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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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08WARSAW1010CODEL LIEBERMAN URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Codel Lieberman met separately August 21 with Polish FM Sikorski and PM Tusk to express solidarity over events in Georgia. FM Sikorski said Western Europeans were starting to understand the nature of the Russian threat, although he warned of Russian "purchases" of leading Europ [...]
2008-08-28 15:19:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON ENRG GG PL
08WARSAW1018POLISH MFA OFFERS NO RESPONSE TO MED-D SOFA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 12:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EUN PL
08WARSAW102POLAND: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) In accordance with ref A, poloff engaged Polish diplomats, Juliusz Gojlo, Iraq Desk, and Piotr Erenfeicht, NATO Operations Action Officer, on the future of Polish engagement in Iraq, its legal basis and the possibility of a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Polish government has declared [...]
2008-01-24 16:11:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ PL
08WARSAW1053BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...]
2008-09-09 16:22:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1069RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. GOP will consider guarded support for amendment of the ISAF oplan to expand CN authorities, provided actions resulting from amendment do not have a negative impact on safety of Polish troops. However, the Poles believe that the priority should be training Afghans to take on thei [...]
2008-09-15 14:52:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL
08WARSAW1081POLISH MFA: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SENT MIXED MESSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a briefing for European and US diplomats, MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz characterized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Poland on September 10-11 as a "mixed message" to Warsaw regarding Russia's policy towards its neighbors. The Russian [...]
2008-09-17 16:17:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS CG PL
08WARSAW1093THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL IRAQ MISSION: EVALUATING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 15, Poland will bring to a close her five-year mission in Iraq. On balance, the Polish military presence in Iraq must be seen as a success. The deployment dates from the earliest days of the coalition in 2003; it survived two changes in government in Warsaw; and the [...]
2008-09-19 10:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1099POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 05:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL
08WARSAW1112POLES AGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 05:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1173POLES DEEPEN AFGHANISTAN ENGAGEMENT DESPITE PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 1, Poland will increase its military presence and take on new responsibilities in Afghanistan. Polish forces will consolidate control over military operations in Ghazni province, and a Polish civilian contingent will replace its U.S. PRT counterpart over the course [...]
2008-10-07 06:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PL MAPP
08WARSAW1195UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE SESSION: POLAND TO ABSTAIN
[...] (C) Despite the U.S. request to do so, Poland will not oppose any of the four resolutions of interest to NATO during the current session of the UNGA First Committee. Lukasz Zielinski and Monika Lipert of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department told us October 10 that join [...]
2008-10-14 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC UNGA PL
08WARSAW124COHABITATION TENSIONS CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: President Lech Kaczynski's often-clumsy efforts to assert the power and role of the presidency have created a bumpy record at "cohabitation" with PM Donald Tusk's government, and done nothing to increase the president's influence or his party's popularity. President Kaczynski a [...]
2008-01-30 11:30:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1250AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH SEJM SPEAKER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Sejm (lower house of parliament) Bronislaw Komorowski expressed satisfaction with lessons learned by the Polish military in Iraq. Discussing the November 1 Polish takeover of responsibilities in Afghanistan's Ghazn [...]
2008-10-29 07:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM AF IZ PL
08WARSAW1259COMBATTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM: POLISH MFA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) indicated that it might host Exercise Planning Group (EPG) activities of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in 2010, but could not do so in 2009 due to internal staffing concerns. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff delive [...]
2008-10-29 17:27:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL
08WARSAW1274SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' VISIT TO POLAND - 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
[...] Mr. Secretary, you are coming to Poland at an exciting time, following several high-profile bilateral successes: the August signing of the Missile Defense Agreement; the successful conclusion of a five-year Polish deployment in Iraq; and the simultaneous strengthening of support for the NATO [...]
2008-11-04 15:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD KIPR PL PGOV
08WARSAW1278BLUE LANTERN SITE VISIT TO WB ELECTRONICS POST
[...] SUMMARY: Staff from Embassy Warsaw, including Political Officer Duncan Walker, DHS/ICE official Glenn Spindel, and ODC representative Lt. Marek Strosin, accompanied Blue Lantern team on site visit to WB Electronics (WBE). Team met with WBE representative Justyna Dytrych who verified order, pr [...]
2008-11-06 11:44:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PL
08WARSAW1295POLAND SUPPORTS RESTARTING OF EU-RUSSIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An MFA official told us November 12 that the GoP had shifted policy and now supported the November 10 EU decision to re-initiate negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement, despite Russia's failure to meet its commitments in Georgia. The official denied press reports [...]
2008-11-12 15:06:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV GG RS PL
08WARSAW1346USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...]
2008-11-25 15:07:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN
08WARSAW1350POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...]
2008-11-26 15:12:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL
08WARSAW1365WARSAW WILL NOT SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 14:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM NATO MOPS PREL PL
08WARSAW1392POLAND/GERMANY - ALL SMILES, BUT HALTING PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit here, GoP officials are pointing to an improved Polish-German relationship as one of the top accomplishments of the government's first year in office. However, despite the Germans' poorly hidden preference for Prime Minister Tu [...]
2008-12-09 07:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL
08WARSAW1394SCENESETTER FOR THE UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poland's government recognizes that the on-going Fourteenth United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poznan (due to enter its High Level segment later this week) is largely a waypoint on the road to next year's Fifteenth UN Conference in Copenhagen. It nonetheless views [...]
2008-12-09 07:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV PREL ETRD KIPR PL
08WARSAW1395POLISH FM A LOCAL FAVORITE IN NATO RACE
[...] (SBU) Polish media place Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on a short list of international favorites to succeed de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General. Besides Sikorski's individual merits, analysts here believe the Polish option stands out because other powers have had a recent turn [...]
2008-12-09 11:10:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PL
08WARSAW1409POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...]
2008-12-12 06:45:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL
08WARSAW1428POLES EAGER FOR DEBRIEF ON FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 15:30:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALKCFE PREF PARM NATO PL
08WARSAW1437CODEL SCHWARTZ/POLAND - NATO, EU MUST DO MORE ON
[...] (C) Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak and prominent Polish MPs, including Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Krzysztof Lisek, told CODEL Schwartz that NATO must do more to address Georgia's security problems. If NATO does not offer MAP, it must offer something tangible to r [...]
2008-12-19 11:27:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CG PL
08WARSAW1448POLAND MIGHT RE-EVALUATE TROOP LEVELS IN
[...] (S) Warsaw fully recognizes the importance of next year's presidential election in Afghanistan and will do its best to maintain the security and integrity of the electoral process, especially in Ghazni Province, where approximately 1600 Polish troops are stationed. Roman Strzemiecki and Domin [...]
2008-12-23 13:33:00Embassy WarsawSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR PL
08WARSAW245POLISH FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON PM'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Summary: Polish PM Donald Tusk's February 8 trip to Moscow accomplished little in concrete terms, but the political symbol of renewed dialogue with the Russians was viewed positively by the majority of Poles. FM Radek Sikorski briefed foreign mission representatives February 19 on Tusk' [...]
2008-02-22 15:27:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPL PREL ENRG ETRD RS LI LO
08WARSAW277SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETING MARCH 10 WITH POLISH
[...] (C) Mr. President, your meeting on March 10 with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will underscore Poland's importance as a key ally of the United States, one which has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in Iraq, is stepping up its commitments in Afghanistan, and is the potential host for mis [...]
2008-03-03 16:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS OVIP PL
08WARSAW314MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...]
2008-03-10 15:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW361DOMESTIC POLITICAL SQUABBLE DELAYS LISBON TREATY
[...] (C) Summary: Prospects for ratifying the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the Polish parliament are anything but clear, as the treaty has taken center stage in a domestic political ruckus pitting PM Tusk against the Kaczynski brothers. After hard-headed negotiating by President Kaczynski over Poland's [...]
2008-03-19 16:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW468POLAND ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: So far Polish officials have not begun to discuss whether to make a pledge at the Afghanistan Conference in Paris in June, let alone the possible amount. Like other European governments, they have been thinking of the Conference in purely political terms. Nevertheless, Afgha [...]
2008-04-14 08:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NATO PGOV PREL AF PL
08WARSAW512POLAND: U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETING WITH MFA SIKORSKI
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski told Under Secretary for Global Affairs Dobriansky that Poland has selected a head for the Secretariat of the Community of Democracies, although the name is not yet public. Minister Sikorski believes the U.S. should do more to support [...]
2008-04-23 08:39:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV KDEM PL
08WARSAW597POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In support of USG commitments to work with Poland on the latter,s military modernization, and to secure Poland,s earliest return to missile defense (MD) talks, PM AA/S Stephen Mull led an interagency team (including DASD Fata and EUCOM BG Mayville and BG Carr) to a bilateral Secur [...]
2008-05-15 15:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MCAP PL
08WARSAW643POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD?
[...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...]
2008-06-04 12:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW81A/S FRIED MEETINGS WITH NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: A/S for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried during his January 16-17 visit discussed Missile Defense (MD),Iraq, and Afghanistan during his meetings with President Lech Kaczynski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw [...]
2008-01-18 16:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PL
08WARSAW812NEW FRIENDS OF GEORGIA CALL FOR MAP, LESS RUSSIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 25, DAS Bryza participated in the "New Friends of Georgia" (NFG) conference along with Foreign Ministers, State Secretaries or Special Representatives from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and the EU Council [...]
2008-07-09 09:57:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL GA PL
08WARSAW945POLISH ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Plans are still being developed for a proposed Polish-Spanish-Emirati Agricultural Training School in Afghanistan. Poland's USD 1.3 million pledge at the Paris Support Conference will be used for a 2008 donation to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund. The Poles remain keenly [...]
2008-08-11 14:11:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON NATO MARR EAID PL AF
08WARSAW947GOP RALLIES NEIGHBORS, EU TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has taken on a surprisingly forceful leadership role during the Georgia conflict. President Kaczynski has coordinated regional demonstrations of solidarity with Tbilisi -- including a planned August 11 joint trip to Tbilisi along with the Ukrainian and Baltic presidents -- and l [...]
2008-08-11 16:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WARSAW949TFGG01: POLES SUPPORT GEORGIA, PREDICT RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer told Charge August 12 that the GoP welcomes the Russian announcement of a cease-fire, and hopes for early Russian-Georgian talks. Kremer said President Kaczynski's visit to Georgia today is aimed at gathering information, and demonstratin [...]
2008-08-12 18:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WARSAW953TFGG01: POLAND'S CHOD ON GEORGIA, UKRAINE, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 12:33:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WARSAW984POLAND ASKING WHAT'S NEXT? RESPONSE TO GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 22 meeting with DCM, Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak commended the creation of the NATO Commission on Georgia as "a good first step," but had little to offer in terms of Polish thinking on follow-up, despite President Kaczynski demonstrated flair for [...]
2008-08-25 15:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL RU GG PL
08WELLINGTON24UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ
[...] (C) Summary. During her January 14 meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky highlighted the recent successful discussions in Bali, underscored USG support for a multilateral approach to cl [...]
2008-01-29 21:38:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCGC PHUM KDEM MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON264DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...]
2008-08-27 01:12:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON322NEW ZEALAND AND ANA EXPANSION
[...] (C) On September 18, A/DCM met with Wayne Higgins, Director for the Ministry of Defense International Relations Division, MOD defense policy and planning analyst Greg Mitchell, Ron Logan, MOD staff officer to the Chief of Defense Force, and Richard Prendergast from the Ministry of Foreign Af [...]
2008-09-30 01:47:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL AF NZ
08WELLINGTON356A/S FORT'S OCTOBER 9-10 VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 9-10 visit to New Zealand, INR A/S Randall Fort met with members of the External Assessments Bureau (EAB),the Chief Executive of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth, and official [...]
2008-10-24 01:29:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON424NEW ZEALAND: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) New Zealand attaches importance to its compliance with international counterterrorism instruments. It has ratified 12 of the 16 international instruments and maintains up-to-date reporting to the United Nations (UN). New Zealand uses the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy as a key refe [...]
2008-12-22 03:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON59NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing it to be inferred over time from its actions. [...]
2008-02-21 18:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NZ
08YEREVAN1035ARMENIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2008. Armenia continued to be a constructive partner of the United States in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The Armenian Government (GOAM) made measured progress in implementing border security and an [...]
2008-12-24 08:21:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AM
08YEREVAN160ARMENIAN DEMOCRACY LOOKING SHABBIER EVERY DAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While most of Armenia gets on with life, a significant core of Yerevan's population -- especially the more educated -- remain bitterly unreconciled to the election outcome. And not without reason: while it is impossible to know how the election would have turned out if it had b [...]
2008-02-25 15:44:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN252ARMENIA ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF UNDERMINING N-K
[...] (C) FM Oskanian convoled all Yerevan Chiefs of Mission on March 21 to raise the alarm about what he described as Aserbaijan's efforts to undermine the N-K peace process, and ultimately to dissolve the Minsk Group. Oskanian decried the recent UN resolution on N-K pushed by Azerbaijan and, spea [...]
2008-03-21 12:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAM PGOV PREL AZ
08YEREVAN281FORECAST FOR REFORM IN ARMENIA: MOSTLY CLOUDY
[...] (C) Recent public comments by PM Sargsian suggest that he understands his "legitimacy problem" and views a return to reform as the best way to overcome it. Serious questions remain, however, about Sargsian's understanding of basic concepts of democratization and his willingness to take on the [...]
2008-04-01 15:25:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN313 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MARCH 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) training begins; FY09 SA Planning Coordination meeting conducted by ODC; SASWG conducted by EUCOM in Ramstein. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. On 24 Mar 08, ten Kansas National Guard instructors and two representatives from EUCOM's Humani [...]
2008-04-10 12:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN363DAS BRYZA WARNS OF MCC SUSPENSION IN DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) During his April 9 visit to Yerevan to attend President-elect Sargsian's inauguration, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza discussed Armenia's political crisis SIPDIS with pro-government and opposition figures. Prominent politicians from Sargsian's recently announced coalition [...]
2008-04-29 11:56:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC AM
08YEREVAN390 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-APRIL 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: EMEDS equipment deliveries; Humanitarian Demining training; OSD Policy and Strategy Conference in Washington DC. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. ODC Armenia is currently working closely with the office of the Secretary of the Air Force-International Affairs (SAF/IA),o [...]
2008-05-13 08:33:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN415SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF, MAY 24-25, 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes during a critical phase in post-independence Armenia's political development, and democracy is firmly at the top of the U.S. agenda. After flawed and hotly disputed presidential elections February 19, violent clashes, a 20-day state of emergency, and the arrest [...]
2008-05-21 02:40:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KDEM AM
08YEREVAN451 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MAY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) conducted Final Planning Meeting; FMF equipment for Peacekeeping Brigade arrives; Orphanage in Gyumri provided with furniture from EUCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program; FMF updates; Humanitarian Assistance updates. 2. SIGNI [...]
2008-06-03 10:09:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN556UPBEAT PRESIDENT SARGSIAN TALKS SUBSTANCE DURING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sargsian used a ceremonial visit July 3rd in honor of U.S. Independence Day to engage with CDA on democratic reform progress, the Millennium Challenge program, relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan, and military cooperation (Armenian troops in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Ir [...]
2008-07-08 13:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM TU AM
08YEREVAN602 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-JULY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Defense Language Instructor month-long assistance and assessment; Crisis Response Table Top ExerciQwith Armenian Rescue Service; Strategic DeQse Review Workshop with CCMR; JCTP and SPP events conducted 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. An instrQor from the Defense Langua [...]
2008-07-30 03:19:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN676ARMENIA NOT TO RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND
[...] (C) CDA delivered Ref A demarche points to Armenian Foreign Minister Nalbandian in a meeting on August 27. Nalbandian responded that Armenia will not recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia "at this time." He added, however, that Armenia's critical relationship with Russia would preclude a public [...]
2008-08-28 10:23:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU AM
08YEREVAN8PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN
[...] (SBU) On December 19-20, the Foreign Relations Committee of Armenia's parliament held public hearings on Turkish-Armenian Relations titled "Issues and Perspectives." Viewed as a positive step to discuss the delicate issue of improving Turkish-Armenian ties, the hearings quickly morphed into a [...]
2008-01-04 14:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU AM
08YEREVAN810AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINDEF
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's October 1 introductory meeting with Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanian, the Ambassador and Ohanian discussed MOD intentions to contribute forces to security operations in Afghanistan after the return of Armenian forces from Iraq. Ohanian confirmed Armenia,s [...]
2008-10-06 12:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS AM
08YEREVAN829NEW SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY COVERS GOAM TALKING
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on the Secretary of Armenia's National Security Council, Artur Baghdassarian echoed almost verbatim points raised a day before by National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian. Baghdassarian demonized the opposition led by Levon Ter-Petrossian. He em [...]
2008-10-14 10:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM AM
08YEREVAN844EUR A/S HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Fried outlined his hopes for an Armenia "opened up" by resolution of the Turkish and Nagorno-Karabakh, ending Armenia's reliance on Georgia as its main trade outlet. Fried commented that this could all happen by the end of this year, transforming the region. President Sa [...]
2008-10-20 11:42:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU RU AM
08YEREVAN846TER-PETROSSIAN SUSPENDS PUBLIC RALLIES, WITH SOME
[...] (C) At his latest protest rally October 17, ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) sharply criticized President Sargsian, and also took some broad swipes at the U.S. and the West. The move seemed calculated to bolster his credibility with his base, as he announced the end of active protests. [...]
2008-10-20 16:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AM
08YEREVAN953DAS BRYZA MEETS ARMENIAN PM AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) On November 17 EUR DAS Matt Bryza met separately with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian. Acknowledging Armenia's failing MCC indicators and the upcoming MCC board meeting, the PM asked for time and understanding from Washington, warning that a program susp [...]
2008-11-26 05:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KJUS MARR MOPS
08YEREVAN97 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-JANUARY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Demining familiarization event and assessment conducted; Postponement of Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) training; Planning meeting for Crisis Response table-top exercise (TTX) conducted. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. From 22-24 Jan 08 Kansas National Guard Eng [...]
2008-02-07 12:49:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08ZAGREB10ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 9, 2008
[...] (U) PM TO PRESENT NEW GOVERNMENT ON JANUARY 12: PM Sanader has now signed coalition agreements with the Peasants Party (HSS),the Social Liberals (HSLS) and five minority representatives, giving him a 79-seat majority in the Sabor. He expects to conclude another agreement with the leading Ser [...]
2008-01-09 15:02:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB100ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 13, 2008
[...] (U) ODC COORDINATES CROATIA'S 11TH ROTATION TO AFGHANISTAN: On February 12, the 11th contingent of Croatian soldiers departed for Afghanistan. These soldiers will replace Croatian soldiers returning home after a 6 month rotation in Afghanistan. The Office of Defense Cooperation coordinates t [...]
2008-02-13 13:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB128CODEL TANNER VISIT TO CROATIA (FEB 21-24)
[...] SUMMARY: CODEL Tanner, with six House members from the US delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, had a successful visit to Croatia from Feb. 21 to 24. The CODEL met with both Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and President Stjepan Mesic on Feb. 21. Key topics were Croatia's NATO membership, [...]
2008-02-26 12:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB157ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 27, 2008
[...] (U) GoC's MESSAGE TO CODEL TANNER: CROATIA FIRMLY COMMITTED TO SEEKING NATO MEMBERSHIP: Representative John Tanner and five other House members from the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly had a successful visit to Croatia from Feb. 21 to 24. The CODEL met with both Prime Min [...]
2008-02-28 11:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB22NEW GOC AND NATO: REFERENDUM OUT, ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] During approval of his new cabinet January 12 (septel),PM Sanader stressed his government's commitment to achieving NATO membership during this mandate. In the agreement between his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Peasant Party (HSS) and the Social Liberals (HSLS),the new ruling coa [...]
2008-01-14 15:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB229ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 5, 2008
[...] (SBU) CROATIAN PEACEKEEPING TROOPS RECEIVE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TRAINING PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT: In late February, the GOC Office of Human Rights organized the first "train the trainers" program focusing solely on trafficking in persons for ten Croatian Military officers. These officers will no [...]
2008-03-07 11:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB24NEW CROATIAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED; PM SANADER'S
[...] (U) Croatia,s re-elected Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on January 12 presented his new government and its program to the newly elected Croatian parliament (Sabor). After a full day of parliamentary debate, 82 Sabor members supported Sanader,s cabinet, while 62 members of the opposition voted aga [...]
2008-01-15 15:21:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
08ZAGREB247ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 12, 2008
[...] (U) POLLS CONTINUE TO SHOW RISING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NATO...: Two polls conducted in early March confirmed the upward trend of public support for Croatia's membership in NATO reported in last week's activity report (REF). The first, conducted by Accent agency and commissioned by the Ministry [...]
2008-03-13 09:55:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB253CROATIAN/MONTENEGRIN PRIME MINISTERS DISCUSS
[...] (U) Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader met with his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Djukanovic on 12 March 2008 in Zagreb. According to the Montenegrin DCM in Zagreb, the two PMs held a 15 minute private meeting before turning discussions over to their advisors and relevant subject-matter expe [...]
2008-03-14 14:07:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB265CROATIA RECOGNIZES CROATIA, ISSUES JOINT STATEMENT WITH
[...] As forecast in reftel, the Government of Croatia, in its afternoon press briefing, announced that it has taken the decision today, March 19, to recognize Kosovo. Government spokesman Zlatko Mehun said that the formal text of the decision to recognize was being prepared and would be released sh [...]
2008-03-19 13:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR KO
08ZAGREB269SCENE SETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO CROATIA
[...] (C) Croatia is eagerly awaiting your visit, Mr. President. Your appearance and remarks in St. Mark's Square, the stage for so much Croatian history, will be a celebration of Croatia's invitation to join NATO. For a country that suffers from a chronic sense of being under-appreciated by its E [...]
2008-03-20 15:15:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB278SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO CROATIA
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, the Croatia that you will visit with President Bush after the NATO Summit in Bucharest is a success story, albeit imperfect, in transformational diplomacy. After Dayton in 1995, Croatia emerged from a brutal ethnic conflict with ten percent of its territory still patroll [...]
2008-03-26 12:42:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL HR
08ZAGREB284ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 27, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIAN SERB PARTY TO REMAIN IN GOVERNMENT: The Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) has decided to remain a coalition partner in the Croatian Government despite its disagreement with the government's decision on March 19 to recognize Kosovo. On March 26, the SDSS leadership met to r [...]
2008-03-27 14:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB286NEW ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS: CROATIA'S GROWING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatia has steadily expanded its contribution to ISAF and has assumed increasingly complex missions. Croatian forces are currently in their 11th rotation with 203 soldiers. The MoD plans to increase this to 280 troops this summer and has Parliamentary approval to raise this to [...]
2008-03-28 09:02:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB290CROATIA'S 2008 BUDGET: IN LINE, IF NOT INNOVATIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Croatia's 2008 budget represents a relatively conservative and fiscally responsible approach, with projected revenues set at 115.9 billion HRK ($24.7 billion) and expenditures at 118.4 billion HRK ($25.2 billion). The general government deficit is projected to be 2.3% of GDP. The [...]
2008-04-02 10:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV HR
08ZAGREB296ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 10, 2008
[...] (U) POTUS VISIT: "NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR FREEDOM AWAY" GARNERS STRONGEST RESPONSE: News articles and public reaction pieces in the media after the April 4-5 visit of President Bush to Zagreb were generally positive, as poll numbers seem to bear out (see next item). Most people inter [...]
2008-04-11 05:17:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OVIP HR
08ZAGREB316NATO REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES
[...] SUMMARY: The "Committee for a Referendum on Entry into NATO," an NGO consortium, ended its petition campaign April 12 with less than one-third of the required 450,000 signatures needed to force a referendum. In an April 11 meeting with Pol Counselor, committee spokesperson Aleksandar Hatzivel [...]
2008-04-17 12:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MARR PHUM NATO HR
08ZAGREB317ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 16, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA FORMALLY ACCEPTS NATO MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS: Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic on April 14 forwarded a letter to NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer informing him that Croatia has accepted the invitation to launch negotiations on NATO membership. Jandrokovic [...]
2008-04-17 12:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB320CROATIA RESPONSE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM
[...] Non paper was delivered to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9, 2008. Bujas-Juraga welcomed this clarification and noted that the GoC fully supports and implements these measures. In early June, Croatia will co-h [...]
2008-04-18 07:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM NSG HR IR MNUC
08ZAGREB333ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 23, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA COMPLETES FIRST ROUND OF NATO ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS: MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs Bianca Matkovic led the Croatian delegation in its first round of accession negotiations at NATO HQ on April 21. Matkovic, who also serves as coordinator for Croatia's EU negotiations, [...]
2008-04-24 10:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM HR
08ZAGREB350ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 30, 2008
[...] (U) HDZ LEADERSHIP REMAINS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED: The April 26 General Convention of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) confirmed the hold of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader over his party. Sanader, Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, and the leadership slate of ten candidates all ran uno [...]
2008-05-02 13:13:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB358ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 6, 2008
[...] (SBU) CROATIA COMPLETES ACCESSION TALKS WITH NATO: Croatia completed its accession talks with NATO on May 7. This second and final round of membership negotiations focused on the security, legal and financial requirements of the alliance. As Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic, who was [...]
2008-05-08 13:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB361SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE TO
[...] I am delighted that you will be coming to Zagreb to mark the closing of our AID Mission here after nearly 16 years. During that period, with our assistance and the help of the international community, Croatia has made remarkable progress. Croatia has resisted the temptation of nationalist an [...]
2008-05-09 11:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL HR
08ZAGREB366CROATIA SENSITIZED TO NATO INTEROPERABILITY
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on May 8 to MFA head of Arms Control and Disarmament Section Mirko Capjak, who will be part of Croatian delegation at Dublin negotiating session this month. Capjak was previously [...]
2008-05-13 15:02:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PARM PREL NATO HR
08ZAGREB419SCENESETTER FOR DEPSEC ENGLAND DINNER WITH DEFMIN
[...] (C) Sir, this is Minister Vukelic,s second trip to the U.S. since his appointment in January as Minister of Defense in the new Croatian government. Though his tenure as Minister of Economy in the previous government was unremarkable, in his short time as Minister of Defense he has brought a l [...]
2008-06-05 13:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB42GORDAN JANDROKOVIC, CROATIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (U) In a new Croatian government that consists largely of too familiar faces (reftels),perhaps the most important new face, certainly for U.S. engagement with Croatia, belongs to new Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic. From 2004 to the present, Jandrokovic was chair of the Croatian parliame [...]
2008-01-22 12:58:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR HR POLITICAL PARTIES
08ZAGREB421GOC RECEIVES TIER ONE TIP SCORE ENTHUSIASTICALLY
[...] On July 3rd, per REFTEL, POLOFF delivered news of Croatia's upgraded TIER 1 rating to TIP National Coordinator Luka Maderic, who also serves as the Head of the Government Office of Human Rights. The GoC enthusiastically received the news of Croatia's full compliance with the minimum standards [...]
2008-06-05 15:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN PREL HR TRAFFICKING
08ZAGREB426 VISIT OF S/WCI WILLIAMSON TO ZAGREB
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Clint Williamson visited Zagreb on June 2. He met with Assistant Justice Minister Markotic to discuss the status of Croatian cooperation with the ICTY. Markotic defended Croatia against recent claims by the ICTY prosecutor that the GoC is only [...]
2008-06-09 11:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB445ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) IN ABSENTIA WAR CRIMES CONVICTION "UPHELD": This week the Split County Court sentenced former Serb police commander Mitar Arambasic to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes. Arambasic, who was extradited from the U.S. in 2006, was retried by the same judge who had convicted him in absenti [...]
2008-06-17 10:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB46AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 21 MEETING WITH PM SANADER
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 21 meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister reviewed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the PM's intention to invite President Bush to visit after the NATO Summit in Bucharest, the prospects for an invitation at Bucharest to join NATO, key items [...]
2008-01-23 13:39:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MARR EAIR HR MK KV NATO
08ZAGREB464FM JANDROKOVIC'S EXPECTATIONS FOR JULY 1 MEETING
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said he was looking forward to his first to Washington as Foreign Minister as an opportunity to discuss both bilateral and regional issues. Jandrokovic discussed efforts to strengthen the bilateral economic [...]
2008-06-20 15:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS MARR EFIN HR
08ZAGREB476REGIONAL SEMINAR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 IN EUROPE
[...] SUMMARY. The first UNSCR 1540 seminar held in Europe since UNSCR 1810,s adoption in April 2008 took place on June 5-6, 2008, in Rakitje, Croatia. Croatia and Romania hosted the workshop, entitled "United Nations Security Resolution 1540: A Path for Further Implementation," in cooperation with [...]
2008-06-26 10:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR NATO PREL UNGA
08ZAGREB48ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2008
[...] (U) EMBASSY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO ROMA REFUGEES: On January 18, the DCM visited the village of Petrinjci near Sisak to deliver a donation from the U.S. Ambassador's Refugee Fund to seven Roma families. The donation, worth 50,000 Kuna ($10,000),provides legal assistance plus sma [...]
2008-01-24 09:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON HR
08ZAGREB49CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB492ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 2, 2008
[...] (U) INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE DEMONSTRATES CROATIA'S READINESS FOR NATO: On June 26 approximately 1800 troops from Croatia, the US, Macedonia and Albania took part in a complex military exercise, "Adriatic Aurora," at the Croatian military's Gasinci base in eastern Slavonia. The troops, [...]
2008-07-03 11:14:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PHUM KPAO PGOV HR
08ZAGREB50CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART I)
[...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]
2008-01-24 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB517 ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 11
[...] (U) CROATIAN FM ATTENDS SIGNING OF NATO PROTOCOL: Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic attended the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol for Albania and Croatia in Brussels on July 9. Croatian press reports, with headlines such as "From Now On NATO Protects Us," featured Jandrokovic's prais [...]
2008-07-14 09:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC HR
08ZAGREB523CROATIAN SABOR APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA
[...] (U) By a vote of 121-1,the Croatian Sabor (Parliament) approved on July 15 the Supplemental Status of Forces Agreement with the United States, which was signed in April of this year. The Sabor approved the agreement under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority, after a determination by [...]
2008-07-15 14:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB557CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 10:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO PHUM PTER IR HR
08ZAGREB579ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 1
[...] (U) WITNESS SUPPORT PROJECT ACHIEVING SUCCESS: In a recent meeting, UNDP officials announced that their pilot program to provide witness support services in three county courts and the Zagreb municipal court assisted more than 100 witnesses in serious crimes trials during its first three mon [...]
2008-08-01 14:17:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KHDP MASS MARR PARM HR
08ZAGREB597SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. EUCOM,S MEETING
[...] (C) Sir, this is the first meeting since Croatia,s NATO accession protocols were signed. Your host, General Josip Lucic (LOOT-zitch) was unexpectedly reappointed for an unprecedented second five-year term as CHOD in January of this year. Lucic is President Mesic,s most trusted military advis [...]
2008-08-13 09:38:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB602TTGG01: CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO ENGAGE
[...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered points from reftel to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on August 14. Matek stated that the points about engaging Russia would be communicated immediately to the appropriate officials in the GOC. He explained that hol [...]
2008-08-18 05:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OSCE NATO UN GG RS
08ZAGREB61SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CROATIAN SOFA
[...] (SBU) After two years of difficult negotiations and a brief delay during the Croatian elections, the Croatian Government finally appears ready to sign our bilateral Status of Forces Agreement. I strongly recommend that the signing ceremony take place during the visit of the new Croatian Def [...]
2008-01-29 14:02:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO HR
08ZAGREB62AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW FM GORDAN
[...] SUMMARY: New FM Jandrokovic told the Ambassador on January 25 that Croatia remains committed to close cooperation with the US, and would continue to strive to promote stability in its region. He confirmed Croatia's intention to recognize Kosovo's independence. He stressed the GoC's awarenes [...]
2008-01-29 14:07:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO UNSC HR
08ZAGREB620CROATIA WILLING TO PROCEED WITH EXPANSION OF THE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Pol officer discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter on August 22 with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue cooperation with the A-3 countries as well as with other potential new members. T [...]
2008-08-27 11:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR NATO AL MK HR
08ZAGREB622CROATIA WILL SUPPORT US AND EU POSITIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 12:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GG RU HR
08ZAGREB624ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2008
[...] (U) IT'S THE ECONOMY....BACK FROM THE BEACH, THE GOC SETS PRIORITIES FOR REST OF 2008: On August 26, in his first press conference after the government's summer recess, PM Sanader spoke on the GOC's plans to curb inflation, privatize shipyards, and gain momentum in EU accession negotiations. [...]
2008-08-29 09:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ENRG ECON KCRM HR
08ZAGREB629CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES
[...] (U) Stu, the Croatia that you will be visiting on September 10 has changed greatly from your desk officer days and even from the time we worked together on NATO issues. Croatia has made steady progress in strengthening its democracy and rule of law, reforming its economy, cooperating with the [...]
2008-09-05 11:22:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB631EMBASSY ZAGREB WARMLY WELCOMES DAS JONES
[...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary Stu Jones on September 10, 2008, for consultations with embassy and host government. --CONTROL OFFICER -- 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Chris Zimmer. Embassy telephone number is (385) (1) 661-2200; Mr. Zimmer's [...]
2008-09-05 12:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB646ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
[...] (U) WITH A SLOWED PACE OF REFORMS, CROATIA DROPS IN "DOING BUSINESS 2009" RANKINGS: In its "Doing Business 2008" report a year ago, the World Bank ranked Croatia 2nd among top reformers worldwide and 97th for overall ease of doing business. In "Doing Business 2009," however, Croatia does not [...]
2008-09-11 10:28:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON HR
08ZAGREB65AMBASSADOR MEETS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT LUKA BEBIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Sabor President Luka Bebic strongly endorses all of PM Sanader's priorities, including close cooperation with the US, a strong desire to join NATO, and an eagerness to play a constructive role in the region. He said the Sabor should shortly take up several pieces of legisla [...]
2008-01-30 11:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
08ZAGREB655EUR DAS JONES MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GORDAN
[...] (C) EUR DAS Stuart Jones visited Zagreb on September 10 and met with Croatian FM Gordan Jandrokovic. Jandrokovic opened the meeting by stressing that Croatia's top foreign policy priorities are NATO membership, EU accession, and establishing good relations with its neighbors. Jandrokovic tha [...]
2008-09-17 08:31:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL HR
08ZAGREB659SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Sir, yours is the highest level visit since President and Mrs. Bush, and Secretary Rice visited after the Bucharest Summit in April 2008. Since that time, Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of [...]
2008-09-18 08:19:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB661ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
[...] (U) HUNGARY IS FIRST NATO MEMBER TO RATIFY CROATIAN AND ALBANIAN ACCESSION: The Hungarian Parliament on September 15 voted overwhelmingly in favor of Croatia's and Albania's Accession Protocol, making Hungary the first NATO member state to approve this round of NATO enlargement. having serve [...]
2008-09-18 13:02:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB668CROATIAN RESPONSE TO NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE
[...] (SBU) PolOff on September 22 discussed reftel points on the potential Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) meeting with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said she would pass on to the Croatian Mission to NATO before September 23 our request that c [...]
2008-09-22 13:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL GG RS HR
08ZAGREB674CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC
[...] (SBU) PolOff on September 23 discussed ref A points on the expansion of the Adriatic Charter with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue with the Adriatic Charter with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as [...]
2008-09-24 13:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK
08ZAGREB680ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA'S ACCESSION TO NATO APPROVED BY US SENATE: News of the U.S. Senate's vote late in the evening of September 25 to provide advice and consent to the NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania arrived too late to make it into most of the Croatian media. It should be a lead stor [...]
2008-09-26 12:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAIR HR
08ZAGREB688CROATIAN LEADERS FOCUS ON REGIONAL ISSUES DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 29 visit to Zagreb, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England discussed regional and military issues with Prime Minister Sanader, President Mesic, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, and Defense Minister Vukelic. Sanader thanked the USG for its help on NATO acces [...]
2008-10-02 08:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB69ASSESSMENT OF CROATIA'S NATO READINESS
[...] (U) Following is Post assessment of Croatia's progress on key reform issues related to NATO accession and remaining challenges facing PM Sanader's new government in advance of a possible membership invitation at the Bucharest Summit. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP: COMMITTED TO STABILITY OF NEIGHBORS - [...]
2008-01-31 10:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB690ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 2, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL DoD VISITORS: Croatia hosted two senior-level visits from the Department of Defense over the past week. First, on September 25-27, Croatian Chief of Defense General Josip Lucic hosted a gathering of CHODs from the Adriatic Charter and several other European and NA [...]
2008-10-02 13:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB694CROATIA ON CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING AFGHAN
[...] (C) Pol officer discussed reftel points in a meeting at the Croatian Foreign Ministry with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department and Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, Head for Peace Support Operations. Nakic noted that earlier this year the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) had authorized an increase in Cr [...]
2008-10-03 12:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL NATEU MOPS MARR EAID AF HR
08ZAGREB705SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, USECOM'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Sir, your visit comes almost on the heels of the visits of DEPSECDEF, COMNAVEUR, and DCOM, USEUCOM. Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of 300 soldiers on the ground. There are 277 Croatian so [...]
2008-10-07 13:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSEREFORM
08ZAGREB721SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, U.S. JOINT FORCES
[...] (C) Sir, you will meet General Lucic (LOOT-Zitch) at your headquarters the week prior to your visit to Croatia. As of this writing, the itinerary for your time in Croatia has not been finalized. I expect, however, that your meetings in Zagreb will mirror the meetings SACEUR had while he was h [...]
2008-10-16 09:12:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR KPAO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL DEFENSEREFORM
08ZAGREB726ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 16, 2008
[...] (U) NEW MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND JUSTICE SWORN IN: New Minister of Interior Tomislav Karamarko, formerly head of the Security Intelligence Agency, and Minister of Justice, Ivan Simonovic, a law professor with a long diplomatic career, were approved by parliament on Friday, October 10 and swo [...]
2008-10-17 08:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB739ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) FIFTH, SIXTH (AND SEVENTH?) NATO ALLIES APPROVE ACCESSION PROTOCOL: The parliaments in Poland and Romania approved NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania on October 21. The votes made them the fifth and sixth NATO member states to approve the Protocols. Croatian Parliament Pres [...]
2008-10-23 13:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM KPAO HR
08ZAGREB767AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE VISITS ZAGREB, OCTOBER 29-31
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an Oct. 29-31 visit to Zagreb, his first in more than eight years, former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke praised Croatia for its successful "transformation toward a free and open society." Holbrooke was in town to deliver a speech at a private business [...]
2008-11-03 07:19:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR
08ZAGREB770CROATIA EMERGING AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN
[...] In late October 2008, Croatia hosted the "9th International Export Control Conference" in Cavtat (reftel). This event, co-sponsored by the U.S. Export Control and Related Border Security Program, served to further demonstrate the GoC's commitment to the mission of counterproliferation. In wel [...]
2008-11-03 10:20:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP HR
08ZAGREB778GOC WELCOMES THE RETURN OF THE SERBIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Following the return of the Serbian Ambassador to Zagreb last week the GoC is working on rolling out plans to improve bilateral relations through high-level visits between the capitals. Croatia's recognition on March 19 of Kosovo's independence, and Belgrade's subsequent decision [...]
2008-11-05 11:41:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR HR
08ZAGREB779OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER SANADER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 10:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP
08ZAGREB807ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 26, 2008
[...] (U) MIT PROFESSOR SPEAKS ON NANOSTRUCTURES, HYDROGEN, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY: As part of an Embassy-organized IIP Speaker program, Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at the 17th Annual Energy Day Forum in Zagreb on November 21. In her prese [...]
2008-11-26 15:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG HR PGOV PREL KGHG
08ZAGREB831CROATIA ARGUES IT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO COOPERATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia (GOC) has delivered a non-paper to all EU and NATO member states dated 03 December 2008 in which it describes the steps Croatia has taken to find the documents and archives requested by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY [...]
2008-12-05 15:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ICTY HR
08ZAGREB834CROATIA FEARS SLOVENIA WILL BLOCK EU ACCESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatian officials say they are increasingly concerned that Slovenia will be unwilling to compromise on a French-brokered statement clarifying that nothing in Croatia's EU accession negotiations could prejudice the outcome of Croatia and Slovenia's bilateral border disputes. C [...]
2008-12-08 12:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUC HR SI
08ZAGREB837CROATIA SIGNS CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 15:52:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM NATO MOPS PREL HR
08ZAGREB841FRENCH FRUSTRATION WITH SLOVENIAN POSITION ON
[...] (C) In a December 10 conversation with the Ambassador, French Ambassador St. Paul bluntly criticized the Slovenian response to the French proposal on a way forward to lift the Slovenian block on Croatia's EU accession negotiations (reftels),calling it "incredible" and "unreasonable." St. Pau [...]
2008-12-09 14:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EUC SI HR
08ZAGREB854ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 12, 2008
[...] (U) PM SANADER EMPHASIZES EQUALITY ON FIRST VISIT TO ZAGREB MOSQUE: On Monday, December 9, Prime Minister Sanader paid his first visit ever to the Zagreb Mosque on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Sanader greeted the Mufti of Zagreb, Mufti Omerbasic, with a traditional Muslim greeting, attended [...]
2008-12-12 15:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB86NATO ENLARGEMENT: SUSTAINING CROATIA'S PROGRESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Upon formation of PM Sanader's new government, the Ambassador met with President Mesic, PM Sanader (ref A),FM Jandrokovic (ref B),DefMin Vukelic, and Speaker of Parliament Bebic (ref C). At all of these meetings, he discussed the GoC's strategy to address Croatia's [...]
2008-02-06 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB866RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 13:28:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR
08ZAGREB869BORDER DISPUTE WITH SLOVENIA DERAILING CROATIA'S
[...] (C/NF) The optimism that existed in Croatia two months ago that the new government in Slovenia would enable Zagreb and Ljubljana to move forward on the ongoing border dispute has disappeared. On the eve of a Dec. 19 EU-Croatia accession conference meeting, where it is widely expected that Slov [...]
2008-12-19 15:05:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL EUC HR SI
08ZAGREB886ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) MINISTRY OF DEFENSE STATE SECRETARY DIES IN SKI ACCIDENT: Major General Gordan Cacic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense for Policy and International Affairs, died in a ski accident in Italy on Saturday, 20 December 2008. MG Cacic previously served for seven years as the Director [...]
2008-12-23 14:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB95CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER
[...] You are coming to Croatia just six weeks after the formation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's second government, as he and other leaders look ahead to NATO's Bucharest Summit. After encouraging feedback from NATO allies during the January review of Croatia's progress under the Membership Action [...]
2008-02-08 15:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC PREL PGOV NATO HR
09ABUDHABI145UAE PLANS BIG SPLASH TO OPEN FRENCH NAVAL PRESENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE leadership will send a loud message with the May opening of a French naval facility in Abu Dhabi, amplified by the presence of headliners like French President Sarkozy. Adding a new military presence to the strategic equation reasserts the UAE's welcome to Western partn [...]
2009-02-10 03:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MASS FR AE
09ABUDHABI173REQUESTING UAE VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
[...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash took careful notes February 18 as the Ambassador delivered ref A points regarding U.S. interest in the UAE's "considered views" on goals, priorities, and actions that we might focus on in our Pakistan/Afghanistan policy review. D [...]
2009-02-18 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI270UAE THOUGHTS ON AFGHAN POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE's input to our Afghan/Pakistan policy review is constructive and broadly consistent with current US policy insofar as it calls for: supporting Pakistan; upping reconstruction assistance; urging Pakistan and Afghanistan to work better together; and looking skeptically at [...]
2009-03-18 13:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID NATO AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI322WELCOMING CODEL McCONNELL TO THE UAE
[...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai. 2. (U) Summary: The U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pleased to welcome CODEL McConnell for a first-hand review of key U.S. priorities here. Our robust relations with the UAE focus on mutual [...]
2009-03-30 13:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN MASS AE
09ABUDHABI329(U) WHY THE UAE IS PRESSING FOR IRENA HQ
[...] (C) Summary. The UAE's push (refs A-C) to host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) complements its political and financial commitment to encouraging renewable energy production and consumption. Although the fourth largest oil producer in the world, the UAE is expan [...]
2009-04-01 12:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI330UAE REACTION TO REQUEST FOR MANAS ALTERNATIVES
[...] (S) Summary: The UAE Chief of Staff (CoS) asked for more details on the Manas operations before he endorses a US led site survey, in his mind, USG use of Safran AB is questionable. Transit of US forces may be doable, but expanding to NATO use seems out of the question. End summary. 2. (S [...]
2009-04-01 12:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMARR PREL MOPS AE KG AF IR
09ABUDHABI371PRESSING UAE ON AID FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and Assistant MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan (who will join the UAE delegation in Tokyo) U.S. goals for the Tokyo Pakistan Donors' Conference April 17. Noting $4 billion as a t [...]
2009-04-14 07:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN ECON MOPS NATO PK AF AE
09ABUDHABI418GSD CHAIR FROM UAE CONFIRMS STRONG RELATIONS
[...] (C) Welcoming Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (ISA Middle East) Colin Kahl to the UAE on April 27, Chief of the UAE Air Force and Air Defense Air Vice Marshall (MG) Mohammed Sowaidan al-Gemzy gave a strong endorsement of mutual cooperation in facing regional challenges. In a brief strat [...]
2009-04-29 13:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS AE
09ABUDHABI640UAE PERSPECTIVES ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq al-Haidan acknowledged ref A points and President Obama's statement that the USG has no favored candidate in the Afghan elections in a June 22 meeting, but pressed the Charge to clarify who the U.S. is really backing. He noted [...]
2009-06-22 13:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID AF AE
09ADANA63SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 12 -18, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 12-18, 2009 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. Post is n [...]
2009-10-21 11:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA74SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 16-22, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 16-22 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends of vio [...]
2009-11-24 11:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADDISABABA108USAU: AU PARTNERS DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR AMISOM,
[...] (U) As reported in reftel, the AU invited the US, EU, UK, and others to a meeting on January 17 in Addis Ababa to discuss their respective abilities to commit financial and logistical support to AMISOM and to a joint security force composed of Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance [...]
2009-01-16 14:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SO AU
09ADDISABABA2937ETHIOPIAN FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH DASD
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston the GoE is confident that U.S.-Ethiopia relations are as strong as ever, and agreed to work with the Ministry of Defense to resolve issues surrounding Leahy Vetting requirements for the Ethiopian military. He urged th [...]
2009-12-15 09:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS YE SO SU ET
09AITTAIPEI111MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 08:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1250MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 21 on the controversy revolving around the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes two years from now; on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China; and o [...]
2009-10-21 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1423MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 3 on the lead-up to the local elections scheduled for December 5; on the National Communications Commission (NCC)'s review of Next Media's applications to establish TV channels; and on the resignation Masaki Saito, [...]
2009-12-03 09:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]
2009-12-07 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI386MEDIA REACTION: G-20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI881MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 22 on a security breach in Taiwan's Presidential Office in late June; on the solar eclipse that happened on the morning of the 22nd; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials and commentarie [...]
2009-07-22 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS70ALGERIA: OBAMA IS "AMERICA WE DREAMED ABOUT"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While we expected a mostly positive reaction to President Obama's inauguration in the Algerian press (reftel) and among most Algerians, the Ambassador received a surprisingly strong positive reaction from former prime minister and ruling National Liberation Front (FLN) chairman [...]
2009-01-21 18:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AG
09AMMAN1480CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]
2009-07-01 11:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN1550EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR NIGHT
[...] (SBU) This cable provides additional information requested by Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) related to the FMS sale of NVDs to Jordan. The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase several types of Night Vision Devices (NVDs) through Foreign Military Financing. [...]
2009-07-09 12:27:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN1659JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF
[...] (S) Jordan is increasing its contributions in Afghanistan and to regional security efforts, reaching out to Syria to provide an alternative to Iranian influence, and maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The King is able to carry out this ambitious [...]
2009-07-23 17:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS JO
09AMMAN2493JORDAN-U.S. JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION SCENESETTER
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: This Joint Military Commission comes at a time when Jordan is increasing its contributions both in Afghanistan and to broader regional security, offering Syria an Arab alternative to Iranian influence, and maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestini [...]
2009-11-16 16:20:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PGOV PINS JO
09AMMAN359AMMAN FATHAWIS DISCUSS GAZA EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Fatah members resident in Amman agreed that their movement was in dire straits following recent Israeli operations in Gaza. Aside from the perennial plea for quick movement on the peace process, our contacts varyingly saw potential Fatah salvation in convening the long-delayed Si [...]
2009-02-08 05:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG KISL IS JO
09AMMAN675JORDAN DEMARCHED ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered points seeking input for the Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review contained in reftel A on February 28 separately to Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and to Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi. Neither Judeh nor Lozi provided an immediate substantive response. We have [...]
2009-03-16 15:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF JO
09AMMAN709DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS REGARDING MANAS AIR BASE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 13:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF JO
09AMMAN798JORDAN DELEGATION TO THE HAGUE RECEIVES CONCLUSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 13:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MARR MOPS JO
09ANKARA1004TURKEY'S EU SCORECARD: SLOUCHING TOWARD BRUSSELS
[...] (C) Summary: Since beginning its EU accession talks in 2005, Turkey has made partial technical progress toward meeting the membership requirements as prescribed by the acquis communautaire, resulting in the opening of 11 politically benign chapters. To further fulfill the Copenhagen criteria [...]
2009-07-14 09:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEU PREL TU
09ANKARA1013TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1022TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 12:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1033YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Turkey. Your trip will underscore Turkey's status as an essential Ally in every existing NATO operation and in what we seek to accomplish in this region. 2. (C) Issues to Raise: -- Turkey's primary security focus remains its counter-insurgency effort a [...]
2009-07-20 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO TU
09ANKARA1053TURKEY BUSILY PREPARING FOR AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials fully agree with the need to press forward on supporting Afghanistan post-elections and welcome a "whole of government" approach. The GOT has already obligated the USD 200 million pledged at the June 2008 Paris and January 2006 London Donors Conferences, and expe [...]
2009-07-23 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TU
09ANKARA1096TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1105TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1119TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1128TURKEY: USG APPROVAL RATINGS STILL IN BASEMENT;
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Based on the latest PEW survey (but broadly consistent with other polls we have seen recently) USG approval ratings in Turkey continue to lag, although there are glimmers of improvement in certain categories such as confidence that the US will do the right thing in international [...]
2009-08-04 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALSCUL PGOV PREL TU US
09ANKARA1130TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1131TURKEY: SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL NAMES NEW DEPUTY
[...] (U) The Supreme Military Council (YAS) results were announced on August 4. Turkish Land Forces Chief of Staff GEN Aslan Guner will replace GEN Hasan Igsiz as the deputy chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and will thus become the lead Turkish representative at the next High Level Defense [...]
2009-08-04 15:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PINR TU
09ANKARA1135TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1139TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1144TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1149US AND TURKEY REAFFIRM CT COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey is generally pleased with the U.S.-Turkey-Iraq Trilateral Process, but Iraq must take concrete measures against the PKK, Turkish officials told S/CT Amb. Benjamin during his July 30-31 visit. Turkey is developing a new broader "democratization" approach to the Kurdish issu [...]
2009-08-07 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL EU IZ TU
09ANKARA1152TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA120ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA1223TURKEY: ON BOARD WITH US APPROACH TO BROADEN
[...] (SBU) MFA Maritime Affairs Section Head Haldun Tekneci confirmed on August 19 that the GOT fully supports the proposal to shift from the concept of "membership" in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to one of participation, in line with ref a and the presentation Pri [...]
2009-08-19 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09ANKARA1229TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 11:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1245TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 10:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1262TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1274TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1288TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1290TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1293NATO SYG'S INITIAL VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: During his initial trip to Turkey as the new NATO SYG, Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged senior GoT officials to provide significant additional training support in Afghanistan and received strong push back when he pressed Turkey to show more flexibility to help improve NATO-EU cooperati [...]
2009-09-01 20:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO TU
09ANKARA1299TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 12:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA13ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA1309TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1312CFE: TURKEY'S REACTIONS TO A/S GOTTEMOELLER'S
[...] (C) We briefed September 8 Turkey's HLTF Rep and MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on A/S Gottemoeller's discussions with Russian Disarmament Director Antonov (reftel). Gun expressed appreciation for the briefing and told us that Ambassador Sensoy will meet w [...]
2009-09-09 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO
09ANKARA1317TURKEY: VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) We shared U.S. views on the latest IAEA reports on Iran and Syria (ref a) and passed the non-paper to MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmement Ahmet Gun on September 8. Gun agreed that the measures undertaken by Iran at Arak and Natanz as signals of cooperation were minimalist, [...]
2009-09-09 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL TU
09ANKARA1320TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1336TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1349TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1361TURKEY: MFA ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) The Ambassador made REFTEL points to MFA U/S Sinirlioglu on September 14, underscoring that congratulatory messages should not be premature. Sinirlioglu said Ankara already is aware of USG concerns and intends to be careful about extending congratulations. He noted that the Turkish Gove [...]
2009-09-16 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AF TU
09ANKARA1369TURKEY: EUROPEAN MISSILE DEFENSE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PREL TU
09ANKARA1373TURKEY: EARLY REACTION IN THE MEDIA TO MISSILE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish media reaction to the White House announcement on European missile defense has been limited thus far and ranged from straightforward reporting based on the Presidential announcement to speculation that the announcement portends a greater role for Turkey in the new "Phase [...]
2009-09-18 10:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KMDR NATO IR TU
09ANKARA138US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP REAFFIRMS ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 09:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IZ TU
09ANKARA142SCENESETTER FOR MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL ENVOY GEORGE
[...] (S) The Gaza crisis and IDF attacks on Palestinian civilians dominated the Turkish press for three weeks and will still be fresh in the minds of GOT officials as you arrive. PM Erdogan, incensed that Israel launched attacks on Gaza just days after PM Olmert had visited Ankara with no mention [...]
2009-01-28 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER TU
09ANKARA1429TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1467TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 13:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA147TURKEY: NO AGREEMENT YET ON CSCP MODALITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform (CSCP) parties, meeting in Istanbul January 26, did not reach agreement on how the platform will be institutionalized or how it will engage other countries and relate to other regional mechanisms, according to Russian and Georgian Embas [...]
2009-01-30 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL AM AJ GG RU TU XY
09ANKARA1472SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (S) Sandy, Glad you'll be able to visit Turkey at this key time. Your short visit will give you an opportunity to engage with key Turkish leaders on, first and foremost in their minds, missile defense. The Turks are keen to learn more about U.S. plans, in particular what role the U.S. wants/e [...]
2009-10-13 08:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER TU
09ANKARA1481TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS CONTINUE TO SOUR
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Israeli bilateral relations remain strained. GOT interlocutors attribute the tension to Israel's December Gaza operation and argue that the bilateral relationship will recover only when Israel allows improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The GOT's last-minu [...]
2009-10-14 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TU IS
09ANKARA1498TURKS WILL JOIN CONSENSUS ON SEDM MEMBERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) MFA NATO and Euroatlantic Security Policy Department Head Mustafa Turan expressed appreciation for the infomation about USG readiness to join consensus on extending Southeastern European Defense Ministerial (SEDM) membership to Serbia (reftel) and agreed that there should be no obstacles t [...]
2009-10-16 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
09ANKARA1528ASD VERSHBOW BRIEFS TURKS ON MISSILE DEFENSE: GOOD
[...] (S) ASD Vershbow briefed top Turkish MFA and General Staff officials on details of the proposed U.S. Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European ballistic missile defense and presented Turkey with a request to participate in this effort to protect NATO territory by agreeing to allow a radar an [...]
2009-10-22 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1529BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY: VERIFYING BONA FIDES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PolMil officer visited Altay Corporation on October 13 to meet with Vice President Mehmet Kaan Asena and a number of other principal officers. Based on the site visit, the information provided by Altay Corporation during the meeting and a name check conducted by Post RSO, we be [...]
2009-10-22 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
09ANKARA1571TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA158ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1586STANDSTILL LOOMS FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION BID
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is on track to open the Environment Chapter under the Swedish EU presidency, but has run out of "easy" technical chapters to open after the beginning of 2010 and could face a standstill in its EU accession bid. Ankara already has abandoned its previous policy of trying to [...]
2009-11-04 10:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1590STANDSTILL LOOMS FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION BID
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is on track to open the Environment Chapter under the Swedish EU presidency, but has run out of "easy" technical chapters to open after the beginning of 2010 and could face a standstill in its EU accession bid. Ankara already has abandoned its previous policy of trying to [...]
2009-11-05 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1608SCENESETTER FOR YOUR TRIP TO TURKEY
[...] (S) I look forward to welcoming you. Missile Defense is at the top of our crowded agenda with Turkey and the Turks are fully engaged. They will look for you to advance the discussions which were well begun by Sandy Vershbow and others both here in Ankara and at NATO. They will be looking fo [...]
2009-11-09 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1617TURKEY STILL SEEKS NATO MAP FOR BOTH BOSNIA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA TU BK
09ANKARA1618TURKEY STILL SEEKS NATO MAP FOR BOTH BOSNIA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 09:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA TU BK
09ANKARA1628TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1632TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) The GOT will warmly welcome your November 18 visit as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. It will be seen as yet another indication of U.S. respect for Turkey's international role and domestic progress. Despite turmoil and unrest in its neighborh [...]
2009-11-13 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU
09ANKARA1633TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) The GOT will warmly welcome your November 18 visit as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. It will be seen as yet another indication of U.S. respect for Turkey's international role and domestic progress. Despite turmoil and unrest in its neighborh [...]
2009-11-13 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU
09ANKARA1644A/S GORDON'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH U/S
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu opened his November 12 meeting with EUR A/S Gordon by attempting to recast Erdogan's recent public efforts to deflect international community criticism of Iran's nuclear program as an idiosyncratic reaffirmation of NPT principles. Gordon cautioned [...]
2009-11-17 08:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
09ANKARA1651TURKEY TRYING TO KEEP ITS INFLUENCE IN BOSNIA
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is trying to keep a foot in the Balkans with its position that Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH) is not ready to close its Office of the High Representative (OHR) and transition to a reinforced EU Special Representative (EUSR),despite supporting BIH's constitutional reform efforts [...]
2009-11-17 16:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU BK GR
09ANKARA1662NATO MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG COMMUNIQUE WILL BE
[...] (C) During her November 18 Missile Defense consultations in Ankara (septel),U/S Tauscher reviewed the basic outline of our proposed NATO Ministerial Communique Missile Defense Language (as per reftel para 2) with top Turkish General Staff and Foreign Ministry officials. While the Turks did n [...]
2009-11-19 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1676SUPPORT TO NEW KARZAI GOVERMENT REF: A. STATE 118297 B. ANKARA 1661 Classified By: DCM Doug Silliman for reasons 1.4 (b,d)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA168TURKEY/NATO ENLARGEMENT: ACCESSION PROCESS NEAR
[...] MFA Department Head for NATO Policy Gulhan Ulutekin confirmed on January 31 that the Council of Ministers decree has been published in the official gazette declaring Turkey's ratification of the protocols for Albania and Croatia's NATO accession. According to Ulutekin, the only remaining step [...]
2009-02-03 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL
09ANKARA1685BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We visited Pegasus Defense Company on October 21 to meet with its managing director, Ismail Turgut, and a number of the company,s principal officers. Based on the site visit, the information provided by the company and a name check conducted by Post RSO, we believe Pegasus is a [...]
2009-11-23 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC TU
09ANKARA1688TURKEY: BALKANS AS NEW FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is looking to re-engage in the Balkans to regain its historical influence in the region, with a particular focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH),according to the MFA. On November 19 MFA Deputy Director General for Central and Southeastern Europe, Murat Karagoz, provided us an [...]
2009-11-24 10:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU BK GR
09ANKARA1695TURKEY: RESPONSE FOR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE
[...] (U) This cable responds to the information request in reftel. This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in the host country, to exercise a more active role in public life? Are hos [...]
2009-11-25 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL SOCI TU
09ANKARA1702TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: MORE TRAINING POSSIBLE,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Aslan Guner November 24 on the President's plan to announce a significant increase in U.S. civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan (reftel) and pressed Turkey to strongly support this announcement and provide signifi [...]
2009-11-25 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TU
09ANKARA1707TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1712TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1713TURKEY: ROLLING OUT THE MESSAGE ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Mission Turkey continued on December 2 the strong press for additional Turkish support for the President's strategy in Afghanistan. In separate meetings with both Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul and with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Namik Tan, the Ambassador pushed hard for Turkey t [...]
2009-12-02 17:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO TU
09ANKARA1716TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1726TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1727TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: MORE TROOPS POSSIBLE, NO
[...] (C) Despite initial wide-spread and deep skepticism in the media and reactions ranging from frustration to outrage from senior GoT contacts about the U.S. request for more Turkish troops in Afghanistan (reftel),several media outlets (pro-government Zaman, mass circulation Aksam, and secularist [...]
2009-12-04 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS AF TU
09ANKARA1736TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1745TURKEY: PARTNERS BUT NOT PALS WITH EGYPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Turkish MFA and Egyptian Embassy view the bilateral relationship positively for now, but the two countries' wariness towards each other could impact relations down the road. The Turkish MFA says it views Egypt as a partner and not a competitor. The Egyptian Embassy com [...]
2009-12-08 15:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEG PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1751TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1788TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1794 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING WORKSHOP,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Ankara will host a three-day regional counterterrorism workshop for law enforcement officials and prosecutors from Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Greece, February 10-12, 2010. Embassy Ankara requests assistance from addressee embassies to en [...]
2009-12-17 10:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR AL BU GR MK TU
09ANKARA1819SRAP CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA, DECEMBER 2-3
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-3 an interagency U.S. delegation led by Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman met with Turkish MFA officials and representatives from Turkish ministries and agencies that have a current or potential role in Afghanistan and Pakistan [...]
2009-12-22 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAF PGOV PK PREL TU
09ANKARA194TURKEY ON FRENCH NATO REINTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Upcoming local elections and an uneasy bilateral relationship with France make French reintegration into NATO's military structure a sensitive political issue for Turkey. A recent article in one of Turkey's leading newspapers highlighted the difficult decision facing PM Erdogan o [...]
2009-02-06 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO TU
09ANKARA204ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA218ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 06:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA243U/S APAKAN CONFIRMS TURKEY NOT ON BOARD WITH
[...] (C) The Ambassador took advantage of a February 11 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Apakan to convey REF B points on Russian President Medvedev's proposal to establish a new European security treaty. The Ambassador noted that we believed it useful to prepare President Gul for what he could exp [...]
2009-02-13 05:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS PREL TU RS
09ANKARA25TURKEY: ERDOGAN RETURNS TO RHETORICAL FORM OVER
[...] (C) Summary: In a Justice and Development Party (AKP) group meeting on January 6, PM Erdogan delivered a speech condemning Israel for its attacks on the Gaza Strip, labeling them a "black stain" on humanity. This is a return to form for a politician whose traditional use of anti-Israeli rhe [...]
2009-01-07 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIS OSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA259ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 05:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA271TURKEY'S PREPARATIONS FOR UPCOMING NATO SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: At a Deputies-level interagency meeting in January, the GOT agreed on the general outlines of its approach concerning the upcoming NATO conference. MFA contacts called the contributions Turkey has already announced for Afghanistan as "ambitious," and said Turkey is unlikely to c [...]
2009-02-20 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO TU
09ANKARA273TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: TIP SITUATION,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hours [...]
2009-02-20 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA279SCENESETTER FOR MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL ENVOY GEORGE
[...] (S) Turkish officials, including President Gul and FM Babacan, have worked assiduously to walk back remarks by PM Erdogan that were extremely critical of Israel during the Gaza crisis, repair the traditionally strong Turkish-Israeli relationship, and assuage fears in Washington and European ca [...]
2009-02-20 17:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER TU
09ANKARA284TURKISH VIEWS ON HANDLING IRAN AND SYRIA AT THE
[...] (C) UNVIE Senior Advisor Andrea Hall, accompanied by Mission Turkey officers, met February 17 in Ankara with Turkish IAEA Governor Hakan Fidan and separately with the GOT Nonproliferation Task Force chaired by MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun to encourage [...]
2009-02-23 12:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR SY
09ANKARA287CODEL DURBIN: TALKING CYPRUS -- AND HALKI -- WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Durbin, led by Assistant Majority Leader Senator Richard Durbin, met with senior GOT officials February 19 on bilateral relations, Cyprus, and efforts by the Greek Orthodox Church to reopen Halki Theological Seminary for training of priests. During the meetings, Senator Dur [...]
2009-02-23 17:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP PGOV CY GR TU
09ANKARA289TURKEY: GUL'S HISTORIC VISIT TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: President Gul,s February 12-15 visit to Moscow and Tatarstan was the first ever by a Turkish Head of State to the Russian Federation, according to MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz. The historic visit, which had a heavy commercial element, included extensive discussions with President Med [...]
2009-02-24 05:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR TU RU
09ANKARA290TURKEY AGREES, WITH LIMITS, TO ALLOW WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA informed us on February 20 that Turkey will agree to modify the existing the Memorandum of Understanding so that the U.S. may transport weapons and weapons systems, including ammunition, from Iraq via the Habur Gate border crossing and overland by road to the Turkish port [...]
2009-02-24 05:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IZ TU
09ANKARA308ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA320TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: SUPPLEMENTAL:
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable is a supplement to the three-part response (refs A, B, C) to ref D questions, for which some GOT data was still outstanding at the time of submission. Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 9 [...]
2009-02-27 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA329MINISTER GULER LAYS OUT US-TURKEY ENERGY PRIORITIES
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey told Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on March 2 that regional energy security will be a priority issue for Secretary Clinton during her March 7 stop in Ankara. Ambassador expressed concern about Turkey's rapprochement with Russia on energy issues and urged continued GOT su [...]
2009-03-03 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET TU
09ANKARA331ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA337TURKEY STILL PLANS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH BLACK SEA
[...] (C) Turkey acknowledges reftel concerns regarding the upcoming Black Sea Defense Ministerial (BSDM),but still believes that establishing a political venue for littoral states would enhance security in the Black Sea. A crowded political calendar may put off this meeting for several months: a [...]
2009-03-05 08:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR NATO TU
09ANKARA339TURKEY: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST IN ADVANCE
[...] (C) Responses to reftel A questions for Turkey follow below. As requested, electronic copies of reftels B-M (referred to below) will be sent to recipients listed in reftel A. Summary of Key Issues Stimulus: What has been proposed thus far? What more is being considered? Is there capaci [...]
2009-03-05 10:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN TU
09ANKARA341TURKEY: NEW EU NEGOTIATOR DISCUSSES TURKEY'S
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT cannot push for bold EU-mandated reforms until after the March 29 local elections, according to Turkey's new EU negotiator Egemen Bagis. Even after the elections, Bagis noted that he would not have the necessary clout internally to successfully advocate for the unpopular [...]
2009-03-05 11:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU
09ANKARA349AFGHAN AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR GREATER TURKISH
[...] (C) The Afghan Ambassador in Ankara believes that Turkey, as a Muslim country, can provide more effective and acceptable support to Afghanistan than other NATO allies. Military and police training, education, construction, and religious messaging are Turkey's comparative strengths. He argue [...]
2009-03-05 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP MOPS AF TU
09ANKARA351ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA362ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA367ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA370TURKEY: BABACAN, LIVNI MEET WITH OPEN ARMS,
[...] (C) Summary: In the first high-level engagement since the Gaza crisis and PM Erdogan's Davos outburst, Turkish FM Babacan and Israeli FM Livni met on the margins of the March 5 NATO Foreign Ministerial. The two leaders discussed Turkish-Israeli relations, the Gaza crisis, Palestinian reconci [...]
2009-03-12 09:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IS TU
09ANKARA372ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA374TURKEY: ROJ-TV STILL A THORN IN DENMARK'S SIDE
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey's March 9 response to a long-standing Danish request for concrete, "actionable" information on the link between PKK and ROJ-TV was inadequate, Danish Ambassador Vahr complained to us March 11. Turkey has not yet responded to Denmark's December proposal of formal bilateral [...]
2009-03-13 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL DA TU
09ANKARA394SCENESETTER FOR USAEUR'S VISIT TO ANKARA, MARCH
[...] (S) Thanks to highly successful intelligence sharing against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq over the last 15 months, bilateral military relations are at a high point. Your visit precedes a visit by President Obama in early April, follows the first ever bilateral Army-to-Army staff talks (in J [...]
2009-03-17 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MASS IZ AF AM CY RS TU
09ANKARA403ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA405TURKEY: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE AND
[...] (U) We delivered ref A points on the Pakistan Donors' Conference and ref B points on the Afghanistan Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin March 18. PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE --------------------------- 2. (C) Turkey's representation is undecided for the April 17 me [...]
2009-03-18 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EFIN INRD IMF AF PK IR TU
09ANKARA417TURKEY: EVALUATING ADDITIONAL POLICE/GENDARMERIE
[...] (C) During a discussion about upcoming international conferences related to Afghanistan and Pakistan (ref a) MFA Afghanistan Department Head Babur Girgin told us on March 18 that Turkey is considering a number of steps to enhance its security contributions in support of ISAF. He noted that a [...]
2009-03-20 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF TU
09ANKARA423ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA454ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA456INFLUENCING TURKEY'S APPROACH TO ADDRESSING
[...] (C) Turkey's approach to the Black Sea and its perception of potential threats in the wider Black Sea region differ sharply from our own and from that of other littoral states. Turkey has consistently resisted almost every attempt to broaden membership of Black Sea-related organizations beyond [...]
2009-03-26 06:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM TU
09ANKARA461TURKEY'S PERSPECTIVE ON NATO-EU RELATIONS
[...] (C) Turkey's position on NATO-EU relations is tied to its policy regarding Cyprus and to its insistence on strict adherence to formal arrangements between the Alliance and the EU. Efforts to press Turkey to agree to any new formal agreements to allow closer NATO-EU cooperation, even if limite [...]
2009-03-26 11:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO EU TU
09ANKARA476ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA479TURKEY NERVOUS ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR
[...] (C) We met with MFA Afghanistan Department Head Babur Girgin and NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari to discuss NATO summit deliverables on Afghanistan and Pakistan (reftel) on March 26. The MFA officials welcomed the news that the U.S. review process has concluded and said Turkey looked [...]
2009-03-27 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR
09ANKARA492ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA502ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA503TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC ASKS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Apakan on April 2 the specific requests for additional Turkish contributions in Afghanistan (ref a). Apakan acknowledged that the request took into account Turkey's strengths and said that his government wants to be as helpful as possible. He said i [...]
2009-04-02 19:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF TU
09ANKARA508ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-04 05:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA515OBAMA WINS THE HEARTS OF TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 08:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA516TURKEY: PRAISE FOR POTUS'S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: President Obama's speech to Turkish Parliament -- the most public aspect of his Turkey visit -- was widely praised among our political and civil society contacts. All segments of the Turkish government and state in attendance resoundingly applauded the President's statement of s [...]
2009-04-07 10:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA519OBAMA'S POSITIVE MESSAGES RESONATE WITH TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA523TURKEY STEPS UP TO THE PLATE ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey will more than double its troop presence in Afghanistan, from about 820 to almost 1900. MFA officials provided clarification to the additional Turkish contributions listed in ref a and said that the GOT is actively considering sending an additional PRT to Afgha [...]
2009-04-08 16:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF TU
09ANKARA534TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: MARCH 2009
[...] (C) TGS Deputy Chief Hasan Igsiz visited Baghdad on March 4 and met with Iraqi Defense Minister Jassem in Baghdad. Igsiz said Ankara was prepared to increase support for the Iraqi army and proposed that the two sides sign a memorandum of understanding (in lieu of a formal agreement) regarding [...]
2009-04-09 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAS IS MARR PINS PREL SR TU
09ANKARA540TURKEY ASKS FOR SUPPORT FOR AHMET UZUMCU AS NEW
[...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan has requested U.S. support for the candidacy of Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu for the post of Director General of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Apakan noted to Ambassador April 10 that Uzumcu, currently Turkish Permanent Delegate to the U [...]
2009-04-10 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TU
09ANKARA557ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 11:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA564ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA567BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK
[...] We met with Microwave Electronic Systems, Inc. (MIKES) Project Manager Nurhan Ayaz Ozveren and Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) official Tuba Karazincir on April 15 at MIKES headquarters in Ankara to conduct a post-shipment end use check on License 050111816 (ref a). MIKES is a we [...]
2009-04-16 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
09ANKARA569MEDIA SUPPORT PARALLEL STEPS BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 10:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA575Media: MFA Denies Argument between Babacan and Guliev;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 10:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA589Ankara Media Summary
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 10:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA599TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT TO SOMALI'S TFG
[...] (SBU) We passed REFTEL points to MFA Africa Section Chief, Aykut Kumbaroglu, on April 22. Kumbaroglu reported the Government of Turkey (GOT) will announce a USD one million pledge at the April 23 Donors Conference in Brussels earmarked for programs supporting Somalia's Transitional Federal [...]
2009-04-24 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
09ANKARA600TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT
[...] (C) Coming in the wake of the hugely successful visits of President Obama and Secretary Clinton, the GOT will warmly welcome your visit as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. It will be seen as yet another indication of U.S. respect for Turkey's inte [...]
2009-04-24 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU
09ANKARA63TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO ALLIANCE GROUND
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA NATO Infrastructure and Logistics Department Head Deniz Cakar told us that although Turkey has decided not to break silence on the basing decision for the NATO AGS program, it was not happy with the process leading up to the NAC decision sheet. She made [...]
2009-01-14 17:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO MARR
09ANKARA641TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA656TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA659TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA660SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKEY OF VADM
[...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Turkey a month after President Obama's visit. The President's April visit had a game-changing effect not only in public opinion of the U.S. here, but also on issues relating to Turkey's increased commitments to Afghanistan, its readiness to move in the directi [...]
2009-05-07 05:25:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MASS PGOV TU
09ANKARA663TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 10:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA692TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 10:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA725TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 10:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA73TURKEY NOT READY TO AGREE TO GIVE UP RIGHT TO SEEK
[...] (C) Turkey's position against joining consensus on the current draft text of new Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines to restrict Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology is hardening. On January 14, MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador that Turkey objects to portions of the current tex [...]
2009-01-15 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU
09ANKARA745TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CASEY
[...] (SBU) Coming in the wake of hugely successful trips of President Obama and Secretary Clinton, your visit will be seen as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. Your visit is an opportunity to reinforce the importance of strong U.S.-Turkey relations and [...]
2009-05-26 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TU
09ANKARA747TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA756SCENESETTER: TURKEY'S CHOD AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) The visits to Washington of Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug and Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul will take place in a positive bilateral environment, although some of the euphoria which followed President Obama's landmark visit to Turkey has subsided. Turkey's leaders welcomed [...]
2009-05-28 08:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM MARR TU
09ANKARA757TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 11:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA774SRAP HOLBROOKE'S GOT BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS: "THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 18 meeting in Istanbul, SRAP Holbrooke pressed his Turkish MFA counterpart to increase Turkey's diplomatic, political, economic/reconstruction and military training activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in close coordination with the US. Holbrooke underscored that Tu [...]
2009-06-02 12:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM PK AF TU
09ANKARA776TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA78KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The list of potential flashpoints between Turkey and Greece is long, and both sides have tried to drag the U.S. or NATO into these disputes, particularly on the status of demilitarization of islands in the eastern Aegean. To help ensure Greece -Turkey relations do not go off track [...]
2009-01-15 17:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO GR TU
09ANKARA780SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF TURKISH FM DAVUTOGLU
[...] (S) Newly appointed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu welcomes the opportunity to meet with you early in his tenure as Minister. Our continued willingness to engage the Turks at the highest levels reinforces the message that this administration considers Turkey a strategic partner. Turkish of [...]
2009-06-03 08:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ENRG TU
09ANKARA792TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA803TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 10:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA815TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA816TURKEY: DAVUTOGLU STEPS FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmet Davutoglu's May 1 appointment as Foreign Minister has raised many questions about the future of Turkish foreign policy. As Senior Prime Ministry Foreign Policy Advisor, Davutoglu created a new paradigm that broadened Turkey's traditional Western orientation to include a dee [...]
2009-06-10 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA82ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA839SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Dave, thanks for taking the time to come to Turkey. Building on President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's landmark visits earlier this year, your trip will further underscore our recognition of Turkey as an essential partner in practically every mission we seek to accomplish in this regio [...]
2009-06-17 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER TU
09ANKARA850MFA ON NATO SECGEN'S FAREWELL VISIT AND NRC
[...] (C) Summary: NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security Affairs Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin provided a readout of NATO Sec Gen Jaap de Hoop Scheffer,s June 8 farewell visit to Turkey and briefed us on Turkey,s position regarding the NATO Russia Council (NRC). She also confirmed that the MFA is co [...]
2009-06-18 10:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL RS TU NATO US
09ANKARA853TURKEY'S VIEW ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU
[...] (C) MFA DDG for OSCE, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun said that Turkey fully supports the principles outlined in ref a regarding the Corfu ministerial and noted specifically that Turkey's approach will be guided by the language contained in Paragraph 3 of the December [...]
2009-06-19 07:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON
09ANKARA854COUNTER PIRACY: TURKEY READY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE
[...] (C) Turkey strongly supports NATO's Operation Ocean Shield and pledged a Turkish naval vessel to deploy together with the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 to the region. That was the message we received loud and clear from Cagatay Erciyes, head of the MFA's Maritime Affairs Section and Turker [...]
2009-06-19 07:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR TU
09ANKARA855TURKEY: AEGEAN ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED AS A
[...] (S) The Ambassador raised Aegean issues with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Apakan on June 16, pressing hard that overflights of inhabited Greek islands did not support the goal of calm in the Aegean. Apakan was clearly taken aback by our approach on the overflights specifically, and said he cou [...]
2009-06-19 10:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL MARR TU
09ANKARA862TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA871TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA889TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA92DCHOD IGSIZ ON AEGEAN, IRAQ AND BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's first formal call, Deputy Chief of Staff General Hasan Igsiz praised the current strength of the U.S. - Turkey military relationship, thanked the U.S. for sharing vital intelligence as Turkey fights PKK terrorists in Northern Iraq and took on board the Ambassador's [...]
2009-01-20 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM TU
09ANKARA948TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA949TURKEY'S NATO SUMMIT COMMITMENTS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Turkey is on track to meet its NATO summit ISAF commitments (reftel),according to MFA NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari. The four military teams pledged for the Election Support Force, totaling about eighty personnel, will deploy to Afghanistan by mid-July. Plans to reassume comma [...]
2009-07-02 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF TU
09ANKARA957TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA959TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]
2009-07-07 04:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANKARA960TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]
2009-07-07 04:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANKARA982US-TURKEY POLICY PLANNING TALKS IDENTIFY COMMON
[...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Senior Staff Dean Pittman, and Ambassador Jeffrey held informal policy planning talks with MFA Director General of Policy Planning Ambassador Dicle Kopuz, Deputy Director General Ahmet Oktay, Strategic Planning Department Head Burak Akcapar, [...]
2009-07-09 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA985GEN PETRAEUS VISITS ANKARA, FINDS BROAD AGREEMENT
[...] (S) During a June 30 - July 1 visit to Turkey, CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus found broad agreement on and readiness to cooperate with the USG approach in Afghanistan, Pakistan and, generally speaking, Iraq. Turkey was already working to increase further its commitment to Afghanistan, b [...]
2009-07-10 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM MARR TU
09ASHGABAT1087 EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. From 1 - 7 August the EXBS Office supported the Department of Energy (DOE) Second Line of Defense (SLD) Portal Monitor Installation Project with site visits for equipment acceptance at Turkmenabat/Farap, Turkmenbashy, Artyk, Watan [...]
2009-08-31 09:55:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT1143 TURKMENISTAN: UNODC EVALUATED IMAMNAZAR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 4, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Chief of Mission Ercan Saka hosted an evaluation meeting for its Strengthening Turkmen- Afghan Border project, particularly construction of Imamnazar border crossing che [...]
2009-09-09 12:27:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1176TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 12:21:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AF TX
09ASHGABAT1209 TURKMENISTAN: INL COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS EXTEND TO THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the invitation of Department's INL Bureau, Post hosted the visit of Travis Birney of DEA's International Training Division from 14-18 September. The visit was arranged to prepare for two one-week Basic Drug E [...]
2009-09-24 09:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1226 EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY
[...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. EXBS was forced to withdraw the contract from Turkemngasgeophysics (TGG) for support of the DOE/SLD project due to continued problems. The contract officer with TGG continuously placed roadblocks in the way of a successful contr [...]
2009-09-28 09:03:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT1231TURKMENISTAN: NATO-SPONSORED SEMINAR FIRST STEP IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO will hold a seminar on civil emergency planning methodology in Ashgabat, which is something of a breakthrough in its engagement with the Turkmen government. NATO's other Turkmen initiative, an assessment of a radioactive waster remediation project, is also queued up for impl [...]
2009-09-28 12:12:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO TX
09ASHGABAT1294TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT INDIFFERENCE IMPEDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen people are making ends meet by creativity in business and supporting family within the tribal system, but with little help from their government. The EU TACIS Program Advisor in Turkmenistan said that traditional assistance programs allow the government to take a cut o [...]
2009-10-14 12:54:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1383 EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. No progress was made in support of the DOE/SLD Program in our attempt to import radioactive test sources for use in calibrating the portal monitors. 2. Training Conducted During Reporting Period. a. EXBS facilitated the par [...]
2009-10-30 07:11:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT191 TURKMENISTAN: JANUARY MEDIA REACTION, MIXED RESULTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, state media highlighted some Embassy events, but at times, omitted any mention of a U.S. role. State media were reluctant to cover donations of musical instruments to local schools, although anything [...]
2009-02-06 12:14:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT2: TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...]
2009-01-05 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT244TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) On February 20, DCM discussed reftel policy review with MFA Americas Department Chief Serdar Bashimov. Bashimov seemed gratified that the United States was inviting Turkmenistan's input. He said such a review, which sought the views of regional partners, was a "wise and correct" approach [...]
2009-02-20 12:14:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TX
09ASHGABAT294IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S TEHRAN
[...] (C) The Charge met March 3 with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang, who offered further insight on the implications of President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Tehran (reftel). (NOTE: Ambassador Lang is a fluent Farsi speaker who has spent time in both Iran and Afghanistan and wrote a doctoral [...]
2009-03-04 12:42:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT344TURKMENISTAN: NEWLY-ARRIVED AFGHAN DIPLOMAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A newly-arrived Afghan diplomat in Ashgabat recently shared his views about the current situation in Afghanistan. He stressed that there needs to be a focus on reconstruction, democratic government and an end to the interference in Afghan affairs emanating from Pakistan. Accordin [...]
2009-03-16 13:15:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT421TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE REQUESTING SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 11:22:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TX
09ASHGABAT735TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 05:33:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT741NATO LIAISON PESSIMISTIC ABOUT COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) On June 10, visiting NATO Liaison officer, Evan Tracz, painted a negative picture about NATO-Turkmenistan cooperation for a group of political officers from the Polish, German, UK, Turkish and U.S. Embassies. The reason for Tracz's meetings with Turkmen officials was to solicit their rene [...]
2009-06-11 12:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO TX
09ASHGABAT754 LEAHY VETTING FOR GOTX NATO-RUSSIA
[...] Per reftel, Post was asked to conduct a human rights review for the nominees listed below to attend the USG-funded NATO-Russia Counter- Narcotics Training 22 June-26 June 2009, Turkmenistan. 2. Post has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 12, 2009, it possesses no credible informa [...]
2009-06-15 06:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT78KAZAKH AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON TURKMENISTAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Charge, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Turkmenistan touched upon his country's improving relations with Turkmenistan, ongoing negotiations about Caspian Sea boundaries and drug trafficking routes through Central Asia. He analyzed the Turkmenistan governm [...]
2009-01-16 10:05:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KZ TX
09ASHGABAT83TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On January 16, CENTCOM Commander, General Petraeus, accompanied by Charge Miles, met with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov for over an hour. Berdimuhamedov was accompanied by Foreign Minister Meredov. Berdimuhamedov paid close attention to the detailed strategic briefing of th [...]
2009-01-19 07:48:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TX
09ASHGABAT837SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT84TURKMENSITAN: GENERAL PETREAUS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On January 16, following his conversation with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov, CENTCOM Commander Petraeus, accompanied by Charge Miles, met for an hour and a half with Turkmen Foreign Minister Meredov. The Minister was accompanied by the Ministry's North American Office Chief [...]
2009-01-19 07:54:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TX
09ASHGABAT916TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 12:40:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TX
09ASHGABAT990TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATION NGO "GIVES UP" ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After seven attempts to register since 2007, the director of a nongovernmental education association said it is useless to continue re-applying until the Turkmen government changes its NGO policy. Even the presence of many of the organization's alumni in high government posts ha [...]
2009-08-05 12:27:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT992TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]
2009-08-05 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASTANA1166 KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 10 meeting in Astana, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns told Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin that the United States wants to move forward on establishing a commission to oversee bilateral relations. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blak [...]
2009-07-13 03:53:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1254 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche requesting assistance to Afghanistan beyond the elections to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on July 23. He provided Zhigalov with a non-paper detailing Afghanistan's pri [...]
2009-07-24 10:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA1518 KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...]
2009-09-13 03:45:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1542 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARACHE DELIVERED ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Talgat Shaldanbay, Chief of the Middle East Division of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PolOff delivered the talking points (ref) on the Afghan Presidential Election. Shaldanbay agreed to pass the message to appropriate points of contact wit [...]
2009-09-21 00:57:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA1842 KAZAKHSTAN FY 2010 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF 1206 FUNDING
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy Astana's Country Team approve the Kazakhstan Fiscal Year 2010 1206 funding proposal. The proposals are for equipment and training for the Kazakhstan Peacekeeping Brigade (KAZBRIG) of the Airmobile Forces Command and the Air Defense Forces. The proposal fo [...]
2009-10-13 06:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
09ASTANA1947 KAZAKHSTAN'S CSIS OSCE SEMINAR REINFORCES THE CHALLENGE OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Institute for New Democracies, as part of a year-long joint project with the government of Kazakhstan, brought together in Astana on October 2 [...]
2009-11-02 07:24:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1950 KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES OSCE WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told SCA DAS George Krol and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly on October 29 that as OSCE Chairman, Kazakhstan will be "unbiased" and "equally fulfill all thre [...]
2009-11-03 02:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2006 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S.
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...]
2009-11-13 05:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2071 U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI MILITARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS SUPPORT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Kazakhstani Bilateral Defense Consultations, held in Washington and Arizona November 16-18, discussed how to sustain and strengthen cooperative U.S.-Kazakhstani military-to-military engagement. Key topics during Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense Sembinov's meetings [...]
2009-11-23 00:40:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL MARR KZ
09ASTANA2190 KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON LOGISTICS
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave his annual summing up to the diplomatic corps on December 22. Since he broke no new ground on any issue, we are reporting only excerpts from his presentation about issues of special in [...]
2009-12-22 08:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SENV OSCE EU CH RS
09ASTANA22KAZAKHSTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit will foster our bilateral cooperation and our strategic interests, and will provide you the opportunity thank the Government of Kazakhstan for its support to Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to encourage and support [...]
2009-01-09 02:19:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR MCAP MASS AF KZ
09ASTANA253 KAZAKHSTAN SUGGESTS MULTILATERAL APPROACH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Khairat Sarybay February 11 to seek Kazakhstan's views on Kyrgyzstan's announced decision to close Manas Air Base and Russia's intentions in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Noting that Russia is Kazakhstan's strategic a [...]
2009-02-12 05:16:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF KG KZ
09ASTANA269 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 7-13
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The reported closure of Manas Airbase in neighboring Kyrgyzstan continues to make news in Kazakhstan, spurring a number of stories about regional politics and the announcement of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Rapid Response Force. Both the closure decision and [...]
2009-02-13 09:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PROP EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA307 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 11-18
[...] SUMMARY: A perceived delay in the final decision on closing Manas airbase triggered speculation on whether the Kyrgyz Government's announcement on closing the base was simply an attempt to try to squeeze a few more dollars out of the United States. The U.S. stimulus-package legislation also [...]
2009-02-20 09:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA371 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 21-27
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 21-27, the Kazakhstani media continued to speculate about the regional ramifications of Kyrgyzstan's decision to close the Manas airbase, as well as about the future of both the U.S. dollar and the Kazakhstani tenge amidst the continuing global economic cr [...]
2009-02-27 10:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA387 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AIR WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION MEETS WITH
[...] SUMMARY: Three main documents serve as the basis for Kazakhstan's environmental activities and underpin the government's environmental policies, Ministry of Environment official told a visiting U.S. Air War College delegation on March 2. These documents are the Environmental Code, the Concep [...]
2009-03-04 09:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EPET SENV KZ
09ASTANA415 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...]
2009-03-06 09:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA417 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...]
2009-03-06 09:23:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA426 KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense, General-Lieutenant Bulat Sembinov, accompanied by Embassy Astana's defense attache, travelled via Manas at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to Kabul, Afghanistan, February 23-25. In Kabul he met with Commander International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) [...]
2009-03-10 03:05:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA435KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...]
2009-03-12 07:28:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ
09ASTANA478KAZAKHSTAN: "MOSCOW WANTS YOU TO FAIL IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani foreign-policy insider told the Ambassador Moscow strongly objects to Kazakhstan playing any kind of military role in Afghanistan, but at the same time Astana is striving to balance its interests and find the best way to be helpful in Afghanistan. He said Kazakhsta [...]
2009-03-17 08:04:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PROP MARR IR RS AF KZ
09ASTANA494 KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...]
2009-03-19 09:43:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA498 KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...]
2009-03-20 05:20:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ
09ASTANA557 KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev said on March 30: he wants to be a strong, non-ideological partner with the United States to help on Afghanistan; he continues to advise Tehran to give up their nuclear ambitions, and will do so once again on April 6 when President Ahmadinejad visits Ast [...]
2009-03-31 11:36:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM START RS IR AF KZ
09ASTANA558 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21-27
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 21-27, the Kazakhstani media focused on economic issues, ranging from the U.S. government's stimulus plans to the effect the economy is having on pushing young people out of villages and into the cities. A lengthy analysis was devoted to what Presidents Obama [...]
2009-03-31 11:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF RS KZ
09ASTANA596 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25-APRIL 1
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 25-April 1, there was no one topic that dominated the Kazakhstani media. Independent weekly "Delovaya Nedeleya" ran a lengthy interview with Deputy Defense Minister Bulat Sembinov regarding Kazakhstan's participation in Afghanistan, and pro-government weekly [...]
2009-04-06 08:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KCRM AF RS KZ
09ASTANA621 KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...]
2009-04-10 12:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA622 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8
[...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...]
2009-04-12 07:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA626KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel A demarche on the conclusions of our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review and requesting specific Kazakhstani contributions to Afghanistan to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on April 13. He provided Zhigalov with non-papers on both issues, expla [...]
2009-04-13 10:03:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA715 KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM:
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...]
2009-04-27 06:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA94 KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 00:53:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ
09ASTANA95 KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev told CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus: -- the situation in Afghanistan greatly worries him; the Taliban should never be allowed to become a coalition partner in the Afghan government; -- Iran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear state, but the United States need [...]
2009-01-20 05:56:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ
09ASTANA953 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29
[...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...]
2009-06-05 05:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA982 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...]
2009-06-08 10:08:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ
09ASTANA983KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ambassador delivered demarches on a possible Kazakhstani arms sale to Syria and on U.S.-Russian discussions on the transit of lethal supplies to Afghanistan to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay (see reftels),and briefed Sarybay on his recent visit [...]
2009-06-08 10:13:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PINR MNUC CASC KNNP NATO KZ
09ATHENS1015(S) Bakoyannis: TUAF Overflights Must Stop Before Progress
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 15:44:00Embassy AthensSECRETMARR MOPS PREL GR
09ATHENS109KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS
[...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...]
2009-01-29 05:40:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO TU GR
09ATHENS1103A/S Gordon's June 27 Meeting with Polish FM Sikorski: Russia
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon met with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on the margins of the June 27-28 NATO-Russia Council and OSCE Informal Ministerial in Corfu, Greece. Their discussion centered on Georgia, U.S.-Russia nuclear disarmament negotiations, missile defen [...]
2009-06-30 08:19:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PL
09ATHENS116KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS'
[...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...]
2009-01-29 15:40:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO TU GR
09ATHENS1233U.S.-Russia Summit Results Demarche Delivered: Greek MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 13:01:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GR RS
09ATHENS1257DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK FOREIGN
[...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair-in-Office Theodora Bakoyannis told Deputy Secretary Steinberg May 15 that although she had stopped negotiations on an OSCE mandate in Georgia, her last proposal remained on the table in case Russia were to reconsider its position. She agreed that Russ [...]
2009-07-17 11:33:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1261DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH GREEK PM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his May 15 meeting with Greek PM Karamanlis (accompanied by FM Bakoyiannis),Deputy Secretary Steinberg outlined our strategic vision for broadening the U.S.-Greece relationship. The Deputy Secretary reviewed key global challenges where we could work more closely together, i [...]
2009-07-17 13:22:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1265Aegean Issues: Thoughts on CBMs, Preparing for Turkish
[...] (C) Embassy Athens welcomes the interagency focus on Aegean issues reflected in the sub-IPC reported informally in ref. We recognize that it will be important for Greece to contribute to an improved atmosphere in the Aegean that can diffuse the tension and create an opportunity for more subs [...]
2009-07-17 14:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU GR
09ATHENS1277GoG On Latest Nimetz Proposals, Language Issue
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's chief negotiator in the UN-led talks on the Macedonia name issue, Adamantios Vassilakis, briefed NATO and EU ambassadors July 17 on the GoG reaction to mediator Matthew Nimetz's most recent proposals. Nimetz visited Athens July 7-9 and met separately with FM Dora Bakoyia [...]
2009-07-20 15:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR MK
09ATHENS1331Greek-U.S. Partnership in Afghanistan and Pakistan
[...] (C) The Government of Greece continues to respond positively to USG requests for increasing military and civilian assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite its dire fiscal realities. According to Hellenic Aid (HA),Greece's development agency, the GoG has pledged 3.7 million euro to Afgha [...]
2009-07-27 07:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EAID GR SNAR CA UK
09ATHENS1419Initial thoughts on new Greek CHOD Giagkos
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The August 6 replacement of Greek CHOD General Dimitris Grapsas with Chief of the Air Force General Ioannis Giagkos (YAH gos) set off a round of speculation in the press, but appears consistent with general personnel practices. Further, Giagkos at first glance appears to be more [...]
2009-08-10 12:31:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR GR TU
09ATHENS1455NEW NATO SYG GETS MIXED REVIEWS IN GREECE
[...] (C) Greek government and media reaction to the August 26-27 visit of new NATO Secretary General Rasmussen has been moderately negative. While Greeks were pleased to have the opportunity to brief Rasmussen on their positions on the Aegean, the new NATO strategic concept, and other issues, they [...]
2009-09-02 15:14:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL CY TU GR
09ATHENS1465DAS Kaidanow's Sept. 1-2 visit to Athens Features Turkey,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Tina Kaidanow visited Athens September 1-2, meeting with FM Bakoyannis, PASOK Party president George Papandreou, Deputy FM Valinakis, Deputy MOD Tasoulas, Interior Ministry SecGen for Public Order Bitsios, Finance Ministry SecGen Sideropoulos, and Parliament External Affairs [...]
2009-09-11 09:59:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS MARR MOPS
09ATHENS147GREECE/NATO: ACCESSION PROCESS STATUS UPDATE
[...] (C) Per ref A request, we have further followed-up with GOG officials on the status of the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO (ref B). The protocols are now pending in the Parliament, and various contacts have confirmed that the Parliament is expected to approve them in "Fe [...]
2009-02-03 10:34:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL HR AL GR
09ATHENS1471MFA ON TURKISH INVOLVEMENT IN EU FRONTEX AND OLYMPIC AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Greek MFA told us September 10 that the recent warning by Turkish air control to a Latvian air force helicopter flying an EU Frontex mission in Greek airspace over Farmakonisi to "leave Turkish airspace immediately" was only one in a series of such actions directed at Frontex [...]
2009-09-11 14:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAIR GR TU EUN LG
09ATHENS1487GREEK RESPONSE TO U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN
[...] (C) On September 18, Post delivered reftel points to the Greek MFA's NATO Directorate. They viewed the President's announcement in general terms as a positive recalibration of U.S. efforts, and queried as to the location of any future radar or launcher sites, given recent speculation in the G [...]
2009-09-21 10:22:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GR
09ATHENS1491EUROPE 2010: ATHENS PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) The following individuals from Embassy Athens will attend the Europe 2010 Conference in Brussels September 30 - October 1. Both hold valid NATO clearances. Hotel information is included directly below the personal data of each traveler. -- Ambassador Daniel Vern Speckhard DO [...]
2009-09-22 13:19:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR OTRA PARM NATO GR
09ATHENS1497YOUR VISIT TO ATHENS
[...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of political fervor and uncertainty, with early national elections called by an embattled Prime Minister on October 4 in which he and his party are widely expected to lose to the opposition center-left PASOK party. Beyond po [...]
2009-09-23 14:08:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR
09ATHENS1513Likely Scenarios for Greek Elections/Impact on USG interests
[...] (C) Summary: All indications point to PASOK winning narrowly; the vote is more a protest against ND than a vote for PASOK and its policies. An interregnum leading to a second round of elections in November resulting in a stronger PASOK government is also possible. A PASOK government is unlik [...]
2009-09-25 14:31:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MK TU GR
09ATHENS1541PM PAPANDREOU SHARES GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR AND FORMER DEPSEC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New PM Papandreou took on the Foreign Ministry job in order to inject "new dynamism" into Greece's regional challenges, he told Ambassador Speckhard and Brookings Institution President (and former Deputy Secretary) Strobe Talbott on October 12. He pointed to his October 9 snap [...]
2009-10-14 16:05:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL GR TU EUN ZL MK
09ATHENS1549ATHENS LAY OF THE LAND FOR PM A/S SHAPIRO
[...] (C) Andrew: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of calm between two storms; the first being the recently concluded Parliamentary elections in which PM Papandreou scored a decisive victory over the moribund Karamanlis administration, and the second being Greece's dismal economic sit [...]
2009-10-15 15:38:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MARR MASS GR
09ATHENS1559Ambassador's Call on New ALt-FM Droutsas
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid his initial call on incoming Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas October 15. Droutsas emphasized the new GoG's active foreign policy agenda, pointing to the PM's recent trip to Istanbul as a "conscious signal that the immediate neighborhood is our highes [...]
2009-10-19 13:31:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OSCE GR
09ATHENS1563MOD VENIZELOS LAYS OUT VIEWS BEFORE PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. New Minister of Defense Evangelos Venizelos recently told Parliament that he will take an "extremely cautious" view towards NATO's Strategic Concept, that he wants to avoid Aegean tensions but will resist flagrant Turkish violations of international law and threats of violence, an [...]
2009-10-23 10:50:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS GR
09ATHENS1589SCENESETTER FOR ADM ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO GREECE
[...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Welcome to Greece. You are the first and most senior flag officer to visit Greece since the October 4 national elections. Admiral Stavridis (as SACEUR) and Admiral Fitzgerald (as NAVEUR) visited Athens in late September. Your visit comes as newly elected PM George Papa [...]
2009-10-30 09:38:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PGOV NATO GR
09ATHENS1597NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DEEPEN U.S-GREECE STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial October 22 meeting with Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis, A/S Shapiro urged Greece to deepen its partnership with the U.S. on counterpiracy, sign the New York Declaration on Best Practices, follow through on its commitment to move its ISAF engineering batt [...]
2009-11-04 14:12:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR
09ATHENS1599ALT/MFA DROUTSAS OPTIMISTIC ON BALKANS, TURKEY WITH A/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM A/S Shapiro used an October 22 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas to encourage closer U.S.-Greek cooperation in counter-piracy, urging Greece to sign the New York Declaration on best practices and to try piracy suspects in Greek courts. He also thanked th [...]
2009-11-04 14:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR
09ATHENS1605MOD VENIZELOS: POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT SOME TOUGH ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Defense Evangelos Venizelos expressed his commitment to a strong bilateral defense relationship in the Ambassador's first one-on-one meeting with him November 4. Well-briefed on Afghanistan, he said Greece would keep its medical teams (there for the elections suppo [...]
2009-11-05 17:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS GR AF TU
09ATHENS1623SCENESETTER FOR ASD VERSHBOW'S VISIT TO GREECE
[...] (C) Welcome to Greece. Your visit is an important one and reinforces efforts by recent high-level USG visitors (SACEUR ADM Stavridis, COMNAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald, PM A/S Shapiro, and CNO ADM Roughead) to demonstrate to the Greeks that we are serious about our Alliance and about working with them [...]
2009-11-12 17:08:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR AF TU
09ATHENS1627MFA VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT, NRC, CFE, OSCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece supports our goal at the December Foreign Ministerial of MAP for Montenegro, and agrees BiH is not ready. On NATO-Russia, he noted that the SecGen's draft ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats may be a bit overly ambitious, but that it was importan [...]
2009-11-13 15:46:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1629ISAF: GREEKS WON'T GO TO RC-WEST AFTER ALL, NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) As foreshadowed by MOD Venizelos in his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Greek press reports that the Government Council of Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA),Greece's NSC equivalent, decided November 13 to reverse the previous government's commitment to re-deploy the Greek ISAF [...]
2009-11-13 15:48:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1649ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH LEVEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The desire for an upgraded and substantive strategic partnership was a recurring theme of the Greek side when Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow met with Greek Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis for the 14th U.S-Gr [...]
2009-11-20 14:51:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK AF ZL
09ATHENS1651ASD VERSHBOW'S GREEK BILATS: AEGEAN/TURKEY, NATO, ISAF,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings November 16 with the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Dimitris Paraskevopoulos and MFA Secretary General Ioannis-Alexis Zepos following his participation in the High Level Consultative Committee (reftel),Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Sec [...]
2009-11-20 15:27:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK ZL AF RS IR
09ATHENS1655AMBASSADOR AND DROUTSAS DISCUSS MACEDONIA, IRAN, TURKEY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Speckhard called on Alternate FM Droutsas November 23 for a tour d' horizon prior to the December 1-2 Athens OSCE Ministerial, focusing on Macedonia, Iran, and Turkey. The Ambassador urged Droutsas to stay engaged and push for a solution to the Macedonia name issue in [...]
2009-11-25 16:06:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR OSCE KPIR GR MK TU IR
09ATHENS1657SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO GREECE
[...] (C) Welcome to Greece. There have been a lot of changes here since you last visited in June. We are now building on the opportunities presented by new Administrations in both Washington and Athens to cement a partnership that can confront common strategic challenges beyond the regional issue [...]
2009-11-25 16:34:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MARR NATO GR AF TU MK
09ATHENS1665GREECE WILL LOOK AT ISAF OMLTS, BUT NOT KEEN ON FURTHER
[...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard drew on reftel A points in a November 27 discussion with Minister of Defense Venizelos, emphasizing the importance of Greek solidarity with the President's upcoming Afghanistan announcement both in the form of a public statement by the Prime Minister and at the upcomin [...]
2009-11-27 15:16:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO GR AF
09ATHENS1673NATO: GREEK UNEASE AT UPCOMING NATO CAOC AND CC-AIR COMMAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek interlocutors, including Minister of Defense Venizelos and Chief of Defense Giagkos, have increasingly and more stridently expressed to us that NATO's new "Flags-to-Posts" (FTP) arrangement agreed by CHODs in May 2009 is not acceptable to the new Papandreou government, citi [...]
2009-12-04 11:31:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR GR TU
09ATHENS1677GREECE: ENGAGEMENT ON OUR AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens took advantage of the Deputy Secretary's October 1-2 visit to press the Greek government for greater contributions in Afghanistan, and reinforce with the media the themes in the President's December 1 announcement. In a bilateral meeting October 2 with Greek PM Pa [...]
2009-12-04 14:12:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS168IRAQI FM, IRANIAN DFM BOTH SEEK GREATER COOP WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Athens, Iraqi FM Zebari discussed a wide range of topical issues with Greek FM Bakoyannis, thanked Greece for its decision to open a commercial office in northern Iraq, and urged Bakoyannis to make good on her long-standing promise to visit Iraq. Following [...]
2009-02-06 09:07:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ IR GR EAID ENRG
09ATHENS1683DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK PRIME
[...] (C) In a meeting on December 2, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Greek Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and OSCE Chair-in-Office George Papandreou discussed the President's announcement on the way forward in Afghanistan, the Macedonia name issue, bilateral relations with Turkey, the Cyprus issue [...]
2009-12-04 15:57:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1719GREEK A/FM DROUTSAS' MEETING WITH P-5 AMBASSADORS
[...] (S) Summary: In a lunch today for P-5 Ambassadors, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Droutsas shared Greek views on Cyprus, the name issue, Turkey, and the economic crisis. On Cyprus, he pressed his belief that EU aquis communitaire could be the source of solutions for the differences that div [...]
2009-12-22 11:07:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL GR ECON
09ATHENS175CHOD GRAPSAS ON TURKEY AND AEGEAN, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) In a February 4 lunch at the Ambassador's reQence, the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General of the Army Demitrios Grapsas, termed recent Turkish behavior in the Aegean "childish" and made clear that the perception of the Turkish threat drives Greek military procur [...]
2009-02-06 15:46:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF GR
09ATHENS19FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE,
[...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...]
2009-01-07 17:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN
09ATHENS206 Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4
[...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]
2009-02-17 14:47:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS207PASOK LEADER PAPANDREOU READY TO ASSIST ON GLOBAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with Ambassador, main Greek opposition PASOK President George Papandreou offered his assistance to the new U.S. Administration on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Pakistan/Afghanistan, and other critical global issues. Citing his special status as he [...]
2009-02-18 05:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GR PTER MOPS SOCI IS IR NATO AFIN
09ATHENS235FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYIANNIS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyiannis will use her visit to Washington to define, publicly and privately, Greece's relations with the Obama administration. A charismatic yet practical politician, Bakoyiannis relishes her job as Foreign Minister, and will offer to work with us on a broad r [...]
2009-02-23 05:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR MK
09ATHENS240MFA PRESSES U.S. TO WITHDRAW FROM NAVAL EXERCISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 23, MFA Secretary General Agathocles summoned Ambassador Speckhard to tell him that, in the GOG's view, the U.S. should not to participate in the upcoming naval exercise "Egemen." Non-participation would send an important signal to Turkey that it needed [...]
2009-02-24 05:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PARM TU GR
09ATHENS249SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS, TURKEY, VISA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial and very substantive discussion during his visit to Athens, Senator Richard Durbin told Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis about his impressions of the chances for a settlement of the Cyprus issue following his visit to Nicosia and underscored the new administration's [...]
2009-02-26 11:04:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL CVIS ECON ENRG PTER PGOV TU CY GR
09ATHENS252CODEL DURBIN FOCUSES ON CYPRUS IN MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their February 18 meeting with PM Karmamanlis, Senator Durbin and Illinois state treasurer Giannoulias focused primarily on how to achieve progress on Cyprus this year. PM Karamanlis noted improvement in Greek-Turkish relations in many areas, but not on "heavy political i [...]
2009-02-26 12:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CVIS PHUM NATO UNFCYP GR TU MK CY
09ATHENS253GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND
[...] (SBU) On February 17, the Greek Parliament formally ratified the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to join NATO. Although Parliamentary approval is the last political step, the protocols must still be signed by the President of the Republic and published in the "Official Gazette. [...]
2009-02-26 15:28:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR
09ATHENS270GREECE/NATO: GREECE SUPPORTS CONTINUATION OF THE
[...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief met March 3 with MFA D2 NATO Department Deputy Director Theodoros Daskarolis and his staff to review reftel points on continued support for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. Reftel points had been shared with the MFA prior to the February 27 Policy Coordination meeting at NATO [...]
2009-03-03 15:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ GR
09ATHENS272GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: VIEWS ON "ENGAGING ALLIES AND
[...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief met March 3 with MFA D2 NATO Department Deputy Director Theodoros Daskarolis and his staff to review reftel points on engaging Allies and Partners on Afghanistan. Daskarolis thanked us for the paper (which had been provided previously),terming it a "very positive paper." H [...]
2009-03-03 16:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR
09ATHENS287GREECE/NATO: RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA
[...] The Government of Greece has completed the process to ratify the NATO accession of Croatia and Albania. Law 3753 -- the Parliament's ratification of the accession protocols for Croatia and Albania -- was published in the "Official Gazette" and became official on March 4, 2009. MFA sources h [...]
2009-03-09 13:01:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR
09ATHENS366GREECE/KOSOVO: GOG SUPPORTS "IN TOGETHER OUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 16:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV GR
09ATHENS419GREECE REJECTS ROM PROPOSALS AS DISTRACTION FROM REAL ISSUE
[...] (C) In a letter dated March 24, 2009, to Republic of Macedonia (ROM) Foreign Minister Milososki, Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis rejected Milososki's March 13 initiatives for signing a declaration of friendship, establishing a joint committee on education and history issues, and a framework proposal f [...]
2009-03-31 13:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GR MK
09ATHENS435GREECE: Response to Afghanistan-Pakistan Stragegic Review
[...] (C) POLCouns delivered ref a points to the Greek MFA's NATO on March 26 and to the MFA's Asian Affairs Department on March 27. MFA Counsellor Caterina Dimakis noted that, as the Hague conference was not a pledging conference - FM Bakoyiannis did not plan to make specific proposals for addition [...]
2009-04-01 10:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF NATO
09ATHENS471Greek Contributions to Afghanistan
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A instruction to urge Allies and partners to provide specific support for Afghanistan, Post has reached out to a range of Greek contacts in the MFA and MOD. Ambassador spoke on April 2 with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Chief of the Foreign Minister's Diplomati [...]
2009-04-03 14:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR GR
09ATHENS497MFA POSITIVE ON AFGHANISTAN, VISA WAIVER NEGOTIATIONS, POTUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador discussed ref A points on Afghanistan and Pakistan with head of the Foreign Minister's Diplomatic Cabinet, Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, noting the issue was not only a top priority for the U.S. but also a critical one for Greece, which had recently seen Afghani migrant [...]
2009-04-06 09:42:00Embassy AthensSECRETPGOV PREL IR AF MOPS GR
09ATHENS53GREECE: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ALBANIA-EU
[...] (U) The Greek Parliament ratified the EU/Albania Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) January 14. The ruling New Democracy party and main opposition party, PASOK, (who collectively hold 253 of the 300 seats in Parliament) both backed the agreement. Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Va [...]
2009-01-15 14:45:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR PGOV PREL AL
09ATHENS551GREECE LOOKS TO SUPPORT CYPRUS JOINING CONTACT GROUP ON
[...] The leading Greek MFA participant in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP),Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, has asked us to find a way to bring Cyprus into the CGSP in spite of Turkish objections. Paraskevopoulos argued that Cyprus met the criteria for membership, and that a rejection [...]
2009-04-09 13:48:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PTER GR CY
09ATHENS65GREECE: UPDATE ON RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION
[...] (C) MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard 1/15 that the NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albanian are pending in Parliament and should be approved "soon." Although contacts in the MFA NATO Department and the Office of the President of the Parliament report that A [...]
2009-01-20 13:38:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR PGOV PREL HR AL
09ATHENS657Re-Shaping the U.S.-Greece Relationship
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The overwhelming positive attitudes of the Greek public toward the new Administration offers an opportunity to reshape U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, moving Greece from a reluctant to reliable and proactive partner. To achieve this, we need to move the focus of our relationsh [...]
2009-04-24 12:40:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL GR PGOV NATO AF KNNP MK UN OSCE
09ATHENS685VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: A TOP PRIORITY IN U.S.-GREECE BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's entry into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a top priority in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations. As the U.S. and Greece "reset" relations after several difficult years and the advent of a new American Administration, Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyann [...]
2009-04-29 05:36:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DHS CVIS GR
09ATHENS695Ambassador, FM on Resetting Bilateral Relations,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Bakoyiannis on April 30, Ambassador Speckhard outlined our strategy for re-focusing the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship toward common strategic challenges, and away from the more narrow parochial interests that have defined our relationship in recent year [...]
2009-04-30 16:04:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS TU AF GR
09ATHENS725GREEK DEVELOPMENT AID TO THE BALKANS: BUSINESS AS USUAL
[...] (U) Since 2001, Greece has given a consistent level of assistance to the Balkans, albeit not up to the level one might expect from a country with such regional leadership potential. In 2007, Greece programmed 83.3 million euro of official direct assistance (ODA) for development in the Balkans [...]
2009-05-06 13:57:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV GR EU
09ATHENS735GREEK VIEWS ON CONTACT GROUP ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF
[...] (SBU) We delivered ref A points on U.S. goals for the urgent meting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to the senior Greek participant in the CGPCS, Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, MFA D1 (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Director, on May 6. As on pr [...]
2009-05-07 14:41:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR ECON PREL PTER GR
09ATHENS757Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Visit to Athens,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you to Greece. Your visit provides crucial support to our efforts to re-shape the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Building on the overwhelmingly positive attitudes in Greece to the new administration, we are working to focus on common strategic [...]
2009-05-11 14:53:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR MK TU
09ATHENS975GREECE: NATO'S LONG-TERM COUNTER-PIRACY OPERATIONS IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 14:11:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PGOV PREL GR
09BAGHDAD1320U/S BURNS, AND U/S FLOURNOY,S MEETING VP HASHEMI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 12, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and members of his Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) to discuss a myriad of national issues. IIP expressed confidence t [...]
2009-05-20 15:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD1346UK-GOI NEGOTIATIONS FOR UK MILITARY PRESENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UK-GOI negotiations for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding UK military presence in Iraq have stalled. The deadline to execute an agreement is May 31. UK Ambassador Prentice indicated to the Ambassador that Prime Minister (PM) Maliki is unwilling to support an agree [...]
2009-05-23 07:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ UK IR
09BAGHDAD1408AMBASSADOR, CG AND PM DISCUSS DIYALA, UK AND NATO
[...] (S) Summary: In their weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on May 28, the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Odierno discussed the timing of the PM's proposed visit to the U.S. (late June or July),the PM's eagerness to involve U.S. firms in oil contracting, possible m [...]
2009-05-30 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ UK NATO
09BAGHDAD1462CABINET APPROVES UK AGREEMENT; EXPECTED TO BE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 2, the Council of Ministers (COM) approved an agreement allowing for the continued presence of UK forces - specifically 100 trainers and five naval ships and their crews, in Iraq. The agreement comes after weeks of failed negotiations and attempts to secure an extension [...]
2009-06-03 11:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK
09BAGHDAD1483ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ATTENDS END OF MISSION CEREMONY
[...] (C) Summary: Romanian President Basescu presided over a ceremony on June 4 at COB Adder, Tallil to commemorate the End of Mission (EOM) for Romanian forces in Iraq. The ceremony included a wreath-laying in honor of three Romanian soldiers who died in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). [...]
2009-06-06 07:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS UK
09BAGHDAD1606NATO REPS OBTAIN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON
[...] (S) Summary: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard conducted a successful trip to Baghdad on June 13 - 14, obtaining support from the Government of Iraq's authorized negotiator for new language in the proposed NATO-GOI agreement. This new language would provide NATO Tr [...]
2009-06-19 08:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NATO
09BAGHDAD175FM ZEBARI ON "NEW ERA" FOR AMERICA, KUWAIT SUMMIT
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Zebari told Ambassador Satterfield and Senior Advisor Gray January 22 that Iraqis are following closely the first days of President Obama's Administration, and that early signals to the region have been reassuring. He said the Iraq-Kuwait bilaterals on the margins of the [...]
2009-01-24 10:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS EFIN ECON IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1950AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS UPCOMING VISIT, SYRIA AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In their regular weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on July 16, the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Odierno discussed the PM,s upcoming visit to Washington, the NATO agreement and foreign fighters crossing the border into Iraq from Syria. In [...]
2009-07-19 10:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD1964SPEAKER OFFERS KIRKUK SOLUTION, PESSIMISTIC ON UK
[...] (C) Summary: Ayad al Samarraie, Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR),suggested a possible solution for the issue of Kirkuk and upcoming national elections during a meeting with Ambassador Christopher Hill on July 17, 2009. Samarraie suggested a temporary governing council wi [...]
2009-07-20 15:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2273ACTION REQUEST: UK SEEKING OPTIONS TO RESUME NAVAL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. (C//NF) Summary: British officials in mid-August made multiple inquiries of Post and U.S. military in Iraq regarding options for resuming UK naval training in Iraq, highlighting the mission's uncertain future. The UK pulled its naval train [...]
2009-08-23 03:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK
09BAGHDAD62ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ -
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Country Team requests the approval for the sale of thirty-six (36) F-16 block 50/52 aircraft and associated equipment and munitions to the Government of Iraq (GOI). This sale will continue to build the Iraqi Air Force ( [...]
2009-01-11 10:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
09BAGHDAD658MOI OFFICIALS SEEK CONTINUED, EVOLVING U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and U.S. military officials met between February 21 and March 7 with senior Government of Iraq (GOI) officials to discuss Iraq's priorities for the future development of its civilian security forces. Mi6dqOS8QA](KQAffairs (DOIA) met with several senior Government of Ira [...]
2009-03-13 11:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD72ACTION REQUEST: MANAGING NATO EXPECTATIONS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) Summary: According to USNATO (Ref A and B),in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting on 7 January, NATO member states proposed to send Assistant Secretary General for Operations Howard and Legal Advisor DeWidts to Baghdad to c [...]
2009-01-12 04:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NATO
09BAGHDAD934COALITION DRAWDOWN DEMONSTRATES IRAQ,S MIXED
[...] (C) Coalition Forces, once representative of 39 countries participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, have now mostly departed Iraq, indicative of significant improvements in Iraq's security environment and Iraq's own recognition of its sovereignty. Coalition members provided varying degrees of [...]
2009-04-06 09:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
09BAKU109AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA: CAN BAKU MAINTAIN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Analysts across the political spectrum in Baku suggest that Russia has stepped up diplomatic efforts to lure Azerbaijan away from its political, security, and energy links to the West. They note that this is part of a broader Russian effort to regain its position as the politica [...]
2009-02-10 12:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ AM RU
09BAKU151AZERBAIJAN REFLECTS, LOOKS FOR HIGH-LEVEL U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Novruz Mammadov bemoaned a Russian resurgence in the Caucasus, calling the CSTO Rapid Reaction Force "a bloc of resistance" against NATO. New Russian assertiveness and growing disillusionment with western support, especially on Nagorno Karabakh, is influenci [...]
2009-02-26 18:38:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RU TU AJ
09BAKU195AZERBAIJAN: MFA DEPMIN FURTHER EXPLAINS
[...] (C)Summary: Azerbaijan Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov described a stark situation in Pakistan and expressed fears of Afghanistan losing control of its southern regions in a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador. Social instability and corruption are exacerbating the situation, and many [...]
2009-03-12 09:12:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ
09BAKU201AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY: STILL ONE NATION, TWO STATES?
[...] (C) Summary: Although Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic and is still properly considered part of the ex-Soviet space, it is culturally, linguistically and economically much more a satellite of Turkey than Russia. Ties between the two countries are exceptionally strong along the entire spe [...]
2009-03-13 11:34:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SOCI ECON ETRD AJ TU
09BAKU229AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON LAVROV VISIT,
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Derse met Foreign Minister Mammadyarov March 13, one day after Secretary Clinton called President Aliyev and following a visit to Baku by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. Mammadyarov liberally shared his impressions of a correct but not warm Lavrov visit and showed a [...]
2009-03-25 13:15:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV AJ IR RU TU AM
09BAKU252AZERBAIJAN: WHAT FOLLOWS THE RAPPROCHEMENT?
[...] (S/NF) Summary. As Turkey and Armenia head toward a historic reconciliation, official Baku is in shock at what it views as possible major abandonment by its closest cultural and political partner. Foremost in the minds of Azerbaijani leaders is the effect of renewed Turkey-Armenia relations on [...]
2009-04-02 08:50:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU AM AJ
09BAKU269AZERBAIJAN: TURKISH AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR REAL N-K
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Turkish Ambassador Hilusi Kilic called Ambassador Derse Sunday April 5 to relay his deep alarm at the coming "crisis" in Azerbaijan-Turkey relations and plead for U.S. assistance to ensure that Armenia continues to negotiate in good faith on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after achievin [...]
2009-04-07 04:34:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU299AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES SUCCESSFUL NATO
[...] Summary. Ambassador Derse was a featured speaker at a one-day conference organized by the Romanian Embassy entitled "NATO at 60 Years, an Alliance at Full Political Maturity," which the Romanians organized in their new capacity as NATO contact point embassy in Baku. The well-attended conferen [...]
2009-04-14 04:55:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDAJ NATO PREL RO
09BAKU326AZERBAIJAN: DEFMIN SIGNALS TEP INTEREST TO CG
[...] (C) Summary. On April 17, Commander, USAREUR General Carter Ham met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev on the eve of the combined U.S.-Azerbaijan exercise REGIONAL RESPONSE 09 (RR09). During the meeting Abiyev expressed interest in a Train and Equip Program (TE [...]
2009-04-22 03:41:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AM AJ RU IR GE NATO MARR
09BAKU359SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANCE SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Baku is abuzz with analysis, sometimes speculative and alarming, of Turkey and Armenia,s recent announcement of a "roadmap" to reconcile differences over interpretation of events of 1915 and the eventual reopening of borders, and implications of the deal on Nagorno-K [...]
2009-05-01 09:50:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENGR AJ
09BAKU394AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REACTS MILDLY TO OBAMBA
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev complained of double standards on democracy and human rights, based on President Obama's recent statement on press freedom. The President joked that it was probably just copied reflexively from last year's statement and he hoped this would not continue to be emp [...]
2009-05-14 13:56:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU395SCENESETTER FOR USEUCOM COMMANDER GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Baku continues to be abuzz with analysis, sometimes speculative and alarming, of Turkey and Armenia's recent announcement of a "roadmap" to reconcile differences over interpretation of events of 1915 and the eventual reopening of borders, and implications of the deal [...]
2009-05-15 04:17:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF AM TU AJ
09BAKU430AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REPEATS REQUEST FOR A
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told EUCOM Commander Craddock on May 21 that Azerbaijan's independent policies in support of NATO, Georgia and especially on energy leave it increasingly exposed to growing Russian and Iranian pressure. Azerbaijan needs "serious political and security guarant [...]
2009-05-26 10:22:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS AF TU AJ
09BAKU433AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER: SEEKING STRONG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Defense Minister told visiting EUCOM Commander Craddock that Azerbaijan is committed to building strong military relations with the U.S. and NATO. However, the Minister continued, Azerbaijan is under pressure from Iran, Russia and Armenia and requires greater com [...]
2009-06-01 03:35:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS IZ TU AJ
09BAKU438AZERBAIJAN: DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.
[...] (S//NF) Summary: Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev complained to visiting Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia (RUE) Policy Mary Warlick May 6 that the Turkish officials he recently met with claimed the U.S. was pressuring Turkey to re-open t [...]
2009-06-01 08:32:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL AJ
09BAKU443AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT EXPRESSES INTEREST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 5, Acting DASD(P) for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Mary Warlick met with President Ilham Aliyev. During their meeting, he provided his views on the Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process and the Turkey-Armenia Reconciliation Process, stating the two issues were linked and a pot [...]
2009-06-02 09:28:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL AJ RU IR TR
09BAKU456AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON NK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 12:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM AM IR TU RU IS AJ
09BAKU470SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
[...] (C) Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of a successful visit by U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar and the June 4 meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in St. Petersburg. The mood here with respect to US-Azerbaijani relations remains skeptical, fed [...]
2009-06-09 13:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF AM TU AJ
09BAKU481AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV TALKS EURASIAN ENERGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev told Special Envoy Morningstar that lack of transit through Turkey for Azerbaijani gas destined for European markets was the biggest obstacle facing a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas westwards. The European Union should recognize that Nabucco, although perha [...]
2009-06-16 05:04:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU524AZERBAIJAN: ALIYEV'S DOWNBEAT FAREWELL
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a farewell call with the Ambassador on June 22, President Ilham Aliyev vented about a series of issues on which he claimed the United States has ignored Azerbaijan's interests, despite Baku's real and continuing contributions to U.S. policy priorities, especially on securit [...]
2009-06-30 12:02:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU588AZERBAIJAN: AFGHAN POST-ELECTION DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche July 22 to Anar Jahangirli, acting director of the division on international security and international organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Azerbaijan has recently doubled its troop level in Afghanistan to 90 and is considering expanding to a [...]
2009-07-27 02:32:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR AF AJ
09BAKU595AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TELLS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging set of meetings and dinner on July 10, President Aliyev told Deputy Secretary Steinberg that he believes that there is a good chance for agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Basic Principles by the end of the year. He warned that a breakthrough on Nagorno-Karabak [...]
2009-07-30 04:21:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU IR TR
09BAKU680AZERBAIJAN: GERMAN MOD COMMENTS CLOSE OFF AWACS
[...] (C) Summary. Local media gave top billing August 28 to reporting Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan's apparent refusal to allow Konya (Turkey)-based NATO AWACS aircraft to overfly their territory en route to their NATO missions over Afghanistan. The news broke through a statement by a German MOD sp [...]
2009-08-31 03:51:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR AJ GE TX
09BAKU749PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV - MICHAEL (CORLEONE) ON THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev utilizes distinctly different approaches to foreign and domestic policies. He typically devises the former with pragmatism, restraint and a helpful bias toward integration with the West, yet at home his policies have become increasingly authorit [...]
2009-09-18 11:17:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL AJ RU TU AM
09BAKU822 Embassy Baku Concurrence on FY09 Requests for Section
[...] (U) As required by the procedures to request Section 1206 funding for FY09, this message provides Chief of Mission concurrence for the projects by the U.S. European Command for Azerbaijan. 2. (SBU) Azerbaijan is an important partner in the war on terrorism, as evidenced by its continuing p [...]
2009-10-16 06:16:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR KTIA AJ
09BAKU850AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a notably cordial meeting with DAS Tina Kaidanow, President Aliyev emphasized a long record of cooperation ) energy, security, counter-terrorism, regional development ) and said that Azerbaijan fully expects Turkey to hold to its promise not to ratify the rapprochement protoco [...]
2009-10-28 09:44:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL PTER AM TU RU AJ
09BAKU927AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES POSSIBLE
[...] (S) DASD Dr. Celeste Wallander met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku November 23. On Afghanistan, the Minister argued against large troop increases but did not totally close off the possibility of EUCOM assessing Azerbaijani forces for a TEP. He said Azerbaijan had [...]
2009-12-01 06:48:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL ENRG IR AF AM AJ
09BAKU940AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, meeting December 3 with EUR/CARC Office Director Ethan Goldrich, had kind words of support for President Obama's December 1 speech and the Afghanistan mission. Azerbaijan, based on Turkey's assurances, sees a link between Turke [...]
2009-12-08 11:30:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG IR AF AM AJ
09BAKU943C-REN-02185: AZERBAIJAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (S) This cable replies to Reftel A. Azerbaijan is a critical node of theBlack Sea leg of NDN. It is the one country on he route that absolutely must be transited if tht leg of NDN is to bypass Russian and Iranian territory en route to theater. As of December 4, 30 percent (1,414 of 4,793) o [...]
2009-12-08 13:01:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL ENRG MARR MOPS AF AM AJ
09BAKU963AZERBAIJAN: COMUSAFE VISITS KEY AIR BASE
[...] (C) Summary: Commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe GEN Roger Brady, USAF visited Baku on December 8, meeting with Defense Minister Gen-Col. Safar Abiyev and visiting the nearby Nasosnaya Air Base. The uncharacteristically short meeting with the Defense Minister did not lead to substantive discus [...]
2009-12-14 09:59:00Embassy BakuSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PGOV PINR AJ AF AM
09BAMAKO608 CODEL MARSHALL MEETS WITH MALIAN PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 08:45:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PINS MASS ML
09BANGKOK2747THAI PM CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO POTUS BARACK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 01:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TH
09BEIJING1032CHINESE ACADEMICS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Embassy contacts expressed cautious support for the new U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, though our interlocutors argued that the new strategy did not appropriately address the Kashmir issue. They were suspicious of long-term U.S. intentions in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Citin [...]
2009-04-17 10:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING1046SRAP HOLBROOKE'S APRIL 15 DINNER WITH CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 09:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER EAID NATO MOPS MARR CH PK AF
09BEIJING1133CHINA/RUSSIA: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS OR STRATEGIC
[...] SUMMARY: In spite of PRC public support for the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," Chinese officials privately view Russia as "irrational, aggressive and untrustworthy," according to an opinion page editor at a leading state-owned newspaper. Our contact noted that many readers found a rec [...]
2009-04-28 08:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF
09BEIJING1147MEDIA REACTION: H1-N1, OBAMA'S 100 DAY, U.S.-CHINA
[...] H1-N1 "H1-N1 approaches East Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/29): "The WHO has upgraded the emergency status of the H1-N1 virus to level 4, this adjustment has created tension in many countries. The U.S. has published its p [...]
2009-04-29 08:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING146CHINA-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Afghan Embassy First Secretary Meerwais Nab told PolOffs January 14 that China and Afghanistan have good bilateral relations, but he noted Chinese concerns, including the presence of U.S. forces near the Sino-Afghan border, India's influence in Afghanistan, "elements" in Afghanistan assist [...]
2009-01-16 08:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER SNAR ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING1680PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE
[...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...]
2009-06-19 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF
09BEIJING1698PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE
[...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...]
2009-06-22 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING18232009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS: ASIA
[...] (S) China appreciates and shares the concerns of the United States, Japan and South Korea regarding the North Korean nuclear test, Deputy Chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian told Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Michele Flournoy [...]
2009-07-01 00:59:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1969PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY
[...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...]
2009-07-13 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING2079MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, MILITARY, RUSSIA
[...] ENVIRONMENT "'Post-crisis' economy has a new engine: green industries" The official Communist Party international paper, People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban) (07/21):" Zhong Maochu, a professor at Nankai University's Graduate School of Economics said various indications [...]
2009-07-21 08:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2404AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: China´s interests in promoting stability along its borders, combating unrest in its western Xinjiang province, and exploiting natural resources in Afghanistan to fuel its domestic economic growth would be advanced by a successful election in Afghanistan, according to PRC scholars an [...]
2009-08-20 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF CH
09BEIJING2456PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN
[...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with PolOff, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Third Bureau Director Wu Baocai expressed concern about post-election violence in Afghanistan and uncertainty as to how to evaluate the strength of the Taliban. Whi [...]
2009-08-26 11:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID MARR NATO PTER CH PK AF
09BEIJING2477MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, CCI CORPORATE BRIBERY
[...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Volatile situation in areas neighboring China tests China's response capability" (pg 4) The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/31): "China's rise will face greater challenges if the security en [...]
2009-08-31 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3061NOVEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARIZATION OF SPACE,
[...] Key points at the November 5 MFA press briefing: -- China's position on the militarization of outer space remains unchanged. China opposes the militarization of outer space and will not engage in any arms race in outer space. -- China will continue to take "effective measures" to combat c [...]
2009-11-05 23:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM MOPS KGHG TSPA CN CI SO KN
09BEIJING3072PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...]
2009-11-09 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR
09BEIJING3113NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING
[...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...]
2009-11-13 09:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR
09BEIJING315MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, U.S. POLICY,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "The order of the visits gives clues to Clinton's diplomacy goals" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/09): "Secretary Clinton has carefully arranged her Asia trip. She is creating a b [...]
2009-02-09 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING3252PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO,
[...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...]
2009-12-04 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR
09BEIJING3264MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, NORTH KOREA
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "The world sets its eyes on Copenhagen" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(12/07)(pg 13): "Many people describe the Copenhagen Conference as the last chance to save the globe. For Bangkok and cities in the neighboring area, climate change has beco [...]
2009-12-07 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3287COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...]
2009-12-09 14:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER
09BEIJING3288PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...]
2009-12-09 15:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING3323DAS SHEAR DISCUSSES AF/PAK WITH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China welcomes a "constructive" U.S. role in South Asia as well as continued dialogue and coordination with the United States regarding South Asia, an MFA official told DAS Shear December 10. Responding to DAS Shear's suggestion of areas for possible U.S.-PRC cooperation in Afgh [...]
2009-12-14 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING3347AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]
2009-12-15 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3361MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, WAR ON TERROR
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The final stand-off in Copenhagen: China has resisted Anglo-American pressure" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(12/16)(pg A4): "By now, developing countries and developed countries don't give in to each other's [...]
2009-12-16 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING351MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, CHINA'S ROLE
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "American supervision only considers white people" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/11): "The recent crash of a tour bus has directed all of the blame on travel agencies operated by Chinese Americans. However why w [...]
2009-02-11 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING384MFA WILL STUDY CHINA TRANSIT PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) PolMinCouns on February 13 conveyed to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo reftel talking points laying out a U.S. proposal for a transportation route through the PRC in support of t [...]
2009-02-13 11:24:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MARR PGOV CH AF
09BEIJING400SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC
[...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]
2009-02-17 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIJING552MEDIA REACTION: NATO, U.S. POLITICS, CHINA'S NUCLEAR
[...] NATO "NATO wants to borrow China's 'Wakhan Corridor'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/04): "A Chinese military officer has said that it is impossible for China to open the Corridor to NATO in order to also help support military a [...]
2009-03-04 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING588MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES, U.S. POLICY,
[...] CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES "China's military officer talks about China's defense budget" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/06): "Recently, China announced that it will increase its defense budget by 14.9%. This arouses great suspici [...]
2009-03-06 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING606CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]
2009-03-09 11:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING751AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: CHINA'S INPUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 09:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO CH PK AF
09BEIJING940CHINA ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A Chinese MFA official said China is "still considering" the U.S. request for nonlethal supply transit through China to Afghanistan and recognizes the importance of counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. The Chinese have reviewed and are discussing the U.S. Pakistan/Afghanistan [...]
2009-04-08 09:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS CH
09BELGRADE1112SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...]
2009-09-25 17:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL SR
09BELGRADE1166THE SHIFT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: IS SERBIA BECOMING MORE
[...] (SBU) A series of traumatic events in Serbia in recent weeks, including the cancellation of a Pride Parade and the brutal murder of a French tourist, has prompted a new level of introspection among the Serbian public regarding shared values and the country's Euro-Atlantic orientation. Despite [...]
2009-10-09 10:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE1258SERBIA SURVIVES MEDVEDEV VISIT, BUT MUST DEAL WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 10:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG ECON SR RS
09BELGRADE152SERBIA: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (SBU) President Tadic has named General Miloje Miletic as the new Army Chief of Staff (CHOD),filling a position vacant for over six weeks since the resignation of General Zdravko Ponos. Miletic is expected to follow the direction of the Ministry of Defense rather than pushing the policy envel [...]
2009-02-19 14:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL PINR SR
09BELGRADE1566SERBIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES 2010 BUDGET IN LINE WITH IMF PLAN
[...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on December 21 adopted the government's 2010 budget, totaling nearly $11.5 billion in spending. While the 2010 budget is nearly a 7% increase from the 2009 budget in nominal terms, it is to be the start of a multi year budget reform process expected to decrease th [...]
2009-12-23 14:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE165SERBIA REACTS TO FIRST KOSOVO WAR CRIMES VERDICTS
[...] (SBU) Reactions in Serbia were swift and strong to the February 26 convictions by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of five former Yugloslav or Serbian officials for crimes against humanity in Kosovo in 1999. While human rights NGOs were happy with the five [...]
2009-02-27 14:26:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWAC ASEC SR
09BELGRADE246SERBIA: RUSSIANS STIR THE POT
[...] (SBU) Russia's ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has recently taken a much more aggressive approach to Kosovo by advocating partition during recent speeches and interviews and condemning the 1999 NATO bombardment. The takeover of Serbia's national oil industry by Russian giant Gazprom has [...]
2009-03-23 06:03:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL RU KV SR
09BELGRADE276SERBIA CONTINUES TO DELAY ADOPTION OF VOJVODINA STATUTE
[...] (SBU) The Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation for the Serbia's only remaining autonomous province (and one of the most prosperous parts of the country),remains off the National Assembly's agenda. The statute is foreseen in Serbia's Constitution, but nationalist groups continue to cr [...]
2009-03-30 15:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SR
09BELGRADE280SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTER BOGDANOVIC CALLS FOR DIALOGUE AND
[...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic told Ambassador March 27 that dialogue is the only way to address and eventually resolve everyday problems faced by Kosovo Serbs, singling out his recent talks with EULEX Head Yves de Kermabon and Kosovo Electric Company representatives. Bogd [...]
2009-03-31 15:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE304SERBIA: ECONOMIC CRISIS COULD UNDERMINE STABILITY
[...] (C) Serbia,s Sandzak, the ethnically mixed region of Serbs and Bosniaks in the southwest part of the country, could face political instability as Serbia's economic situation grows darker. These days, observers find the region calmer than it has been for years. But that calm could be illusory [...]
2009-04-09 10:37:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE325SERBIA/ROMANIA: TADIC VISIT SHOWCASES "MODEL
[...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly with Embassy Bucharest. Summary ------- 2. (C) Serbian President Tadic's recent visit to Bucharest highlighted Serbia's bilateral relationship with Romania as the most positive of Belgrade's relationships with its neighbors. Romania's position aga [...]
2009-04-14 12:38:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RO SR
09BELGRADE379SERBIAN WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR WANTS MORE REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told the Ambassador on April 27 that there is good cooperation with Croatia and Montenegro, but he would like more cooperation with others -- particularly Bosnia -- in order to solve and prosecute war crimes cases more effectively. End Summ [...]
2009-04-30 14:41:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE386SERBIA PULLS OUT OF NATO EXERCISE IN GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Serbia's government decided on April 30 not to participate in an upcoming NATO/PFP exercise in Georgia. The decision was a direct result of pressure from Russia on Serbia, and was taken despite Serbia's previous intention to participate in the exercise. Serbia's last minute pull-out fro [...]
2009-05-04 17:59:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV RU GG SR
09BELGRADE402SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mr. Vice President: We eagerly anticipate your May 20 visit to Belgrade as an opportunity to refocus Serbia's leadership on the key tasks of Euro-Atlantic integration and economic development. The Serbian government has the potential to be a constructive partner and a force for regional [...]
2009-05-07 15:04:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE421SERBIA: CONVICTIONS IN SUVA REKA WAR CRIMES TRIAL
[...] (SBU) The Belgrade District Court's War Crimes Trial Chamber on April 23 convicted four former policemen and sentenced them to a total of 68 years in prison, and acquitted three others, in the trial for war crimes against civilians in Suva Reka, Kosovo, in March 1999. The trial of seven Serbia [...]
2009-05-14 17:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE436MEDIA REACTION TO VPOTUS VISIT TO SERBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 06:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KPAO SR BK MW YI
09BELGRADE49SERBS REWRITE HISTORY: MEDIA CAMPAIGN GEARS UP AS NATO
[...] (SBU) March 24th will mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the NATO bombing campaign against the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. With two articles published in widely-read dailies on January 15, the Serbian media continues with its "Serbs as victims" theme, casting the Albanians as th [...]
2009-01-16 12:02:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE667SERBIA: PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) PDAS Thomas Countryman's July 8 visit was the first high-level visit following Vice President Biden's May visit to Belgrade. Though initial plans were for two meetings, the one day visit morphed into four ministerial level meetings, a TV interview in Serbian, and a small reception with [...]
2009-07-13 13:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR SR
09BELGRADE765SERBIA IN THE WAKE OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VISIT
[...] (C) Vice President Biden's May 20 visit to Belgrade, during which he met with President Tadic, Prime Minister Cvetkovic, and Defense Minister Sutanovac, marked a "new beginning" in the bilateral relationship thanks to the core message that the United States recognized Serbia as an important regiona [...]
2009-07-29 13:51:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SR MARR PGOV
09BELGRADE841SERBIA GRAPPLES WITH RUSSIA RELATIONS IN ADVANCE OF MEDVEDEV
[...] (C) As Serbia seeks to overcome mounting economic difficulties and move forward toward its primary goal of European Union membership, the government is struggling to strike the right tone in the bilateral relationship with Russia: President Tadic and his close advisors appear intent on giving the R [...]
2009-09-03 13:41:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPGOV PREL EINT MASS RS SR
09BELGRADE863Serbia: Security Aspects of Russian President Medvedev's
[...] (C) Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's October 20 visit to Belgrade went according to a script agreed and announced well in advance, with two surprising exceptions: Belgrade's purported support for the Russian initiative to revamp European security, and an agreement to create a joint human [...]
2009-11-27 09:39:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV SR RS
09BELGRADE867TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia's nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of traditio [...]
2009-08-14 08:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE872TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA- NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia?s nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of tradit [...]
2009-08-14 12:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE98SERBS AND RUSSIANS
[...] (SBU) Serbia,s recent rhetoric about apparently strengthening their relationship with Russia is worrisome both for the harm it can do to Serbia itself, as well as for its destabilizing effect on Balkan integration into trans-Atlantic alliances. Serbian gratitude for Russia,s support for Serb [...]
2009-02-03 15:46:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR
09BERLIN1107GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 06:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1108GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chancellery is confident that Chancellor Merkel's policy statement to the Bundestag on September 8 has succeeded -- at least for now -- in settling the domestic political controversy surrounding the September 4 air strikes against two hijacked fuel tankers in Kunduz. Ironically, th [...]
2009-09-10 06:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1129GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Murphy, Defense Minister Jung emphasized that the controversy over the September 4 air strikes in Kunduz should not be allowed to disrupt what is a fundamentally excellent bilateral relationship. Jung expressed understand [...]
2009-09-11 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1145A/CFE: GERMANY FAVORS FLEXIBILITY TO NUDGE RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. On September 10 Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for Conventional Arms Control Michael Banzhaf. Banzhaf took particular note of Antonov's redlines with regard to abolishment of flank regimes for Russia and non-implementation of the "existing" CFE Treaty. Ban [...]
2009-09-17 06:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO GM
09BERLIN1157FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S.
[...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...]
2009-09-18 10:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN1158MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Missile Defense 3. (Afghanistan) Aftermath of Elections 4. (Lebanon) Formation of New Government  [...]
2009-09-18 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1162GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD
[...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]
2009-09-18 16:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1164GERMANS MOSTLY POSITIVE ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. German reaction to the President's September 17 announcement has been mostly positive, with both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier issuing public statements welcoming the new U.S. approach on European missile defense and hoping this paves the way for greater cooperation on MD w [...]
2009-09-18 16:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR PREL NATO RU GM
09BERLIN1169NPT REVCON: GERMANY UNDERSCORES NEED TO REASSURE
[...] (C) Summary. Post addressed ref A questions about German positions on non-proliferation in refs B & C. During subsequent meetings, German officials have also emphasized the need to overcome NAM suspicions that non-proliferation efforts are veiled attempts to infringe on NPT Article IV rights. [...]
2009-09-21 10:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09BERLIN1173MEDIA REACTION: Missile Defense, G20, Climate, UN, Mideast
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Missile Defense 3. G20 4. Climate Change 5. UN General Assembly 6. Mideast Peace Process 7. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 05:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1174MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Missile Defense, G20, Climate
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. Climate Change 4. G20 Summit 5. Missile Defense 6. UN-U.S. Relations 7. Mideast Peace Process 8. Travel Promotion Act 9. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1176MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN
[...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]
2009-09-22 13:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1180MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, G20, UN CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. UN Climate Change Summit 4. Mideast Trilateral Summit 5. Obama Presidency 6. G20 Summit  [...]
2009-09-23 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US IS XF
09BERLIN1183BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]
2009-09-24 09:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BERLIN1185MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-UN, ECONOMIC, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-UN) President Obama's Speech 3. (Economic) G-20 Summit 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Ahmadinejad 5. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 6. (Mideast) Summit Meeting 7. (U.S.-UK) Relations 8. (Honduras) Zelaya in Brazilian Embassy [...]
2009-09-24 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR HO UK AF XF
09BERLIN1188AGING GERMAN GREENS FACED WITH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens will likely achieve their best federal result ever in the September 27 Bundestag election, but they are unlikely to be satisfied with Sunday's results. After the election, a fight over leadership and the future course of the party may begin in earnest. The party is fac [...]
2009-09-24 15:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV
09BERLIN1192MEDIA REACTION: G-20, UNGA, CHINA, HONDURAS, U.S.-TRAVEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) G-20 Summit 3. (UNGA) Reaction to Obama Speech, Iran 4. (China) Climate Protection Proposals 5. (Honduras) Power Struggle 6. (U.S.) Travel Alert 7. (Germany) Bundestag Elections/Afghanistan  [...]
2009-09-25 11:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US HO CH
09BERLIN1205MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY;Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran) Missile Tests 3. (Afghanistan) Elections, ISAF 4. (Germany) Aftermath of Bundestag Elections  [...]
2009-09-30 06:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF GM
09BERLIN1207GERMAN SPACE AGENCY SEEKING USG SUPPORT ON OPTICAL SATELLITE COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 06:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA GM
09BERLIN1225MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...]
2009-09-30 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM
09BERLIN1228MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GEORGIA-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Resumption of Talks 3. (Georgia-Russia) EU Report 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy  [...]
2009-10-01 11:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR GG RS AF
09BERLIN1234MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU-IRELAND, OLYMPICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) German Role 4. (EU) Irish Vote on Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Chicago's Olympic Bid 6. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...]
2009-10-02 14:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU US
09BERLIN1247GERMAN CHOD EXPECTS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO TURN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 29 dinner hosted by Ambassador Murphy in honor of SACEUR ADM Stavridis, German Chief of Defense GEN Schneiderhan expressed concern that with the departure of many Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders and parliamentarians who were reliable supporters of the Bund [...]
2009-10-06 05:58:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1258MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...]
2009-10-07 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU
09BERLIN1259DASD TOWNSEND'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend visited Berlin September 23-25 for the first annual bilateral defense consultations with the German MOD, and also had wide-ranging consultations with senior officials at the MFA and Chancellery. All were anxious about the current sta [...]
2009-10-07 15:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM
09BERLIN1270MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA-NOBEL, AFGHANISTAN, ITALY, UK, U.S.;
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Norway) President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling on Berlusconi 5. (UK) Tory Party Conference 6. (U.S.) Economic Development  [...]
2009-10-09 12:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US AF IT UK ECON
09BERLIN1271WESTERWELLE FIRM ON REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed FDP source said that on the first day of coalition negotiations (October 5) between the CDU, CSU and the FDP, FDP leader Westerwelle argued for the removal of the remaining non-strategic nuclear weapons from German soil. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU) asserte [...]
2009-10-09 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MNUC MARR GM
09BERLIN1273GERMANS MAY BE WILLING TO SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 15:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN AF GM
09BERLIN128NATO ENLARGEMENT: GERMANY TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS
[...] The NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania have already been approved by both houses of the German Parliament and signed by President Horst Koehler. A notice to this effect was published in the German Legal Gazette on December 31. The only remaining step is for Germany to deposit [...]
2009-02-02 17:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL GM
09BERLIN1285MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...]
2009-10-15 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS
09BERLIN1300MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...]
2009-10-20 06:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK
09BERLIN1310MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Talks in Vienna 3. Afghanistan Election Fraud 4. New U.S. Policy on Sudan  [...]
2009-10-20 12:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR AF SU
09BERLIN1315MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghan Runoff Elections 3. VP Biden in Europe, Missile Defense Policy Shift 4. Iranian Nuclear Program 5. Climate Protection  [...]
2009-10-21 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IR EZ PL
09BERLIN1319GERMAN SPACE AGENCY FLOATS A MERGED GPS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior German Space Agency (DLR) official informally floated the idea of aligning the security aspects of the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) under the framework of NATO within the next ten years. [...]
2009-10-22 10:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM
09BERLIN1327MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAN-ISRAEL, NATO MINISTERIAL, VP
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Secret Meeting between Iran and Israel 3. Afghanistan/NATO Ministerial 4. Taliban in Pakistan 5. Biden in Europe  [...]
2009-10-23 12:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AK IR IS GM RO EZ PL
09BERLIN1337GERMANY'S COALITION AGREEMENT STRESSES PRIORITY OF
[...] (U) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU),Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) signed a coalition agreement in the early morning of October 24, laying the groundwork for their next four years of cooperation as the country's governing coalition. The agreem [...]
2009-10-26 15:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MNUC PHUM GM
09BERLIN1354MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...]
2009-10-27 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM
09BERLIN1358MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear 3. (Afghanistan) New Strategy 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Presidency 6. (Middle East) Conflict Over Water Resources  [...]
2009-10-28 14:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU XF
09BERLIN1364MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...]
2009-10-29 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG
09BERLIN1371MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Middle East) Secretary Clinton's Visit 3. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategy, NATO Report on Air Strikes 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program 5. (EU) Summit Meeting, EU President 6. (U.S.) Economic Recovery  [...]
2009-10-30 14:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AK IR EU US
09BERLIN1373SCENESETTER: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: This meeting will be an opportunity to engage Merkel on achieving several common goals: success in Afghanistan, preventing a nuclear weaponized Iran, and dealing with climate change. You may also wish to discuss the closing of Guantanamo, engaging Russia productively, and advan [...]
2009-10-30 17:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MNUC GM
09BERLIN1376CHANCELLOR RULES OUT TROOP INCREASE BEFORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel has firmly decided against seeking authorization for additional troops when the parliamentary mandate for the Bundeswehr's participation in ISAF comes up for renewal in December. Merkel's decision to put off any possible troop increase until after next year's A [...]
2009-10-30 19:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF
09BERLIN1387MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mideast) Clinton Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Winner of Elections 4. (U.S.-Germany) Chancellor Merkel to Address Congress 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (Economic) CIT Collapse 8. (U.S.) Presid [...]
2009-11-03 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AG GM KGHG IR EFIN US
09BERLIN1391NEW FM WESTERWELLE LIKELY TO RAISE NON-STRATEGIC
[...] (S) SUMMARY. New German Foreign Minister Westerwelle will likely raise the issue of nuclear weapons when he has his initial meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington this week. Given his very public advocacy over the past several months for the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons [...]
2009-11-03 17:11:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL MNUC MARR NATO PARM PGOV GM RU
09BERLIN1392SCENESETTER: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE'S
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Washington on the heels of Chancellor Merkel and one week after assuming his cabinet position. He is painfully conscious of being inexperienced; out of his element, he has clung to his scripts. However, his staff assured us that Wes [...]
2009-11-03 17:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG MNUC AF GM IR RS
09BERLIN1400MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-05 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT
09BERLIN1402SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SHIFT AGAINST OEF; BUNDESWEHR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Just weeks after suffering its worst Bundestag election results since the end of World War II, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing the first signs of a swing to the left on security policy. According to a senior SPD Bundestag staffer, the party will oppose the renewal of [...]
2009-11-05 14:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM
09BERLIN1403SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Berlin warmly welcomes you to Germany for the historic 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is hosting all four-powers and EU leaders at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark this occasion. Your visit includes meetings with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister [...]
2009-11-05 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MNUC AF RS IR KPAL KWBG GM
09BERLIN1409MEDIA REACTION: GENERAL MOTORS, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GM's U-turn 3. UN staff in Afghanistan relocated 4. German Foreign Policy 5. Fall of the Wall 6. Mideast Peace Process  [...]
2009-11-06 13:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AF GM US
09BERLIN1414GERMANY SUPPORTS MONTENEGRO FOR MAP AT DECEMBER
[...] (C) Drawing on ref B, post outlined the U.S. position on NATO enlargement for the December 3-4 NATO foreign ministerial with MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and Deputy Gunnar Denecke on November 2. Confirming what we had heard earlier from the Chancellery, Schlagheck said that Ge [...]
2009-11-09 06:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA GM UP GG MW BK
09BERLIN1415NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG ON MANDATES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 5 introductory meeting, new Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg told Ambassador Murphy that one of his immediate challenges was dealing with five separate Bundeswehr mandates that come up for renewal in December, which is complicated by uncertainty about [...]
2009-11-09 07:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO ETRD KNNP PARM EFIN PGOV
09BERLIN142SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN TO MUNICH,
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]
2009-02-04 11:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1428NEW GERMAN AF/PAK REP: POLITICIAN OR DIPLOMAT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig told us November 9 that a decision would be taken by the new center-right government "relatively soon" on a German AF/PAK special representative. The coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Union/Christian [...]
2009-11-10 17:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GM AF PK
09BERLIN1429MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany  [...]
2009-11-12 11:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM
09BERLIN143SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY, CHAIRMAN OF
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]
2009-02-04 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1433NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HEUSGEN ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen told EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy in a November 10 meeting in Berlin that Germany strongly preferred that the proposed international conference on Afghanistan be held outside the country to make it easier to pre [...]
2009-11-12 17:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO MNUC PARM KNNP GM IR RU AF
09BERLIN1434MFA STATE MINISTER HOYER DEFENDS WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer strongly defended the new government's commitment to seek the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons from Germany during a November 10 meeting with EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy, arguing that there was not one credible scenario in w [...]
2009-11-12 17:49:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO MNUC PARM GM RU AF
09BERLIN1435ACTING MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER ON BOSNIA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting MFA Political Director Emily Haber, who is the MFA's Special Envoy for Southeast Europe and Turkey, discussed follow-up to the Butmir Talks and the future of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia with EUR A/S Gordon during a November 10 meeting in Berlin. Haber w [...]
2009-11-12 17:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EUN PHUM GM TU BK
09BERLIN1436MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, SWIFT, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. US-EU SWIFT Agreement 5. President Medvedev's address to the nation 6. Turkish-Kurdish Conflict  [...]
2009-11-13 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO JP CH AF GM XG US
09BERLIN144MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict  [...]
2009-02-04 12:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT
09BERLIN1442GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]
2009-11-13 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN1447SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 12 meeting in Berlin, MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer and U.S. Special Representative Holbrooke discussed ministerial attendance at Karzai's November 19 inauguration, ongoing U.S. deliberations on a new Afghanistan strategy, and proposals for improving coordinat [...]
2009-11-16 10:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1455GERMANY: CAMPAIGN AGAINST NON-STRATEGIC NUKES TO
[...] (C) Summary. On November 10 MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald told the Ambassador that Germany would continue to engage with Belgium and the Netherlands in advance of a broader NATO discussion over the removal of non-strategic nuclear weapons from Germany. Gottwald insisted that tactical [...]
2009-11-17 08:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC MARR PARM NATO KNNP KACT GM
09BERLIN1456GERMANY REVERSES COURSE ON BOSNIA OHR CLOSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite Germany's earlier support for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia, officials now say it should remain open until at least 2011. However, they believe the OHR is a damaged body that is barely able to perform the job it has been given. If t [...]
2009-11-17 10:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL BK GM
09BERLIN1458MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, FAO-SUMMIT,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process, Palestinian State 5. (Environment) FAO Summit Meeting 6. (EU) Future President  [...]
2009-11-17 12:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1469MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...]
2009-11-18 11:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1470ON THE EVE OF THE KARZAI INAUGURAL: GERMAN VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany completely shares U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government, and FM Westerwelle plans to reinforce these points in a scheduled bilateral meeting with Karzai after the November 19 inauguration. The German MFA remains skeptical about the idea of dual-hatting the U.S. Am [...]
2009-11-18 14:59:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO ECON EAID GM AF PK
09BERLIN1471GERMANY AND BUNDESWEHR TRANSFORMATION: COMMITTED
[...] (U) SUMMARY. DefMin Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in his first speech to the new Bundestag on November 10 emphasized that the Bundeswehr must be "sleeker, even more efficient, and even more focused on out-of-area operations," indicating that the new MOD remains committed to developing a more mob [...]
2009-11-18 15:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
09BERLIN1480FDP PRESSING FOR GERMANY TO END PARTICIPATION IN UNIFIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new center-right German government decided at a cabinet meeting on November 18 to seek a six-month extension of the parliamentary mandate for the German Navy's participation in the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) when the mandate comes up [...]
2009-11-23 07:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM LE
09BERLIN1483MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...]
2009-11-23 07:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG
09BERLIN1487MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...]
2009-11-23 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1496GERMANY TO TAKE BACK SEAT IN ONGOING MACEDONIA
[...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director for the Balkans Marc Bogdahn told poloff on November 18 in response to reftel points that while Germany supports UN negotiator Nimetz's efforts to resolve Macedonia's name dispute with Greece, Germany had no plans to actively lobby the parties. Bogdahn was downbeat a [...]
2009-11-24 09:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL EUN NATO GR MK GM
09BERLIN15GERMANY: READY FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE PHASE II
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to MFA Division Head for NATO Bernhard Schlagheck, who thanked Embassy for the information. Schlagheck said he would pass the information MFA PA in preparation for media questions. Embassy also shared the points with the Chancellery officer responsible for securit [...]
2009-01-07 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
09BERLIN1502GERMANY TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen responded positively to the news that President Obama would formally announce the U.S. way forward on Afghanistan and Pakistan next week before the NATO Foreign Ministerial. However, he confirmed that Germany would not annou [...]
2009-11-24 17:28:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1504GREGOR GYSI - PIED PIPER OF THE LEFT
[...] (C) Summary: Left Party Caucus Chief Gregor Gysi told the Ambassador during a November 23 meeting that he alone was responsible for building The Left as a national force. He is aiming for The Left to enter all state parliaments by 2013, after specifically targeting North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW [...]
2009-11-25 13:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF GM
09BERLIN1507GERMANY WORRIES THAT HOLDING SECOND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Both the German MFA and MOD reiterated that while Germany would rhetorically support the President's announcement next week of the U.S. way ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, any additional German contributions would have to wait until the Afghan government made the necessary com [...]
2009-11-27 11:43:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL MARR MOPS NATO EAID GM AF PK
09BERLIN1508HEADS ROLL AT MOD WITH NEW REVELATIONS ON KUNDUZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Revelations that the German MOD failed to pass along or deliberately withheld reports about civilian casualties caused in the September 4 Kunduz air strike have reignited a political storm in Berlin, leading in quick succession to the resignations of the German Chief of Defense an [...]
2009-11-27 18:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM AF
09BERLIN1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...]
2009-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ
09BERLIN1520ANNUAL MEETING OF ISAF RC-NORTH CHODS FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an annual conference hosted by Germany, ISAF RC-North CHODs and representatives from SHAPE and JFC Brunssum discussed the deteriorating security situation in the north and the need for additional maneuver battalions and helicopters. While no major new contributions were an [...]
2009-12-02 09:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1521MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, CLIMATE, WTO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Obama's Address 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Medvedev's Security Initiative 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 6. (Economic) WTO 7. (Economic) Dubai's Financial Problems, Implications  [...]
2009-12-02 11:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IR RS KGHG ETRD ZP
09BERLIN1527GERMAN POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German politicians across the political spectrum welcomed and endorsed President Obama's plan for the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, seeing their own views largely confirmed in his speech. However, the opposition SPD and Greens criticized the CDU-CSU/FDP coalition gove [...]
2009-12-02 18:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO GM AF PK
09BERLIN1530MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SWITZERLAND;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction to Obama Speech 3. (Switzerland) Ban on Minarets  [...]
2009-12-03 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF SZ
09BERLIN1539MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE OBAMA, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction To President Obama's Address 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 4. (U.S.) Obama Administration 5. (Russia) Putin Comments 6. (Economic) WTO Talks  [...]
2009-12-04 12:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AG KGHG US RS ETRD
09BERLIN1553MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, COP15, GENERAL MOTORS;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories 2. Climate Change 3. Afghanistan 4. GM Plans to Restructure Opel  [...]
2009-12-07 12:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG
09BERLIN1554BUNDESTAG RENEWS ISAF MANDATE, BUT REAL DEBATE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bundestag extended the mandate for Bundeswehr participation in ISAF for an additional year with a broad majority on December 3. While most opposition Social Democrats (SPD) supported the extension of the mandate, which was largely a roll-over of the previous one, the party pu [...]
2009-12-07 12:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1559MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations  [...]
2009-12-08 13:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU
09BERLIN1561GERMANY: OEF AND UNIFIL MANDATES EXTENDED, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bundestag on December 3 approved the extension of the mandates for Bundeswehr participation in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). While the OEF mandate was extended for a full year, as per usual pra [...]
2009-12-08 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO EUN GM LE
09BERLIN1569GERMAN-HOSTED CFE SEMINAR FORESHADOWS MAJOR PUSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA hosted on November 25-26 a seminar on conventional arms control in Europe (CFE),continuing a series of Berlin seminars that are ostensibly designed to stimulate creative thinking about how to overcome the current CFE stalemate. This seminar drew representatives fr [...]
2009-12-10 10:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL MARR NATO GM RU
09BERLIN1570GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...]
2009-12-10 12:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL
09BERLIN1571MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Nobel Peace Prize 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq Terror Attacks 6. Greek Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-12-10 13:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF NO KGHG IZ GR
09BERLIN1580MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, MEPP, U.S., FINANCE, GERMANY-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Conference 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Middle East) Settlement Conflict 5. (U.S.) Blackwater 6. (U.S.) Finance Markets 7. (Germany - Afghanistan) Defense Minister Under Fire  [...]
2009-12-14 14:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR XF US AF
09BERLIN1591MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Guantanamo 4. Afghanistan/Sep 4 airstrikes 5. British arrest warrant against Livni  [...]
2009-12-16 12:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG US CU UK IS
09BERLIN1593MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, NATO-RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Missile Test 4. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow 5. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Impact of September 4 Airstrikes 7. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo Prison Camp 8. (Greece) Economic [...]
2009-12-17 11:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR AF GR GM US
09BERLIN1599MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, PAKISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Protests 4. (Pakistan) Court Ruling on President's Amnesty 5. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 6. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow  [...]
2009-12-18 11:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO
09BERLIN1601ONGOING STRIFE OVER KUNDUZ AIR STRIKE ENSNARES ZU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition parties smell blood after former Bundeswehr Inspector General Schneiderhan claimed in a newspaper interview this week that Defense Minister zu Guttenberg had "lied" in describing the circumstances of Schneiderhan's November 26 dismissal. While taking responsibilit [...]
2009-12-18 12:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1604GERMANY/RUSSIA: LOST THAT LOVING FEELING?
[...] (C) Summary. German political decision- and opinion-makers are making a more sober assessment of Russia writ large, including its partnership with Germany and its trajectory. German officials describe themselves as the most avid supporters in Europe of the U.S. reset policy, but nearly a ye [...]
2009-12-18 15:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM NATO OSCE PGOV PREL RS ECON
09BERLIN1606ADAPTED CFE: DRILLING DOWN ON GERMAN'S PROPOSALS
[...] (S) Summary. Germany believes allies should de-link the 1999 Istanbul Commitments from Adapted CFE (A/CFE) talks in order to make headway with Russia. Germany also thinks allies should formalize NATO's prior assurances of restraint and begin a discussion on the meaning of "substantial forces" [...]
2009-12-18 16:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNKCFE PARM PREL NATO GM
09BERLIN161MEDIA REACTION: MSC, U.S. ECONOMY, EU-RUSSIA, GERMAN ECON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Munich Security Conference 3. U.S. Economic Package 4. Russia-EU Meeting 5. German Economic Minister Resigns  [...]
2009-02-09 12:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US EU RS AF IR
09BERLIN1622GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STAFF PUSHES FOR TROOP
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The MOD staff is recommending that the German government seek an increase of 1,500 in the troop ceiling for the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan after the January 28 London Conference. Publicly, Defense Minister zu Guttenberg has remained non-committal about any troop increase, whil [...]
2009-12-24 09:32:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1629MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, CHINA-UK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Aftermath of Failed Terrorist Attack, Debate in Germany 3. (Iran) Protests, Ahmadinejad Remarks 4. (U.S.-Russia) START talks, Putin Remarks 5. (China) Execution of British National 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan Conference à [...]
2009-12-31 13:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US IR RS UK AF
09BERLIN185GERMANY URGING OTHERS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) PolOff met with German MFA Deputy Office Director for the Balkans Mark Bogdahn February 12 to discuss the points in Ref. A. Bogdahn thanked us for sharing our talking points and noted that Germany continues to work actively to convince other nations to recognize Kosovo, including a numb [...]
2009-02-13 13:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS
09BERLIN187GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...]
2009-02-13 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN196MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Clinton,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
09BERLIN217THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...]
2009-02-20 20:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM
09BERLIN218MEDIA REACTION: G20, CLINTON, GUANTANAMO, NATO, ECONOMICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Preparatory Meeting 3. Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 4. Guantnamo 5. France's Return to NATO's Structures 6. U.S. Budget Deficit, Efforts to Fight Financial Crisis 7. Former Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Ahmadinejad 8. Fo [...]
2009-02-23 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH FR IR IS XG
09BERLIN229GERMANS UNLIKELY TO INCREASE THEIR SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Gunnar Denecke, deputy in the MFA's Defense and Security Policy Division, and (separately) Klemens Semtner, head of the Iraq Unit, on February 24. While both expressed support for NTM-I's mission, Denecke reiterated Germany's oft-heard "no boots on the groun [...]
2009-02-24 18:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN
09BERLIN235STEINMEIER'S VISIT "TIMELY" AND "A SUCCESS."
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's February 17-18 visit to Iraq -- the first by a German FM in 22 years -- focused strictly on bilateral relations and particularly on economic and cultural ties. He was joined by three Bundestag (Parliament) members, seven business leaders, th [...]
2009-02-25 15:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON ETRD
09BERLIN245EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...]
2009-02-27 14:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER
09BERLIN257MEDIA REACTION: MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S.-Russian Relations, Iran 3. Clinton Trip to Mideast 4. U.S.-Cuban Relations 5. Future Strategy on Afghanistan 6. Attack On Sri Lankan Cricket Team 7. ECB's Reaction to Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-03-04 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS CU AF CE XG IS SY GZ
09BERLIN267GERMANY'S DEFENSE BUDGET: SMALL INCREASES LIKELY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite a nominal increase of 1.64 billion euros over last year, the German defense budget for 2009 will fall short of the NATO target of two percent of GDP by only accounting for 1.5 percent GDP. Transformation remains significantly underfunded. Plans to free up money for in [...]
2009-03-06 11:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
09BERLIN268NATO/CROATIA: GERMANY PRESSING THE SLOVENES AT
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Foreign Office DAS-equivalent Emily Haber and MFA NATO Enlargement officer Ludwig Blaurock and asked that Germany weigh in with the Slovenians to encourage them to find a legal way to truncate the referendum process so that they can deposit their instrument [...]
2009-03-06 11:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SL HR GM
09BERLIN282GERMANS SUPPORT NEW POLICY IN IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post discussed the new Iraq policy with MFA contacts who responded positively to the President's announcement and the decision to reduce U.S. troop strength in Iraq. While noting concern about future stability in Iraq, MFA reps indicated possible future German support for NTM-I. [...]
2009-03-11 15:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON
09BERLIN286MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, IRAN, SYRIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Strategy on Afghanistan 3. France's Return to NATO Command Structure 4. Mideast and Iran Policy 5. Financial Crisis 6. Relaxation of U.S.-Cuban Relations 7. ICC Arrest Warrant for Bashir 8. Eastern European Economic Problems  [...]
2009-03-12 11:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US FR IR XF XH SU CU SY
09BERLIN291GERMANY INTENTLY FOCUSED ON BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares our concerns about recent backsliding in Bosnia & Herzegovina (B&H),and is engaged regularly with Bosnian leaders at the highest level to press them to fulfill the "Five Plus Two Agenda." Foreign Office contacts stressed that B&H's future is "clearly" in the Euro- [...]
2009-03-12 15:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM BK
09BERLIN293GERMANY HARDENING ITS LINE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cluster munitions (CM) experts at the MFA are pessimistic about the chances for success at the upcoming CCW meetings on the issue in Geneva, and indicated a hardening of Germany's stance in the negotiations. Contacts emphasized that Germany would most likely only support a second [...]
2009-03-12 15:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
09BERLIN324MEDIA REACTION: AIG, EU, PAKISTAN, NATO, KOREA, POPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. AIG Controversy 3. EU Summit 4. Financial Crisis 5. U.S. Strikes in Pakistan 6. French Return to NATO Command 7. Climate Protection 8. North Korean Missile Test 9. Papal Visit to Africa  [...]
2009-03-19 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM XG US KN PK FR VT
09BERLIN329GERMANY TO STAY MUM ON MANAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 12:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GM
09BERLIN330GERMANY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN "IN TOGETHER,
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and MOD Political Military Affairs Branch Chief Col. Bernd Schuett on March 20, emphasizing the U.S. concern about the apparent intentions of several Allies to draw down their forces in Kosovo unilaterally in the [...]
2009-03-20 12:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV GM
09BERLIN331IRANIAN MAJLES DELEGATION TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran Majles Foreign Affairs Committee chair Alaeddin Boroujerdi led a Majles delegation visit to Berlin March 4-6, meeting with Interior Minister Schaeuble, as well as a variety of senior Chancellery officials and Bundestag MPs. Boroujerdi expressed Iran's interest in increase [...]
2009-03-20 12:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR PHUM GM IR AF IS GZ WE
09BERLIN332GERMANS WELCOME CFE COMMENTS AND HOPE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Biontino, head of the MFA's Conventional Disarmament and Arms Control Division, welcomed "the constructive comments" from all partners and emphasized that he could foresee "no problems at all" accepting many of the ideas he heard at the March 12 HLTF meeting in Brussels. A [...]
2009-03-20 13:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO GM KCFE RS PARM
09BERLIN334BOTH GERMAN FM STEINMEIER AND SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Thomas Zahneisen on March 17, after coordinating with the Dutch Embassy, which briefed the MFA on their plans for the March 31 Afghanistan Conference the day before. 2. (C) Zahneisen warmly welcomed th [...]
2009-03-20 15:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM
09BERLIN34STEINMEIER'S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A two-page open letter from German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to President-elect Barack Obama was published over the weekend of January 10-11 in Der Spiegel magazine. Steinmeier wrote that an incoming American president has never stimulated "so much hope and confidence," and he [...]
2009-01-12 16:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN GM MNUC NATO PGOV PREL IZ IR
09BERLIN344MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY, AFGHANISTAN, ISRAEL, IRAQ-TURKEY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Bailout Plan 3. U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. U.S. Budget Draft 5. Obama on AIG Bonuses 6. New Israeli Government 7. Turkish President Gul Visits Iraq 8. 10th Anniversary of NATO Intervention 9. Future NATO Secretary General 10. R [...]
2009-03-24 12:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IS IZ TU RS SF DA CH
09BERLIN345SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Chancellor Merkel will be focused on a productive, substantive meeting when you visit Baden-Baden April 3. Germany holds the greatest untapped potential in Europe for our transatlantic agenda; unlocking it will take sustained effort by the Administration, and the payoff will not be imm [...]
2009-03-24 12:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BERLIN365GERMANY CONCERNED HOW ALLEGED SUDAN CONVOY ATTACK
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director for Near East Division Robert Doelger March 27 to discuss views on the Gaza smuggling interdiction Program of Action (PoA) (reftel) and the status of German efforts at assisting Egypt with land border interdiction. Doelger asked Poloff for any further [...]
2009-03-27 14:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN MOPS NATO PREL GM IS SU
09BERLIN368U.S. SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS POLICY NONPAPER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (C) Germany welcomed the reftel nonpaper on U.S. space situation awareness (SSA) policy and noted the upcoming bilateral meeting in Washington at the end of April as an excellent opportunity to further discuss this topic. As a poss [...]
2009-03-27 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALESA EUN MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT
09BERLIN369PRELIMINARY GERMAN RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Steinmeier has responded positively to the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy, praising it for its emphasis on civilian assistance and development. While German officials had some initial misgivings about the planned creation of a NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) [...]
2009-03-27 18:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS AF PK GM
09BERLIN372MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, UNFCCC, DOHA, LATAM
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Afghanistan Strategy 3. NATO Summit Meeting 4. New NATO Secretary-General 5. Bonn UNFCCC 6. Doha--Arab Summit 7. Progressive Leaders' Conference  [...]
2009-03-30 12:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF PK TU IS IR CU
09BERLIN379GERMANY: DOWNBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN UKRAINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany views Ukraine as a significant partner, but Berlin is frustrated with the continued inability of President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko to work together. Contacts hope that the current economic crisis will force the two to stop "squabbling" and focus on the [...]
2009-03-31 15:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN382GERMANY: SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED AF/PAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials have been uniformly positive about the new U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy and largely supportive of our proposed deliverables for the NATO and U.S.-EU summits. The Germans are committed to covering almost all of the outstanding requirements in the north of Afghanis [...]
2009-03-31 19:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM
09BERLIN384MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, G20, U.S.-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Visit to Europe 3. G20 Summit 4. Obama-Medvedev Meeting 5. The Hague Conference on Afghanistan 6. New Israeli Government 7. Arab League Summit 8. Chodorkovsky Trial  [...]
2009-04-01 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS AF IR IS QA XG
09BERLIN402MEDIA REACTION: G20, NATO, CHINA-US, ISRAEL, ECB
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Summit 3. NATO Summit 4. Hu-Obama Meeting 5. New Israeli Government 6. Lowering of Interest Rates  [...]
2009-04-03 12:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH IS
09BERLIN403German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: March 2009
[...] (SBU) As of March 24, Germany had a total of 7,304 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions, up from 7,200 in December (ref A). More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs of this cable: Mission Personnel [...]
2009-04-03 14:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN418MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...]
2009-04-08 13:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE
09BERLIN431NEW U.S. AF/PAK STRATEGY GENERATES GOOD WILL, BUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been warmly received in Germany and has engendered considerable good will, but it has thus far yielded only a few additional commitments from Berlin -- the chief of which is a contribution of 50 million Euros to the Afghan Nat [...]
2009-04-10 10:25:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL MARR ECON EAID NATO EU AF PK UN GM
09BERLIN434GERMANY FAILS TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION ON GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Germany's stance regarding Europe's three major gas pipeline projects -- Nabucco, Nordstream, and Southstream -- has become increasingly difficult to decipher. The apparent confusion results from a German tendency to try to appease all sides on contentious and complex issues. How [...]
2009-04-14 05:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM
09BERLIN448MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Mexico, U.S.-Pakistan, Mideast,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mexico) Obama Trip 3. (U.S.-Pakistan) Criticism of Zardari 4. (Mideast) Mitchell Trip, Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Obama's Disarmament Proposals 6. (Russia) Medvedev Interview 7. (Africa) Anti-Piracy Efforts  [...]
2009-04-16 12:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN455ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING
[...] (S) Post delivered the host nation notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany and the relocation of several units from Schweinfurt to Grafenwhr. Poloff delivered the letters at 1100 local time [...]
2009-04-17 15:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR NATO PREL GM
09BERLIN464STEINMEIER LAUNCHES LEFT-LEANING PLATFORM FOR A
[...] (C) Summary: Five months before Germany's September 27 national elections, Foreign Minister and Chancellor Candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier unveiled his Social Democratic Party's (SPD) 57-page campaign platform that focuses on bolstering the "social market economy" as Germany faces its worst [...]
2009-04-21 12:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN GM
09BERLIN48MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, RUSSIA, CLINTON, EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute 4. Secretary-designate Clinton Hearing 5. EU Monetary Union  [...]
2009-01-14 12:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDXF IS GZ RS UP US EU
09BERLIN557GREEN PARTY LAUNCHES BID TO RETURN TO POWER WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Kicking off its election campaign, the Green Party's May 8-10 national convention yielded few surprises and prompted more discussions about the party's relevance in German politics. The party delegates called for a "Green New Deal," which would create one million new jobs throu [...]
2009-05-14 14:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN57MEDIA REACTION:
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Gas Dispute 4. Guantnamo Closure 5. Hillary Clinton Hearing 6. Afghanistan 7. Obama Inauguration 8. Osama bin Laden Tape  [...]
2009-01-15 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGZ IS RS UP AF US
09BERLIN576GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN577GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN578GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN579GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN580GERMAN VIEWS ON THEMES FOR THE MAY 29 MEETING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany agrees that more forces are needed for counterpiracy operations off the coast of Somalia, but feels it is already doing its fair share; others with the requisite capability who are not yet contributing should answer the call. Germany welcomes the planned NATO counterpirac [...]
2009-05-18 13:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR ECON POL EUN GM
09BERLIN591URGENT REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON U.S. AIR FORCE
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3. 2. (C) U.S. Air Force Public Affairs in Washington issued a press release on May 18, announcing plans to retire approximately 250 aircraft from the U.S. inventory, including 18 F-16s currently deployed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. W [...]
2009-05-19 15:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM
09BERLIN592URGENT REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON U.S. AIR FORCE
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3. 2. (C) U.S. Air Force Public Affairs in Washington issued a press release on May 18, announcing plans to retire approximately 250 aircraft from the U.S. inventory, including 18 F-16s currently deployed at SpangQQQxQQ_Qx0!Q]-QHt German author [...]
2009-05-19 16:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM
09BERLIN594FDP AND WESTERWELLE CAN ALMOST TASTE POWER AFTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The liberal Free Democratic (FDP) Party overwhelmingly re-elected Guido Westerwelle as party chair during its May 15-17 party convention on a platform aimed to return the FDP to power after eleven years in the opposition. In his speech, Westerwelle appealed to the middle class wit [...]
2009-05-20 08:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL ECON
09BERLIN601GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH OPPOSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 16:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR KZ AE TU GM
09BERLIN621GERMAN VIEWS ON FRENCH REINTEGRATION INTO NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Germans say they welcome French reintegration into the NATO military command structure as an historic event and a symbolically important political accomplishment. They also hope it will lead to some concrete benefits, like improved NATO-EU relations. When pressed, however, t [...]
2009-05-22 13:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO EUN FR GM
09BERLIN624SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GERMANY
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you for your second official visit to Germany. Chancellor Merkel also welcomes your visit, especially to eastern Germany during an anniversary year when Germans are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 60th anniver [...]
2009-05-22 15:21:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BERLIN637MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SUPREME COURT, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Threat 3. Supreme Court Nomination 4. Israeli Settlements 5. Climate Protection 6. New French Base in UAE Â [...]
2009-05-27 11:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN US IS XF FR AE
09BERLIN654NO MI-17 HELOS IN GERMANY'S INVENTORY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 14:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM PK GM
09BERLIN694EUROPEAN SECURITY PROPOSAL: GERMANY FAVORS FOCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. proposal for launching a constructive dialogue on European security within the OSCE at the Corfu ministerial, but warns against a comprehensive review of existing commitments or an effort to beef up the human dimension. Instead, Germany favors a [...]
2009-06-10 13:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV
09BERLIN703GERMANY LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE TO NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany supports a long-term NATO counter-piracy mission, believing its main value-added is giving non-EU Allies who are not already in the EU Atalanta operation a way to contribute to the counter-piracy effort. Behind the scenes, German officials are already discussing the possib [...]
2009-06-11 14:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL
09BERLIN708GERMAN VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany believes that the recent successful elections in Lebanon, which appear to have been conducted without undue Syrian influence, open the door to the signing of the updated EU-Syria Association Agreement (AA),perhaps as early as September. According to the German MFA, only [...]
2009-06-12 16:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN XF CU AF PK ZL BM GM
09BERLIN713MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GITMO, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Presidential Elections 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. New North Korean Threats 5. Israeli PM Netanyahu Address 6. Troop Re-enforcements in Afghanistan 7. Zimbabwe  [...]
2009-06-15 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN IS AF ZI
09BERLIN74GERMANY: INTERESTED IN GAZA ARMS INTERDICTION
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Boris Ruge January 20 and sought confirmation of Germany,s interest in participating in the U.S.-proposed Gaza arms interdiction effort. Ruge was already well familiar with the Amb. Mull,s January 15 presentation to selected re [...]
2009-01-20 14:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS KPAL XG EG IR IS GM
09BERLIN759GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY CONTINUES TO MARGINALIZE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's radical Left Party launched its electoral campaign manifesto at its June 20-21 national party convention in Berlin with a palette of predictable pacifist foreign policy and anti-capitalist domestic appeals that almost guarantee it will continue to remain on the political [...]
2009-06-24 14:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GM
09BERLIN776GERMANY NOT SYMPATHETIC TO UKRAINIAN APPEALS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Recent statements by German government officials handling energy policy indicate that Berlin continues to see Ukraine as the principal problem preventing a quick resolution of the Ukraine/Russia gas dispute. While Germany plans to attend an EU meeting in Brussels during the week [...]
2009-06-29 06:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL UP EU RU GM
09BERLIN777MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE BILL, OBAMA-MERKEL MEETING,
[...] Lead Stories 2. U.S. Climate Policy 3. Chancellor Merkel In Washington 4. NATO-Russia Council 5. Iranian Protests 5. U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Lead Stories All major media led with stories on the CDU/CSU election platform. Most weekend media focused on the death of Michae [...]
2009-06-29 12:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS IZ
09BERLIN793CDU AND CSU RALLY AROUND MERKEL, ELECTION PLATFORM
[...] (C) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) rallied behind Chancellor Merkel (CDU) as their lead candidate and showed strong unity in their joint "election platform" at their June 29 congress in Berlin. In her speech, Chancellor Merk [...]
2009-07-01 12:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GM
09BERLIN803MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...]
2009-07-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG
09BERLIN806GERMANY: FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLAND IN ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German contacts view Foreign Minister Steinmeier's and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's joint trip to Kyiv as indicative of improved German-Polish relations and a significant advance in bringing German and Polish foreign policy positions more into sync. Unsurprisingly, the mini [...]
2009-07-02 15:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN807USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETINGS AT THE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On July 1 in Berlin, USNATO Ambassador Daalder had wide-ranging meetings with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel. Heusgen asked for help in getting the memo between SHAPE and CSTC-A that would enable Germany to fol [...]
2009-07-03 16:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO GM
09BERLIN835GERMANY: STEADFAST DESPITE DETERIORATING SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the deteriorating security situation and rising death toll in northern Afghanistan, the German government has shown no signs of wavering from its military commitment there. Polls shows that more than 60% of the German public favors the immediate withdrawal of the Bundeswe [...]
2009-07-10 08:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN859GERMANY UPBEAT ABOUT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The German Chancellery and MFA view President Obama's trip to Moscow as successful, especially given how poor U.S.-Russian relations were at the beginning of the year. MFA Head of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Division Ernst Reichel and Chancellery Head of Former Soviet Union an [...]
2009-07-16 08:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALRS PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN881German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...]
2009-07-21 20:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN882German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...]
2009-07-21 20:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN896GERMAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE AUGUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin presented REF A points to contacts at the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interlocutors believe Germany is unlikely to take any major new decisions on Afghanistan before parliamentary ("Bundestag") elections [...]
2009-07-24 14:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN EUN MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PK GM
09BERLIN91ROUND 55 - END OF CONSULTATION PERIOD REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 05:59:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR NATO PREL GM
09BERLIN935RETHINKING U.S. FORCES REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE:
[...] (S/NF) Mission Germany strongly endorses the call by USNATO (reftel) to give careful reconsideration to the planned continued draw-down of U.S. forces in Europe. If the draw-down continues as scheduled, two of the three remaining U.S. Army brigade combat teams in Germany will be withdrawn by [...]
2009-08-04 10:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN970NEW GERMAN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT WIDEN LATITUDE TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. While the German MOD is playing down recent changes to the rules-of-engagement (ROE) "pocket card" that is issued to all German soldiers in Afghanistan, those changes, in fact, are fairly substantive and significant. While the previous card clearly viewed the use of force as t [...]
2009-08-10 12:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL MOPS NATO GM
09BERLIN978GERMANY REASSURES THE BALTS TO INCREASE MANEUVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany continues to regard proposed NATO contingency planning to defend the Balts against possible Russian aggression as counterproductive and unnecessary, but it has gone out of its way in recent months to take other measures to reassure the Balts that it takes their security co [...]
2009-08-11 10:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL RU ZB
09BERN108NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): SWISS
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government generally believes that the U.S. Administration has outlined a "good agenda" for the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. Switzerland has sponsored UN resolutions on de-alerting nuclear weapons, and will continue to do so. Fo [...]
2009-03-11 16:31:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP AORC PREL UNGA IAEA SZ
09BERN127NATO KFOR MISSION: SWISS NOT PLANNING ANY CHANGES \
[...] (C) Acting POL-ECON Counselor and DAO representative \ delivered the reftel message on March 19 to Marlene Odermatt, \ Policy Advisor for International Relations and Strategy at \ the Swiss Federal Ministry of Defense. Odermatt said that \ Switzerland has no plans to change its current force \ con [...]
2009-03-20 16:40:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV SZ
09BERN171AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SWISS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the messages in reftels A and B on April 8 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). ----------- AFGHANISTAN ----------- 2. (C) Fux lauded the detailed USG non-paper (reftel A) outlining s [...]
2009-04-09 17:41:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR NATO AF SZ
09BERN257SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY
[...] (C) On June 18, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) OSCE Section Head Lukas Rosenkranz told poloff in response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming 27-28 June 2009 informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu, Greece, that Switzerland welcomed the Greek initiative to host informal di [...]
2009-06-19 14:07:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALKDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON SZ
09BERN362NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government strongly supports entry into force of the CTBT, negotiations on a verifiable FMCT, and efforts to reinforce the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. The Swiss welcome U.S.-Russian nuclear disarmament negotiations, and are con [...]
2009-08-31 22:38:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERN93TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 16:35:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
09BISHKEK1055KYRGYZSTAN: AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered REFTEL points to Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov on September 17. Chudinov took note of our points but had no substantive comment. Given Kyrgyz policy toward Afghanistan and the current state of play on the issue, we would not expect Kyrgyzstan to make any unh [...]
2009-09-18 04:14:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AF KG
09BISHKEK113NATO COMS UNANIMOUS: NEGOTIATE FOR MANAS!
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met separately with the three NATO COMs resident in Bishkek February 5 to discuss the proposed Manas Base closing. Uncannily playing to their national stereotypes, they were nevertheless unanimous in their advice to negotiate hard with the Kyrgyz to keep the Base open [...]
2009-02-06 11:04:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK175AMBASSADOR TO REVIEW MANAS PROPOSAL WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev informed the Ambassador February 27 that he had arranged a meeting for the Ambassador on March 2 with President Bakiyev for a discussion about Manas Air Base. Bakiyev, Sarbayev said, is well aware of the U.S. proposal and subsequent demarche, and [...]
2009-02-27 15:20:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV MARR PINR KG
09BISHKEK396 KYRGYZSTAN: BISHKEK HOSTS ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Six agencies from the UN, Europe, and NATO have joined together to form the Environmental and Security Initiative (ENVSEC),which has 33 projects in Central Asia. The stated goal of ENVSEC is to assist Central Asian countries to address environmental and security risks. Any envir [...]
2009-04-27 05:35:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV KG
09BISHKEK513TURKISH PRESIDENT PRESSES KYRGYZ COUNTERPART ON
[...] (C) On the sidelines of a May 28 opening ceremony for a new building at the International Ataturk Alatoo University in Bishkek, the Ambassador spoke briefly with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul, and then at length with Turkish MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs Unal Cevikoz for [...]
2009-05-28 09:53:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR KG TU
09BISHKEK62KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER CLAIMS NO "OFFICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus held separate meetings January 19 with Kyrgyz Minister of Defense Kalyev and Prime Minister Chudinov. In both meetings, Petraeus briefed on the dramatic improvement in the security situation in Iraq, the increase in security incidents in A [...]
2009-01-21 05:28:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BOGOTA1040EMBASSY BOGOTA RESPONSE - AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 21:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA1539SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your trip to Colombia will allow you the opportunity to see the incredible progress Colombia has made from a near failed state to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America over the last decade. Despite Colombia's significant progress, USG support remains critica [...]
2009-05-15 14:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1582SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of the USNS Comfort and her crew to Colombia from June 6-17. The humanitarian and medical services you will provide will be welcomed by the Government of Colombia (GOC) and by the people of Tumaco, Narino -- one of the poorest areas of Colombia. Your visit [...]
2009-05-19 21:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER OIIP SNAR CO
09BOGOTA198GOC OFFERS TO SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN UNDER ISAF
[...] (U) The GOC has offered an initial contribution of up to 126 troops to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, with more possibly to follow. The Colombians are set to work alongside Spanish forces, although no formal agreement yet exists between the GOC and the Span [...]
2009-01-22 21:46:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO SP AF CO
09BOGOTA2399EMBASSY BOGOTA RESPONSE: ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Post delivered all points in reftel on July 21 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Adriana Maldonado. She informed us that the Government of Colombia (GOC) already plans to support U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, [...]
2009-07-29 14:02:00Embassy BogotaSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF CO
09BOGOTA3223AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD SILVA ON AFGHANISTAN DEPLOYMENT
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva and Vice Minister Sergio Jaramillo on October 1, 2009. Silva told the Ambassador that the Government of Colombia (GOC) wants to complete the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and review of Track II issues [...]
2009-10-16 20:19:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER PHUM AF CO
09BOGOTA3445COLOMBIA'S PLANNED TROOP DEPLOYMENTS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador discussed the Government of Colombia's (GOC) plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan with Defense Minister Gabriel Silva Lujan on November 12 per ref A. MOD Silva suggested that the GOC is waiting to publicly announce its decision to send troops to Afghanistan until the USG [...]
2009-11-25 20:30:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV CO AF
09BOGOTA383SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) The signing of a new defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with the United States is a priority for President Uribe. The current negotiations come at a time when the GOC is eager to cement the historically solid U.S.-Colombian bilateral relationship under the new U.S. administration. The GOC and [...]
2009-02-05 19:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS CO
09BOGOTA413SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN
[...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...]
2009-02-09 16:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO
09BOGOTA435SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...]
2009-02-11 20:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO
09BOGOTA526SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 4-5 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Admiral Mullen to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As you know from previous visits, in ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in [...]
2009-02-19 18:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP ECON CO
09BOGOTA970SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the first Cabinet Secretary of the new administration to visit Colombia, you trip comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. Evidenced by its hosting of the Inter-American Development Bank's 50th Annual Meeting in Medellin, Colombia has progressed from a [...]
2009-03-20 18:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA981SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 6-8 VISIT OF CODEL HOYER AND
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As many members of the delegation know from previous visits, in ten years Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and ter [...]
2009-03-24 22:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD KJUS PHUM PTER CO
09BRASILIA188BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION, THE BALKANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's position on Kosovo recognition has not changed: the GOB would prefer a clear UN consensus in favor of Kosovo independence. Serbia is lobbying Brazil and other key UN members to file briefs at the ICJ in its favor. The Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Bosnia have rec [...]
2009-02-13 15:50:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC NATO RS AL BK KV MK BR
09BRASILIA454BRAZILIAN REPLY TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] (C) Charge delivered assistance request (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, who had recently returned from the Hague Conference on Afghanistan. In response to the specific requests, he noted that the Brazilian congress recently reduced t [...]
2009-04-14 20:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR BR AF
09BRATISLAVA100SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) The eastern border of Slovakia, which is shared with Ukraine, is a common passage for Afghans, Pakistanis, Indians, and Chinese who mak [...]
2009-02-27 14:44:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALASEC SK PTER
09BRATISLAVA110SLOVAKIA ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to multiple offices in the MFA and MoD. The Slovaks welcomed the information and asked us to share the results of the comprehensive review of Afghanistan/Pakistan policy well in advance of the NATO Summit. MFA Political Director Igor Slo [...]
2009-03-04 10:31:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR LO
09BRATISLAVA122GUIDANCE REQUEST: PURSUING REPORTS ON NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Local media have uncovered information in archived intelligence files implicating Frantisek Blanarik, the head of Slovakia's National Security Office (NBU),as someone who knowingly cooperated with Communist-era intelligence services. If the information in the archived files is ac [...]
2009-03-12 09:07:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO LO
09BRATISLAVA142DEMARCHE TO SLOVAK GOVERNMENT ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Charge conveyed U.S. views on the need for strict adherence to national laws regarding the issuance of security clearances to MFA Political Director Igor Slobodnik on March 18. Queried by Slobodnik, Charge acknowledged that U.S. concerns had been generated by press reports regardi [...]
2009-03-20 15:16:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR NATO LO
09BRATISLAVA143SLOVAK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: GASPAROVIC AND RADICOVA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent President Ivan Gasparovic and center-right opposition candidate Iveta Radicova have advanced to the second round of the Slovak presidential elections. Gasparovic took 46.7 percent of the vote in the March 21 first round, with Radicova receiving 38 percent in the seven- [...]
2009-03-22 09:35:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA144SLOVAKIA HAS NO PLANS TO LEAVE KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points with Martin Pangrac at MFA's NATO desk on March 20. Pangrac said Slovakia has no plans to withdraw its forces from Kosovo. The Balkans is one of Slovakia's foreign policy priorities. 2. (SBU) Pangrac said he was dismayed by Spain's decision to withdraw f [...]
2009-03-23 14:20:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO KPKO KVIR LO
09BRATISLAVA152AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN WHITE PAPER DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref A and B paper and points to Peter Burian, Slovakia's Ambassador to the United States, during a meeting in Bratislava on March 27. Poloff delivered ref A paper and points to Lucia Marcisiakova, Afghanistan Coordinator in MFA's Security Policy Department on March 27; a [...]
2009-03-31 14:38:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS LO
09BRATISLAVA154SLOVAKIA STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points and papers to Juraj Podhorsky, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on April 1. Podhorsky appreciated close communication with the U.S. Embassy during the review process and during the week since the White Paper was released. He was not surprised [...]
2009-04-01 14:49:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS LO
09BRATISLAVA161SLOVAKIA TO CONSIDER SENDING POLICE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraph five. 2. (C) Summary: Charge raised ref A and B points on police trainers and mentors with Minister of Interior Robert Kalinak on April 2. Kalinak reiterated an earlier offer to train Afghan police in Slovakia, but -- when pressed -- also agr [...]
2009-04-07 10:10:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK LO
09BRATISLAVA177SLOVAK POLICE PREPARING FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff met with Colonel Pavel Slopovsky, Director of Slovakia's Bureau of International Police Cooperation, on April 16 to follow up on Interior Minister Kalinak's expressed interest in the possibility of sending Slovak police trainers to Afghanistan (Ref A). According to Slopov [...]
2009-04-17 08:47:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK LO
09BRATISLAVA185SLOVAK MOD PRESENTS PLAN FOR FUTURE ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 16 meeting with DATT, ODC Chief and Poloff, officials from the Slovak General Staff detailed their expectations for future deployments to Afghanistan. Slovakia would like to deploy a 15-soldier OMLT in summer 2010 and, pending proper training and equipment, up to 65 sp [...]
2009-04-22 08:37:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK LO
09BRATISLAVA190GASPAROVIC ON AFGHANISTAN, ASAD, ROMA, AND THE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered President Obama's congratulatory letter to newly reelected Slovak President Gasparovic on April 22. In the course of their subsequent hour-long discussion, Gasparovic voiced worries about the Slovak economy, underscored his continued personal commitment to Slovak [...]
2009-04-24 13:36:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NATO OPDC LO
09BRATISLAVA20SLOVAK RESPONSE TO LONG-TERM STRATEGY ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) In a January 2 farewell call on departing Slovak Foreign Minister Kubis, Ambassador foreshadowed reftel points, emphasizing the U.S. desire for a united Georgia, but acknowledging that we were engaged in a long-term process. Kubis welcomed U.S. willingness to solicit European thinking, and [...]
2009-01-13 11:20:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL LO GG
09BRATISLAVA206SLOVAK MOD PRESENTS PLAN FOR FUTURE ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 16 meeting with DATT, ODC Chief and Poloff, officials from the Slovak General Staff detailed their expectations for future deployments to Afghanistan. Slovakia would like to deploy a 15-soldier OMLT in summer 2010 and, pending proper training and equipment, up to 65 sp [...]
2009-05-11 11:15:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK LO
09BRATISLAVA232LAJCAK CALLS IN CHARGE OVER EMBASSY'S STATEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Slovak FM Lajcak called in Charge May 27 to relay President Gasparovic's extreme displeasure over Embassy Bratislava's recent public statements in which we expressed regret at the demise of the Special Court for anti-corruption cases. Lajcak said Gasparovic felt U.S. comments (a [...]
2009-05-28 15:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR LO
09BRATISLAVA251SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CFE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Rosina, OSCE Officer in the Arms Control Department at MFA, and Martin Pangrac, NATO officer in the Security Policy Department. Rosina said Slovakia fully supports the U.S. initiative for dialogue, but would like the Conventional Forces in Europe ( [...]
2009-06-10 15:04:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA262GASPAROVIC INAUGURATED FOR SECOND TERM
[...] (SBU) Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic was sworn in June 15 for a second five-year term. The formalities were decidedly low-key; one daily newspaper here ran its main inauguration story under the headline, "The Inauguration Interested Mostly Tourists." And, indeed, the riot barriers, police [...]
2009-06-17 13:55:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA286BRATISLAVA INPUT FOR HDIM MEETING
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the HDIM process and would like to highlight three areas which correspond to OSCE HDIM commitments: Judiciary 2. (U) Despite the efforts that went into preparing the Slovak judicial system for full membership in the European Union and [...]
2009-06-25 15:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA291SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS OPERATIONS
[...] (U) Summary. On June 19, Slovakia's parliament, by a vote of 134-0, approved a measure enabling Slovak Armed Forces to deploy 16 additional troops in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Deputies from all parliamentary parties supported the measure. T [...]
2009-06-29 09:08:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS AF LO
09BRATISLAVA3AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DEPARTING SLOVAK
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Obsitnik paid a farewell call on departing Slovak Foreign Minister Kubis on January 2, expressing appreciation for Kubis,s personal efforts (in sometimes trying circumstances) and Slovakia,s support on a variety of issues important to the United States ) particularly [...]
2009-01-06 17:16:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL LO
09BRATISLAVA324FOREIGN MINISTER LAJCAK ON HUNGARY AND FICO'S DESIRE TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 20 dinner with the Charge, Foreign Minister Lajcak lamented the timing but defended the substance of the recently-passed amendments to the Slovak language law. He hoped to defuse the current "overreaction" by working quietly with Hungarian officials and the OSCE's [...]
2009-07-22 14:37:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA367CHARGE'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER FICO
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Charge met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on August 18 for nearly an hour. Fico had originally asked the Charge to stop by to discuss the case of Aspect Energy, an American firm whose efforts to explore for natural gas in Slovakia have been subject to a s [...]
2009-08-20 15:01:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AF LO
09BRATISLAVA390LOW EXPECTATIONS IN ADVANCE OF FICO-BAJNAI BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 16:03:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM LO HU
09BRATISLAVA400SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Charge conveyed the Presidential decision on European-based missile defense to MFA Political Director Igor Slobodnik on September 17. Slobodnik expressed appreciation for the briefing and signaled GOS support for the decision. He stated that the MFA had already responded this afternoon to [...]
2009-09-17 15:11:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA406SLOVAKIA: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FM LAJCAK
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires Eddins met with Foreign Minister Lajcak on September 18, prior to Lajcak's departure for the U.S. Lajcak reviewed his recent trips to Moscow and Minsk. Other topics included Afghanistan, Iran, Slovak-Hungarian relations, the Balkans, and Guantanamo detainees. [...]
2009-09-21 13:08:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO HU BH
09BRATISLAVA413THE PURGE OF THE SLOVAK JUDICIARY
[...] (U) Introduction and Summary: Negative trends in the Slovak judiciary (refs a-j) have intensified and accelerated since the June election of former Justice Minister Stefan Harabin to the position of Chief Justice of the Slovak Supreme Court. On what seems to be a daily basis, experience [...]
2009-09-25 16:16:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM LO
09BRATISLAVA447SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO SLOVAKIA OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (C) Ambassador Vershbow: Your visit to Bratislava coincides with what could be Slovakia's most forward-leaning pledges regarding ISAF participation to date. At the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial, we expect the Slovaks to announce the deployment of Special Forces (20 in the near future [...]
2009-10-16 16:15:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR AF LO
09BRATISLAVA45 SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...]
2009-01-26 15:44:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO
09BRATISLAVA453SECRETARY GATES' OCTOBER 23 MEETING WITH SLOVAK DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Gates met October 23 with Deputy Prime Minister (and Interior Minister) Kalinak and Defense Minister Baska on the margins of the Bratislava NATO defense ministerial. Kalinak underscored and elaborated on Baska's earlier announcement that Slovakia would be in [...]
2009-10-24 07:35:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR LO
09BRATISLAVA455ASD VERSHBOW'S MEETING WITH SLOVAK FOREIGN MINISTER LAJCAK:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 16:03:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR BIH LO AF
09BRATISLAVA48NEW FM LAJCAK ON THE JOB; UNCLEAR HOW LONG HE WILL
[...] (U) Summary: On Monday, January 26, President Gasparovic formally appointed Miroslav Lajcak to replace Jan Kubis as Slovakia's Foreign Minister. Lajcak, currently serving as the EU Special Representative and High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has stated that he intends to remain in S [...]
2009-01-28 09:21:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA489SLOVAKIA COMMEMORATES THE VELVET REVOLUTION: SNAPSHOTS FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 14:03:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM LO
09BRATISLAVA49CHIEF OF OFFICE CHARGED WITH GRANTING SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary. Frantisek Blanarik, the Head of Slovakia's National Security Office (NBU),is under pressure after the exposure of archived files related to information he provided to the Military Counterintelligence Service (VKR) when he was a soldier in the mid-1980s. If Blanarik provided inform [...]
2009-01-28 15:31:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA492SLOVAKIA ON NATO ENLARGEMENT: MACEDONIA AND BOSNIA SHOULD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:48:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA53AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S FAREWELL TRIFECTA - FICO,
[...] (C) Summary: In farewell calls on Prime Minister Fico, President Gasparovic, and Foreign Minister Kubis, Ambassador Obsitnik underscored his appreciation for U.S.-Slovak cooperation during his 13-month tenure, highlighting Slovakia's entry into the Visa Waiver Program and increasingly active [...]
2009-01-29 13:19:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA54SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]
2009-01-30 10:27:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
09BRATISLAVA70FICO'S ROLE MODEL: VLADIMIR PUTIN?
[...] (C) Name this leader: He consolidated power and popularity during a period of unprecedented economic growth. As a hedge against any current or future challengers, he attacks the opposition and media relentlessly. He accuses NGOs of seeking to undermine the government and has supported legislati [...]
2009-02-09 08:06:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO RU
09BRATISLAVA76SLOVAKIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE WESTERN
[...] (C) Slovakia's new Foreign Minister, High Representative and EU Special Representative to Bosnia Miroslav Lajcak, wants to maintain a strong focus on the Western Balkans in his new role. In a February 11 initial meeting with Charge, Lajcak also mentioned that he had intended to visit Washingt [...]
2009-02-12 11:32:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO BH
09BRATISLAVA89FOREIGN MINISTER LAJCAK STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary: In their initial meeting, Foreign Minister Miro Lajcak and Charge discussed a wide range of issues including bilateral relations, the global financial crisis, Afghanistan, Western Balkans (already reported reftel) and Ukraine. Lajcak opened the meeting by affirming that Slovakia [...]
2009-02-20 15:08:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL LO
09BRATISLAVA97CODEL Cardin Advances Human Rights Agenda in Bratislava
[...] SUMMARY: During a one-day trip to Bratislava, Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) met with newly appointed Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, former Ambassador to the U.S. Martin Butora, and members of the Jewish and Roma communities. Throughout his meeting [...]
2009-02-25 16:10:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LO
09BRAZZAVILLE91CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] Per reftel, EmbOff met with Daniel Owassa, Secretary General, Chef du Cabinet, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of the Congo (ROC). Talking points regarding the new strategy for meeting the challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan were presented to Owassa. 2. In response, [...]
2009-03-31 08:42:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MARR MOPS PK AF
09BRIDGETOWN219 Counter-Narcotics on our Eastern Caribbean Third Border:
[...] (SBU) The countries of the Eastern Caribbean are seeing a steady increase in narcotics trafficking and the attendant problems of gun and gang violence in their communities. Trafficking is on the rise as drug runners look for alternate routes to compensate for successes under Plan Colombia and [...]
2009-04-06 20:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRUSSELS1AMBASSADOR VISITS PRAGUE TO DISCUSS CZECH EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech EU Presidency, which takes over on January 1, wants the new American president to meet the EU-27 heads of state in early April in Prague to discuss climate change and the Middle East. Czech FonMin Schwarzenberg is considering a trip to Washington in early February to mee [...]
2009-01-01 09:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN SENV EFIN ECON ETTC IR EZ
09BRUSSELS1012INTERVIEW OF BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE CREM
[...] Embassy wishes to provide Department with the text of the following interview of Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem, which appeared in the Dutch-language Belgian magazine, Humo, on July 14, 2009. 2. Begin text of interview: Q: As Defense Minister, you let our country fight along in [...]
2009-07-23 15:54:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS AF BE
09BRUSSELS1023SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Brussels warmly welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Holbrooke and his meeting with newly appointed Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme. Since a change of government in late 2007, Belgium has gone from regarding its military as "an [...]
2009-07-27 10:36:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID AF BE
09BRUSSELS1044BELGIAN MP TO PROPOSE LAW BANNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 13:37:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETMNUC MARR PREL BE
09BRUSSELS1047SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S JULY 28 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke met on July 28 with Yves Leterme, newly appointed Foreign Minister of Belgium. Holbrooke urged the GOB to ensure that the Belgian public understands how important operations in Afghanistan are to Belgian, Euro [...]
2009-07-30 15:43:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV AF BE
09BRUSSELS1056BELGIUM: THREE REGIONAL INVESTMENT AGENCIES WORK TO ATTRACT
[...] (U) THIS REPORT IS FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY, AND SHOULD NOT BE POSTED ON THE INTERNET. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) BelgiumQs three regions -- Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels -- compete among each other and against neighboring countries for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. Emb [...]
2009-07-31 15:26:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON BE
09BRUSSELS1075EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the European Parliament (EP) has less decision-making power in foreign policy as compared to other EU policy areas, the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) is traditionally a prestigious one and offers a platform for high-level visitors to reach out to the EU. But the new [...]
2009-08-06 05:17:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN
09BRUSSELS1128EUPOL: READY FOR LONG-TERM COMMITMENT IN AN
[...] (C) Summary: On August 11, EU Civilian Operations Commander, Kees Klompenhouwer, met with Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffers to discuss the EU's efforts to reform and train the Afghan police forces. Klompenhouwer acknowledged that Afghanistan is unlikely to become a South Asian Sw [...]
2009-08-13 12:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF EUN
09BRUSSELS1130BELGIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN WITH SENATE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 10, two staff members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Douglas Frantz and Fulton Armstrong, met with a delegation of Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense officials to discuss the challenges and opportunities shared by Belgium, the United [...]
2009-08-13 13:25:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAID BE AF
09BRUSSELS1179BELGIUM: JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES
[...] (U) The "Joining Hands Against Forced Marriages" (JHAFM) campaign came to Brussels on 19 May 2008. This coincided with a similar Belgian initiative against forced marriage that was just starting up at the same time. Despite a SPIOR spokesman saying that the campaigns were "complimentary", [...]
2009-08-25 15:51:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPINR SCUL KWMN BE
09BRUSSELS1202USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW
[...] (SBU) You are visiting Brussels at an ideal time to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan with the EU. Already a major contributor of development and humanitarian assistance, the EU is in the midst of writing a new Af/Pak strategy paper for release in October. Although European public opinion is [...]
2009-09-01 10:26:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EUN AF PK IK
09BRUSSELS123DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PARTICIPATION IN GAZA ARMS
[...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 27 to Wolfgang Barwinkel, Director of the Middle East Division at the Middle East Maghreb Unit of the EU Council. (Note: Head of Unit Christian Jouret was traveling with Javier Solana in the Middle East.) Barwinkel noted that the [...]
2009-01-28 16:40:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MARR MOPS PARM NATO EU IS PHSA
09BRUSSELS124BELGIAN LAW BANNING DEPLETED URANIUM TO TAKE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A law passed in 2007 banning depleted uranium (DU) munitions and armor-plating will come into effect in June 2009. Post requests that the Department (PM, IO, EUR, ISN, L and other interested bureaus) consider whether the law coul [...]
2009-01-28 16:59:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS MNUC BE
09BRUSSELS1248BELGIAN VIEWS AND DECISION-MAKING ON
[...] Summary: Policy-making on non-proliferation and disarmament issues in Belgium is concentrated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the direction of Werner Bauwens, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Final decisions on policy are made in consultation with Minister of Fo [...]
2009-09-16 15:27:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BRUSSELS1249BELGIUM WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ORAL ARGUMENTS ON
[...] (C) On September 8, Poloff met with Luc Liebaut, Director of the Department of South-East Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Liebaut said that Belgium will not participate in oral arguments on Kosovo's declaration of independence in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Liebaut sa [...]
2009-09-16 15:35:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ICJ KV BE
09BRUSSELS1258BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO UNGA 64 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
[...] (U) PolEconOff and PolEconIntern met September 16 with Future MFA DG for UN Relations Marie Louise Vanherk to discuss reftel UNGA Priorities. Vanherk welcomed the information and provided a preview of the expected Belgian priorities as well as remarks on U.S. priorities. Belgian Priorities [...]
2009-09-18 07:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA BE
09BRUSSELS1285BELGIAN LEGISLATORS WRITE TO URGE U.S. CONGRESS TO
[...] (U) On September 21, nine members of the Belgian parliament sent a letter to U.S. Representatives Ed Pastor and Rodney Frelinghuysen, and Senators Byron Dorgan and Michael Bennet, urging them to end deployment of the B61 nuclear weapon. The text of the letter follows para 4. 2. (C) One sta [...]
2009-09-23 15:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMNUC MARR PREL PGOV BE
09BRUSSELS1293THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madame Secretary, In your first meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister (former Primer Minister) Yves Leterme in New York, Leterme is likely to focus on the lack of direct Belgian participation in the G-20, and perhaps be rather forceful in his manner. You should express appreci [...]
2009-09-24 15:43:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BE
09BRUSSELS130BELGIUM ON TRACK TO RATIFY CROATIA AND ALBANIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 14:24:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL BE
09BRUSSELS1301U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation took place on September 9, 2009. The two sides were generally on the same wavelength on key armation issues. ISN DAparticular that the EU crt in this area, so that Egypt could not say nothing had [...]
2009-09-25 14:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN XF
09BRUSSELS132AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. The current window may close as soon as April 3-4, 2009 -- the dates of the NATO Summit. It is unlikely that the 21 out of 27 EU member states who are also N [...]
2009-01-29 16:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS133WORKING WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 22, USEU facilitated a videoconference with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the Critical Maritime Routes initiative, which is designed to provide capacity building support t [...]
2009-01-29 17:13:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID PHSA PTER XI XO XW ZR EUN
09BRUSSELS134AN OVERVIEW OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACTIVISM IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Five years ago the EU experienced its largest expansion to date with the accession of ten new member states*eight of which were Central European post-communist states*followed by the entry of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, which together comprise what is commonly known as the Cen [...]
2009-01-29 17:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN XG
09BRUSSELS1350EU DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN WITH PARTNERS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Swedish Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Anna-Karin Enestrom and Swedish EU Presidency Political and Security Committee Ambassador Olof Skoog hosted informal consultations on October 5 to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan. In addition to th [...]
2009-10-06 16:00:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EUN AF PK
09BRUSSELS1404 ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...]
2009-10-21 05:30:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN
09BRUSSELS1480NEW EUROPEAN UNION ACTION PLAN ON AFPAK: MODEST
[...] (C) Summary: The new European Union (EU) Action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan, released during the monthly foreign ministers meeting October 27, presents a unified focus for further EU engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan. While it does not contain significant new commitments, it doe [...]
2009-10-30 17:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EUN AF PK
09BRUSSELS1489EU AND CLOSE ALLIES DISCUSS CURRENT CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: On October 16, the Swedish EU Presidency convoked a meeting of EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors with non-EU NATO Allies and EU candidate countries (the PSC Plus 8) to discuss the EU's counter-piracy operation, the EU police training mission in Afghanistan, and th [...]
2009-11-03 16:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS1505EUPOL DEPLOYMENT TO U.S. PRTS -- LETTERS
[...] (C) Embassy Kabul, in Reftel, raises the importance of the issue of whether the U.S. should sign letters of agreement with the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL). In order to ensure that discussions on this issue in Washington and elsewhere focus on precisely what the Euro [...]
2009-11-09 12:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS MARR EUN NATO AF
09BRUSSELS151DAS BRYZA ENCOURAGES EU ENERGY INVESTMENTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza met separately with Steven Everts, Advisor to High Representative Javier Solana; Heinz Hilbrecht, EU Commission Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets; and Jean-Paul Decaestecker, EU Council Head of Unit f [...]
2009-02-03 13:24:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS1511BELGIUM AGREES WITH IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION ON
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on the importance of coordination among allies of criteria for appointment of Afghan provincial governors and expressions of concern about their performance to the Afghan government to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Security Affairs, Francois De [...]
2009-11-10 16:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO BE AF
09BRUSSELS1522 THE TREATY OF LISBON: AN OVERVIEW OF FORTHCOMING EU
[...] (U) The Treaty of Lisbon, now scheduled to enter into force on December 1, is intended to streamline EU decision-making and to enhance EU effectiveness on the world scene through a series of institutional reforms. Changes of key interest to the USG include the creation of two new positions: pe [...]
2009-11-13 11:43:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN
09BRUSSELS1561EU MAKING THE "COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH" ITS
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's added value to international security is its ability to apply a broad range of developmental, humanitarian, civilian, and military instruments. The UN is the only other multilateral organization to do that, according to the European Commission Director for Crisis P [...]
2009-11-20 18:30:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL EUN CD IZ AF SO
09BRUSSELS1566GENERAL HENRI BENTEGEAT SHARES HIS VIEWS AT THE
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: General Henri Bentegeat welcomed DASD Jim Townsend to his office on 27 October in Brussels for a final meeting before his 4 November departure. The one-hour meeting covered a range of topics. Handing Allied Command Transformation to France was "a bold, great move" said Bente [...]
2009-11-23 10:44:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR EUN FR
09BRUSSELS1569EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS
[...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]
2009-11-23 14:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09BRUSSELS1571AFGHANISTAN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE EU MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers devoted considerable time and attention to Afghanistan at their monthly GAERC meeting November 16 and 17 (SEPTEL),with discussions on the issue at their informal meeting November 16 with EU Defense Ministers, their dinner November 16 with NATO Secretary G [...]
2009-11-23 16:49:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KDEM EUN AF
09BRUSSELS1580SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Madame Secretary, Embassy Brussels welcomes your visit to Brussels on December 3-4 and your meetings with the in-coming Belgian Prime Minister, Yves Leterme, and the Foreign Minister, most likely Steven Vanackere. Your visit occurs at a moment when Belgians are poised to take a leading [...]
2009-11-24 14:00:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON BE AF
09BRUSSELS1629SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S DECEMBER 2
[...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Richard Holbrooke discussed President Obama's newly announced Afghanistan strategy with Steven Vanackere, the Foreign Minister of Belgium. Holbrooke said the strategy involves and increase in troops and training for the Afghan army and police to enable foreign tro [...]
2009-12-03 13:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AF BE
09BRUSSELS1633DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: DHS Secretary Napolitano met November 6 with Belgian Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom to promote information sharing and security. The Secretary stressed the importance of finding a solution for the Swift Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) issue prior to December 1. [...]
2009-12-03 17:14:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KTFN KHLS KISL BE EU
09BRUSSELS1637SRAP HOLBROOKE'S DECEMBER 3 BILAT MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Richard Holbrooke held a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on December 3 in Brussels to discuss the President's December 2 speech, Afghanistan's scheduled Parliamentary elections in May 2010, [...]
2009-12-04 12:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID KDEM AF EUN
09BRUSSELS1638INTERNATIONAL CIVILIAN EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN:
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke's December 2 meeting with NATO and EU SRAP counterparts he: -- Elicited a consensus among SRAPs that Afghan elections in May 2010 were neither possible nor desirable until electoral and constitutional [...]
2009-12-04 16:39:00USEU BrusselsSECRETAF EUN MARR MOPS PGOV PREL EAID PINS
09BRUSSELS1639HOLBROOKE & FM BILDT ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS, CIVILIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke in a December 3 meeting in Brussels that he agreed that Afghan elections due to be held in May 2010 must be postponed. He advocated using the upcoming releases of OSCE, [...]
2009-12-04 18:28:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SW PK IN
09BRUSSELS164BELGIUM ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT
[...] (C) On February 3 Poloff met with Pol De Witte, Director for Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium accepts the invitation of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to join as a member of the group. Poloff provided De Witte with a [...]
2009-02-05 06:23:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAL EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA BE
09BRUSSELS1658SRAP HOLBROOKE'S DEC 4 MEETING WITH KOREAN DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke met with South Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Yong-joon on the margins of the December 4 NATO Ministerial in Brussels. Lee said the Korean Parliament would discuss the GOK's planned PRT for Afghanistan in approximately two weeks. Korean fi [...]
2009-12-10 13:39:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SW PK IN
09BRUSSELS1666SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE
[...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...]
2009-12-11 15:40:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF
09BRUSSELS1681EUPOL COPPS LOOKING FOR EXPANSION AND GREATER USSC
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) implements police training and mentoring programs and serves as a clearing house for EU Member States, bilateral financial contributions to the Palestinian police. Begun in early 2006 as a 33-person financ [...]
2009-12-18 06:46:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNKPMI WE EUN PREL PINS XF WBG
09BRUSSELS1708BELGIUM: COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT 2009
[...] Embassy point of contact for this report is Political Economic Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov 2. Begin text of report: The Belgian government recognizes that terrorism is a serious threat. Belgian agencies identify possible terrorist threats, respond to those threats, a [...]
2009-12-21 15:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC BE
09BRUSSELS1709EU CRISIS MANAGEMENT CHIEF SEEKS CLOSER
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting with visiting S/CRS Ambassador Herbst, Claude-France Arnould, Director of the EU's Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD),sought closer U.S.-EU coordination in Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. As CMPD Director, Arnould supervis [...]
2009-12-22 06:03:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL EUN AF CG
09BRUSSELS1723EU PUTS NEW CIV-MIL PLANNING STRUCTURE IN PLACE
[...] (C) Summary: The creation of the long-awaited EU Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD) was announced at the EU's November meeting of Foreign and Defense Ministers. The CMPD's new Director, Claude-France Arnould, told us on December 16 that the Directorate, which is to unite EU civil [...]
2009-12-23 16:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL EUN MASS
09BRUSSELS1739URGING BELGIUM TO STEP UP EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: (C) Embassy Brussels has been conducting an intense campaign to encourage Belgium to step up its efforts to extend and increase its military commitment to Afghanistan, and to increase the level of its civilian assistance, including police trainers. This has been carried out through [...]
2009-12-31 13:14:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID AF BE
09BRUSSELS188YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT
[...] General Petraeus, your meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht comes at an ideal time to reinforce our efforts to secure greater Belgian participation in ISAF and increased Belgian support for Afghanistan development and reconstruction efforts. The meeting is an opportunity to r [...]
2009-02-10 13:15:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AF BE
09BRUSSELS189YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT
[...] (C) General Petraeus, your meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht comes at an ideal time to reinforce our efforts to secure greater Belgian participation in ISAF and increased Belgian support for Afghanistan development and reconstruction efforts. The meeting is an opportunity to [...]
2009-02-10 15:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AF BE
09BRUSSELS203BELGIANS READY TO ACCEPT EXPANSION OF AFGHAN ARMY
[...] (C) Summary: On February 10 Charge discussed Belgium's reported opposition to expansion of the Afghan National Army (ANA) trust fund to cover sustainment costs with Jean-Arthur Regibeau, Director-General for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. Regibeau stated th [...]
2009-02-12 17:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO PINR AF BE
09BRUSSELS218DISCUSSIONS AT U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS
[...] (U) This is an action request telegram; please see paragraph 29. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Participants at the U.S.-European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Informal Meeting in Prague February 5 to 6, 2009, engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of cooperation against terr [...]
2009-02-13 17:08:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM CZ
09BRUSSELS219RUSSIA-EU FM TROIKA: HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNCIL AND
[...] (C) Summary: According to European Commission (RELEX) and Council Secretariat participants at the EU-Russia FM Troika meeting in Moscow February 11, Russian FonMin Sergey Lavrov will soon travel to the Middle East in advance of an international conference Moscow is determined to host. Also, [...]
2009-02-13 19:01:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL RS EUN GG AF SO XF XH
09BRUSSELS227CENTCOM'S GEN. PETRAEUS MEETS WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: CENTCOM Commander David Petraeus gave Belgium's Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht a tour d'horizon of political-military challenges in the CENTCOM AOR, engaging De Gucht on Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Petraeus contrasted the situation in Iraq with that in Af [...]
2009-02-18 10:48:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALBE IR MARR MOPS PREL IQ
09BRUSSELS236CZECH MFA EASTERN EUROPE DIRECTOR ON THE BALKANS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a dinner with Poloff February 18, Czech MFA Eastern and Southeastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog was most interested in learning U.S. views about Bosnia. While acknowledging that a decision to close the Office of the High Representative (OHR) was unlikely at the March Pe [...]
2009-02-19 16:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS EUN AL HR KK SR SI EZ
09BRUSSELS247AFGHANISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS HITS RE-SET BUTTON
[...] (C) Summary. General David Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Central Command, discussed Afghanistan with representatives from all 27 EU member states and other high-ranking EU officials in Brussels February 11 and 12. General Petraeus emphasized that his objective in meeting the EU was to consult [...]
2009-02-20 16:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS260BELGIUM: TRABELSI EXTRADITION UPDATE: BELGIAN
[...] (U) The Brussels Chamber of Indictments (BCI) February 19 ruled that Tunisian-national Nizar Trabelsi may be extradited to the United States. The appellate court (that is, the BCI) reaffirmed the November 19, 2008 ruling by the Nivelles Chamber of Indictments. Trabelsi is now expected to a [...]
2009-02-24 06:17:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CJAN CVIS KCRM BE
09BRUSSELS277FEBRUARY GAERC - EU FOREIGN MINISTERS FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In Brussels on February 23, EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in General Affairs Council, discussed preparations for the March 19-20 European Council meeting and discussed proposals for investments in energy and infrastructure under the economic recovery plan. The External Affairs C [...]
2009-02-26 19:32:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN ECON AF AL BK EZ MW SR
09BRUSSELS28EP PRESIDENT POTTERING RE-ITERATES INVITATION TO
[...] (SBU) Hans-Gert Pottering, President of the European Parliament (EP),told Ambassador Silverberg on January 7 that the EP was very eager to welcome President-Elect Obama during his visit to Europe in April, and inquired about the status of his invitation to the President-elect, sent November [...]
2009-01-09 15:20:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP OBAMA BARACK EUN
09BRUSSELS280UNITY QUEST: CENTRAL EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO FORGE EU
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Renewed efforts by the Central Europeans to approach energy security from a common EU position are being obstructed by a lack of member state unity on the issue. Holding the rotating presidency of the European Council, the Czech Republic has made energy security [...]
2009-02-27 12:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ENRG EPET XH
09BRUSSELS284ITALIANS SEEKING U.S. SUPPORT ON BOSNIA TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting with the Charge March 2, Italian PSC Ambassador Andrea Meloni sought U.S. support for changes to the international community's political and military posture in Bosnia. Fearing a loss of EU credibility in Bosnia if a new EUSR were not appointed quickly, Meloni [...]
2009-03-02 14:56:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BK IT
09BRUSSELS310YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER VAN ROMPUY
[...] (C) Summary: Mr. Vice President, your meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy can reinforce U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, resettlement of Guantanamo detainees, Iran, Kosovo and Africa. The meeting is an opportunity to recognize Belgium's expanding contri [...]
2009-03-05 15:24:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL BE
09BRUSSELS318U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON AFRICA FEBRUARY 27
[...] (C) Summary: Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter represented the U.S. at the troika meeting with the EU on Africa issues, held February 27 in Brussels. The agenda included the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan),Zimbabwe, West Africa (Mauritania and Guinea),the Great La [...]
2009-03-06 18:18:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID ETTC XA EUN CH
09BRUSSELS324SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER YATES
[...] (U) Deputy to the Commander of AFRICOM Yates, your trip to Brussels comes at a time when the Belgian government is eager for dialogue with the United States on Africa. Secretary of State Clinton met with Foreign Minister De Gucht March 6, and much of what De Gucht brought up centered on Africa [...]
2009-03-11 05:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE
09BRUSSELS330EU Approaches the G-20 Summit
[...] (SBU) The European Union and its 27 member states have been hard hit by the global financial crisis and economic downturn, with the economy in recession and some of the world's largest financial institutions under stress. The EU has responded actively to this, with strident calls for action f [...]
2009-03-11 15:24:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KSUM EUN
09BRUSSELS355EU'S ROBERT COOPER AND S/P SLAUGHTER DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 09:42:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL IS AF PK PBK EUN
09BRUSSELS398BELGIUM SUPPORTS ONLY A BALANCED DRAWDOWN OF KFOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 06:25:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV BE
09BRUSSELS401EU EMPHASIZES SUCCESS IN PSC PLUS 7 MEETING
[...] (C//NF) Summary: At the March 17 Political and Security Committee (PSC) Plus 7 meeting organized by the Czech EU Presidency, representatives of Member States and the EU institutions generally gave high marks to EU-led civilian and military operations in Chad, the Gulf of Aden, Georgia, Koso [...]
2009-03-20 11:34:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL XF XG XW ZJ ZL XD ZF EUN
09BRUSSELS410EU: DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 16 DISCUSSIONS ON ENERGY AND
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a Brussels stop on March 16 EUR DAS Matthew Bryza consulted EU officials on a range of regional political, security and energy-related issues, including EU enlargement, Turkey-Cyprus, frozen conflicts, and pipeline politics. DG Enlargement contacts foresaw no/no immine [...]
2009-03-23 11:57:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON ENRG ECIN EPET EUN XH
09BRUSSELS411Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts repres [...]
2009-03-23 12:36:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF
09BRUSSELS412PM ADVISOR PREVIEWS AFGHAN INITIATIVES MENU WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy's diplomatic advisor Dirk Wouters (strictly protect) shared with Charge the menu of Afghanistan initiatives for which the PM is seeking cabinet approval this week. The list includes continuation for an additional year of most of Belgium's current mi [...]
2009-03-23 13:34:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS MARR BE
09BRUSSELS425Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts represen [...]
2009-03-25 15:03:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF
09BRUSSELS452BELGIANS TELL S/R HOLBROOKE ADDITIONAL MILITARY,
[...] (C) Summary: If last minute intra-coalition politics do not get in the way, the Belgian government intends to announce a new support package for NATO operations in Afghanistan before the April 4 Strasbourg summit, Belgian FM De Gucht told Special Envoy Holbrooke on March 23, 2009. On the mil [...]
2009-03-30 10:51:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEAID MARR PREL
09BRUSSELS453EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR UPGRADED TRANSATLANTIC TIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:19:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS468DEF MIN. CONFIRMS NEW BELGIAN MILITARY
[...] (C) Defense Minister Pieter De Crem telephoned charge April 1 to confirm that the Belgian cabinet has agreed to continue all current Belgian contributions in Afghanistan (see details ref (b)) through the end of 2010. In addition, in 2010 Belgium willl deploy two additional F-16s to Kandahar [...]
2009-04-01 09:29:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS MARR BE
09BRUSSELS475BELGIAN MFA ON NEW RESOURCES FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) The Belgian government has been considering for the past several weeks what actions it can take to support the need for an enhanced effort against the Taliban in Afghanistan, as outlined in the ref B white paper. Embassy delivered the white paper to the Belgian MFA's Office of Security Af [...]
2009-04-01 14:52:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR EAID BE
09BRUSSELS496CENTRAL EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE SHOWS COALITION
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Experts agree that effective EU policymaking is driven by coalitions among member states. They also agree that the Central European states that joined the EU since 2004 have only recently begun to employ coalition building. As a corollary, some EU experts cont [...]
2009-04-02 16:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EUN XG ECON EFIN SENV
09BRUSSELS497CHARGE'S VISIT TO MONS, BELGIUM
[...] Summary: On March 30 Embassy Brussels Charge traveled with Embassy officers to the town of Mons in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Mons is a major town in the French-speaking Wallonia region of Brussels. The Charge met with the Governor of Hainaut Province, a city councilman of Mons, and t [...]
2009-04-03 06:33:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV BE
09BRUSSELS524 USEU DELIVERY OF SSA NON-PAPER TO EU COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) OES DAS Jeff Miotke deivered the reftel Non-Paper to Paul Weissenberg, EU Commission Director for Aerospace, Defense, and Security Industry in DG Enterprise, on March 25. Weissenberg told DAS Miotke that he was pleased with the Non-Paper because it was "NATO light" and because it propose [...]
2009-04-07 15:02:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA
09BRUSSELS547AFPAK: EU WANTS TO ALIGN ITS APPROACH WITH OURS
[...] (C) Pol Off delivered reftel demarche April 3 to a wide range of officials from the EU Council Secretariat, European Commission, and Czech Permanent Representation to the EU. EU officials welcomed the information. Boguslaw Majewski, Council Secretariat Head of Unit for Asia, said that the EU [...]
2009-04-09 14:04:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR AF NATO
09BRUSSELS625BELGIUM STILL CONSIDERING POLICE TRAINERS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Belgian government at the cabinet level is interested in providing police trainers to Afghanistan in cooperation with the UE or NATO. However, it is running into internal opposition by the Belgian Federal Police, which would have to provide the officers to staff such a missio [...]
2009-04-30 14:45:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL EAID NATO AF BE
09BRUSSELS648TOUR D'HORIZON WITH BELGIUM'S PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy told Charge May 5 that he was very impressed by President Obama during their recent contacts in Strasbourg and Prague, especially the President's active role at the NATO summit in forging unanimity on the selection of a new NATO Secretary [...]
2009-05-07 11:22:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN SENV PGOV ECON PINR BE
09BRUSSELS651SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with European Union leaders on March 23 during his first visit to Brussels as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He expressed appreciation for EU support to Afghanistan and Pakistan, applauded the EU for deploying the only inte [...]
2009-05-08 05:19:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR PINS PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS670SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES EU ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 22-23 Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar met with EU and industry officials to discuss U.S.-EU cooperation on energy security. In these meetings, Ambassador Morningstar gave his European counterparts an overview of the Administration's Eurasian ene [...]
2009-05-12 07:39:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS69BELGIAN TRAINERS LEAVE TO BEGIN TRAINING AFGHAN
[...] At its first cabinet meeting on December 30, the government of new Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy gave final approval for the sending of Belgian troops to Afghanistan as an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT),charged with training soldiers of the Afghan National Army. The first [...]
2009-01-16 16:26:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS NATO AF BE
09BRUSSELS769U.S-EU CONSULTATIONS ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Mgration Samuel Witten led a U.S. delegation of PRM and USAID officials in Brussels May 19 or the annual humanitarian Strategic Policy Dialogue (SPD) between the U.S. and the European Commission, the world's two largest hum [...]
2009-06-03 15:37:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL EAID EUN
09BRUSSELS770 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS III - A WHO-WILL-BE-WHO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Key posts in the European Parliament (EP) will be distributed in July. The five-year EP Presidency is likely to be shared between Jerzy Buzcek (EPP-ED, Poland) for the first half-term and Martin Schulz (PES, Germany) for the second, although other contenders are in the wings. T [...]
2009-06-03 16:20:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR EUN ECON
09BRUSSELS792BELGIAN FRANCOPHONE GREEN PARTY GEARS UP TO FORM
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires, Belgian francophone green party Ecolo co-president, Jean-Michel Javaux, struck a warm and appreciative tone as he spoke of his relationship with the United States. He identified the election of President Obama and his more environme [...]
2009-06-08 13:29:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SENV BE
09BRUSSELS809EU OFFICIALS ON NEXT STEPS IN KOSOVO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith and EULEX Kosovo Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon met with USEU CDA on June 10 to provide an overview of upcoming challenges and opportunities in the country. Suggesting that the coming months would be "decisive," Feith said t [...]
2009-06-11 10:35:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN SR KK
09BRUSSELS825BELGIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU CONFERENCE AND EUROPEAN
[...] On June 15, Poloff used reftel as an opportunity to discuss the Corfu ministerial meeting and the future of European security with Francois De Kerchove, acting Director for Security Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. Foreign Minister De Gucht will attend the ministerial. [...]
2009-06-16 13:09:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR OSCE BE
09BRUSSELS830BELGIAN POLICE PREPARING FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR
[...] (U) This telegram contains an action request for SCA-A. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Belgian Federal Police are preparing a report on the feasibility of sending two to four police trainers to Afghanistan. The contribution is likely to be in the framework of EUPOL-Afghanistan. Belg [...]
2009-06-17 14:01:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL EAID NATO AF BE
09BRUSSELS859U.S.-EU EXCHANGES ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: During the June 8 U.S.-EU meetings on South and Central Asia, SCA Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Owen stressed the need to work together to produce internationally credible elections in Afghanistan. The European Commission's James Moran responded the EU would do "whate [...]
2009-06-22 12:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAF EAGR ETRD ETTC EU EUN IN KDEM MARR MOPS
09BRUSSELS885EU AND NATO CONCERNED ABOUT BOSNIA, BUT PLANS FOR
[...] (U) This is a joint cable from USEU and USNATO. 2. (C) Summary: On June 22, NATO and EU Ambassadors met in the NAC-PSC format to discuss Bosnia. Most presenters lamented the lack of political progress in Bosnia, noting that High Rep Inzko had invoked Bonn powers over the weekend, but [...]
2009-06-26 10:43:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL XG BK EUN
09BRUSSELS886AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA & PIRACY DISCUSSED BY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Czech EU Presidency's Ambassador Ivo Sramek chaired a meeting of the EU Political Security Committee (PSC)ambassadors with NATO Allies and EU accession states on June 23. Topics were the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM),the EU's Civilian Police mission in Afghanist [...]
2009-06-26 14:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN MARR MOPS PREL EAID KDEM PINS PTER MASS
09BRUSSELS912WORKING WITH THE EU ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In Brussels, June 15-17, Major General Richard L. Engel, USAF (Retired),Director, Climate Change and State Stability Program, Long Range Analysis Unit, National Intelligence Council (NIC) heard from high level Europeans that: the connection between security and climate change [...]
2009-07-02 10:18:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KGHG SENV ENRG EUN
09BRUSSELS965EU MILITARY CAPACITY-BUILDING IN AFRICA: EURO
[...] 1. (C) Summary: The EU's capacity-building program to train African civilian and military leaders is struggling to overcome the African Union's absorption capacity and recruitment challenges. The EU effort, named EURO RECAMP, is halfway through a training cycle for the African Union (AU) t [...]
2009-07-13 15:09:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEUN MARR MOPS PREL XA
09BRUSSELS970SACEUR: JULY 15 MEETING WITH THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Admiral Stavridis, Embassy Brussels welcomes your visit to Brussels and wishes to provide you background for your upcoming meetings with Belgian King Albert II, Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, Defense Minister Peter De Crem, and Chief of Defense General C [...]
2009-07-14 06:15:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV ECON BE
09BRUSSELS975THE NEW EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT STRONG ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to our contacts, the European Parliament's (EP) new leaders will seek to strengthen relations with the United States during the new five-year term. Parliamentary leaders from the dominant center-right group hope for an early official U.S. visit and appear well dispose [...]
2009-07-15 10:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN PGOV PREL KDEM MARR
09BRUSSELS978JERZY BUZEK ELECTED EP PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) on July 14 elected as its new president former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, the candidate of the European Peoples' Party (EPP-Christian Democrats). Buzek, a confirmed proponent of strong transatlantic ties, included the "strategic alliance with t [...]
2009-07-16 09:58:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EUN
09BRUSSELS988BELGIUM: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER YVES LETERME
[...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Yves Leterme was sworn in on July 16 as Belgium's new Foreign Minister, replacing Karel De Gucht who has moved to the European Commission as Commissioner for Development Assistance. Leterme served as Prime Minister from March 20 to December 22, 2008. Controversy ov [...]
2009-07-17 15:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BE
09BRUSSELS995BELGIAN REACTION TO RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points orally on July 15 to Willy De Buck, Director for Central and Eastern Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Buck said that Belgium supports an open approach to Russia, but wants to be realistic. The GOB has taken note of the change of tone in Washing [...]
2009-07-20 15:47:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV RS BE
09BUCHAREST112ROMANIA ACCEPTS CROATIA/ALBANIA NATO PROTOCOLS
[...] (U) Mission received on February 20, a letter (under cover of Note Verbale) from Foreign Minister Diaconescu addressed to the Secretary indicating Romania's acceptance of the NATO Accession Protocols for Albania and Croatia (text copied below). Mission will pouch the original document to L/T [...]
2009-02-20 14:59:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL RO
09BUCHAREST147MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR STRATEGIC POLICY ON BLACK
[...] (C) Summary: POLMILOFF met with MFA Director General for Strategic Policy Calin Stoica on February 27 to discuss Black Sea strategy issues, including Romania's interest in the proposed Black Sea Defense Ministerial (BSDM). Stoica noted that Black Sea littoral states have not yet reached a com [...]
2009-03-05 05:46:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RO
09BUCHAREST188ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ON DEPLOYMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ministry of National Defense officials, the Director General for Defense Policy discussed current thinking regarding Romania's participation in its overseas deployments, reassuring the U.S. on continuity of operations. He also raised the option of providin [...]
2009-03-20 11:57:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV IZ AF RO
09BUCHAREST189ROMANIA ON KFOR MISSION: "WE AGREE WITH THE U.S.
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Security Policy Daniel Ionita, who affirmed that Romania agreed with the U.S. points. He said that there should be no premature or precipitous reshaping of KFOR's mission in the current security environment in Kosovo. Echoing remarks rep [...]
2009-03-20 13:00:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV RO
09BUCHAREST222ROMANIA: AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN DELIVERABLES
[...] (C) POLMILOFF delivered ref b demarche to MFA Security Policy Director Daniel Ionita on 26 March, and followed up in the context of the Strategic Review (ref a) with Ionita and Director General for Strategic Policy Calin Stoica on 27 March. 2. (C) Ionita and Stoica were very appreciative of [...]
2009-04-01 10:29:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF RO
09BUCHAREST237ROMANIA: IMF AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION POSES REAL
[...] (C) Romanian officials are congratulating themselves on the external financing package (reftel) concluded with the International Monetary Fund (IMF),European Commission (EC),and World Bank (WB) as "much better than we expected," according to one Ministry of Finance (MOF) interlocutor. With [...]
2009-04-08 05:22:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL IMF EUN RO
09BUCHAREST244ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS ALLIES
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu convoked NATO and EU Ambassadors on April 9 to request more robust public expressions of support for Romania in the wake of the expulsion of the Romanian Ambassador and Press Attache from Moldova. The intent of Diaconescu's appeal was not to [...]
2009-04-10 13:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO RO
09BUCHAREST25CHARGE CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU
[...] (C) Newly-installed Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu met with Charge on January 14 to share his thoughts on those foreign policy issues Romania will emphasize during his tenure. He first focused on neighborhood concerns, including the importance of improving Romanian-Ukrainian relations. [...]
2009-01-15 05:45:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST253ROMANIA ON SPECIFIC ASKS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel a demarche on April 1 to MFA Director Security Policy Daniel Ionita, who said the MFA engaged the interagency coordination process nearly immediately at that time, including the Ministry of National Defense (MND) and the Office of the President (Cotroceni Palace),i [...]
2009-04-14 15:25:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF RO
09BUCHAREST255PRESIDENT BASESCU'S MOLDOVA SPEECH: NOBODY SHOULD
[...] (SBU) At a special joint parliamentary session April 14, Romanian President Traian Basescu delivered a speech on recent developments in Moldova. Basescu prefaced his remarks by noting that he had deliberately avoided responding to "provocations" over the past week that might provide a pretext [...]
2009-04-15 14:18:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MD RO
09BUCHAREST272ROMANIA: SOURCES OF CONDUCT
[...] (C) Summary: Though the fundamentals of Romania's foreign policy have not changed under the new coalition government led by Prime Minister Emil Boc, the combination of Russia's August 2008 incursion into Georgian territory, followed by another disconcerting Russian action in the region (the J [...]
2009-04-22 10:59:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON ENRG RO
09BUCHAREST432FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU ON CORFU MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 17 discussion with the Charge, Romanian FM Cristian Diaconescu shared concerns that the Corfu Informal Ministerial runs the risks of moving too fast and of not providing equitable hearings for all states. While Romania agrees with the U.S. demarche (reftel) on Corfu, th [...]
2009-06-23 11:17:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST473ROMANIAN CANDIDATE FOR NATO STRATEGIC CONCEPT
[...] (SBU) MFA Director General Calin Stoica, accompanied by Security Policy (NATO) Minister Counselor Dan Grigorescu, met with Charge and POLMILOFF on July 7 to convey the GOR's support for Iulian Chifu to be a candidate for the NATO Secretary General's Panel of Experts to consult on the developme [...]
2009-07-08 07:28:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST593ROMANIA: NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY MIRED IN SUMMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The center-right National Liberal Party (PNL) is on a losing streak. After its exclusion from the governing coalition following the November 2008 parliamentary elections, the party underperformed in the June 2009 European Parliament (EP) elections and PNL presidential candidate [...]
2009-08-27 07:14:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RO
09BUCHAREST597ROMANIA: PRESIDENT BASESCU REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Basescu reaffirmed his commitment to Romanian involvement in NATO operations in Afghanistan during a visit to a Romanian airbase where American and Romanian troops conduct joint-training programs. He emphasized the national pride which has come from working with the U [...]
2009-08-28 13:45:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL ECON RO AF
09BUCHAREST64ROMANIA WILL FINISH ITS PROCEDURES BEFORE THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 15:30:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDMARR NATO PARM PREL KTIA RO
09BUCHAREST655 ROMANIA: ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR SE MORNINGSTAR
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar. Your visit comes at just the right time to send an important signal to our Romanian allies that the United States remains fully engaged in Eastern Europe, especially when it comes to energy security. [...]
2009-09-28 11:35:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV PREL OREP RO
09BUCHAREST714ROMANIA: VP BIDEN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU
[...] (U) Summary. Vice President Biden met with President Basescu on October 22, 2009. The Romanian President and Vice President Biden discussed the motivations for Biden's trip to Europe; the U.S. and Romanian relationships with Russia; missile defense; and the coalition strategy in Afghanistan [...]
2009-10-23 13:59:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPREL ENRG CONS XH XD RO
09BUCHAREST716VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER BOC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Vice President Joseph Biden met with Interim Prime Minister Emil Boc on October 22, 2009. The Romanian Prime Minister and the Vice President discussed the motivations for the Vice President's trip to Europe and the reasons why Romania was chosen as the location for the trip's major [...]
2009-10-23 14:13:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV RO
09BUCHAREST778ROMANIA ELECTION UPDATE: BASESCU-ANTONESCU DEBATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Traian Basescu and National Liberal Party (PNL) chair and candidate Crin Antonescu confronted each other in the first televised presidential debate November 14. The lively exchange touched upon many topics including education reform, taxes, the fiscal crisis and the [...]
2009-11-19 04:42:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RO
09BUCHAREST798ROMANIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: FRONTRUNNER MIRCEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable provides a first look at the potential foreign policy priorities of Mircea Geoana, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate who, for the moment, could be poised to unseat incumbent President Traian Basescu. Septels will address Geoana's political background, and als [...]
2009-11-30 12:43:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL PINR RO
09BUCHAREST802CODEL SKELTON MEETS WITH ROMANIAN MILITARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a 23-25 November 2009 visit to Romania, House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO),ranking member Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) and four other HASC members met with senior leaders of the Romanian MOD and General Staff, members of the parliamentary De [...]
2009-12-03 13:26:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL MARR MASS MOPS RO
09BUCHAREST831ROMANIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN DRAFT TREATY FOR
[...] (C) PolMilOff was summoned December 11 by MFA Security Policy Director Daniel Ionita to discuss the draft Treaty Governing Relations Among NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Member States, presented by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the December 4 NATO-Russia Council Ministerial (reftels). Ionita [...]
2009-12-14 09:10:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL RS RO
09BUDAPEST146HUNGARY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE NATO TRAINING
[...] MFA NATO Section Head Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on February 24, stating that the Hungarian Government is politically committed to staying with the NATO Training Mission-Iraq at least through the end of 2009. Acknowledging that the three-person Hungarian team awaits an agreeme [...]
2009-02-26 16:18:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS NATO PREL HU
09BUDAPEST195GOH MATCHES PROGRESS ON NABUCCO WITH NEXT MOVES ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) In characteristically non-transparent fashion, Prime Minister Gyurcsany led a delegation comprised of cabinet ministers and business executives to Moscow on March 10 for a series of intergovernmental consultations and to sign [...]
2009-03-13 11:50:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU
09BUDAPEST197HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
[...] (C) In a March 11 written response to reftel demarche, the Hungarian MFA stated that "Hungary welcomes the opportunity to provide its views on Afghanistan and contribute to the development of a new U.S strategy...and we welcome the emerging transatlantic unity and commitment on this issue." [...]
2009-03-13 16:08:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO AF HU PK
09BUDAPEST198HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROBLEMATIC RUSSIAN
[...] (C) In two separate meetings on March 12, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Zsolt Nemeth and the Prime Minister's Security and Foreign Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, provided their views on the Prime Minister's recent trip to Moscow (ref A) for Ambassador Foley and visiting U.S. NATO Ambassado [...]
2009-03-13 16:12:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN ENRG TSPL RS HU
09BUDAPEST218HUNGARY STILL TOGETHER ON THE NATO KFOR MISSION
[...] (C) MFA Security Policy and Non-Proliferation Department Deputy Director Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff March 19. Horvath stated that "we must be cautious" in reducing forces in the Balkans, and he does not envisage a reduction in the more than 400 Hungarian soldiers in Pec, Kosov [...]
2009-03-20 12:14:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV HU
09BUDAPEST250GYURCSANY - OUT AS PRIME MINISTER, OUT AS PARTY
[...] (U) Summary. The Socialist and Free Democrats have agreed on a new Prime Ministerial candidate, Economic Minister Gordon Bajnai, with a constructive vote-of-no-confidence planned for April 14. With the largest opposition Fidesz and the extreme right-wing Jobbik parties continuing their call [...]
2009-03-30 14:17:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS HU
09BUDAPEST254HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche to the MFA's NATO Section Head Peter Sztaray on March 27. Sztaray who had the lead in preparing Hungary's response to the USG's request for inputs to the AFPAK strategy review, commented that the white paper is "in line with our views" on the way forward ( [...]
2009-03-31 09:08:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF HU
09BUDAPEST304HUNGARIAN SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) In a meeting April 16 with MFA NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray and an April 17 meeting with MOD Policy State Secretary Jozsef Bali to discuss reftel, both first emphasized that GOH commitments for Afghanistan will depend on updated budget guidance from newly elected Prime Minister Gordon [...]
2009-04-17 14:58:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF HU
09BUDAPEST323PRIME MINISTER BAJNAI- A FRIEND IN NEED
[...] (SBU) Summary. During Charge's meeting to deliver President Obama's congratulatory letter, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai outlined his views on the current economic restructuring plan and his first official international travel to the EU, NATO and Vienna. Noting a "slight shift in foreign poli [...]
2009-04-28 12:15:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR HU
09BUDAPEST336HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his intital meeting with the Charge, the new Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Balazs, highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai's first official international visits to the EU, NATO and Austria on April 27 as part of a "great offensive" in foreign affairs. Balazs also said h [...]
2009-05-04 15:40:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU NATO HU
09BUDAPEST381SCENESETTER FOR CODEL POE TO BUDAPEST, MAY 29-30,
[...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Poe to Budapest from May 29-30, 2009. We look forward to your visit and would like to provide the following information in preparation for your arrival. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CLIMATE IN HUNGARY 2. (SBU) The global financial crisis [...]
2009-05-26 14:45:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OREP PREL EFIN OTRA HU
09BUDAPEST416HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU
[...] (C) The Charge raised reftel points during June 9 office call on new MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs Gabor Iklody. Iklody responded that Hungary is "just as skeptical about the Russian proposal, but we are open to listen." He noted the current security system works, and if the Russi [...]
2009-06-10 12:31:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO OSCE EU HU
09BUDAPEST461AMBASSADOR FRIED'S GUANTANAMO DETAINEE MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy (S/GC) for the Closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facilities Ambassador Dan Fried met with Hungarian government officials and major political party leaders June 18 to discuss Hungary's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees. MFA Senior State Secretary Vilmos S [...]
2009-06-29 13:15:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER HU
09BUDAPEST529HUNGARIAN ASSISTANCE BEYOND THE AUGUST
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray on July 20. Sztaray expressed appreciation for the information and requested that we share any new strategy updates with his office. Continuing, Sztaray stated that his office is currently coordinating a mul [...]
2009-07-23 16:44:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HU
09BUDAPEST556AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETING WITH THE HUNGARIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Daalder, accompanied by the Charge, met Hungarian Prime Minster Gordon Bajnai at Papa Airbase July 27. Bajnai reflected on the first 100 days of his administration, stating he places first priority on the value-based relationships found within NATO and the EU. Comme [...]
2009-07-31 09:20:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP NATO EUN ZL AF HU
09BUDAPEST638HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE SEPTEMBER GYMNICH
[...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on September 3 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (C) Israel-Palestinian Peace: -- Referring to the September summit, Dekany said that Hunga [...]
2009-09-04 11:16:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL EU HU
09BUDAPEST664HUNGARY BRIEFED ON CFE INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH
[...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel points September 10 with MFA Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath. Horvath said that he was recently approached by Romanian and Portuguese diplomats in Budapest who related that the Russian government recently demarched them concerning "pro [...]
2009-09-11 14:53:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO HU
09BUDAPEST693DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) POL Counselor discussed reftel points September 18 with Dr. Gabor Horvath, the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Security Policy and Non-Proliferation. Horvath expressed appreciation for the U.S. briefing, noting that Hungary was not itself directl [...]
2009-09-18 16:47:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PL EZ HU
09BUDAPEST723FY10 1206 FUNDS REQUEST FOR HUNGARIAN SPECIAL
[...] (U) Post has submitted a request for 10.2 million USD in 1206 funding to materially increase the Hungarian Special Operations Forces (SOF) capabilities for combined operations in campaigns in key theaters worldwide, with priority on deployments to Afghanistan. The Country Team has reviewed th [...]
2009-10-02 12:51:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP NATO HU
09BUDAPEST748CORRECTED COPY:FY10 1206 FUNDS REQUEST FOR HUNGARIAN AVIATION PARTNER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 13:33:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNHU MARR MCAP NATO
09BUDAPEST749UPDATE TO FY10 1206 FUNDS REQUEST FOR HUNGARIAN
[...] (U) Post has submitted a request for 10.2 million USD in 1206 funding to materially increase the Hungarian Special Operations Forces (SOF) capabilities for combined operations in campaigns in key theaters worldwide, with priority on deployments to Afghanistan. The Country Team has reviewed th [...]
2009-10-14 13:44:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP NATO HU
09BUDAPEST810HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S BRIEFING TO NATO/EU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs briefed NATO and EU Ambassadors November 4 on several key MFA focus areas. Stating he was very pleased with the Lisbon Treaty ratification, Balazs commented that he looks for accelerated action to place the treaty in force by December. P [...]
2009-11-10 13:44:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EUN SO ZL HU
09BUDAPEST817HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON THE NOVEMBER GAERC AGENDA
[...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on November 13. 2. (C) Dekany provided comments on four topics: the upcoming EU/Russia summit, energy, follow-up to the Corfu summit, and Ukraine. -- The EU/Russia su [...]
2009-11-13 16:26:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL EU RU UA HU
09BUDAPEST820HUNGARY CHARTS TWO MAP INVITATIONS AT DECEMBER
[...] (C) PolOff met with the MFA's newly appointed Security and Non-proliferation Department Head, Peter Sztaray, and new NATO Office Director, Eszter Sandorfi, November 16, to discuss reftel. Sztaray, expressing thanks for the information concerning the USG position, stated, however, that Hungary [...]
2009-11-17 09:56:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR HU
09BUDAPEST834HUNGARY IN AFGHANISTAN - PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 9 meeting with the Charge, senior MOD and MFA officers provided an in-depth review of current and future Hungarian operations in Afghanistan. In Hungary's first combat operations since the 1956 revolution, the group underscored Hungary's "unchanged commitment...bu [...]
2009-11-20 14:22:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR MCAP AF HU
09BUDAPEST845HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Charge, accompanied by appropriate action officers, delivered ref A points November 24 to David Koranyi, the Prime Minister's National Security Advisor, Jozsef Bali, MOD Policy State Secretary, and Gabor Iklody, MFA Policy State Secretary. All three officials underscored Hung [...]
2009-11-25 07:53:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF HU
09BUDAPEST847SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BAJNAI'S MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai has received high marks from the International Monetary Fund for his management of the Hungarian economy after its near meltdown in October 2008. He has maintained the Hungarian commitment in Afghanistan despite very limited fiscal constraints, and [...]
2009-11-25 15:29:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ECON ENRG EINV HU
09BUDAPEST854HUNGARIAN MILITARY OUTREACH TO SERBIA
[...] (C) During a conversation on the margins of the recent NATO conference in Budapest, CHOD Laszlo Tombol told PolOff of his upcoming trip to Cyprus, accompanied by his Slovak counterpart. Tombol said that he is seeking ways to engage the Serbian military in joint operations with the Hungarian D [...]
2009-12-01 09:40:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR YI LO HU
09BUDAPEST855DAS QUANRUD'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a November 24-25 visit to Budapest, EUR DAS Pamela Quanrud met with the Prime Minister, other senior Hungarian government officials, the opposition party's senior foreign policy expert, and media representatives to discuss USG priority issues. The Prime Minister indicate [...]
2009-12-01 10:58:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO ENGR AF HU
09BUDAPEST856BRIEFING THE HUNGARIANS ON THE EVE OF THE
[...] (C) We provided ref A points to the Office of the Prime Minister and senior officials at the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Dr. Peter Sztaray, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Security and Non-proliferation, subsequently noted that the Hungarian Government [...]
2009-12-01 16:25:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK HU
09BUDAPEST876HUNGARIAN PLANS TO SUPPLEMENT AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai committed to send 200 additional troops to Afghanistan during his meeting with the Vice-President in Washington December 4. A senior MOD interlocutor provided PolOff a background paper prepared for the Prime Minister's meeting with the Vice-Preside [...]
2009-12-09 17:13:00Embassy BudapestSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF HU
09BUDAPEST896HUNGARY - INPUT FOR THE QDR'S GLOBAL CONTEXT
[...] (U) We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Global Context section of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Our input is coded to the questions posed by reftel. A. (U) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in Hungary to exercise a mo [...]
2009-12-17 14:17:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON SOCI HU
09BUENOSAIRES1044MEDIA REACTION; OBAMA'S DECISION TO ABANDON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on President Obama's decision to abandon the missile defense shield in Europe; the impact of the Argentine broadcasting draft legislation on Washington; as well as a proposal of foreign banks to Argentina for t [...]
2009-09-18 18:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1254MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10-16; 11/16/09; BUENOS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories last week were related to: President Obama's visit to China, Japan and South Korea; the war in Afghanistan; and Israeli President Shimon Peres' trip to Argentina and Brazil. 2. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA - "Obama accompanies the world [...]
2009-11-16 20:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1314MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 1 PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local dailies carry wire service stories and opinion pieces on President Obama's West Point speech. Press reaction was cautiously positive, praising Obama's determination to put an end to the war, but questioning the feasibility of the strategy. The general tone was [...]
2009-12-03 13:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES401THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 7 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE FM
[...] (C) Your April 7 meeting with Argentine FM Jorge Taiana is an opportunity to encourage his continued support in keeping the overall tone of relations positive, even in the face of occasional disagreements. As populist and liberal democratic models vie in South America, Argentina is a swing sta [...]
2009-04-03 22:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES597ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT
[...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...]
2009-05-21 13:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES86Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...]
2009-01-26 20:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
09BUSSELS1666SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE
[...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...]
2009-12-11 15:40:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF
09CAIRO1200 Update on banking sector reforms in Egypt
[...] (SBU) Key points: -- Egypt's banking sector continues to weather the storm better than most; -- The U.S.-backed financial sector MOU has contributed to the financial sector's improvements; -- The next round of audits is unlikely to show that GOE has met the MOU's target of 62.5% o [...]
2009-06-28 08:40:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO2084EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 12:13:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PTER MASS MOPS AF EG
09CAIRO254EGYPTIAN MFA ON DONORS CONF, CEASEFIRE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 14:14:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO604CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Key Points -- President Mubarak told CODEL McConnell he feared that the new Israeli government would be "very difficult to work with," in particular Foreign Minister Lieberman, whose public statements have already had a very negative impact on Arab public opinion. -- On Palestinian re [...]
2009-04-08 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM KDEM PTER PARM PGOV SOCI SY
09CAIRO939REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 09:48:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PREL TBIO IZ EG
09CANBERRA1042AUSTRALIA EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: DCM delivered on November 25 reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ric Smith and Deputy National Security Adviser Angus Campbell. Both Smith and Campbell had been previously briefed on an unclassified version of reftel points during a regularly-sch [...]
2009-11-25 09:25:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM PREL MARR MOPS AS
09CANBERRA120AUSTRALIAN AND DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith shared views on future engagement in Afghanistan in meetings January 18-21 in Australia. Both Ministers shared the view that more than one year after significant meetings in Bucharest [...]
2009-02-04 06:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL AS
09CANBERRA156AUSTRALIA: PM'S ADVISOR ON AFHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (C) In response to the U.S. invitation to contribute ideas to the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic policy review, Prime Minister Rudd's senior international adviser said Australia has been hard at work on its own review and believes the U.S. and Australian efforts can complement one another. On [...]
2009-02-17 07:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EFIN MARR AS
09CANBERRA164DUTCH PRESS FOR MORE AUSTRALIAN AID IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/NF) In meetings January 18-21 with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen requested Australia to provide a civilian political advisor in Tarin Kowt, and to increase assistance to Oruzgan Province, including send [...]
2009-02-18 06:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL AS
09CANBERRA166AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIA ON BOARD
[...] (C) Following his February 17 call on PM Senior Advisor Quinlan to solicit input into the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review (reftels),Charge delivered the same demarche February 18 to National Security Adviser (NSA) Duncan Lewis, who is coordinating the GOA's own policy review. Lewis w [...]
2009-02-18 07:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR AS
09CANBERRA220AUSTRALIA - INPUT FOR G-20
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The top concern for the Australians going into the G20 summit will be coordinated international action to restore global confidence, bolster the stability of the international financial system, and produce outcomes that lead to tangible results. PM Rudd wants to coordinate wi [...]
2009-03-04 21:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN AS
09CANBERRA256AUSTRALIAN FM SMITH TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's staff have confirmed he will participate in the Netherlands-hosted International Conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on March 31. 2. (C/NF) According to the Dutch Embassy, however, as late as Friday afternoon, March 13, FM Smith was considering tur [...]
2009-03-16 08:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS EAID AS
09CANBERRA402SCENE SETTER-CDR GEN D. MCNABB VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]
2009-04-22 01:57:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA418TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21
[...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...]
2009-04-29 01:58:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS
09CANBERRA421PRIME MINISTER RUDD ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a press conference April 29 that Australia would boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan from 1,100 to 1,550 troops, mostly for training and capacity building and to support the Afghan elections in August 2009, and that it wo [...]
2009-04-29 07:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PREL AS
09CANBERRA535PM RUDD NAMES JOHN FAULKNER NEW DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C/NF) Prime Minister Rudd named Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary Senator John Faulkner as Defence Minister on June 5, replacing Joel Fitzgibbon, who had stepped down the previous day (reftel.) Faulkner, 55, is known for his toughness, integrity and attention to detail. Althou [...]
2009-06-05 08:26:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV PINS PINR AS
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