choice is no less dangerous. Whoe [...]
2007-06-04 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1624ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] 40th Anniversary of the Six-Day War 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that PM Ehud Olmert will meet on Thursday in Jericho with PA Chairman (President) Mahmoud Abbas. Israel Rad [...]
2007-06-05 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1644ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit, June 6-8 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the possibility that a military confrontation with Syria might break out this summer. The media reported that this morning the security cabinet will hold [...]
2007-06-06 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV165COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANUARY 19-27 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv warmly welcomes the January 19-27 visit to Israel of the DOE/NNSA team led by Admiral Joseph Krol. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent to both Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem. Emba [...]
2007-01-12 13:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IS
07TELAVIV1661ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Israeli officials are concerned about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice possibly influencing the speech SIPDIS President Bush is slated to deliver on the Mid [...]
2007-06-07 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1665DOE/NNSA/LLNL TEAM'S VISIT TO ISRAEL SEES PROGRESS
[...] (S) From March 13 through March 14, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Team comprised of officials from the DOE-affiliated National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Israel' [...]
2007-06-07 15:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC IR SY KN IS
07TELAVIV1671PM OLMERT WELCOMES ACTION ON IRAN, INVESTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fl) and Florida Governor Charlie Crist met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on May 31 as part of a broad mission to expand trade and political relations between Israel and the State of Florida. At the top of the agenda was the Florida legislature's recent dec [...]
2007-06-08 06:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SY LE KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1672JUSTICE MINISTER FRIEDMANN ON REFUGEES, IPR AND
[...] (Summary) (SBU) In a meeting with Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann in Jerusalem on June 4, the Ambassador discussed the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance dispute, IPR issues, Darfur refugees, and family reunifications requests for Palestinian refugees fro [...]
2007-06-08 07:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB IS IZ KCRM KIPR KJUS KPAL KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV1679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Yediot headlined that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talked to US President George Bush six weeks ago and received from him the ok to go ahead and open negotiations with Syria. According to the [...]
2007-06-08 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1682AMANA SETTLER MOVEMENT REPORTEDLY BUILDING 100
[...] (C) Lt. Col. (ret.) Oded Herman, advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff on June 7 that the Amana settlement organization will likely build 100 new housing units in the West Bank, as reported recently in Israeli and Palestinian press. He said that Amana had obtained [...]
2007-06-08 13:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1684FM LIVNI DISCUSSES GAZA, A TWO-STATE SOLUTION,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Leahy May 29, FM Livni described the situation in Gaza and southern Israel as intolerable and emphasized the importance of stopping arms smuggling from Egypt. She told the CODEL that Egypt was cooperating, but needed to do more to prevent smuggling throug [...]
2007-06-11 05:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL KWBG IR LE EG JO
07TELAVIV1688ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1691PM OLMERT DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH CODEL LEAHY MAY 30, ISRAELI PM EHUD OLMERT REAFFIRMED HIS COMMITMENT TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION AND DESCRIBED HIS EFFORTS TO REACH THIS GOAL. CALLING THE INTERNAL PALESTINIAN SITUATION "UNBEARABLE," OLMERT EXPRESSED HIS SINCERE DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION AND [...]
2007-06-11 14:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL SY LE
07TELAVIV1699ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel Labor Party Primaries 2. Mideast 2. Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the belief of unnamed officials that President Bush will make new suggestions for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement in a speech slate [...]
2007-06-12 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1704A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG
[...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...]
2007-06-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA
07TELAVIV1705ISA CHIEF DISKIN OPPOSED TO BENCHMARKS, PROPOSES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 discussion of the security situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (septel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin told Ambassador Jones he personally opposes the benchmarks, viewing them as "a very dangerous plan" that could be easily agreed upon by Israe [...]
2007-06-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWPB EG IS
07TELAVIV1727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1729IRAN: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) In a June 12 meeting, Israel Atomic Energy Commission Nonproliferation Department Director Gil Reich (accompanied by new External Relations Director Joshua Zarka and Arms Control Department Director Merav Zafary) provided poloff with the IAEC's current assessment of Iran's uranium enrichme [...]
2007-06-13 15:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR KNNP MNUC IAEA IR IS
07TELAVIV1731CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES THE ROAD FORWARD WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FM Tzipi Livni and PM Ehud Olmert on June 3, Senator Lieberman (CT) discussed issues regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA),the war in Iraq, and strategies for confronting the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Lieberman reassured the GOI that the US would maintain an [...]
2007-06-13 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR IZ
07TELAVIV1732ISA CHIEF DISKIN ON SITUATION IN THE GAZA STRIP
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting that entailed discussion of the benchmarks (reftel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin shared his assessment of the current situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, painting a picture of a desperate, disorganized, and demoralized Fatah in the G [...]
2007-06-13 16:03:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PHUM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS
07TELAVIV1733MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR YADLIN COMMENTS ON
[...] (S) Summary. During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, IDI Director MG Amos Yadlin said that Gaza was "number four" on his list of threats, preceded by Iran, Syria, and Hizballah in that order. Yadlin said the IDI has been predicting armed confrontation in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah since Ham [...]
2007-06-13 16:38:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS KWBG LE SY IS
07TELAVIV1741ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 09:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1750A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES LEBANON AND UNSCR 1701
[...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed Lebanon and UNSCR 1701 issues with MFA IO Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. Ya'ar reiterated Israeli concerns over the rearmament of Hizballah, noting Israeli plans to meet with the UN border assessm [...]
2007-06-14 14:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV PTER SY LE IS
07TELAVIV1757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hamas Takeover of Gaza Strip 2. Election of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Hamas completed its takeover of the Gaza Strip. Maariv bannered: "Three States for Two Na [...]
2007-06-15 10:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1758SETTLEMENTS BACK ON GOI AGENDA?
[...] (C) Summary: On June 12, MK Otniel Schneller briefed the Ambassador on his plan to separate the Israeli and Palestinian populations in the West Bank until the political climate warranted final status negotiations. Schneller's plan envisions creating an interim Palestinian state on 65 perce [...]
2007-06-15 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1783ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Among the main stories over the weekend were the formation by PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas of an emergency cabinet headed by Salam Fayyad, in defiance of Hamas; the [...]
2007-06-18 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1789 Trilateral Land Exchange Revisited
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hebrew University Geography Professor Yehoshua Ben-Arieh shared his trilateral land swap (IS-PAL-EGY) idea with the Ambassador and ECON/C on June 13, the general contours of which remain basically as it was unveiled in 2004 (see main points below). Ben-Arieh has previously bri [...]
2007-06-18 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KBTS KWBG KPAL EG IS JO
07TELAVIV1842ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...]
2007-06-19 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1844GOI UPDATE ON CROSSINGS AND FUEL SITUATION IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 19 that most of the Gaza border crossings are effectively closed. However, the GOI is facilitating import of humanitarian goods into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing and working on an alternate mechanism at Erez crossing point to ass [...]
2007-06-19 14:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV185COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANUARY 19-22 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem warmly welcome the January 19-22 visit to Israel of Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Special SIPDIS Assistant Herro Mustafa. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Terr [...]
2007-01-17 04:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP AMGT PREL XF IS
07TELAVIV1857ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1901ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1912ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Yediot) quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying at a fundraising event in Haifa on Thursday that his meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday will create a "new be [...]
2007-06-22 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1918ISRAEL WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HAMAS
[...] (S) Summary. PM Olmert on June 24 will chair the first cabinet discussion of how to respond to the new situation in the Palestinian territories since Olmert's visit to Washington. Senior policy advisers in the MFA, NSC, and MOD have described for us the sub-cabinet discussion of options thi [...]
2007-06-22 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1919BARAK IS BACK: WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN FOR U.S. POLICY?
[...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak swiftly assumed the Minister of Defense portfolio on June 19. PM Olmert facilitated Barak's rather dramatic reentry into public life by securing the cabinet's approval by telephone on the 15th and a Knesset vote of confidence on the [...]
2007-06-22 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG PINR IS IR SY
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